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Contact: Chris Dolack
DIRTcar Racing PR
704-795-7223 | cdolack@dirtcar.com
Brady Smith Scores Thrilling DIRTcar Summer Nationals Win at Lincoln
By Jordan Morris
LINCOLN, Ill. - June 29, 2014 - Brady Smith captured his second career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory on Sunday night at Lincoln Speedway after leader Chase Junghans spun with 15 laps to go while trying to navigate through lapped traffic.
Smith grabbed the pole for the 40-lap feature with Saturday night winner, Brian Birkhofer, starting on his outside. Smith secured the lead and an early advantage on the opening lap as Birkhofer came under fire from the rest of the field. A hard charging Brian Shirley, who started in the fifth position, made his way around Birkhofer and challenged Smith for the lead early, but was unsuccessful at securing the top spot.
As Smith and Shirley battled for the lead, Chase Junghans who started in the third position, lurked behind the two leaders, staging his move for the top spot. On lap 16, Junghans took advantage of lapped traffic, making a daring pass to the inside of both Shirley and Smith for the lead. Smith held his line on the outside as the two fought for the lead, but Junghans would prove to be too tough and pulled away from Smith by the halfway point of the race.
Junghans looked to have the car to beat in his DIRTcar Summer Nationals debut, but on lap 24 he spun while trying to pass a slower Mike Spatola, handing the lead back over to Brady Smith. On lap 38, the race would be temporarily red-flagged after 2013 DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion Brandon Sheppard flipped while running in the top five. Fortunately, Sheppard escaped the wild ride without any injuries.
Following the short stoppage, Smith held off a late-race charge from Brian Birkhofer, leading the races final 15 laps en route to capturing his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory in seven years.
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Shirley, Dennis Erb Jr., and Ryan Unzicker rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners included Birkhofer, Smith, Brandon Sheppard, and Junghans.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues on Tuesday night as they join the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Lincoln Speedway; Lincoln, Ill.; June 29, 2014;
A-Main (40-laps): 1. 2S-Brady Smith ($5,000), 2. 15B-Brian Birkhofer, 3. 81-Brian Shirley, 4. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr, 5. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 6. 18J-Chase Junghans, 7. 21B-Rich Bell, 8. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 9. 1M-Jim Moon, 10. 89-Mike Spatola, 11. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 12. 84-Myles Moos, 13. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 14. 25L-Steve Lance Jr, 15. 27K-Greg Kimmons, 16. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr, 17. 24T-Matt Taylor, 18. 6K-Michael Kloos, 19. 75D-Billy Drake, 20. 18-Shannon Babb, 21. 42-MCKay Wenger, 22. 12B-Kevin Weaver.
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. |
Brian Shirley (2) |
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int. Raceway |
Paducah, Ky. |
RAIN |
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated Auto Parts Raceway |
Pevely, Mo. |
Brian Birkhofer |
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln, Ill. |
Brady Smith |
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
Poel Captures Fourth Victory of 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Season at Lincoln Speedway
By Jordan Morris
LINCOLN, Ill. - June 29, 2014 - One night after Mike Harrison tied his 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win total at three, Jacob Poel responded Sunday night by passing Harrison on the final lap to claim his fourth victory of the season at Lincoln Speedway.
Nick Hoffman, of Mooresville, NC, and Mike Harrison occupied the front row, with Jacob Poel starting right behind them in the third position. Hoffman and Harrison battled for the lead on the opening lap, with Harrison eventually securing the top spot.
Harrison had the car to beat as he held off challenges from Hoffman, Poel, and T.D Burger in the early laps of the 25-lap feature event. Harrison built a comfortable lead on the rest of the field with the action heating up for the second position where Poel, Hoffman and Burger battled for the majority of the race. Harrison looked to close out the weekend with back-to-back victories, but a late-race caution with four laps remaining changed that outcome.
On the final restart, the leader kept his car glued to the bottom, holding off a challenge from Burger. Poel took advantage of the front two cars battling for the lead, as he made his move to the outside lane and powered around Burger for second with three laps remaining. Poel drove his car deeper and deeper into the corners trying to catch Harrison, finally getting to his outside going into turn one on the final lap.
Harrison edged Poel heading into the final turn, but the outside line would prove to be valuable for Poel as he pulled even with Harrison exiting turn four. The two drivers hit the front stretch nose-to-nose with Poel claiming the $1,000 checkered flag in the first photo finish of the 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals season.
"I was really just trying to put a show on," said Poel who won by .05 of a second. "I didn't even know or not if I won there at the end, it was so close. They must've had to go back to the transponders."
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Burger, Hoffman, and Jeff Curl rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners were Poel, Hoffman, and Harrison.
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals joins the DIRTcar Summer Nationals on Tuesday night at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill.
DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Statistical Report; Lincoln Speedway; Lincoln Ill.; June 29, 2014
A-Main (25-laps): 1. 82-Jacob Poel ($1,000), 2. 24H-Mike Harrison, 3. 32B-T.D. Burger, 4. 2-Nick Hoffman, 5. 12-Jeff Curl, 6. 36-Kenny Wallace, 7. 25W-Allen Weisser, 8. 84-Tyler Deibert, 9. 14-Brian Lynn, 10. 3L-Jeff Leka, 11. 5-Steven Brooks, 12. 72A-Austin Lynn, 13. 26D-Derick Doerr, 14. 11-Blake Buchholz, 15. 41G-Matt Goulden, 16. 55A-Collin Alexander, 17. 96D-Cory Daugherty, 18. 89W-Rick Weitekamp, 19. Z8-Max McLaughlin, 20. A9-Austin May, 21. 10K-Kelly Kovski, 22. 2L-Justin Leka, 23. 32Z-Nate Zimmer, 24. 77-Ray Bollinger, 25. 32-Donovan Lodge.
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 Park |
Clarksville, Tenn. |
Mike Harrison |
June 26 |
Thur |
Clayhill Motorsports Park |
Atwood, Tenn. |
Hunter Rasdon |
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int-Raceway |
Paducah, Ky. |
RAIN |
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated I-55 Raceway |
Pevely, Mo. |
Mike Harrison |
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln, Ill. |
Jacob Poel |
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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