The Headline(s)
Illinois late model veteran Jason Feger won the rescheduled Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway after 20 years of trying, with Mike Harrison also scoring a win.
How it Happened
2022 Herald & Review 100
Where: Macon Speedway – Macon, Ill. (streamed on Macon Racing TV)
Winner’s Purse: $5,000
“Twenty years I’d been trying for that” said an elated Jason Feger as he emerged in victory lane Thursday night (Sept. 1) at the Macon Speedway bullring, winning the Herald & Review 100 super late model race that was rescheduled after being rained out for its regularly scheduled date on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour.”
After years of trying, Jason @FegerRacing is a @heraldandreview 100 winner! 🏁
He climbs atop the car in @maconspeedway Victory Lane, now $5,000 richer! pic.twitter.com/VbSJMLVr9k
— DIRTcar Summer Nationals (@SummerNationals) September 2, 2022
Feger’s win came courtesy of navigating a choppy feature that was slowed by 13 cautions as well as a lap 7 red-flag incident that saw Paul Stubber flip as part of a four-car accordion wreck in turn 3. Feger led the final 61 laps of the feature after Rusty Schlenk led from laps 2-38, never again being challenged for the race lead despite the myriad yellow flags.
Schlenk did attempt to make a race of it however. After losing the lead on lap 38, Schlenk quickly dropped through the field before drawing the caution flag on lap 52 and heading to the work area. Returning to the track, Schlenk battled back up to the fourth position, but banged up his racecar running the track’s high side in the process.
As a result, Schlenk had to have track officials remove his dragging spoiler under a lap 85 yellow flag, an alteration that left Schlenk to eventually spin out on a lap 86 restart, then parking his car for the night.
With Hell Tour modified champion Nick Hoffman nowhere to be found, longtime midwest modified ace Mike Harrison won the UMP modified support class feature running away.
Checkered: @mikeharrison24h wins the Modified portion of the 42nd #HeraldReview100 at @maconspeedway! pic.twitter.com/6PHtp0rcYc
— DIRTcar Summer Nationals (@SummerNationals) September 2, 2022
Success Stories
If anyone needed a visual aid of how much Thursday night’s win meant to Feger, consider that he hugged the track PA man before beginning his victory lane interview. Said Feger, despite the Herald & Review 100 being only a $5,000-to-win feature, it’d been on his list for…
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