Jun 30, 2025 |

Randy Meyer Racing (RMR) wrapped up an incredible weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, with rookie driver McKenna Bold earning her first NHRA national event win in just her fourth career entry. The team also fielded a strong performance from veteran driver Matt Cummings, who advanced to the quarterfinals in a competitive Top Alcohol Dragster field.

Competing at the Cavalcade of Stars event just one week earlier—where Matt Cummings qualified No. 2 and picked up the opening round win—the Randy Meyer Racing team faced a tight side-by-side battle against Melanie Johnson in second round. Matt posted a strong 5.299-second run at 276 mph in the GUNK / Hedinger’s Equipment dragster, but was narrowly outrun by Johnson’s 5.283 at 275 mph in a true drag race to the stripe. Despite the early exit, the team finished proud of the performance and the consistent effort put in all weekend long.

Coming off their solid performance, the team then rolled straight into the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk with solid data and a fresh shot at redemption. While Matt returned to the driver’s seat of the GUNK / Hedinger’s Equipment A/Fuel Dragster, McKenna was back behind the wheel of her dedicated RMR entry, continuing her impressive rookie season on the national stage, with her last NHRA national appearance at the Charlotte 4-Wide Nationals where she finished in the semi-finals.

McKenna continued to improve with every pass in the purple Bold Racing dragster, entering the national event eliminations as the No. 1 qualifier with a strong 5.180-second run at 273 mph, setting low ET of the entire event. It was her first time qualifying at the top of the field at a national event, continuing to improve on her performance as she gets more comfortable in the nitro-injected dragster.

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Matt Cummings, also driving a Randy Meyer-tuned A/Fuel dragster backed by GUNK and Hedinger’s Equipment, posted his quickest run of the weekend during Q3, a 5.291 at 264 mph, moving him up to the No. 6 spot in the field. The performance gave him lane choice for the opening round and marked the fourth time this season he’s qualified in the top half of the field at a national event in 2025.

On race day, both drivers came out strong with the quickest passes of the first round. McKenna ran a 5.25 to defeat Tom Fox, and Matt followed it up with a consistent 5.29 to take out Angelle Sampay. In the second round, Matt faced off against reigning world champion Shawn Cowie. Despite a strong start, Matt lost traction early and had to lift, ending his day with a loss as Cowie advanced. Still, Cummings’ performance helped solidify the team’s reputation with multiple drivers and solidify his national standings points lead.

However, on the other side of the ladder, McKenna’s story was just beginning. In round two, she made a big statement by running a 5.22 to take out Melanie Johnson—clocking the quickest run of the round by over a tenth of a second. She then faced Jamie Noonan in the semifinals on Sunday morning, and the two drivers left the line with identical .054 reaction times. McKenna powered straight down the groove with a clean 5.284 at 273.61 mph firing on all 8 cylinders to defeat Noonan’s 5.307, and advance to her first final round appearance at a national event.

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In the final, she squared off against Cowie—the same opponent who had eliminated her teammate earlier in the eliminations, and the reigning world Top Alcohol Dragster champion. McKenna grabbed the starting line advantage with a .045 light and never trailed, taking the stripe with a 5.313 at 271.57 mph to Cowie’s 5.321 at 273.39 mph in the heat. This win marks her first NHRA Wally at the national level, and bumps her to the no. 7 spot in the national standings, and proves her ability to compete with the sport’s best.

The Randy Meyer Racing team is proud to represent long-time partner GUNK, known for their powerful automotive cleaning and degreasing products available at major retailers nationwide, and Hedinger’s Equipment, a trusted wrecker dealership based in Indianapolis that supports towing operators across the Midwest. Their partnership played a key role in enabling the team to perform at a high level during this demanding back-to-back race stretch in Norwalk.

This victory continues the legacy of excellence for Randy Meyer Racing, which has developed numerous successful drivers and continues to be a dominant force in the Top Alcohol Dragster category with over 110 NHRA wins. With both dragsters qualifying in the top half of the field and running best-of-the-round times in eliminations, the team once again demonstrated the depth, experience, and power that has made them one of the most respected operations in NHRA drag racing. The team now looks ahead to the second half of the season with renewed confidence and momentum.

CLARKSVILLE, TN — June 29, 2025 — Brandon Sheppard reminded fans what a “Tennessee ass whooping” looks like.Controlling the final DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models appearance at Clarksville Speedway, the 2013 tour champion tied in-state royalty Scott Bloomquist in all-time wins for his first career Week title.Sheppard began the night with a win on the Heat race, then started on the outside of the front row with fellow Illinois driver Jason Feger leading the field to the green flag.While Feger had a slight edge on the bottom lane to lead the opening lap, Sheppard’s high-line advantage overmatched him as the No. B5 rocketed to the lead off the final corner on the second lap.After getting clear of Feger, Sheppard adjusted to the bottom lane to keep a healthy distance between the No. 25 Longhorn Chassis throughout the 30-lap Feature. In lapped traffic, Sheppard was able to pass three cars to challenge Feger while he followed behind Tyler Erb around the 1/4-mile racetrack.Sheppard’s lead over the field was diminished with four laps to go after Josh Putnam’s left rear tire exploded, brought out the only caution of the night, and gave Feger a second chance at scoring his fifth Hell Tour win of 2025.“B-Shepp” stayed precise with his driving on the final restart of the race by keeping his Rocket Chassis to the bottom line as he led the final four laps for his first Summer Nationals win since 2021.The Clarksville Speedway finale marked the 28th win of his career, and completes a week where he appeared on every podium of Week 3.“Man, we’ve had a great car all week long,” Sheppard said. “I just, for some reason, haven’t been able to put a full night together. Tonight, we were able to do that. Our qualifying efforts have been getting better all week. And, the boys have been working very hard, and we appreciate it.”Feature (30 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 3. 75-Dillon McCowan[4]; 4. 27M-Rodney Melvin[3]; 5. 81F-Jadon Frame[7]; 6. 14-Haiden Cowan[5]; 7. 14JR-Trey Mills[8]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[9]; 9. 81-Jason Riggs[10]; 10. 28B-Carson Brown[6]; 11. 5-Mark Whitener[14]; 12. 21-Mario Gresham[12]; 13. 59-Dillard Hatchett[13]; 14. 29-Christian Hanger[19]; 15. 31M-Tyler Millwood[17]; 16. 1-Tyler Erb[18]; 17. 38-Thomas Hunziker[20]; 18. 388-Jackson Hise[22]; 19. (DNF) 212-Josh Putnam[11]; 20. (DNF) 15F-Richard Frost[15]; 21. (DNF) 63-Michael Luna[16]; 22. (DNF) 54JR-Larry Barber Jr[21]Tyler Nicely Sweeps Summit Modified Nationals Weekend, Joins Top Five in All-Time Wins at ClarksvilleIn just three races with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals, Tyler Nicely is back on his roll after the weekend return.The Owensboro, KY driver dominated the Sunday night finale at Clarksville Speedway en route to his second consecutive Feature win of 2025 while joining a new level of records on the UMP Modified tour.Starting on the outside of the front row, Nicely witnessed polesitter Trent Young securing the lead on the first two starts. However, cautions were thrown after each time, resetting each driver’s strategy. On the third restart, Nicely used the cushion of Turns 1-2 to claim the lead over Young.While Nicely’s No. 25 Elite Chassis paced the field around the quarter-mile bullring, Young struggled to match the speed as the gap grew to 2.6 seconds by the halfway mark.When lapped traffic began to hamper Nicely’s ability to grow the lead, the No. 10Y Diamond Chassis began to reel Nicely back into his sights as the distance cut to 1.4 seconds within the final five laps.Young reached the back bumper of the Nicely when the white flag waved, but he was unable to attempt a pass as Nicely’s 13th Summit Modified Nationals win helped him surpass Michael Long for fifth on the all-time wins list.“(Young) fooled me twice, so shame on me if he fooled me the third time,” Nicely said. “I just made my angle a little bit better down (in Turn 4) to come to the green (flag), and I was just gonna drive it into Turn 1 as hard as I could. I knew it was gonna be crucial to get out there to the lead.”Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head to Arkansas for the Week 4 opener at Old No. 1 Speedway on Monday night, June 30.If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every DIRTcar Summer Nationals race live on DIRTVision.Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 2. 10Y-Trent Young[1]; 3. 94-Austin Rettig[4]; 4. 98-Zac Harris[3]; 5. 45H-Chase Holland[16]; 6. 27G-Jason Garver[6]; 7. 75-Daniel Adam[9]; 8. 121-Caleb Slaughter[7]; 9. 06-Cage Ashby[11]; 10. 151-Zach Resinger[8]; 11. 4-Brenden Heizer[10]; 12. C5-Charlie Jackson[13]; 13. 42-Jacob Bryant[15]; 14. 60-Jim Manka[17]; 15. 777-Trevor Neville[12]; 16. (DNF) 182-Ryan Williams[5]; 17. (DNS) 12L-Lucas LeeARTICLE:https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/recap/brandon-sheppard-returns-to-summer-nationals-victory-lane-in-clarksville-finale-clinches-week-3-title/, https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/recap/tyler-nicely-sweeps-summit-modified-nationals-weekend-joins-top-five-in-all-time-wins-at-clarksville/ EVENT INFO:https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/schedule/event-info/?event=4547866 TRACK INFO:https://www.clarksvillespeedway.com/ FAN 101: https://about.dirtcar.com/

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MINOT, ND (June 29, 2025) – Sunday night at Nodak Speedway, Tim McCreadie put on the show race fans in Minot, ND have been waiting 36 years for.

The 2006 champion of the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision scored one of the hardest-fought victories of his career, going from the sixth row of the starting lineup to the lead in 50 laps to become the first Series winner at Nodak since Mitch Johnson in 1989.

After starting the weekend with finishes of 13th at River Cities Speedway and 10th at Norman County Raceway, a get-healthy night was the only thing on McCreadie’s mind at the start of the Feature. Then he started moving forward, passing car after car until he found himself at the front of the pack in the closing stages.

“I’ve been married to the same setup for about a month,” McCreadie said. “Ever since we went to Eldora we just weren’t overly good. We threw something at it tonight, hats off to these guys with an awesome racetrack. Once the sun went down, with that little bit of prep it started to get shiny. Hairy, but a lot of fun out there.”

The early portion of the program was dominated by the No. 32 of Bobby Pierce, who took the Simpson Quick Time Award, won his Heat Race and drew the Bilstein Pole Award. He wasn’t able to stay out front on the start though, as second-starting Ethan Dotson ripped around the top of Turns 1 and 2 to take command.

Pierce wasn’t going to go away easily though, as he kept the No. 74X in his sights and briefly challenged Dotson for the lead before Tristan Chamberlain spun in Turn 1 to bring out the first caution.

Dotson powered away on the restart, and his fellow MD3 Rookie of the Year contender Drake Troutman got by Pierce to slide into second 13 laps in. Another quick caution for Aaron Turnbull nullified that pass, but Troutman was able to once again get by Pierce once the race went back green.

Both Troutman and Pierce spent the next 10 laps chasing down Dotson, and by the halfway point, a three-way tussle for the lead was on until Dustin Sorensen put the field under yellow again with a flat right-rear tire. Further back, McCreadie had made his way up to seventh when the caution flew, and a brilliant restart sent the No. 9M up to fourth and onto the radar of the leaders. With 13 to go, McCreadie got to the inside of Nick Hoffman and into third.

When Dotson and Pierce started fighting tooth-and-nail for the win with under 10 to go, McCreadie saw his chance to join the party. Dotson threw the slider on Pierce entering Turn 3 and Pierce crossed him over exiting the corner, all while McCreadie went to the bottom to make it three-wide down the frontstretch for the lead. A solid run through Turns 1 and 2 allowed him to clear Pierce, and from there, McCreadie never looked back on his way to the 36th World of Outlaws victory of his career.

The victory moved McCreadie to within 10 points of Troutman in the race for fourth in the standings and gives him a head of steam entering next weekend’s NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50 at Deer Creek Speedway, a race he’s a past winner of.

