Tyler Erb Wins 17th Career Summer Nationals Feature at Lincoln, Ryan Gustin Clinches Week 2 Title
Photo by Tyler Carr
LINCOLN, Ill.—Tyler Erb is back in his rhythm with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models.
The New Waverly, TX driver picked up his second Feature win of the season at Lincoln Speedway in a duel against Jason Feger for the night’s Feature win.
Beginning the night at Lincoln with a win in his Heat race, Erb rolled off from third place for the Feature while Ryan Gustin and Feger led the field to the green flag with Feger claiming the point on the opening lap.
“Terbo” followed Feger’s line to pass Gustin for second place, then rode behind the “High Side Hustler” by consistently maintaining a half-second gap.
As lapped traffic began to play a hand in the second half of the Feature, Erb waited for the moment Feger’s lead became vulnerable on the 1/4-mile race track.
Erb’s chance for the top spot became available on Lap 26 as Feger lost momentum through Turns 3-4, which led to Erb reaching Feger’s door as the two drivers made contact at the finish line. Erb’s opportunity gave him the lead while Feger pulled off the track on Lap 27 due to the damage sustained.
While the Best Performance Motorsports No. 1 endured the challenges of Gustin and Cade Dillard for the win, Erb drove away to a one-second lead as his 17th career Hell Tour win ties him with Kevin Weaver for 11th on the all-time wins list.
“We’re back in the rhythm,” Erb said. “Jason’s really good here. He's won (three years in a row), and, when he got crossed up in the cushion there, I was like, ‘Man, don't hit him, don't hit him,’ 'Cause we're really good buddies. And, I think when I got in it, I just got crooked, and he had a big run. So, it sucks that it did whatever there, but it was a good race.”
Leaving the second week of the Summer Nationals, Gustin earned the Week 2 championship for his first career weekly title with the tour after making his return to the tour for the first time since 2022.
Hunt Gossum Wins Fifth Career Summit Modified Nationals Feature at Lincoln
After four years of waiting, Hunt Gossum has made his return to Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Victory Lane.
The Mayfield, KY driver drove a perfect race at Lincoln Speedway on Sunday night by leading flag-to-flag for his fifth career tour win.
Gossum began the night with the fastest time set in his Qualifying group, then followed up the drive with the win in his Heat race.
The win helped Gossum draw the pole for the night’s 25-lap Feature with multi-time Summit Modified winner Ray Bollinger to his outside at the drop of the green flag.
Gossum used the bottom lane advantage to gain a 0.5-second lead over Bollinger. At the same time, points leader Trevor Neville attempted to pass Bollinger on the bottom lane for second place, but could not make the move stick as he stayed behind Bollinger’s No. 77 UMP Modified.
While lapped traffic added a new challenge for Gossum to face as the halfway mark, he sliced through the pack through any open lane available to gain a 1.9-second advantage until a caution on Lap 18 offered the field a second chance at passing him for the Feature win.
Gossum did not cave under the pressure of the seven-lap race towards the checkered flag as he gained a half-second lead on Bollinger for his fifth career win, tying him with Ken Schrader and Allen Weisser for 12th in all-time wins.
“I’m really happy, man,” Gossum said. “I feel like it’s been so long since I’ve won one of those. I worked my ass off, my dad works his ass off, my crew guy, Ty, works his ass off. I’m just so happy right now that it all paid off.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models visit Missouri’s Springfield Raceway on Tuesday, June 24, while the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals rejoin the Late Models at Tri-City Speedway on Wednesday, June 25.
