June 12, 2025 | By Matt Skipper, DIRTcar Racing PR

Jason Feger Captures Career Summer Nationals Win No. 31 at Kankakee

KANKAKEE, Ill.—Jason Feger’s muscle on the high side of dirt tracks remains unmatched.

On his home turf at Kankakee County Speedway, the Bloomington, IL driver put his expertise to use on Wednesday night as he led every lap for his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model win of 2025.

Feger began his night with a win in his Heat race, then picked up a front row start for the 30-lap Feature around the 1/4-mile bullring.

Using the outside at the drop of the green flag, Feger ran the cushion and got the edge on polesitter Dillon McCowan to take the early claim.

The Longhorn Chassis No. 25 machine took residence on the top while McCowan and third place runner Brian Shirley had to try both the low and middle lanes of the track in their attempt at squandering Feger’s supremacy at the front.

Through the first half of the Feature, the "High Side Hustler" inflated his lead gap to three seconds as Tuesday winner Billy Moyer and Mark Whitener charged into the top five after starting in 12th and 13th, respectively.

While a caution with 10 laps remaining gave the top five a second life in the fight for the win, the 2010 champion proceeded to rip the high line towards a 2.2-second lead away from the field as he captured the 31st Hell Tour triumph of his career.

“Well, it’s been a rough start to the year for us,” Feger said. “I feel like we’ve been working really hard, getting better and better. Feels good to get a win off Hell Tour early. I mean, second night, it takes that pressure off and now we can focus on racing. It ended up being a pretty good race where I could really manuever to the top, middle or bottom.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head for Peoria Speedway in the halfway mark of the opening week.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 75-Dillon McCowan[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[13]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[8]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[12]; 7. K67-Braiden Keller[10]; 8. 22*-Drake Troutman[9]; 9. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 10. 14JR-Trey Mills[7]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[18]; 12. 18-Shannon Babb[17]; 13. 10J-Joseph Joiner[15]; 14. 31-Tyler Millwood[4]; 15. 17SS-Brenden Smith[16]; 16. 1-Tyler Erb[11]; 17. 16-Rusty Griffaw[20]; 18. 15-Clay Stuckey[19]; 19. (DNF) 130-Chase Osterhoff[6]; 20. (DNF) C6-Oakley Johns[14]; 21. (DNF) 29-Christian Hanger[22]; 22. (DNF) 10-Paul Parker[21]



Derek Losh Wins Second Career Summit Modified Nationals Feature at Kankakee

Derek Losh wasn’t going to be denied a second DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win after four years of anticipation.

Early in the Wednesday program at Kankakee County Speedway, Losh went fastest in his Qualifying group, then proceeded to win the Heat race.

That set him up for a redraw that awarded him the outside of the front row for the Modified’s 25-lap Feature.

The Rensselaer, IN driver beat polesitter Steven Brooks to the gas pedal entering the opening start, as the cushion worked to Losh’s favor to take the lead on Lap 1.

While Losh never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the Feature, he had to keep Owensboro, KY driver Cole Falloway after driving up five spots to take second place on Lap 3.

Losh used the high line while Falloway tried to use the middle lane to have a chance at getting to the door of the No. 21L for the top spot.

When Falloway faltered with three laps to go after smacking the outside wall, Losh locked up his second Summit Modifieds win since 2020.

“This place takes a ton of luck and you gotta be good all night,” Losh said. “Our guys worked thier asses off getting us good here, I’m glad I didn’t tear the nose off. These guys got the No. 21 machine rolling, and thank you to everyone that supports us.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head for Peoria Speedway in the halfway mark of the opening week.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.


RESULTS

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 75-Dillon McCowan[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[13]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[8]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[12]; 7. K67-Braiden Keller[10]; 8. 22*-Drake Troutman[9]; 9. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 10. 14JR-Trey Mills[7]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[18]; 12. 18-Shannon Babb[17]; 13. 10J-Joseph Joiner[15]; 14. 31-Tyler Millwood[4]; 15. 17SS-Brenden Smith[16]; 16. 1-Tyler Erb[11]; 17. 16-Rusty Griffaw[20]; 18. 15-Clay Stuckey[19]; 19. (DNF) 130-Chase Osterhoff[6]; 20. (DNF) C6-Oakley Johns[14]; 21. (DNF) 29-Christian Hanger[22]; 22. (DNF) 10-Paul Parker[21]

Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 3. 10-Paul Parker[3]; 4. 17SR-Brody Smith[4]; 5. 8-Matthew Larson[5]; 6. 9-Lyle Zanker[9]; 7. 14-AJ Cooley[16]; 8. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[11]; 9. 55-Eli Johnson[7]; 10. 55X-Mike Lofgren[15]; 11. 108-Chuck Southard[14]; 12. 15-Clay Stuckey[12]; 13. (DNF) 05B-Josh Boller[13]; 14. (DNF) 28B-Carson Brown[6]; 15. (DNF) B12-Kevin Weaver[8]; 16. (DNF) M27-Mike Provenzano[10]

Consolation Race (C-Main) (8 Laps): 1. 05B-Josh Boller[3]; 2. 108-Chuck Southard[1]; 3. 55X-Mike Lofgren[6]; 4. 14-AJ Cooley[2]; 5. 16-Rusty Griffaw[8]; 6. 29-Christian Hanger[7]; 7. 74-Dan DeYoung[9]; 8. (DNS) 38-Thomas Hunziker; 9. (DNS) 42-Chad Finley; 10. (DNS) 09-Michael Leach; 11. (DNS) 388-Jackson Hise; 12. (DNS) 17A-Austin Howes

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 6. 8-Matthew Larson[6]; 7. 9-Lyle Zanker[8]; 8. 108-Chuck Southard[9]; 9. 42-Chad Finley[7]; 10. 74-Dan DeYoung[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 14JR-Trey Mills[3]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 4. 10J-Joseph Joiner[5]; 5. 10-Paul Parker[4]; 6. 55-Eli Johnson[6]; 7. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[7]; 8. 14-AJ Cooley[9]; 9. 55X-Mike Lofgren[8]; 10. (DNS) 09-Michael Leach

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Tyler Millwood[1]; 2. 130-Chase Osterhoff[3]; 3. K67-Braiden Keller[2]; 4. C6-Oakley Johns[5]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[7]; 6. 28B-Carson Brown[4]; 7. M27-Mike Provenzano[8]; 8. 05B-Josh Boller[10]; 9. 29-Christian Hanger[6]; 10. (DNF) 388-Jackson Hise[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[4]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[9]; 6. B12-Kevin Weaver[3]; 7. 15-Clay Stuckey[5]; 8. 38-Thomas Hunziker[8]; 9. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 10. 17A-Austin Howes[10]

Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:15.015[2]; 2. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.019[4]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:15.081[9]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:15.194[14]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:15.201[6]; 6. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:15.217[16]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:15.229[19]; 8. 10-Paul Parker, 00:15.369[1]; 9. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:15.663[20]; 10. 10J-Joseph Joiner, 00:15.672[17]; 11. 8-Matthew Larson, 00:15.811[7]; 12. 55-Eli Johnson, 00:16.013[11]; 13. 42-Chad Finley, 00:16.110[10]; 14. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:16.512[13]; 15. 9-Lyle Zanker, 00:16.543[12]; 16. 55X-Mike Lofgren, 00:16.615[8]; 17. 108-Chuck Southard, 00:16.890[5]; 18. 14-AJ Cooley, 00:17.046[15]; 19. 74-Dan DeYoung, 00:17.974[3]; 20. 09-Michael Leach[18]

Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 31-Tyler Millwood, 00:15.418[3]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:15.526[13]; 3. K67-Braiden Keller, 00:15.627[15]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:15.635[8]; 5. 130-Chase Osterhoff, 00:15.825[14]; 6. B12-Kevin Weaver, 00:15.830[1]; 7. 28B-Carson Brown, 00:15.835[2]; 8. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:15.859[18]; 9. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:15.900[17]; 10. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:15.916[16]; 11. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:15.944[12]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:15.980[11]; 13. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:16.008[9]; 14. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:16.093[6]; 15. M27-Mike Provenzano, 00:16.151[4]; 16. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:16.166[7]; 17. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:16.178[10]; 18. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:16.400[5]; 19. 05B-Josh Boller, 00:16.418[20]; 20. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:16.716[19]


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DIRTcar UMP Modifieds

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21L-Derek Losh[2]; 2. 66-Cole Falloway[6]; 3. 21A-Nick Allen[8]; 4. 99-Hunt Gossum[5]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[3]; 6. 777-Trevor Neville[9]; 7. 5-Steven Brooks[1]; 8. 27-Beau DeYoung[10]; 9. 1TS-Tyler Spalding[14]; 10. 96M-Mike McKinney[12]; 11. 5CS-Curt Spalding[16]; 12. 01-Billy Knippenberg[7]; 13. 7-Brad Deyoung[17]; 14. 1H-Ben Harmon[15]; 15. 25S-Jake Straka[13]; 16. 35-Jason Hastings[23]; 17. 73-Mark Rhoades[18]; 18. 2-Brayden Doyle[19]; 19. 28M-Frank Marshall[11]; 20. (DNS) 0-Travis Kohler; 21. (DNS) 17N-Dillon Nusbaum; 22. (DNS) 71J-Justin VanDrunen; 23. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane

