<\/a>Saturday was McKinney\u2019s 16th career Summit Modified Feature win. (Jacy Norgaard Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n
Though Mike got the biggest slice of Victory Lane glory, his father and crew chief David shared a part in the shining moment as well. The two took on a brand-new gameplan and joined the new Longhorn Chassis Modified program for the start of the 2021 season, putting in a ton of time and energy into learning how to master the new car. Though it wasn\u2019t easy at first, David has helped accelerate Mike\u2019s learning curve with the setup help, and together, they\u2019ve finally bagged one of Fairbury\u2019s most prestigious events.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I nail it and he can drive it with one hand,\u201d David said. \u201cSometimes I miss it and he says, \u2018I\u2019ll make up for it.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cHow good is it for father and son to spend time together and race. I wouldn\u2019t do it with anybody else, and he\u2019s the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though it doesn\u2019t happen often in Summit Modified competition, Hoffman conceded to McKinney for the second time this season. He was bested by McKinney a few weeks earlier at Shadyhill Speedway in Indiana, and this time around, just didn\u2019t feel as comfortable as he normally does out front at Fairbury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just felt terrible everywhere in Turns 3-4,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cI ran the bottom most of the race, but I tried the middle with a couple guys and just couldn\u2019t make any speed off of 4. Normally, I feel like I get from Turn 4 to the flag stand better than anybody. I just didn\u2019t feel that way tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Outside of the top-two, Tyler Nicely came home third after running up front all night. Six-time Summit Modified champ Mike Harrison came all the way out of a Last Chance Showdown event (17th on the Feature starting grid) to finish fourth, while Allen Weisser charged from 14th to round-out the top-five.<\/p>\n
ABBREVIATED RESULTS<\/strong> (view full results<\/a>)<\/p>\nFeature 40 Laps | 00:33:14.718<\/p>\n
\n96M-Mike McKinney[2]; 2. 2-Nick Hoffman[11]; 3. 25-Tyler Nicely[3]; 4. 24H-Mike Harrison[17]; 5. 25W-Allen Weisser[14]; 6. 45-Chase Holland[6]; 7. 22-Josh Harris[9]; 8. 8-Kyle Steffens[10]; 9. 12H-Jason Hughes[16]; 10. 777-Trevor Neville[24]; 11. 8A-Austin Holcombe[7]; 12. 28M-Frank Marshall[1]; 13. 5-Steven Brooks[18]; 14. 37-Michael Ledford[22]; 15. 35W- Ethan Weber[12]; 16. 88S-Alan Stipp[23]; 17. 21D-Danny Schwartz[5]; 18. 5CS-Curt Spalding[19]; 19. 18L-Michael Long[4]; 20. 54-Zachary Hawk[21]; 21. 130-Chase Allen[13]; 22. 1S-Brian Shaw[8]; 23. 00-Ethan Dotson[20]; 24. 8K-Levi Kissinger[15]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Summit Modified races, the FALS Super Nationals, to the FALS Cup points championship, Mike McKinney had won just about every marquee DIRTcar UMP Modified race on the Fairbury Speedway schedule, except one. The Prairie Dirt Classic had evaded his grasp throughout his career, but now, it\u2019s finally his. \u201cI wanted it more than anybody […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":39577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[663,348,5],"tags":[1285,657,210,667,602,975],"division":[],"series":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-39553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recap","category-summit-modified-nationals","category-ump-modifieds","tag-1285","tag-fairbury-speedway","tag-featured","tag-mike-mckinney","tag-nick-hoffman","tag-prairie-dirt-classic"],"yoast_head":"\n
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