DIRTCAR LATE MODEL RESULTS
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[4]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[9]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[21]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[10]; 7. 75-Dillon McCowan[13]; 8. 60-Dan Ebert[17]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[5]; 10. 12-Ashton Winger[20]; 11. 14JR-Trey Mills[18]; 12. 28B-Carson Brown[16]; 13. 40B-Kyle Bronson[14]; 14. 17A-Austin Howes[7]; 15. 38J-Jake Little[12]; 16. 15-Clay Stuckey[19]; 17. 29-Christian Hanger[15]; 18. 5-Mark Whitener[8]; 19. (DNF) 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 20. (DNF) 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 21. (DNF) 09-Michael Leach[22]; 22. (DNF) 49-Jake Timm[11]
Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 2. 14JR-Trey Mills[1]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[3]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith[7]; 5. 388-Jackson Hise[6]; 6. 14-Haiden Cowan[9]; 7. T1-Zach Taylor[8]; 8. B5-Brandon Sheppard[13]; 9. 15-Clay Stuckey[10]; 10. 17SR-Brody Smith[15]; 11. 17-Todd Rehg[12]; 12. 33H-Roben Huffman[14]; 13. 31M-Tyler Millwood[11]; 14. K67-Braiden Keller[4]; 15. 8-Matthew Larson[16]; 16. (DNS) 12-Ashton Winger
Consolation Race (C-Main) (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 2. 33H-Roben Huffman[1]; 3. 17SR-Brody Smith[2]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[3]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[4]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[7]; 7. 55-Rockett Bennett[10]; 8. (DNF) 16-Rusty Griffaw[6]; 9. (DNS) GT1-Guy Taylor; 10. (DNS) 4D-Doug Tye
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 4. 75-Dillon McCowan[4]; 5. 14JR-Trey Mills[8]; 6. 12-Ashton Winger[6]; 7. 14-Haiden Cowan[7]; 8. 33H-Roben Huffman[9]; 9. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 10. (DNS) 4D-Doug Tye
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 17A-Austin Howes[1]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 4. 29-Christian Hanger[3]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[5]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[6]; 7. 31M-Tyler Millwood[7]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[8]; 9. 16-Rusty Griffaw[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 6. 388-Jackson Hise[7]; 7. 15-Clay Stuckey[8]; 8. 8-Matthew Larson[6]; 9. 38-Thomas Hunziker[9]; 10. 55-Rockett Bennett[10]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[1]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 3. 38J-Jake Little[7]; 4. 28B-Carson Brown[6]; 5. K67-Braiden Keller[4]; 6. T1-Zach Taylor[8]; 7. 17-Todd Rehg[9]; 8. 09-Michael Leach[2]; 9. (DNS) GT1-Guy Taylor
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:13.071[3]; 2. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:13.212[7]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:13.266[11]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.295[9]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.332[17]; 6. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:13.395[10]; 7. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.406[13]; 8. 49-Jake Timm, 00:13.416[19]; 9. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:13.417[6]; 10. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:13.418[1]; 11. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:13.460[4]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.506[5]; 13. 14-Haiden Cowan, 00:13.518[12]; 14. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 00:13.565[18]; 15. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:13.599[16]; 16. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:13.806[8]; 17. 33H-Roben Huffman, 00:13.895[14]; 18. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:14.134[15]; 19. (DNS) 4D-Doug Tye
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:13.129[10]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:13.163[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:13.184[6]; 4. 09-Michael Leach, 00:13.237[2]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:13.290[11]; 6. GT1-Guy Taylor, 00:13.296[12]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:13.339[4]; 8. K67-Braiden Keller, 00:13.355[18]; 9. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:13.420[15]; 10. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:13.496[13]; 11. 8-Matthew Larson, 00:13.498[5]; 12. 28B-Carson Brown, 00:13.527[9]; 13. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:13.555[8]; 14. 38J-Jake Little, 00:13.607[16]; 15. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:13.627[14]; 16. T1-Zach Taylor, 00:13.713[19]; 17. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:13.900[17]; 18. 17-Todd Rehg, 00:14.353[7]; 19. 55-Rockett Bennett, 00:14.882[3]
DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS OVERALL DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 20, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 259 -0 1 3 4 4
2 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 241 -18 1 2 3 4
3 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 221 -38 0 2 2 4
4 #28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 218 -41 0 2 3 4
5 #12 Ashton Winger Hampton, GA 213 -46 0 2 2 4
6 #22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 211 -48 1 1 2 4
7 #40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 205 -54 0 1 3 4
8 #49 Jake Timm Winona, MN 204 -55 0 1 2 3
9 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 188 -71 0 0 3 4
10 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 187 -72 0 1 2 4
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HUNT GOSSUM WINS FIFTHE CAREER SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS FEATURE AT LINCOLN
LINCOLN, iLL -- After four years of waiting, Hunt Gossum has made his return to Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Victory Lane.
The Mayfield, KY driver drove a perfect race at Lincoln Speedway on Sunday night by leading flag-to-flag for his fifth career tour win.
Gossum began the night with the fastest time set in his Qualifying group, then followed up the drive with the win in his Heat race.
The win helped Gossum draw the pole for the night’s 25-lap Feature with multi-time Summit Modified winner Ray Bollinger to his outside at the drop of the green flag.
Gossum used the bottom lane advantage to gain a 0.5-second lead over Bollinger. At the same time, points leader Trevor Neville attempted to pass Bollinger on the bottom lane for second place, but could not make the move stick as he stayed behind Bollinger’s No. 77 UMP Modified.
While lapped traffic added a new challenge for Gossum to face as the halfway mark, he sliced through the pack through any open lane available to gain a 1.9-second advantage until a caution on Lap 18 offered the field a second chance at passing him for the Feature win.
Gossum did not cave under the pressure of the seven-lap race towards the checkered flag as he gained a half-second lead on Bollinger for his fifth career win, tying him with Ken Schrader and Allen Weisser for 12th in all-time wins.
“I’m really happy, man,” Gossum said. “I feel like it’s been so long since I’ve won one of those. I worked my ass off, my dad works his ass off, my crew guy, Ty, works his ass off. I’m just so happy right now that it all paid off.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models visit Missouri’s Springfield Raceway on Tuesday, June 24, while the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals rejoin the Late Models at Tri-City Speedway on Wednesday, June 25.
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.
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 99-Hunt Gossum[1]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger[2]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[5]; 4. 66-Cole Falloway[4]; 5. 45H-Chase Holland[7]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[10]; 7. 72A-Austin Lynn[9]; 8. 35-Brandon Roberts[13]; 9. 3-Mike Brooks[6]; 10. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[11]; 11. 96C-Marshall Call[18]; 12. 21T-Talen Beard[12]; 13. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[14]; 14. J13-Justin Coffey[24]; 15. 75P-Gavyn Parmele[19]; 16. 14-Brian Lynn[8]; 17. 71-Jeff Graham[20]; 18. 49B-Zach Brandt[21]; 19. 5P-Nicholas Porter[23]; 20. 110-Landen Miller[3]; 21. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[17]; 22. 19C-Carter Sinkhorn[15]; 23. 11D-Brian Diveley[16]; 24. (DNS) 24-Zeke McKenzie
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Ray Bollinger[2]; 2. 66-Cole Falloway[1]; 3. 45H-Chase Holland[4]; 4. 75-Daniel Adam[3]; 5. 35-Brandon Roberts[6]; 6. 11D-Brian Diveley[5]; 7. 75P-Gavyn Parmele[7]; 8. (DNS) 24-Zeke McKenzie
