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A little more than a decade ago, Jason Feger was just getting his start in racing.One of the first tracks the Bloomington native sampled with his Sportsman car was the Peoria Speedway.“We ran here every Saturday night for several years and won a lot of Sportsman features here,” Feger said. “This is one of my home tracks.”
On Tuesday night, Feger picked up another feature win, albeit in a slightly more important race.Feger overtook polesitter Kevin Weaver near the midway point and won the $6,000 UMP Summer Nationals stop at the speedway.Feger, now known as the Highside Hustler, lived up to his nickname.
After Weaver and Rodney Melvin won the first two heats by running on the bottom, Feger showed just how quick the top could be in winning the third heat.He did the same thing in the feature, patiently waiting for his tires to come in on the high side before running Weaver down and then running away.“I think I was harder on tires than just about anybody else tonight,” Feger said. “The top side was real tricky in turns 3 and 4.“You just kind of had to tip-toe your way through there and try to keep your momentum.”
Feger was followed across the line by defending champion Jeep VanWormer, who also used the high side to get around Weaver, who finished third. There was also excitement early in the evening for the Late Models as Shannon Babb set a new track record of :12.119 seconds, breaking the old record of 12.409 set last year by Wes Steidinger.
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