June 18, 2025 | By Matt Skipper, DIRTcar Racing PR

Ryan Gustin Earns First Career Summer Nationals Win at Davenport

DAVENPORT, Ia.—On Monday night, Ryan Gustin made his first start with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models for the first time since 2022.

On Tuesday at Davenport Speedway, the Marshalltown, IA native scored his first career win with the Hell Tour on his home turf in the Iowa Governor’s Cup.

Gustin showed speed from the start of the night’s program by setting the fastest time in his Qualifying group, then drove towards the win in Heat 3.

Gustin started alongside World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Models presented by DIRTVision rookie contender Jake Timm for the start of the 30-lap race, with Gustin taking the lead early on the bottom of Turns 1-2 before shifting towards the top as Timm transitioned to the bottom.

The two drivers stayed even with each other until Timm conceded the lead on Lap 6 after Gustin got clear of Timm and moved down to the bottom line.

Amid the two drivers racing for the lead, Hampton, GA’s Ashton Winger began his charge towards his Outlaw competitors for the win at the 1/4-mile race track.

In the first restart on Lap 6, Winger crossed Timm on the high lane to take second place, but could not mount a pass for the lead on the Todd Cooney Racing No. 19R Infinity Chassis.

The three drivers each stayed within one second of each other through the halfway point until the final caution on Lap 21 gave Winger and Timm a final chance at overtaking Gustin.

Gustin controlled the lanes behind him on the last restart as Timm took back second place over Winger by performing the exact move that the Jeff Mathews Motorsports No. 12 executed on him.

Timm had to focus on maintaining his track position over Winger as “The Reaper” extended his lead to 2.5 seconds to capture his first career Hell Tour win, and his first win at Davenport.

“We’ve lost a bunch of (races) here, whether it be flat tires or mechanical issues or whatever,” Gustin said. “It definitely feels really good to win here. It’s been an uphill battle for sure. We unloaded yesterday and didn’t know what the heck to do, so we worked on it all day today and found a bunch of things that weren’t correct. So we fixed them, and this thing drove right around there tonight.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals join forces for the first time in Week 2 for a night at Quincy Raceways on Wednesday, June 18.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every DIRTcar Summer Nationals race live on DIRTVision.


RESULTS

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 3. 12-Ashton Winger[2]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[12]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 7. 75-Dillon McCowan[10]; 8. 10-Joseph Joiner[8]; 9. 09-Michael Leach[18]; 10. 28M-Sam Mars[11]; 11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[14]; 12. 14JR-Trey Mills[15]; 13. 22*-Drake Troutman[13]; 14. 15-Clay Stuckey[16]; 15. 31M-Tyler Millwood[22]; 16. 28B-Carson Brown[21]; 17. 99-Mckay Wenger[20]; 18. 25F-Jason Feger[7]; 19. 5-Mark Whitener[17]; 20. 43-Derrick Stewart[9]; 21. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[19]; 22. 29-Christian Hanger[4]

Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 5-Mark Whitener[7]; 2. 09-Michael Leach[3]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[5]; 4. 388-Jackson Hise[1]; 5. 99-Mckay Wenger[4]; 6. 28B-Carson Brown[2]; 7. 31M-Tyler Millwood[8]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 9. C6-Oakley Johns[12]; 10. 17SR-Brody Smith[13]; 11. 8-Matthew Larson[16]; 12. 33-Collin Rutledge[15]; 13. 38-Thomas Hunziker[14]; 14. 79W-Greg Wagner[17]; 15. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 16. 17A-Austin Howes[11]; 17. 66-Eli Ross[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jake Timm[1]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 43-Derrick Stewart[3]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 5. 388-Jackson Hise[4]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[6]; 7. 21B-Rich Bell[8]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[7]; 9. 79W-Greg Wagner[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Christian Hanger[1]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 3. 28M-Sam Mars[3]; 4. 14JR-Trey Mills[4]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 6. 5-Mark Whitener[6]; 7. 17A-Austin Howes[7]; 8. 33-Collin Rutledge[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 3. 75-Dillon McCowan[2]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[5]; 5. 28B-Carson Brown[4]; 6. 66-Eli Ross[8]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[7]; 8. (DNS) 38-Thomas Hunziker

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[1]; 2. 10-Joseph Joiner[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[6]; 4. 15-Clay Stuckey[3]; 5. 99-Mckay Wenger[4]; 6. 31M-Tyler Millwood[5]; 7. C6-Oakley Johns[7]; 8. 8-Matthew Larson[8]

Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 49-Jake Timm, 00:13.612[1]; 2. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:13.644[9]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:13.714[6]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:13.773[12]; 5. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:13.822[2]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars, 00:13.829[10]; 7. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:13.882[13]; 8. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:13.893[15]; 9. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:13.898[16]; 10. 09-Michael Leach, 00:13.953[11]; 11. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:13.970[5]; 12. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:14.059[3]; 13. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:14.070[17]; 14. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:14.118[8]; 15. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:14.490[7]; 16. 33-Collin Rutledge, 00:15.232[4]; 17. 79W-Greg Wagner, 00:15.287[14]

Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.691[2]; 2. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:13.774[12]; 3. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.874[1]; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner, 00:13.933[5]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.084[4]; 6. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:14.125[6]; 7. 28B-Carson Brown, 00:14.155[9]; 8. 99-Mckay Wenger, 00:14.188[14]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:14.197[13]; 10. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 00:14.244[10]; 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:14.251[11]; 12. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.298[16]; 13. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:14.357[7]; 14. C6-Oakley Johns, 00:14.471[15]; 15. 66-Eli Ross, 00:14.508[8]; 16. 8-Matthew Larson, 00:15.278[3]


DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS OVERALL DRIVER STANDINGS

oints Updated: June 17, 2025

Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 443 -0 2 4 5 7
2 #28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 420 -23 0 5 5 7
3 #22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 375 -68 2 2 4 7
4 #10 Joseph Joiner Milton, FL 367 -76 0 2 4 7
5 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 360 -83 0 1 5 7
6 #21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 348 -95 1 2 3 7
7 #99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 331 -112 0 2 3 7
8 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 330 -113 0 1 3 7
9 #40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 327 -116 0 1 3 7
10 #3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL 295 -148 1 3 3 4
11 #15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 290 -153 0 0 0 7
12 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 289 -154 0 1 3 5
13 #14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 289 -154 0 0 2 6
14 #18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 282 -161 0 2 4 5
15 #09 Michael Leach Sun River, MT 273 -170 0 0 3 4
16 #31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 267 -176 0 0 1 4
17 #29 Christian Hanger Winchester, TN 249 -194 0 0 0 7
18 #388 Jackson Hise Ocala, FL 240 -203 0 0 1 3
19 #17SS Brenden Smith Dade City, FL 224 -219 0 0 0 2
20 #C6 Oakley Johns Hohenwald, TN 222 -221 0 0 0 2


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Street Stocks - Koehler Electric
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78A-Blake Woodruff[1]; 2. 31-Donnie Louck[9]; 3. 14B-Chevy Andreatta[3]; 4. 88-Jake Lund[8]; 5. 95-Jesse Owen[6]; 6. 52A-Bob Barker[5]; 7. 55-Cody Staley[7]; 8. 7-Austin Riggs[4]; 9. 81-Cary Brown[2]


IMCA SportMods - AVS Hydro Excavating

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 24X-Cole Stichter[4]; 2. 18C-Dakota Cole[2]; 3. 711-Payce Herrera[7]; 4. T51-Tyler Maschmann[1]; 5. 4G-Kevin Goben[9]; 6. 8S-Josh Starr[3]; 7. CB25-Chris Burke[6]; 8. 777-Rayce Mullen[5]; 9. 29B-Ryan Walker[8]; 10. 36N-Joe Nemitz[10]


Nostalgia Stock Cars

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. TR1-Matt Hirst[6]; 2. 50-Terry Mattly[3]; 3. 00-Dan Kessler[4]; 4. 88-Jeff Walker[8]; 5. 95-Tom Honts[9]; 6. 35-Mark Claeys[7]; 7. 112-Pat Tuttle[1]; 8. 15-Jeff Snyder[2]; 9. Z1-Zane Zimmerman[10]; 10. 25-Austin Honts[5]


Midwest Jalopies

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 32-Matt Fulton Sr[7]; 2. 79-Jayson Blunt[3]; 3. 0-Tanner Gerard[4]; 4. 86-Michael Hulsing[6]; 5. 17-Jordan Sherwood[5]; 6. 59-Jeff Blunt[8]; 7. 52-Dennis Blunt[1]; 8. 31B-Aaron Grothe[9]; 9. 40-Mark Merfeld[2]; 10. 1-Tom Honts[10]; 11. 21-Austin Honts[11]