Key notes: The 40th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals wraps up its fourth week of competition with Sunday’s $7,500-to-win 46th annual Pepsi Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway. … There are eight Hell Tour races scheduled over the next eight days. … A $150,000 points fund will be paid out weekly with $10,000 to each week’s champion. … Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., edged Tanner English to earn the week two title. Feger, who leads all drivers with five wins this season, enters with five Macon specials since 2010, including two Herald & Review 100s (2022, ’24), combining to collect more than $26,000 over that span. … English, of Benton, Ky., the overall points leader, has two Summer Nationals wins this season and enters Sunday with 14 top-five finishes in 15 series starts. … Trey Mills of St. Augustine, Fla., nipped Brandon Sheppard to win last year’s Herald & Review; Sheppard, of New Berlin, Ill., won 2020’s Herald & Review, worth $5,000. … Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., has seven major wins in the last 11 years at Macon, including two Herald & Review victories (2015, ’23), worth more than $28,000. … Modifieds ($1,500-to-win) are on the undercard. … Pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 5 with hot laps at 6. … Watch live on DIRTVision.
Who to watch: Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., seeks his second career Herald & Review victory at Macon.
Points chase: Week 4 before Macon: 1. Tanner English (443); 2. Sam Seawright (383); 3. Jason Feger (367); 4. Luke Morey (334); 5. Clay Stuckey (332).
Overall before Macon: Tanner English (1,044); 2. Jason Feger (959); 3. Clay Stuckey (788); 4. Mitch McGrath (646); 5. Brody Smith (620).
Expected entrants: Brandon Sheppard, Tanner English, Jason Feger, Tanner English, Shannon Babb, Sam Seawright, Ryan Unzicker, Rusty Schlenk, Jake Little, Mike Spatola, Kyle Hardy, Daniel Adam, Clay Stuckey, Daryn Klein, Jordan Bauer, Tyler Millwood, Luke Morey, Jose Parga, Rich Bell, Kyle Hammer, Brandon Carpenter, Carter Schlenk, Brody Smith, Zach Taylor, Dean Carpenter, Mark Voigt and more.
Next series race: July 6, Kankakee County Speedway (Kankakee, IL) $5,000
From staff reports
MACON, Ill. — Updates from Sunday’s 16th round of the 40th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Macon Speedway, an event highlighted by the 46th annual Pepsi Herald & Review 100, a $7,500-to-win feature for DIRTcar Super Late Models (results unofficial):
Sunday’s schedule
(All times local)
3 p.m. - Pits open
3:30 p.m. - Tech and registration open
5 p.m. - Grandstands open
5 p.m. - Tech and registration close
5:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified group qualifying
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Modified consolation (8 laps)
- Late Model consolation (10 laps)
Feature events
- Modifieds (25 laps)
- Late Models (100 laps)
