What won the race: Third-starting Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., traded the lead multiple times with Shannon Babb in the closing laps, prevailing to pace the final seven circuits while winning Saturday's $5,000 MARS Late Model Championship series feature at Fairbury Speedway. Feger notched his second MARS victory of the season and the 17th of his career.

Quotable: “We’ve had some really good cars here," Feger said. "It’s just been a long time since we’ve won, and boy it feels good to get the monkey off our back here. We always feel like we have a good feature setup here, we just start too far back. (And) it’s always great to race with Shannon (Babb). We’re good buddies and he’s a heck of a driver. We know he’s going to race you hard but clean and try to put on a great show for these fans that come out.”

Key notes: Feger led twice for a total of 12 laps (28-32; 34-40), securing his fifth main event win of the year. ... Fourth-starting Babb, of Moweaqua, Ill., also led twice for 17 laps (12-27; 33) before settling for the runner-up position, 0.755 of a second back. ... Second-starting Tommy Sheppard Jr. led the first 11 laps before fading to finish third. ... After winning Friday's $5,000 weekend opener at Farmer City, Billy Moyer advanced eight positions and finished fourth. ... Ryan Unzicker and Billy Moyer Jr. each gained three spots, finishing fifth and seventh. ... Payton Freeman started 14th and finished 10th. ... Saturday's feature was slowed by one incident and lasted 12 minutes, with 16 drivers completing all 40 laps.

On the move: Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., started 12th and finished fourth.

Winner's sponsors: Feger’s Longhorn Chassis has a Clements Racing Engine with sponsorship from Titan Industries, Digital Copy Systems, Hoker Trucking, The Big Cheese MM, Floyd’s Waste Systems, Remtek Enterprises, and RLM Enterprises and Cheap Cars.

Points chase: After Fairbury: 1. Jason Feger (475); 2. Ryan Unzicker (458); 3. Mike Harrison (417); 4. Tommy Sheppard Jr. (401); 5. Bob Gardner (353).

Current weather: Clear, 73°F

Car count: 37

Fast qualifier: Kye Blight

Time: 12.766 seconds

Polesitter: Kevin Weaver

Heat race winners: Jason Feger, Kevin Weaver, Shannon Babb, Tommy Sheppard Jr.

Consolation race winners: Mike Mataragas, Frank Heckenast Jr.

Provisional starters: Rich Dawson, Jake Little

Next series race: May 28, Spoon River Speedway (Banner, IL) $5,000