“It was pretty bad up until about 20 minutes ago,” McCreadie said of the level of optimism in the Briggs Transport camp. “I think we’ve got a little bit of a handle. I’ve got some trust in some other things that I maybe didn’t have trust in setup-wise before. We had such success with this car the first time we came out with it that we haven’t really had to know how to make it any different or any better.

“I went to Eldora and I struggled. I know we ran good, but I thought we struggled with balance all week. Ever since then we’ve struggled, and then tonight was probably the most balanced I’ve been in a while when I could peel off and run through the middle of one and two and not lose the right front pushing up the track. So if I can get it to do that a lot, I think we’ll be OK.”

Pierce came up one spot short of his sixth World of Outlaws triumph of 2025, but his first podium of the weekend was enough to maintain a 78-point lead after Hoffman spent the past two nights closing the gap. But considering the issues he dealt with early in the Feature, Pierce was happy to merely finish the race.

“The first caution, they called caution and Troutman was right behind me,” Pierce said. “He hit me in the left-rear when they called caution and my brake line’s hanging. I completely had no brakes for like 40 laps. It’s really a miracle I didn’t fly off the racetrack, it’s a miracle I still ran second. The bad thing is I know we had a really good car, I think I would have won by half a track to be honest. It was my kind of racetrack, but you can’t drive these things with no brakes.”

Standing on the podium for the third-straight night was Hoffman, who continued the best stretch of his Late Model career with a third in his Nodak debut.

“McCreadie was quite a bit better than we were and was able to roll by me,” Hoffman said. “I was able to show him the middle first, and then he got that middle lane rolling pretty well and was able to get to the lead. Hats off to him, he did a great job. To win twice and run on the podium still is a really good weekend for us.”

Ryan Gustin moved up 10 spots from 14th to fourth, while Troutman settled for fifth to earn the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

RACE NOTES:

Nick Hoffman set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Bobby Pierce won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Bobby Pierce won Real American Beer Heat 1.

Brian Shirley won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Ethan Dotson won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Bobby Pierce won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Tim McCreadie won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Drake Troutman was the MD3 Rookie of the Race.

Bobby Pierce won the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher Award.

Ryan Gustin was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Drake Troutman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Tanner English was the VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Brent Larson was the Lifeline USA Ninth-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Dustin Sorensen was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision heads to Deer Creek Speedway for the NAPA Auto Parts Gopher 50, Thursday-Saturday, July 3-5. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 9M-Tim McCreadie[12]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[5]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[14]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 6. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[9]; 8. 96-Tanner English[11]; 9. B1-Brent Larson[17]; 10. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[10]; 11. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 13. 8-Matthew Larson[16]; 14. 49-Jake Timm[8]; 15. 2-Cody Overton[13]; 16. 11-Aaron Turnbull[15]; 17. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[18]; 18. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[19]; 19. 09-Michael Leach[7]; 20. 44*-Cole Schill[20]; 21. 9H-Austin Harris[21]; 22. 12-Ashton Winger[22]

RACE RECAP – NorwalkRace 10 of 20

Photography: John Force Racing / Auto Imagery / Gary Nastase

PROCK GIVES CORNWELL TOOLS A ‘HOME COURT’ VICTORYJFR Funny Car Drivers Remain 1-2 in Points; Brittany Out in Quarterfinals

NORWALK, Ohio (June 29, 2025) – A gritty Austin Prock used his starting line skills to narrowly defeat three-time World Champion Ron Capps in the semifinals, then relied on his dad’s tuning expertise to secure a final round victory over four-time World Champ Matt Hagan that sent the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS back to the winners’ circle Sunday following the 18th NHRA Norwalk Nationals at Summit Motorsport Park. It was the second win in as many weeks for the 29-year-old point leader and a crew led by his dad Jimmy, his brother Thomas and Nate Hildahl, and it was an especially rewarding one since it came on the track Cornwell Tools calls home. “It feels amazing,” Prock said. “To win back-to-back in this category is so tough. I’m just so proud of my family and this whole Cornwell Tools team. All the dealers out there busting their tails to let us come out here and play. I mean this is amazing.   “The ole ‘Prock Rocket,’ it got me out of a hole again,” said the man who developed his car controls skills driving quarter midgets and sprint cars. “It left and it went sideways like a sprint car, and I just had to wrangle her in there and glad to see that win light down there. Another amazing run by this team.” It was the fourth win of the year for the reigning series champion, the 12th since he first slid into the seat of the Cornwell Chevy to start the 2024 season. But it was no cakewalk. Racing on a 130-degree track, Prock did not have access to the power that propelled the black-and-blue Chevy to an NHRA national record speed of 341.68 miles per hour last November and to a jaw-dropping, best in history 3.791 during testing last February. At SMP, the best the fourth-generation racer could manage was 3.900 at 331.28 mph and that was in the hero qualifying session on Friday night, the session that almost always offers up the best conditions of the weekend. Sunday, he had to make do with times of 3.980, 4.025, 4.091 and 4.064. The 4.091 would have been a loser to Capps’ quicker 4.089 if not for Prock’s .040 of a second starting line advantage (.055 to .095). That edge got him to the finish .038 of a second ahead of the Toyota driver.  “Finally, I did something right,” Prock gushed. “I’ve been struggling the last few weekends as a driver. I knew I had to be on my game there. Proud to drive this thing for Cornwell Tools with HendrickCars.com. I love working with all the dealers and all our partners at john Force Racing. They’re amazing.” In the final, the crew gave the 2019 NHRA Rookie-Of-The-Year just enough to allow him to keep his career record perfect against Hagan, whom he has beaten seven times, twice in final rounds. In winning for the first time at Norwalk, a track on which he was a Top Fuel semifinalist in 2021 (while subbing for a medically unavailable Clay Millican) and 2023, Prock increased his lead over John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman to 127 points with just four races remaining before the NHRA adjusts the points in advance of the Countdown to the Championship. Beckman, who celebrated his 59th birthday Saturday, was one of Hagan’s victims on Sunday in a dead-heat race in which one could not have determined the winner with the naked eye. Hagan’s .071 reaction time gave him a .002 of a second cushion and he needed every bit of it at the finish, winning by .0016 of a second with a 4.088 to Beckman’s 4.087 in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS. “Frustrating day for the PEAK Chevy,” Beckman said. “Losing second round, there’s only one thing worse, and that’s losing first round. I just think that we’ve been performing at such a high level that we expect to win races and anything short of that is a disappointment. “Coming off a runner-up last week in Richmond, I really thought we would punch into the winners’ circle this weekend,” said the 2012 Funny Car World Champion, “but we came up just a thousandth (of a second) short in the second round. We made a decent lap; we just didn’t run strong enough and, as a driver, I needed to step it up a little bit and get more of an advantage on the starting line. “We’ll take a deep breath, look at the data, I can work on the things I need to work on as a driver and come back out swinging at the next race – and that’s what we’re going to do,” said the 37-time pro tour winner and former Super Comp World Champ. “We’ve already got a car that’s been in the winners’ circle twice and won two of the Mission Foods 2Fast/2Tasty Challenges this year. We don’t need to regroup; we just need to unload at the next race (the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Seattle, July 19-21).” Like Beckman, two-time Top Fuel World Champ Brittany Force was stopped in round two. The No. 4 qualifier after raising the track speed record to 334.65 mph, the second youngest of John Force’s drag racing daughters took out veteran Lex Joon in round one before running afoul of Shawn Langdon, whose 3.900 was just good enough to cover her 3.953 in the Chevrolet Accessories dragster. “Proud of my Chevrolet Accessories team this weekend,” said the only woman to have won as many as 300 elimination rounds in the sport’s premier category. “We didn’t get the win, but we continue to show progress on hot racetracks. First round our car drove into smoke and after a steady pedal, I got it to hook up and drove to the finish line against Lex Joon. “Unfortunately, in round two, we got outrun by Shawn Langdon in a good side by side drag race,” she said. “This team will pack up, regroup and get ready to get back after it in Seattle in a few weeks.”

CHEVROLET IN NHRA2025 SUMMIT RACING PARTS NHRA NATIONALS SUMMIT RACING MOTORSPORTS PARK NORWALK, OHIO TEAM CHEVY RACE RECAP | NOTES & QUOTES JUNE 29, 2025 AUSTIN PROCK SCORES FOURTH WIN OF 2025, CONTINUES TO LEAD FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS :Austin Prock qualified No. 2 in his Cornwell Tools John Force Racing (JFR) Chevrolet, going 3.900 at 331.28. Prock defeated Dale Creasy, Jr. (Rd1 – 3.980 @ 324.75 to 4.675 @ 183.05), Bob Tasca III (Rd 2 – 4.025 @ 315.78 to 8.385 @ 89.94) and Ron Capps (Rd 3 – 4.091 @307.30 to 4.089 @ 309.34) to meet up with Matt Hagan in the finalsProck scored his fourth victory of the season in running a 4.064 at 318.54 versus Hagan’s 4.099 at 309.42It is his second back-to-back of the season and his 12th career winProck has won 40% of his 30 total Funny Car eventsProck continues to lead the points, 60 over teammate Jack BeckmanBrittany Force qualified No. 4 in her Chevrolet Accessories Top Fuel DragsterShe beat Lex Joon in Round One running a 4.291 at 292.77 against a 4.552 at 203.23 in a pedal festForce fell in Round Two to Shawn Langdon who ran a 3.906 at 312.35 to her 3.923 at 302.41Force remains sixth in pointsJack Beckman behind the wheel of the Peak Performance JFR Chevrolet Funny Car qualified No. 4, and won Round one against Chad Green running a 4.053 at 323.04 versus 4.094 at 317.05Beckman’s day ended in Round Two against Matt Hagan whose holeshot produced a 4.088 at 308.28 to Beckman’s 4.087 at 316.90Pro Stock final between two KB Titan Camaros saw Cory Reed win his first national event defeating Dallas Glenn who spun the tiresGreg Anderson and Glenn remain 1-2 in Pro Stock points  WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: AUSTIN PROCK, DRIVER OF THE CORNWELL TOOLS CHEVROLET SS FUNNY CAR FOR JOHN FORCE RACING: ON BEATING MATT HAGAN:”It feels amazing. To win back to back in this category is so tough. And, I’m just so proud of my family, this whole Cornwall tool team.All the dealers out there busting their tails to let us come out here and play. I mean, this is amazing. So, yeah. The the old Prock Rocket, it got me out of a hole again there, man. It left, and it was sideways like a sprint car. It had the back-end out. And, I had a wrangler in there. Glad to see that wind light down there. Another amazing run by this team. John Force, another 1 for you, baby. “You know, we win on them (Matt Hagan, Tony Stewart Racing) all the time. But I love racing those guys. Matt’s always very cordial at the top end, and I show a lot of respect to him, and he shows respect to me as well. So, we we enjoy racing those guys.” ON BEING IN SAME WINNING POSITION AS LAST SEASON:”This just says a lot about my family, this whole Cornwall Tools team. My dad and brother, Nate Hildall, they’re bad to the bone.Plain and simple. They do an excellent job, and, they really study their craft, and they give me a good race car to get behind. And, it really shortened up my learning curve last year because we went so many rounds. I got so many attempts up at the starting line, so many attempts going down the racetrack. And, you know, it really, really benefited me as a driver. I’m proud to drive this Cornwall Tools Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet. Everything’s been just going so great the last year and a half. And, you never want something like that to end. So, glad we’re we got the train rolling again. We’re we’re 1 race ahead of where we were, here last year.Last year, we lost in the semis, and, we only had 3 wins. So, a little bit ahead of ahead of pace. Hopefully, we can keep it up.              ON IMPORTANCE OF NORWALK TRACK”The Bader family’s had a long relationship with, John Force and the Force family, and I’ve been licensed here, so it’s got a special place in my heart as well. I’ve never won here before. To get it done, with John here again is amazing. Obviously, we wanted to do it last year and, come up a little short to Tasca in the semifinals. But, we got it done this year with him in the house. And, yeah, it’s I mean, what an amazing day.” JACK BECKMAN, DRIVER OF THE PEAK PERFORMANCE CHEVY SS FUNNY CAR: “Frustrating day for the PEAK Chevy. Losing 2nd round, there’s only one thing worse than that and that’s losing firstround and technically there’s one thing worse than that and that’s not qualifying. I just think that we’ve been performing at such a level weexpect to win races and anything short of that is a disappointment. Coming off a runner up that last race in Richmond I really thought wewould punch into the winner circle this weekend. We came up just a thousandth short in the second round to Matt Hagan. We made a decentlap we just didn’t run strong enough and as a driver I need to step it up a little bit and get more of an advantage on the starting line. We’ll takea deep breath, look at the data, I can work on the things I need to work on as a driver and comeback out swinging at the next race and that’swhat we’re going to do. We’ve already got a car that’s been in the winner circle twice and won two of the Mission Foods 2Fast/2TastyChallenges this year. We don’t need to regroup; we just need to unload at the next race.” BRITTANY FORCE, DRIVER OF CHEVROLET ACCESSORIES CHEVROLET DRAGSTER: \“Proud of my Chevrolet Accessories team this weekend in Norwalk. We didn’t get the win, but we continue to show progress on these hot racetracks. First round our car drove into smoke and after a steady pedal, I got the car to hook up and drove to thefinish line against Lex Joon. Unfortunately in round 2 we got outran by Shawn Langdon in a good side by side drag race. This team will pack up, regroup and get ready to get back after it in Seattle in a few weeks.” UP NEXT:The 11th round of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series takes place July 18th to July 20th, 2025 at Pacific Raceway in Kent, Washinton. The Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals can be seen on Sunday, July 20th starting at 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX. Coverage airs throughout the weekend with FS2, NHRA on FOX and NHRA.tv (subscription), streaming available via AppleTV, Android TV, and Roku devices.

