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Contact: Chris Dolack
DIRTcar Racing PR
704-795-7223 | cdolack@dirtcar.com
Babb Scores Second Win of 2014 DIRTCar Summer Nationals Season at Clarksville Speedway
By Jordan Morris
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — June 25, 2014 — Shannon Babb powered around pole-sitter Ryan Unzicker on the opening lap and never looked back en route to grabbing his second victory of the 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals season on Wednesday night at Clarksville Speedway.
Unzicker, who led the series points heading into the night, managed to finish second but never had a chance to lead a lap, as Babb pulled away from the field by half of a straightaway. The race was slowed by two cautions, one at lap 21 and the other at lap 25, but Unzicker could not get back around Babb, who led all 40 laps in dominating fashion, scoring a well-earned $5,000 payday.
The victory on Wednesday night gave Babb his 85th career Summer Nationals win, returning his name to the top of the series’ all-time wins list, topping Billy Moyer in the season-long battle for the top spot.
“I’ve always enjoyed racing at this track,” said Babb in victory lane. “It’s been tough on me at times, but I started in a good spot, front-row outside was just perfect place to start and was able to get it done.”
Dennis Erb Jr., Tanner English and Bobby Pierce rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners included Erb Jr., Unzicker and Babb.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues on Thursday night as they join the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, Tenn.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Clarksville Speedway; Clarksville, Tenn.;June 25, 2014;
A-Main (40-laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb ($5,000), 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 3. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr, 4. 96-Tanner English, 5. 32-Bobby Pierce, 6. 81-Brian Shirley, 7. 96T-Terry English, 8. C8-Timothy Culp, 9. 18S-Jack Sullivan, 10. 12B-Kevin Weaver, 11. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 12. 6M-Wendell Wallace, 13. 16-Justin Rattliff, 14. 15-Richard Frost, 15. 20-Alan Westling, 16. 54JR-Larry Barber Jr, 17. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 18. 27M-Rodney Melvin, 19. 94-Austin Rettig, 20. 61-Caleb Ashby, 21. 25L-Steve Lance Jr, 22. 74-John Minon.
2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule
Date |
Day |
Track |
Location |
Win |
June 11 |
Wed |
Brownstown Speedway |
Brownstown, Ind. |
RAIN |
June 12 |
Thur |
Kankakee Co. Speedway |
Kankakee, Ill. |
Billy Moyer |
June 13 |
Fri |
Cedar Lake Speedway |
Somerset, Wis. |
Rick Eckert |
June 14 |
Sat |
Cedar Lake Speedway |
Somerset, Wis. |
RAIN |
June 15 |
Sun |
Wilmot Raceway |
Wilmot, Wis. |
Rick Eckert(2) |
June 16 |
Mon |
Off |
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June 17 |
Tue |
Farley Speedway |
Farley, Iowa |
Shannon Babb |
June 18 |
Wed |
Spoon River Speedway |
Canton, Ill. |
Jason Feger |
June 19 |
Thur |
Quincy Raceways |
Quincy, Ill. |
RAIN |
June 20 |
Fri |
Tri-City Speedway |
Pontoon Beach, Ill. |
Billy Moyer(2) |
June 21 |
Sat |
Fairbury Speedway |
Fairbury, Ill. |
RAIN |
June 22 |
Sun |
I-96 Speedway |
Ionia, Mich. |
Brian Shirley |
June 23 |
Mon |
Peoria Speedway |
Peoria, Ill. |
Brandon Sheppard |
June 24 |
Tue |
Off |
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June 25 |
Wed |
Clarksville Speedway |
Clarksville, Tenn. |
Shannon Babb(2) |
June 26 |
Thur |
Clayhill Motorsports |
Atwood, Tenn. |
$5,000 |
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int. Raceway |
Paducah, Ky. |
$10,000 |
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated Auto Parts Raceway |
Pevely, Mo. |
$10,000 |
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln, Ill. |
$5,000 |
June 30 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 1 |
Tue |
Belle Clair Speedway |
Belleville, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 2 |
Wed |
Jacksonville Speedway |
Jacksonville, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 3 |
Thur |
LaSalle Speedway |
LaSalle, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 4 |
Fri |
Fayette Co. Speedway |
Brownstown, Ill. |
$7,500 |
July 5 |
Sat |
Highland Speedway |
Highland, Ill. |
$10,000 |
July 6 |
Sun |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt, Ind. |
$5,000 |
July 7 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 8 |
Tue |
Florence Speedway |
Union, Ky. |
$5,000 |
July 9 |
Wed |
Terre Haute Action Track |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
$5,000 |
July 10 |
Thur |
Macon Speedway |
Macon, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 11 |
Fri |
Farmer City Raceway |
Farmer City, Ill. |
$10,000 |
July 12 |
Sat |
34 Raceway |
Burlington, Iowa |
$10,000 |
July 13 |
Sun |
Vermilion Co. Speedway |
Danville, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 14 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 15 |
Tue |
TBA |
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July 16 |
Wed |
Atomic Speedway |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
$5,000 |
July 17 |
Thur |
Brushcreek Motorsports Complex |
Peebles, Ohio |
$5,000 |
July 18 |
Fri |
Attica Raceway Park |
Attica, Ohio |
$5,000 |
July 19 |
Sat |
Oakshade Raceway |
Wauseon, Ohio |
$10,000 |
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour” is brought to fans across the country by many important partners including: Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Racing Electronics (Official Communication), Velocita (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to these fine Contingency Partners: Beyea Headers, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Edelbrock, Fox Shocks, JE Pistons, JRI Shocks, Mobil 1, MSD, Quartermaster, Superflow Dynos, Summit Racing Equipment and Wrisco Aluminum; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts, Indiana Decal, Intercomp and Petroff Towing.
