{"id":21019,"date":"2014-02-23T08:15:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T08:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=21019"},"modified":"2014-02-23T08:15:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T08:15:44","slug":"bloomquist-blasts-to-10000-triumph-in-wednesday-nights-dirtcar-late-model-finale-at-dirtcar-nationals-by-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/bloomquist-blasts-to-10000-triumph-in-wednesday-nights-dirtcar-late-model-finale-at-dirtcar-nationals-by-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomquist Blasts To $10,000 Triumph In Wednesday Night\u2019s DIRTcar Late Model Finale At DIRTcar Nationals by Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hall of Fame Driver Reaches Victory Lane At Volusia Speedway Park For Fourth Consecutive Year<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"BloomerBARBERVILLE, FL \u2013 Feb. 19, 2014 \u2013 A slower track surface played right into Scott Bloomquist\u2019s hands\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0night at Volusia Speedway Park.<\/p>\n

Making his first start in a new car he designed in a collaboration with noted parts manufacturer Randy Sweet, the 50-year-old superstar from Mooresburg, Tenn., mastered the sprawling half-mile oval to capture the 40-lap A-Main that closed the DIRTcar Late Model portion of the 43rd<\/sup>annual DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment.<\/p>\n

Bloomquist swept past fellow Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., for the lead on lap 20 and never looked back in the caution-free event. He pocketed $10,000 for his ninth career win during the DIRTcar Nationals by Summit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe racetrack was awesome tonight,\u201d said Bloomquist, who began the six-night full-fender meet at VSP with finishes of sixth (Monday) and fifth (Tuesday). \u201cIt\u2019s a little different when you just don\u2019t sit out there and have everybody hold it on the floor all night. You gotta have a little bit of foot, a little bit of patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bloomquist showed plenty of those traits on his way to crossing the finish line 1.497 seconds ahead of Chickamauga, Ga.\u2019s Dale McDowell, who made a strong advance from the 14th<\/sup>\u00a0starting spot. McDowell reached second on lap 30 and briefly closed on Bloomquist before losing ground and settling for runner-up money.<\/p>\n

Eric Wells of Hazard, Ky., who started fifth, climbed as high as second on lap 24 before being overtaken by McDowell six circuits later and placing third \u2013 his second podium finish in the week\u2019s three DIRTcar Late Model events. Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., started and finished fourth and Moyer faded to fifth at the checkered flag after starting from the outside pole and leading laps 1-19.<\/p>\n

In a race completed in a rapid 12 minutes, 35.182 seconds, Bloomquist started third and chased Moyer and polesitter Rick Eckert of York, Pa., through the early circuits. Bloomquist wrestled second from Eckert on lap 15 and quickly ran down Moyer.<\/p>\n

With a burst off the inside of turn four, Bloomquist shot past Moyer to assume command for good as lap 20 was scored.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe moved around and just tried to find where we could work well on the racetrack,\u201d said Bloomquist, who won an A-Main during the DIRTcar Nationals by Summit for the fourth consecutive year. \u201cI really felt great all over the racetrack, but finally we got to the middle of (turns) three and four. It looked like not too many guys could carry that much speed through the middle.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Moyer) looked like he was just kind of fading and we were coming to him,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe might have went with a little different tire combination. But I knew all the guys up front had the same thing, so we just had the superior piece and I felt like we drove a pretty good race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putting the new car in Victory Lane in its debut gave Bloomquist a definite confident boost.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe finished this car while we were racing in Tampa (last week at East Bay Raceway Park),\u201d said Bloomquist. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a pretty rough two-week period, so to get the car finally done and get out here \u2013 this is the first laps on it this week \u2013 we really know we got something going on with this race car. I think there\u2019s gonna be a lot of victories to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDowell, 47, appeared primed to stop Bloomquist\u2019s march after surging past Lanigan and Wells to claim second place on lap 30. The veteran drew his Team Dillon Warrior within a half-second of Bloomquist before his bid stalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to gaining a little bit there but just got to turning hard,\u201d said McDowell, who was chasing his first DIRTcar Nationals by Summit victory since the 1999 finale. \u201cI got kind of balanced out the last five, six laps, and got a little bit tight, and Scott was good rolling right through that middle. We\u2019ll try to fix that problem and see if we can\u2019t get up front the rest of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eckert finished sixth after running in the top five until just past the halfway point. Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., placed seventh, advancing from the 15\u00a0th<\/sup>\u00a0starting spot. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., started and finished eighth; Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., slipped two spots from his starting position to finish ninth; and sixth-starter Mike Marlar of Winfield, Tenn., rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n

With 42 cars signed in for action, group qualifying was utilized to set the starting lineups for four heat races.<\/p>\n

Moyer registered the fastest overall qualifying lap at 15.999 seconds \u2013 the second time in three nights that the veteran was quickest overall. Other group fast-timers were Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill. (16.320), Sheppard (16.146) and John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va. (16.153).<\/p>\n

Heat winners were Eckert, Moyer, Bloomquist and Lanigan. The B-Mains were captured by Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., and Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y.<\/p>\n

The DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit continue\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0night (Feb. 20) with the first of three straights of competition featuring the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. A 50-lap WoO LMS A-Main paying $10,000 to win will top the program, which also includes a 30-lap feature for the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds.<\/p>\n

Race time is\u00a07:30 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

For more information on the DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH, log on to\u00a0www.DIRTcarNationals.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DIRTcar Late Model 40-Lap A-Main Finish (Finish Pos.\/Start Pos.\/Driver\/Laps Completed):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. (3) Scott Bloomquist\/40<\/p>\n

2. (14) Dale McDowell\/40<\/p>\n

3. (5) Eric Wells\/40<\/p>\n

4. (4) Darrell Lanigan\/40<\/p>\n

5. (2) Billy Moyer\/40<\/p>\n

6. (1) Rick Eckert\/40<\/p>\n

7. (15) Steve Francis\/40<\/p>\n

8. (8) Tim McCreadie\/40<\/p>\n

9. (7) Brandon Sheppard\/40<\/p>\n

10. (6) Mike Marlar\/40<\/p>\n

11. (21) Brady Smith\/40<\/p>\n

12. (18) Vic Coffey\/40<\/p>\n

13. (20) Bobby Pierce\/40<\/p>\n

14. (23) Don O\u2019Neal\/40<\/p>\n

15. (13) Brian Shirley\/39<\/p>\n

16. (17) Jared Landers\/39<\/p>\n

17. (27) Chad Hollenbeck\/34<\/p>\n

18. (10) Casey Roberts\/32<\/p>\n

19. (19) Kenny Pettyjohn\/32<\/p>\n

20. (25) Jeff Babcock\/31<\/p>\n

21. (24) Morgan Bagley\/29<\/p>\n

22. (11) Frankie Heckenast Jr.\/24<\/p>\n

23. (28) Eric Jacobsen\/16<\/p>\n

24. (12) Shane Clanton\/13<\/p>\n

25. (16) John Blankenship\/11<\/p>\n

26. (9) Gregg Satterlee\/10<\/p>\n

27. (22) Clint Smith\/7<\/p>\n

28. (26) Mike Hammerle\/4<\/p>\n

Heat No. 1 (8 laps \u2013 Top 4 Transfer):\u00a0<\/strong>1. Rick Eckert, 2. Eric Wells, 3. Gregg Satterlee, 4. Brian Shirley, 5. Jared Landers, 6. Bobby Pierce, 7. Chase Junghans, 8. Morgan Bagley, 9. Clint Smith, 10. Jeff Babcock, 11. Jeff Beyers<\/p>\n

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Heat No. 2 (8 laps \u2013 Top 4 Transfer):\u00a0<\/strong>1. Billy Moyer, 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Casey Roberts, 4. Dale McDowell, 5. Chad Hollenbeck, 6. Jack Sullivan, 7. Stacy Boles, 8. Mike Hammerle, 9. Chuck Julien, 10. John Garvin (DNS) Kyle Bronson<\/p>\n

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Heat No. 3 (8 laps \u2013 Top 4 Transfer):\u00a0<\/strong>1. Scott Bloomquist, 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Frankie Heckenast Jr., 4. Steve Francis, 5. Kenny Pettyjohn, 6. Dan Stone, 7. Rick \u2018Boom\u2019 Briggs, 8. Chub Frank, 9. Eric Jacobsen (DNS) Dennis Erb Jr.<\/p>\n

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Heat No. 4 (8 laps \u2013 Top 4 Transfer):\u00a0<\/strong>1. Darrell Lanigan, 2. Tim McCreadie, 3. Shane Clanton, 4. John Blankenship, 5. Vic Coffey, 6. Brady Smith, 7. Tim Fuller, 8. Don O\u2019Neal, 9. Jason Fitzgerald, 10. John Winge<\/p>\n

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B-Main No. 1 (10 laps \u2013 Top 4 Transfer):\u00a0<\/strong>1. Jared Landers, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Clint Smith, 4. Morgan Bagley, 5. Chad Hollenbeck, 6. Stacy Boles, 7. Chase Junghans, 8. Jack Sullivan, 9. Jeff Babcock, 10. Jeff Beyers, 11. Chuck Julien, 12. Mike Hammerle (DNS) Kyle Bronson, John Garvin<\/p>\n

B-Main No. 2 (10 laps \u2013 Top 4 Transfer):<\/strong>\u00a01. Vic Coffey, 2. Kenny Pettyjohn, 3. Brady Smith, 4. Don O\u2019Neal, 5. Tim Fuller, 6. Chub Frank, 7. Eric Jacobsen, 8. Dan Stone, 9. Jason Fitzgerald, 10. John Winge, 11. Rick \u2018Boom\u2019 Briggs (DNS) Dennis Erb Jr.<\/p>\n

Provisional Starters:<\/strong>\u00a0Jeff Babock, Mike Hammerle (DIRTcar national points); Chad Hollenbeck, Eric Jacobsen (DCN points)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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