NORWALK, OH (June 29, 2025) – The results may not have veteran driver Joe Morrison sitting at the top of the qualifying sheet or rolling his Paul Smith-tuned Right2Breathe Funny Car into the winner’s circle but his weekend racing at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals was a huge win for the team. Morrison’s Right2Breathe® Project once again teamed up with the highly acclaimed Cleveland Clinic as well as the Allergy & Asthma Network, BluZone Health and the Kroger Health display, to present the “Put Your Lungs on the Dyno” Lung Health Screening Project. While Morrison was making four qualifying attempts on the track between rounds he was in the pits talking with fans about their lung health and living their best lives.
 
“I think we did over 100 screenings just on Saturday,” said Morrison, who has also been racing nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Alcohol Dragsters this season. “That is a huge impact. We had two pulmonologists from Cleveland Clinic here so the fans had the opportunity to talk to some of the best professionals in the country, right here at an NHRA race. The Allergy and Asthma Network did a type of testing for asthma called FeNO testing, or fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing. I don’t even have the total numbers so far.  We really helped a lot of people and are helping folks live their best lives.”

 Joe Morrison makes a solid qualifying attempt at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals,
photo credit AJ Bohlander Photography

“That’s so rewarding,” said Morrison. “We’re all competitive and in order to be at your best, you have to be able to focus on the moment and detach from the outcome. To have Right2Breathe here and to see so much positivity happening, it really takes a lot of the sting out of not qualifying. I have to be honest, drag racing matters a lot to me. I care so deeply about this sport. I love this sport. Seeing the positive things we are doing with Right2Breathe puts it all in perspective.”
 
This was Morrison’s third career Funny Car start and he had his hands full in every session. On Friday the team rolled off the trailer and made a conservative run to shake the race car down. At the end of last season Morrison qualified No. 14 at the Reading Nationals and he was looking forward to grabbing one of the quick 16 spots from a competitive field of 21 Funny Cars.

 Funny Car driver Joe Morrison readies himself for another qualifying run at Summit Motorsports Park, 
photo credit AJ Bohlander Photography

“We had a couple of issues that we had to get straightened out,” said Morrison. “The first run was going to be a short run since it was the first time I was back in the car since Reading last year. These cars are absolute beasts. This is my sixth race of the year, but the first in a Nitro Funny Car. On the second run it rattled the tires a little bit. We have a new seat, and I think I was sitting in kind of a weird spot where my helmet got up against the padding. I couldn’t see so I lifted off the throttle. Somehow in my exuberance, my excitement, I got back in it, which I know is a cardinal sin. In qualifying you don’t get back into it. The car shot me over and I took out two cones. I own that one that was on me.”
 
Coming into Saturday Morrison was optimistic the Funny Car’s performance could improve to get him into the field. The summer heat and tricky track conditions had all the crew chiefs diving deep into their data banks. Veteran Paul Smith and his crew did their best to turn Morrison’s Funny Car around twice and give him his best shot.
 
“We figured out the seat issue, we went out there for the first run on Saturday, thinking the track is a little tricky, but we have to get after it,” said Morrison. “We need to run and to try to get in. We were a little aggressive. Paul said to me, ‘Be ready. It might smoke.’ It did and I kept control of it. It turned pretty good but I felt like a Funny Car driver keeping it in my lane and getting it back under control.”
 
In the final session Morrison had a car that could run quick enough to qualifying, but an unfortunate issue on the starting line derailed his final attempt. On the burn out there was an airflow issue that impacted the throttle.
 
“The last run we go up there and felt good. Knew what we needed to do. The crew did a great job turning the car around, and had high hopes and a lot of optimism,” said Morrison. “I think we lost air pressure in our Co2 bottle. We fired the car and thought everything’s fine. I start rolling forward. I go to step on the throttle, do the burnout. And I knew right away what it was that the disconnect had disconnected the throttle. The crew did all they could do to try to get it reengaged. Unfortunately, I went to stage and I had no throttle.  It’s a crushing disappointment, really, because I felt like we had a good shot. I think we had a shot at running, maybe a 4.09 or 4.10 in this heat. I think we had a shot to get in. That’s nitro racing.”
 
While the on-track results won’t be reflected in the wins and losses column Morrison knows that the impact from Funny Car performance will carry over from Summit Motorsports Park. The veteran driver will be back on track and at NHRA national events later this season.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 5.248 sec, 147.04 mph; Qual. 18
Q2: No Time; Qual. 13
Q3: 6.406 sec, 103.37 mph; Qual. 20
Q4: 13.159 sec, 81.84 mph; Qual. 21
Bonus Points: 0

NORWALK, OH (June 29, 2025) – Mark Pawuk checked off a bucket list item that the veteran drag racer has been chasing since the mid-1970s. Today he won at Summit Motorsports Park, his life-long hometown track, capturing the Wally and a one-of-a-kind commemorative ice cream scoop for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Pawuk started the day as the No. 2 qualifier, a position he earned in the final qualifying session and raced to his second consecutive Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown win of the season and fourth of his career.
 
“This is my home track, I started here in 70s, racing, believe it or not,” said an emotional Pawuk, in front of the packed grandstands. “I loved (track owner) Bill Bader Sr. dearly and I love Bill Jr., and Bobbie. They have the best facility in the country. I have so many friends and family rooting us on. We came into yesterday afternoon, and we weren’t in the show. We got in and wound up winning the race. I’ve wanted this ice cream scoop all my life, since I started racing. It was on my bucket list. I got it done. If you look at the scoreboards here you see Ohio CAT and Summit, two of my original sponsors going back to when I was racing Pro Stock. They are still with me and this is so great.”

 Mark Pawuk and the Empaco Dodge Challenger team celebrate in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals winner’s circle, photo credit Auto Imager/Gary Nastase

Through two days of qualifying Pawuk was battling tricky track conditions. On Saturday the schedule was shuffled multiple times with the final session of qualifying moved to the end of the day. Pawuk was first down the track and he jumped from the No. 19 spot to the No. 2 position.
 
“The final session kept getting delayed all day,” said Pawuk. “We got moved about four times, and the track started going away. I was very concerned I wasn’t going to get in. In Columbus, in 2000 when I was racing Pro Stock, it was a Summit Racing sponsored race and we weren’t going into the last session on Saturday. There was rain all over but we got a chance to run and we qualified ninth and won the race. We kind of did the same thing today.”
 
In the opening round of race day today Pawuk outran fellow Dodge Challenger driver David Davies II. Pawuk crossed the finish line with a winning time of 7.833 seconds at 175.98 mph. In the second round Pawuk almost duplicated his winning time outrunning Kevin Skinner with a time of 7.848 seconds at 176.30 mph.

The Empaco Dodge Challenger takes off on the way to victory for Mark Pawuk,
photo credit Auto Imagery/Gary Nastase 

Pawuk faced another serious challenge in the semifinals when he faced fellow championship contender Lee Hartman and his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak. Pawuk was first off the line and never trailed in the drag race. His winning time was another solid 7.826 second pass that gave him lane choice heading to the final against Scott Libersher and his COPO Camaro.
 
The final round was Pawuk’s toughest race of the day as Libersher got the jump off the starting line with a .034 second reaction time to Pawuk’s .050 second jump off the line. As the Factory Stock cars charged down their respective lanes Pawuk kept his tires hooked up and Libersher overpowered his lane. He was forced to watch as Pawuk cruised to an easy victory.
 
“I thought it would be my year this year when we rolled in. Last year I made it to the final and I did a big wheel stand against Stephen Bell and lost the race. I have so many sponsors from this area to thank. I’ve been with Summit Racing, Ohio CAT, Mr. Heater, Red Line Oil, E3 spark plugs, Mickey Thompson tires, Ohio Company and so many more. I am just so lucky.”
 
With four round wins today Pawuk held off all competitors holding onto the Flexjet bounty. The $1,000 bounty will now double to $2,000 for any driver who can defeat Pawuk at the U.S. Nationals. Pawuk and his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak now have an eight-round win-streak heading into the biggest race of the season.
 
“It’s an honor for me to represent Dodge,” said Pawuk. “Last year I ran a tribute to Don Schumacher. I rewrapped the car again this year and this is just a special win. I have to thank Ray Barton and David Barton for tuning our car. It’s just awesome that I can represent a brand like Dodge. I won the world championship last year. My wife questioned whether I would come back or not, and I told her I wanted to try to repeat after a slow start in Gainesville. We are doing OK and have some momentum.”
 
For Pawuk the win in Norwalk was one of the last significant wins of his Hall of Fame career. Only the Cornwell Tools U.S. Nationals remains on his “must win” list. The reigning world champion will have his chance to secure that victory Labor Day weekend when the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Series returns to action at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis, August 29 – September 1, 2025.
 
 
Flexjet Bounty Program
Gatornationals (Gainesville, Fla.)
$1,000 bounty collected by David Davies II, defeated Mark Pawuk (St. Louis winner)
 
American Rebel Light Four-Wide Nationals (Concord, N.C.)
No Bounty
 
Route 66 Nationals (Chicago, Ill.)
$1,000 bounty collected by Alex Anderson, defeated Jonathan Allegrucci (Charlotte winner)
 
Thunder Valley Nationals (Bristol, Tenn.)
$1,000 bounty collected by Mark Pawuk, defeated Jason Dietsch (Chicago winner)
 
Summit Racing Equipment Nationals (Norwalk, Ohio)
$1,000 bounty not collected as Mark Pawuk won
 
2025 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Results
Gainesville –Jason Dietsch, winner; Lenny Lottig, runner-up
Charlotte – Jonathan Allegrucci, winner; Mark Pawuk, runner-up
Chicago – Jason Dietsch, winner; Lee Hartman, runner-up
Bristol – Mark Pawuk, winner; James Betz, runner-up
Norwalk, Mark Pawuk, winner; Scott Libersher, runner-up
 
Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Point Standings
1. Mark Pawuk                     458
2. Jason Dietsch                  378
3. Lee Hartman                    358
4. Jonathan Allegrucci          332
5. Scott Libersher                292
6. David Janac                     288
7. Doug Hamp                     261
8. James Betz                     243
9. Raymond Nash                240
10. Taylor Dietsch                232
 
2025 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Schedule
 
Aug. 27 – Sept. 1    Cornwell Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sept. 11-14             Reading NHRA Nationals, Reading, Pa.
Sept. 26-29             NHRA Midwest Nationals, St. Louis, Mo.
 
