In the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals’ first appearance in Missouri in 2026, Hunt Gossum brought his Kentucky-born skills to the track and dominated the main event Saturday night.

Gossum, 21, of Mayfield, KY, led all 25 circuits around the 1/3-mile oval of I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park, banking his sixth career series win over Michael Long and Chris Spalding.

Gossum got the jump on the initial start of the race, beating polesitter Rick Conoyer to the bottom lane in Turn 1. He found lap traffic on Lap 14, which allowed Spalding to close the gap to only a few tenths of a second as the race neared the halfway point. Spalding took his No. 29 up to the top side in search of a way by Gossum, but he was unable to find the grip he needed as Long raced by underneath to take the runner-up spot.

This allowed Gossum to stretch his lead once again and drive the field back around to the checkered flag to bank his first Summit Modified win since going to Victory Lane at Lincoln Speedway one year ago.

“It felt like a 100-lap race, I’m going to be honest,” Gossum said. “I got lucky enough to be on the front row. I don’t know if [Conoyer] spun his tires on the start, but I just went. I mean, my car launched and I just turned and got into the rubber.”

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The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head to Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL, on Sunday, June 21. Tickets for the event will be sold at the track on race day.

How else can you watch the Summit Modifieds? Every race is broadcasted live on DIRTVision.

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 99-Hunt Gossum[2]; 2. 18L-Michael Long[4]; 3. 29-Chris Spalding[3]; 4. 0-Damian Kiefer[6]; 5. 24S-Jacob Steinkoenig[5]; 6. 51-Timmy Hill[7]; 7. 14C-Rick Conoyer[1]; 8. 9-Ken Schrader[13]; 9. 17V-Mike Vanderiet Jr[15]; 10. 05-Dave Wietholder[9]; 11. 87Z-Zeb Moake[18]; 12. 98-Joshua Hawkins[12]; 13. 77-Ray Bollinger[8]; 14. 74-James Hileman[10]; 15. 21B-Hunter Breland[16]; 16. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[24]; 17. 16-Shawn Deering[22]; 18. J82-Treb Jacoby[23]; 19. 74S-Chris Sieweke[21]; 20. 47-Jack Sartain[19]; 21. 23-Dylan Sharp[14]; 22. 58R-Ryan Hamilton[17]; 23. 24H-Mike Harrison[11]; 24. 4G-Paul Schrempf Jr[20]

This article was republished with permission from the Summer Nationals. The original article can be found here: https://dirtcarsummernationals.com/recaps/hunt-gossum-scores-sixth-career-summit-modified-victory-at-i-55/

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