Ken Schrader - Jim Denhamer photo
Brian Shirley - Jim Denhamer photo
ROSSBURG, OH - Oct. 9, 2010 - Brain Shirley of Chatham, Ill., continued his late-seasons surge on Saturday night, capturing the 40-lap DIRTcar UMP Nationals A-Main at Eldora Speedway.
NASCAR veteran Kenny Schrader of Concord, N.C., meanwhile, added another line to his long racing resume, winning the companion 25-lap DIRTcar UMP Modified event.
The doubleheader closed out the 2010 DIRTcar UMP points season. Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., only managed a 13th-place finish but was crowned the DIRTcar Late Model national champion for the first time in his career, and Mike Harrison of Highland, Ill., who finished fourth in the UMP Modified feature, clinched the open-wheel division's national title for the second time in his career.
Shirley's night started fast as he captured the first heat race ahead of 2010 DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., earning him the fourth starting spot in the night's feature. Shirley moved to second when early leader Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, brushed the outside wall and then passed Ben Adkins of West Portsmouth, Ohio, for the lead.
Shirley spent the late stages holding off a furious charge by Pinconning, Mich.'s Jeep Van Wormer, who drove Ken Schrader's Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Late Model after suffering motor trouble in his own machine during the previous night's Race of Champions. Shirley pocketed $5,000 for his first-ever win at Eldora.
VanWormer settled for second. Matt Miller of Waterville, Ohio, placed third to secure the 2010 Eldora Speedway track points title over VanWormer. Frank Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill., finished fourth and Adkins rounded out the top five.
Schlenk advanced from the 25th starting spot to finish 13th. He had clinched the DIRT Late Model national crown the previous week, outlasting Feger, who finished seventh in Saturday's A-Main, for the title.
Schrader came from the eighth starting spot in the UMP Modified feature to overtake race-long leader - and double-duty competitor Brian Ruhlman of Clarklake, Mich. - for the top spot with a dramatic last-lap pass. The finish was so close that Ruhlman requested to see a video replay of the finish - a tape that proved Schrader was indeed the winner of the $3,000 first-place prize.
Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., a former DIRTcar UMP Nationals winner at Eldora, finished third. Harrison was fourth and former UMP Modified national champ Denny Schwartz of Ashmore, Ill., took fifth.
Harrison, who started seventh, finished off his championship season when the only driver who could overtake him for the title, Nick Allen of Verona, Ky., failed to win the night's A-Main. Allen finished seventh after starting 10th.
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UMP National Championships
October 8/9, 2010
Open Wheel Modifieds - 119 cars
Larry Shaw Fast Time winners: 1)Ken Schrader - 17.388, 2)Jared Landers - 17.741, 3)Brian Ruhlman - 17.839
Race of Champions:
1. Nick Allen[3]; 2. Mike Spatola[7]; 3. Rusty Griffaw[5]; 4. Todd Sherman[6]; 5. Jim Farris Sr[9]; 6. Jamie Lomax[13]; 7. David Mcwilliams[12]; 8. Rich Robinson Jr.[14]; 9. Devin Gilpin[2]; 10. Clint Demoss[4]; 11. Brent Mullins[10]; 12. Dave Crawley Jr[11]; 13. Mike Harrison[1]; 14. Randle Sweeney[8];
Heat 1:
1. Ken Schrader[4]; 2. Scott Orr[3]; 3. Mike Spatola[11]; 4. Dean Hoffman[2]; 5. Rusty Griffaw[6]; 6. Dennis Roberson[5]; 7. Greg Amick[9]; 8. Lance Dehm[7]; 9. Anthony Davis[13]; 10. Derek Groomer[14]; 11. Randle Sweeney[1]; 12. Brian Lynn[8]; 13. Justin Mccoy[12]; 14. Jessie Snyder[10]; 15. Matt Shadic[15];
Heat 2:
1. Clint Demoss[1]; 2. Nick Allen[3]; 3. Kevin Sather[2]; 4. Brent Hole[11]; 5. Jimmy Hayden[7]; 6. Mike Wilbern[9]; 7. Jacob Poel[5]; 8. Timi Dalman[12]; 9. Corey Bevard[14]; 10. Matt Bex[6]; 11. Michael Neighbors[13]; 12. Nick Katterhenry[4]; 13. Justin Matson[8]; 14. Casey Luedeke[10];
Heat 3:
1. Brian Ruhlman[4]; 2. Jeff Leka[3]; 3. Brian Hayden[1]; 4. Bobby Kitchen[5]; 5. Jesse Bitterling[6]; 6. Tim Richardson[2]; 7. Jamie Lomax[8]; 8. Todd Sherman[9]; 9. Jeff Sayles[14]; 10. Dave Crawley Jr[11]; 11. Andy Strait[12]; 12. Ryan Cripe[15]; 13. Jerrid Back[10]; 14. Jeep Van Wormer[7]; 15. Broc Burton[13];
Heat 4:
1. David Mcwilliams[2]; 2. Jeff Babcock[3]; 3. Kyle Strickler[1]; 4. Chris Puskas[8]; 5. Jacoby Hines[6]; 6. Corey Partin[11]; 7. John Allen[12]; 8. Aaron Jenkins[9]; 9. Scott Knepley[7]; 10. Jeremy Lewis[10]; 11. Bryant Dickinson[13]; 12. Ray Jackson[15]; 13. Mike Roediger[5]; 14. Cody Weisner[4]; 15. Steve Lach[14];
Heat 5:
1. Mike Harrison[4]; 2. Jerry Bowersock[3]; 3. Ed Roley[2]; 4. Levi Kissinger[5]; 5. George Catanzano[6]; 6. Tyler Deibert[7]; 7. Trent Green[9]; 8. Greg Socha[10]; 9. Chad Evans[15]; 10. John Brooks[13]; 11. Dave Baker[12]; 12. Joel Dick[8]; 13. Andy Galgoci[11]; 14. J D Lease[14]; 15. Rob Trent[1];
Heat 6:
1. Jared Landers[4]; 2. Doug Adkins[3]; 3. Brent Mullins[1]; 4. Brian Post[7]; 5. Bryce Jewell[8]; 6. Travis Stemler[5]; 7. Brian Przepiora[6]; 8. Eddie Reyes[9]; 9. David Mielke[10]; 10. Jim Bailey[13]; 11. Dave Sibberson[12]; 12. Rodney Morris[11]; 13. Mike Dirksen[2]; 14. Schuyler Nahre[14]; 15. Larry Passenier[15];
Heat 7:
1. Curtis Coulter[2]; 2. Dustin King[1]; 3. Jeff Harris[4]; 4. Justin Coulter[6]; 5. Kasey Schrock[5]; 6. John McCaul[3]; 7. Jimmy Westerfield[14]; 8. Jason Kinney[8]; 9. Chad Rosenbeck[7]; 10. David Daughtery[13]; 11. Nick Rosselit[10]; 12. Doug Hewitt[11]; 13. Zeke McKenzie[9]; 14. Pat Ehlert[12];
Heat 8:
1. Denny Schwartz[2]; 2. Devin Gilpin[3]; 3. Ed Shaner[7]; 4. Mark Kowarsch[1]; 5. David Smith[8]; 6. Shelby Miles[4]; 7. Mike Chrisman[6]; 8. Jim Farris Sr[5]; 9. Shane Unger[10]; 10. Aaron Taylor[11]; 11. Steve Grote[9]; 12. Chris Vandewiele[12]; 13. Danny Schwartz[13]; 14. Rich Robinson Jr.[14];
Open Wheel Modifieds
B Main 1:
1. Kevin Sather[2]; 2. Mike Spatola[1]; 3. Dean Hoffman[3]; 4. Brent Hole[4]; 5. Rusty Griffaw[5]; 6. Greg Amick[9]; 7. Jimmy Hayden[6]; 8. Dennis Roberson[7]; 9. Lance Dehm[11]; 10. Randle Sweeney[17]; 11. Justin Mccoy[21]; 12. Jacob Poel[10]; 13. Mike Wilbern[8]; 14. Mike Shadic[24]; 15. Michael Neighbors[18]; 16. Corey Bevard[14]; 17. Derek Groomer[15];
B Main 2:
1. Kyle Strickler[2]; 2. Bobby Kitchen[3]; 3. Chris Puskas[4]; 4. Jamie Lomax[9]; 5. Jesse Bitterling[5]; 6. Tim Richardson[7]; 7. Scott Knepley[14]; 8. Andy Strait[17]; 9. Cody Weisner[24]; 10. Bryant Dickinson[18]; 11. Jeremy Lewis[16]; 12. Dave Crawley Jr[15]; 13. Mike Roediger[22]; 14. Jerrid Back[21]; 15. Aaron Jenkins[12]; 16. Ray Jackson[20]; 17. Jeff Sayles[13]; 18. Ryan Cripe[19]; 19. John Allen[10]; 20. Todd Sherman[11]; 21. Brian Hayden[1]; 22. Corey Partin[8];
B Main 3:
