8.20.20 DIRTcar Summernationals Modifieds Results
MUSKEGON, MI – Last year, Nick Hoffman set a new DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals record for most Feature wins in a single season at 13, driving his own personal Elite Chassis #2. This year, behind the wheel of NASCAR veteran Justin Allgaier’s #7, he’s got a chance to break it.
After another dominating victory Thursday night at Thunderbird Speedway, Hoffman is now two wins away from tying his own record and three away from breaking it with just four races remaining.
The Thrill from Mooresville was challenged early in Thursday’s Feature event by West Virginian KC Burdette, who led the opening three circuits before Hoffman took the spot away on the low side.
In a caution-free race, Hoffman ran away with the victory untouched for his 37th career Summit Modified victory and 11th of the season.
As he’s said so many times before, Hoffman loves the slick racing surfaces to race on, which was exactly what he got Thursday night.
“When I go to bed, I dream of racetracks like this – just polished-off and slick,” Hoffman said. “This thing is just perfect when it gets like this.
“You could maneuver anywhere, at least I could. I could run the top and pass them lapped cars wherever I needed to and didn’t really get held up by them.”
Race Results: 8/20/20 – Thunderbird Raceway
Feature (25 Laps) 1. 7-Nick Hoffman [1][]; 2. 44-KC Burdette [2][]; 3. 99-Hunt Gossum [5][]; 4. 1E-Jeffery Erickson [13][]; 5. 47-Collin Thirlby [7][]; 6. 5CS-Curt Spalding [4][]; 7. 24-Zeke McKenzie [6][]; 8. 19-Chad Bauer [9][]; 9. 82-Jacob Poel [10][]; 10. 25-Josh Lolmaugh [11][]; 11. 117-Kevin Reeve [15][]; 12. 9P-Derek Passenier [21][]; 13. 88-Kody Weisner [16][]; 14. 15-Dave Baker [12][]; 15. 23-Luke Hubbell [14][]; 16. 65-Todd Sherman [19][]; 17. 92-Caleb Kill [17][]; 18. 891-JR Hotovy [18][]; 19. 8C-Corey Bevard [22][]; 20. 5D-David VanGuilder [20][]; 21. K19-Will Krup [3][]; 22. 12M-John McClure [8][] Hard Charger: 1E-Jeffery Erickson[+9]
Qualifying Flight-A 1. 7-Nick Hoffman, 13.999; 2. 5CS-Curt Spalding, 14.094; 3. 19-Chad Bauer, 14.198; 4. 47-Collin Thirlby, 14.306; 5. 1E-Jeffery Erickson, 14.35; 6. 25-Josh Lolmaugh, 14.49; 7. 65-Todd Sherman, 14.534; 8. 8C-Corey Bevard, 14.563; 9. 99-Hunt Gossum, 14.567; 10. 9-Garrett Rons, 14.602; 11. 92-Caleb Kill, 14.648; 12. 4-Logan Beckwith, 14.75; 13. 87Z-George Zieman, 14.934; 14. 121-Andy Sprague, 15.005; 15. 9P-Derek Passenier, 15.194; 16. 12-Troy Marciniak, 15.282; 17. 72-John McCall, 15.372; 18. 67B-Mason Bevard, 16.609; 19. 60-Nate Wilbur, 98.999; 20. 117-Kevin Reeve, 99.999
Qualifying Flight-B 1. 44-KC Burdette, 14.247; 2. K19-Will Krup, 14.262; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 14.52; 4. 891-JR Hotovy, 14.585; 5. 82-Jacob Poel, 14.662; 6. 12M-John McClure, 14.702; 7. 23-Luke Hubbell, 14.805; 8. 88-Kody Weisner, 14.992; 9. 1-Brian Przepiora, 15.021; 10. 15-Dave Baker, 15.08; 11. 29-Steve Shellenberger, 15.164; 12. O-Darrick Guikoma, 15.183; 13. 4J-Paul Johnson, 15.275; 14. 81-Rick Swartout, 15.292; 15. 5D-David VanGuilder, 15.301; 16. I812-Mark Hotovy, 15.42; 17. O7W-Ben Wagar, 15.477; 18. 51-Jerid Bisson, 15.855
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer 1. 7-Nick Hoffman [1]; 2. 99-Hunt Gossum [5]; 3. 19-Chad Bauer [2]; 4. 1E-Jeffery Erickson [3]; 5. 92-Caleb Kill [6]; 6. 65-Todd Sherman [4]; 7. 9P-Derek Passenier [8]; 8. 72-John McCall [9]; 9. 87Z-George Zieman [7]; 10. 60-Nate Wilbur [10]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer 1. 5CS-Curt Spalding [1]; 2. 47-Collin Thirlby [2]; 3. 25-Josh Lolmaugh [3]; 4. 117-Kevin Reeve [10]; 5. 67B-Mason Bevard [9]; 6. 9-Garrett Rons [5]; 7. 8C-Corey Bevard [4]; 8. 4-Logan Beckwith [6]; 9. 12-Troy Marciniak [8]; 10. 121-Andy Sprague [7]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer 1. 44-KC Burdette [1]; 2. 24-Zeke McKenzie [2]; 3. 82-Jacob Poel [3]; 4. 23-Luke Hubbell [4]; 5. 4J-Paul Johnson [7]; 6. 1-Brian Przepiora [5]; 7. 5D-David VanGuilder [8]; 8. 29-Steve Shellenberger [6]; 9. O7W-Ben Wagar [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer 1. K19-Will Krup [1]; 2. 12M-John McClure [3]; 3. 15-Dave Baker [5]; 4. 88-Kody Weisner [4]; 5. 891-JR Hotovy [2]; 6. O-Darrick Guikoma [6]; 7. 81-Rick Swartout [7]; 8. 51-Jerid Bisson [9]; 9. I812-Mark Hotovy [8]
Last Chance Showdown #1 (8 Laps) – Top 1 Transfer 1. 92-Caleb Kill [1][]; 2. 9P-Derek Passenier [5][]; 3. 65-Todd Sherman [3][]; 4. 67B-Mason Bevard [2][]; 5. 9-Garrett Rons [4][]; 6. 72-John McCall [7][]; 7. 4-Logan Beckwith [8][]; 8. 8C-Corey Bevard [6][]; 9. 12-Troy Marciniak [10][]; 10. 87Z-George Zieman [9][]; 11. 60-Nate Wilbur [11][]; 12. 121-Andy Sprague [12][]
Last Chance Showdown #2 (8 Laps) – Top 1 Transfer 1. 891-JR Hotovy [2][]; 2. 4J-Paul Johnson [1][]; 3. 5D-David VanGuilder [5][]; 4. O-Darrick Guikoma [4][]; 5. 1-Brian Przepiora [3][]; 6. 29-Steve Shellenberger [7][]; 7. O7W-Ben Wagar [9][]; 8. 51-Jerid Bisson [8][]; 9. 81-Rick Swartout [6][]; 10. I812-Mark Hotovy [10][]