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Mike Harrison claims Fairbury Speedway’s Summit Modified Nationals win!

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Mike Harrison - Jim Denhamer photo
Mike Harrison – Jim Denhamer photo

Harrison Celebrates DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Championship with Victory at Fairbury

FAIRBURY, Ill. – July 24, 2015 – Mike Harrison won for the ninth time in 12 races, exacting revenge on Fairbury American Legion Speedway on Friday night, as he celebrated his fourth DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals championship in the past five years.

Fairbury had been one of only three tracks where Harrison raced on this year’s tour but didn’t win, until he dominated on Friday to lead all 30 laps and capture the $2,000 checkered flag on a night when he was honored for winning the series crown.

“It’s never easy,” said Harrison, of Highland, Ill. “I just try to get out there and be as smooth as I can and keep the car as straight as I can. I try to focus on my laps and my line and not worry about anybody else.”

There were two cautions during the main event. Following the second restart, Jeff Curl hooked up his DIRTcar UMP Modified and charged through the field to finish second. Tyler Nicely, who is trying to hold onto second overall in the championship, finished third with David Stremme and Ray Bollinger rounding out the top five.

The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals championship is decided by a driver’s best eight finishes over the course of the tour. Harrison became the first driver in the tour’s five-year history to post victories in every possible slot, and added to it with his ninth win on Friday night.

Heat race winners included Nicely, Patrick Lyon, Mike McKinney and Harrison.

The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals tour concludes its season on Saturday night at Fairbury (Ill.) American Legion Speedway as part of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series’ Prairie Dirt Classic night.

Follow the DIRTcar Summit Modified Nationals on Twitter @SummerNationals or on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/SummerNationals, or visit the series website at www.ModifiedNationals.com.

2015 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Results

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 (2)
June 19 Friday Tri-City Speedway Rain (3)
June 20 Saturday Fairbury Speedway Chad Kinder
June 21 Sunday Quincy Raceways Rain/PPD June 22 (4)
June 22 Monday Quincy Raceways Rain (5)
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 (6)
June 27 Saturday Federated I-55 Raceway Rain (7)
June 28 Sunday Lincoln Speedway Rain/PPD July 6
June 29 Monday OFF
June 30 Tuesday I-96 Raceway Rain (8)
July 1 Wednesday Daugherty Speedway Devin Gilpin (2)
July 2 Thursday La Salle Speedway Mike Harrison (4)
July 3 Friday Fayette Co. Speedway Mike Harrison (5)
July 4 Saturday Highland Speedway Mike Harrison (6)
July 5 Sunday Tri-State Speedway Dustin Beck
July 6 Monday Lincoln Speedway Mike Harrison (7)
July 7 Tuesday Vermilion Co. Speedway Rain (9)
July 8 Wednesday Florence Speedway Rain (10)
July 9 Thursday Macon Speedway Rain (11)
July 10 Friday Farmer City Raceway Mike Harrison (8)
July 11 Saturday Oakshade Raceway David Mielke
July 24 Friday Fairbury A.L. Speedway Mike Harrison (9)
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.

FULL RESULTS

July 24th, 2015

Heat 1

1 #25 Tyler Nicely
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:53.748 2 00:14.194
2 #7L Jay Ledford
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:54.064 9 00:14.383 0.316 0.316
3 #77 Ray Bollinger
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:54.392 8 00:14.330 0.644 0.328
4 #4 Jeb Friedman
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:54.782 10 00:14.437 1.034 0.390
5 #111 Curt Spalding
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:55.539 4 00:14.385 1.791 0.757
6 #18 Jeffrey Ledford
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:55.553 5 00:14.318 1.805 0.014
7 #1S Andy Sprague
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:56.177 9 00:14.521 2.429 0.624
8 #4G Joe Gillespie
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:57.286 9 00:14.574 3.538 1.109
9 #83 Nathan Balensiefen
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:57.953 7 00:14.766 4.205 0.667
10 #5J Jeremie Johnson
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:58.472 7 00:14.863 4.724 0.519
11 #20A Alex Graf
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
6 03:47.540 6 00:14.806
12 #9 Cullen Breeden
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
5 01:14.053 4 00:14.566

