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Pontoon Beach, IL (July 4, 2008) By Kellen Burns/DIRTcar Racing P.R. -

Records are meant to be broken.

But when it comes to Billy Moyer, he doesn’t just break records, he shatters them.

Moyer smashed the one-lap Super Late Model standard for the three-eighths-mile Tri-City Speedway in qualifying on Friday night, then backed it up by pulling off an memorable outside pass to win the 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals A-Main.

The Batesville, Ark., legend’s lap of 14.144 seconds during the 51-car group time-trial session reduced the existing track record of 14.526 seconds that had been held by Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Ill.

Things certainly didn’t go all Moyer’s way throughout the night, though. While he dominated the first heat from start-to-finish to emerge victorious, his Victory Circle M1 Chassis suffered a broken rearend as he crossed the finish line.

But that didn’t phase the six-time UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion or his trustworthy crew.

“We were prepared to fix whatever happened to the car,” said Moyer. “These guys, they knew what to do.”

Moyer, 50, and crew made the necessary repairs and he lined up fifth in the A-Main. He then set out to prove he was the class of the field.

After the fifth of the race’s seven caution flags flew on lap 13, Moyer dared to try the high side of the track and moved around Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., and leader Steidinger to take command. Another caution flag for a spin by Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., negated the move, however, relegating Moyer back to third.

Moyer slid by Erb for second on the ensuing restart and went to work on Steidinger. With his No. 21 perched on the cushion, Moyer drove by Steidinger and a lapped car on lap 21 to assume command for good.

“The track has some slick spots and some rough spots there in the beginning,” said Moyer, who earned $10,000 for his second Summer Nationals RacingJunk.com Victory Lane visit of 2008 and his alltime tour-best 64th career win. “I just let the car work where it needed to. I just kind of waited for the right time to make the move.”

Erb, the defending Summer Nationals champion and current points leader, settled for a runner-up finish.

“We went a little hard on tires and it took awhile for me to get going,” said Erb. “Once we had a good long green run we were running good.”

Erb took some positives from the night as he padded his Summer Nationals points lead over Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., who finished eighth, heading into the final week of tour competition. He doesn’t want to leave anything to chance, though.

“It’s so hard the way the points are,” said Erb. “The biggest thing is just to keep finishing good and running up in the front. Hopefully it will work out.”

Steidinger finished third after leading early in the main event. Like Erb, he felt as if tires were the biggest factor in the outcome of the race.

“I had soft tires on and I’m pretty sure (Moyer and Erb) were on harder tires,” said Steidinger. “I tried to save my tires there on the bottom, but it got to a point where I was struggling too bad down there in three and four so I tried to move up and change my line to get better.”

The optimistic young hotshoe, whose hometrack, Fairbury (Ill.) American Legion Speedway, is the next stop on tour, kept climbing the proverbial ladder with another strong finish.

“We’ll take third,” said Steidinger. “That’s not too bad with the kind of guys who showed up tonight.”

Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., finished fourth from the ninth starting spot and Darren Miller of Milledgeville, Ill., placed fifth.

The 51-car field for the event was the largest of the 2008 Summer Nationals.

OVERALL FAST TIME & NEW TRACK RECORD:
21 BILLY MOYER 14.144

UMP Late Models : A-Main 01-- 51 Cars
1 21 BILLY MOYER BATESVILLE, AR
2 28 DENNIS ERB CARPENTERSVILLE, IL
3 j1 WES STEIDINGER FAIRBURY, IL
4 88 WENDALL WALLACE
5 32d DARREN MILLER Milledgeville, IL
6 55 JEEP VAN WORMER PINCONNING, MI
7 B12 KEVIN WEAVER Gibson City, IL
8 3S BRIAN SHIRLEY Chatham, IL
9 24U RYAN UNZICKER
10 0 RANDY KORTE Highland, IL
11 5s STEVE SHEPPARD JR New Berlin, IL
12 00s JESSE STOVALL
13 27 RODNEY MELVIN BENTON, IL
14 82 BILLY LAYCOCK * Marine, IL
15 77 JASON MCBRIDE Carbondale, IL
16 1 WILL VAUGHT Crane, MO
17 25f JASON FEGER BLOOMINGTON, IL
18 13k BRENT KREKE O' Fallon, IL
19 12 JORDAN BLAND Campbellsville, KY
20 30 MARK VOIGT * Marine, IL
21 15B BRIAN BIRKHOFER
22 71 DON O'NEAL Martinsville, IN
23 92b BILLY FAUST * Lebanon, IL

