Nick Hoffman Wins Summer Nationals Finale, Jason Feger Clinches Second Overall Title
Photo by Tyler Carr
OORVILLE, Ohio—Owning the title as the all-time DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals winner, Nick Hoffman has waited since running Late Models in 2018 to visit Victory Lane for the first time.
On Sunday night, the Mooresville, NC driver took his Tye Twarog Racing machine to the breakthrough win in the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models finale at Wayne County Speedway for redemption after losing the same win last year to a flat tire.
Polesitter Trey Mills, front row starter Jason Feger, and 2024 champion Tyler Erb swapped lanes through slide jobs on the opening three laps, with Feger taking the lead as Erb took second, and Mills in third.
Feger held the No. 1 Rocket Chassis at bay until the first caution flew on Lap 14 for a flat right rear tire on Mills’ No. 14JR while racing against Nick Hoffman in third place.
On the restart, Erb attempted a slide job on Feger, but the Bloomington, IL driver kept the lead as Hoffman drove under Erb around Turns 3-4 to take second while Mark Whitener crossed Erb in Turn 1 by driving to the cushion, then slicing to the bottom to outrun him across the backstretch.
At the front, Feger continued to show the way as Hoffman tried to contend for second place and Zack Mitchell in third.
In the closing 15 laps, Hoffman moved up from the bottom lane and found momentum on the top as he made steady gains in the chase towards Feger.
As Feger suffered from an ailing right rear tire, Hoffman’s NOS Energy Drink No. 9 showed the way around the cushion as Mitchell followed behind.
On Lap 35, Feger’s right rear tire came apart as Hoffman, Mitchell, and Ryan Gustin led the field back to the final restart of the Feature.
Hoffman withstood Mitchell’s final attempts at the lead by keeping his Longhorn Chassis glued to the cushion as the “Thrill from Mooresville” captured his first career Hell Tour win.
“Last year, I came here and did that one start at Wayne County, led and got a flat (tire),” Hoffman said. “I kind of knew what not to do, and that kind of same situation happened tonight, where Feger was out front. He ends up getting that flat, and I inherit the lead. I felt like he was going to be a sitting duck late in that race, and it got to be that point where my stuff was still good at the end.
“It’s kind of a relief off your shoulders because there’s a lot of Modified guys that have won both, but for me being the guy that’s won the most Modified races, I got to get one of these Late Model ones.”
Though Feger ended the night in 15th place, Erb finishing 18th gifted the “High Side Hustler” his second career overall title with the Summer Nationals by 93 points, leaving the Buckeye State finale.
While Mitchell finished second to Hoffman, he secured the Week 5 points championship after scoring his first three Summer Nationals wins through six career starts.
Up Next: While the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models season has ended, the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals finish the 2025 campaign at Fairbury Speedway for the Prairie Dirt Classic alongside the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Models presented by DIRTVision on Friday-Saturday, July 25-26.
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. 9H-Nick Hoffman[3]; 2. 57M-Zack Mitchell[12]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]; 4. 75-Dillon McCowan[11]; 5. 2-Cody Overton[15]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[9]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[17]; 9. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 10. 14JR-Trey Mills[1]; 11. 20B-Todd Brennan[13]; 12. 5M-Ryan Markham[21]; 13. 1*-Kyle Moore[7]; 14. 31M-Tyler Millwood[19]; 15. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 16. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[10]; 17. 14C-Corey Conley[18]; 18. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 19. 10-Nathan Loney[14]; 20. 14-JR Gentry[6]; 21. 29-Christian Hanger[22]; 22. 17SS-Brenden Smith[23]; 23. 51-Devin Shiels[20]
Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[11]; 2. 14C-Corey Conley[4]; 3. 79-Doug Drown[3]; 4. 50-Ryan Missler[16]; 5. 57-Caiden Black[15]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[14]; 7. ONE17C-Billy Dawson[13]; 8. 51-Devin Shiels[2]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[1]; 10. RH21-Gregg Haskell[10]; 11. 55-Eli Johnson[8]; 12. 21-Wes Morrison[12]; 13. 555-Brock Pinkerous[6]; 14. 31M-Tyler Millwood[5]; 15. 5M-Ryan Markham[9]; 16. (DNS) 22*-Drake Troutman