Contact: Chris Dolack
DIRTcar Racing PR
704-795-7223 | cdolack@dirtcar.com
Harrison Captures Second Victory of 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Clarksville Speedway
By Jordan Morris
CLARKSVILLE Tenn. — June 25 2014 — Defending DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals champion Mike Harrison scored his second win of the 2014 season Wednesday night at Clarksville Speedway.
Lucas Lee the young west Tennessee native started the 25-lap feature event strong as he grabbed the lead and led the opening six laps. Harrison who started just behind Lee would not let the Clarksville Speedway regular open too large an advantage as he was stuck to Lee’s back-bumper before finally getting around Lee on lap seven.
After grabbing the lead from Lee, Harrison pulled away from the field. Harrison dominated the race’s final 18 laps securing the $1,000 checkered flag at Clarksville Speedway.
(Click here for news and information on the Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.)
Lee, Ken Schrader, Matt Cooper and Clayton Miller rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners were Harrison Brian Shaw and Lee.
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals joins the DIRTcar Summer Nationals on Thursday night at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood Tenn.
DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Statistical Report; Clarksville Speedway; Clarksville Tenn.; June 25 2014
A-Main (25-laps): 1 (24H) Mike Harrison, 2 (12) Lucas Lee, 3 (9) Ken Schrader, 4 (18) Matt Cooper, 5 (15)Clayton Miller, 6 (29T) Josh Tomlin, 7 (1S) Brian Shaw, 8 (25 Tyler Nicely, 9 (182) Randle Sweeney, 10 (77 Ray Bollinger, 11 (10Y) Trent Young, 12 (4B ) ody Bauman, 13 (8K) Levi Kissinger, 14 (83) JR Mason, 15 (17) Richie Ary, 16 (96D) Cory Daugherty, 17 (42T) Fred Thalmann, 18 (377) Casey Pearson, 19 (18J) Justin Jenkins, 20 (0) Justin Cross, 21 (27) Michael Turner, 22 (7W) Wallace Walker
2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Schedule
June 7 |
Sat |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt Ind. |
Tyler Nicely |
June 11 |
Wed |
Brownstown Speedway |
Brownstown Ind. |
RAIN |
June 12 |
Thur |
Kankakee Co-Speedway |
Kankakee Ill. |
Devin Gilpin |
June 13 |
Fri |
Kankakee Co-Speedway |
Kankakee Ill. |
Jacob Poel |
June 15 |
Sun |
Off |
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June 16 |
Mon |
Off |
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June 17 |
Tue |
Off |
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June 18 |
Wed |
Spoon River Speedway |
Canton Ill. |
Jacob Poel |
June 19 |
Thur |
Quincy Raceways |
Quincy Ill. |
RAIN |
June 20 |
Fri |
Tri-City Speedway |
Pontoon Beach Ill. |
Mike Harrison |
June 21 |
Sat |
Fairbury Speedway |
Fairbury Ill. |
RAIN |
June 22 |
Sun |
I-96 Speedway |
Ionia Mich. |
Jacob Poel |
June 23 |
Mon |
Peoria Speedway |
Peoria Ill. |
David Wietholder |
June 24 |
Tue |
Off |
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June 25 |
Wed |
Clarksville Speedway |
Clarksville Tenn. |
Mike Harrison (2) |
June 26 |
Thur |
Clayhill Motorsports Park |
Atwood Tenn. |
$1,500 |
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int-Raceway |
Paducah Ky. |
$1,000 |
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated I-55 Raceway |
Pevely Mo. |
$1,000 |
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln Ill. |
$1,000 |
June 30 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 1 |
Tue |
Belle-Clair Speedway |
Belleville Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 2 |
Wed |
Jacksonville Speedway |
Jacksonville Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 3 |
Thur |
LaSalle Speedway |
LaSalle Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 4 |
Fri |
Fayette Co-Speedway |
Brownstown Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 5 |
Sat |
Highland Speedway |
Highland Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 6 |
Sun |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt Ind. |
$1,000 |
July 7 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 8 |
Tue |
Florence Speedway |
Union Ky. |
$1,000 |
July 9 |
Wed |
Terre Haute Action Track |
Terre Haute Ind. |
$1,000 |
July 10 |
Thur |
Macon Speedway |
Macon Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 11 |
Fri |
Farmer City Raceway |
Farmer City Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 13 |
Sun |
Vermilion Co-Speedway |
Danville Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 14 |
Mon |
Off |
|
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July 15 |
Tue |
Off |
|
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July 16 |
Wed |
Atomic Speedway |
Chillicothe Ohio |
$1,000 |
July 17 |
Thu |
Brushcreek Motorsports |
Peebles Ohio |
TBA |
July 18 |
Fri |
Attica Raceway Park |
Attica Ohio |
$1,000 |
July 19 |
Sat |
Oakshade Raceway |
Wauseon Ohio |
$1,000 |
The Summit Racing Modified Nationals is proudly brought to you by these fine partners : Summit Racing Equipment (Title Sponsor) Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Provider) Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Racing Tire) Racing Electronics (Official Communication ) Velocita (Official Uniform),VP Racing Fuels (Official Fuel) along with these Contingency Parters: MSD TomCat Performance Landrum Performance Springs Dominator Race Products QuarterMaster KSE Racing Products Bilstein Shocks Joes Racing Products Wrisco Aluminum Beyea Custom Headers Fast Shafts Bassett Racing Wheels QA1 Auto Meter Fluidampr Fox Shocks Impact Race Products Penske Shocks Performance Friction Brakes Strange Oval Schoenfeld Headers Bell Helmets Shafer Enterprises’ Cool Shirts; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts Indiana Decal and Intercomp.
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