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Hoffman started seventh and took 11 laps to reach second. Once he did, a bunch of lapped traffic stood in his way, which he was able to clear by Lap 14. Hoffman began to reel in McKinney as they drove through a clear spot in traffic, shaving it down to under a half-second at one point.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad was telling me somebody was close,\u201d McKinney recalled. \u201cI wasn\u2019t 100-percent sure who it was. It\u2019s hard being the leader; you don\u2019t know where the guy\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI figured it might have been Nick [Hoffman] or Tyler [Nicely] behind me; I kinda know the line they run. So, I was just trying to protect that bottom as best I could.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the laps wound down, McKinney was able to keep his momentum up in traffic just enough to keep Hoffman at bay behind him and led the field back to the checkers for the $1,500 victory. Fortunately, McKinney brought his A-game in lapped traffic, as Hoffman was right on him throughout the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really didn\u2019t have to mess around behind them too much. It seemed like as soon as I got to them, I was able to get right by them. When you\u2019ve got that #7 car chasing you down and the rest of the field there, you can\u2019t mess around with them too long,\u201d McKinney said.<\/p>\n
With the competition level found at Farmer City on a weekly basis, winning just one Feature at the quarter-mile bullring is hard enough, let alone nine. But he\u2019s the current DIRTcar UMP Modified National points leader, so if anyone could have done it this year, McKinney\u2019s the guy. He\u2019s come a long way in the division since his first steps after his 2012 Stock Car National points championship, and now he\u2019s hot on the trail of clinching his first UMP Modified National points title.<\/p>\n
\u201cYears ago, I would have never told you I\u2019d have this success here,\u201d McKinney said. \u201cI\u2019ve blown motors here, I\u2019ve flipped here\u2026 anything bad that\u2019s happened has happened here. I\u2019ve been close to winning races, but this year seems like I can do no wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series action continues from the Farmer City Raceway Friday night in round two of action of the Farmer City 74<\/em> weekend. A 30-lap, $2,500-to-win Feature is on tap for the Modifieds.<\/p>\nRESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\nFeature (25 Laps) <\/strong>1. 96M-Mike McKinney [1][]; 2. 7-Nick Hoffman [7][]; 3. 25-Tyler Nicely [2][]; 4. 21D-Danny Schwartz [3][]; 5. 45-Kyle Hammer [4][]; 6. 3L-Jeff Leka [6][]; 7. 25W-Allen Weisser [11][]; 8. 24H-Mike Harrison [9][]; 9. 4-Victor Lee [10][]; 10. 77-Ray Bollinger [12][]; 11. 35-David Stremme [15][]; 12. 5-Steven Brooks [14][]; 13. T6-Tommy Sheppard [16][]; 14. 36-Kenny Wallace [8][]; 15. 1KS-Keith Smith [19][]; 16. 59R-Jacob Rexing [17][]; 17. 81C-Christopher Cole [22][]; 18. 21-Troy Dodson [18][]; 19. 81-Mark Cole [21][]; 20. 63-Dustin King [13][]; 21. 5S-Alan Stipp [5][]; 22. 327-Dustin Bruce [20][]; 23. O1-Don Kiger [23][] Hard Charger:<\/strong> 7-Nick Hoffman[+5]<\/p>\nQualifying Flight-A<\/strong> 1. 45-Kyle Hammer, 14.135; 2. 7-Nick Hoffman, 14.165; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison, 14.214; 4. 25-Tyler Nicely, 14.285; 5. 