 

NORWALK, OH (June 29, 2025) — Funny Car team owner and driver Chris King took every opportunity to promote his primary sponsors, Howards Cams and Competition Products as well as his skills on and off the track at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Beginning on Tuesday, leading up to the race King was a featured guest on the NHRA Insider podcast with Brian Lohnes. King talked up the wide variety of events he was participating in after a season opening appearance at the Route 66 Nationals in Chicago. King took the data he acquired at that race and made a valiant effort to qualify in a stacked field of over 20 Funny Cars at America’s Racetrack, Summit Motorsports Park. King credits the improvement in his program to crew chief Bob Peck who has brought a wealth of experience and influence to the team.  Chris King and the Howards Cams/Competition Products Funny Car made the most of their weekend in Norwalk, photo credit Innovative Creation Experts“I can’t even begin to start with how amazing Bob Peck has been for bringing this program to where it needs to be, at this level of competition,” said King. “He’s rebuilt the car from the ground up, every nut, every bolt, every washer, every weld, has been inspected, fixed, improved, all for the reason of safety and performance. If you’ve watched our program, over the last couple of years, this car has jumped in performance. We’re running career best numbers almost every lap out. We’re learning. I’m doing a good job driving the car. Bob has just got so many connections and resources, and he’s a smart man when it comes to tuning. It’s very methodical, which is good. We’re not hurting parts. The car is performing. When it comes back to the pits it looks like it never ran.”   On Friday leading up to qualifying King participated in the inaugural Unites States Open Hot Saw Championship Pro/Am. The full-time Chicago firefighter and his Hot Saw professional partner outdueled Matt Hagan, Buddy Hull, Spencer Hyde and Clay Millican to win the team Pro/Am event.   In the two opening rounds of qualifying King experienced the peaks and valleys of drag racing. During the first round after his burnout as he was backing up and beginning the staging process the fire safety system engaged, emptying his fire bottles on the starting line. Following the run the team investigated the issues and the bottle seals failed for an unknown reason. In the second session King made a shakedown run to ensure that all systems were in check for an aggressive qualifying approach on Saturday.  Chris King gets suited up before the final qualifying session at Summit Motorsports Park, photo credit Innovative Creation Experts“Our issues started with Q1 that diaphragm popping and that really set us back,” admitted King. “If we would have made that run, we would have found the fuel curve issue, we would have found the clutch flow issue, and we would have been set up in the car for more success sooner. We would be in the show today, I know it. Missing that run set us back, and we just had gremlins all weekend, like a little computer glitch here and there.”     Leading up to the final two qualifying sessions King was a featured driver on the NHRA Nitro Stage with Hannah Rickards. He spoke about his efforts at the Chicago race, the energy his team puts in to get to every race and the personal sacrifices he makes to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time Funny Car driver. He also talked about hosting NHL superstar Dakota Joshua, a forward for the Canucks, and Indy Car rookie sensation Nolan Seigel at the races on Saturday. In addition to those two non-drag racing stars King had two-time world champion Jack Beckman hanging out in his pit throughout the weekend. The pair of Funny Car drivers have a long-standing friendship.   “It’s very motivating to have support from a driver and world champion like Jack,” said King. “It makes me feel great knowing that a guy like him, who knows more about this sport than almost anybody out here respects our program. He knows what I’m doing, because he’s been in the sport, and he’s followed it from Super Comp all the way up. Jack’s been on the biggest teams and won world championships, so he knows the struggles from the top. He’s just my biggest cheerleader. He’s down here all the time in between rounds, and anytime my car is on the line Beckman is 10 feet away from my car. He’s giving us support as well as a second set of eyes to make sure that we’re not missing something. I can’t thank him enough.”   In the final two sessions King stepped up his performance posting a solid 4.267 second pass in the first session of the day and in the final session his Howard Cams/Competition Products Funny Car was charging towards a race qualifying time when a mechanical issue robbed him of momentum as the finish line was closing in. King narrowly missed making a highly competitive field, but he took positives from the weekend experience.   “In the final qualifier we had a cylinder out, and we were chugging it down the track and it was going to make it,” said King. “It’s just bad luck. I’m trying to shake those gremlins and come out swinging. The car is plenty capable of qualifying and winning rounds. We just have to catch a break.”   “We’re doing everything we can to show the NHRA, the fans and the sponsors that we belong here,” said King. “We need to be a bigger part of this sport and that’s my goal. I need to find some help to make my program grow so that I can be out here more doing these kinds of things, because the fans love it. They love our story. They love us as a team. Our fellow competitors respect us because we’re not going out and being stupid, we’re running respectably, and we do what we need to do. With all media, appearances, and hard work I’m putting into this, I’m really hoping people around the NHRA notice.”   Fans will be able to continue to cheer King on in 2025 at the Cornwell Tools U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, August 29 – September 1, 2025.   Qualifying Results Q1: No Run Q2: 6.759 sec; 100.09 mph; Qual 21 Q3: 4.267 sec; 249.72 mph; Qual. 17 Q4: 8.662 sec; 168.41 mph; Qual. 18

NORWALK, OH. (June 29, 2025) — Some race weekends are about more than just wins. For standout rookie Spencer Hyde, the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals was all about honoring Jack Hyde, the family member who got him into drag racing as a child. His special Jack and the Green Stock livery was a replica of the stock car that Jack, now 83 years old, drove in the 60s and 70s. The entire weekend, Hyde was surrounded by friends and family at Summit Equipment Motorsports Park, the facility he considers his American home track.   “I have to thank Jim [Head] for letting us race the Jack and the Green Stock Funny Car,” said Hyde. “It was cool to have so many friends and family members at the track, especially Jack. Seeing the car on the track was so cool. This will be a memory I don’t think I will ever forget.”  Spencer Hyde wowed the Norwalk crowd with his Jack and the Green Stock Funny Car, photo credit Mark Rebilas PhotographyFor the second weekend in a row, teams dealt with extremely high temperatures that made track conditions and general comfort difficult. Despite this, Hyde made a solid run right out of the gate during Q1 on Friday, a 4.005 second, 314.97 mph pass, the third quickest of the round, earning him one bonus point. That run stuck as his best pass of qualifying, earning him the No. 9 qualifying position and a round one matchup against Daniel Wilkerson. Wilkerson was first off  the starting line, and Hyde was not able to catch up.   “This was a great weekend even if we didn’t get the win,” said Hyde. “This was a tough weekend for every team with the track conditions. We had some solid runs but just missed it a little today. Props to Wilkerson and his team for having the better car this time. I know we have many future matchups in our future.”Spencer Hyde and the Jack and the Green Stock were the hit of the weekend at Summit Motorsports Park, photo credit Mark Rebilas Photography  Leading up to race day, Hyde had a full schedule that included a media tour in Toledo, Ohio where he had two morning show interviews and two taped interviews for local TV. Then on Friday, he made a strong effort to take down reigning Norwalk ice cream eating contest champion Jianna Evaristo, but she remained unstoppable. He went straight from ice cream eating to the Pro/Am hot saw competition, where he was knocked out in the semifinals when his professional partner got DQ’d. He then squeezed in an interview with Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider podcast, before going back to the Head Racing pits to officially unveil the Jack and the Green Stock car.   “I had a busy week for sure with the media on Thursday, then the ice cream eating contest, hot saw competition and car unveiling on Friday,” said Hyde. “I don’t know if I could have added anything else to my schedule. Staying busy like that helps me stay focused because you don’t have a lot of down time. The highlight for sure was Jack seeing the car for the first time. I could tell he was doing his best not to get too emotional in public, but it meant a lot to the both of us.”   After Norwalk, Hyde is now looking out west. The time off ahead of the Seattle race will allow the Canadian business owner to refocus and recharge before getting back to the final races of the regular Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.   “This was a good race for me since it was the second of back-to-back races and I felt really comfortable in the car,” said Hyde. “I am taking all the positive experiences and getting better every race. We have some time off before Seattle and I’ll be ready to head west. I can’t believe we are already halfway through my rookie season, and four races away from the Countdown. Everyone told me this year would go by quickly, and they were right.”   Hyde and the Head Racing team will be back in competition at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals on July 18-20 at Pacific Raceways. There will be one  qualifying session on Friday, July 18 and three qualifying sessions on Saturday, July 19. For tickets or more information on the NHRA Northwest Nationals visit nhra.com.   Qualifying Results Q1: 4.005 sec, 314.97 mph; Qual. 3 Q2: 7.145 sec, 88.95 mph; Qual. 9 Q3: 4.637 sec, 182.87 mph; Qual. 9 Q4: 6.882 sec, 90.80 mph; Qual. 9 Bonus Points: +1 (third quickest of Q1)   Race Results First Round Daniel Wilkerson, Springfield, Ill., Scag Power Equipment Ford Shelby Mustang, (.063), 3.967 sec, 324.20 mph def. Spencer Hyde, Stratford, Ontario, Jack and The Green Stock Funny Car, (.098), 7.546 sec, 80.34 mph

NORWALK, OH. (June 29, 2025) — The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals marked the second race that Buddy Hull and Jim Dunn Racing put their new nitro Funny Car to the test. It was another scorcher of a weekend, where 21 Funny Cars were competing for 16 spots on Sunday. After four solid qualifying runs made on Friday and Saturday, Hull made it safely into the field in the No. 16 spot.
 
“We have a brand-new Funny Car and we are making great strides with it,” said Hull. “This Jim Dunn Racing crew is working incredibly hard on and off the track. I think we will be in a great spot heading into the rest of the summer and the Countdown. I am continuing to get comfortable in this new car.”

 Buddy Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car had a strong showing at Summit Motorsports Park,
photo credit Innovative Creative Experts

Every single run that Hull made over the course of the weekend was in the 4-second range that the Jim Dunn Racing team is familiar with. Hull’s best pass came during the Q2 night run on Friday, when the track was at its coolest. He made a 4.127 second, 275.67 mph pass that secured the team in the show. While other cars competing were experiencing wide swings in ET due to the heat, Hull’s Blaze Exhaust Probes Funny Car was one of the most consistent cars all weekend.
 
“This heat continues to be a killer, but at the very least it’s a bit of a great equalizer in the sense that we are all having to deal with it,” said Hull. “As an athlete, I made sure I was ready to go every run by staying hydrated all weekend. I always want to make sure I’m performing at my best for the guys and doing my job.”
 
In the first round, Hull was up against No. 1 qualifier Cruz Pedregon. Hull has beaten the No. 1 qualifier twice this season, proving that as long as you’re able to qualify in the Top 16, it can be anyone’s game. This was the first time Hull had faced Pedregon in eliminations. Unfortunately, in their first matchup, Pedregon was able to get around Hull. 
 
“That right lane was just tough for all the Funny Cars,” said Hull. “I think everyone smoked the tires at about the same spot. Jim and Jon [Dunn] had a great tune up that I think would have been a 4.09 or 4.10 second run. Cruz made a good run but we could have been right there with him.”
 
Even though he had an early exit on Sunday, Hull is thankful for the experience of his third Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals because it gave him the opportunity to try new things like competing in a Pro/Am Hot Saw competition.
 
“This race was amazing because of the Bader family and how much they care about putting on a great show for the fans. It’s a testament to their work that we still had so many people at the track even with the heat,” said Hull. “We had the Hot Saw competition and so many other fan-centric events. This was a great event for the fans, and I am so glad we got to see so many of them. We had people at our ropes all weekend.”
 
