Tyler Nicely padded his stats Tuesday night at Tri-City Speedway, leading another DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature flag-to-flag, garnering his ninth career victory with the series.
The 27-year-old from Owensboro, KY, took advantage of his pole starting spot, grabbed the lead on the opening lap and never looked back, holding off all pressure from behind to secure the win.
One big pressure-applier was six-time Summit Modified champion Mike Harrison, who was gunning to make Hell Tour history as the first driver to win both the Late Model and Modified Feature in the same Summer Nationals program. Harrison made a great effort to get close enough to make a move in the closing laps but was unable to seal the deal as Nicely drove off to victory.
“I knew Harrison was gonna be there, I could see him on a couple laps,” Nicely said. “I started messing-up my entry [in turns 3-4] and it was really messing me up all the way through the corner. I knew when the caution came out, I was gonna have to hit three perfect laps.”
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The Summit Modifieds continue Week 4 competition Wednesday, July 5 at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, IL. Tickets will be on sale at the gate; streaming available at DIRTVision.com.
37 entries
MODIFIEDS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. K9-Will Krup[15]; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison[2]; 4. 36-Kenny Wallace[6]; 5. 130-Chase Allen[5]; 6. 51-Timmy Hill[10]; 7. 76-Shawn Knuckles[3]; 8. 99B-Blake Brown[18]; 9. 84G-Gary Gross[16]; 10. 24T-Trevor Ringle[12]; 11. 27R-Steve Rex[20]; 12. 54-Zachary Hawk[19]; 13. 00S-Chris Spalding[11]; 14. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[7]; 15. 21J-Clay Harris[8]; 16. 34D-Treb Jacoby[14]; 17. 14C-Rick Conoyer[21]; 18. 19-Chad Bauer[13]; 19. 82-Dalton Lane[22]; 20. 13-Charlie Mefford[9]; 21. 18L-Michael Long[4]; 22. 1D-Dean Hoffman[17]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1D-Dean Hoffman[1]; 2. 14C-Rick Conoyer[2]; 3. 21M-Willy Myers[3]; 4. 94P-Tom Pasek[5]; 5. 27R-Steve Rex[4]; 6. 36E-Dan Ems[9]; 7. 11B-Blake Bailey[10]; 8. I99-Mikey Kopka[7]; 9. 82-Dalton Lane[8]; 10. 6C-Troy Carter[11]; 11. (DNS) 79C-Caleb DeMoss
Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99B-Blake Brown[6]; 2. 54-Zachary Hawk[2]; 3. 22-Austen Becerra[8]; 4. 99-Wade Olmsted[7]; 5. 28D-Matt Diaz[4]; 6. 94-Mark Clary[5]; 7. 3B-Tyler Blankenship[3]; 8. (DNS) 79D-John DeMoss; 9. (DNS) 87C-Landen Curran; 10. (DNS) 6-Chris Stauffer
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 130-Chase Allen[4]; 3. 13-Charlie Mefford[3]; 4. 19-Chad Bauer[2]; 5. 1D-Dean Hoffman[7]; 6. 21M-Willy Myers[6]; 7. 94P-Tom Pasek[8]; 8. I99-Mikey Kopka[9]; 9. 36E-Dan Ems[5]; 10. 6C-Troy Carter[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]; 2. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[6]; 3. 00S-Chris Spalding[4]; 4. K9-Will Krup[3]; 5. 14C-Rick Conoyer[2]; 6. 27R-Steve Rex[8]; 7. 79C-Caleb DeMoss[5]; 8. 82-Dalton Lane[7]; 9. (DNS) 11B-Blake Bailey
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18L-Michael Long[1]; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace[2]; 3. 51-Timmy Hill[3]; 4. 34D-Treb Jacoby[5]; 5. 79D-John DeMoss[4]; 6. 3B-Tyler Blankenship[6]; 7. 94-Mark Clary[7]; 8. 99-Wade Olmsted[8]; 9. 87C-Landen Curran[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Shawn Knuckles[4]; 2. 21J-Clay Harris[3]; 3. 24T-Trevor Ringle[5]; 4. 84G-Gary Gross[6]; 5. 54-Zachary Hawk[9]; 6. 28D-Matt Diaz[7]; 7. 99B-Blake Brown[1]; 8. 22-Austen Becerra[2]; 9. 6-Chris Stauffer[8]
Qualifying A: 1. 25-Tyler Nicely, 00:15.880[17]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:15.940[18]; 3. 19-Chad Bauer, 00:16.055[19]; 4. 14C-Rick Conoyer, 00:16.188[7]; 5. 13-Charlie Mefford, 00:16.282[8]; 6. K9-Will Krup, 00:16.295[12]; 7. 130-Chase Allen, 00:16.328[9]; 8. 00S-Chris Spalding, 00:16.352[1]; 9. 36E-Dan Ems, 00:16.430[3]; 10. 79C-Caleb DeMoss, 00:16.442[6]; 11. 21M-Willy Myers, 00:16.504[16]; 12. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr, 00:16.533[10]; 13. 1D-Dean Hoffman, 00:16.619[11]; 14. 82-Dalton Lane, 00:16.672[14]; 15. 94P-Tom Pasek, 00:16.771[5]; 16. 27R-Steve Rex, 00:17.193[4]; 17. I99-Mikey Kopka, 04:14.202[13]; 18. 11B-Blake Bailey, 04:14.202[2]; 19. 6C-Troy Carter, 04:14.202[15]
Qualifying B: 1. 18L-Michael Long, 00:15.806[4]; 2. 99B-Blake Brown, 00:15.842[5]; 3. 36-Kenny Wallace, 00:15.868[8]; 4. 22-Austen Becerra, 00:16.025[9]; 5. 51-Timmy Hill, 00:16.034[14]; 6. 21J-Clay Harris, 00:16.306[7]; 7. 79D-John DeMoss, 00:16.326[15]; 8. 76-Shawn Knuckles, 00:16.399[17]; 9. 34D-Treb Jacoby, 00:16.410[18]; 10. 24T-Trevor Ringle, 00:16.631[13]; 11. 3B-Tyler Blankenship, 00:16.739[11]; 12. 84G-Gary Gross, 00:17.064[6]; 13. 94-Mark Clary, 00:17.106[1]; 14. 28D-Matt Diaz, 00:17.767[16]; 15. 99-Wade Olmsted, 00:17.891[10]; 16. 6-Chris Stauffer, 00:17.973[12]; 17. 87C-Landen Curran, 00:17.973[3]; 18. 54-Zachary Hawk, 00:17.973[2]