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Hunt Gossum[2]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 3. 14-Brian Lynn[4]; 4. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[3]; 5. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[6]; 6. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[5]; 7. 71-Jeff Graham[7]; 8. 5P-Nicholas Porter[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 110-Landen Miller[1]; 2. 3-Mike Brooks[2]; 3. 72A-Austin Lynn[4]; 4. 21T-Talen Beard[3]; 5. 19C-Carter Sinkhorn[5]; 6. 96C-Marshall Call[6]; 7. 49B-Zach Brandt[7]; 8. J13-Justin Coffey[8]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 66-Cole Falloway, 00:14.635[6]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger, 00:14.898[7]; 3. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:14.971[4]; 4. 45H-Chase Holland, 00:15.041[2]; 5. 11D-Brian Diveley, 00:15.071[8]; 6. 35-Brandon Roberts, 00:15.218[5]; 7. (DQ) 75P-Gavyn Parmele, 00:15.959[3]; 8. (DNS) 24-Zeke McKenzie
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:14.487[4]; 2. 99-Hunt Gossum, 00:14.795[6]; 3. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig, 00:14.856[5]; 4. 14-Brian Lynn, 00:15.093[7]; 5. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr, 00:15.096[2]; 6. 23B-Ethan Boomsma, 00:15.125[1]; 7. 71-Jeff Graham, 00:16.181[3]; 8. 5P-Nicholas Porter, 00:17.249[8]
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 110-Landen Miller, 00:14.659[7]; 2. 3-Mike Brooks, 00:14.700[3]; 3. 21T-Talen Beard, 00:14.946[4]; 4. 72A-Austin Lynn, 00:15.010[2]; 5. 19C-Carter Sinkhorn, 00:15.043[8]; 6. 96C-Marshall Call, 00:15.110[6]; 7. 49B-Zach Brandt, 00:15.674[1]; 8. J13-Justin Coffey, 00:15.910[5]
SUMMIT MODIFIEDS NATIONALS DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 20, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #777 Trevor Neville Mackinaw, IL 415 -0 1 5 6 6
2 #45H Chase Holland Success, MS 316 -99 0 2 4 6
3 #66 Cole Falloway Owensboro, KY 294 -121 0 2 5 5
4 #23B Ethan Boomsma Wheatfield, IN 258 -157 0 0 0 3
5 #1A Steve Meyer Caseyville, IL 216 -199 0 0 2 5
6 #8A Austin Holcombe Elm City, NC 190 -225 0 1 2 4
7 #J82 Treb Jacoby O'fallon, MO 189 -226 2 2 2 2
8 #1H Ben Harmon Brooks, KY 186 -229 0 1 1 3
9 #37 Michael Ledford Pontiac, IL 181 -234 0 2 2 3
10 #75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 172 -243 0 0 0 2
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Crown Vic
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 502-Adam Thibo[4]; 2. 33S-Mike Sklodowski[7]; 3. 8-Matt Rose[3]; 4. 02A-Ryan Petrukovich[5]; 5. 10-Alex Hatfield[8]; 6. 22-Justin Schroeder[13]; 7. 47TH-Bill Russell[19]; 8. 17-Chris Tackett[11]; 9. 422E-Jake Etter[1]; 10. 45-Shawn Awe[9]; 11. 4L-Isaac Little[21]; 12. 8L-Alex Lair[18]; 13. 10H-Joseph Hamm[16]; 14. (DNF) 4-Danny Spickerman[12]; 15. (DNF) 316-Garrett Russell[17]; 16. (DNF) 87-Justin Miller[2]; 17. (DNF) 411-Bob Titchenal[15]; 18. (DNF) 79-Levi Brierton[20]; 19. (DNF) 248-Shane McDermith[6]; 20. (DNF) 24-Aidan Crowell[10]; 21. (DNS) 77-Dakota Damron
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 422E-Jake Etter[2]; 2. 502-Adam Thibo[4]; 3. 45-Shawn Awe[3]; 4. 10-Alex Hatfield[7]; 5. 22-Justin Schroeder[6]; 6. 316-Garrett Russell[5]; 7. 47TH-Bill Russell[1]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 8-Matt Rose[1]; 2. 33S-Mike Sklodowski[3]; 3. 24-Aidan Crowell[2]; 4. 4-Danny Spickerman[4]; 5. 77-Dakota Damron[5]; 6. 10H-Joseph Hamm[7]; 7. 79-Levi Brierton[6]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 87-Justin Miller[2]; 2. 02A-Ryan Petrukovich[4]; 3. 248-Shane McDermith[7]; 4. 17-Chris Tackett[5]; 5. 411-Bob Titchenal[1]; 6. 8L-Alex Lair[3]; 7. 4L-Isaac Little[6]
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