Hull and the Jim Dunn Racing team will be back in competition at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals on July 18-20 at Pacific Raceways. There will be two qualifying sessions on Friday, July 18 and two qualifying sessions on Saturday, July 19. For tickets or more information on the NHRA Northwest Nationals visit nhra.com.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 4.291 sec, 276.75 mph; Qual. 15
Q2: 4.127 sec, 275.67 mph; Qual. 14
Q3: 4.869 sec; 167.51 mph; Qual. 16
Q4: 4.462 sec; 216.97 mph; Qual. 16
Bonus Points: 0
 
Race Results
First Round
Cruz Pedregon, Brownsburg, Ind., Snap-on Tools Dodge SRT Hellcat, (.115), 4.057 sec, 319.37 mph def. Buddy Hull, Dallas, Tex., Blaze Exhaust Probes Dodge Charger, (.124), 4.917 sec, 165.90 mph

NORWALK, OH (June 29, 2025) — The temperatures soared at Summit Motorsports Park but Josh Hart and the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team kept their cool through two days of qualifying and into race day today at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Hart, who was hosting hundreds of guests in a massive hospitality tent, racing his Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger in the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown class and battling the toughest Top Fuel field in recent memory, qualified No. 9 in Top Fuel and raced to the quarterfinals holding firmly to his spot in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel top ten in points.
 
Through two days of qualifying where track temperatures exceeded 130 degrees, Hart was able to come off the R+L Carriers Top Fuel hauler and post two runs in the 3.80s setting him up for success heading into the final day of qualifying. On Saturday the Ron Douglas and Jason McCulloch 12,000-horsepowered Top Fuel land rocket tried to be as aggressive as possible to give the team as much data as possible for a long race day.

 Josh Hart took the R+L Carriers Top Fuel team to another quarterfinal finish at Summit Motorsports Park,
photo credit Krista Zivcic Photography

“We made solid runs on Friday and then on Saturday we were trying to see how hard we could push this R+L Carriers dragster,” said Hart, a multi-time national event winner. “We knew race day would be another scorcher so we tried to get as much data as possible. I feel really good in the dragster so I was ready for race day.”
 
In the opening round Hart was racing Spencer Massey in an evenly matched No. 8 versus No. 9 match-up. Hart’s performance on Friday combined with the info his team learned on Saturday propelled him to victory with a 3.907 second win over Massey’s tire smoking 6.803 second run. Hart grabbed the lead as the dragsters passed the Christmas Tree and never trailed as he powered down the track on a smooth pass.
 
“We were extremely safe on the starting line tune-up,” said Hart, from his pit at the end of the day. “I think the team is getting more confident in hot track conditions. My confidence is growing and I am starting to get back to my normal lights.”
 
In the quarterfinals racing for another spot in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge Hart drew Justin Ashley and the SCAG Power Equipment dragster. Both drivers are recognized as premier wheelmen on the starting line with regards to quick reaction times. When the tree flashed both dragsters launched almost simultaneously and powered towards the finish line. As the end of the track closed in Hart’s R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster hazed the tires just slightly and Ashley pulled ahead for the victory. Ashley eventually won the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals outrunning Clay Millican in the final.

 Josh Hart takes time to sign for a young NHRA fan during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals,
photo credit Krista Zivcic Photography

The R+L Carriers Top Fuel team will be back in action at the Muckleshoot Casino Northwest Nationals, July 18-20, at Pacific raceways outside of Seattle, Washington.
 
Qualifying Results
Q1: 3.879 sec, 325.37 mph; Qual. 7
Q2: 3.818 sec, 325.06 mph; Qual. 8
Q3: 6.134 sec, 103.08 mph; Qual. 9
Q4: 4.107 sec, 266.69 mph; Qual. 9
Bonus points: 0
 
Race Results
 
First Round

Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster, (.074), 3.907 sec, 323.50 mph def. Spencer Massey, Ft. Worth, Tex., BPK Environmental dragster, (.042), 6.803 sec, 99.81 mph

Second Round

Justin Ashley, Plainview, NY, SCAG Power Equipment dragster, (.061), 3.902 sec, 318.47 mph def. Josh Hart, Ocala, Fla., R+L Carriers Top Fuel dragster, (.080), 3.976 sec, 320.28 mph

Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Point Standings – Top Fuel
1. Tony Stewart                         848
2. Shawn Langdon                     796
3. Justin Ashley                          771
4. Doug Kalitta                           661
5. Antron Brown                        630
6. Brittany Force                        592
7. Steve Torrence                      569
8. Clay Millican                          537
9. Josh Hart                               451
10. Shawn Reed                         398

Converts No. 1 qualifier into 17th career win

NORWALK, Ohio (June 29, 2025) – Justin Ashley drove his SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster to the winner’s circle at Summit Motorsports Parkon Sunday, capturing his second straight victory of the 2025 season and the 17th of his career. Ashley started Sunday as the No. 1 seed and methodically won four rounds to claim victory, including a holeshot win in the finals where he had a 0.027 second reaction time. Ashley’s win is also the third straight Top Fuel win for Toyota after his victory in Richmond and Steve Torrence’s triumph in Bristol.

Ashley’s road to victory included defeating Toyota teammate, Shawn Langdon, who made the semifinals for the seventh time this season. Torrence and Doug Kalitta also advanced out of round one on Sunday.

In Funny Car, Ron Capps made it to the semifinals on Sunday for the fourth time this season, and second in the last three races, after earning the No. 3 qualifying seed earlier in the weekend. J.R. Todd was eliminated in round one.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action next at Pacific Raceways outside of Seattle from July 18-20.

Toyota Post-Race Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

Summit Motorsports Park

NHRA Nationals

Race 10 of 20

TOYOTA TOP FUEL FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
Justin Ashley	SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Winner	W (3.880) v. S. Farley (4.872) W (3.902) v. J. Hart (3.967) W (3.935) v. S. Langdon (4.008) W (3.931 – holeshot) v. C. Millican (3.922)
Shawn Langdon	Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Semi-finals	W (3.872) v. D. Foley (4.721) W (3.906) v. B. Force (3.953) L (4.008) v. J. Ashley (3.935)
Doug Kalitta	Applied Innovations Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Second Round	W (3.816) v. A. Brown (3.903) L (3.900) v. C. Millican (3.912 – holeshot)
Steve Torrence	CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	Second Round	W (3.939) v. S. Reed (4.000) L (5.113) v. T. Stewart (3.908)
Antron Brown	Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster	First Round	L (3.903) v. D. Kalitta (3.816)

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR FINISHING POSITIONS 

Name	Car	Final Result	Round-by-Round
Ron Capps	NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	Semi-finals	W (4.004) v. P. Lee (8.350) W (4.005) v. D. Richards (7.904) L (4.089) v. A. Prock (4.091 – holeshot)
J.R. Todd	DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car	First Round	L (8.289) v. M. Hagan (3.976)

*= Non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

JUSTIN ASHLEY, SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, SCAG Racing

TF Final Result: Winner

What do you have to say after this win today?

“Wow is what I have to say! Absolutely spectacular. My father won here (Summit Motorsports Park) in Funny Car in 2007, and I’ve always dreamed of winning here in Norwalk. This is so incredibly special to me. I have to thank our entire team, they do such an amazing job. They make my job so easy, I’m just along for the ride. Mike Green (co-crew chief), Tommy DeLago (co-crew chief), are amazing individuals. They’re amazing at what they do. Thank you to Randy (Gloede, CEO, SCAG Power Equipment) and Maria (Oldenburg, President of SCAG Power Equipment), the team from SCAG Power Equipment, Toyota GAZOO Racing. RCA Capital, Mac Tools, Mobil 1. We love you guys, we thank you guys!”

RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports

FC Final Result: Semi-finals

How would you describe this weekend for you and the team?

“It’s weekends like this we sort of, always discuss which races are really going to catapult you into the end of the regular season and (to) get ready for the Countdown. This was one of those gut check weekends. It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s tricky. Everybody’s got to work together so well. It’s one of the tougher races we’ve had on Sundays, that I’ve been in, in a longtime. Just to, in the semifinals, to go down the track and not beat yourself or smoke the tires. You know, you lost and everybody should be upset, but you went down the track says volumes about where our NAPA Auto Care team is right now. (I) really wanted to get a win for our Toyota guys. Believe it or not, the conditions here, was almost 150 degrees track temperature and they’re the first ones at the track in the morning and the last ones to leave. The data we get from them is immense. Another good points weekend, I know I hate saying that, but it really was. We made a good run in the first round. Paul Lee was ahead of us in points, so that was nice to do that. We’ll have more of these good weekends. This one stings a little bit, but we’ll get there.”

HIGHLAND, IL — June 28, 2025 — Jason Feger wants his second DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models title to come in 2025.The Bloomington, IL native began the 2025 campaign with two wins and the Week 1 title, but a string of mishaps through Week 2 and the start of Week 3 cost Feger the points lead, leaving Springfield Raceway.Feger needed a spark of momentum to reset his title chase, and he got his mojo back with the win at Farmer City Raceway on Friday night to help him retake the points lead.Feger’s spirits continued to climb as he scored the fourth victory of his 2025 Hell Tour in a flawless drive around the “World Famous” Highland Speedway on Saturday night.Feger began the night with the win in Heat 4, then drew the Pole Position for the night’s 40-lap Feature, and he quickly took command by diving to the bottom to get clear of outside front row starter Rodney Melvin, then hit the cushion off of Turn 2 to claim the spot.Feger’s in-state competitor, Shannon Babb, placed his No. 18 Longhorn Chassis in contention for the win by beating Melvin to the cushion of Turns 1-2, then completed the pass with a run off of Turn 4.Babb had a two-second difference to eat away to run down Feger, and the factor of lap traffic helped the Moweaqua, IL driver reach Feger’s spoiler by the start of the Feature’s second half.While Babb found speed by running the bottom lane, Feger kept running the high side until he cut down to the bottom.Feger managed to squirm by the pack of traffic while Babb was unable to pass one lapped car, solidifying the 34th Summer Nationals win for the “High Side Hustler” in Highland.“This place has been really good to me over the years,” Feger said. “We’ve won a lot of races here, and awesome fans here, as always. It’s a fun little bullring. I love these bullrings. I gotta thank my crew for busting their butts (and) all my sponsors.”Feature (40 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[4]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[17]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 7. 27M-Rodney Melvin[2]; 8. 10K-Daryn Klein[3]; 9. 4G-Bob Gardner[11]; 10. 75-Dillon McCowan[13]; 11. 14JR-Trey Mills[19]; 12. 5-Mark Whitener[10]; 13. 31M-Tyler Millwood[9]; 14. 4-Jordan Suhre[18]; 15. 388-Jackson Hise[22]; 16. 17SS-Brenden Smith[14]; 17. 29-Christian Hanger[12]; 18. 15-Clay Stuckey[20]; 19. 28B-Carson Brown[15]; 20. 35-Claude Walker[21]; 21. 78-Chad Zobrist[8]; 22. 6K-Michael Kloos[16]Tyler Nicely Leaves Highland Victorious for First Summit Modifieds Win of 2025Tyler Nicely is back to full form.The Owensboro, KY driver returned to DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Victory Lane for the first time in over a year in a limited schedule aboard a DIRTcar UMP Modified.Nicely began the 25-lap dash from the pole and took immediate command over Daniel Adam entering the first set of corners. Tour points leader Trevor Neville swung by Adam for second place on the bottom lane of Turns 1-2.The pilot of the No. 5 Elite Chassis established his place at the front while withholding a one-second advantage over the Mackinaw, IL driver of Neville while racing around the 1/4-mile bullring by using the bottom lane. At the same time, Neville attempted to run the middle and top side to try and close the gap on Nicely.When Nicely had to maneuver around lapped traffic in the late stages of the Feature, he was able to place cars between himself and Neville, while the No. 777 Lethal Chassis had to face the challenge of Mike Harrison riding the cushion for second place.With Neville and Harrison racing against each other for the podium position, it made them the first drivers to witness Nicely earning his 12th career Summit Modifieds win to tie Michael Long for fifth on the all-time tour wins list.“It feels real good,” Nicely said. “We’ve only raced a handful of times with this thing, and it’s been really good. To knock the first Summer Nationals win off with a couple of good buddies with me that’s helping. Charlie Mefford, he took off not racing to come out here and do this deal with me, and it feels really good.”Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head southeast to Tennessee’s Clarksville Speedway for the Week 3 finale on Sunday, June 29.If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every DIRTcar Summer Nationals race live on DIRTVision.Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville[3]; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison[7]; 4. 95S-Rick Salter[12]; 5. 52JR-Cole Knebel[5]; 6. 45H-Chase Holland[4]; 7. 77-Ray Bollinger[6]; 8. 787-Cody Zobrist[15]; 9. 87Z-Zeb Moake[10]; 10. 21T-Talen Beard[8]; 11. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[9]; 12. 81-Kevin Cole[13]; 13. 75-Daniel Adam[2]; 14. 19-Jimmy Cummins[19]; 15. 88L-Christian Lee[21]; 16. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[18]; 17. 35S-Zach Fair[16]; 18. 29H-Cale Hartnagel[24]; 19. 63V-Cody Ventimiglia[20]; 20. 16E-Todd Eyman[22]; 21. 6-Jeremy Pate[25]; 22. 69-Noah Sugg[11]; 23. 27E-Tory Ernst[17]; 24. 28-Tom Smallwood[14]; 25. (DNS) E55-Chad SellersARTICLE:https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/recap/jason-feger-scores-second-consecutive-summer-nationals-feature-win-of-week-3-at-highland/, https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/recap/tyler-nicely-leaves-highland-victorious-for-first-summit-modifieds-win-of-2025/ EVENT INFO:https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/schedule/event-info/?event=4547865 TRACK INFO:https://highlandspeedway.com/ FAN 101: https://about.dirtcar.com/

