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Barberville, FL. Two
years ago Dave Hess Jr. was crowned an All-Star at the DIRTcar Nationals
By University of Northwestern Ohio. On Wednesday night's opener to the
39th annual running of the traditional event at Volusia Speedway Park,
Hess rekindled those memories to top a star-studded DIRTcar UMP Modified
main event.
Hess managed to hold off a field that included Kenny Wallace, Ken
Schrader, Clint Bowyer, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Jared Landers, who
dominated last year’s event.
“The track was real fast so I think everyone’s car felt great,” said
Hess, of Waterford, Pa. “I didn't want to look back, there were a lot of
great cars throughout the field.”
Hess used a front row starting spot to stake his claim on the top spot
just as University of Northwestern Ohio driver Todd Sherman went
barrel-rolling up and along the Turn 3 wall. Sherman would walk away
from the vicious wreck. Hess was strong on every restart, keeping the
hard-charging superstars behind him over the final 19 laps.
“We’ve had real good cars, right out of the box,” Hess said. “I just
hope we can keep everything going.”
Withstanding challenges from the likes of Jon Henry, of Ada, Ohio, and
Tommy Seets, of Alton, Ill., Hess would prove too strong late in the
going, stretching his lead to over five car-lengths as the checkerd flag
waved.
Along with 42 All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars, there were 74
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds signed in on Wednesday night on the opening night
of the 39th DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH, delayed a day by Tuesday's rain.
Terry Hull, of Columbia City, Ind., ran the fastest lap in group
qualifying with a time of 19.983 seconds around the Volusia Speedway
Park half-mile oval.
Heat race action saw Henry make quick work of a heat race filled with
NASCAR names. Henry led Bowyer, Austin Dillon and Wallace to the line
for the first heat win.
Heat two was witness to eventual winner Hess beating the likes of former
DIRTcar UMP Modified National Champion Denny Schwartz, of Ashmore, Ill.,
and younger Team Dillon driver, Ty Dillon of Welcome, NC. Tommy Seets,
of Alton, Ill., showed Dale Mathison, of Clearwater, Minn., and Ken
Schrader of Fenton, Mo., the quick line for a Heat 3 victory, while Ben
Adkins, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, dominated the action during Heat 4.
Derek Groomer, of Bloomington, Ill., outdistanced Scotty Kincaid, of
Rising Sun, Ind., and Jamie Lomax of Lake Village, Ind., in Heat 5. UNOH
driver Todd Sherman, of Churubusco, Ind., would claim Heat 6 over Jeremy
Kerzman, of Gray Eagle, Minn., and teammate Terry Hull.
Jared Landers, of Batesville, Ark., one year removed from winning 5 of 7
features at the DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH, had to fight his way to the
first B-Main win. David McWilliams, of Union, KY., would claim B-Main 2
and Jason Hughes, of Westville, Okla., would capture B-Main 3 to set the
28-car field.
DIRTcar Nationals By University of Northwestern Ohio Statistical Report:
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
74 Entries
Qualifying
1. Terry Hull, 2. Randy Hall, 3. Rob Underwood, 4. Kenny Wallace, 5.
Clint Bowyer, 6. Scotty Kincaid, 7. Kenny Schrader, 8. Derek Groomer, 9.
Wayne Hammond, 10. Dave Hess Jr, 11. Jamie Lomax, 12. Todd Sherman, 13.
Jason Schill, 14. Jon Henry, 15. Jason Hughes, 16. John McCall, 17.
Denny Schwartz, 18. Ron Barker, 19. Scott Martin, 20. Tommy Seets, 21.
Devin Gilpin, 22. Jeremy Kerzman, 23. Ben Adkins, 24. Jacob Hawkins, 25.
Jared Landers, 26. Chad Evans, 27. Jammie Wilson, 28. Ty Dillon, 29.
David McWilliams, 30. Dale Mathison, 31. Peyton Taylor, 32. Garrett
Stewart, 33. Joe Carr, 34. Jesse Stovall, 35. Paul DeGoey, 36. Bob
Gierke, 37. Bob Broking, 38. Scott Green, 39. Rick Cannata, 40. Steven
Pfeifer, 41. Greg Socha, 42. Curt Myers, 43. Riley Herman, 44. Ben
Ledgerwood, 45. Austin Dillon, 46. Jim Ransom, 47. Schuyler Nahre, 48.
Jared Hawkins, 49. Stormy Scott, 50. Kyle Bronson, 51. Shane Sabraski,
52. Todd Neiheiser, 53. Tony Anderson, 54. Jeff Babcock, 55. Darrell
George, 56. Jeremy Newberry, 57. Shawn Holliday, 58. J.E. Stalder, 59.
Roger Moser, 60. Thomas Sigler, 61. Paul Miles, 62. Gary Brooks, 63.
