{"id":588,"date":"2010-02-14T07:44:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T07:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=588"},"modified":"2010-02-14T07:44:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T07:44:26","slug":"super-matt-streaks-to-2nd-straight-win-bags-dirtcar-nationals-big-block-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/race-results\/super-matt-streaks-to-2nd-straight-win-bags-dirtcar-nationals-big-block-title\/","title":{"rendered":"“Super Matt” Streaks to 2nd Straight Win, Bags DIRTcar Nationals Big Block Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matt Sheppard won his second consecutive DIRTcar Big-Block Modified main event and captured the overall DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio crown at Volusia Speedway Park.<\/p>\n

Matt Sheppard won his second consecutive DIRTcar Big-Block Modified main event and captured the overall DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio crown at Volusia Speedway Park.<\/p>\n

Sheppard started ninth and worked his way forward past Billy Pauch and Brett Hearn to take the lead on Lap 39 and hold on for the win. Dale Planck and Rick Laubach wound up second and third with Pauch and Billy Decker rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n

Super DIRTcar Series \u2013 Volusia Speedway Park, February 13, 2010<\/p>\n

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39th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH Event #3<\/sup><\/p>\n

BIG-BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE<\/p>\n

FIN STR CAR# DRIVER\/HOMETOWN<\/p>\n

1 9 9s Matt Sheppard\/Waterloo,NY ($5,000)<\/p>\n

2 13 77x Dale Planck\/Cortland,NY<\/p>\n

3 6 7 Rick Laubach\/Quakertown,PA<\/p>\n

4 2 1p Billy Pauch\/Frenchtown,NJ<\/p>\n

5 19 91 Billy Decker\/Unadilla,NY<\/p>\n

6 14 30 Jamie Mills\/Milford,DE<\/p>\n

7 23 1f Stewart Friesen\/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT<\/p>\n

8 27 10 Bobby Varin\/Sharon Springs,NY<\/p>\n

9 7 49er Danny Johnson\/Rochester,NY<\/p>\n

10 18 19h Chris Higgins\/Syracuse,NY<\/p>\n

11 12 66w Alan Johnson\/Middlesex,NY<\/p>\n

12 24 99L Larry Wight\/Phoenix,NY<\/p>\n

13 5 98h Jimmy Phelps\/Baldwinsville,NY<\/p>\n

14 8 20 Brett Hearn\/Sussex,NJ<\/p>\n

15 21 0 Richie Pratt Jr.\/Woodbury Heights,NJ<\/p>\n

16 11 22 Mario Clair\/St-Edmond,QUE<\/p>\n

17 25 1x Willy Decker\/Vernon,NY<\/p>\n

18 15 34 Andy Bachetti\/Sheffield,MA<\/p>\n

19 20 42p Pat Ward\/Genoa,NY<\/p>\n

20 17 8r Rob Bellinger\/Dexter,NY<\/p>\n

21 3 85j H.J. Bunting III\/Milford,DE<\/p>\n

22 16 56 Vince Vitale\/Phoenix,NY<\/p>\n

23 28 07 Tim Kerr\/Picton,ONT<\/p>\n

24 22 85 Dan Vauter\/Forest City,PA<\/p>\n

25 26 65 Rex King\/Bristolville,OH<\/p>\n

26 10 01 Brett Ballard\/Pennsville,NJ<\/p>\n

27 1 165 Rex King Jr.\/Bristolville,OH<\/p>\n

28 4 14 Jimmy Horton\/Neshanic Station,NJ<\/p>\n

DID NOT QUALIFY(8)<\/p>\n

1-Darwin Greene\/Susquehanna,PA<\/p>\n

6-John Stangle\/Neshanic Station,NJ<\/p>\n

23-Billy VanInwegen\/Sparrowbush,NY<\/p>\n

43-Keith Flach\/Ravena,NY<\/p>\n

48too-Dave Rauscher\/Waterloo,NY<\/p>\n

66-Dexter Stacey\/Kahnawake,QUE<\/p>\n

79-Jeremy Markle\/Port Jervis,NY<\/p>\n

97-Michel Chicoine\/Ste-Cecile de Milton,QUE<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders: Pauch (1-38), Sheppard (39-50).<\/p>\n

Cautions: 6 (lap 4, lap 7, lap 17, lap 45, lap 48, lap 49).<\/p>\n

QUALIFYING<\/p>\n

Heat Races (8 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature, top 2 redrew)<\/p>\n

#1: Bunting, Pauch, Sheppard, Planck, Bellinger, Varin, Friesen, W.Decker, Greene.<\/p>\n

#2: R.King Jr., D.Johnson, Ballard, Mills, Higgins, Pratt, Stangle, Rauscher, Chocoine.<\/p>\n

#3: Horton, Hearn, Clair, Bachetti, B.Decker, R.King Sr., Kerr, Flach, Markle.<\/p>\n

#4: Laubach, Phelps, A.Johnson, Vitale, Ward, Vauter, VanInwegen, Stacey, Wight.<\/p>\n

Consolation Round (10 laps, top 3 finishers transferred to feature)<\/p>\n

#1: Pratt, Friesen, W.Decker, Rauscher, Greene, Stangle, Chicoine, Varin.<\/p>\n

#2: Vauter, Wight, R.King Sr., Kerr, Flach, VanInwegen, Markle, Stacey.<\/p>\n

Provisionals: Varin, Kerr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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