Consolation Race (C-Main) (8 Laps): 1. ONE17C-Billy Dawson[2]; 2. 71R-Rod Conley[4]; 3. 57-Caiden Black[5]; 4. 50-Ryan Missler[1]; 5. 19-Cody Scott[7]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith[15]; 7. 12R-Ryan Payne[6]; 8. 9-Levi Yetter[3]; 9. 38-Thomas Hunziker[14]; 10. RH94-Dylan Bonner[10]; 11. 97-Steven Dotson[8]; 12. 8-Justin Bradford[9]; 13. 17-Tyler Evans[12]; 14. 59B-Larry Bellman[11]; 15. 151-Trace Settles[13]; 16. (DNS) 59-Tanner McLoughlin; 17. (DNS) 29-Christian Hanger
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 4. 20B-Todd Brennan[10]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[7]; 6. 31M-Tyler Millwood[3]; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[9]; 8. 50-Ryan Missler[8]; 9. 57-Caiden Black[4]; 10. 8-Justin Bradford[11]; 11. 151-Trace Settles[12]; 12. (DNS) 29-Christian Hanger
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 1*-Kyle Moore[2]; 3. 75-Dillon McCowan[6]; 4. 2-Cody Overton[7]; 5. 79-Doug Drown[4]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman[3]; 7. 74X-Ethan Dotson[8]; 8. ONE17C-Billy Dawson[5]; 9. 12R-Ryan Payne[9]; 10. RH94-Dylan Bonner[11]; 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14JR-Trey Mills[2]; 2. 14-JR Gentry[5]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 4. 10-Nathan Loney[7]; 5. 51-Devin Shiels[6]; 6. 555-Brock Pinkerous[1]; 7. RH21-Gregg Haskell[10]; 8. 9-Levi Yetter[4]; 9. 19-Cody Scott[8]; 10. 59B-Larry Bellman[11]; 11. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9H-Nick Hoffman[2]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 3. 57M-Zack Mitchell[1]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 5. 14C-Corey Conley[8]; 6. 55-Eli Johnson[4]; 7. 21-Wes Morrison[10]; 8. 71R-Rod Conley[6]; 9. 97-Steven Dotson[11]; 10. 17-Tyler Evans[9]; 11. 59-Tanner McLoughlin[5]
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:16.634[14]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:16.905[7]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:16.956[18]; 4. 1*-Kyle Moore, 00:16.974[8]; 5. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 00:17.093[1]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:17.105[5]; 7. 57-Caiden Black, 00:17.264[20]; 8. 79-Doug Drown, 00:17.294[6]; 9. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:17.350[9]; 10. ONE17C-Billy Dawson, 00:17.474[15]; 11. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:17.496[16]; 12. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:17.537[11]; 13. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:17.747[2]; 14. 2-Cody Overton, 00:17.806[13]; 15. 50-Ryan Missler, 00:17.899[12]; 16. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:17.980[19]; 17. 5M-Ryan Markham, 00:18.187[22]; 18. 12R-Ryan Payne, 00:18.736[17]; 19. 20B-Todd Brennan, 00:18.789[23]; 20. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:18.871[10]; 21. 8-Justin Bradford, 00:19.618[3]; 22. RH94-Dylan Bonner, 00:19.673[4]; 23. 151-Trace Settles, 00:21.156[21]
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 555-Brock Pinkerous, 00:17.414[11]; 2. 57M-Zack Mitchell, 00:17.419[6]; 3. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:17.519[17]; 4. 9H-Nick Hoffman, 00:17.582[19]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:17.625[15]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:17.752[9]; 7. 9-Levi Yetter, 00:17.948[2]; 8. 55-Eli Johnson, 00:18.067[3]; 9. 14-JR Gentry, 00:18.256[20]; 10. 59-Tanner McLoughlin, 00:18.273[1]; 11. 51-Devin Shiels, 00:18.310[10]; 12. 71R-Rod Conley, 00:18.355[18]; 13. 10-Nathan Loney, 00:18.426[8]; 14. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:18.455[14]; 15. 19-Cody Scott, 00:18.456[7]; 16. 14C-Corey Conley, 00:18.464[5]; 17. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:18.557[22]; 18. 17-Tyler Evans, 00:18.862[4]; 19. RH21-Gregg Haskell, 00:19.180[21]; 20. 21-Wes Morrison, 00:19.418[13]; 21. 59B-Larry Bellman, 00:19.477[12]; 22. 97-Steven Dotson, 00:19.708[16]
FINAL DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS OVERALL DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: July 13, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 1672 -0 5 14 22 28 WEEK 1 AND WEEK 4 CHAMP
