Derek Losh wasn’t going to be denied a second DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win after four years of anticipation.
Early in the Wednesday program at Kankakee County Speedway, Losh went fastest in his Qualifying group, then proceeded to win the Heat race.
That set him up for a redraw that awarded him the outside of the front row for the Modified’s 25-lap Feature.
The Rensselaer, IN driver beat polesitter Steven Brooks to the gas pedal entering the opening start, as the cushion worked to Losh’s favor to take the lead on Lap 1.
While Losh never relinquished the lead for the remainder of the Feature, he had to keep Owensboro, KY driver Cole Falloway after driving up five spots to take second place on Lap 3.
Losh used the high line while Falloway tried to use the middle lane to have a chance at getting to the door of the No. 21L for the top spot.
When Falloway faltered with three laps to go after smacking the outside wall, Losh locked up his second Summit Modifieds win since 2020.
“This place takes a ton of luck and you gotta be good all night,” Losh said. “Our guys worked thier asses off getting us good here, I’m glad I didn’t tear the nose off. These guys got the No. 21 machine rolling, and thank you to everyone that supports us.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head for Peoria Speedway in the halfway mark of the opening week.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21L-Derek Losh[2]; 2. 66-Cole Falloway[6]; 3. 21A-Nick Allen[8]; 4. 99-Hunt Gossum[5]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[3]; 6. 777-Trevor Neville[9]; 7. 5-Steven Brooks[1]; 8. 27-Beau DeYoung[10]; 9. 1TS-Tyler Spalding[14]; 10. 96M-Mike McKinney[12]; 11. 5CS-Curt Spalding[16]; 12. 01-Billy Knippenberg[7]; 13. 7-Brad Deyoung[17]; 14. 1H-Ben Harmon[15]; 15. 25S-Jake Straka[13]; 16. 35-Jason Hastings[23]; 17. 73-Mark Rhoades[18]; 18. 2-Brayden Doyle[19]; 19. 28M-Frank Marshall[11]; 20. (DNS) 0-Travis Kohler; 21. (DNS) 17N-Dillon Nusbaum; 22. (DNS) 71J-Justin VanDrunen; 23. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane
