6/29/2025
Trey Mills
Herald & Review 100 gives Trey Mills first-career Hell Tour triumph in thrilling fashion
Florida Racer Collects $7,500 Payday in Herald & Review 100
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (06/30/25) – “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” That was the motto Trey Mills embodied Thursday night at Illinois’ Macon Speedway.
The Florida teenager turned heads by outdueling five-time World of Outlaws champion Brandon Sheppard to capture the prestigious Herald & Review 100. Piloting his Catto Motorsports / Mills Concrete / Twin’s Farm No. 14JR Longhorn Chassis Late Model, Mills earned a $7,500 payday for his first career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory at the tight 1/5-mile oval.
“It’s just super awesome,” Mills said. “I’ve had a great car this whole time, I was just making too many mistakes. Tonight, I just got a whole night together, qualified on pole, won the Heat race, started up front, and maintained the first half of the race, and then finally gave it all I had at the end.”
After spending the opening two weeks on tour, Mills returned for Week Three of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, beginning with a 19th-place finish in Tuesday’s event at Springfield Raceway. Persistent rain washed out Wednesday’s stop at Tri-City Speedway, shifting the team’s focus to Thursday’s marquee event at Macon.
Mills made an early statement by setting the overall fastest time in qualifying with a blistering 11.401-second lap. He then held off a hard-charging Kyle Bronson in his heat to pick up the win. Rolling off third in the 100-lap feature, Mills seized the lead on lap 46 and held off repeated challenges from Brandon Sheppard in the closing circuits. He crossed the finish line just 0.118 seconds ahead to secure the career-high payday.
Following Thursday’s triumph, Mills endured an early exit Friday at Farmer City Raceway before rebounding with an 11th-place finish in Saturday’s $10,000-to-win A-Main at Highland Speedway. He closed out the week with a solid seventh-place effort on Sunday evening at Clarksville Speedway in Tennessee—the final DIRTcar Summer Nationals event to be held at the track.
Mills finished sixth in the Week Three point standings.
Full results from the third week on the Hell Tour can be viewed at www.DIRTcarSummerNationals.com.
With Monday’s event at Old No. 1 Speedway rained out, Mills is slated to return to action Tuesday as Week Four of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals kicks off at Benton Speedway. The team plans to follow the full slate of events through the weekend:
July 1 – Benton Speedway
July 2 – Spoon River Speedway
July 3 – LaSalle Speedway
July 4 – Red Hill Raceway
July 5 – Tri-State Speedway
July 6 – Duck River Raceway Park
Full event details are available at www.DIRTcarSummerNationals.com.
Trey Mills Motorsports would like to thank their great marketing partners, which include Colton Blair Motorsports, Fitz Factory Inc., Catto Motorsports, Twin's Farms, Simpson Race Products, Boswell Oil Company, Quarter Master, Swift Springs, Bilstein, Ultra Shield Race Products, LLC, Vinny Guliani, Longhorn Chassis, Clements Engines, Competition Cutz, H&R Race Engines, and MyRacePass.com Marketing Services.
For the latest updates on Trey Mills Motorsports, visit the team’s official website at www.TreyMills14.com. Fans can also stay connected by joining the official mailing list at https://pages/TreyMillsRacing.
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