Shannon Babb Topples All-Time Summer Nationals Wins List at Tri-State Speedway
Photo by Tyler Carr
HAUBSTADT, Ind.—For the second time in Shannon Babb’s career, he stands alone at the top of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals all-time wins list.
The Moweaqua, IL driver took his seventh win at the track where he won his first career Hell Tour Feature in 1999, and overtook Billy Moyer for the No. 1 spot with his 102nd overall on Saturday night.
“It means a ton,” Babb said. “I got my first ever Hell Tour win right here in 1999, and the Helfrich family gets us one heck of a place to race at. The effort and the (perspective) they see of what a racetrack should be like is unreal. I’ll tell you one thing, I’m getting way too old for that, but it’s a torture test. It’s pretty cool my family’s here with me, and it just means a ton.”
Babb began the 40-lap Feature around Haubstadt, IN’s Tri-State Speedway as the polesitter with Parkersburg, WV’s Colton Burdett to his side for the start. Babb took the lead by hitting the top of the cushion while Burdett stayed even on the bottom lane, but could not overcome Babb’s speed on the straightaway.
Babb kept running the cushion of the track to hold Burdette from making a slide job attempt on him, while stray lapped cars had Babb adjust to the bottom lane to block Burdette’s momentum.
The “Moweaqua Missile” targeted the open lanes around him to squeeze by the lapped traffic while Burdett followed Babb’s shadow to stay in contention for his first career win with the Summer Nationals.
When Babb caught a larger group of lapped cars in his fold, he could not gain any ground as Burdette and Mark Whitener crept up to Babb’s bumper.
Moments before Burdett attempted to go for the winning pass, the caution was flown with four laps to go to keep Babb at the top of the leaderboard.
Babb executed a perfect restart aboard the No. 18 Longhorn Chassis while Whitener took over second place with a slide job through Turns 1-2. While he attempted the move on Babb with two laps remaining, Whitener was unable to get clearance for the spot as the four-time Summer Nationals champion broke the tie with Billy Moyer for No. 1 on the all-time wins list.
“I’ve watched enough races from a long time ago,” Babb said. “Don O’Neal showed me how to get around this place. The top coming down the hill, getting your wheel straight, and making long drag strips out it is hard to beat. I had that in the back of my mind the whole time.
“I’d seen Whitener there, and he probably could’ve slid me at some point if he really wanted to, but I could have crossed back over and got back going. I had the tires on fire, so I did get to slow down. I was just fortunate to be at the front.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals finish Week 4 in the tour’s debut at Duck River Raceway Park on Sunday, July 6.
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 LATE MODEL RESULTS
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[1]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener[8]; 3. 53L-Colten Burdette[2]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 5. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[4]; 6. 15-Clay Stuckey[20]; 7. 75-Dillon McCowan[15]; 8. 91-Rusty Schlenk[10]; 9. 31M-Tyler Millwood[11]; 10. 25F-Jason Feger[16]; 11. 20-Tyler Neal[14]; 12. 14JR-Trey Mills[19]; 13. 8-Rob Anderzack[9]; 14. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 15. 71R-Rod Conley[21]; 16. (DNF) 27M-Rodney Melvin[3]; 17. (DNF) 14-Haiden Cowan[7]; 18. (DNF) 5S-Kyle Hammer[12]; 19. (DNF) S21-Seth Daniels[23]; 20. (DNF) 29-Christian Hanger[22]; 21. (DNF) 81-Jason Riggs[17]; 22. (DNF) 81F-Jadon Frame[13]; 23. (DNF) 388-Jackson Hise[18]
Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 81-Jason Riggs[3]; 2. 388-Jackson Hise[2]; 3. 15-Clay Stuckey[9]; 4. S21-Seth Daniels[1]; 5. 29-Christian Hanger[4]; 6. 78-Matthew Brocato[6]; 7. 28B-Carson Brown[8]; 8. 14JR-Trey Mills[7]; 9. 38-Thomas Hunziker[11]; 10. 71R-Rod Conley[13]; 11. P3-Steve Peeden[12]; 12. 17-Lee Williams[14]; 13. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[10]; 14. (DNF) 21XXX-Neil Baggett[5]; 15. (DNF) 11M-Robby Moore[16]; 16. (DNS) 89-Jeremy Anderson
Consolation Race (C-Main) (8 Laps): 1. 71R-Rod Conley[5]; 2. 17-Lee Williams[2]; 3. 89-Jeremy Anderson[6]; 4. 11M-Robby Moore[10]; 5. (DNF) 15T-Cliff Tooley[7]; 6. (DNF) 41-Quentin White[1]; 7. (DNS) 81J-Jack Riggs; 8. (DNS) 32XXX-Cam Harris; 9. (DNS) 17SR-Brody Smith; 10. (DNS) 90-Brian Rickman; 11. (DNS) 4-Cody Mahoney; 12. (DNS) 17W-Greg Williams; 13. (DNS) 47-Cyle Forgy
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27M-Rodney Melvin[1]; 2. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 3. 8-Rob Anderzack[5]; 4. 81F-Jadon Frame[7]; 5. S21-Seth Daniels[2]; 6. 21XXX-Neil Baggett[10]; 7. 15-Clay Stuckey[11]; 8. 41-Quentin White[8]; 9. 71R-Rod Conley[3]; 10. 90-Brian Rickman[6]; 11. (DNF) 47-Cyle Forgy[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[1]; 2. 14-Haiden Cowan[2]; 3. 31M-Tyler Millwood[4]; 4. 75-Dillon McCowan[7]; 5. 81-Jason Riggs[3]; 6. 14JR-Trey Mills[5]; 7. 38-Thomas Hunziker[6]; 8. 17-Lee Williams[8]; 9. 89-Jeremy Anderson[10]; 10. (DNF) 11M-Robby Moore[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 53L-Colten Burdette[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[6]; 4. 20-Tyler Neal[3]; 5. 388-Jackson Hise[5]; 6. 78-Matthew Brocato[7]; 7. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[9]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs[4]; 9. (DNF) 15T-Cliff Tooley[10]; 10. (DNF) 4-Cody Mahoney[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener[1]; 3. 5S-Kyle Hammer[4]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger[3]; 5. 29-Christian Hanger[6]; 6. 28B-Carson Brown[8]; 7. P3-Steve Peeden[5]; 8. 32XXX-Cam Harris[7]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[9]; 10. (DNS) 17W-Greg Williams
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 27M-Rodney Melvin, 00:14.243[15]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:14.417[21]; 3. S21-Seth Daniels, 00:14.426[1]; 4. 14-Haiden Cowan, 00:14.509[7]; 5. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:14.550[10]; 6. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:14.564[8]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:14.660[6]; 8. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 00:14.688[20]; 9. 8-Rob Anderzack, 00:14.742[11]; 10. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:14.853[5]; 11. 90-Brian Rickman, 00:14.862[18]; 12. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:14.870[13]; 13. 81F-Jadon Frame, 00:14.878[19]; 14. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:14.938[14]; 15. 41-Quentin White, 00:14.977[4]; 16. 17-Lee Williams, 00:15.003[9]; 17. 47-Cyle Forgy, 00:15.225[16]; 18. 11M-Robby Moore, 00:15.426[12]; 19. 21XXX-Neil Baggett, 00:15.524[3]; 20. 89-Jeremy Anderson, 00:16.213[17]; 21. (DNS) 15-Clay Stuckey
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:14.207[7]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:14.315[12]; 3. 53L-Colten Burdette, 00:14.361[13]; 4. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:14.461[15]; 5. 20-Tyler Neal, 00:14.514[2]; 6. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:14.629[17]; 7. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:14.667[19]; 8. 5S-Kyle Hammer, 00:14.759[10]; 9. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:14.822[11]; 10. P3-Steve Peeden, 00:14.867[20]; 11. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:14.895[9]; 12. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:15.048[16]; 13. 78-Matthew Brocato, 00:15.107[5]; 14. 32XXX-Cam Harris, 00:15.143[4]; 15. 4-Cody Mahoney, 00:15.284[1]; 16. 28B-Carson Brown, 00:15.561[18]; 17. LIL91-Carter Schlenk, 00:15.665[6]; 18. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:15.711[8]; 19. 15T-Cliff Tooley, 00:16.338[3]; 20.
DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS OVERALL DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: July 5, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 1262 -0 5 11 16 21 WEEK 1 CHAMP
2 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 1198 -64 5 11 16 21
3 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 1024 -238 0 4 13 21
4 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 987 -275 0 6 10 19
5 #31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 888 -374 1 3 7 15
6 #14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 882 -380 1 2 6 17
7 #29 Christian Hanger Winchester, TN 804 -458 0 1 5 18
8 #15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 798 -464 0 1 2 18
9 #40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 769 -493 0 2 8 17
10 #388 Jackson Hise Ocala, FL 729 -533 0 0 1 12
18 #B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 510 -752 1 6 7 7 WEEK 3 CHAMP
29 #19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 339 -923 1 4 6 6 WEEK 2 CHAMP
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ZACH FARR WINS FIRST CAREER SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS FEATURE AT TR-STATE SPEEDWAY
HAUBSTADT, Ind. -- In the opening 2025 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals race in Indiana, a Hoosier State native claimed his first career tour win on Saturday night.
Petersburg, IN’s Zach Fair took his first career tour win at Tri-State Speedway as he used experience and knowledge of his local racetrack to keep the tour’s top drivers out of reach.
Fair began the night with a win in his Heat race, then drew the Pole Position for the night’s 25-lap battle around the 1/4-mile bullring.
Behind Fair was 2023 Summit Modified Nationals champ Tyler Nicely, who followed behind the No. 35S around the bottom lane of the track. While he attempted to run the middle and high lines of the track to create momentum, Fair extended his lead to over six seconds until the caution on Lap 13 brought the field back together for the final run to the finish.
Fair withstood the challenge of Nicely while John Clippinger battled Nicely for second place. As Nicely and Clippinger battled, Fair rebuilt to a four-second interval over his opponents as he scored his first career win after a 14-year wait since his first start at Haubstadt in 2011.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Fair said. “It’s been a long time coming, so this is awesome. We’re definitely gonna soak this one up. I can’t thank Dave and Junior (enough). We had a motor go down at Highland (Speedway). So last night, they picked this engine up and got it in there for us. I kind of thought I was done in 2018, but here we are, and we got it done.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals finish Week 4 in the tour’s debut at Wheel, TN's Duck River Raceway Park for the Independence Day Special on Sunday, July 6.
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.
