June 26, 2024 | By Colby Trotter

Ashton Winger wires Summer Nationals feature at Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One race into his return to the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, Ashton Winger has picked up right where he left off.

Winger, the reigning Hell Tour champion from Hampton, GA, commenced Week 3 competition with a win in his first appearance with the Summer Nationals in 2024, leading all 30 laps of the main event Tuesday night at Springfield Raceway for his 13th career tour victory.

After not competing in either of the first two weeks, Winger said he is glad to be back racing in the Midwest.

“It feels like home out here,” Winger said. “We seen [Tyler Erb] beating up on these guys and figured we’d come out here and give it a shot.”

While Winger dominated the Feature, he had to go through some adversity before that. After qualifying fourth quickest in his group, the 24-year-old drove from fourth on the starting grid to the win in his Heat and then redrew the outside pole for the Feature. So, what changed from Qualifying to his Heat Race?

“That was really all me, a hiccup on my part,” Winger said. “Just got to try to clean up those mistakes because, I mean, things aren’t always going to go your way.”

At the drop of the green in the Feature, Winger took the lead, beating Scott Crigler to the start/finish line while riding the high side of the 1/4-mile oval. Once he took the lead, Winger was forced to restart twice within the first 10 laps with Erb – a six-time winner this season – lined up right behind him.

Both times, Winger got the advantage on the start and did not allow Erb to close the gap and take the lead from him.

“I felt pretty good about it,” Winger said of his confidence on the restarts. “I kind of changed up what I did there. Tried not to do the same thing so them guys could get a run on me, but I couldn’t really tell how close they were.”

Winger had to face a restart one more time on Lap 22. But just like the previous two, he had no issues and led the field to the checkered flag unchallenged, finishing over two seconds ahead of runner-up Dillon McCowan.

After winning his first start on the 39th DIRTcar Summer Nationals, you couldn’t wipe the smile off Winger’s face.

“I’m happier than a tornado in trailer park,” Winger said. “Any time you can win man, it don’t matter if it’s a local two or $3,000-to-win, they’re all hard to win nowadays.”

UP NEXT:  The DIRTcar Summer Nationals next head for Macon Speedway for the Herald & Review 100 on Thursday, June 27, racing alongside the Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.

Tickets will be on sale at the gate and if you can’t be there catch all the action on DIRTVision


RESULTS

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 4. 15-Clayton Stuckey[7]; 5. 58-Tyler Clem[8]; 6. 49-Justin Wells[13]; 7. 25-Jason Feger[15]; 8. 30-Mark Voigt[10]; 9. 71-Jim Body[21]; 10. 128-Kylan Garner[16]; 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker[18]; 12. 12C-Scott Crigler[1]; 13. 10-Garrett Smith[4]; 14. 36-Logan Martin[6]; 15. 1/4J-Jaxon Ertel[11]; 16. 75-Daniel Adam[9]; 17. 11-Sawyer Crigler[14]; 18. 4W-Tyler Wolff[17]; 19. 5-Austin Vincent[19]; 20. 7-Cole Wells[20]; 21. USA1-Chris Hawkins[22]; 22. 3-Brennon Willard[12]

Consolation Race (8 Laps): 1. 128-Kylan Garner[2]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[7]; 3. 38-Thomas Hunziker[1]; 4. 5-Austin Vincent[5]; 5. 7-Cole Wells[6]; 6. 71-Jim Body[11]; 7. USA1-Chris Hawkins[4]; 8. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[8]; 9. 26M-Matt Menzie[12]; 10. 90-Josh Farris[10]; 11. (DNS) 8K-Tyler Kuykendall; 12. (DNS) 28-Jim Greenway; 13. (DNS) 26-Glen Powell; 14. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 2. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 3. 15-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 4. 30-Mark Voigt[6]; 5. 49-Justin Wells[2]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[5]; 7. USA1-Chris Hawkins[7]; 8. 4W-Tyler Wolff[8]; 9. 90-Josh Farris[9]; 10. (DNS) 26-Glen Powell

