2/22/14 DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment – Saturday

BARBERVILLE, FLA. – February 22, 2014 – Big-Block Modified racer Matt Sheppard, of Waterloo, N.Y., took almost no time to grow accustomed to his new car. Sheppard started driving the Heinke-Baldwin Racing No. 9H earlier this week, and already he has claimed victory in Saturday’s finale for the DIRTcar Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment.

Super DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Series

DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment

Volusia Speedway Park

February 23, 2014

A-Main (50 laps): 1. 9H Matt Sheppard / Waterloo, N.Y. ($5,000); 2. 1wgc Stewart Friesen / Niagara-on-the-Lake / Ontario; 3. 98h Jimmy Phelps / Baldwinsville, N.Y.; 4. 20 Brett Hearn / Sussex, N.J; 5. 1 Billy Pauch / Frenchtown, N.J.; 6. 6m Mat Williamson / St. Catharines, Ontario; 7. 07 Tim Kerr / Picton, Ontario; 8. 85 H.J. Bunting / Milford, Del.; 9. 55 Anthony Perrego / Montgomery, N.Y.; 10. 3h Justin Haers / Phelps, N.Y.; 11. 5 Jimmy Horton / Neshanic Station, N.J.; 12. 21k Randy Chrysler / Lewiston, N.Y.; 13. 54 Steve Bernard / Granby, Quebec; 14. 22J Jeremy Wilder / Fort Plain, N.Y.; 15. 7z Dale Planck / Homer, N.Y.; 16. 22c Mario Clair / Drummondville, Quebec; 17. 48Too Dave Rauscher / Waterloo, N.Y.; 18. 1G Darwin Greene / Susquehanna, N.Y.; 19. 323 Neal Williams / Pittsgrove, N.J.; 20. 14 C.G. Morey / Rutland, Vt.; 21. 3a Kevin Albert / Lebanon, Penn.; 22. 21 Yan Bussiere / Drummondville, Quebec; 23. 8 Rich Scagliotta / Hillsborough, N.J.; 24. 88 Dave Allen / Palmyra, N.Y.; 25. 30 Jamie Mills / Milford, Del.; 26. 10v Billy VanInwegen / Sparrowbush, N.Y.; 27. 21 Peter Britten / Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 28. 42 Kyle Sheldon / Nassau, N.Y. DNQ: 8R Rob Bellinger / Dexter, N.Y.; 29 Chris Ostrowsky / Conklin, N.Y.; 64 Daniel Nadeau / Maryville, Quebec.

Race Leaders:

Pauch (Laps 1-11)

Phelps (Laps 12-27)

Sheppard (Laps 28-50)

B-Main (10 laps): VanInwegen, Scagliotta, Bussiere, Bellinger, Morey, Nadeau

B-Main (10 laps): Sheldon, Bernard, Albert, Allen, Ostrowsky

Qualifying Heats (8 laps, top 5 transfer, to 3 to redraw)

Heat 1: Haers, Hearn, Mills, Friesen, Britten, VanInwegen, Bellinger, Bussiere

Heat 2: Pauch, Williamson, Chrysler, Clair, Rauscher, Nadeau, Scagliotta, Morey

Heat 3: Perrego, Phelps, Kerr, Wilder, Planck, Sheldon, Albert, Ostrowsky

Heat 4: Sheppard, Bunting, Horton, Wiliams, Greene, Bernard, Allen

Time Trials:

DIRTcar Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment Final Point Standings

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