Heat 2

1 #1 Patrick Lyon
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:23.622 6 00:14.289
2 #D1 Lance Dehm
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:25.009 6 00:14.299 1.387 1.387
3 #5 Steven Brooks
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:25.447 8 00:14.272 1.825 0.438
4 #12 Jeff Curl
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:26.620 8 00:14.417 2.998 1.173
6 #99J Jimmy Dehm
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:28.685 6 00:14.524 5.063 2.065
7 #59 Chevy Miller
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:28.944 7 00:14.449 5.322 0.259
8 #32 Donovan Lodge
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:29.817 9 00:14.360 6.195 0.873
9 #16 Nicholas Lueth
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:31.246 9 00:14.730 7.624 1.429
10 #72A Austin Lynn
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:32.527 10 00:14.908 8.905 1.281
11 #61JR Chris Osborne
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:35.558 10 00:14.948 11.936 3.031
Jr
12 #W1 Mike Watson
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:37.273 9 00:15.090 13.651 1.715

Heat 3

1 #96M Mike McKinney
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:19.528 1 00:14.373
2 #35 David Stremme
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:20.031 9 00:14.441 0.503 0.503
3 #47 Collin Thirlby
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:20.281 5 00:14.841 0.753 0.250
4 #1S Brian Shaw
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:20.386 1 00:14.686 0.858 0.105
5 #3L Jeff Leka
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:21.642 9 00:15.036 2.114 1.256
6 #57 Mark Grosvenor
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:23.084 4 00:14.982 3.556 1.442
7 #25P Dave Porth
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:23.193 1 00:15.088 3.665 0.109
8 #21P Michael Mennell
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:23.481 9 00:15.193 3.953 0.288
9 #18H Austin Hewitt
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:23.994 3 00:14.949 4.466 0.513
10 #44 Jeff Winterland
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:27.597 5 00:15.481 8.069 3.603
11 #67 Chris Gaither
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
3 04:58.737 3 00:15.233
12 #46 Dustin Mounce
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
0 51:40.471 55:01.262

Heat 4

1 #24H Mike Harrison
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:23.739 4 00:14.200
2 #A9 AJ May
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:25.964 2 00:14.289 2.225 2.225
3 #0 Travis Kohler
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:26.627 3 00:14.436 2.888 0.663
4 #72 Brian Lynn
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:27.467 5 00:14.520 3.728 0.840
5 #N59 Chad Evans
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:28.114 8 00:14.568 4.375 0.647
6 #3 Mike Brooks
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:28.953 5 00:14.621 5.214 0.839
7 #71D Anthony Davis
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:31.599 4 00:14.836 7.860 2.646
8 #2% Nicholas Clubb
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:31.925 5 00:14.957 8.186 0.326
9 #18 Billy Puckett
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:33.255 4 00:14.885 9.516 1.330
10 #89W Rick Weitekamp
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 02:33.596 9 00:14.955 9.857 0.341
11 #112 Darren Christansen
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
9 02:24.879 9 00:15.526 1.140
12 #62 Hunter Diebel
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
9 02:25.396 3 00:15.508 1.657 0.517

C-Main 1

1 #83 Nathan Balensiefen
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 07:34.410 2 00:15.085
2 #5J Jeremie Johnson
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 07:35.924 10 00:15.312 1.514 1.514
3 #18H Austin Hewitt
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 07:36.723 2 00:15.602 2.313 0.799
4 #21P Michael Mennell
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 07:36.959 4 00:15.696 2.549 0.236
5 #20A Alex Graf
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 07:37.189 5 00:15.424 2.779 0.230
6 #44 Jeff Winterland
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 07:47.076 3 00:16.216 12.666 9.887
7 #4G Joe Gillespie
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
6 02:45.458 2 00:15.259

C-Main 2

1 #16 Nicholas Lueth
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:37.336 2 00:15.214
2 #2% Nicholas Clubb
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:38.643 9 00:15.503 1.307 1.307
3 #72A Austin Lynn
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:40.968 1 00:15.798 3.632 2.325
4 #61JR Chris Osborne
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:41.540 9 00:15.924 4.204 0.572
Jr
5 #62 Hunter Diebel
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:41.949 6 00:15.815 4.613 0.409
6 #89W Rick Weitekamp
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:42.613 2 00:15.857 5.277 0.664
7 #18 Billy Puckett
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 08:43.408 3 00:15.841 6.072 0.795
8 #112 Darren Christansen
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
1 03:39.168 1 00:16.568
9 #W1 Mike Watson
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
00:01.892 0

B-Main

1 #111 Curt Spalding
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:17.814 6 00:15.464
2 #32 Tommy Duncan
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:19.511 5 00:15.715 1.697 1.697
3 #99J Jimmy Dehm
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:20.815 3 00:15.772 3.001 1.304
4 #18 Jeffrey Ledford
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:22.087 5 00:15.797 4.273 1.272
5 #16 Nicholas Lueth
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:22.447 11 00:15.705 4.633 0.360
6 #3 Mike Brooks
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:25.292 1 00:16.140 7.478 2.845
7 #83 Nathan Balensiefen
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:25.806 8 00:15.911 7.992 0.514
8 #57 Mark Grosvenor
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:25.821 12 00:16.135 8.007 0.015
9 #5J Jeremie Johnson
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:26.632 1 00:16.020 8.818 0.811
10 #1S Andy Sprague
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:26.926 1 00:16.011 9.112 0.294
11 #59 Chevy Miller
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:27.949 2 00:16.224 10.135 1.023
12 #71D Anthony Davis
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
12 04:32.579 2 00:16.430 14.765 4.630
13 #25P Dave Porth
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
7 03:03.154 5 00:16.027
14 #3L Jeff Leka
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
6 02:46.405 3 00:15.823
15 #N59 Chad Evans
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
2 01:46.154 2 00:15.959

Feature

1 #24H Mike Harrison
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:20.269 1 00:15.083
2 #12 Jeff Curl
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:20.837 21 00:15.544 0.568 0.568
3 #25 Tyler Nicely
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:24.418 6 00:15.272 4.149 3.581
4 #35 David Stremme
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:25.537 4 00:15.173 5.268 1.119
5 #77 Ray Bollinger
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:26.126 6 00:15.659 5.857 0.589
6 #96M Mike McKinney
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:26.378 2 00:15.049 6.109 0.252
7 #7L Jay Ledford
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:27.571 6 00:15.575 7.302 1.193
8 #72 Brian Lynn
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:29.090 8 00:15.809 8.821 1.519
9 #4 Jeb Friedman
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:29.994 8 00:15.767 9.725 0.904
10 #111 Curt Spalding
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:31.035 9 00:15.748 10.766 1.041
11 #D1 Lance Dehm
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:31.367 3 00:15.375 11.098 0.332
12 #N59 Chad Evans
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:32.520 2 00:15.660 12.251 1.153
13 #0 Travis Kohler
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:33.152 6 00:15.642 12.883 0.632
14 #5 Steven Brooks
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:35.432 6 00:15.559 15.163 2.280
15 #1 Patrick Lyon
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
30 12:35.815 4 00:15.352 15.546 0.383
16 #25P Dave Porth
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
29 12:19.882 12 00:15.886
17 #47 Collin Thirlby
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
29 12:24.227 4 00:15.840 3.958 4.345
18 #89W Rick Weitekamp
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
29 12:31.890 2 00:15.925 11.621 7.663
19 #32 Tommy Duncan
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
20 09:50.881 7 00:15.892
20 #3L Jeff Leka
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
13 07:57.705 6 00:15.898
21 #A9 AJ May
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
11 05:40.670 5 00:15.754
22 #1S Brian Shaw
Laps Total Time Best Lap Best Time Diff Gap
10 05:29.934 3 00:16.331
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