HIGHLAND, Ill. — Jason Feger wants his second DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models title.
The Bloomington, Ill., native began the 2025 campaign with two wins and the Week 1 title, but a string of mishaps through Week 2 and the start of Week 3 cost Feger the points lead, leaving Springfield Raceway.
Feger needed a spark of momentum to reset his title chase, and he got his mojo back with the win at Farmer City Raceway on Friday night to help him retake the points lead.
Feger’s spirits continued to climb as he scored the fourth victory of his 2025 Hell Tour in a flawless drive around the “World Famous” Highland Speedway on Saturday night.
Feger began the night with the win in heat four, then drew the pole for the night’s 40-lap feature, and he quickly took command by diving to the bottom to get clear of outside front row starter Rodney Melvin, then hit the cushion off of Turn 2 to claim the spot.
Feger’s in-state competitor, Shannon Babb, placed his No. 18 Longhorn Chassis in contention for the win by beating Melvin to the cushion of Turns 1-2, then completed the pass with a run off of Turn 4.
Babb had a two-second difference to eat away to run down Feger, and the factor of lap traffic helped the Moweaqua, IL driver reach Feger’s spoiler by the start of the Feature’s second half.
While Babb found speed by running the bottom lane, Feger kept running the high side until he cut down to the bottom.
Feger managed to squirm by the pack of traffic while Babb was unable to pass one lapped car, solidifying the 34th Summer Nationals win for the “High Side Hustler” in Highland.
“This place has been really good to me over the years,” Feger said. “We’ve won a lot of races here, and awesome fans here, as always. It’s a fun little bullring. I love these bullrings. I gotta thank my crew for busting their butts (and) all my sponsors.”
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[4]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[17]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 7. 27M-Rodney Melvin[2]; 8. 10K-Daryn Klein[3]; 9. 4G-Bob Gardner[11]; 10. 75-Dillon McCowan[13]; 11. 14JR-Trey Mills[19]; 12. 5-Mark Whitener[10]; 13. 31M-Tyler Millwood[9]; 14. 4-Jordan Suhre[18]; 15. 388-Jackson Hise[22]; 16. 17SS-Brenden Smith[14]; 17. 29-Christian Hanger[12]; 18. 15-Clay Stuckey[20]; 19. 28B-Carson Brown[15]; 20. 35-Claude Walker[21]; 21. 78-Chad Zobrist[8]; 22. 6K-Michael Kloos[16]
