Will Krup has cracked the code at Red Hill Raceway.
In his first start with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals in 2025, the Mt. Carmel, IL driver revisited where he last took a victory with the tour, as he secured a second consecutive win at the Sumner, IL track.
Krup kept his No. K9 Elite Chassis at the top of the leaderboard in every UMP Modified event that he participated in by going fastest in his Qualifying group, then won his Heat race to draw the Pole Position for the night’s 25-lap Feature.
He led the field to the green flag and mixed his strategies by switching from the bottom lane to the high side of the 4/10-mile racetrack as 2023 champion Tyler Nicely and current points leader Trevor Neville followed behind Krup, but could
Krup found his pace around the top of the track while he held Nicely to a 0.9-second advantage while the two drivers distanced themselves from Neville in the race for the night’s win.
In the final stages, Krup broke away from Nicely’s grasp as he drove towards a 2.2-second lead for his ninth career Summit Modifieds win. Krup’s flag-to-flag win gives him sole possession of ninth on the all-time tour wins list, leaving the Independence Day race.
“I think the biggest key is that whoever got in the lead definitely had the advantage,” Krup said. “So, it was going to be hard to get around Tyler if he ended up getting the lead early. Good redraw put me on the outside front row, got to take the lead, and the car was really good.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals visit Indiana for the first time in 2025 with a trip to Haubstadt Speedway on Saturday, July 5.
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. K9-Will Krup[2]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely[3]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[5]; 4. 99-Hunt Gossum[8]; 5. 45H-Chase Holland[6]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[4]; 7. 37-Everett Bradham[1]; 8. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[10]; 9. 27G-Jason Garver[12]; 10. 16C-John Clippinger[15]; 11. 67-Chris Moore[9]; 12. 50-Tyler Weiss[11]; 13. 81-Kevin Cole[14]; 14. 95K-Levi Kissinger[13]; 15. 95-Ed Roley[16]; 16. 86A-Kevin Burns[20]; 17. 55M-Blaze Melton[7]; 18. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[17]; 19. 2X-Wes Harms[24]; 20. 1S-Brian Shaw[21]; 21. 91K-Cody Kibby[18]; 22. 55-Justin Jones[19]; 23. 69L-Josh Lemke[26]; 24. 81K-Kyle Cole[22]; 25. 81C-Christopher Cole[23]; 26. (DNS) 77-Jim Shipman; 27. (DNS) 73X-Matt Duvall
