Dirt on Dirt - Davenport gives Erb 4-for-4 Hell Tour start

June 18

Davenport Speedway,

Davenport, IA

Sanction: DIRTcar Summer Nationals - $5,000

Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated June 19, 10:17 am)

Davenport gives Erb 4-for-4 Hell Tour start

Tyler Erb
Kye Blight
Garrett Smith
Derrick Stewart
Jason Feger
Tyler Clem
Frank Heckenast Jr.
Dylan Thompson
Dillon McCowan
Billy Moyer
Cody Overton
Trey Mills
Rodney Melvin
Max McLaughlin
Bob Gardner
Mark Voigt
Spencer Diercks
Allen Weisser
Carson Brown
Daryn Klein
Daniel Hilsabeck
Chris Simpson

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Tyler Erb is unbeaten in four DIRTcar Summer Nationals starts.

What won the race: Grabbing the lead from race-long leader Kye Blight with an inside move exiting turn four, fourth-starting Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, led the final nine circuits of Tuesday's non-stop 30-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Davenport Speedway. The sizzling Erb earned $5,000 as he became the third driver to win the first four Summer Nationals events and the first since Billy Moyer captured 1994's opening six races.

Quotable: “(Kye Blight) just got into traffic and it was pretty hairy. You didn’t really want to go low (in turn one) cause you’d kinda get to bouncing,” Erb said. “I felt like I was pretty close to turning over once there once we got to (lapped) traffic. I figured at some point the bottom off of (turn) four would make some speed and I kept trying it. Kye, he’s gonna be really good .. he’s getting the hang of this.”

Key notes: Besides Moyer in 1994, Scott Bloomquist is the other driver to win the tour's first four events (1990) ... Erb has doubled his career victory total on the tour in 2024. ... The second-starting Blight, an Australian searching for his first stateside victory, led 21 of 30 laps after polesitter Daryn Klein hopped the turn-three cushion on the opening lap. Blight finished 1.897 seconds behind Erb while Klein dropped outside the top 10 and retired just past halfway. ... After sharing the seventh starting row with fellow Summer Nationals veteran Rodney Melvin, Billy Moyer improved to finish 10th while Melvin started and finished 13th. ... The caution-free main lasted eight minutes with 13 competitors completing 30 laps.

On the move: Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., started 10th and finished fifth.

Winner's sponsors: Erb’s winning Best Performance Motorsports Rocket Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and carries sponsorship from Langenfelder Mechanical Contractors, Bulk Material Lift, First Class Septic, Roberts Bee Company, Anthony’s Pizza, JRR Trucking, Base Racing Fuel, Base Oil, Sani-Weld, Inc., Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Racing Shocks, Go Lithium Batteries, Midwest Sheet Metal, Terbo Threads and KBC Graphix.

Points chase: Week 2 after Davenport: 1. Tyler Erb (80); 2. Kye Blight (75); 3. Garrett Smith (70); 4. Derrick Stewart (65); 5. Jason Feger (60). Overall after Davenport: 1. Tyler Erb (319); 2. Jason Feger (245); 3. Kye Blight (213); 4. Dillon McCowan (197); 5. Dennis Erb Jr. (189).

Current weather: Clear, 84°F

Car count: 38

Fast qualifier: Tyler Erb

Time: 13.991 seconds

Polesitter: Daryn Klein

Heat race winners: Tyler Erb, Kye Blight, Derrick Stewart, Daryn Klein

Consolation race winners: Matt Furman, Max McLaughlin

Provisional starters: Bob Gardner, Mark Voigt, Carson Brown, Allen Weisser

Next series race: June 19, Adams County Speedway (Quincy, IL) $5,000

Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.

From staff reports

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 18) — Updates and results from the fourth round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Davenport Speedway, an event highlighted by a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature for Super Late Models (results unofficial):

Feature

Grabbing the lead from race-long leader Kye Blight with an inside move exiting turn four, fourth-starting Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, led the final nine circuits of Tuesday's non-stop 30-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Davenport Speedway. The sizzling Erb earned $5,000 as he became the third driver to win the first four Summer Nationals events and the first since Billy Moyer captured 1994's opening six races.

Feature lineup

(30 laps)

Row 1: Daryn Klein, Kye Blight
Row 2: Derrick Stewart, Tyler Erb
Row 3: Dylan Thompson, Garrett Smith
Row 4: Frank Heckenast Jr., Tyler Clem
Row 5: Spencer Diercks, Jason Feger
Row 6: Chris Simpson, Dillon McCowan
Row 7: Rodney Melvin, Billy Moyer
Row 8: Cody Overton, Daniel Hilsabeck
Row 9: Max McLaughlin, Trey Mills
Row 10: Bob Gardner, Mark Voigt
Row 11: Carson Brown, Allen Weisser

Consolation race results

(10 laps; top two transfer)

B-Main: Max McLaughlin, Trey Mills, Allen Weisser, Matt Ryan, Clay Stuckey, Daniel Adam, Rich Bell, Will Roland, Tim Simpson, Matt Furman, Carson Brown, Mike Provenzano, Johnathan Huston, Chad Simpson, Mark Voigt.

