{"id":4705,"date":"2011-02-09T12:07:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2011-02-09T12:08:32","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T12:08:32","slug":"austin%e2%80%99s-power-dillon-surges-to-dirtcar-nationals-by-unoh-opening-night-victory-at-volusia-speedway-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/series\/austin%e2%80%99s-power-dillon-surges-to-dirtcar-nationals-by-unoh-opening-night-victory-at-volusia-speedway-park\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTIN POWER: Dillon surges to DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH opening night victory at Volusia Speedway Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Kellen Burns<br \/>\nDIRTcar Public Relations<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\" href=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/series\/austin%e2%80%99s-power-dillon-surges-to-dirtcar-nationals-by-unoh-opening-night-victory-at-volusia-speedway-park\/attachment\/103741527cc011_theracedayra\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4707\" title=\"103741527CC011_TheRaceDayRa\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Austin-Dillon-face.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>BARBERVILLE, FL &#8211; Feb. 8, 2011 &#8212; Austin Dillon powered to a DIRTcar UMP  Modified victory on Tuesday night in the opener to the 40th Annual  DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio at Volusia Speedway  Park.<\/p>\n<p>Austin&#8217;s brother, Ty, started on the pole for the 20-lap main event but  fell out with three laps to go after making contact with Clint Bowyer  and finished 15th. Both Ty and Austin also won heat races.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Dillon, of Welcome, N.C., and the grandson of storied NASCAR car  owner Richard Childress, dove past his brother in Turn 1 at the big  half-mile dirt oval on the third circuit and powered to victory to kick  off the 12-night event. &#8220;It seems like I always finish second in points  here,&#8221; said Dillon. \u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m just trying to move up one more spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Corey Conley, of Wellsburg, W.Va., who started 21st surged all the way  to a second-place finish, one spot better than NASCAR star Bowyer, of  Emporia, Kan., who started 17th and methodically worked his way toward  the front. \u00a0Peyton Taylor of Desha, Ark., finished 4 th while Joey  Jensen of Forest Lake, Minn., rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Dillon brothers and Bowyer, other NASCAR drivers that  made the A-main Tuesday night included Kenny Wallace, who finished  sixth, and Ken Schrader, who was caught in a caution on Lap 3 and  finished 26th.<\/p>\n<p>There were 73 DIRTcar UMP Modifieds signed in to race in addition to  several World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series stars, who used the night for  a practice session to gear up for the next five nights of Sprint Car  racing at Volusia in conjunction with the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtcarnationals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.DIRTcarNationals.com<\/a> or follow the event on Twitter @DIRTcarNats.<\/p>\n<p>A-Main &#8211; 20 Laps: 1. Austin Dillon, 2. Corey Conley, 3. Clint Bowyer, 4.  Peyton Taylor, 5. Joey Jensen, 6. Kenny Wallace, 7. Bob Broking, 8.  Duane Dale, 9. Jason Beaulieu, 10. Kyle Bronson, 11. Dave Hess Jr, 12.  Todd Sherman, 13. Larry Burkins, 14. Michael Long, 15. Ty Dillon, 16.  Scotty Orr, 17. Kody Weisner, 18. Richie Tosh, 19. Brandon Smith, 20.  Randle Sweeney, 21. Dale Mathison, 22. Stormy Scott, 23. Devin Gilpin ,  24. Mike Spatola, 25. Bobby Kitchen, 26. Ken Schrader, 27. Todd  Neiheiser<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying Group 1: 1. Ty Dillon, 2. Garrett Stewart, 3. Dave Hess Jr,  4. Stormy Scott, 5. Jamie Lomax, 6. Jason Davis, 7. Trista Stevenson, 8.  Randle Sweeney, 9. David McWilliams, 10. Todd Sherman, 11. Tony  Anderson, 12. Bill Keeler, 13. Gavin \u00a0Landers<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying Group 2: 1. Corey Dripps, 2. Justin Coulter, 3. Mike Spatola,  4. Dale Mathison, 5. Peyton Taylor, 6. Gary Cook Jr, 7. Rob Penney, 8.  