KANKAKEE, IL — June 13, 2019 — Curt Spalding scored his first-ever Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win during the tour opener at Kankakee County Speedway. The Watervliet, MI racer secured the $1,000 payday leading the Feature flag-to-flag from the outside pole. Will Krup finished second after a hard fought battle with Frank Marshall, who completed the podium; and twelfth starting Jeffrey Ledford and Nick Allen rounded out the top five.
Wheatfield, Indiana driver Nick Allen ran away with the Fast Qualifier title with a 15.418-second lap around the quarter-mile.
The intensity was high at the Kankakee County Speedway after the Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals kickoff at Peoria Speedway was rained out the previous night. Thirty-eight DIRTcar UMP Modifieds checked in with 29 DIRTcar Late Models.
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Modified Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 5CS-Curt Spalding [2]; 2. K19-Will Krup [11]; 3. 28M-Frank Marshall [4]; 4. 18-Jeffrey LedfordIL [12]; 5. 21A-Nick Allen [1]; 6. 96M-Mike McKinney [7]; 7. 36-Kenny Wallace [9]; 8. 25N-Tyler Nicely [6]; 9. 36L-Jamie Lomax [10]; 10. 77-Ray Bollinger [3]; 11. 9-Ken Schrader [13]; 12. 5-Steven Brooks [14]; 13. 82-Wade Rookard [17]; 14. 2M-Matt Mitchell [20]; 15. 8K-Levi Kissinger [18]; 16. 99-Hunt Gossum [15]; 17. A1-Phil Dixon [19]; 18. 32-Donavon Lodge [8]; 19. 2-Nick Hoffman [22]; 20. 22C-Nick Clubb [16]; 21. 35-Jason Hastings [21]; 22. 25W-Allen Weisser [5]; Hard Charger:K19-Will Krup[+9]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 21A-Nick Allen, 15.418; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger, 15.422; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser, 15.462; 4. 96M-Mike McKinney, 15.508; 5. 36-Kenny Wallace, 15.629; 6. 99-Hunt Gossum, 15.753; 7. 82-Wade Rookard, 15.853; 8. K19-Will Krup, 15.903; 9. 1W-Bob Pohlman, 15.919; 10. 57-Mark Grosvenor, 16.001; 11. 9-Ken Schrader, 16.059; 12. K67-Ian Keller, 16.096; 13. 35-Jason Hastings, 16.167; 14. 21M-Riley Misch, 16.21; 15. 25-Mik Simons, 16.309; 16. 11T-Dugan Thye, 16.463; 17. 99P-Corey Partin, 16.583; 18. 44NZ-Declan Brownsey, 17.232; 19. 40-Jack Williams, 17.288; 20. 2-Nick Hoffman, 99.999
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 5CS-Curt Spalding, 15.562; 2. 28M-Frank Marshall, 15.575; 3. 5-Steven Brooks, 15.699; 4. 18-Jeffrey LedfordIL, 15.768; 5. 25N-Tyler Nicely, 15.776; 6. 32-Donavon Lodge, 15.808; 7. 8K-Levi Kissinger, 15.809; 8. 62-Randy Shuman, 15.827; 9. 36L-Jamie Lomax, 15.934; 10. 22C-Nick Clubb, 16.146; 11. A1-Phil Dixon, 16.182; 12. 37L-Michael Ledford, 16.211; 13. 2M-Matt Mitchell, 16.307; 14. 19C-Joshua Cooley, 16.419; 15. 23-Dylan Caldwell, 16.456; 16. 105-Sheldon Oberle, 16.469; 17. 27-Beau DeYoung, 16.953; 18. J1-Roger Jackson, 19.348