Last Chance Showdown (8 Laps): 1. 5CS-Curt Spalding[3]; 2. 7-Brad Deyoung[2]; 3. 73-Mark Rhoades[5]; 4. 35-Jason Hastings[8]; 5. 14-Dalton Lane[9]; 6. 2-Brayden Doyle[6]; 7. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[11]; 8. 3-Carson Friedman[14]; 9. 71J-Justin VanDrunen[12]; 10. 48-Adam Pockrus[1]; 11. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[4]; 12. (DNS) 24-Zeke McKenzie; 13. (DNS) 9-Matt Partin; 14. (DNS) 75-Daniel Adam; 15. (DNS) 7G-Willie Gammill

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Chase Holland[1]; 2. 0-Travis Kohler[3]; 3. 01-Billy Knippenberg[7]; 4. 27-Beau DeYoung[2]; 5. 25S-Jake Straka[6]; 6. 48-Adam Pockrus[8]; 7. (DNF) 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[5]; 8. (DNS) 24-Zeke McKenzie; 9. (DNS) 9-Matt Partin; 10. (DNS) 75-Daniel Adam

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Steven Brooks[2]; 2. 99-Hunt Gossum[3]; 3. 21A-Nick Allen[1]; 4. 28M-Frank Marshall[4]; 5. 1TS-Tyler Spalding[5]; 6. 7-Brad Deyoung[10]; 7. 73-Mark Rhoades[6]; 8. 35-Jason Hastings[8]; 9. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[9]; 10. 3-Carson Friedman[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21L-Derek Losh[1]; 2. 66-Cole Falloway[3]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[2]; 4. 96M-Mike McKinney[6]; 5. 1H-Ben Harmon[5]; 6. 5CS-Curt Spalding[8]; 7. 2-Brayden Doyle[4]; 8. 14-Dalton Lane[7]; 9. 71J-Justin VanDrunen[10]; 10. 7G-Willie Gammill[9]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 45-Chase Holland, 00:15.341[1]; 2. 27-Beau DeYoung, 00:15.711[3]; 3. 0-Travis Kohler, 00:15.750[2]; 4. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 00:15.773[5]; 5. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum, 00:15.825[7]; 6. 25S-Jake Straka, 00:16.172[6]; 7. 01-Billy Knippenberg, 00:16.329[10]; 8. 48-Adam Pockrus, 00:16.383[9]; 9. 9-Matt Partin, 00:19.081[8]; 10. (DQ) 75-Daniel Adam, 00:15.706[4]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 21A-Nick Allen, 00:15.480[5]; 2. 5-Steven Brooks, 00:15.768[1]; 3. 99-Hunt Gossum, 00:15.869[6]; 4. 28M-Frank Marshall, 00:15.974[4]; 5. 1TS-Tyler Spalding, 00:15.999[9]; 6. 73-Mark Rhoades, 00:16.204[3]; 7. 3-Carson Friedman, 00:16.237[10]; 8. 35-Jason Hastings, 00:16.292[8]; 9. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[7]; 10. 7-Brad Deyoung[2]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 21L-Derek Losh, 00:15.658[7]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:15.758[2]; 3. 66-Cole Falloway, 00:15.807[10]; 4. 2-Brayden Doyle, 00:16.064[8]; 5. 1H-Ben Harmon, 00:16.088[3]; 6. 96M-Mike McKinney, 00:16.101[6]; 7. 14-Dalton Lane, 00:16.206[5]; 8. 5CS-Curt Spalding, 00:16.292[4]; 9. 7G-Willie Gammill, 00:17.011[1]; 10. 71J-Justin VanDrunen, 00:17.295[9]