Jeremy Kerzman, 9. Chad Olsen, 10. Johnny Broking, 11. Roger Moser, 12.  Dave Jamison, 13. Brandon Smith<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying Group 3: 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Austin Dillon, 3. Kenny Wallace,  4. Terry Hull, 5. Mark Grosvenor, 6. Bob Broking, 7. Larry Burkins, 8.  Kent Corbin, 9. Bob Fort, 10. Dale Murray, 11. Eric Elmer, 12. Riley  Emmel<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying Group 4: 1. Kyle Bornson, 2. Jamie Carter, 3. Nate Carruth,  4. Joey Jensen, 5. Devin Gilpin , 6. Todd Neiheiser, 7. Joey Kramer, 8.  Dave Wietholder, 9. Bryce Jewel, 10. Justin Matson, 11. Kelby Simmons,  12. Jeff Thomas, 13. Stan Beadles<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying Group 5: 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Clint Bowyer, 3. Michael Long, 4.  Bobby Kitchen, 5. Jason Beaulieu, 6. Ryan Gifford, 7. Jason Miller, 8.  Kevin Davis, 9. Bob Gierke, 10. Gary Brooks, 11. Justin Elmer, 12.  Lawrence Oconnor<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying Group 6: 1. Corey Conley, 2. Scotty Orr, 3. Richie Tosch, 4.  Kody Weisner, 5. Duane Dale, 6. Andy Strait, 7. Evan Taylor, 8. Dave  Baldwin, 9. Terry Hansen, 10. Chris Puskas, 11. David Orr, 12. Joe Carr,  13. James Smith, Heat 1, 1. Ty Dillon, 2. Dave Hess Jr, 3. Randle  Sweeney, 4. Stormy Scott, 5. Jamie Lomax, 6. Jason Davis, 7. Todd  Sherman, 8. Garrett Stewart, 9. David McWilliams, 10. Trista Stevenson,  11. Tony Anderson, 12. Bill Keeler, 13. Gavin Landers<\/p>\n<p>Heat 1: 1. Ty Dillon, 2. Dave Hess Jr, 3. Randle Sweeney, 4. Stormy  Scott, 5. Jamie Lomax, 6. Jason Davis, 7. Todd Sherman, 8. Garrett  Stewart, 9. David McWilliams, 10. Trista Stevenson, 11. Tony Anderson,  12. Bill Keeler, 13. Gavin \u00a0Landers<\/p>\n<p>Heat 2: 1. Dale Mathison, 2. Mike Spatola, 3. Peyton Taylor, 4. Corey  Dripps, 5. Brandon Smith, 6. Johnny Broking, 7. Chad Olsen, 8. Roger  Moser, 9. Dave Jamison, 10. Gary Cook Jr, 11. Justin Coulter, 12. Jeremy  Kerzman, 13. Rob Penney<\/p>\n<p>Heat 3: 1. Austin Dillon, 2. Kenny Wallace, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. Larry  Burkins, 5. Bob Broking, 6. Terry Hull, 7. Dale Murray, 8. Riley Emmel,  9. Kent Corbin, 10. Eric Elmer, 11. Bob Fort, 12. Mark Grosvenor, DNS.  Jim Shipman<\/p>\n<p>Heat 4: 1. Joey Jensen, 2. Kyle Bornson, 3. Todd Neiheiser, 4. Devin  Gilpin , 5. Dave Wietholder, 6. Jamie Carter, 7. Kelby Simmons, 8.  Justin Matson, 9. Jeff Thomas, 10. Stan Beadles, 11. Bryce Jewel, DNS.  Nate Carruth, DNS. Joey Kramer<\/p>\n<p>Heat 5: 1. Michael Long, 2. Bobby Kitchen, 3. Clint Bowyer, 4. Ryan  Gustin, 5. Jason Beaulieu, 6. Ryan Gifford, 7. Bob Gierke, 8. Kevin  Davis, 9. Jason MIller, 10. Justin Elmer, 11. Lawrence Oconnor, 12. Gary  Brooks<\/p>\n<p>Heat 6: 1. Kody Weisner, 2. Richie Tosh, 3. Scotty Orr, 4. Corey Conley,  5. Chris Puskas, 6. Duane Dale, 7. Evan Taylor, 8. Andy Strait, 9.  Terry Hansen, 10. Dave Baldwin, 11. James Smith, 12. Joe Carr, 13. David  Orr<\/p>\n<p>B-Main 1: 1. Stormy Scott, 2. Todd Sherman, 3. Brandon Smith, 4. David  McWilliams, 5. Johnny Broking, 6. Jason Davis, 7. Chad Olsen, 8. Trista  Stevenson, 9. Bill Keeler, 10. Tony Anderson, 11. Gavin Landers, 12.  Jamie Lomax, 13. Gary Cook Jr, 14. Dave Jamison, 15. Garrett Stewart,  16. Justin Coulter, DNS. Corey Dripps, DNS. Roger Moser, DNS. Jeremy  Kerzman, DNS. Rob Penney<\/p>\n<p>B-Main 2: 1. Devin Gilpin , 2. Bob Broking, 3. Larry Burkins, 4. Jamie  Carter, 5. Joey Kramer, 6. Mark Grosvenor, 7. Terry Hull, 8. Jeff  Thomas, 9. Riley Emmel, 10. Eric Elmer, 11. Stan Beadles, 12. Kelby  Simmons, 13. Dave Wietholder, 14. Bryce Jewel, 15. Justin Matson, DNS.  Dale Murray, DNS. Kent Corbin, DNS. Bob Fort, DNS. Nate Carruth, DNS.  Jim Shipman<\/p>\n<p>B-Main 3: 1. Corey Conley, 2. Duane Dale, 3. Jason Beaulieu, 4. Ryan  Gifford, 5. Jason MIller, 6. Andy Strait, 7. Bob Gierke, 8. Chris  Puskas, 9. James Smith, 10. Kevin Davis, 11. Terry Hansen, 12. Lawrence  Oconnor, 13. David Orr, 14. Joe Carr, DNS. Ryan Gustin, DNS. Evan  Taylor, DNS. Justin Elmer, DNS. Dave Baldwin, DNS. 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