What won the race: Winning a back-and-forth battle with Shannon Babb, Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., took the lead for good on lap 33 Friday at Farmer City Raceway and earned a $5,000 MARS Racing Series victory. Feger won the 47-lapper by 0.549 seconds over Thursday's winner Bobby Pierce with Babb in third.

Quotable: "Man, what a race. It's so good racing up there with Babb and Shirley and Unzicker. We had a heckuva battle and nobody touched anybody," Feger said. "The track, I mean, it's got some bumps, and you can say what you want, but it put on a good show tonight. You felt like you could go in any groove."

Key notes: Feger, who led the final 15 laps as well as laps 1, 28 and 30, grabbed his 10th career MARS victory. ... Runner-up Bobby Pierce ended the race with his right-rear quarterpanel dangling behind his car. ... Third-finishing Shannon Babb led laps 26-27, 29, and 31-32. ... Polesitter Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., led 24 of the first 25 laps and slowed with a shredded left-rear tire one lap after losing the lead to Babb; he came back to finish sixth. ... Sixth-running Ryan Gustin retired mid-race. ... Ten drivers finished on the lead lap.

On the move: Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., started 12th and finished fifth.

Winner's sponsors: Feger's MB Customs Chassis has a Pro Power engine and sponsorship from Griffin Signs, Cheap Cars, Titan, Remtek Enterprises, Northeastern Fabrication and Digital Copy Systems.

Points chase: Entering the weekend, Brian Shirley and Frank Heckenast Jr. were tied atop the series standings with 249 points, followed by Ryan Unzicker (195), Jason Feger (183) and Rich Bell (153).

Current weather: Clear, 61°F

Car count: 26

Fast qualifier: Eric Smith

Time: 12.987 seconds

Polesitter: Ryan Unzicker

Heat race winners: Jason Feger, Ryan Unzicker, Shannon Babb,  ,  ,  ,  ,  

Consolation race winners: Rich Bell,  ,  ,  

Next series race: September 5, Fairbury Speedway (Fairbury, IL) $10,000