LINCOLN, Ill. — Trevor Neville came into Lincoln Speedway hungry for the taste of victory. After 25 laps around the Illinois bullring, consider his hunger satisfied.
Neville hadn’t won in DIRTcar Modified competition since May. But on Thursday night, the 25-year-old capitalized on his pole starting position to end the drought in a big way with his first win with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals in over a year.
“We’re just doing this for fun this year,” Neville said. “We decided to catch the back half of this, we were working on stuff and decided to have some fun. This tour is what makes or breaks people on this whole deal because the back-to-back racing makes you a better driver.”
The green flag dropped on the main event and into the lead went polesitter Austin Friedman, leading the opening lap with Neville in tow.
Neville quickly battled back and pulled even down the backstretch as the lead duo went side-by-side around the quarter-mile oval. Friedman tried to slide up as they exited Turn 4, but Neville had the outside lane momentum and cleared Friedman before crossing the start/finish line to lead Lap 2.
Multiple cautions throughout the race forced Neville’s No. 777 to maintain the lead through multiple restarts, but he stood tall each time and kept the field behind him.
Neville went the rest of the way uncontested, leading the final 23 laps for his first win with the series since June 2025 at Peoria Speedway.
Steven Brooks finished second, Zeke McKenzie third, Ray Bollinger fourth, and Carson Friedman was fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 2. 5-Steven Brooks[4]; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie[7]; 4. 77-Ray Bollinger[12]; 5. 389-Carson Friedman[3]; 6. 10K-Kelly Kovski[10]; 7. 150-Collin Alexander[6]; 8. 21-Lyndon Whitfill[5]; 9. 2-Brayden Doyle[8]; 10. 01-Jeremy Nichols[13]; 11. 25W-Allen Weisser[9]; 12. 96M-Mike McKinney[14]; 13. B5-Matthew Baker[20]; 14. 27G-Jason Garver[21]; 15. 01K-Billy Knippenberg[19]; 16. 11D-Brian Diveley[23]; 17. 14L-Brian Lynn[15]; 18. 89-Austin Friedman[2]; 19. 110-Landen Miller[17]; 20. 97-Charles Hess[16]; 21. 35-Brandon Roberts[11]; 22. 9S-Ken Schrader[18]; 23. (DNS) 19C-Carter Sinkhorn; 24. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane
