An overview of Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill.
Key notes: A 15-minute rain shower hit the track about 5:10 p.m., stopped for 10 minutes, then returned about 5:35 p.m. with rain falling another five minutes. ... Hot laps were pushed back an hour to 7:30 p.m. because of extreme heat. ... The 40th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues its third week of competition with Wednesday’s $5,000-to-win return to Illinois’s Tri-City Speedway. … A $150,000 total points fund will be distributed on a weekly basis, with $10,000 to each week’s points champion. … Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., earned two Hell Tour wins en route to Week 1’s $10,000 points bonus, while Ryan Gustin rode consistency to the Week 2 title. … 2023 Summer Nationals champ Ashton Winger of Hampton, Ga., held off Jake Little to win May’s $5,000 MARS stop. … Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, won last fall’s $7,000 Midwest LateModel Racing Association event, the final MLRA race at Tri-City before the tour shuttered following last season. … Reigning Hell Tour champ Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, won last year’s $10,000 series visit. Terbo has three series wins in his last five starts after opening Week 3 action with a $5,000 payday Tuesday night at Springfield (Mo.) Raceway. …Modifieds ($1,500-to-win), B-mods ($750-to-win) and Crown Vics are on the undercard. … Pits open at noon and grandstands open at 5:30 p.m., with hot laps at 6:30. … Watch live on DIRTVision.
Who to watch: Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, chases his third straight feature victory and his fourth in the last six starts.
Points chase: Summer Nationals Week 3 before Tri-City: 1. Tyler Erb (80); 2. Ashton Winger (75); 3. Brandon Sheppard (70); 4. Ethan Dotson (65); 5. Billy Moyer (60).
Summer Nationals overall before Tri-City: 1. Tyler Erb (653); 2. Jason Feger (647); 3. Dennis Erb Jr. (588); 4. Dillon McCowan (536); 5. Kyle Bronson (511).
Expected entrants: Jason Feger, Brandon Sheppard, Tyler Erb, Tony Jackson, Jr., Kyle Bronson, Shannon Babb, Ethan Dotson, Chris Simpson, Billy Moyer, Dillon McCowan, Trey Mills, Ryan Unzicker, Frank Heckenast Jr., Clay Stuckey, Jake Little, Mark Whitener, Thomas Hunziker, Daniel Adam, Austin Howes, Haiden Cowan and more.
Current weather: Scattered Clouds, 95°F
Next series race: June 26, Macon Speedway (Macon, IL) $7,500
From staff reports
GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Updates and results from Wednesday’s 13th round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Tri-City Speedway, an event highlighted by a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature for DIRTcar Super Late Models (results unofficial):
Wednesday’s schedule
(All times local)
Noon - Pits open
5:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
7 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
7:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified group qualifying
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- B-mod hot laps
- Crown Vic hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- B-mod heats (8 laps)
- Late Model C-main (8 laps)
- Modified consolation (8 laps)
- Late Model B-main (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Modified feature (25 laps)
- B-mod feature (20 laps)
- Crown Vic feature (12 laps)