2 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 1579 -93 6 13 20 28
3 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 1429 -243 0 9 18 28
4 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 1383 -289 1 8 16 26
5 #14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 1336 -336 1 7 13 24 WEEK 5 CHAMP
6 #31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 1189 -483 1 3 8 22
7 #29 Christian Hanger Winchester, TN 1090 -582 0 1 6 25
8 #17SS Brenden Smith Dade City, FL 1008 -664 0 0 3 18
9 #17SR Brody Smith Dade City, FL 860 -812 0 0 0 8
10 #15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 840 -832 0 1 2 19
11 #38 Thomas Hunziker Bend, OR 770 -902 0 0 0 8
12 #40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 769 -903 0 2 8 17
13 #388 Jackson Hise Ocala, FL 729 -943 0 0 1 12
14 #28B Carson Brown New London, NC 692 -980 0 0 5 12
15 #18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 669 -1003 1 5 8 12
16 #55 Eli Johnson Clewiston, FL 662 -1010 0 2 2 7
17 #99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 625 -1047 0 3 6 15
18 #28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 588 -1084 0 6 7 11
19 #21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 519 -1153 1 4 6 10
20 #B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 510 -1162 1 6 7 7 WEEK 3 CHAMP
23 #19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 464 -1208 1 5 8 8 WEEK 2 CHAMP
DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS WEEK 5 FINAL STANDINGS
Points Updated: July 12, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 347 -0 0 4 5 5
2 #57M Zack Mitchell Enoree, SC 336 -11 3 4 4 5
3 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 295 -52 0 4 4 5
4 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 294 -53 0 2 5 5
5 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 292 -55 1 2 4 5
6 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 263 -84 0 1 3 5
7 #91 Rusty Schlenk McClure, OH 257 -90 0 1 3 5
8 #55 Eli Johnson Clewiston, FL 224 -123 0 2 2 2
9 #71R Rod Conley Wheelersburg, OH 219 -128 0 0 3 4
10 #31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 216 -131 0 0 1 5
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TYLER NICELY ENDS OHIO WEEKEND WITH EIGHTH SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS SCORE OF 2025
OORVILLE, Ohio -- As the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models crowned a new champion at Wayne County Speedway, Tyler Nicely padded his points lead in the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.
The Owensboro, KY local got his third consecutive win of the season on Sunday night after exemplifying his season of dominance over his UMP Modified competitors as the finale at the Prairie Dirt Classic awaits.
On the opening lap, Nicely split through the middle lane as he, Kyle Moore, and Nate Young made up second and third place.
Nicely controlled the pace by running his No. 25 Elite Chassis to the top of the 3/8-mile track’s cushion while Moore and Young spent time battling in second and third place.
As Michael Altobelli joined the mix in the fight for the podium, the three drivers racing each other helped Nicely widen his lead further as Altobelli’s No. 35 took over second place on Lap 13.
When the final caution flag flew on Lap 19, Blue Grass State native outran the field into Turn 1 as Altobelli threw a final passing attempt at Nicely, but was not close enough to the No. 25 to make the move work in his favor. As a result, Nicely drove to his eighth win of the season, and the 19th in his career with the Summit Modified Nationals.
“I mean the main goal was to come out here and win some races,” Nicely said. “We didn’t plan on running the rest of this deal, but after that first week, we figured we’d give it a shot, and it looks like it all paid off. I think this one just put all the pressure off at the PDC. So, we’ll go back home, see my two kids, freshen this thing up a little bit, and be ready to go at Fairbury.”
Up Next: While the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models season has ended, the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals finish the 2025 campaign at Fairbury Speedway for the Prairie Dirt Classic alongside the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Models presented by DIRTVision on Friday-Saturday, July 25-26.
