SPRINGFIELD, MO (June 27, 2023) – For the first time in his career, Logan Martin is a Feature winner with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals.
Martin, the 27-year-year regional racer from West Plains, MO, has made several Hell Tour starts in his career, including a top-five finish in the Summer Nationals visit to Springfield Raceway last year, but had yet to put it all together for a trip to Victory Lane against some of the best in Midwest dirt Late Model racing.
That was, until Tuesday night at Springfield, where he led all 40 laps of the Feature to bank the $5,000 grand prize and a win in his home state of Missouri.
“It means a ton,” Martin said. “To get our first Summer Nationals win, and to get it at Springfield.”
At the start of the year, Martin took on the biggest challenge of his career in joining the full-time roster of the World of Outlaws CASE Late Model Series. A few weeks ago, he and the team reevaluated their situation and remaining schedule of races, and decided to switch gears in favor of a pick-and-choose schedule for the rest of the year.
They chose to help kick off Week 3 of Summer Nationals competition Tuesday night at Springfield – a track Martin has won multiple marquee events at before – and made the most of it. He defeated Hell Tour regulars Billy Moyer Jr, Ashton Winger and weekly invaders like Drake Troutman and Morgan Bagley, marking one of the biggest wins of his career.
“This is also the best competition I’ve ever raced in my career, too,” Martin said. “I think that goes hand-in-hand. Racing against stiffer competition makes you better, and I think we’re witnessing that this year.
“I went from being a fourth-place car last year to winning the race this year, so that means a lot.”
Before the field took the initial green flag, Martin knew he had to get a jump on the field, and did, winning the race into the first corner and swiping the lead away from polesitter Billy Moyer Jr. on the first lap.
“I was able to roll Moyer Jr. on the outside, and I just kinda stayed in that line,” Martin said. “I was being vigilant of the grooves as they were changing, and just making sure that if I needed to move, I was moving.”
From there on out, it was all Martin up front. He was flawless on each of the restarts that came his way with a hungry field of contenders behind him and conserved his equipment right through to the checkered flag.
“Cautions toward the end, I was actually thankful for because it allowed me not to get back into lapped traffic,” Martin said. “I was just making sure I took care of my tires. Luckily, they held up, and we were able to make it all work.”
UP NEXT
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model action continues Wednesday, June 28 at Adams County Speedway in Quincy, IL, joined by the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals. Tickets will be on sale at the gate – if you can’t be there to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
DIRTCAR LATE MODELS
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 36-Logan Martin[2]; 2. 21J-Billy Moyer Jr[1]; 3. 12-Ashton Winger[4]; 4. 14M-Morgan Bagley[5]; 5. 50-Kaeden Cornell[3]; 6. 8-Dillon McCowan[15]; 7. 30-Mark Voigt[10]; 8. 7-Drake Troutman[6]; 9. 45-Cole Wells[9]; 10. 58-Tyler Clem[12]; 11. 5-Austin Vincent[8]; 12. 4G-Bob Gardner[7]; 13. 38-Thomas Hunziker[19]; 14. 86-Kyle Beard[16]; 15. 31AUS-Kye Blight[18]; 16. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 17. USA128-Kylan Garner[22]; 18. 19X-Cody Bauer[14]; 19. 23NZ-Mick Quin[20]; 20. 12C-Scott Crigler[17]; 21. 15-Payton Looney[21]; 22. 29-Chandler Moenning[13]
