Key notes: Davenport Speedway hosts the 31st annual Iowa Governor’s Cup headlined by the DIRTcar Summer Nationals for the 10th time in track history with Wednesday’s 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature. … There are 27 series races over the next 27 days. … A $150,000 points fund will be paid out weekly with $10,000 to each week’s champion. … Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., kicked off the second week of competition in dominating fashion, leading all 30 laps for a $5,000 payday at Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway. Feger enters with three straight MARS Series-sanctioned Corn State Nationals victories at Davenport, combining for more than $20,000. … Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, earned a commanding flag-to-flag homestate victory Tuesday night at nearby West Liberty Raceway and seeks his second straight $5,000 Summer Nationals payday. The elder Simpson topped 2022’s Hell Tour stop at Davenport after grabbing three MLRA victories there since 2014. … Chris’s older brother, Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, has six Davenport specials going back to May of 2014, including a World of Outlaws victory in 2018, earning more than $43,000 over that span. … Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., grabbed Hell Tour wins there in 1996 and ’99. … Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, won last year’s $5,000 series visit, but he has yet to compete on the Summer Nationals this season. … IMCA modifieds, sport mods and hobby stocks are on the undercard. … Pits open at 3:30 p.m. and grandstands open at 5 with hot laps at 6:30. … Watch live on DIRTVision.
Who to watch: Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, chases his second career Summer Nationals victory at Davenport and sixth of his career.
Points chase: Week 2 before Davenport: 1. Jason Feger (125); 2. Cade Dillard (122); 3. Tanner English (114); 4. Frank Heckenast Jr. (111); 5. Mitch McGrath (95).
Overall before Davenport: 1. Tanner English (400); 2. Jason Feger (391); 3. Frank Heckenast Jr. (318); 4. Daniel Adam (299); 5. Clay Stuckey (293).
Expected entrants: Chris Simpson, Jason Feger, Tanner English, Cade Dillard, Billy Moyer, Chad Simpson, Frank Heckenast Jr., Dallon Murty, Dylan Thornton, Clay Stuckey, Daniel Adam, Mitch McGrath, Michael Leach, Tyler Millwood, Derrick Stewart, Kayden Clatt, Jake Rainey, Brody Smith, Matthew Larson, Curt Schroeder, Tyler Leach, Steve Stultz, Nick Marolf, Mark Voigt, Doug Tye and more.
Next series race: June 18, Dubuque Speedway (Dubuque, IA) $5,000
From staff reports
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Updates from Wednesday’s seventh round of the 40th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Davenport Speedway, an event highlighted by a 30-lap, $5,000-to-win feature for DIRTcar Super Late Models (results unofficial):
Wednesday’s schedule
(All times local)
3:30 p.m. - Pits open
4 p.m. - Tech and registration open
5 p.m. - Grandstands open
5:30 p.m. - Tech and registration close
6 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- Sport mod hot laps
- Hobby stock hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Sport mod heats (8 laps)
- Hobby stock heats (6 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Late Model consolation (10 laps)
Feature events
- Modified feature (25 laps)
- Sport mod feature (20 laps)
- Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Hobby stock feature (15 laps)