5S-Alan Stipp, 14.295; 6. 25W-Allen Weisser, 14.383; 7. K19-Will Krup, 14.391; 8. 59R-Jacob Rexing, 14.401; 9. 1S-Brian Shaw, 14.551; 10. 35-David Stremme, 14.657; 11. 63-Dustin King, 14.674; 12. 83-Kasey Schrock, 14.903; 13. 242-Brandon Bollinger, 14.952; 14. 81-Mark Cole, 15.012; 15. 12-Wyatt Harms, 15.114; 16. 81C-Christopher Cole, 15.288<\/p>\nQualifying Flight-B <\/strong>1. 96M-Mike McKinney, 14.075; 2. 21D-Danny Schwartz, 14.361; 3. 3L-Jeff Leka, 14.384; 4. 36-Kenny Wallace, 14.483; 5. 5-Steven Brooks, 14.516; 6. 77-Ray Bollinger, 14.525; 7. 32-Donovan Lodge, 14.561; 8. 19C-Jeremy Nichols, 14.575; 9. 4-Victor Lee, 14.626; 10. T6-Tommy Sheppard, 14.676; 11. 1A-Steve Meyer, 14.722; 12. 21-Troy Dodson, 14.776; 13. 1KS-Keith Smith, 14.779; 14. 327-Dustin Bruce, 15.193; 15. 10-Jason Highley, 15.228; 16. O1-Don Kiger, 15.31<\/p>\nHeat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer <\/strong>1. 45-Kyle Hammer [1]; 2. 5S-Alan Stipp [3]; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison [2]; 4. 63-Dustin King [6]; 5. 1S-Brian Shaw [5]; 6. K19-Will Krup [4]; 7. 242-Brandon Bollinger [7]; 8. 12-Wyatt Harms [8]<\/p>\nHeat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer <\/strong>1. 25-Tyler Nicely [2]; 2. 7-Nick Hoffman [1]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser [3]; 4. 35-David Stremme [5]; 5. 83-Kasey Schrock [6]; 6. 59R-Jacob Rexing [4]; 7. 81C-Christopher Cole [8]; 8. 81-Mark Cole [7]<\/p>\nHeat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer <\/strong>1. 96M-Mike McKinney [1]; 2. 3L-Jeff Leka [2]; 3. 4-Victor Lee [5]; 4. 5-Steven Brooks [3]; 5. 32-Donovan Lodge [4]; 6. 1A-Steve Meyer [6]; 7. 1KS-Keith Smith [7]; 8. 10-Jason Highley [8]<\/p>\nHeat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer <\/strong>1. 21D-Danny Schwartz [1]; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace [2]; 3. 77-Ray Bollinger [3]; 4. T6-Tommy Sheppard [5]; 5. 327-Dustin Bruce [7]; 6. 21-Troy Dodson [6]; 7. O1-Don Kiger [8]; 8. 19C-Jeremy Nichols [4]<\/p>\nB-Main #1 (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer <\/strong>1. 59R-Jacob Rexing [7][]; 2. 21-Troy Dodson [8][]; 3. 1KS-Keith Smith [10][]; 4. 327-Dustin Bruce [4][]; 5. 83-Kasey Schrock [3][]; 6. 81C-Christopher Cole [11][]; 7. 81-Mark Cole [15][]; 8. 10-Jason Highley [14][]; 9. 1S-Brian Shaw [1][]; 10. O1-Don Kiger [12][]; 11. 32-Donovan Lodge [2][]; 12. K19-Will Krup [5][]; 13. 12-Wyatt Harms [13][]; 14. 1A-Steve Meyer [6][]; 15. 242-Brandon Bollinger [9][]; 16. 19C-Jeremy Nichols [16][]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FARMER CITY, IL \u2013 It\u2019s simply stunning what Mike McKinney\u2019s been able to accomplish in a DIRTcar UMP Modified at Farmer City Raceway this year. Eight Feature wins at the track coming into Thursday night\u2019s DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series event, nine when the night was complete. With 25 laps ahead of him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":32966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[663,5],"tags":[67,668,105,210,667,269],"division":[],"series":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-32971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recap","category-ump-modifieds","tag-american-modified-series","tag-farmer-city-74","tag-farmer-city-raceway","tag-featured","tag-mike-mckinney","tag-ump-modifieds"],"yoast_head":"\n
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