What won the race: Rising up in the late stages to grab the lead from McKay Wenger on lap 35, Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., turned back both Wenger and Mike Spatola in an electric conclusion to win Saturday night’s 40-lap Richard Craven Memorial at Fairbury Speedway. Feger nipped a hard-charging Spatola by 0.136 of a second at the finish line to secure a $5,012 payday in the FALS Cup feature.

Quotable: “Man, what a track — top, bottom, middle,” Feger said. “We were slicing and dicing. I didn’t know where to go. This is about the only place you still can run that old 3 (compound tire), and you can’t run the middle like that on them new tires. These old ones just like that a lot better and it worked out good for us tonight.”

Key notes: Feger, who decided to skip the final four nights of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals in Michigan and Ohio to come home for weekend racing, started eighth and was still fourth at a lap-26 caution flag. Then he came alive to carve his way forward, sliding Wenger for the lead on lap 35 and surviving challenges from Wenger and Spatola over the final circuits. … It was the second FALS Cup victory of 2026 for Feger, who had a right-rear flat tire when he reached the scales after the race. He also rebounded from spinning in his heat when his engine died due to an apparent fouled spark plug wire. … Spatola, who led laps 1-24, charged off the top of turn four and crossed over Feger heading to the checkered flag but came up less than a car length short. … Wenger was right there as there in the tight finish, placing third after leading laps 25-34. He was seeking to win the Craven Memorial for a third straight year after capturing the event’s first two editions in 2024-25. … Jake Little slipped into fourth on lap 38 and finished there while Kyle Hammer, who climbed as high as second for laps 25-28 and made several bids on Wenger for the lead, completed the top-five. … Four caution flags slowed the event for minor problems: debris (lap 18); Jeffrey Ledford, who ran second for much of the race’s first half, falling off the pace while fifth on lap 24; seventh-running Blaze Burwell (lap 26); and Donny Walden (lap 37). … The event honored Richard E. Craven of Joilet, Ill., a former race car driver who earned track championships at his home state’s Fairbury, Kankakee and La Salle ovals. He died March 21, 2023, at the age of 56.

On the move: Daniel Adam of Peru, Ill., started 15th and finished sixth.

Winner's sponsors: Feger’s Longhorn Chassis has a Clements Racing Engine with sponsorship from Titan Industries, SC Online Sales, Hoker Trucking, The Big Cheese MM, Out-Pace Racing Products, CorrosionX, Multi Fire Wires, RemTek Enterprises, RLM Enterprises, Cheap Cars, FK Rod Ends, Keyser Manufacturing, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Speedwerx, Rosser Battery, Ohlins by Longhorn Dynamics, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil, Wehrs Machine, VP Racing Fuels, Griffin Sign Shop and Limelight Graphics.

Points chase: Fairbury points after Saturday: 1. Mike Spatola (325); 2. McKay Wenger (306); 3. Jason Feger (210); 4. Kyle Hammer (206); 5. Jake Little (204).

Current weather: Clear, 70°F

Car count: 32

Fast qualifier: Mike Spatola

Time: 12.734 seconds

Polesitter: Mike Spatola

Heat race winners: Mike Spatola, McKay Wenger, Mike Mataragas, Jeffrey Ledford

Consolation race winners: Zach Taylor, Mike Provenzano