Dirt on Dirt - Terbo untouchable at Tri-State for eighth tour win

July 7

Tri-State Speedway,

Haubstadt, IN

Sanction: DIRTcar Summer Nationals - $5,000

Information provided by: Bryan Ault, series and track reports (last updated July 10, 7:44 am)

Terbo untouchable at Tri-State for eighth tour win

Tyler Erb
Tanner English
Rodney Melvin
Dillon McCowan
Rusty Schlenk
Ryan Missler
Chad Finley
Daniel Adam
Dylan Thompson
Carson Brown
Devin Shiels
Jordan Bauer
Clay Stuckey
Seth Daniels
Rob Anderzack
Rod Conley
Billy Green
Charlie Cole
Austin Lay
Rusty Griffaw
Thomas Hunziker
Mark Voigt
Connor Meade
Kye Blight

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Tyler Erb celebrates his eighth Summer Nationals victory.

What won the race: Fourth-starting Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, seized control on the opening lap and never looked back en route to winning Sunday's 30-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Tri-State Speedway. Erb's $5,000 payday serves as his eighth Hell Tour victory of the season and the 12th of his career, while also marking his first career Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series triumph in the unique co-sanctioned event.

Quotable: “Our car’s been really good, our guy’s been working hard, we drove all night and it’s just fun,” Erb said. “I like this place, I haven’t been here in probably six or seven years and it’s just as cool as I remember it. This was a great race, a lot of fun for us, a good way to cap our week — we’ve had a long week.”

Key notes: It's Erb's second career Hell Tour victory at Tri-State after earning his first career series win there on June 25, 2017. ... Tanner English regained the runner-up spot for good on lap 22 and trailed Erb the final nine laps, finishing 0.546 of a second back. In finishing second, English clinched the $10,000 week 4 points bonus. ... Rodney Melvin gained 10 spots and rounded out the podium. ... Pole-starting Rusty Schlenk slipped as low as sixth before Ryan Missler made late-race contact with the wall, allowing Schlenk to grab fifth from him as the two took the white flag. ... Defending race winner Dylan Thompson spun from fourth on lap five, collecting Kye Blight and ending his race. Thompson recovered to ninth. ... The race's second and final stoppage came for an Austin Lay and Thomas Hunziker spin on lap 14. Hunziker called it a night, while Lay continued and placed 19th. ... The 30-lap feature lasted 13 minutes, with 16 drivers completing the distance and 20 running at the checkers. ... Ethan Dotson (dead battery in staging) and Jordan Wever (rear end issue) both scratched for the night.

On the move: Dillon McCowan of Urbana, Mo., started 15th and finished fourth.

Winner's sponsors: Erb’s winning Best Performance Motorsports Rocket Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and carries sponsorship from Langenfelder Mechanical Contractors, Bulk Material Lift, First Class Septic, Roberts Bee Company, Anthony’s Pizza, JRR Trucking, Base Racing Fuel, Base Oil, Sani-Weld, Inc., Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Racing Shocks, Go Lithium Batteries, Midwest Sheet Metal, Terbo Threads and KBC Graphix.

Points chase: Summer Nationals week 4 points final: 1. Tanner English (336); 2. Dillon McCowan (315); 3. Rodney Melvin (311); 4. Clay Stuckey (255); 5. Daniel Adam (231). Summer Nationals overall points after Tri-State: 1. Tyler Erb (1,055); 2. Dillon McCowan (1,036); 3. Jason Feger (1,005); 4. Tanner English (922); 5. Tyler Clem (831). Iron-Man points after Tri-State: 1. Rusty Schlenk (438); 2. Ryan Missler (369); 3. Rod Conley (362); 4. Seth Daniels (351); 5. Devin Shiels (325).

Current weather: Clear, 79°F

Car count: 40

Fast qualifier: Dylan Thompson

Time: 13.804 seconds

Polesitter: Rusty Schlenk

Heat race winners: Tyler Erb, Tanner English, Ryan Missler, Rusty Schlenk

Consolation race winners: Blaze Burwell, Jordan Bauer

Provisional starters: Mark Voigt, Rusty Griffaw, Rod Conley, Thomas Hunziker, Austin Lay, Charlie Cole

Next series race: July 11, Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI) $5,000

Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.

From staff reports

HAUBSTADT, Ind. (July 7) — Updates from Sunday’s 19th round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Tri-State Speedway, an event co-sanctioned with the Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series and highlighted by a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature for Super Late Models (results unofficial):

Feature

Fourth-starting Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas, seized control on the opening lap and never looked back en route to winning Sunday's 30-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Tri-State Speedway. Erb's $5,000 payday serves as his eighth Hell Tour victory of the season and the 12th of his career, while also marking his first career Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series triumph in the unique co-sanctioned event. Tanner English regained the runner-up spot for good on lap 22 and trailed Erb the final nine laps, finishing 0.546 of a second back. In finishing second, English clinches the $10,000 week 4 points bonus.

