Billy Moyer still winning at age 68
Photo by Tim Hunt
BENTON, Mo.—No matter the place. No matter the time. No matter the competition. Billy Moyer continues to show why he’s one of dirt track racing’s all-time greats.
Moyer, the 68-year-old National Dirt Late Model Hall-of-Famer from Batesville, AR, scored the 102nd win of his DIRTcar Summer Nationals career Tuesday night at Benton Speedway, leading all but one lap around the Missouri oval to kick off Week 3 of the Summer Nationals’ 40th anniversary celebration.
“I’m kind of trying to retire bit, but I just get bored,” Moyer said on what keeps his drive alive. “This has just been my life. The competition drives you in my family, and all the people that are here. It just makes it fun to keep coming back. Some of my friends with successful businesses told me, ‘If you’d work at anything as hard as you work on that race car, you wouldn’t be able to spend all the money you have.’ This sport’s been really good to me.”
The six-time Hell Tour champion lined up to the outside of fellow series champion Jason Feger as the green flag dropped on the 30-lap main event.
The front row stayed side-by-side throughout the first lap, but it was Moyer using the topside momentum to his advantage and rocketing around Feger off turn four to grab the lead.
Traffic became a factor on Lap 6 and allowed Feger to pull alongside Moyer as the battle for the lead intensified. Moyer was able to fend off the challenges of the No. 25 of Feger and maintain the lead. But after Moyer stumbled on the cushion through Turns 1-2 on Lap 10, Feger dove to the bottom in Turns 3-4 and pulled ahead of Moyer at the line by less than a tenth to lead the lap. However, Moyer was able to find just enough room to squeeze by Feger and the outside wall to retake the lead as they raced back into Turn 1.
As Moyer held strong out front, Tanner English was able to get by Feger for second on Lap 20 to take the runner-up spot. One final restart with five laps-to-go put English right on the leader’s bumper, but Moyer was not going to be denied, fending off the No. 96’s challenges and driving off to career Summer Nationals win No. 102 and his first at Benton.
“The one place I’ve never won, I guess that’s a cool thing. Theres been a lot of them that I’ve won at and then I go back and run like crap,” Moyer said. “There’s not a lot of notes so maybe that helps me a little bit. We didn’t have many things to go off, just make an educated guess and it all worked out.”
English continues to be consistent with a second-place finish, Feger was third, Tyler Millwood was fourth, and Clay Stuckey finished fifth.
UP NEXT - The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models head to Quincy Raceways in Quincy, IL, on Wednesday, June 24. Tickets for the event will be available at the track on race day.
If you can’t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
DIRTCAR LATE MODEL RESULTS (23 entries)
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[2]; 2. 96-Tanner English[3]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[1]; 4. 31M-Tyler Millwood[4]; 5. 15-Clay Stuckey[6]; 6. 49-Luke Morey[7]; 7. 17SR-Brody Smith[8]; 8. 25B-Chevy Boyer[10]; 9. 18C-Matt Cooper[9]; 10. 57M-Camaron Marlar[18]; 11. 16-Rusty Griffaw[17]; 12. 12-Scott Crigler[11]; 13. 74-Mitch McGrath[19]; 14. 30-Mark Voigt[20]; 15. 09-Michael Leach[14]; 16. 30B-Nathan Brown[16]; 17. 15W-Brian Woodard[13]; 18. 91-Mike Lough[12]; 19. 45M-Nate Yount[15]; 20. 11-CODY VANOVER[22]; 21. 11M-Robby Moore[23]; 22. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 23. (DNS) 94-Allan Rettig
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[2]; 2. 31M-Tyler Millwood[4]; 3. 49-Luke Morey[1]; 4. 25B-Chevy Boyer[5]; 5. 15W-Brian Woodard[3]; 6. 30B-Nathan Brown[7]; 7. 74-Mitch McGrath[6]; 8. 11-CODY VANOVER[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam[3]; 3. 17SR-Brody Smith[1]; 4. 12-Scott Crigler[4]; 5. 09-Michael Leach[8]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[5]; 7. 30-Mark Voigt[6]; 8. 11M-Robby Moore[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[1]; 2. 15-Clay Stuckey[3]; 3. 18C-Matt Cooper[4]; 4. 91-Mike Lough[6]; 5. 45M-Nate Yount[7]; 6. 57M-Camaron Marlar[2]; 7. (DNF) 94-Allan Rettig[5]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 49-Luke Morey, 14.798[5]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 14.915[3]; 3. 15W-Brian Woodard, 14.925[4]; 4. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 15.035[6]; 5. 25B-Chevy Boyer, 15.332[1]; 6. 74-Mitch McGrath, 15.388[2]; 7. 30B-Nathan Brown, 16.856[7]; 8. 11-CODY VANOVER, 17.409[8]