(8 laps; top three transfer)

C-Main: Matt Furman, Tim Simpson, Johnathan Huston, McKay Wenger, Thomas Hunziker, Brandon Lance, Bob Gardner, Tegan Evans, Gary Webb, Doug Tye.

Heat race recap

Tyler Erb led all eight laps from the pole to win the first heat race by 2.324 seconds over Dylan Thompson. Spencer Diercks and sixth-starting Rodney Melvin will join them in Tuesday’s 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature. The lone caution flew when Erb was deemed to jump the race’s initial start. … Kye Blight scored a flag-to-flag victory in the second heat race, taking the checkers 0.630 of a second over Frank Heckenast Jr. Chris Simpson and Cody Overton held serve, completing the top-four finishers and punching their ticket into the main event. … Ainsworth, Iowa’s Derrick Stewart cruised to win heat three by 0.984 of a second over Garrett Smith. Jason Feger and Billy Moyer completed the top-four finishers. The race’s lone yellow flag was displayed when Bob Gardner spun from eighth on lap four; Gardner continued and placed ninth. … Pole-starting Daryn Klein dominated the fourth and final heat race, winning by 1.239 seconds over Tyler Clem. Fifth-starting Dillon McCowan and sixth-starting Daniel Hilsabeck each improved to grab the final two transfer spots.

Heat race results

(8 laps; top four transfer)

First heat: Tyler Erb, Dylan Thompson, Spencer Diercks, Rodney Melvin, Trey Mills, Daniel Adam, Carson Brown, Matt Furman, Doug Tye, Tegan Evans.

Second heat: Kye Blight, Frank Heckenast Jr., Chris Simpson, Cody Overton, Matt Ryan, Will Roland, Mike Provenzano, Johnathan Huston, Gary Webb.

Third heat: Derrick Stewart, Garrett Smith, Jason Feger, Billy Moyer, Allen Weisser, Rich Bell, Mark Voigt, Tim Simpson, Bob Gardner, Brandon Lance.

Fourth heat: Daryn Klein, Tyler Clem, Dillon McCowan, Daniel Hilsabeck, Max McLaughlin, Clay Stuckey, Chad Simpson, Thomas Hunziker, McKay Wenger.

Time trials

Group A
Driver (car no.), hometown
1. Tyler Erb (1), New Waverly, Texas, 13.991
2. Kye Blight (33), Katanning, Western Australia, 14.055
3. Dylan Thompson (99T), Paducah, Ky., 14.153
4. Frank Heckenast Jr. (99jr), Frankfort, Ill., 14.240
5. Trey Mills (14jr), St. Augustine, Fla., 14.310
6. Chris Simpson (32s), Oxford, Iowa, 14.352
7. Spencer Diercks (29), Davenport, Iowa, 14.397
8. Cody Overton (97), Evans, Ga., 14.472
9. Daniel Adam (75), Wade, N.C., 14.529
10. Matt Ryan (07), Davenport, Iowa, 14.641
11. Rodney Melvin (27m), Benton, Ill., 14.776
12. Mike Provenzano (m27), Marseilles, Ill., 14.931
13. Matt Furman (51), Iowa City, Iowa, 15.028
14. Will Roland (22R), Jasper, Ga., 15.154
15. Carson Brown (28), New London, N.C., 15.254
16. Johnathan Huston (42H), Columbus Junction, Iowa, 15.322
17. Doug Tye (4D), Troy, Ill., 15.442
18. Gary Webb (w56), Blue Grass, Iowa, 15.510
19. Tegan Evans (T22), Clinton, Iowa, 17.264
Group B
1. Derrick Stewart (43), Ainsworth, Iowa, 14.216
2. Daryn Klein (10k), Fairview Heights, Ill., 14.244
3. Garrett Smith (10), Eatonton, Ga., 14.291
4. Tyler Clem (58), St. Petersburg, Fla., 14.362
5. Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 14.389
6. McKay Wenger (99), Fairbury, Ill., 14.429
7. Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 14.431
8. Clay Stuckey (15), Shreveport, La., 14.461
9. Bob Gardner (4G), East Peoria, Ill., 14.556
10. Dillon McCowan (8), Urbana, Mo., 14.605
11. Tim Simpson (17), Iowa City, Iowa, 14.612
12. Daniel Hilsabeck (22), Earlham, Iowa, 14.673
13. Allen Weisser (25w), Peoria, Ill., 14.755
14. Max McLaughlin (22*), Mooresville, N.C., 14.791
15. Mark Voigt (30), Marine, Ill., 14.804
16. Chad Simpson (25s), Mount Vernon, Iowa, 14.814
17. Brandon Lance (248), Brimfield, Ill., 14.873
18. Thomas Hunziker (38), Bend, Ore., 15.099
19. Rich Bell (21B), Sheffield, Ill., 15.283

Tuesday’s schedule

(All times local)
1 p.m. - Pits open
4 p.m. - Grandstands open
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Sport mod hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- Street stock hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Sport mod heats (8 laps)
- Late Model C-Main (8 laps)
- Street stock heats (8 laps)
- Late Model B-Main (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Sport mod feature (20 laps)
- Street stock feature (15 laps)