Key notes: The feature took the green flag at 9:25 p.m. CT. ... Dylan Thornton sustained heavy nose damage and limped to a sixth-place finish in the night's third heat race. ... Tanner English scratched after an ill-sounding engine in time trials. ... Ashton Winger unloaded a new Rocket Chassis at Fairbury. ... The MARS Late Model Championship Series continues its four-race Labor Day weekend with Saturday’s $15,000-to-win Illinois Dirt Shootout at Fairbury Speedway. … Points leader Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., led 49 of 50 total laps contested in sweeping Thursday’s Twisted Twin 25s at nearby La Salle (Ill.) Speedway. Unzicker has two Fairbury wins this season, including May 23’s initial MARS Series visit. … Recently crowned track champ Mike Spatola of Manhattan, Ill., won Friday’s $5,000 series stop at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway. Spatola has two wins there this season in local DIRTcar Super Late Models. … Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., is a two-time full-field feature winner this season, including July 25’s Prairie Dirt Classic, worth more than $50,000. … Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., has two wins in local DIRTcar Supers, including July 11’s Richard Craven Memorial, worth $5,012. … Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., topped June’s $10,000 DIRTcar Summer Nationals event. … Watch live on FloRacing.

Who to watch: Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., seeks his third full-field feature win of the season at Fairbury.

Points chase: Before Fairbury: 1. Ryan Unzicker (1,037); 2. Jason Feger (955); 3. Dylan Thornton (901); 4. Daniel Adam (746); 5. Bob Gardner (739).

Current weather: Clear, 73°F

Car count: 32

Fast qualifier: Jason Feger

Time: 12.798 seconds

Polesitter: Jason Feger

Heat race winners: Shannon Babb, Ashton Winger, Jason Feger, Brandon Sheppard

Consolation race winners: Austin Howes, Ryan Unzicker

Provisional starters: Dylan Thornton, Paul Parker

Next series race: September 18, Kankakee County Speedway (Kankakee, IL) $5,000