Birkhofer Outduels Moyer for First Victory of 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Season at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55

By Jordan Morris

PEVELY, Mo. – June 28, 2014 – Brian Birkhofer recorded his first win of the 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals season on Saturday night after sliding past Billy Moyer with four laps left to secure the $10,000 checkered flag at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55.

Birkhofer and Moyer dominated the front row to start the 40-lap feature event, with the latter sitting on the pole. Moyer looked to continue his dominance of the 1/3 mile oval, rolling into the track winning the previous three DIRTcar Summer Nationals events held there from 2010-2012.

Moyer cleared Birkhofer on the initial start and looked to have the car to beat early, but Birkhofer stayed within striking distance, stalking the leader for the first half of the race. Moyer would lead most of the race, but with four laps remaining, Birkhofer caught an opening underneath Moyer and cleared him exiting turn four.

Birkhofer lead the remaining four laps, holding off Moyer and Bobby Pierce, who rallied from an eighth place start, to claim the checkered flag at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, his eleventh career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory.

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Randy Korte and Brady Smith rounded out the top five.

Heat race winners included Brian Shirley, Randy Korte, Moyer and Birkhofer.

The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues on Sunday night as they join the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Ill.

DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55; Pevely, Mo.; June 28, 2014; A-Main (40-laps): 1. 15B-Brian Birkhofer ($10,000), 2. 21-Billy Moyer, 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 4. 0-Randy Korte, 5. 2S-Brady Smith, 6. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr, 7. 81-Brian Shirley, 8. 6K-Michael Kloos, 9. 18S-Jack Sullivan, 10. 25-Jason Feger, 11. 18-Shannon Babb, 12. 92W-Scott Weber, 13. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 14. 75-Terry Phillips, 15. 33X-Tim Manville, 16. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 17. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 18. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr, 19. 00S-Jesse Stovall, 20. 33F-Rickey Frankel, 21. 7B-Mark Burgtorf, 22. 1CJ-Gary Christian.

2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule

Date	Day	Track	Location	Win
June 11	Wed	Brownstown Speedway	Brownstown, Ind.	RAIN
June 12	Thur	Kankakee Co. Speedway	Kankakee, Ill.	Billy Moyer
June 13	Fri	Cedar Lake Speedway	Somerset, Wis.	Rick Eckert
June 14	Sat	Cedar Lake Speedway	Somerset, Wis.	RAIN
June 15	Sun	Wilmot Raceway	Wilmot, Wis.	Rick Eckert(2)
June 16	Mon	Off
June 17	Tue	Farley Speedway	Farley, Iowa	Shannon Babb
June 18	Wed	Spoon River Speedway	Canton, Ill.	Jason Feger
June 19	Thur	Quincy Raceways	Quincy, Ill.	RAIN
June 20	Fri	Tri-City Speedway	Pontoon Beach, Ill.	Billy Moyer(2)
June 21	Sat	Fairbury Speedway	Fairbury, Ill.	RAIN
June 22	Sun	I-96 Speedway	Ionia, Mich.	Brian Shirley
June 23	Mon	Peoria Speedway	Peoria, Ill.	Brandon Sheppard
June 24	Tue	Off
June 25	Wed	Clarksville Speedway	Clarksville, Tenn.	Shannon Babb(2)
June 26	Thur	Clayhill Motorsports	Atwood, Tenn.	Brian Shirley (2)
June 27	Fri	Paducah Int. Raceway	Paducah, Ky.	RAIN
June 28	Sat	Federated Auto Parts Raceway	Pevely, Mo.	Brian Birkhofer
June 29	Sun	Lincoln Speedway	Lincoln, Ill.	$5,000
June 30	Mon	Off
July 1	Tue	Belle Clair Speedway	Belleville, Ill.	$5,000
July 2	Wed	Jacksonville Speedway	Jacksonville, Ill.	$5,000
July 3	Thur	LaSalle Speedway	LaSalle, Ill.	$5,000
July 4	Fri	Fayette Co. Speedway	Brownstown, Ill.	$7,500
July 5	Sat	Highland Speedway	Highland, Ill.	$10,000
July 6	Sun	Tri-State Speedway	Haubstadt, Ind.	$5,000
July 7	Mon	Off
July 8	Tue	Florence Speedway	Union, Ky.	$5,000
July 9	Wed	Terre Haute Action Track	Terre Haute, Ind.	$5,000
July 10	Thur	Macon Speedway	Macon, Ill.	$5,000
July 11	Fri	Farmer City Raceway	Farmer City, Ill.	$10,000
July 12	Sat	34 Raceway	Burlington, Iowa	$10,000
July 13	Sun	Vermilion Co. Speedway	Danville, Ill.	$5,000
July 14	Mon	Off
July 15	Tue	TBA
July 16	Wed	Atomic Speedway	Chillicothe, Ohio	$5,000
July 17	Thur	Brushcreek Motorsports Complex	Peebles, Ohio	$5,000
July 18	Fri	Attica Raceway Park	Attica, Ohio	$5,000
July 19	Sat	Oakshade Raceway	Wauseon, Ohio	$10,000

