Nick Hoffman, Tyler Nicely End Summer Nationals Run with Feature Wins at Wayne County Speedway

ORRVILLE, OH — July 13, 2025 — Owning the title as the all-time DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals winner, Nick Hoffman has waited since running Late Models in 2018 to visit Victory Lane for the first time.

On Sunday night, the Mooresville, NC driver took his Tye Twarog Racing machine to the breakthrough win in the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models finale at Wayne County Speedway for redemption after losing the same win last year to a flat tire.

Polesitter Trey Mills, front row starter Jason Feger, and 2024 champion Tyler Erb swapped lanes through slide jobs on the opening three laps, with Feger taking the lead as Erb took second, and Mills in third.

Feger held the No. 1 Rocket Chassis at bay until the first caution flew on Lap 14 for a flat right rear tire on Mills’ No. 14JR while racing against Nick Hoffman in third place.

On the restart, Erb attempted a slide job on Feger, but the Bloomington, IL driver kept the lead as Hoffman drove under Erb around Turns 3-4 to take second while Mark Whitener crossed Erb in Turn 1 by driving to the cushion, then slicing to the bottom to outrun him across the backstretch.

At the front, Feger continued to show the way as Hoffman tried to contend for second place and Zack Mitchell in third.

In the closing 15 laps, Hoffman moved up from the bottom lane and found momentum on the top as he made steady gains in the chase towards Feger.

As Feger suffered from an ailing right rear tire, Hoffman’s NOS Energy Drink No. 9 showed the way around the cushion as Mitchell followed behind.

On Lap 35, Feger’s right rear tire came apart as Hoffman, Mitchell, and Ryan Gustin led the field back to the final restart of the Feature.

Hoffman withstood Mitchell’s final attempts at the lead by keeping his Longhorn Chassis glued to the cushion as the “Thrill from Mooresville” captured his first career Hell Tour win.

“Last year, I came here and did that one start at Wayne County, led and got a flat (tire),” Hoffman said. “I kind of knew what not to do, and that kind of same situation happened tonight, where Feger was out front. He ends up getting that flat, and I inherit the lead. I felt like he was going to be a sitting duck late in that race, and it got to be that point where my stuff was still good at the end.

“It’s kind of a relief off your shoulders because there’s a lot of Modified guys that have won both, but for me being the guy that’s won the most Modified races, I got to get one of these Late Model ones.”

Though Feger ended the night in 15th place, Erb finishing 18th gifted the “High Side Hustler” his second career overall title with the Summer Nationals by 93 points, leaving the Buckeye State finale.

While Mitchell finished second to Hoffman, he secured the Week 5 points championship after scoring his first three Summer Nationals wins through six career starts.

Up Next: While the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models season has ended, the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals finish the 2025 campaign at Fairbury Speedway for the Prairie Dirt Classic alongside the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Models presented by DIRTVision on Friday-Saturday, July 25-26.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 9H-Nick Hoffman[3]; 2. 57M-Zack Mitchell[12]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]; 4. 75-Dillon McCowan[11]; 5. 2-Cody Overton[15]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[9]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[17]; 9. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 10. 14JR-Trey Mills[1]; 11. 20B-Todd Brennan[13]; 12. 5M-Ryan Markham[21]; 13. 1*-Kyle Moore[7]; 14. 31M-Tyler Millwood[19]; 15. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 16. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[10]; 17. 14C-Corey Conley[18]; 18. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 19. 10-Nathan Loney[14]; 20. 14-JR Gentry[6]; 21. 29-Christian Hanger[22]; 22. 17SS-Brenden Smith[23]; 23. 51-Devin Shiels[20]

Tyler Nicely Ends Ohio Weekend With Eighth Summit Modified Nationals Score of 2025

As the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models crowned a new champion at Wayne County Speedway, Tyler Nicely padded his points lead in the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.

The Owensboro, KY local got his third consecutive win of the season on Sunday night after exemplifying his season of dominance over his UMP Modified competitors as the finale at the Prairie Dirt Classic awaits.

On the opening lap, Nicely split through the middle lane as he, Kyle Moore, and Nate Young made up second and third place.

Nicely controlled the pace by running his No. 25 Elite Chassis to the top of the 3/8-mile track’s cushion while Moore and Young spent time battling in second and third place.

As Michael Altobelli joined the mix in the fight for the podium, the three drivers racing each other helped Nicely widen his lead further as Altobelli’s No. 35 took over second place on Lap 13.

When the final caution flag flew on Lap 19, Blue Grass State native outran the field into Turn 1 as Altobelli threw a final passing attempt at Nicely, but was not close enough to the No. 25 to make the move work in his favor. As a result, Nicely drove to his eighth win of the season, and the 19th in his career with the Summit Modified Nationals.

“I mean the main goal was to come out here and win some races,” Nicely said. “We didn’t plan on running the rest of this deal, but after that first week, we figured we’d give it a shot, and it looks like it all paid off. I think this one just put all the pressure off at the PDC. So, we’ll go back home, see my two kids, freshen this thing up a little bit, and be ready to go at Fairbury.”

Up Next: While the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models season has ended, the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals finish the 2025 campaign at Fairbury Speedway for the Prairie Dirt Classic alongside the World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Models presented by DIRTVision on Friday-Saturday, July 25-26.

If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 2. 35-Michael Altobelli[5]; 3. 42-Nate Young[1]; 4. 21D-Kyle Moore[3]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[6]; 6. 463-Daniel Sanchez[12]; 7. 72-Todd Neiheiser[4]; 8. 1-Vincent DePizzo[7]; 9. 36-Caden Alexander[9]; 10. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[21]; 11. 23Z-Austin Self[14]; 12. 60-Jimmy Humphrey[8]; 13. 12-Kevin Davis[18]; 14. 77J-Jaden Ritchea[17]; 15. 18-Doug Hensel[24]; 16. 22G-Jesse Griffitts[16]; 17. 33-Chaz Dawson Jr[19]; 18. 185-Ron Miller[22]; 19. 29M-Milton Smith[25]; 20. 10-Nathan Loney[15]; 21. 5-Ryan Markham[10]; 22. 09-Dan Price[20]; 23. (DNS) 25B-Greg Belyea; 24. (DNS) 98-Timothy Meine; 25. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane