June 28, 2025 | By Matt Skipper, DIRTcar Racing PR

Jason Feger Completes Farmer City Raceway Sweep in 33rd Summer Nationals Victory

FARMER CITY, Ill.—Known as the “High Side Hustler” in the dirt Late Model world, Jason Feger reminded everyone why he earned the nickname on Friday night at Farmer City Raceway.

In a quest for his second DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models championship, the Bloomington, IL driver had to drive a flawless night around his home track for his 33rd Hell Tour win.

In every category that the Late Models touched the 0.25-mile surface, Feger was at the top of the board in every event. He was the fastest in Hot Laps, set the Qualifying Quick Time, and won his Heat race for a front row starting spot.

Feger and 2024 event winner Garrett Alberson led the field to the green flag, with Feger taking the lead on the opening lap by driving his No. 25 to the top side of the track.

Behind Feger, Tyler Erb passed around Alberson on Lap 6 by following Feger on the cushion as the two championship-chasing drivers sat in first and second place.

While the two drivers followed each other around the track, they grew the distance on the field to over four seconds by the halfway point, while Blaze Burwell and Brandon Sheppard fought for third place.

The 2013 Summer Nationals champ got by Burwell by riding the high line, then slicing down the track to cut Burwell’s opportunity to respond on Lap 26.

“Rocket Shepp” began to cut time on the two leaders as lapped traffic interrupted their rhythm in the closing laps of the Feature. Feger cut through the middle to pass cars on the cushion while “Terbo” grew impatient and used any passing opportunity available to stay within grasp of the lead.

Despite the two drivers putting in full effort to chase Feger in the final laps, they could not stop the local driver from crossing the twin checkered flags for his 33rd career tour win, and retaking the overall points lead by three points over Erb.

“The car was great all night,” Feger said. “I think we were fast in Hot Laps, Qualifying, won the Heat, and won the Feature, so you can’t complain. The car was just on rails all night long. I had to run some weird lines, but it was really good in those lines, and I was honestly wanting lap traffic because I felt like I was good anywhere.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals enter the penultimate race of Week 3 at the “World Famous” Highland Speedway on Saturday night, June 28.

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


DIRTCAR LATE MODEL RESULTS

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[8]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 5. 44-Blaze Burwell[3]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[7]; 7. 18D-Daulton Wilson[14]; 8. 89-Mike Spatola[5]; 9. 24-Ryan Unzicker[20]; 10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 11. 50K-Kayden Clatt[13]; 12. 38T-Dylan Thornton[18]; 13. 75-Dillon McCowan[19]; 14. 15-Clay Stuckey[22]; 15. 5-Mark Whitener[15]; 16. 17SS-Brenden Smith[11]; 17. 17SR-Brody Smith[12]; 18. (DNF) 31M-Tyler Millwood[16]; 19. (DNF) 14JR-Trey Mills[10]; 20. (DNF) 18-Shannon Babb[17]; 21. (DNF) 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 22. (DNF) 1W-Donny Walden[21]

Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[4]; 3. 388-Jackson Hise[6]; 4. B12-Kevin Weaver[1]; 5. 75-Dillon McCowan[8]; 6. 15-Clay Stuckey[3]; 7. 17A-Austin Howes[10]; 8. 10J-Jordan Bauer[5]; 9. 14-Haiden Cowan[12]; 10. 38-Thomas Hunziker[7]; 11. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[13]; 12. J12-Jason Wagner[11]; 13. 01A-Drew Armstrong[16]; 14. 122-Timmy Dick[14]; 15. 29-Christian Hanger[15]; 16. (DNS) 99-Mckay Wenger

Consolation Race (C-Main) (8 Laps): 1. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[4]; 2. 122-Timmy Dick[5]; 3. 29-Christian Hanger[3]; 4. 01A-Drew Armstrong[8]; 5. 33H-Roben Huffman[7]; 6. 7S-Morgan Staggs[2]; 7. 1W-Donny Walden[10]; 8. (DNS) 59-Chevy Miller; 9. (DNS) 24-Ryan Unzicker; 10. (DNS) 33-Mike Harrison

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 2. 89-Mike Spatola[4]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[5]; 4. 50K-Kayden Clatt[6]; 5. B12-Kevin Weaver[9]; 6. 10J-Jordan Bauer[1]; 7. (DNF) 99-Mckay Wenger[3]; 8. (DNF) 59-Chevy Miller[7]; 9. (DNF) 122-Timmy Dick[8]; 10. (DNS) 33-Mike Harrison

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Blaze Burwell[1]; 2. 4G-Bob Gardner[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[4]; 5. 15-Clay Stuckey[6]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[7]; 7. J12-Jason Wagner[8]; 8. 7S-Morgan Staggs[9]; 9. (DNF) 24-Ryan Unzicker[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[4]; 3. 14JR-Trey Mills[2]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb[7]; 6. 388-Jackson Hise[3]; 7. 17A-Austin Howes[6]; 8. 29-Christian Hanger[8]; 9. 33H-Roben Huffman[9]; 10. 1W-Donny Walden[10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 3. 17SR-Brody Smith[3]; 4. 31M-Tyler Millwood[2]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[7]; 6. 75-Dillon McCowan[6]; 7. 14-Haiden Cowan[5]; 8. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[8]; 9. 01A-Drew Armstrong[9]

Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 10J-Jordan Bauer, 00:12.753[3]; 2. 44-Blaze Burwell, 00:12.812[1]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:12.842[4]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:12.872[2]; 5. 99-Mckay Wenger, 00:12.903[9]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:12.906[18]; 7. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:12.906[19]; 8. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:12.983[17]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:12.988[13]; 10. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:12.991[7]; 11. 50K-Kayden Clatt, 00:13.020[10]; 12. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:13.081[5]; 13. 59-Chevy Miller, 00:13.250[6]; 14. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:13.269[12]; 15. 122-Timmy Dick, 00:13.277[14]; 16. J12-Jason Wagner, 00:13.332[11]; 17. B12-Kevin Weaver, 00:13.546[16]; 18. 7S-Morgan Staggs, 00:13.782[8]; 19. (DQ) 33-Mike Harrison, 00:12.724[15]

Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:12.606[5]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:12.978[2]; 3. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:12.992[7]; 4. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 00:13.018[1]; 5. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:13.050[4]; 6. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:13.105[6]; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:13.225[11]; 8. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.258[10]; 9. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:13.263[19]; 10. 14-Haiden Cowan, 00:13.292[16]; 11. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:13.316[13]; 12. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.326[3]; 13. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:13.326[18]; 14. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:13.435[14]; 15. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:13.694[12]; 16. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:13.733[15]; 17. 33H-Roben Huffman, 00:13.952[9]; 18. 01A-Drew Armstrong[8]; 19. (DNS) 1W-Donny Walden


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MICHAEL KEDFORD FOES BACK-TO-BACK IN SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS VICTORY AT FARMER CITY


farner city, iLL. -- Michael Ledford had to wait since 2023 for his second career DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win on Thursday.

It only took 24 hours for him to return to Victory Lane at Farmer City Raceway on Friday night for his third career triumph with the tour.

Ledford began the night on the pole position and quickly claimed the lead on the opening lap through the bottom lane of Turns 1-2, then drifted to the cushion of Turns 3-4 to gain momentum around the 1/4-mile racetrack.

Ledford’s line helped him grow the lead to four seconds over second-place Ray Bollinger as the Modifieds crossed the halfway flags of the 25-lap Feature.

On that same lap, the final caution of the Feature waved and offered the field of UMP Modifieds a second chance at taking the lead.

Though the Pontiac, IL driver was unable to shake off the challenge of Bollinger on the restart, he was able to maintain a one-second interval over the No. 77 machine as he drove towards a second consecutive win with the Summit Modifieds.

“(The confidence) is really huge,” Ledford said. “Anytime you get to win these big races with the best of the best, it really means a lot. I’ve finished second and third in many of these Summer Nationals races, so it’s finally nice to get one.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals enter the penultimate race of Week 3 at the “World Famous” Highland Speedway on Saturday night, June 28.

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


DIRTCAR UMP MODIFIED RESULTS

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 09-Michael Ledford[1]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger[2]; 3. 5-Steven Brooks[3]; 4. 96M-Mike McKinney[4]; 5. 24-Zeke McKenzie[6]; 6. 45H-Chase Holland[14]; 7. 2-Brayden Doyle[8]; 8. 11-Zane Oedewaldt[13]; 9. 75-Daniel Adam[9]; 10. 3-Carson Friedman[11]; 11. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt[15]; 12. 18L-Michael Long[7]; 13. 21L-Derek Losh[5]; 14. 10M-Chris Morefield[10]; 15. (DNS) 99-Hunt Gossum; 16. (DNS) 88S-Alan Stipp; 17. (DNS) 7-Tyler Nicely; 18. (DNS) 777-Trevor Neville; 19. (DNS) 45-Kyle Hammer; 20. (DNS) 74-Donnie Boyer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Michael Ledford[2]; 2. 5-Steven Brooks[3]; 3. 21L-Derek Losh[1]; 4. 18L-Michael Long[7]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 6. 3-Carson Friedman[8]; 7. 11-Zane Oedewaldt[10]; 8. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt[5]; 9. 7-Tyler Nicely[9]; 10. 45-Kyle Hammer[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Ray Bollinger[5]; 2. 96M-Mike McKinney[4]; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie[6]; 4. 2-Brayden Doyle[8]; 5. 10M-Chris Morefield[9]; 6. 99-Hunt Gossum[7]; 7. (DNF) 45H-Chase Holland[1]; 8. (DNF) 88S-Alan Stipp[2]; 9. (DNF) 777-Trevor Neville[3]; 10. (DNS) 74-Donnie Boyer

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 21L-Derek Losh, 00:13.846[8]; 2. 09-Michael Ledford, 00:13.938[1]; 3. 5-Steven Brooks, 00:14.065[4]; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:14.092[3]; 5. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt, 00:14.092[7]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:14.095[2]; 7. 18L-Michael Long, 00:14.098[5]; 8. 3-Carson Friedman, 00:14.102[9]; 9. 7-Tyler Nicely, 00:14.460[10]; 10. 11-Zane Oedewaldt, 00:14.507[6]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 45H-Chase Holland, 00:13.752[8]; 2. 88S-Alan Stipp, 00:13.913[5]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:13.931[4]; 4. 96M-Mike McKinney, 00:14.132[1]; 5. 77-Ray Bollinger, 00:14.144[2]; 6. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 00:14.161[6]; 7. 99-Hunt Gossum, 00:14.165[3]; 8. 2-Brayden Doyle, 00:14.342[9]; 9. 10M-Chris Morefield, 00:14.969[10]; 10. (DNF) 74-Donnie Boyer, 00:14.969[7]