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Back to Back: Landers Starts Dead Last, Wins Second
Consecutive Gator Championship At Volusia
BARBERVILLE, FL - February 8, 2010 - Jared Landers started dead last and
charged all the way through the 28-car field to win the Gator Championship
for DIRTcar UMP Modifieds on Monday night during the 39th Annual DIRTcar
Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio at Volusia Speedway Park.
"I've been off here the first three nights," lamented Landers, who collected
the $5,000 top prize. "I don t know what to say, I just have to thank all
the guys in the pits who have stuck with me."
Landers, of Batesville, Ark., had been quiet in this DIRTcar Nationals
campaign after capturing 5 of 7 features in 2009, but he slowly crept
forward after UMP Regional Director Sam Driggers relegated Landers to the
tail of the field for being late to staging. By lap 25, Landers had caught
leader Stormy Scott, of Las Cruces, N.M., and stormed past on the outside
for the lead.
"I'm out of breath, but I want to thank Sam for making me go to the back and
work my way back up here, because I knew I could do it," Landers said. "He
made me do what I had to do."
Landers would go on to lead the final five laps unchallenged on his way to
his second 'The Gator Championship' in as many years.
Scott, 20, settled for second, the second time he had been overtaken in the
closing laps during the DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH to finish as a runner-up.
"The DIRTcar UMP tires, we don't get to race on those but once a year and
this car was pretty well new when we got down here," Scott said. "We re
still really happy with our performance."
Scott outdistanced previous night winner Austin Dillon, of Welcome, N.C.,
who fought off challenges from fourth finishing Jacob Hawkins of Fairmont,
W.Va.
"It was a good run for us even though we weren't as good as we wanted to
be," said Dillon, who is NASCAR car owner Richard Childress' grandson. "It
was a cool race."
Hawkins and Ken Schrader rounded out the top five in a field that also
included former UMP National Champion Denny Schwartz and NASCAR stars Kenny
Wallace and Clint Bowyer.
Four last chance B-Mains preceded The Gator Championship in which only
winners transferred into the main event. Jason Hughes, of Westville, Okla.,
would claim the first of four while Dale Mathison, of Clearwater, Minn.,
turned back Clint Bowyer s last ditch effort to earn a spot in 'The Gator'
during B-Main 2. Ty Dillon, of Welcome, N.C., along with Peyton Taylor, of
Batesville, Ark., would go on to claim the final two spots of 'The Gator'
field.
DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio; DIRTcar UMP Modifieds;
Volusia Speedway Park; Feb. 8, 2010
B-Main 1 - 1. Jason Hughes, 2. Scott Martin, 3. Jason Gross, 4. Jeremy
Kerzman, 5. Jeremy Newberry, 6. Charlie Phillips, 7. Jim Ransom, 8. Devin
Gilpin, 9. Jeff Babcock.
B-Main 2 - 1. Dale Mathison, 2. Clint Bowyer, 3. Denny Schwartz, 4. Dave
Wietholder, 5. Matt Goulden, 6. Bob Gierke, 7. Joe Carr., 8. Scotty Kincaid,
9. Schuyler Nahre, 10. Scotty Owens.
B-Main 3 - 1. Ty Dillon, 2. Ben Adkins, 3. Scott Green, 4. Jason Wheatley,
5. Curt Myers, 6. Rob Penny, 7. Kent Corbin, 8. Darrell George, 9. Todd
Sherman, 10. Randle Sweeney.
B-Main 4 - 1. Peyton Taylor, 2. Buzzie Reutimann, 3. Tommy Seets, 4. J.E.
Stalder, 5. Tony Anderson, 6. Chad Evans, 7. Rob Underwood, 8. Jeff Thomas,
9. Todd Neiheiser.
A-Main - 1. Jared Landers, 2. Stormy Scott, 3. Austin Dillon, 4. Jared
Hawkins, 5. Kenny Schrader, 6. Denny Schwartz, 7. Ty Dillon., 8. David
McWilliams, 9. Dave Hess Jr, 10. Peyton Taylor, 11. Jacob Hawkins, 12.
Jammie Wilson, 13. Tommy Seets, 14. Steven Pfeifer, 15. Jason Schill, 16.
Mike Spatola, 17. Jason Hughes, 18. Devin Gilpin, 19. Dale Mathison, 20. Bob
Broking, 21. Kenny Wallace, 22. Paul Miles, 23. Stephen Schnapf, 24. Jesse
Stovall, 25. Jeff Leka, 26. Jeff Babcock, 27. Clint Bowyer, 28. Rob
Underwood.
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