DIRCAR UMP MODIFIED RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 35S-Zach Fair[1]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely[3]; 3. 16C-John Clippinger[7]; 4. 81K-Kyle Cole[11]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 6. 99T-Tyler Loughmiller[8]; 7. 50-Tyler Weiss[2]; 8. 67-Chris Moore[18]; 9. 98-Zac Harris[12]; 10. 27G-Jason Garver[14]; 11. 1S-Brian Shaw[17]; 12. 2X-Wes Harms[20]; 13. 00-Troy Gay[22]; 14. (DNF) 10Y-Trent Young[9]; 15. (DNF) 45H-Chase Holland[4]; 16. (DNF) 12B-Eric Brantley[5]; 17. (DNF) 81C-Christopher Cole[10]; 18. (DNF) 95K-Levi Kissinger[13]; 19. (DNF) 327-Dustin Bruce[16]; 20. (DNF) 711B-Jerry Bland Jr[19]; 21. (DNF) 23B-Ethan Boomsma[21]; 22. (DNF) 24-Jarod Deckard[15]
Last Chance Showdown (8 Laps): 1. 327-Dustin Bruce[9]; 2. 1S-Brian Shaw[5]; 3. 67-Chris Moore[4]; 4. 711B-Jerry Bland Jr[2]; 5. 2X-Wes Harms[6]; 6. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[7]; 7. 00-Troy Gay[11]; 8. 86A-Kevin Burns[10]; 9. 4-Brenden Heizer[3]; 10. (DNS) 777-Trevor Neville; 11. (DNS) 44-Richard lentz; 12. (DNS) 95-Mike Plummer
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 45H-Chase Holland[3]; 3. 16C-John Clippinger[2]; 4. 81C-Christopher Cole[6]; 5. 95K-Levi Kissinger[5]; 6. 777-Trevor Neville[4]; 7. 67-Chris Moore[7]; 8. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[9]; 9. 86A-Kevin Burns[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35S-Zach Fair[1]; 2. 12B-Eric Brantley[5]; 3. 99T-Tyler Loughmiller[2]; 4. 81K-Kyle Cole[6]; 5. 27G-Jason Garver[7]; 6. 711B-Jerry Bland Jr[4]; 7. 1S-Brian Shaw[8]; 8. 44-Richard lentz[9]; 9. 00-Troy Gay[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Tyler Weiss[4]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam[1]; 3. 10Y-Trent Young[2]; 4. 98-Zac Harris[5]; 5. 24-Jarod Deckard[6]; 6. 4-Brenden Heizer[9]; 7. 2X-Wes Harms[7]; 8. 327-Dustin Bruce[3]; 9. 95-Mike Plummer[8]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely, 00:15.583[5]; 2. 16C-John Clippinger, 00:15.866[1]; 3. 45H-Chase Holland, 00:15.878[4]; 4. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:15.955[6]; 5. 95K-Levi Kissinger, 00:16.354[3]; 6. 81C-Christopher Cole, 00:16.418[9]; 7. 67-Chris Moore, 00:16.550[7]; 8. 86A-Kevin Burns, 00:16.984[2]; 9. 23B-Ethan Boomsma, 00:18.046[8]
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 35S-Zach Fair, 00:15.801[1]; 2. 99T-Tyler Loughmiller, 00:16.459[2]; 3. 00-Troy Gay, 00:16.508[8]; 4. 711B-Jerry Bland Jr, 00:16.536[5]; 5. 12B-Eric Brantley, 00:16.616[7]; 6. 81K-Kyle Cole, 00:16.654[9]; 7. 27G-Jason Garver, 00:16.680[3]; 8. 1S-Brian Shaw, 00:16.901[4]; 9. 44-Richard lentz, 00:17.027[6]
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:16.032[2]; 2. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:16.196[9]; 3. 327-Dustin Bruce, 00:16.331[1]; 4. 50-Tyler Weiss, 00:16.348[8]; 5. 98-Zac Harris, 00:16.447[5]; 6. 24-Jarod Deckard, 00:16.568[4]; 7. 2X-Wes Harms, 00:17.204[3]; 8. 95-Mike Plummer, 00:17.974[6]; 9. 4-Brenden Heizer, 00:18.219[7]
DIRTCAR SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: July 5, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #777 Trevor Neville Mackinaw, IL 748 -0 1 9 10 14
2 #45H Chase Holland Success, MS 665 -83 1 6 11 17
3 #75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 539 -209 0 2 7 13
4 #25 Tyler Nicely Owensboro, KY 511 -237 4 6 6 7
5 #66 Cole Falloway Owensboro, KY 467 -281 0 4 8 9
6 #1A Steve Meyer Caseyville, IL 443 -305 0 1 5 11
7 #37 Michael Ledford Pontiac, IL 431 -317 2 4 6 7
8 #23B Ethan Boomsma Wheatfield, IN 423 -325 0 0 1 10
9 #77 Ray Bollinger Kewanee, IL 369 -379 0 4 6 6
10 #99 Hunt Gossum Mayfield, KY 329 -419 1 3 4 5
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