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 17SR-Brody Smith, 14.984[1]; 2. 25-Jason Feger, 15.118[6]; 3. 75-Daniel Adam, 15.120[4]; 4. 12-Scott Crigler, 15.591[2]; 5. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 15.717[3]; 6. 30-Mark Voigt, 16.031[8]; 7. 11M-Robby Moore, 16.987[7]; 8. (DNS) 09-Michael Leach
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English, 14.830[1]; 2. 57M-Camaron Marlar, 15.145[2]; 3. 15-Clay Stuckey, 15.237[5]; 4. 18C-Matt Cooper, 15.274[6]; 5. 94-Allan Rettig, 15.379[7]; 6. 91-Mike Lough, 16.910[3]; 7. 45M-Nate Yount, 17.262[4]
CURRENT WEEK 2 DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS STANDINGS
oints Updated: June 20, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 260 4 2 3 4
2 97 Cade Dillard Robeline, LA 244 -16 4 1 3 4
3 96 Tanner English Benton, KY 244 -16 4 0 3 4
4 99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 196 -64 4 0 1 3
5 15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 196 -64 4 0 1 2
6 09 Michael Leach Sun River, MT 189 -71 4 0 1 2
7 75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 175 -85 4 0 0 2
8 74 Mitch McGrath Waukesha, WI 168 -92 4 0 1 1
9 17SR Brody Smith Dade City, FL 155 -105 4 0 0 1
10 31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 150 -110 4 0 0 1
WEEK 1 CHAMPION: Tanner English
CURRENT DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS OVERALL STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 23, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 96 Tanner English Benton, KY 600 9 0 8 9
2 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 591 -9 9 3 7 9
3 15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 455 -145 9 0 3 6
4 09 Michael Leach Sun River, MT 425 -175 9 0 2 5
5 75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 417 -183 9 0 2 5
6 99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 403 -197 8 0 2 6
7 74 Mitch McGrath Waukesha, WI 368 -232 9 0 1 2
8 17SR Brody Smith Dade City, FL 355 -245 8 0 0 2
9 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 339 -261 5 2 3 4
10 30 Mark Voigt Marine, IL 326 -274 7 0 0 1
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Damian Kiefer Gets First Career Summit Modified Triumph at Benton
BENTON, Mo. -- One hour north of Benton Speedway sits Ste. Genevieve, MO — home to the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals’ newest Feature winner, Damian Kiefer.
Kiefer, 26, swept the night at the Missouri oval by setting quick time in Qualifying, winning his Heat Race and leading all 25 laps of the Feature to get his first career Summit Modified win.
At the drop of the green flag, Kiefer used his outside-front-row starting position to rip around Hunt Gossum and lead Lap 1.
On Lap 10, the race’s first caution spawned the first restart with Gossum sitting right behind Kiefer’s No. 0. Kiefer continued his strong evening with a good restart, hitting the cushion and surging down the backstretch to pull away from the field.
Kiefer went on to survive every following restart and lead every lap in the 25-lap main event to pick up the win, becoming the 90th different driver ever to win a Summit Modified event.
“It means the world to me to finally win one of these Summer Nationals races,” Kiefer said. “I’ve been going to these since I was a kid with my dad and watching him race against the best. And to be able to compete against the best tonight, we felt really good and it’s quite an accomplishment to finally get one of these off the checklist. Our car was super balanced there; it’s been really balanced the last six weeks. The race car doesn’t bobble, and it just doesn’t get tight. I can do just about anything I want and it’s really fun to drive.”
Justin Haley finished second, Zeke McKenzie was third, Gossum was fourth, and Austin Rettig rounded out the top five by advancing 13 positions.
UP NEXT - DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals heads to Quincy Raceways in Quincy, IL, on Wednesday, June 24. Tickets for the event will be available at the track on race day.
If you can’t be there in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
DIRTCAR UMP MODIFIED RESULTS (28 entries)
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 0-Damian Kiefer[2]; 2. 99-Justin Haley[3]; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie[4]; 4. 99G-Hunt Gossum[1]; 5. 94R-Austin Rettig[18]; 6. 77-Ray Bollinger[6]; 7. J82-Treb Jacoby[7]; 8. 14C-Rick Conoyer[13]; 9. 21B-Hunter Breland[10]; 10. 6-Ryan Fowler[17]; 11. 9-Ken Schrader[19]; 12. 27G-Jason Garver[9]; 13. 66-Chris Hall[12]; 14. 74S-Chris Sieweke[22]; 15. (DNF) 17-Mikey Wilson[16]; 16. (DNF) 3G-Haleigh Gross[8]; 17. (DNF) 12-Kaleb Jones[14]; 18. (DNF) 98-Joshua Hawkins[5]; 19. (DNF) 94C-Mark Clary[15]; 20. (DNF) 84G-Gary Gross[11]; 21. (DNS) 45-Jeremy Conner; 22. (DNS) 5-Hayden Conner
Last Chance Showdown (8 Laps): 1. 17-Mikey Wilson[12]; 2. 6-Ryan Fowler[3]; 3. 94R-Austin Rettig[1]; 4. 9-Ken Schrader[4]; 5. 45-Jeremy Conner[7]; 6. 5-Hayden Conner[2]; 7. 74S-Chris Sieweke[10]; 8. (DNF) 72-Tyler Vinson[6]; 9. (DNF) 66W-Adam Wright[9]; 10. (DNF) 29-Keith Hammett[13]; 11. (DNS) 2-Tyler Stevens; 12. (DNS) 93-Zack Wickens; 13. (DNS) 94-Jordan Clary
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Justin Haley[2]; 2. 24-Zeke McKenzie[4]; 3. J82-Treb Jacoby[5]; 4. 21B-Hunter Breland[3]; 5. 14C-Rick Conoyer[1]; 6. 94R-Austin Rettig[6]; 7. 9-Ken Schrader[8]; 8. 45-Jeremy Conner[9]; 9. 74S-Chris Sieweke[10]; 10. 29-Keith Hammett[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Damian Kiefer[1]; 2. 98-Joshua Hawkins[3]; 3. 3G-Haleigh Gross[4]; 4. 84G-Gary Gross[8]; 5. 12-Kaleb Jones[5]; 6. 5-Hayden Conner[6]; 7. (DNF) 2-Tyler Stevens[2]; 8. (DNF) 93-Zack Wickens[9]; 9. (DNS) 94-Jordan Clary
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99G-Hunt Gossum[1]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger[2]; 3. 27G-Jason Garver[5]; 4. 66-Chris Hall[6]; 5. 94C-Mark Clary[8]; 6. 6-Ryan Fowler[7]; 7. 72-Tyler Vinson[3]; 8. 66W-Adam Wright[4]; 9. 17-Mikey Wilson[9]
Qualifying 1: 1. 14C-Rick Conoyer, 16.377[8]; 2. 99-Justin Haley, 16.435[6]; 3. 21B-Hunter Breland, 16.465[7]; 4. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 16.535[5]; 5. J82-Treb Jacoby, 16.895[10]; 6. 94R-Austin Rettig, 16.970[4]; 7. 29-Keith Hammett, 17.086[1]; 8. 9-Ken Schrader, 17.133[2]; 9. 45-Jeremy Conner, 17.211[3]; 10. 74S-Chris Sieweke, 17.342[9]
Qualifying 2: 1. 0-Damian Kiefer, 16.175[9]; 2. 2-Tyler Stevens, 16.177[2]; 3. 98-Joshua Hawkins, 16.622[8]; 4. 3G-Haleigh Gross, 16.697[7]; 5. 12-Kaleb Jones, 16.944[5]; 6. 5-Hayden Conner, 17.300[6]; 7. 94-Jordan Clary, 17.379[1]; 8. 84G-Gary Gross, 17.458[3]; 9. 93-Zack Wickens, 17.802[4]
Qualifying 3: 1. 99G-Hunt Gossum, 16.063[6]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger, 16.355[9]; 3. 72-Tyler Vinson, 16.532[8]; 4. 66W-Adam Wright, 16.844[4]; 5. 27G-Jason Garver, 16.853[1]; 6. 66-Chris Hall, 16.893[5]; 7. 6-Ryan Fowler, 16.900[2]; 8. 94C-Mark Clary, 17.067[3]; 9. 17-Mikey Wilson, 17.255[7]
CURRENT SUMMIT RACING MODIFIED TOUR STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 20, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 77 Ray Bollinger Kewanee, IL 314 5 0 4 4
2 24Z Zeke McKenzie Claypool, IN 256 -58 4 1 4 4
3 18L Michael Long Fowler, IL 199 -115 3 1 2 3
4 24H Mike Harrison Highland, IL 183 -131 3 1 2 2
5 0K Damian Kiefer Ste Genevieve, MO 173 -141 3 0 2 2
6 74S Chris Sieweke Santa Rosa, CA 168 -146 3 0 0 0
7 J24 Jeremy Nichols Findlay, IL 139 -175 3 0 1 2
8 24S Jacob Steinkoenig Highland, IL 136 -178 2 1 2 2
9 O5 Dave Wietholder Liberty, IL 134 -180 3 0 0 2
10 99 Hunt Gossum Mayfield, KY 130 -184 2 1 1 2
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