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DIRTcar Pro Late Models

Feature $1200 to win (25 Laps): 1. 11-Ryan Miller[1]; 2. 10M-Austin Mccarty[5]; 3. 818-Matt Hammond[4]; 4. 97M-Michael Marden[12]; 5. X3-Ben Kirchner[2]; 6. BK3-Billy Knippenberg III[9]; 7. 51A-Amber Crouch[7]; 8. 19-Chad Osterhoff[10]; 9. 25-Luke Robbins[8]; 10. 83-Brandon Williams[13]; 11. 56-Brandon Pralle[6]; 12. 3-Sam Moore[14]; 13. 32-Donita Hines[18]; 14. 47-Dan Kuhn[11]; 15. 35-Jeff Moore[16]; 16. 63-Stuart Hicks[15]; 17. 25E-Dakota Ewing[3]; 18. 41-Logan Nesselrodt[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25E-Dakota Ewing[1]; 2. 56-Brandon Pralle[3]; 3. 818-Matt Hammond[6]; 4. 51A-Amber Crouch[4]; 5. BK3-Billy Knippenberg III[5]; 6. 47-Dan Kuhn[2]; 7. 83-Brandon Williams[8]; 8. 63-Stuart Hicks[9]; 9. 41-Logan Nesselrodt[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10M-Austin Mccarty[1]; 2. 11-Ryan Miller[3]; 3. X3-Ben Kirchner[2]; 4. 25-Luke Robbins[6]; 5. 19-Chad Osterhoff[5]; 6. 97M-Michael Marden[4]; 7. 3-Sam Moore[7]; 8. 35-Jeff Moore[8]; 9. 32-Donita Hines[9]

Qualifying: 1. 25E-Dakota Ewing, 00:16.258[17]; 2. 10M-Austin Mccarty, 00:16.486[14]; 3. 47-Dan Kuhn, 00:16.550[10]; 4. X3-Ben Kirchner, 00:16.596[15]; 5. 56-Brandon Pralle, 00:16.615[12]; 6. 11-Ryan Miller, 00:16.708[11]; 7. 51A-Amber Crouch, 00:16.834[18]; 8. 97M-Michael Marden, 00:16.889[16]; 9. BK3-Billy Knippenberg III, 00:16.892[5]; 10. 19-Chad Osterhoff, 00:16.929[8]; 11. 818-Matt Hammond, 00:16.935[6]; 12. 25-Luke Robbins, 00:17.017[9]; 13. 41-Logan Nesselrodt, 00:17.128[4]; 14. 3-Sam Moore, 00:17.288[3]; 15. 83-Brandon Williams, 00:17.409[1]; 16. 35-Jeff Moore, 00:17.440[13]; 17. 63-Stuart Hicks, 00:17.675[2]; 18. 32-Donita Hines, 00:18.286[7]


DIRTcar Stock Car

Feature (15 Laps): 1. K1-Allen Provenzano[1]; 2. 99K-Jerrad Krick[4]; 3. 01-Joe Hillman[10]; 4. 52P-Steve Perkins[7]; 5. 43-Dustin Hubert[12]; 6. 19K-Bailey Downey[8]; 7. 18-Sam Casko[11]; 8. 7-Joe Steurer[14]; 9. (DNF) 10H-Don Hilleray[5]; 10. (DNF) 83-James Williams[6]; 11. (DNF) 23G-Jace Gall[9]; 12. (DNF) 007-Kyle Anderson[2]; 13. (DNF) 16X-Bo Barger[13]; 14. (DNF) 27-Reid Gall[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. K1-Allen Provenzano[5]; 2. 007-Kyle Anderson[7]; 3. 52P-Steve Perkins[3]; 4. 19K-Bailey Downey[2]; 5. 01-Joe Hillman[4]; 6. 16X-Bo Barger[1]; 7. 43-Dustin Hubert[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Reid Gall[2]; 2. 99K-Jerrad Krick[4]; 3. 10H-Don Hilleray[7]; 4. 83-James Williams[6]; 5. 23G-Jace Gall[5]; 6. 18-Sam Casko[3]; 7. (DNF) 7-Joe Steurer[1]


DIRTcar Pro Modifieds

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 121-Deece Schwartz[2]; 2. 10-Curtis Caldwell[3]; 3. 24F-Patrick Fatigato[4]; 4. 14-Tom Knippenberg[8]; 5. 39-Kevin Sonquist[11]; 6. 21JR-Ryan Kohler[5]; 7. H24-Tony Hemp[9]; 8. 42A-Pete Argianas[1]; 9. 31T-Meara Tilstra[7]; 10. (DNF) 22-Allen Line[6]; 11. (DNF) 44E-Evan Eckhoff[13]; 12. (DNF) 88-Derek Line[10]; 13. (DNS) 12-Brenden Tezak

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42A-Pete Argianas[5]; 2. 10-Curtis Caldwell[6]; 3. 22-Allen Line[1]; 4. 14-Tom Knippenberg[2]; 5. H24-Tony Hemp[4]; 6. (DNF) 39-Kevin Sonquist[3]; 7. (DNS) 44E-Evan Eckhoff

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 121-Deece Schwartz[2]; 2. 24F-Patrick Fatigato[3]; 3. 21JR-Ryan Kohler[6]; 4. 31T-Meara Tilstra[4]; 5. 88-Derek Line[1]; 6. (DNS) 12-Brenden Tezak