PHOTO: Clint Bowyer held off Ken Schrader Wednesday for his first DIRTcar UMP Modified victory at Volusia Speedway Park.
BARBERVILLE, FL – Feb. 9, 2011 – Racing legend Sammy Swindell powered to victory Wednesday night in the Sprint Car opener at the 40th Annual DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio at Volusia Speedway Park.
Swindell weaved to the front and worked past Kraig Kinser to grab the lead on Lap 7 of the 30-lap main event. Then the three-time World of Outlaws champion held off teammate Craig Dollansky to the checkered flag. Rising star David Gravel was third followed by Daryn Pittman and Greg Wilson.
NASCAR superstar Clint Bowyer started on the outside pole of the DIRTcar UMP Modified feature event that followed the Sprint Car race and held off Ken Schrader for the first victory of his career at Volusia Speedway Park. Schrader tried to close the gap on a green-white-checkered finish but had to settle for second with Joey Kramer third followed by Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon with Jason Miller rounding out the top five.
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DIRTcar UMP Modified 20-lap A-main finish (Starting position in parenthesis): 1. Clint Bowyer (2); 2. Ken Schrader (5); 3. Joey Kramer (4); 4. Austin Dillon (12); 5. Jason Miller (10); 6. Bobby Kitchen (1); 7. Kenny Wallace (6); 8. Richie Tosh (9); 9. Dave Hess Jr (23); 10. Nate Carruth (7); 11. Michael Long (15); 12. Corey Conley (20); 13. David McWilliams (13); 14. Duane Dale (11); 15. Jamie Lomax (3); 16. Ty Dillon (26); 17. Devin Gilpin (18); 18. Todd Neiheiser (8); 19. Chris Puskas (28); 20. Dale Mathison (17); 21. Jon Henry (21); 22. Rob Penney (14); 23. Ryan Gustin (16); 24. Kevin Davis (22); 25. Bob Gierke (24); 26. Scotty Orr (19); 27. Andy Strait (25); 28. Gary Cook Jr (27).
All Star Sprint Car Series Statistical Report, Volusia Speedway Park, Feb. 9, 2011
A-main (30 laps) – Starting Position [#]: 1) 1-Sammy Swindell[9] 2) 7-Craig Dollansky[17] 3) 89G-David Gravel[4] 4) 27-Daryn Pittman[7] [5) W20-Greg Wilson[6] 6) 1Z-Stevie Smith[5] [7) 14-Jason Meyers[10] 8) 83X-Tim Shaffer[13] [9) 51-Fred Rahmer[11] [ 10) 2-Dale Blaney[3] 11) 15-Donny Schatz[15] 12) 30C-Lance Dewease[21] 13) 9-Joey Saldana[19] 14) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[8] 15) 11-Steve Kinser[24] 16) 17-Tyler Walker[20] 17) 22-Brian Ellenberger[22] 18) 2B-Ben Gregg[23] 19) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[14] 20) 7S-Jason Sides[16] 21) 6-Kraig Kinser[2] [22) 63-Chad Kemenah[12] 23) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[1] 24) 83-Paul McMahan[18]
Qualifying (Best time of two laps): 1) 1Z-Stevie Smith 13.525 2) 51-Fred Rahmer 13.607 3) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.609 4) 6-Kraig Kinser 13.639 5) 83X-Tim Shaffer 13.677 6) 89G-David Gravel 13.727 7) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. 13.746 8) 4-Danny Smith 13.772 9) W20-Greg Wilson 13.777 10) 2-Dale Blaney 13.777 11) 27-Daryn Pittman 13.859 12) 14Z-Jessica Zemken 13.868 13) 1-Sammy Swindell 13.885 14) 14-Jason Meyers 13.932 15) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.940 16) 15-Donny Schatz 13.940 17) 7S-Jason Sides 13.964 18) 24-Terrt McCarl 14.005 19) 7-Craig Dollansky 14.011 20) 83-Paul McMahan 14.017 21) 9-Joey Saldana 14.020 22) 17-Tyler Walker 14.021 23) 30C-Lance Dewease 14.034 24) 22-Brian Ellenberger 14.042 25) 2B-Ben Gregg 14.107 26) 11-Steve Kinser 14.127 27) O4-Cap Henry 14.137 28) 1J-Bronson Maeschen 14.148 29) 91-Cody Darrah 14.191 30) 25-Aaron Ott 14.237 31) 55-Chad Layton 14.279 32) 39-Greg Hodnett 14.313 33) 49-Brad Sweet 14.329 34) 33-Danny Lasoski 14.356 35) 7M-Mark Smith 14.492 36) 80-Spud Gustin 14.514 37) 3-Pete Miller 15.033 38) P51-Jeff Carlson 15.328 39) 6N-Brad Wickam 15.404
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature): 1) 7S-Jason Sides[2] 2) 1-Sammy Swindell[3] 3) 9-Joey Saldana[1] 4) 1Z-Stevie Smith[6] 5) W20-Greg Wilson[4] 6) 83X-Tim Shaffer[5] 7) 91-Cody Darrah[8] 8) 2B-Ben Gregg[7] 9) 3-Pete Miller[10] 10) 49-Brad Sweet[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature): 1) 17-Tyler Walker[1] 2) 2-Dale Blaney[4] 3) 14-Jason Meyers[3] 4) 11-Steve Kinser[7] 5) 89G-David Gravel[5] 6) 24-Terrt McCarl[2] 7) 51-Fred Rahmer[6] 8) 25-Aaron Ott[8] 9) 33-Danny Lasoski[9] 10) P51-Jeff Carlson[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature): 1) 7-Craig Dollansky[2] 2) 30C-Lance Dewease[1] 3) 27-Daryn Pittman[4] 4) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5] 5) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[3] 6) 7M-Mark Smith[9] 7) 55-Chad Layton[8] 8) 63-Chad Kemenah[6] 9) O4-Cap Henry[7] 10) 6N-Brad Wickam[10]
Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 5 finishers transferred to A-feature): 1) 83-Paul McMahan[2] 2) 22-Brian Ellenberger[1] 3) 14Z-Jessica Zemken[4] 4) 6-Kraig Kinser[6] 5) 15-Donny Schatz[3] 6) 4-Danny Smith[5] 7) 39-Greg Hodnett[8] 8) 1J-Bronson Maeschen[7] 9) 80-Spud Gustin[9]
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature): 1) 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[1] 2) 6-Kraig Kinser[2] 3) 2-Dale Blaney[6] 4) 89G-David Gravel[3] 5) 1Z-Stevie Smith[5] 6) W20-Greg Wilson[4]
B-main (12 laps, top 4 finishers transferred to A-feature): 1) 51-Fred Rahmer[1] [] 2) 63-Chad Kemenah[2] [] 3) 83X-Tim Shaffer[3] [] 4) 2B-Ben Gregg[6] [] 5) 25-Aaron Ott[10] 6) 4-Danny Smith[4] 7) O4-Cap Henry[7] 8) 55-Chad Layton[11] [9) 33-Danny Lasoski[14] 10) 91-Cody Darrah[9] 11) 7M-Mark Smith[15] 12) 1J-Bronson Maeschen[8] 13) 39-Greg Hodnett[12] 14) 49-Brad Sweet[13] 15) 3-Pete Miller[17] 16) 6N-Brad Wickam[19] 17) 80-Spud Gustin[16] 18) 24-Terry McCarl[5]