6/20/2017
RacinBoys
Billy Moyer Jr. scores first Hell Tour win of 2017
By Ben Shelton (Batesville, AR) -- Billy Moyer Jr. topped the rain-shortened UMP DIRTcar Summernationals event at Peoria Speedway in his Crop Production Services #21jr Billy Moyer Race Car/ Pro Power Racing Engines Super Late Model. The victory was his third overall of the 2017 season.
Last week Billy kicked off the 2017 edition of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals – aka the Hell Tour. Billy started the 29-race slate on Wednesday with a 6th-place finish at Brownstown Speedway (Brownstown, Indiana) before notching a 10th-place finish at Kankakee County Speedway (Kankakee, Illinois) on Thursday evening.
Friday found Billy registering an 11th-place finish in his first-ever event at Sycamore Speedway (Sycamore, Illinois).
For the fourth stop of the tour, Moyer Jr. was one of 29 cars registered at Peoria Speedway (Peoria, Illinois) on Saturday night for the $10,000-to-win affair. After timing in second quick in his group, Billy charged to a 10-lap heat race win, locking him into the pole position for the feature.
Battling with his dad for the top spot, Moyer Jr. took control of the lead on lap 15. Just five circuits later Mother Nature began to drench the oval.
After seeing the field sent to the pits, race officials eventually called off the race when the storm showed no signs of letting up. Even though the feature didn’t reach its halfway point, officials eventually made the decision to declare the race complete, which gave the victory to Billy Moyer Jr.
For his win he received $5,000, which was half of the originally-scheduled winning purse. Bobby Pierce, Moyer Sr., Brian Shirley, and Billy Drake completed the Top 5 finishers. His win on Saturday night marked his third triumph of the season.
Billy ended his week with at Daugherty Speedway (Boswell, Indiana) with a 13th-place finish.
“Even though we would’ve like to have had more Top 5’s it wasn’t a bad first week for our team on the tour,” Moyer Jr. said. “The Peoria deal was a tough situation. I hate that we didn’t get to finish the feature, but it definitely feels good to get our first Summernationals win of 2017.”
Billy resumes action on the Hell Tour on Tuesday night at Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, Illinois) with a $5,000-to-win affair. His schedule for the week includes the following dates:
Tuesday, June 20: Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, IL) - $5,000-To-Win
Wednesday, June 21: Farley Speedway (Farley, IL) - $10,000-To-Win
Thursday, June 22: Spoon River Speedway (Banner, IL) - $5,000-To-Win
Friday, June 23: Tri City Speedway (Granite City, IL) - $10,000-To-Win
Saturday, June 24: Fairbury American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL) - $10,000-To-Win
Sunday, June 25: Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, IL) - $5,000-To-Win
Monday, June 26: Clarksville Speedway (Clarksville, IL) - $5,000-To-Win
Tuesday, June 27: Charleston Speedway (Charleston, IL) - $5,000-To-Win
For more information on the events, please visit www.TheHellTour.com .
Billy Moyer Jr. would like to thank all of his sponsors including Billy Moyer Victory Chassis, Crop Production Services, Mesilla Valley Transportation, C&W & Sons Trucking, Dyna-Gro Seed, Car City, Bad Boy Mowers, Jack’s Auto Parts, Karl Performance, Karl Kustom Corvettes, Karl Chevrolet, Pro Power Racing Engines, Fox Shocks, ROCKHARD Powder Coating, Eibach Springs, XS Batteries, Wehrs Machine, Outerwears, Quickcar, Jones Racing Products, Fuel Safe, Safecraft, Sunoco Race Fuels, Imperial Motors, Amsoil, Bert Transmission, New Vision Graphics, Watters Autoland, Midwest Sheet Metal, Peterson Fluid Systems, Sweet Mfg., MSD Performance, Wiles Driveshafts, Performance Bodies, Hoosier Tire South by Pup, ISC Racing Tape, Oakley Deatherage Opticians, Frankland Racing Products, Hooker Harness, Kluhsman Racing Components, Earnhardt Technologies, BSB Manufacturing, Beyea Custom Headers, Sunoco Race Fuels, Strange Engineering, TWM Products, Scott Performance Wire, AFCO, Design 500, Accu-Force Shock Service, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.
For more information on the team please visit www.BillyMoyerJr.com .
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott