Jason Feger Dominates Wilmot for 37th Career Summer Nationals Win
Photo by Tim Hunt
WILMOT, Wisc.—Twice has Jason Feger come to race at Wilmot Raceway and finished one spot short. But on Monday night, he was not going to be denied a third time.
Feger, the two-time DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion from Bloomington, IL, finished runner-up in the Hell Tour’s last two races at the Wisconsin oval in 2016 and 2025. This time around, he was on top for all 30 laps of the main event, leading flag-to-flag for his second Feature win in four nights and 37th of his Summer Nationals career.
The first race of Week 2 of the Hell Tour’s 40th anniversary season kicked off with Feger in the lead on Lap 1 and Frank Heckenast Jr. and Tanner English behind him.
The top three broke away from the field and quickly entered lapped traffic. Feger worked the low side of the speedway and slid up at the exit of each corner, allowing himself to maintain a comfortable lead.
“I caught a couple of them there, two at a time, so it’s not like I could slide up because there’s not a whole lot to slide into,” Feger said. “It definitely was nerve wracking. I feel like towards the end there the bottom was starting to come in a little bit or just clean off and you could keep speed.”
Behind him, English was charging as he passed Heckenast for the second position. Try as he may, however, English was unable to get close enough to make a bid for the lead as Feger drove away from the field and on to a big win to start Week 2 off strong.
“If you look at what we did last week, we’re going to have to try and keep doing that,” Feger said. “It takes a lot of luck for sure to run podium every night. But you’ve got to be really good. I feel like we haven’t raced a lot this summer, so we’re definitely not up to speed like we normally are. We have a new shock package and stuff this year, so it’s been a big learning group and we’re starting to find our footing a little bit better.”
English continued his consistent runs with a second-place efforts, Heckenast Jr. in third, Cade Dillard finished fourth, and Mitch McGrath was fifth.
UP NEXT - The DIRTcar Summer Nationals heads to Iowa with a stop at West Liberty Speedway in West Liberty, IA, on Tuesday, June 16.
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DIRTCAR LATE MODEL RESULTS (22 entries)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 96-Tanner English[3]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 5. 74-Mitch McGrath[7]; 6. 15-Clay Stuckey[10]; 7. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 8. 8-Matthew Larson[8]; 9. 09-Michael Leach[13]; 10. 87-Jake Rainey[9]; 11. 17SR-Brody Smith[12]; 12. 89M-Brad Mueller[16]; 13. 31M-Tyler Millwood[15]; 14. 30-Mark Voigt[17]; 15. 05-Tyler Leach[14]; 16. M27-Mike Provenzano[22]; 17. 15C-Curt Schroeder[19]; 18. 4D-Doug Tye[18]; 19. (DNF) 89-Mike Spatola[4]; 20. (DNF) 10P-Paul Parker[20]; 21. (DNF) D1-Turk Letizia[21]; 22. (DNF) 1M-Mike Mataragas[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[2]; 2. 89-Mike Spatola[1]; 3. 74-Mitch McGrath[4]; 4. 15-Clay Stuckey[3]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[5]; 6. 89M-Brad Mueller[8]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[6]; 8. M27-Mike Provenzano[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[1]; 3. 8-Matthew Larson[4]; 4. 1M-Mike Mataragas[3]; 5. 05-Tyler Leach[5]; 6. 30-Mark Voigt[6]; 7. 10P-Paul Parker[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[3]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam[2]; 3. 87-Jake Rainey[1]; 4. 17SR-Brody Smith[4]; 5. 31M-Tyler Millwood[5]; 6. 4D-Doug Tye[6]; 7. D1-Turk Letizia[7]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 89-Mike Spatola, 15.313[7]; 2. 96-Tanner English, 15.466[4]; 3. 15-Clay Stuckey, 15.518[6]; 4. 74-Mitch McGrath, 15.564[5]; 5. 09-Michael Leach, 15.576[8]; 6. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 16.105[2]; 7. M27-Mike Provenzano, 16.274[1]; 8. 89M-Brad Mueller, 16.496[3]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard, 15.374[4]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 15.623[7]; 3. 1M-Mike Mataragas, 15.647[1]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson, 15.670[6]; 5. 05-Tyler Leach, 15.728[3]; 6. 30-Mark Voigt, 15.918[5]; 7. 10P-Paul Parker, 15.945[2]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 87-Jake Rainey, 15.728[7]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam, 15.766[1]; 3. 25-Jason Feger, 15.775[3]; 4. 17SR-Brody Smith, 15.849[2]; 5. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 15.878[5]; 6. 4D-Doug Tye, 16.503[4]; 7. D1-Turk Letizia, 16.670[6]
CURRENT DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 15, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 96 Tanner English Benton, KY 356 5 0 5 5
2 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 341 -15 5 2 4 5
3 99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 272 -84 5 0 2 4
4 75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 261 -95 5 0 2 4
5 15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 254 -102 5 0 1 4
6 09 Michael Leach Sun River, MT 244 -112 5 0 1 4
7 74 Mitch McGrath Waukesha, WI 217 -139 5 0 1 2
8 4G Bob Gardner Washington, IL 207 -149 4 0 1 3
9 17SR Brody Smith Dade City, FL 192 -164 4 0 0 0
10 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 190 -166 3 2 2 2
FINAL DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS WEEK 1 STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 14, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 96 Tanner English Benton, KY 286 4 0 4 4
2 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 266 -20 4 1 3 4
3 75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 213 -73 4 0 2 3
4 99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 207 -79 4 0 1 3
5 4G Bob Gardner Washington, IL 207 -79 4 0 1 3
6 15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 204 -82 4 0 1 3
7 09 Michael Leach Sun River, MT 200 -86 4 0 1 3
8 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 190 -96 3 2 2 2
9 10J Jordan Bauer St. Jacob, IL 180 -106 4 0 0 2
10 74 Mitch McGrath Waukesha, WI 162 -124 4 0 0 1
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