Consolation Race (8 Laps): 1. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 2. 12C-Scott Crigler[3]; 3. 31AUS-Kye Blight[1]; 4. USA128-Kylan Garner[8]; 5. 26M-Matt Menzie[5]; 6. 26-Glen Powell[2]; 7. 23NZ-Mick Quin[12]; 8. 15-Payton Looney[7]; 9. (DNS) USA1-Chris Hawkins; 10. (DNS) 38-Thomas Hunziker; 11. (DNS) 4D-Doug Tye; 12. (DNS) 36D-Mark Daye
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Kaeden Cornell[3]; 2. 12-Ashton Winger[4]; 3. 4G-Bob Gardner[6]; 4. 30-Mark Voigt[7]; 5. 29-Chandler Moenning[8]; 6. 31AUS-Kye Blight[1]; 7. USA1-Chris Hawkins[5]; 8. 15-Payton Looney[2]; 9. (DNS) 4D-Doug Tye
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Logan Martin[1]; 2. 14M-Morgan Bagley[2]; 3. 5-Austin Vincent[5]; 4. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 5. 19X-Cody Bauer[6]; 6. 26-Glen Powell[9]; 7. 26M-Matt Menzie[8]; 8. USA128-Kylan Garner[4]; 9. 36D-Mark Daye[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21J-Billy Moyer Jr[1]; 2. 7-Drake Troutman[3]; 3. 45-Cole Wells[2]; 4. 58-Tyler Clem[5]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[6]; 6. 12C-Scott Crigler[4]; 7. 86-Kyle Beard[7]; 8. 38-Thomas Hunziker[8]; 9. 23NZ-Mick Quin[9]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 31AUS-Kye Blight, 00:12.160[5]; 2. 15-Payton Looney, 00:12.234[2]; 3. 50-Kaeden Cornell, 00:12.427[1]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:12.471[6]; 5. USA1-Chris Hawkins, 00:12.739[3]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:12.864[7]; 7. 30-Mark Voigt, 00:13.150[8]; 8. 29-Chandler Moenning, 00:13.522[4]; 9. (DNS) 4D-Doug Tye, 00:13.522
Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 36-Logan Martin, 00:12.349[2]; 2. 14M-Morgan Bagley, 00:12.499[1]; 3. 56-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:12.513[7]; 4. USA128-Kylan Garner, 00:12.618[5]; 5. 5-Austin Vincent, 00:12.708[6]; 6. 19X-Cody Bauer, 00:12.834[9]; 7. 36D-Mark Daye, 00:13.308[4]; 8. 26M-Matt Menzie, 00:13.362[8]; 9. 26-Glen Powell, 00:13.403[3]
Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 21J-Billy Moyer Jr, 00:12.269[5]; 2. 45-Cole Wells, 00:12.391[2]; 3. 7-Drake Troutman, 00:12.401[8]; 4. 12C-Scott Crigler, 00:12.440[1]; 5. 58-Tyler Clem, 00:12.482[6]; 6. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:12.646[9]; 7. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:12.764[7]; 8. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:12.996[4]; 9. 23NZ-Mick Quin, 00:13.380[3]
Hot Laps: 1. 21J-Billy Moyer Jr, 00:12.212[23]; 2. 7-Drake Troutman, 00:12.260[26]; 3. 45-Cole Wells, 00:12.395[20]; 4. 58-Tyler Clem, 00:12.585[24]; 5. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:12.685[22]; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley, 00:12.767[10]; 7. 56-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:12.797[16]; 8. 36-Logan Martin, 00:12.861[11]; 9. USA128-Kylan Garner, 00:12.877[14]; 10. 50-Kaeden Cornell, 00:12.910[1]; 11. 12C-Scott Crigler, 00:12.933[19]; 12. 15-Payton Looney, 00:12.942[2]; 13. 5-Austin Vincent, 00:13.072[15]; 14. 19X-Cody Bauer, 00:13.097[18]; 15. 31AUS-Kye Blight, 00:13.187[5]; 16. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.289[27]; 17. USA1-Chris Hawkins, 00:13.304[3]; 18. 23NZ-Mick Quin, 00:13.337[21]; 19. 26-Glen Powell, 00:13.380[12]; 20. 36D-Mark Daye, 00:13.440[13]; 21. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:13.475[7]; 22. 26M-Matt Menzie, 00:13.927[17]; 23. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:14.176[6]; 24. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:14.391[9]; 25. 30-Mark Voigt, 00:14.477[8]; 26. 29-Chandler Moenning, 00:15.105[4]; 27. (DNS) 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.105
