SUMNER, Ill. — Kentucky native Cole Falloway stormed into Illinois’ Red Hill Raceway Friday night and emerged a feature winner with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals for the first time this season.
Falloway made the pass for the lead slightly before the halfway point of the main event and never looked back, banking his fourth career Summit Modified feature win.
Ray Bollinger led the field into Turn 1 before a two-car tangle in Turns 1 and 2 restacked the field for a complete restart.
Bollinger again took control of the race on the second attempt at the start until a Lap 9 red flag for a Christopher Cole tip over brought the race to a stop.
On the restart, Bollinger pulled away once more before slowing briefly in Turn 2, allowing Falloway drive by for the lead down the back stretch on Lap 11.
Falloway extended the advantage out to over five seconds over the remainder of the distance and crossed under the checkered flag for his second DIRTcar UMP Modified win at Red Hill in 2026.
“That red was good because my stuff was running a little hot before that, so it gave it a chance to come back down,” Falloway said. “I was kind of just biding my time behind [Bollinger], seeing where I could make a little bit more speed than he was. I don’t know what happened, he went off the pace, and I got into him a little bit. And then he got back going.”
Bollinger finished second with Zeke McKenzie, Levi Kissinger and Matthew Baker rounding out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 66-Cole Falloway[3]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger[1]; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie[4]; 4. 95K-Levi Kissinger[2]; 5. B5-Matthew Baker[6]; 6. 27G-Jason Garver[5]; 7. 37-Everett Bradham[7]; 8. 744-Justin Jones[11]; 9. 91K-Cody Kibby[8]; 10. (DNF) 2X-Wes Harms[15]; 11. (DNF) 7815-Brandon Justus[10]; 12. (DNF) 81C-Christopher Cole[9]; 13. (DNF) 43A-Larry Anderson[14]; 14. (DNF) 81K-Kyle Cole[13]; 15. (DNF) 22-Jordan Borgmann[16]; 16. (DNS) 118-Dustin Atchison
