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Nicely, Harrison charging through DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals in quest for championship

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Nicely, Harrison charging through DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals in quest for championship

CONCORD, N.C. – July 1, 2015 – When you win the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals championship three times in four years, you get to know the sponsor quite well. For Mike Harrison, he’s become fast friends with Summit’s Jim Greenleaf and can’t thank the world’s largest mail order automotive performance equipment company enough for five years of involvement with DIRTcar UMP Modifieds.

With about half of the tour in the books this season, Harrison is once again taking aim at the championship, which counts a driver’s eight best finishes out of the 29 events on the schedule towards winning the crown. But if Harrison is to win again, he’s going to have to find a way around Tyler Nicely, who through the first rain-soaked portion of the schedule is leading Harrison by 14 points.

“It’s definitely been fun,” said Harrison, of Highland, Ill., who has three victories on this year’s tour. “Jim Greenleaf with Summit, I’ve been involved with him over the years talking to him about the whole deal. I think it’s great they gave us UMP Modified guys something extra for us to race for, and then the points package they put together for us. We all like coming to watch the late models, if we weren’t doing it we’d probably still be here just to watch the late models. It’s a bonus for us because we get to come and run for our own deal too. Jim and everybody at Summit have been great to me over the few years of doing the deal. It’s been a pleasure carrying the banner for them.

Nicely certainly would like to experience everything Harrison has seen as champion, and he’s been solid race in and race out.

“Summit stepped up and gave us a bunch of races to run for money, and everything they’re doing for us with the contingency program you just can’t beat it,” said Nicely, of Owensboro, Ky., who likes that a driver’s best eight finishes determine the crown. “It takes away from the guy having to take off work to go run every single race. You can pick eight races and hope for the best results or run as many as you can and take your eight best so it gives you a chance to throw out a bad night or two. I love it. If I could I would race every night.”

Harrison’s a big fan of the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals tour setup, too.

“I ran around at home locally the first so many years, but I’ve always liked the adventure and the challenge of going out to all the different tracks and run against all the different guys every single night,” Harrison said. “You’re racing with the same handful of guys every night, but then you’ve got the 10, 15, 20 other guys that you’re racing with every night. I truly believe that brings the best out in all of the drivers because you’re not focused on beating the same drivers every week. You’re making yourself better by beating the best guys out here week in and week out.”

Harrison knows winning a fourth championship won’t be an easy task, but he’s confident in his team and experience.

“It’s always tough,” he said. “There are a lot of good modified drivers out there, a lot of good race cars. I tell my guys, our pride is we worry about ourselves, we worry about our racecar and we try not to worry about anybody else. We do what we need to do. If we do everything right I feel like we have a legitimate shot to win.”

Unlike the previous four seasons, this year’s tour will take a two-week break after racing July 11 at Oakshade Speedway, setting up a huge championship weekend July 24-25 at Fairbury American Legion Speedway run in conjunction with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series’ Prairie Dirt Classic.

Follow the Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Modified Nationals on Twitter@SummerNationals or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SummerNationals, or visit the series’ websites at www.TheHellTour.com and www.ModifiedNationals.com.

DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Championship Top 20

Pos.

Car

Driver

Points

1

25

Tyler Nicely

365

2

24H

Mike Harrison

351

3

16C

Josh Harris

316

4

9

Ken Schrader

295

5

5

Steven Brooks

262

6

77

Ray Bollinger

252

7

c12

Jeff Curl

241

8

24Z

Zeke McKenzie

209

9

36

Kenny Wallace

186

10

O5

David Wietholder

181

11

6B

Dave Baldwin

178

12

59N

Chad Evans

167

13

2H

Nick Hoffman

167

14

G1

Gabe Menser

149

15

90

Bradley Sterrett

145

16

89W

Rick Weitekamp

141

17

1D

Dean Hoffman

118

18

72

Brian Lynn

114

19

1W

Bob Pohlman

111

20

77

Stephen Schnapf

104


2015 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Schedule

Date Day Track City
June 6 Saturday Tri-State Speedway Josh Harris
June 7 Sunday Terre Haute Action Track Bradley Sterrett
June 10 Wednesday Brownstown Speedway Devin Gilpin
June 11 Thursday Kankakee Co. Speedway Jeff Curl
June 12 Friday Kankakee Co. Speedway Rain
June 16 Tuesday Jacksonville Speedway Mike Harrison
June 18 Thursday Spoon River Speedway Rain
June 19 Friday Tri-City Speedway Rain
June 20 Saturday Fairbury Speedway Chad Kinder
June 21 Sunday Quincy Raceways Rain/PPD June 22
June 22 Monday Quincy Raceways Rain
June 23 Tuesday Peoria Speedway Mike Harrison (2)
June 24 Wednesday Belle-Clair Speedway Mike Harrison (3)
June 25 Thursday Clarksville Speedway Lucas Lee
June 26 Friday Paducah International Raceway Rain
June 27 Saturday Federated I-55 Raceway Rain
June 28 Sunday Lincoln Speedway Rain/PPD July 6
June 29 Monday OFF
June 30 Tuesday I-96 Raceway Rain
July 1 Wednesday Daugherty Speedway Bosell, IN
July 2 Thursday La Salle Speedway La Salle, IL
July 3 Friday

Fayette Co. Speedway

Brownstown, IL
July 4 Saturday

Highland Speedway

Highland, IL
July 5 Sunday

Tri-State Speedway

Haubstadt, IN
July 6 Monday Lincoln Speedway From June 28
July 7 Tuesday

Vermilion Co. Speedway

Danville, IL
July 8 Wednesday Florence Speedway Union, KY
July 9 Thursday

Macon Speedway

Macon, IL
July 10 Friday Farmer City Raceway Farmer City, IL
July 11 Saturday Oakshade Raceway Wauseon, OH
July 24 Friday Fairbury A.L. Speedway Fairbury, IL
July 25 Saturday Fairbury A.L. Speedway Fairbury, IL

The Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals is brought to fans across the country by many important partners including: Summit Racing Equipment (Title Sponsor), Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Provider), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tire), Racing Electronics (Official Communications Provider), VP Racing Fuels (Official Fuel); in addition to these fine Contingency Partners: MSD, TomCat Performance, Landrum Performance Springs, QuarterMaster, KSE Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Joe’s Racing Products, Wrisco Aluminum, Beyea Custom Headers, Fast Shafts, Bassett Racing Wheels, QA1, Auto Meter, Fluidampr, Fox Shocks, Impact Race Products, Penske Shocks, Performance Friction Brakes, Schoenfeld Headers, Bell Helmets, Shafer Enterprises’ Cool Shirts; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts, Indiana Decal and Intercomp.

 

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