DIRTcar Summer Nationals is brought to fans by many important sponsors and partners. Official partners include,Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Racing Electronics (Official Radio Supplier), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider), Summit Racing Equipment, VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel).  Also supported by : AMKUS, ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Beyea Custom Headers, COMP Cams, FIREBULL, Fox Factory, Indiana Decal Company, Intercomp, Mark Martin Automotive, MD3, MSD, Quarter Master, Swift Springs, WELD Racing, Wieland (Exclusive Racing Aluminum), and Xceldyne.

The Jason Johnson Racing driver breaks through at the Wisconsin tack after Giovanni Scelzi’s misfortune

NEW RICHMOND, WI (June 28, 2025) – Carson Macedo said he felt like he was driving with steam coming from his ears on Friday night at Cedar Lake Speedway, and he carried that fire into Saturday.

A penalty for jumping the start at the Independence Spectacular opener fueled Macedo with a hunger. A hunger for redemption. A hunger to make it up to his Jason Johnson Racing team. A hunger to finally capture an elusive victory at Cedar Lake.

Consider that hunger satisfied.

Saturday’s story looked like it was going to be a domination by Giovanni Scelzi. He started fourth and ripped the KCP Racing No. 18 into the lead only three laps in. Scelzi set sail, but a yellow flag with 12 laps to go shook things up. Scelzi slid ahead of Macedo on the restart but plugged the wall in Turn 2. That allowed Macedo to slip by down the back straightaway, and he never looked back. The Lemoore, CA native cruised to his first win at the New Richmond, WI dirt track and forgot all about Friday’s disappointment.

“I’ve lost a couple races here literally doing exactly what just happened there on the start of that race, just not really knowing where to be,” Macedo said. “I felt like I was fully in the grip, and Gio ripped around me. I never really heard him. I heard him one time off of (Turn) 2, and then I went into Turn 3 and thought, ‘Okay, I’ll get up in (Turns) 1 and 2’” and then he ripped around me in (Turns) 3 and 4. So, hats off to Philip Dietz, Robby McQuinn, and Adam Zimmerman. Philip gave me a great car all night. We laid down a really nice lap and just put this Albaugh, JJR 41 right where it needed to be to be in position to get in the Dash, where you got to capitalize to win races.”

Macedo’s fifth win of 2025 is the 52nd of his career with the World of Outlaws, which breaks a tie with Jeff Swindell to give him sole possession of 17th most all-time. He finally broke through at Cedar Lake after a trio of runner-ups, becoming the 24th different driver to top a race with The Greatest Show on Dirt at the 3/8 mile.

David Gravel and the Big Game Motorsports team took the runner-up spot to cap a strong weekend. A win on Friday and Saturday’s second place finish pushed Gravel to 22 podiums on the season, and his point lead is up to 184 markers with roughly half of the campaign complete. The Watertown, CT native felt a slight stumble on a late restart ended his bid at sweeping both main events of the weekend.

“His (Macedo) pace was pretty slow, and it caught me off guard,” Gravel explained of the final restart. “When I hit the throttle, it just didn’t go, so I took the long way around to get a good run down the frontstretch and get into (Turn) 1 with a lot of speed. That was our only shot to try to make it happen. It just seems like whoever was in the lead was much faster.”

The final step of the podium belonged to Michael “Buddy” Kofoid as the same three drivers claimed the top three spots both nights. The Penngrove, CA native started eighth and marched the Roth Motorsports No. 83 to his 15th podium of the season and seventh in a row.

“I feel like during the long green flag run we had a really good car,” Kofoid said. “I got to fourth pretty quick and was catching David and passed him a few times but couldn’t get enough speed on exit to not get crossed back under. Then I got back in line, and I felt like during the long run they were coming back to us. That’s probably when my car felt the best. I didn’t want that red (flag).”

Sheldon Haudenschild and Bill Balog completed the top five.

Cole Macedo took the TwoC Racing No. 2C from 19th to 12th to earn the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger.

Garet Williamson earned his second Simpson Quick Time of the Year in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying.

Heat Races belonged to Chris Windom (NOS Energy Drink Heat One), Carson Macedo (Real American Beer Heat Two), and David Gravel (WIX Filters Heat Three).

The SPA Technique #1 Redraw went to Carson Macedo for the second straight night.

Macedo also topped the Toyota Dash.

The Smith Titanium Brake Systems Break of the Race went to Giovanni Scelzi.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars take Fourth of July weekend off before returning to action on Thursday, July 10 at Spring Valley, MN’s Deer Creek Speedway. For tickets, CLICK HERE. Then it’s over to Wisconsin’s Wilmot Raceway on July 11-12 for the Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

If you can’t make it to the race, catch every lap live on DIRTVision.

FEATURE RESULTS:

NOS Energy Drink Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 2-David Gravel[3]; 3. 83-Michael Kofoid[8]; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild[5]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[12]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[10]; 8. 23-Garet Williamson[13]; 9. 7S-Chris Windom[2]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[9]; 11. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[11]; 12. 2C-Cole Macedo[19]; 13. 24T-Christopher Thram[15]; 14. 6-Zach Hampton[7]; 15. 74N-Luke Nellis[17]; 16. 87A-Austin Hartmann[16]; 17. 14-Brooke Tatnell[18]; 18. 18-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 19. 1K-Kelby Watt[20]; 20. 91-Reed Allex[21]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[14]; 22. 55A-Brandon Allen[22]

ADA, MN (June 28, 2025) – There’s something about Norman County Raceway that just suits Nick Hoffman.

In his first time racing at the Ada, MN facility in 2024, he left with the trophy. One year later, “The Thrill From Mooresville” is still the only driver to have won a World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision race at the track.

And unlike last year when he inherited the lead late in the race due to some misfortune for the cars in front of him, Hoffman was the man to beat all night, leading all 50 circuits on the way to the checkered flag.

“It’s the best I’ve ever felt in a Late Model,” Hoffman said following his second World of Outlaws win in as many nights. “Coming off the Dream, we were kind of riding a high there and then kept carrying it over the last two nights. It’s going really good, and everything’s kind of firing on all eight cylinders.”

Hoffman’s second-straight Bilstein Pole Award put him in clean air to start the Feature. After falling back to third on the start at River Cities Speedway on Friday night, Hoffman made sure he wouldn’t have to come from behind again. The gap to second grew as large as three seconds on the 37-lap green flag run that opened the race.

By the time Ashton Winger slowed down the backstretch with 13 to go to bring out the first caution, Ethan Dotson had gotten around Tyler Bruening and into second to put himself in position to challenge Hoffman on the restart. Hoffman denied that opportunity though, as he pulled away while Dotson, Bruening and Dennis Erb Jr. raced three-wide for second.

Three more cautions late in the going kept Hoffman on his toes in the closing laps, but just as he did on Friday, the No. 9 stayed on top and cruised to the ninth win of his World of Outlaws career.

“I kind of felt stale with about 20 to go, I was kind of floating around and very vulnerable if somebody could get another lane rolling,” Hoffman said. “I just couldn’t feel like I could get off four very well and I started running that slider line in one and two. When I was in lap traffic there, I was catching some pretty fast cars and was trying to judge off of them of where they were running. Obviously I ain’t going to pass them if they were running the bottom, so I’ve got to change lanes. All in all, it worked out really well.”

Dotson’s runner-up result was his first World of Outlaws podium since winning his first race at Farmer City Raceway, putting him two points behind Cody Overton in the battle for seventh in the standings.

“Put a soft tire on and it helped me early get by some cars, but later on it hurt me,” Dotson said. “Running the top the last five, I really wanted to get up there and try to get by them, but as bad as I’ve been running lately, I just needed to settle down and take what we can get.”

Erb hadn’t finished in the top five with the World of Outlaws all season before the weekend, but his third-place run at Norman County put him on the podium for the second-straight night to keep his newfound hot streak rolling.

“We’ll just keep plugging away here, our car’s working real good,” Erb said. “The caution came out at the wrong time or I think we would’ve had a pretty good shot there at the end. To be back up here and have two good nights in a row, it just shows you how good we’ve been here, and we’ll just keep it rolling.”

Overton finished fourth for his best night since DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals in January, while Jake Timm earned the first top five of his MD3 Rookie of the Year campaign in the fifth spot.

RACE NOTES:

Tanner English set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Tyler Bruening won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Tyler Bruening won Real American Beer Heat 1.

Bobby Pierce won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Nick Hoffman won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Drake Troutman won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Brian Shirley won the Landa Pressure Washers Last Chance Showdown.

Nick Hoffman won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Brent Larson won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Ethan Dotson was the MD3 Rookie of the Race.

Ethan Dotson won the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher Award.

Cody Overton was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Jake Timm was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Tanner English was the VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Brent Larson was the Lifeline USA Ninth-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Drake Troutman was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision will wrap up the weekend in Minot, ND at Nodak Speedway on Sunday, June 29. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

If you can’t make it to the track, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[11]; 4. 2-Cody Overton[5]; 5. 49-Jake Timm[13]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[10]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce[4]; 8. 96-Tanner English[12]; 9. B1-Brent Larson[18]; 10. 9M-Tim McCreadie[8]; 11. 19-Dustin Sorensen[14]; 12. 22*-Drake Troutman[2]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 14. 12-Ashton Winger[21]; 15. 8-Matthew Larson[24]; 16. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[23]; 17. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[15]; 18. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]; 19. 09-Michael Leach[9]; 20. 76-Blair Nothdurft[6]; 21. 3S-Brian Shirley[17]; 22. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[22]; 23. 28M-Sam Mars[20]; 24. 42S-Don Shaw[19]6

NASCAR CUP SERIES ECHOPARK SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT JUNE 28, 2025

