Dirt on Dirt - Erb tops Red Hill for seventh Hell Tour victory

June 30

Red Hill Raceway,

Sumner, IL

Sanction: DIRTcar Summer Nationals - $5,000

Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated July 1, 9:51 pm)

Erb tops Red Hill for seventh Hell Tour victory

Tyler Erb
Jason Feger
Dillon McCowan
Tyler Clem
Tanner English
Morgan Bagley
Ashton Winger
Trevor Gundaker
Clay Stuckey
Carson Brown
Lee Williams
Rusty Griffaw
Jared Bailey
Thomas Hunziker
Daniel Adam
Doug Tye
Mark Voigt

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Tyler Erb takes the checkers to grab his seventh Summer Nationals victory.

What won the race: Staving off a mid-race challenge from Jason Feger, second-starting Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, led the final 22 laps to win Sunday's $5,000 DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Red Hill Raceway. Erb notched his seventh series victory of the season and the 11th of his career, coming up just three points short of Feger for the $10,000 week 3 championship bonus.

Quotable: “(We) hadn’t gotten a win this week, been really fast, just had to keep working on this thing and get it good,” Erb said. “After the heat race, I knew my car felt like it has the last two weeks, so just had to bide our time and work that top (line). It came in and that’s probably the widest (surface) I’ve ever raced here, so it was a lot of fun. Feger and me, we had a hard race there through traffic, but it feels good to get the win, especially here.”

Key notes: The win is Erb's second career Summer Nationals victory at Red Hill after grabbing 2022's $5,000 payday there. He boosts his Hell Tour race winnings to more than $55,000 thus far. ... Tenth-starting Feger, of Bloomington, Ill., lost ground to Erb in the closing laps, taking the checkers 3.966 seconds back. ... Dillon McCowan paced the opening eight circuits from the pole before giving way to Erb and Feger, settling for third. ... Eighth-starting Tyler Clem finished fourth. ... Ashton Winger challenged Feger for the runner-up spot on lap 18 before hopping the turn-three cushion and slipping to seventh with rear spoiler damage following wall contact. ... Clay Stuckey gained six spots and placed ninth. ... The race's lone caution came out on lap nine when Mark Voigt slowed from 12th and required a push back to the pits. ... Sunday's 14th round, the finale of the third week of competition, lasted 12 minutes, with nine drivers completing the distance and 16 running at the finish.

On the move: Runner-up finisher Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., started 10th.

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 3 final points: 1. Jason Feger (334); 2. Tyler Erb (331); 3. Tyler Clem (288); 4. Dillon McCowan (283); 5. Ashton Winger (273). Overall points after Red Hill: 1. Tyler Erb (975); 2. Jason Feger (945); 3. Dillon McCowan (721); 4. Tyler Clem (668); 5. Tanner English (586).

Current weather: Clear, 73°F

Car count: 17

Fast qualifier: Dillon McCowan

Time: 15.306 seconds

Polesitter: Dillon McCowan

Heat race winners: Dillon McCowan, Tyler Erb

Next series race: July 2, Old No. 1 Speedway (Harrisburg, AR) $5,000

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

From staff reports

SUMNER, Ill. (June 30) — Updates from Sunday’s 14th round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Red Hill Raceway, an event highlighted by a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature for Super Late Models (results unofficial):

Feature

Staving off a mid-race challenge from Jason Feger, second-starting Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, led the final 22 laps to win Sunday's $5,000 DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Red Hill Raceway. Erb notched his seventh series victory of the season and the 11th of his career, coming up just three points short of Feger for the $10,000 third week championship bonus. Tenth-starting Feger, of Bloomington, Ill., lost ground to Erb in the closing laps, crossing the line 3.966 seconds back.

Feature lineup

(30 laps)

Row 1: Dillon McCowan, Tyler Erb
Row 2: Ashton Winger, Tanner English
Row 3: Morgan Bagley, Trevor Gundaker
Row 4: Carson Brown, Tyler Clem
Row 5: Lee Williams, Jason Feger
Row 6: Mark Voigt, Daniel Adam
Row 7: Doug Tye, Jared Bailey
Row 8: Clay Stuckey, Rusty Griffaw
Row 9: Thomas Hunziker

Heat race results

(Eight laps; all transfer)

First heat finish: Dillon McCowan, Ashton Winger, Morgan Bagley, Carson Brown, Lee Williams, Mark Voigt, Doug Tye, Clay Stuckey. Scratched: Thomas Hunzker

Second heat finish: Tyler Erb, Tanner English, Trevor Gundaker, Tyler Clem, Jason Feger, Daniel Adam, Jared Bailey, Rusty Griffaw.

Time trials

Group A
Driver (car no.), hometown, time (unofficial)
1. Dillon McCowan (8), Urbana, Mo., 15.306
2. Ashton Winger (12), Hampton, Ga., 15.481
3. Morgan Bagley (14m), Longview, Texas, 16.018
4. Lee Williams (17), Haubstadt, Ind., 16.142
5. Clay Stuckey (15), Shreveport, La., 16.184
6. Carson Brown (57), New London, N.C., 16.318
7. Mark Voigt (30), Marine, Ill., 16.358
8. Doug Tye (4D), Troy, Ill., 16.412
9. Thomas Hunziker (38), Bend, Ore., no time
Group B
1. Tanner English (96), Benton, Ky., 15.459
2. Tyler Erb (1), New Waverly, Texas, 15.626
3. Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 15.630
4. Trevor Gundaker (14), St. Charles, Mo., 15.865
5. Tyler Clem (58), St. Petersburg, Fla., 15.921
6. Daniel Adam (75), Wade, N.C., 16.025
7. Jared Bailey (24), Bedford, Ind., 16.312
8. Rusty Griffaw (16), Festus, Mo., 16.342

Sunday’s schedule

(All times local)
3 p.m. - Pits open
5 p.m. - Grandstands open
6:15 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:45 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot lap qualifying (3 laps)
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- Kids mod hot laps
- Hornet hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Kids mod heats (5 laps)
- Hornet heats (6 laps)
- Modified consolation (8 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Modified feature (25 laps)
- Kids Mod feature (8 laps)
- Hornet feature (12 laps)