UMP Late Models : B-Main 01
1 24U RYAN UNZICKER
2 25f JASON FEGER BLOOMINGTON, IL
3 82 BILLY LAYCOCK * Marine, IL
4 30 MARK VOIGT * Marine, IL
5 48 TIM LANCE
6 67 MARK OLLER Highland, IL
7 B12 KEVIN WEAVER Gibson City, IL
8 7 MARK BURGTORF Quincy, IL
9 35 CLAUDE WALKER * Moro, IL
10 96d CORY DAUGHERTY
11 441 BRIAN WOLFMEIER House Springs, MO
12 1s RICK SALTER* Albers, IL
13 6k MICHAEL KLOOS Trenton, IL
14 92b BILLY FAUST * Lebanon, IL
15 11z BRYAN COLLINS * Elsberry, MO
16 8 KYLE STEFFENS Saint Charles, MO

UMP Late Models : C-Main 01
1 8 KYLE STEFFENS Saint Charles, MO
2 48 TIM LANCE
3 441 BRIAN WOLFMEIER House Springs, MO
4 4s STEVEN UNTERBRINK Greenville, IL
5 14U BRUCE UNTERBRINK Greenville, IL
6 24 DICK TAYLOR * Springfield, IL
7 c7 MATT WEIDNER Trenton, IL
8 27S MIKE SCHULTE Summerfield, IL
9 16 RUSTY GRIFFAW * Festus, MO
10 5s STEVE SHEPPARD JR New Berlin, IL
11 F15 JERMEY CONAWAY Springfield, IL DNS
12 127 DON BEYERS DNS
13 78 CHAD ZOBRIST* Highland, IL DNS

UMP Late Models : C-Main 02
1 92b BILLY FAUST * Lebanon, IL
2 11z BRYAN COLLINS * Elsberry, MO
3 B12 KEVIN WEAVER Gibson City, IL
4 27B JEFF BEYERS
5 360 JOHN SEETS SR Brighton, IL
6 81 CRAIG SMITH Godfrey, IL
7 16h MIKE HAMMERLE Saint Charles, MO
8 dc3 DON CISCO III Oreana, IL
9 5 BRANDON SHEPPARD New Berlin, IL
10 22 DAN JACOBER Highland, IL
11 13 DEWAYNE KIEFER St. Genevieve, MO
12 00X RICK RHOADES
13 0 RANDY KORTE Highland, IL DNS

UMP Late Models : Heat 01
1 21 BILLY MOYER BATESVILLE, AR
2 71 DON O'NEAL Martinsville, IN
3 13k BRENT KREKE O' Fallon, IL
4 82 BILLY LAYCOCK * Marine, IL
5 67 MARK OLLER Highland, IL
6 8 KYLE STEFFENS Saint Charles, MO
7 4s STEVEN UNTERBRINK Greenville, IL
8 81 CRAIG SMITH Godfrey, IL
9 B12 KEVIN WEAVER Gibson City, IL
10 127 DON BEYERS DNS

UMP Late Models : Heat 02
1 28 DENNIS ERB CARPENTERSVILLE, IL
2 32d DARREN MILLER Milledgeville, IL
3 12 JORDAN BLAND Campbellsville, KY
4 24U RYAN UNZICKER
5 25f JASON FEGER BLOOMINGTON, IL
6 441 BRIAN WOLFMEIER House Springs, MO
7 11z BRYAN COLLINS * Elsberry, MO
8 5 BRANDON SHEPPARD New Berlin, IL
9 24 DICK TAYLOR * Springfield, IL
10 78 CHAD ZOBRIST* Highland, IL

UMP Late Models : Heat 03
1 j1 WES STEIDINGER FAIRBURY, IL
2 1 WILL VAUGHT Crane, MO
3 77 JASON MCBRIDE Carbondale, IL
4 1s RICK SALTER* Albers, IL
5 35 CLAUDE WALKER * Moro, IL
6 92b BILLY FAUST * Lebanon, IL
7 13 DEWAYNE KIEFER St. Genevieve, MO
8 5s STEVE SHEPPARD JR New Berlin, IL
9 F15 JERMEY CONAWAY Springfield, IL
10 22 DAN JACOBER Highland, IL

UMP Late Models : Heat 04
1 3S BRIAN SHIRLEY Chatham, IL
2 88 WENDALL WALLACE
3 27 RODNEY MELVIN BENTON, IL
4 6k MICHAEL KLOOS Trenton, IL
5 7 MARK BURGTORF Quincy, IL
6 27B JEFF BEYERS
7 14U BRUCE UNTERBRINK Greenville, IL
8 27S MIKE SCHULTE Summerfield, IL
9 dc3 DON CISCO III Oreana, IL
10 360 JOHN SEETS SR Brighton, IL

UMP Late Models : Heat 05
1 55 JEEP VAN WORMER PINCONNING, MI
2 00s JESSE STOVALL
3 15B BRIAN BIRKHOFER
4 30 MARK VOIGT * Marine, IL
5 96d CORY DAUGHERTY
6 48 TIM LANCE
7 c7 MATT WEIDNER Trenton, IL
8 16h MIKE HAMMERLE Saint Charles, MO
9 0 RANDY KORTE Highland, IL
10 16 RUSTY GRIFFAW * Festus, MO
11 00X RICK RHOADES