2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Championship Standings

Rank	Car	First Name	Last Name	Points
1	18	SHANNON	BABB	690
2	24	RYAN	UNZICKER	683
3	81	BRIAN	SHIRLEY	661
4	B5	BRANDON	SHEPPARD	618
5	32	BOBBY	PIERCE	583
6	81	JASON	RIGGS	445
7	21	BILLY	MOYER JR	396
8	1	RICK	ECKERT	391
9	21	BILLY	MOYER	344
10	10	SCOTT	SCHMITT	296
11	22	GREGG	SATTERLEE	278
12	25	JASON	FEGER	264
13	96	TANNER	ENGLISH	262
14	15B	BRIAN	BIRKHOFER	253
15	B12	KEVIN	WEAVER	238
16	2	BRADY	SMITH	223
17	1M	JIMMY	MOON	196
18	89	MIKE	SPATOLA	172
19	1CJ	GARY	CHRISTIAN	172
20	28	JIMMY	MARS	171
21	32J	JASON	JAGGERS	171
22	28	DENNIS	ERB	169
23	25	STEVE	LANCE	164
24	OO	RANDY	KORTE	163
25	6M	WENDELL	WALLACE	153
26	18	JACK	SULLIVAN	144
27	C8	TIMOTHY	CULP	134
28	20	ALAN	WESTLING	123
29	94	AUSTIN	RETTIG	115
30	17	JIM	SHERECK	111
31	71	TRACE	WESTLING	109
32	6K	MICHAEL	KLOSS	100
33	21	RICH	BELL	97
34	42	MCKAY	WENGER	94
35	33	TIM	MANVILLE	94
36	96	TERRY	ENGLISH	93
37	83	SCOTT	BULL	86
38	32	CHRIS	SIMPSON	86
39	98	JASON	RAUEN	86
40	58	RAY	GUSS	86
41	75	BILLY	DRAKE	83
42	92	SCOTT	WEBER	78
43	7B	MARK	BURGTORF	77
44	2	ALLEN	MURRAY	74
45	99	FRANKY	HECKENAST	73
46	27	RODNEY	MELVIN	73
47	15	RICHARD	FROST	73
48	58	A J	DIEMEL	72
49	10	PETE	PARKER	71
50	77	JASON	McBRIDE	71
51	5M	MIKE	FRYAR	71
52	20	RODNEY	SANDERS	70
53	7	STEVE	THORNSTEN	70
54	4G	BOB	GARDNER	70
55	33	RICKEY	FRANKEL	66
56	45	KYLE	HAMMER	65
57	33H	BILLY	HOUGH	64
58	38	RYAN	LITTLE	64
59	94	EVAN	FINK	62
60	74	RUSS	ADAMS	60
61	6M	DONA	MARCOULLIER	56
62	77	JAY	MORRIS	55
63	1W	DONNY	WALDEN	54
64	9R	CURTIS	ROBERTS	51
65	15	BRIAN	HARRIS	50
66	0	DEWAYNE	KIEFER	50
67	77	TIM	McCREADIE	49
68	7s	JAY	SPARK	49
69	23	RYAN	VANDERVEEN	49
70	1ST	JUSTIN	REED	49
71	33	KEVIN	COLE	47
72	M14	BRANDON	THIRLBY	47
73	55	JEEP	VANWORMER	45
74	116	TORRIN	METTILLE	44
75	38	JAKE	LITTLE	44
76	7K	JASON	KROHN	43
