FAIRBURY, IL – July 11, 2020 – Just when the Fairbury Speedway fans thought there wasn’t a way to top the excitement in the DIRTcar Late Model Feature they had just seen, the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds found a way to do exactly that.
Mike McKinney and Allen Weisser battled side-by-side for nearly every one of the 30 Feature laps Saturday night, putting on an exciting display of hard racing in the closing laps that ended with contact between the two out of Turn 4 and McKinney in Victory Lane for the second time in three races.
Weisser, of Peoria, IL, led the opening circuits using the bottom lane of the smooth Fairbury racing surface, while McKinney, of Plainfield, IL, rode the top side momentum to the lead on Lap 3. As the two dug into lapped traffic, the door opened back up for Weisser to slide by on the bottom as McKinney was pinned behind slower cars on Lap 12.
The battle raged on in lapped traffic as the laps wound down to just two to-go. McKinney threw a first slider for the lead in Turns 1-2, Weisser countered down low to deny him but McKinney did it again in Turns 3-4 and made it stick. He saw the white flag and charged into Turn 1 with a full head of steam, throwing it up top once more as Weisser crept down low.
McKinney moved down to the middle groove into Turn 3 and Weisser slid up towards him as they made contact coming out of Turn 4, banging wheels down the front stretch. Weisser’s momentum was slowed by the contact as McKinney bounced off the outside wall, giving him the boost he needed to cross the stripe ahead of Weisser by just .76 seconds.
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified action continues Sunday night from The Bullring at RICO Fairgrounds in East Moline, IL, with a $1,500-to-win main event, LIVE on DIRTVision presented by Drydene.
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 45-Kyle Hammer, 14.543; 2. 21A-Nick Allen, 14.559; 3. 37L-Michael Ledford, 14.616; 4. 69SR-Jim Farris,, 14.704; 5. 7R-Dan Rork, 14.716; 6. O-Travis Kohler, 14.758; 7. 32-Mason Duncan, 14.899; 8. 64-Dawson Cook, 15.013; 9. 56P-Patrick Parsons, 16.138
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 25W-Allen Weisser, 14.151; 2. 35-David Stremme, 14.33; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 14.462; 4. 7L-Jay Ledford, 14.497; 5. 9H-John DeMoss, 14.553; 6. 36-Eric Vaughan, 14.564; 7. 8K-Levi Kissinger, 14.577; 8. 5-Steven Brooks, 14.636; 9. B27-Ryan Bildilli, 16.101
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 96M-Mike McKinney, 13.886; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison, 14.136; 3. 77-Ray Bollinger, 14.261; 4. 80-Rich Dawson, 14.307; 5. 99-Hunt Gossum, 14.394; 6. 22C-Nick Clubb, 14.582; 7. 79D-Caleb DeMoss, 14.735; 8. 17H-Scott Hauge, 14.783; 9. 5R-Billy Roberts, 14.971
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 21A-Nick Allen [2]; 2. 45-Kyle Hammer [1]; 3. 37L-Michael Ledford [3]; 4. 7R-Dan Rork [5]; 5. O-Travis Kohler [6]; 6. 69SR-Jim Farris, [4]; 7. 64-Dawson Cook [8]; 8. 32-Mason Duncan [7]; 9. 56P-Patrick Parsons [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 25W-Allen Weisser [1]; 2. 24-Zeke McKenzie [3]; 3. 35-David Stremme [2]; 4. 9H-John DeMoss [5]; 5. 8K-Levi Kissinger [7]; 6. 5-Steven Brooks [8]; 7. 7L-Jay Ledford [4]; 8. 36-Eric Vaughan [6]; 9. B27-Ryan Bildilli [9]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 96M-Mike McKinney [1]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison [2]; 3. 99-Hunt Gossum [5]; 4. 77-Ray Bollinger [3]; 5. 22C-Nick Clubb [6]; 6. 79D-Caleb DeMoss [7]; 7. 80-Rich Dawson [4]; 8. 5R-Billy Roberts [9]; 9. 17H-Scott Hauge [8]
Last Chance Showdown #1 (12 Laps) – Top 7 Transfer
1. 79D-Caleb DeMoss [3][-]; 2. 5-Steven Brooks [2][-]; 3. 7L-Jay Ledford [5][-]; 4. 80-Rich Dawson [6]; 5. 69SR-Jim Farris, [1]; 6. 36-Eric Vaughan [8]; 7. 17H-Scott Hauge [12]; 8. 64-Dawson Cook [4]; 9. 32-Mason Duncan [7]; 10. B27-Ryan Bildilli [11]; 11. 5R-Billy Roberts [9]; 12. 56P-Patrick Parsons [10]
Feature (30 Laps)
1. 96M-Mike McKinney [3]; 2. 25W-Allen Weisser [1]; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison [6]; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer [4]; 5. 35-David Stremme [8]; 6. 7R-Dan Rork [10]; 7. 99-Hunt Gossum [9]; 8. 8K-Levi Kissinger [14]; 9. 22C-Nick Clubb [15]; 10. 37L-Michael Ledford [7]; 11. 5-Steven Brooks [17]; 12. 21A-Nick Allen [2]; 13. 77-Ray Bollinger [12]; 14. 24-Zeke McKenzie [5]; 15. O-Travis Kohler [13]; 16. 79D-Caleb DeMoss [16]; 17. 7L-Jay Ledford [18]; 18. 36-Eric Vaughan [21]; 19. 17H-Scott Hauge [22]; 20. 9H-John DeMoss [11]; 21. 69SR-Jim Farris, [20]; 22. 80-Rich Dawson [19]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 8K-Levi Kissinger[+6]