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12C-Scott Crigler[2]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 3. 58-Tyler Clem[3]; 4. 1/4J-Jaxon Ertel[4]; 5. 11-Sawyer Crigler[5]; 6. 128-Kylan Garner[6]; 7. 5-Austin Vincent[7]; 8. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[8]; 9. 71-Jim Body[9]; 10. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[4]; 2. 36-Logan Martin[3]; 3. 75-Daniel Adam[1]; 4. 3-Brennon Willard[6]; 5. 25-Jason Feger[2]; 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[5]; 7. 7-Cole Wells[8]; 8. 28-Jim Greenway[7]; 9. 26M-Matt Menzie[9]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 10-Garrett Smith, 00:12.194[1]; 2. 49-Justin Wells, 00:12.260[4]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:12.313[10]; 4. 15-Clayton Stuckey, 00:12.438[2]; 5. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:12.567[7]; 6. 30-Mark Voigt, 00:12.717[3]; 7. USA1-Chris Hawkins, 00:12.884[6]; 8. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:12.975[9]; 9. 90-Josh Farris, 00:13.496[5]; 10. 26-Glen Powell, 00:14.419[8]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:12.074[9]; 2. 12C-Scott Crigler, 00:12.254[2]; 3. 58-Tyler Clem, 00:12.336[3]; 4. 1/4J-Jaxon Ertel, 00:12.415[7]; 5. 11-Sawyer Crigler, 00:12.470[1]; 6. 128-Kylan Garner, 00:12.530[5]; 7. 5-Austin Vincent, 00:12.583[4]; 8. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:12.771[6]; 9. 71-Jim Body, 00:13.954[8]; 10. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:12.154[1]; 2. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.209[7]; 3. 36-Logan Martin, 00:12.288[2]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:12.385[8]; 5. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 00:12.556[6]; 6. 3-Brennon Willard, 00:12.602[3]; 7. 28-Jim Greenway, 00:12.906[4]; 8. 7-Cole Wells, 00:12.919[9]; 9. 26M-Matt Menzie, 00:13.020[5]


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POWRI MW MODZS B CLASS BY HAYDEN MACHINERY

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 18C-Carter Harrison[4]; 2. 02-Blake Ellis[1]; 3. 21K-Sam Keller[11]; 4. 6P-Tyler Pearish[2]; 5. 10-Cody Bray[8]; 6. 34-Jake Carter[7]; 7. 15J-Jordan Bryant[10]; 8. 99-Jordon Cater[3]; 9. 83R-Ryan Smythe[6]; 10. 06M-Rocky McCleary[5]; 11. (DQ) 34R-Braxton Rupp[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6P-Tyler Pearish[1]; 2. 99-Jordon Cater[2]; 3. 83R-Ryan Smythe[3]; 4. 10-Cody Bray[4]; 5. 34R-Braxton Rupp[6]; 6. 21K-Sam Keller[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Blake Ellis[2]; 2. 18C-Carter Harrison[1]; 3. 06M-Rocky McCleary[4]; 4. 34-Jake Carter[5]; 5. 15J-Jordan Bryant[3]


POWRI MIDWEST MOD A-CLASS BY INDIGO SKY CASINO

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Trent Wynn[12]; 2. 27-Jeff Ayres[1]; 3. 83C-Scott Campbell[8]; 4. 26K-Gary Krebs[11]; 5. 64-Pete Richardson[10]; 6. 84-Dayton Newell[6]; 7. 678-Sundance Keepper[4]; 8. 81-Elijah Keepper[5]; 9. 25J-Ryan Hargus[3]; 10. 86J-Cory Johnson[2]; 11. 8-Mitch Coulter[13]; 12. 7-Kynsey Collins[7]; 13. 4C-Braden Connor[16]; 14. 668-Hunter Stutesmun[15]; 15. 57-Austin Dixon[17]; 16. (DNF) 7W-Wesley Breedlove[18]; 17. (DNF) 30-robert bell[9]; 18. (DNF) 18P-Shaine Paxston[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 678-Sundance Keepper[2]; 2. 81-Elijah Keepper[4]; 3. 83C-Scott Campbell[3]; 4. 64-Pete Richardson[6]; 5. 8-Mitch Coulter[1]; 6. 4C-Braden Connor[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Jeff Ayres[4]; 2. 25J-Ryan Hargus[6]; 3. 30-robert bell[2]; 4. 26K-Gary Krebs[5]; 5. 18P-Shaine Paxston[3]; 6. (DNF) 7W-Wesley Breedlove[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Cory Johnson[3]; 2. 7-Kynsey Collins[2]; 3. 84-Dayton Newell[6]; 4. 15-Trent Wynn[4]; 5. 668-Hunter Stutesmun[5]; 6. 57-Austin Dixon[1]