POWRI MW MODZS B CLASS BY HAYDEN MACHINERY
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15J-Jordan Bryant[7]; 2. 32-Austin Harrell[1]; 3. 02-Blake Ellis[6]; 4. 18-Joe Beard[3]; 5. 35-Jordon Cater[5]; 6. 1-Nathan Bresee[2]; 7. 12-Zach Brollier[14]; 8. 27E-david eagleburger[9]; 9. 13-Reuben Ellis[13]; 10. 01-Dennis Dukes[11]; 11. 24R-Gilbert Roland[4]; 12. 7W-Wesley Breedlove[8]; 13. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[10]; 14. 42W-Matt Branstetter[15]; 15. 21K-Sam Keller[12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Austin Harrell[2]; 2. 18-Joe Beard[4]; 3. 35-Jordon Cater[3]; 4. 7W-Wesley Breedlove[1]; 5. 27E-david eagleburger[7]; 6. 21K-Sam Keller[6]; 7. 13-Reuben Ellis[5]; 8. 42W-Matt Branstetter[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Nathan Bresee[1]; 2. 24R-Gilbert Roland[2]; 3. 02-Blake Ellis[3]; 4. 15J-Jordan Bryant[5]; 5. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[6]; 6. 01-Dennis Dukes[7]; 7. 12-Zach Brollier[4]
POWRI MIDWEST MOD A-CLASS BY INDIGO SKY CASINO
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 678-Sundance Keepper[17]; 2. 160-Michael Maggard[7]; 3. 44-Jerry Lankton[2]; 4. 64-Pete Richardson[4]; 5. 33-Anthony Ferrara[11]; 6. 26-Gary Krebs[3]; 7. 59-Rob Muilenburg[10]; 8. 30-robert bell[18]; 9. 83-Scott Campbell[6]; 10. 20-Michael Gillis[15]; 11. 8S-Chase Scroggins[1]; 12. 32-Lane New[5]; 13. 9X-Jerad McIntire[9]; 14. 7-Kynsey Collins[8]; 15. 153-Kevin Yount[12]; 16. 81-Elijah Keepper[14]; 17. 30B-Dean Bell[16]; 18. 668-Hunter Stutesmun[19]; 19. 12M-Jeremy Lahey[21]; 20. SR160-Bobby Maggard[13]; 21. 18-Shaine Paxston[20]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Gary Krebs[2]; 2. 44-Jerry Lankton[6]; 3. 9X-Jerad McIntire[3]; 4. 33-Anthony Ferrara[4]; 5. SR160-Bobby Maggard[1]; 6. 30B-Dean Bell[5]; 7. 668-Hunter Stutesmun[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Pete Richardson[1]; 2. 32-Lane New[2]; 3. 160-Michael Maggard[5]; 4. 7-Kynsey Collins[7]; 5. 81-Elijah Keepper[4]; 6. 678-Sundance Keepper[3]; 7. 18-Shaine Paxston[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8S-Chase Scroggins[4]; 2. 83-Scott Campbell[1]; 3. 59-Rob Muilenburg[3]; 4. 153-Kevin Yount[2]; 5. 20-Michael Gillis[5]; 6. 30-robert bell[6]; 7. 12M-Jeremy Lahey[7]
POWRI B MODS BY ALL TRAILER SERVICES
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7L-Trevor Drake[6]; 2. 15-Cayden Stacye[2]; 3. 21-Jackie Dalton[1]; 4. 11L-Logan Smith[3]; 5. 55K-Colson Kirk[10]; 6. 5W-Derek Watson[5]; 7. 18-JC Morton[9]; 8. 83-JC Newell[4]; 9. 11T-James Thompson[7]; 10. 4-Mark Wolfe[14]; 11. 86J-Cory Johnson[18]; 12. 101S-Wesley Smith[11]; 13. 18P-Damian Kiefer[12]; 14. 55-Bill Schahuber[15]; 15. 9M-Matthew Manes[13]; 16. 86-Jeff Albright[8]; 17. 75-Gage Garoutte[16]; 18. (DNS) 14-Brad Looney; 19. (DNS) 5-Ryan Stacye
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jackie Dalton[3]; 2. 86-Jeff Albright[1]; 3. 7L-Trevor Drake[7]; 4. 55K-Colson Kirk[6]; 5. 4-Mark Wolfe[5]; 6. 75-Gage Garoutte[4]; 7. 5-Ryan Stacye[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Cayden Stacye[2]; 2. 83-JC Newell[4]; 3. 18-JC Morton[1]; 4. 18P-Damian Kiefer[3]; 5. 9M-Matthew Manes[6]; 6. 14-Brad Looney[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11L-Logan Smith[2]; 2. 5W-Derek Watson[4]; 3. 11T-James Thompson[6]; 4. 101S-Wesley Smith[5]; 5. 55-Bill Schahuber[1]; 6. 86J-Cory Johnson[3]