Justin Houston, 64. Michael Davis, 65. Justin Matson, 66. Tom Hagberg,
67. Zach Patterson, 68. Jeff Thomas, 69. Stephen Schnapf, 70. Mike
Spatola, 71. Duane Dale, 72. Dave Wietholder, 73. Buzzie Reutimann, 74.
Dave Baldwin
Heat 1. 1. Jon Henry, 2. Clint Bowyer, 3. Austin Dillon, 4. Kenny
Wallace, 5. Scott Green, 6. Kyle Bronson, 7. Justin Houston, 8. Michael
Davis, 9. Dave Wietholder, 10. Buzzie Reutimann, 11. Paul Miles, 12.
Thomas Sigler, DNS. Dave Baldwin
Heat 2. 1. Dave Hess Jr, 2. Denny Schwartz, 3. Ty Dillon, 4. Jared
Landers, 5. Greg Socha, 6. Bob Broking, 7. Jeremy Newberry, 8. Duane
Dale, 9. Tom Hagberg, 10. Devin Gilpin, 11. Jacob Hawkins, 12. Schuyler
Nahre, DNS. Garrett Stewart
Heat 3. 1. Tommy Seets, 2. Dale Mathison, 3. Kenny Schrader, 4. Steven
Pfeifer, 5. Peyton Taylor, 6. Jesse Stovall, 7. Tony Anderson, 8. Jeff
Babcock, 9. Rob Underwood, 10. Ben Ledgerwood, 11. Todd Neiheiser, DNS.
Mike Spatola
Heat 4. 1. Ben Adkins, 2. Ron Barker, 3. Wayne Hammond, 4. David
McWilliams, 5. J.E. Stalder, 6. Shane Sabraski, 7. Jim Ransom, 8. Chad
Evans, 9. Bob Gierke, 10. Stormy Scott, 11. Roger Moser, DNS. Gary
Brooks
Heat 5. 1. Derek Groomer, 2. Scotty Kincaid, 3. Jamie Lomax, 4. Jason
Hughes, 5. Scott Martin, 6. Jason Schill, 7. Justin Matson, 8. Darrell
George, 9. Zach Patterson, 10. Shawn Holliday, 11. Randy Hall, 12. John
McCaul
Heat 6. 1. Todd Sherman, 2. Jeremy Kerzman, 3. Terry Hull, 4. Curt
Myers, 5. Joe Carr, 6. Jared Hawkins, 7. Stephen Schnapf, 8. Jeff
Thomas, 9. Riley Herman, 10. Jammie Wilson, 11. Rick Cannata, 12. Paul
DeGoey
B-Main 1. 1. Jared Landers, 2. Kenny Wallace, 3. Scott Green, 4. Kyle
Bronson, 5. Bob Broking, 6. Buzzie Reutimann, 7. Thomas Sigler, 8. Tom
Hagberg, 9. Justin Houston, 10. Jeremy Newberry, 11. Greg Socha, 12.
Duane Dale, 13. Michael Davis, 14. Dave Wietholder, 15. Devin Gilpin,
16. Jacob Hawkins, 17. Paul Miles, 18. Schuyler Nahre, 19. Dave Baldwin,
20. Garrett Stewart
B-Main 2. , 1. David McWilliams, 2. Steven Pfeifer, 3. J.E. Stalder, 4.
Jesse Stovall, 5. Peyton Taylor, 6. Tony Anderson, 7. Shane Sabraski, 8.
Jeff Babcock, 9. Jim Ransom, 10. Ben Ledgerwood, 11. Bob Gierke, 12.
Chad Evans, 13. Roger Moser, DNS. Todd Neiheiser, DNS. Mike Spatola,
DNS. Gary Brooks, DNS. Rob Underwood, DNS. Stormy Scott
B-Main 3. 1. Jason Hughes, 2. Scott Martin, 3. Curt Myers, 4. Justin
Matson, 5. Jared Hawkins, 6. Jammie Wilson, 7. Joe Carr, 8. John McCaul,
9. Shawn Holliday, 10. Rick Cannata, 11. Jason Schill, 12. Darrell
George, 13. Jeff Thomas, 14. Stephen Schnapf, 15. Riley Herman, 16. Zach
Patterson, DNS. Randy Hall, DNS. Paul DeGoey
A-Main (20 Laps) 1. Dave Hess Jr, 2. Tommy Seets, 3. Jason Hughes, 4.
Austin Dillon, 5. Kenny Wallace, 6. Kenny Schrader, 7. Jared Landers, 8.
Dale Mathison, 9. Scott Green, 10. Jeremy Kerzaman, 11. Wayne Hammond,
12. Jon Henry, 13. J.E. Stalder, 14. Steven Pfeifer, 15. Clint Bowyer,
16. Curt Myers, 17. Denny Schwartz, 18. Scott Martin, 19. David
McWilliams, 20. Ben Adkins, 21. Ty Dillon, 22. Jason Schill, 23. Jamie
Lomax, 24. Scotty Kincaid, 25. Ron Barker, 26. Terry Hull, 27. Derek
Groomer, 28. Todd Sherman
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