77	OOV	KOLBY	VANDENBERGH	43
78	27	ERIC	SPANGLER	43
79	16	JUSTIN	RATTLIFF	43
80	10	DON	HILLEARY	42
81	74	MITCH	McGRATH	42
82	75	TERRY	PHILLIPS	42
83	42	SHAWN	TOCZEK	41
84	33	ADAM	HENSEL	41
85	111	CURTIS	SPALDING	40
86	54	LARRY	BARBER	40
87	77	STEVE	KESTER	39
88	16	BO	BROCKWAY	39
89	90	LANCE	MATHEES	38
90	OO	JESSE	STOVALL	37
91	9D	DAN	FLESSNER	36
92	D7	JIM	LETIZIA	36
93	2	BRY	SLOAN	36
94	T2	TODD	BENNET	36
95	61	CALEB	ASHBY	36
96	56	ANDY	ECKRICH	35
97	B1	NICK	BAUMAN	35
98	34	HERB	REICH	35
99	11	PAT	DOAR	34
100	8	BILL	REZETEK	34
101	41	JASON	PLAYTER	34
102	4	MIKE	MULLVAIN	34
103	74	JOHN	MINON	34
104	15A	PHIL	AUSRA	33
105	3	RANDY	SELLARS	33
106	52	BRAD	HARDEN	32
107	R1	RILEY	HICKMAN	32
108	11	JEFF	HERZOG	32
109	M27	MIKE	PROVENZANO	31
110	42	BOB	MAYER	31
111	25	DENNIS	VANDERMERSCH	31
112	13	MITCHELL	LINGAUER	31
113	30	MARK	VOIGT	31
114	28	JEFF	PROVINZINO	30
115	49	BRIAN	RUHLMAN	30
116	16	CHRIS	SHELTON	30
117	2J	DAVID	JUMPER	30
118	2	MIKE	NUTZMANN	29
119	16	TYLER	BRUENING	29
120	6R	CARL	RIES	29
121	84	MYLES	MOOS	29
122	87	LEVI	ASHBY	29
123	40	JOEL	CALLAHAN	28
124	11	RACHEL	CARPENTER	28
125	O9	JEFF	RIDDELL	28
126	D11	DUSTIN	BUTLER	28
127	6	NICK	HERRICK	27
128	20	JAKE	MEIER	27
129	28	CLINT	KIRKHAM	27
130	610	BLAINE	HENDRICK	27
131	14	GLEN	THOMPSON	26
132	15	CALEY	EMERSON	26
133	782	MARK	LARSON	26
134	21	JOEL	COLLINS	25
135	82	BILLY	LAYCOCK	25
136	38	JOHN	GARDNER	25
137	76	BUTCH	KRUCKEBERG	25
138	65	LUCAS	PETERSON	24
139	16H	MIKE	HAMMERLE	24
140	77	CLAY	BAUMANN	24
141	42	STEVE	LACH	23
142	17X	MATT	SANTEL	21
143	17	MICHAEL	VANDERRIET	21
144	23	PAUL	ROIDER	20
145	11	BRYAN	COLLINS	19
146	14	DUSTIN	WALKER	18
147	3	SCOTT	HENSELER	16
148	9	ERIC	SMITH	10
149	Z	JOE	HARLAN	10
150	35	DEREK	CHANDLER	10
151	89	DAREN	FREIDMAN	10
152	36	ERIC	VAUGHN	10
153	D2	SNOOKY	DEHM	10
154	15	JON	HENRY	10

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