POWRI B-MODS BY ALL TRAILER SERVICES

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[2]; 2. 11T-James Thompson[3]; 3. 9-Ken Schrader[5]; 4. 7L-Trevor Drake[1]; 5. 5W-Derek Watson[10]; 6. 86-Jeff Albright[4]; 7. 55-Colson Kirk[8]; 8. 18-Austin Joplin[6]; 9. 3A-Aaron Speck[7]; 10. F1-Mitchell Franklin[13]; 11. Y23-Ethan Young[11]; 12. 30-Rex Harris[9]; 13. 23N-Kenny Nutter[14]; 14. 55R-James Redus[18]; 15. 21-Jackie Dalton[16]; 16. 83-JC Newell[17]; 17. 9M-Matthew Manes[12]; 18. 33-Anthony Ferrara[15]; 19. 00-Cason Harris[20]; 20. (DNF) 61-Sturgis Streeter[19]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 83-JC Newell[2]; 2. 55R-James Redus[1]; 3. 61-Sturgis Streeter[4]; 4. 00-Cason Harris[3]; 5. 28-Wesley Briggs[8]; 6. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[5]; 7. 22-Rob Hough[6]; 8. 37W-Frank Waszkiewicz[7]; 9. (DNS) 9B-Brennan Baum; 10. (DQ) 15-Cayden Stacye[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7L-Trevor Drake[3]; 2. 86-Jeff Albright[1]; 3. 30-Rex Harris[4]; 4. 55-Colson Kirk[8]; 5. 23N-Kenny Nutter[6]; 6. 33-Anthony Ferrara[9]; 7. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[7]; 8. 22-Rob Hough[5]; 9. 28-Wesley Briggs[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[3]; 2. 9-Ken Schrader[2]; 3. 3A-Aaron Speck[5]; 4. Y23-Ethan Young[7]; 5. 55R-James Redus[4]; 6. 21-Jackie Dalton[9]; 7. 00-Cason Harris[6]; 8. (DNF) 9B-Brennan Baum[8]; 9. (DNF) 15-Cayden Stacye[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11T-James Thompson[3]; 2. 18-Austin Joplin[1]; 3. 5W-Derek Watson[4]; 4. 9M-Matthew Manes[2]; 5. F1-Mitchell Franklin[7]; 6. 83-JC Newell[5]; 7. 61-Sturgis Streeter[6]; 8. 37W-Frank Waszkiewicz[8]



POWRI FWD BY GUFFEY SERVICES HEATING & COOLING

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 33-Tyrel Jones[1]; 2. 93-Daniel Barton[2]; 3. 3M-Bobby Mooney[5]; 4. 21B-Monty Barclay[12]; 5. 96-Jeff Strong[7]; 6. 07J-Jamie Judy[8]; 7. 7K-Amadeus Keeper[10]; 8. 18-Dustin Akin[3]; 9. 93JR-Bailey Shockley[14]; 10. (DNF) 9T-Robert Tosh[4]; 11. (DNF) 62-David Veldman[6]; 12. (DNF) 80-Jim Cook[11]; 13. (DNF) 114-Jesse Booth[13]; 14. (DNF) 32S-Alex Scarlett[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Daniel Barton[2]; 2. 33-Tyrel Jones[7]; 3. 9T-Robert Tosh[6]; 4. 96-Jeff Strong[5]; 5. 32S-Alex Scarlett[3]; 6. 80-Jim Cook[1]; 7. (DNF) 93JR-Bailey Shockley[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Dustin Akin[2]; 2. 3M-Bobby Mooney[1]; 3. 62-David Veldman[3]; 4. 07J-Jamie Judy[4]; 5. 7K-Amadeus Keeper[5]; 6. 21B-Monty Barclay[6]; 7. 114-Jesse Booth[7]