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In front of a hometown crowd, Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team earned their first trip to victory lane of the season in NASCAR’s top division  – taking the checkered flag in the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway. The victory is Elliott’s 20th victory in 340 career starts, with the triumph marking his second at the 1.54-mile Georgia venue. With 18 points-paying races complete, Chevrolet has earned highest number of early playoff berths thus far with Elliott becoming the manufacturer’s fifth different winner this season. Chevrolet’s fifth win on the reconfigured EchoPark Speedway surface continues the Bowtie brand’s stellar record on drafting-style tracks in the Next Gen era, with Elliott’s trip to victory lane marking the manufacturer’s 13th win in 22 races on the configuration.  Taking the green flag for the 18th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, a brigade of Team Chevy drivers began the march up towards the front. Led by the reigning DAYTONA 500 Champion, William Byron, six drivers from three different Chevrolet organizations found themselves in the top-13 of the running order before looming precipitation forced the race under red flag conditions.  Following a brief delay, the race resumed with 12 laps remaining in the opening stage. With a majority of the lead pack electing track position for the race to the end of the stage, Byron was leading a strong contingency of Team Chevy drivers in the top-10 when Christopher Bell loss control of his car, ultimately bringing out the caution to end the stage. The two-time winner at the 1.54-mile Georgia venue earned fourth-place stage points and led the manufacturer to half of the top-10 of the running order to end Stage One. Showing early speed in their Chevrolet-powered machines, Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon were among the handful of cars that were en route to a strong points run in the opening stage, but were collected in Bell’s incident to force an uphill battle for the remainder of the race.  Chaos ensured on the opening lap of Stage Two when a wreck at the front of the field ended in a stack-up of nearly half the field. Among those involved included Team Chevy’s William Byron, Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez, who sustained too much damage to return to the race. Following a front-row position to start Stage Two, Georgia native, Chase Elliott, kept his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet near the front of the pack before closing out the stage in a side-by-side battle with Tyler Reddick – ultimately taking the green-white checkered flag for second-place stage points by a mere .001 second margin.  Despite damage from the Stage Two wreck, Blake Harris and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team continued to go to work on their Chevrolet to give Alex Bowman a steady climb up through the field, with the team earning a hard fought fourth-place points in Stage Two. Remaining steady in the top-10 through much of the final stage, the 32-year- old Tucson, Arizona, native went on to collect his fourth top-five finish of the season.  Making just his third career start in NASCAR’s top division, Trackhouse Racing’s Connor Zilisch navigated his No. 87 Chevrolet through a calamity-filled race to take the checkered flag with an 11th-place finish.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS.     DRIVER1st – Chase Elliott3rd – Alex Bowman6th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 8th – Ty Dillon10th – Carson Hocevar Chevrolet’s season statistics with 18 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:  Wins: 7Poles: 8Top-Fives: 37Top 10s: 76Stage Wins: 16

UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at the Chicago Street Course with the Grant Park 165 on Sunday, July 6, at 2 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on TNT, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Post-Race Driver Quotes: Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident on the opening lap of Stage Two. Finished: 33rd “It’s just unfortunate being that early in the race. I couldn’t really see what happened. All of a sudden, they were crashing and our No. 1 Wendy’s Chevrolet got caught up in it. Our Chevy was a four out of 10 to start the race, and then we got it to a seven out of 10 on the first pit stop. We were halfway to where we needed to be. We still had some work to do, but we set ourselves up well there restarting 12th and full of fuel for the start of Stage Two.”  Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 20th“We had a fast No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet tonight in Atlanta. We qualified decent and raced in the top-10 for most of Stage 1. Unfortunately, at the end of the stage the No. 20 car got loose and collected us. We had major body damage and that ruined our night. We made up two laps with a damaged car and finish in 20th. Proud of the effort and we have something to work with for our next speedway race.”  Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletFinished: 21st“Challenging night for the SENIX Tools Chevrolet team in Atlanta. We got caught up in two wrecks before the halfway point of the race. Our Chevy took a hard hit to the nose. Heavy damage to the splitter and the right-front caused us to lose a significant amount of speed. From that point on we were just doing what we could. We did everything we could to try and get some speed back in it. Good effort. Just not enough.”  Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 1st“Unbelievable… unbelievable. How about that? Are you kidding me? I’ve never in my life… This is unbelievable. Thank you guys so much. What a special car and just a huge thanks to NAPA Auto Parts and everything they do for me and to benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Rhealynn Mills designed to fast NAPA Chevrolet tonight, so this was a lot of fun. This right here is something I’ll never forget. Thank you guys so much.” (What made this win so improbable?) “Well I just think that, honestly, all the cards fell on the right places there those last couple laps. What a crazy race, man. I don’t know if y’all had fun, but it was wild from my seat. I’m so glad we got to run that thing out there to the end. And yeah just again, thank you so much for everybody that has made this possible. This is the ninth year of Desi9n to Drive. What an incredible way to celebrate that. Some great partners… Chevrolet, say hey to Mr. Hendrick at home. Thanks for sticking with me, pal, and yeah, just again, thanks to all you guys because this right here is… you can’t dream of this.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing ChevroletFinished: 12th“Honestly, not sure how to take the day. We had a really fast LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevy. The car was really good that first stage and I thought we had a real shot at the end of that stage, with the right couple of moves, to get up there and score some points. We got caught up in that wreck but our guys did a good job to fix it and the car still pretty good. I was never really overly comfortable to make some big moves there at the end of the race. I was trying to get myself in position, but just never did a good job of that. Proud of the guys and their effort; definitely improvement from the first race. I would love to have seen what we could have done without the damage, but that’s the way this racing goes. It’s all part of it, and we were able to get a decent finish at the end of that day.” William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in the opening lap of Stage Two. Finished: 37th Chaos ensued on the opening lap of Stage Two. What did you see from your perspective?“There wasn’t really a whole lot I could see. I was kind of catching the No. 22 (Joey Logano) with a little bit of a run. All the guys at the front had pitted during the stage break and cycled to the mid-20s. We were just running a great race in the top-five. They all stacked up and at that point, I went right a little bit; the wreck was already happening and I just kind of got shoved into it.  It’s just a bummer that early in the race. I don’t really know what was going on. We were getting up to speed and everyone was throwing a lot of blocks or something, I don’t know. It was fun out there, honestly. The first stage was fun. Handling really mattered. I thought my No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet was good. I thought our team was calling a great race and we were doing everything we could do.”  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 6th“We had a shot at it. Obviously taking the lead that late in the race, you have a shot at it. Our No. 47 Hungry Jack Chevrolet was handling really well in the draft. It just didn’t lead very well. That goes back to our qualifying effort. We just have to find some more speed in our race car to be able to get to the lead and not have to throw massive blocks. When we slipped back to third there, I thought maybe if I could just stay there, we would have a shot at it coming to the end, but we just didn’t have enough speed to make another run at it.” Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletFinished: 3rdWhat more did you need there at the end? “I needed to not be in the lead as early as I was. I felt like whoever was leading was kind of a sitting duck there at the end with how good everyone’s cars were driving. I just got shuffled back. We were coming back through the field and got back to third. We had a really good No. 48 Ally Chevrolet tonight. Happy for the No. 9 team. It’s a big win for them. Proud of everyone at Hendrick Motorsports and we’ll keep on digging.”   Connor Zilisch, No. 87 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 11th “It was great. It was a kind of battle of attrition a little more than anything. To be running up there that close to the front was awesome. I learned a lot. There’s a lot of things to learn when you’re up there against the guys who are out there winning races. I wish I could have gotten that top-10. We were so close. But I’m looking forward to Watkins Glen. That’s going to be a really good one for us.” Zilisch on racing on a Superspeedway in a Cup car: “These cars are so much different (than an Xfinity car). The runs were a lot bigger. Air made a difference here. We were almost never wide-open. It definitely was challenging but at the same time I enjoyed it a lot and got better throughout the race.” Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletFinished: 24th “It was definitely a great run there at the start, getting points in both stages. It was fun being competitive. We made some good moves. Stephen and the guys did a great job making changes and got our No. 88 WeatherTech Chevrolet better and better. We just got unlucky getting taken out, and then we had damage. But it was really promising to run up front.” Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletSidelined by damage sustained in an accident on the opening lap of Stage Two.Finished: 34th “The sad part for me was that our No. 99 Quaker State Chevrolet was very good. I was being patient, and I felt like we were coming through the field pretty well during Stage One. I felt like our Chevy had potential. It was the start of Stage Two and we didn’t get to race. It’s a shame. Our team did a very good job with the car and we just got caught up in the mess.”

Mission AFT SuperTwins rider Briar Bauman (3) leads Dallas Daniels (32) and the rest of the field at the Lima Half-Mile. [Photo: American Flat Track/Tim Lester] DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 28, 2025) – Briar Bauman (No. 3 RWR/Parts Plus/Latus Motors Harley-Davidson XG750R) immediately stole the initiative back from Mission AFT SuperTwins title rival Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) in the tense rematch that was Saturday evening’s Lima Half-Mile II, Round 7 of the 2025 Progressive American Flat Track season, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.  While the opening lap featured a four-wide charge down the Allen County Fairgrounds backstretch, it wasn’t long before Bauman blasted away at the front. Meanwhile, Daniels was headed in the opposite direction, falling back to third and looking incapable of matching the torrid pace required to fight for victory.  As the two-time Grand National Champion Bauman steadily built up a two-second-plus advantage in first, Daniels eventually found his groove and worked his way around Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Harley-Davidson XG750R) to take control of second.  Daniels continued his charge forward, picking up a tenth here and there on the leader, gradually reducing that gap until it was back under a second with a minute remaining on the clock.  Despite the Estenson Racing star further ratcheting up the pressure and closing in nearly to within striking distance on the final lap, Bauman stayed steady and streaked past the checkered flag 0.383 seconds before his rival.  Besides taking the momentum back from Daniels, the victory also saw Bauman complete the remarkable feat of securing four Lima Half-Mile wins on four different makes of equipment (Kawasaki, Indian, KTM, and Harley-Davidson).  After scoring his 30th premier-class victory, Bauman said, “That was a battle. Well, it wasn’t a battle. I got clean air, and I didn’t really want to do that tonight. I think it was harder to lead than it was to follow in the second half of the race because you could see what the guy in front of you was doing and maybe inch up a little bit. Dallas did that quick. If he would have had a few more laps, he probably would have had me, but he didn’t.   “Man, I was going to win last night – I know I was – but the clutch went out. I was pretty bitter. I wanted to win tonight really bad, and the Rick Ware Racing/Parts Plus/Latus Motors team did such a good job with this thing.”  What figured to be a lonely ride to third proved anything but for Robinson. Late in the race, he was hounded by the Declan Bender (No. 70 Memphis Shades/Corbin/OTB Racing Yamaha MT-07), who earlier escaped a battle with James Ott (No. 19 G&G Racing Yamaha MT-07) and Jarod VanDerKooi (No. 20 Fastrack Racing/Wally Brown Racing KTM 790 Duke) to give Robinson fits for the final spot on the podium.  Bender momentarily fought past into third on more than one occasion but couldn’t quite make the pass stick, having to accept (a still highly impressive) fourth in what was a memorable debut weekend with On the Box Racing.  Ott carried on to fifth while VDK was dropped to seventh by Trent Lowe (No. 48 American Honda/Progressive Insurance Honda Transalp).  Dan Bromley (No. 62 Memphis Shades/Vinson Construction Suzuki GSX-8S), Max Whale (No. 18 Moto Anatomy X Powered by Royal Enfield 650), and Davis Fisher (No. 67 Rackley Racing/Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing KTM 790 Duke) completed the top ten.  Bauman now leads Daniels 149-139 in what’s shaping up to be a spectacular duel. Robinson is once again up third at 102, following a difficult weekend for Fisher, who has dropped back to fourth at 93.  AFT Singles presented by KICKER  With two victories in two days, Tom Drane (No. 59 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) has at last unlocked the form so many expected from him in 2025. That’s a scary prospect indeed for the opposition, considering the ‘locked’ version was already leading the AFT Singles presented by KICKER title chase.  On Friday, Drane built upon the impressive 2024 Lima performance that saw him defeat Kody Kopp here a year ago, running strong all day and claiming two of the three Mission Triple Challenge Main Events to secure the overall victory.  He elevated his game to yet another level on Saturday. Before the race, chief rival Chase Saathoff (No. 88 RWR/Parts Plus Honda CRF450R) said he had to get the holeshot to have a shot. He accomplished that goal but could still do nothing but watch as Drane shot through in the race’s third corner. The Estenson Racing pilot then proceeded to ride off into the distance to the tune of a 5.419-second margin of victory.  Afterward, Drane said, “That was a really good race. I just put my head down from the very start. I knew I had the pace to do it. I just had to get a break and get away as fast as I could. I didn’t want to get into any battles. I wanted to get out front, have my clear air, and pull away.”  Saathoff was forced to turn his attention behind instead of ahead just to hold down second. That proved a stout challenge in itself with heralded rookie Walker Porter (No. 100 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R) scrapping for second in the early going while clocking the fastest lap of the race.   Porter’s more experienced teammate, Trevor Brunner (No. 21 American Honda/Mission Foods CRF450R), then took the baton and pressured Saathoff to the flag, finishing just 0.184 seconds behind in third.  Porter found himself caught up in a spirited three-way fight for fourth with fellow rookie sensation Kage Tadman (No. 288 Roof Systems/Old Oak Ranch KTM 450 SX-F) and the rolling Aidan RoosEvans (No. 26 FRA Trust/ATV’s and More Yamaha YZ450F).  Two-time winner Tadman ultimately claimed the spot, while Porter worked back past RoosEvans to collect a debut weekend top five.  Evan Renshaw (No. 65 1st Impressions Race Team Husqvarna FC450) fought his way from the LCQ to seventh while Bradon Pfanders (No. 83 Hannum’s HD/Pfanders Racing KTM 450 SX-F) and couple more rookies in Ryder Reese (No. 244 Mission Foods/Roof Systems KTM 450 SX-F) and Skylar Sentell (No. 249 Hoffer Performance/Stauffer Motors KTM 450 SX-F) provided even more evidence that the future of the sport is bright indeed by finishing eighth through tenth, respectively.  As a result of his huge weekend, Drane now leads Saathoff by 16 points (130-114). Brunner remains third at 98.  Next Up:  Progressive American Flat Track will do battle at a high-speed Mile for the first time this season with the Memphis Shades DuQuoin Mile, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in DuQuoin, Illinois, next Saturday, July 5. Visit  https://www.americanflattrack.com/events/2025/view/du-quoin-mile-2025 to secure your tickets today.   For those that can’t catch the live action from the circuit, FloRacing is the live streaming home of Progressive AFT. Sign up now and catch every second of on-track action starting with Practice & Qualifying and ending with the Victory Podium at the end of the night at https://flosports.link/aft.  FOX Sports coverage of the Lima Half-Mile I, featuring in-depth features and thrilling onboard cameras, will premiere onFS1 on Saturday, July 5, at 9:30 a.m. ET (6:30 a.m. PT), with the Lima Half-Mile II scheduled to air one week later, on Saturday, July 12, at 10:00 a.m. ET (7:00 a.m. PT).