Feature lineup

(30 laps)

Row 1: Rusty Schlenk, Ryan Missler
Row 2: Tanner English, Tyler Erb
Row 3: Dylan Thompson, Seth Daniels
Row 4: Kye Blight, Clay Stuckey
Row 5: Chad Finley, Daniel Adam
Row 6: Billy Green, Devin Shiels
Row 7: Rodney Melvin, Rob Anderzack
Row 8: Dillon McCowan, Carson Brown
Row 9: Jordan Bauer, Connor Meade
Row 10: Mark Voigt, Rusty Griffaw
Row 11: Rod Conley, Thomas Hunziker
Row 12: Austin Lay, Charlie Cole

Consolation race results

(10 laps; top two transfer)

B-main: Jordan Bauer, Connor Meade, Rod Conley, Austin Lay, Jordan Suhre, Rusty Griffaw, Carter Schlenk, Thomas Hunziker, Cyle Forgy, Blaze Burwell, Charlie Cole, Brenden Smith, Mark Voigt, Shane Bailey, Lee Williams.

(8 laps; top three transfer)

C-main: Blaze Burwell, Cyle Forgy, Charlie Cole, Cliff Tooley, Jonathan Woods, Ben Sukup, Jamie Bosecker. Scratched: Ethan Dotson, Gregg Haskell, Dusty Moore, Chad Zobrist, Jordan Wever

Heat race results

(Eight laps; top four transfer)

First heat: Tyler Erb, Dylan Thompson, Chad Finley, Rodney Melvin, Jordan Bauer, Connor Meade, Rusty Griffaw, Blaze Burwell, Cliff Tooley, Jamie Bosecker.

Second heat: Tanner English, Kye Blight, Billy Green, Dillon McCowan, Brenden Smith, Rod Conley, Lee Williams, Cyle Forgy, Ben Sukup. Scratched: Chad Zobrist

Third heat: Ryan Missler, Seth Daniels, Daniel Adam, Rob Anderzack, Austin Lay, Shane Bailey, Carter Schlenk, Jonathan Woods, Gregg Haskell, Charlie Cole.

Fourth heat: Rusty Schlenk, Clay Stuckey, Devin Shiels, Carson Brown, Thomas Hunziker, Jordan Suhre, Mark Voigt. Scratched: Ethan Dotson, Dusty Moore, Jordan Wever

Time trials

Group A
Driver (car no.), hometown, time (unofficial)
1. Dylan Thompson (99), Paducah, Ky., 13.804
2. Tanner English (96), Benton, Ky., 13.838
3. Tyler Erb (1), New Waverly, Texas, 13.898
4. Kye Blight (33), Katanning, W. Australia, 13.916
5. Jordan Bauer (10J), St. Jacob, Ill., 14.086
6. Billy Green (49), Walton, Ky., 14.214
7. Chad Finley (42), St. Johns, Mich., 14.219
8. Brenden Smith (17ss), Dade City, Fla., 14.223
9. Rodney Melvin (27m), Benton, Ill., 14.315
10. Dillon McCowan (8), Urbana, Mo., 14.456
11. Blaze Burwell (44), Mount Vernon, Ill., 14.468
12. Rod Conley (71R), Wheelersburg, Ohio, 14.525
13. Connor Meade (1m), Clay City, Ky., 14.599
14. Lee Williams (17), Haubstadt, Ind., 14.704
15. Rusty Griffaw (16), Festus, Mo., 14.993
16. Cyle Forgy (47), Lewisburg, Ky., 15.353
17. Cliff Tooley (15T), Evansville, Ind., 16.045
18. Ben Sukup (07), Norfolk, Neb., 16.333
19. Jamie Bosecker (916), Rockport, Ind., 33.327
20. Chad Zobrist (7), Highland, Ill., no time
Group B
1. Seth Daniels (s21), Jackson, Ohio, 14.236
2. Clay Stuckey (15), Shreveport, La., 14.244
3. Ryan Missler (50), Bellevue, Ohio, 14.425
4. Rusty Schlenk (91), McClure, Ohio, 14.437
5. Daniel Adam (75), Wade, N.C., 14.505
6. Ethan Dotson (74x), Bakersfield, Calif., 14.642
7. Rob Anderzack (8A), Swanton, Ohio, 14.658
8. Carson Brown (28B), New London, N.C., 14.729
9. Shane Bailey (1B), Grayston, Ky., 14.921
10. Devin Shiels (51), Britton, Mich., 14.987
11. Gregg Haskell (rh03), Chatham, Ontario, 15.019
12. Thomas Hunziker (38), Bend, Ore., 15.025
13. Austin Lay (33aj), Florence, Ky., 15.059
14. Mark Voigt (30), Marine, Ill., 15.078
15. Charlie Cole (2), Wynne, Ark., 15.161
16. Jordan Suhre (4), Alhambra, Ill., 15.246
17. Carter Schlenk (lil91), McClure, Ohio, 15.389
18. Dusty Moore (75m), Swanton, Ohio, 15.634
19. Jonathan Woods (111), Patoka, Ind., 16.106
20. Jordan Wever (29J), Bloomington, Ind., no time

Sunday’s schedule

(All times local)
4 p.m. - Pits open
5 p.m. - Grandstands open
5:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot lap qualifying (3 laps)
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Late Model C-main (8 laps)
- Modified consolation (8 laps)
- Late Model B-main (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Modified feature (25 laps)