Top-3 Recap | 2026 MARS Late Models at Sycamore Speedway
Top-3 Recap after Friday's 2026 MARS Late Model Championship Series feature at Sycamore Speedway in Maple Park, Ill.
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He has cleared the scales.
He's officially a feature winner, taking home that checkered flag.
We're gonna turn it back over to Mike Norris, who's now in the infield at Sycamore Speedway.
Well, what a race here tonight, Sycamore.
They worked the high side, the low side.
They had to navigate lap traffic.
We'll ask him all about it.
He's your point leader coming into tonight, and he's gonna extend that point lead with that Midwest Sheet Metal fluorescent red spoiler.
As he gets set and ready to climb out, ladies and gentlemen, third feature win of the year.
How about it for Ryan Unzicker?
What a drive here tonight.
Congratulations, Ryan.
I tell you, that was a hectic race.
Started back there in the second row.
You had to be patient as you worked through lap traffic.
In the end, you stayed out in front of Jason Feger and Dennis Erb Jr., but man, you had to work hard for that one.
Congratulations on your third win.
You extend your point lead.
Oh, thank you.
Appreciate all the fans coming out, you guys out in the backend.
We always love- Try this.
All right.
Congratulations, Ryan.
A heck of a race and, a big win.
You extend your points lead.
Yeah, appreciate, everyone coming out tonight.
It's I love coming up here.
You know, we just don't get up here enough.
And, yeah, boo.
Just really, you know, the track was great.
If, we got up the, there in lap traffic, and, it was a little sketchy going out to the middle, but there was enough there to, to get us, settled in there to pass a couple lappers.
And, just really, just gotta thank my crew, and the sponsors, my wife, Michelle.
She's, she's my right-hand man, really.
She gives me a lot of confidence and, chucks me along the way.
And, my son, Brody, I gotta kick his butt at, every once in a while, get him going, you know.
But, Bobby, and Ben, and, Cade, they bust their tails for me, and, you know, everybody else in the shop.
And, Low Voltage Solutions, Mosquito Hero, REM Tech Enterprises, Fuel Factory Race Fuels, Rucker Farms, Arkansas Septic Plumbing, RJR Transportation, Construction Services, Unzicker Equipment, El Paso Outdoor Center, Leach Heating and Air.
Yeah, there's a bunch of them on here, and, we just appreciate everybody, you know, supporting us.
FK Rod End's big for us as well, and I know they're big for the series.
And, just feels good to get back in victory lane.
Ladies and gentlemen, your winner.
How about it for Ryan Unzicker?
And coming home in second, ladies and gentlemen, he put on a heck of a show.
How about it for the high side hustler, Jason Feger?
Jason, I tell you what, one of the fan favorites here tonight.
You were saving the It looked like to me maybe you were saving those tires.
You had a chance there, but maybe the track kinda got away from you there, went to the inside there late.
But, you had a good hot rod nonetheless.
Had a few chances there, but, come home second.
Great job.
Yeah, thanks.
You know, Ryan's been really good all year, and unfortunately the redraws are tough, you know?
And, it just, he was able to sneak by them guys on the bottom, and, you know, Thornton was really good there on the outside, and I got there behind him.
But we just got our tires so hot, buzzing them up into crumbs, 'cause you got a wheel spinning so bad.
And it just never came back, as good as it did, so I could I was even, at the end, struggling to run that bottom.
But that's just part of it.
We're all just so close, and Ryan's been bad fast all year, too.
So, we've been one-two and two-one a whole bunch.
So, just gotta We love getting to come to Sycamore, and I got a lot of fans up here, and appreciate everybody supporting us.
And, wish we could come up here and race more.
So, just glad, glad yous have us up here from big races, and hopefully we're gonna have a lot more.
We'll see you next week, or see you tomorrow at, Macon, and next week they can come back, watch you at LaSalle.
Yeah, should be another great one.
How about it, race fans?
Coming home in second, the high side hustler, Jason Feger.
And how about it, race fans?
Coming home third, former World of Outlaw champion, former DIRT Late Model Dream winner.
Here tonight at Sycamore, coming home third, Dennis Erb Jr. Dennis got some awesome fans here.
You guys put on a great show up front.
Man, you rocked into the race lead.
But, again, come home podium.
A great run for the car, 28.
Yeah, just, starting position's so much here.
So- What are you doing here?
Can you hear me now?
There.
I said, starting positions are so high.
All right, one more time.
Starting positions are just, you know, a, a big key here.
You know, if you can get out front, I thought You know, I liked that first start there, but then, you know, we got shuffled back.
But, you know, to be able to be back running up there and, you know, battle right back up, I mean, we had a good car.
It's just, track position here.
Well, he continues to work hard, he comes home third tonight.
How about it, race fans, for Dennis Erb Jr.?
Three awesome drivers in our sport.
Dennis Erb Jr. Third.
Second, w- your point leader, Ryan, or second, Jason Feger.
And one more time for your point leader.
How about it, Ryan Unzicker?