NASCAR CUP SERIES ECHOPARK SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES JUNE 28, 2025

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William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet – Sidelined by damage sustained in the opening lap of Stage Two. Chaos ensued on the opening lap of Stage Two. What did you see from your perspective?“There wasn’t really a whole lot I could see. I was kind of catching the No. 22 (Joey Logano) with a little bit of a run. All the guys at the front had pitted during the stage break and cycled to the mid-20s. We were just running a great race in the top-five. They all stacked up and at that point, I went right a little bit; the wreck was already happening and I just kind of got shoved into it.  It’s just a bummer that early in the race. I don’t really know what was going on. We were getting up to speed and everyone was throwing a lot of blocks or something, I don’t know. It was fun out there, honestly. The first stage was fun. Handling really mattered. I thought my No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet was good. I thought our team was calling a great race and we were doing everything we could do.”  Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet – Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on the opening lap of Stage Two. “It’s just unfortunate being that early in the race. I couldn’t really see what happened. All of a sudden, they were crashing and our No. 1 Wendy’s Chevrolet got caught up in it. Our Chevy was a four out of 10 to start the race, and then we got it to a seven out of 10 on the first pit stop. We were halfway to where we needed to be. We still had some work to do, but we set ourselves up well there restarting 12th and full of fuel for the start of Stage Two.”  Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet – Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on the opening lap of Stage Two.“The sad part for me was that our No. 99 Quaker State Chevrolet was very good. I was being patient, and I felt like we were coming through the field pretty well during Stage One. I felt like our Chevy had potential. It was the start of Stage Two and we didn’t get to race. It’s a shame. Our team did a very good job with the car and we just got caught up in the mess.”

SATURDAY RECAP – NorwalkRace 10 of 20

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JFR DRIVERS ALL TOP 4 IN NORWALK QUALIFYINGBrittany Makes Quickest Run of the Day in Chevrolet Accessories Dragster

NORWALK, Ohio (June 28, 2025) – On a hot, challenging racing surface at Summit Motorsports Park, two-time Top Fuel World Champion Brittany Force made the quickest run of the day Saturday and locked herself into the No. 4 qualifying position from which she will start her Chevrolet Accessories dragster in Sunday’s 18th NHRA Norwalk Nationals. On a day when only a handful of drivers in the fuel categories reached the 1,000-foot finish line under power, the second youngest of John Force’s drag racing daughters stopped the timers in 3.788 seconds while posting the event’s fastest speed at 334.65 miles per hour. Her Saturday time was just a click off the 3.784 she posted on Friday and was the only sub-3.80 performance on the final day of qualifying. “We laid down two consistent runs in the heat,” the 18-time tour winner said of her qualifying effort, “so that gives us a lot of confidence going into race day.  We race Lex Joon first round. We’re going to go out there, race hard and hopefully turn on four-win lights and land in that winner’s circle.” It was a frustrating day for Brittany’s Funny Car teammates, Austin Prock and Jack Beckman, neither of whom reached the finish line under power. Nevertheless, both will start Sunday from the advantageous positions they secured on Friday, Prock from No. 2 against No. 15 qualifier Dale Creasy Jr. and Beckman from No. 4 against No. 13 Chad Green.  Prock was the quickest of the two on Saturday at 4.130 seconds in the Cornwell Tools Chevy SS, but his finish line speed of 244.83 mph was almost 100 mph off the NHRA national record he set last November at Pomona, Calif.  “We had a great Friday (and) gathered five qualifying bonus points,” Prock said, “but we stumbled a little bit today. We had some misfortunes in Q3 this morning blowing the burst panels out and the parachutes deploying (prematurely), but we did turn on a win light in the (first round of the) Mission 2Fast/2Tasty Challenge. “The next run, conditions got really tricky,” said the reigning series champion and current point leader. “We ended up spinning the tires just past the 330-foot mark in the Mission Challenge final, but we gathered some good data going into tomorrow. We just have to back this ‘Prock Rocket’ off and hopefully we can do some damage on race day.” Beckman’s Saturday best was 4.355 seconds in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS, and it followed a 4.500 effort that took him out of the Mission Foods 2Fast/2Tasty Challenge against eventual winner Daniel Wilkerson, whose final round 4.151 covered Prock’s 5.015. “Our PEAK Chevy SS ended up fourth,” said a disappointed Beckman. “We had a great Friday; two solid laps down the track (but) today was hot, muggy and the sun was out. It was really tough out there. I do believe we learned a lot about the racetrack that ought to help us on Sunday. Looking forward to four round wins tomorrow.”

NORWALK, OH (June 28, 2025) —- The Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown points leader, Jason Dietsch, showed no signs of slowing down grabbing the No. 1 qualifier today at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The two-time 2025 national event winner posted a 7.856 second, 174.91 mph run right off the trailer in the first qualifying session on Friday to grab his second No. 1 qualifier of the season. The strength of that run held the top spot through two more qualifying sessions and Dietsch will face No. 16 qualifier Josh Hart in the opening round of eliminations.
 
“This would be a good weekend to get the yellow hat and hopefully get the black hat (presented to the race winner),” said Dietsch, who won the Gatornationals and Route 66 Nationals earlier this season. “The weather has been really challenging with track conditions and everything else. We put a soft launch on our first run, and we got down the track with a good time. On the second run, we went out with the same exact set-up and we spun the tires.”

 Jason Dietsch ran to his second Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown No.1 qualifier of the season today at Summit Motorsports Park, photo credit Auto Imagery

JASON DIETSCH RUNS TO FLEXJET FACTORY STOCK NO. 1 AT SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NATIONALS

NORWALK, OH (June 28, 2025) —- The Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown No. 2 driver in points, Jason Dietsch, showed no signs of slowing down grabbing the No. 1 qualifier today at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The two-time 2025 national event winner posted a 7.856 second, 174.91 mph run right off the trailer in the first qualifying session on Friday to grab his second No. 1 qualifier of the season. The strength of that run held the top spot through two more qualifying sessions and Dietsch will face No. 16 qualifier Josh Hart in the opening round of eliminations.
 
“This would be a good weekend to get the yellow hat and hopefully get the black hat (presented to the race winner),” said Dietsch, who won the Gatornationals and Route 66 Nationals earlier this season. “The weather has been really challenging with track conditions and everything else. We put a soft launch on our first run, and we got down the track with a good time. On the second run, we went out with the same exact set-up and we spun the tires.”

 Jason Dietsch ran to his second Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown No.1 qualifier of the season today at Summit Motorsports Park, photo credit Auto Imagery

After two qualifying sessions Dietsch was sitting No. 1 with his Ford Mustang Cobra Jet followed by Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals winner Jason Allegrucci, 7.894 seconds, also in a Cobra Jet and Scott Libersher wheeled his COPO Camaro to a 7.895 second run. Raymond Nash had the highest qualified Dodge after two sessions, sitting No. 4 with a time of 7.919 seconds.
 
In the second qualifying session Josh Hart stepped up in the Burnyzz Speed Shop Dodge Challenger with an 8.061 second run to move into the top 16 and Kim Shirley and his COPO Camaro also improved from his first run posting a run of 8.125 seconds to land in the No. 15 qualifier position.
 
Drama built heading into the final qualifying session with 2024 reigning Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown world champion Mark Pawuk sitting No. 19 on the outside of the quick 16. He was joined by championship contender Lee Hartman and Pete Gasko Jr.
 
Pawuk opened the session with a strong 3.873 second, 174.89 mph pass to jump to the No. 2 qualifier position. Hartman also made a strong run to move into the quick 16 in the No. 6 position with a chance to race for the iconic Wally trophy and the one-of-a-kind custom ice cream scoop presented by track owner Bill Bader to each class winner on Sunday. Dietsch took the opportunity in the final session to gather some data for race day when he saw that track conditions were not improving.
 
“In the final qualifier we went out and backed it down a little bit,” said Dietsch. “We made it past the 60-foot timer and then it broke loose down track. I saw the cars in front of me all spin their tires and by the time we got to run the track was pretty much used up.”
 
The $1,000 Flexjet Factory Stock bounty will be riding with Bristol winner Mark Pawuk, In the first round David Davies II and his Mission 22 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak will be the first competitor to try and trailer Pawuk’s Empaco Dodge Challenger. Championship contending drivers Scott Libersher and David Janac will face off in a No. 5 versus No. 12 match-up in a classic Chevrolet versus Ford race. Dietsch’s teammate at Kimco Shared Resources (KSR) and son Taylor, will race Anthony Berge in the first round. The success of Kimco Shared Resources team has Dietsch excited about the opportunities for success.
 
“This season has been great for whole KSR team. We’ve really come out banging. We work hard together, and everybody has the same stuff, which means it’s anyone’s race at any time. I think we’re No. 1 qualifier, Taylor’s three, Jonathan’s four, and Jim Betz is right up there too. That’s pretty awesome.”
 
Final eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals will feature the quickest 16 Chevrolet COPO Camaros, Ford Mustang Cobra Jets and Dodge Challenger Drag Paks. No matter fans’ personal car preferences, this is a class that continues to provide someone to root for on race day.
 
First Round Match-ups
 
No. 1 Jason Dietsch vs. No. 16 Josh Hart
No. 2 Mark Pawuk vs. No. 15 David Davies II
No. 3 Taylor Dietsch vs. No. 14 Anthony Berge
No. 4 Jonathan Allegrucci vs. No. 13 Tony Scott Jr.
No. 5 Scott Libersher vs. No. 12 David Janac
No. 6 Lee Hartman vs. No. 11 Doug Hamp
No. 7 Kevin Skinner vs. No. 10 Rouven Dawson
No. 8 Raymond Nash vs. No. 9 Jim Betz
 
2025 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown Schedule
 
Aug. 27 – Sept. 1    Cornwell Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sept. 11-14             Reading NHRA Nationals, Reading, Pa.
Sept. 26-29             NHRA Midwest Nationals, St. Louis, Mo.