When Jason Feger bolted from the seventh starting spot to second place by the fifth lap of Saturday’s 40-lap Kubota Gateway Dirt Nationals finale inside The Dome at America’s Center, he couldn’t prevent himself from wondering if his time to bask in the event’s ample spotlight was finally coming.

FARMER CITY, Ill. — As the final qualifier during Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway, Jason Feger wanted to have every scrap of information he could about previous time-trialers before his No. 25 tripped the clock.

Compared to our ultracomfortable passenger cars with virtually every modern convenience at your fingertips, the cockpit of a Dirt Late Model is rather sparse.

Dirt Late Model racing's indoor spectacle, the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center, takes over Downtown St. Louis for the eighth running of the mega event this week.

Mighty Macon was mighty wild.

No moment captivated Thursday’s opener of the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals like the heat-race kerfuffle between Jason Feger and Carson Hocevar.