Michael Long continues to carve his legacy with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals with a strong performance in his latest triumph at Farmer City Raceway.
Long, the 2024 DIRTcar UMP Modified national champion from Fowler, IL, picked up career win No. 14 with the Summit Modifieds Friday night, moving him into a tie for fifth on the all-time wins list with current series points leader, Ray Bollinger.
“It’s a good deal. It’s a good summer series that comes around here every year,” Long said. “There are a lot of top guys that run the series and it’s good to be up there with them. It’s something we like doing every year.”
The Feature went green at the 1/4-mile confines of Farmer City as Zeke McKenzie — a winner at Fairbury Speedway one week ago — took the initial lead over outside polesitter and Vanquish Race Cars teammate, Bollinger.
McKenzie led the first nine laps before a caution on Lap 9 gave Long the opening he needed on the restart.
Long found speed and momentum on the cushion that propelled him around the top side of McKenzie on Lap 12.
Long went unchallenged in the final 13 laps to pick up the Summit Modifieds win in the series’ 13th visit to Farmer City.
“What made the pass a lot easier was when the yellow came out and Ray (Bollinger) picked up the bottom,” Long said. “I was in third, so then I had to go to the top and it just kind of left me a free lane. Once I got to the lead, [my car was] so much better.”
Bollinger finished second, Trevor Neville finished third, McKenzie hung on to fourth, and Landen Miller finished fifth.
UP NEXT
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals returns to action on Saturday, June 20 at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park in Pevely, MO.
How can you watch the DIRTcar Summer Nationals? Every race is live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 18L-Michael Long[4]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger[1]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[6]; 4. 24-Zeke McKenzie[2]; 5. 110-Landen Miller[7]; 6. 99-Hunt Gossum[8]; 7. 389-Carson Friedman[5]; 8. 21-Lyndon Whitfill[9]; 9. 14-Brian Lynn[14]; 10. 21B-Hunter Breland[13]; 11. B5-Matthew Baker[16]; 12. 95S-Rick Salter[15]; 13. 22W-Wade Wenthe[17]; 14. 01-Jeremy Nichols[12]; 15. 74S-Chris Sieweke[19]; 16. 10M-Chris Morefield[22]; 17. 11Z-Zane Oedewaldt[18]; 18. 29C-Joey Cotterman[20]; 19. 6-Justin Tharp[21]; 20. 66-Cole Falloway[10]; 21. 89-Austin Friedman[3]; 22. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt[11]