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 MODIFIED RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 2. 35-Michael Altobelli[5]; 3. 42-Nate Young[1]; 4. 21D-Kyle Moore[3]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 6. 463-Daniel Sanchez[12]; 7. 72-Todd Neiheiser[4]; 8. 1-Vincent DePizzo[7]; 9. 36-Caden Alexander[9]; 10. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[21]; 11. 23Z-Austin Self[14]; 12. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[8]; 13. 12-Kevin Davis[18]; 14. 77J-Jaden Ritchea[17]; 15. 18-Doug Hensel[24]; 16. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[16]; 17. 33-Chaz Dawson Jr[19]; 18. 185-Ron Miller[22]; 19. 29M-Milton Smith[25]; 20. 10-Nathan Loney[15]; 21. 5-Ryan Markham[10]; 22. 09-Dan Price[20]; 23. (DNS) 25B-Greg Belyea; 24. (DNS) 98-Timothy Meine; 25. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Nate Young[1]; 2. 72-Todd Neiheiser[4]; 3. 1-Vincent DePizzo[3]; 4. 5-Ryan Markham[2]; 5. 98-Timothy Meine[8]; 6. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[6]; 7. 33-Chaz Dawson Jr[5]; 8. 185-Ron Miller[7]; 9. 29M-Milton Smith[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21D-Kyle Moore[1]; 2. 35-Michael Altobelli[3]; 3. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[6]; 4. 25B-Greg Belyea[7]; 5. 23Z-Austin Self[5]; 6. 77J-Jaden Ritchea[4]; 7. 09-Dan Price[8]; 8. 14-Dalton Lane[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam[3]; 3. 36-Caden Alexander[8]; 4. 463-Daniel Sanchez[5]; 5. 10-Nathan Loney[1]; 6. 12-Kevin Davis[4]; 7. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[6]; 8. 18-Doug Hensel[7]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 42-Nate Young, 00:18.605[3]; 2. 5-Ryan Markham, 00:18.865[4]; 3. 1-Vincent DePizzo, 00:19.225[5]; 4. 72-Todd Neiheiser, 00:19.231[9]; 5. 33-Chaz Dawson Jr, 00:19.420[8]; 6. 22G-Jesse Griffitts, 00:19.452[2]; 7. 185-Ron Miller, 00:19.823[7]; 8. 98-Timothy Meine, 00:19.826[1]; 9. 29M-Milton Smith, 00:20.595[6]
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 21D-Kyle Moore, 00:18.369[5]; 2. 14-Dalton Lane, 00:18.381[7]; 3. 35-Michael Altobelli, 00:18.499[1]; 4. 77J-Jaden Ritchea, 00:19.131[6]; 5. 23Z-Austin Self, 00:19.419[8]; 6. 60-Jimmy Humphrey, 00:19.728[3]; 7. 25B-Greg Belyea, 00:19.792[4]; 8. 09-Dan Price, 00:22.753[2]
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 10-Nathan Loney, 00:18.121[3]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely, 00:18.689[7]; 3. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:18.730[1]; 4. 12-Kevin Davis, 00:19.018[8]; 5. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 00:19.375[2]; 6. 23B-Ethan Boomsma, 00:19.380[4]; 7. 18-Doug Hensel, 00:19.616[5]; 8. 36-Caden Alexander, 00:19.711[6]
CURRENT DIRTCAR SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS STANDINGS
Points Updated: July 12, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #25 Tyler Nicely Owensboro, KY 848 -0 7 11 11 12
2 #777 Trevor Neville Mackinaw, IL 822 -26 1 13 14 18
3 #37 Michael Ledford Pontiac, IL 769 -79 3 8 11 12
4 #45H Chase Holland Success, MS 715 -133 1 8 14 20
5 #75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 616 -232 0 4 11 19
6 #23B Ethan Boomsma Wheatfield, IN 471 -377 0 0 1 16
7 #66 Cole Falloway Owensboro, KY 467 -381 0 4 8 9
8 #1A Steve Meyer Caseyville, IL 443 -405 0 1 5 11
9 #77 Ray Bollinger Kewanee, IL 369 -479 0 4 6 6
10 #99 Hunt Gossum Mayfield, KY 351 -497 1 3 4 5
11 #24Z Zeke McKenzie Claypool, IN 334 -514 0 2 3 5
12 #27G Jason Garver Starke, FL 306 -542 0 1 5 7
13 #10Y Trent Young Crofton, KY 304 -544 0 4 4 5
14 #14L Dalton Lane Botkins, OH 291 -557 0 1 2 5
15 #96M Mike McKinney Plainfield, IL 269 -579 0 3 5 5
16 #74M Manix Furqueron Concord, MI 233 -615 0 0 4 5
17 #98 Zac Harris Hopkinsville, KY 214 -634 0 2 4 4
18 #5S Owen Steinkoenig Highland, IL 214 -634 0 1 2 5
19 #5 Steven Brooks Bourbonnais, IL 211 -637 0 1 4 4
20 #18L Michael Long Fowler, IL 206 -642 1 2 2 4
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