1. Brent Mullins[2]; 2. Ed Roley[1]; 3. George Catanzano[5]; 4. Bryce Jewell[6]; 5. Trent Green[9]; 6. John Brooks[15]; 7. Greg Socha[11]; 8. Brian Post[4]; 9. Joel Dick[19]; 10. Travis Stemler[8]; 11. Rob Trent[25]; 12. Dave Baker[17]; 13. Rodney Morris[20]; 14. Dave Sibberson[18]; 15. David Mielke[14]; 16. J D Lease[23]; 17. Brian Przepiora[10]; 18. Tyler Deibert[7]; 19. Levi Kissinger[3]; 20. Eddie Reyes[12]; 21. Chad Evans[13];
B Main 4:
1. Jeff Harris[1]; 2. Ed Shaner[2]; 3. Justin Coulter[3]; 4. Jim Farris Sr[12]; 5. Kasey Schrock[5]; 6. Doug Hewitt[19]; 7. Nick Rosselit[17]; 8. Shane Unger[14]; 9. Mike Chrisman[10]; 10. David Smith[6]; 11. Aaron Taylor[16]; 12. Zeke McKenzie[21]; 13. Jimmy Westerfield[9]; 14. John McCaul[7]; 15. Jason Kinney[11]; 16. Pat Ehlert[23]; 17. Mark Kowarsch[4];
A Main :
1. Ken Schrader[8]; 2. Brian Ruhlman[1]; 3. Jared Landers[4]; 4. Mike Harrison[7]; 5. Denny Schwartz[2]; 6. David Mcwilliams[3]; 7. Nick Allen[10]; 8. Doug Adkins[14]; 9. Jeff Leka[11]; 10. Devin Gilpin[16]; 11. Mike Spatola[21]; 12. Jeff Harris[20]; 13. Jerry Bowersock[13]; 14. Kevin Sather[17]; 15. Brent Mullins[19]; 16. Rusty Griffaw[25]; 17. Tim Richardson[27]; 18. Jeff Babcock[12]; 19. Ed Roley[23]; 20. Curtis Coulter[5]; 21. Ed Shaner[24]; 22. Scott Orr[9]; 23. Cody Weisner[28]; 24. Clint Demoss[6]; 25. Dustin King[15]; 26. Kyle Strickler[18]; 27. Bobby Kitchen[22]; 28. Todd Sherman[26];
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Late Models - 53 cars
Fast Time: Dennis Erb Jr - 15.909
Race of Champions:
1. Jason Feger[2]; 2. Dennis Erb Jr.[5]; 3. Brian Ruhlman[4]; 4. Rusty Schlenk[1]; 5. Frank Heckenast[7]; 6. Dillan White[8]; 7. Jeff Walston[9]; 8. Brian Shirley[6]; 9. Jeep Van Wormer[3];
Heat 1:
1. Brian Shirley[2]; 2. Jason Feger[4]; 3. Jeff Babcock[3]; 4. Hillard Miller[7]; 5. Steve Kester[8]; 6. Bill Lewis[9]; 7. Jerry Bowersock[1]; 8. Richie Hedrick[5]; 9. Alan Gendusa[6];
Heat 2:
1. Keith Berner[2]; 2. Andrew Reaume[3]; 3. Scott Schmitt[5]; 4. Dillan White[6]; 5. Brandon Thirlby[4]; 6. Pat Ehlert[7]; 7. Rusty Schlenk[1]; 8. Don Gordon[8];
Heat 3:
1. Jon Henry[1]; 2. JR Hotovy[4]; 3. Curt Spalding[3]; 4. Curtis Roberts[2]; 5. Dona Marcoullier[5]; 6. Scott Orr[6]; 7. Jeff Beyers[8]; 8. Derek Chandler[7]; 9. John Lawhorn[2];
Heat 4:
1. Ben Adkins[2]; 2. Matt Miller[3]; 3. Dennis Erb Jr.[4]; 4. Brian Ruhlman[1]; 5. Zack Olger[6]; 6. Kyle Borgman[7]; 7. Matt Irey[9]; 8. Doug Ausra[8]; 9. Brad Eitniear[5];
Heat 5:
1. Kenny Compton jr[3]; 2. Jeep Van Wormer[9]; 3. Jeff Watson[1]; 4. Brett Reaume[5]; 5. Phil Ausra[4]; 6. Carl Ries[6]; 7. Tom Treon[8]; 8. Brandon Sheppard[2]; 9. Scott Baker[7];
Heat 6:
1. Frank Heckenast[2]; 2. Ryan VanderVeen[1]; 3. Scott James[4]; 4. Rick DeLong[3]; 5. Kevin Mack[5]; 6. Dan Delong[6]; 7. Adam Thrush[7]; 8. Chuck Hummer[8];
B Main 1:
1. Dillan White[2]; 2. Brandon Thirlby[4]; 3. Steve Kester[3]; 4. Pat Ehlert[6]; 5. Alan Gendusa[11]; 6. Don Gordon[10]; 7. Richie Hedrick[9]; 8. Hillard Miller[1]; 9. Bill Lewis[-]; 10. Jerry Bowersock[-]; 11. Rusty Schlenk[-]; 12. Jeep Van Wormer[-];
B Main 2:
1. Brian Ruhlman[2]; 2. Curtis Roberts[1]; 3. Dona Marcoullier[3]; 4. Jeff Beyers[7]; 5. Derek Chandler[9]; 6. Zack Olger[4]; 7. Scott Orr[5]; 8. Doug Ausra[10]; 9. Matt Irey[8]; 10. Brad Eitniear[12]; 11. Kyle Borgman[6]; 12. John Lawhorn[-];
B Main 3:
1. Rick DeLong[2]; 2. Phil Ausra[3]; 3. Scott Baker[11]; 4. Brett Reaume[1]; 5. Kevin Mack[4]; 6. Carl Ries[5]; 7. Dan Delong[6]; 8. Adam Thrush[8]; 9. Tom Treon[7]; 10. Brandon Sheppard[-]; 11. Chuck Hummer[-];
A Main :
1. Brian Shirley[4]; 2. Jeep Van Wormer[11]; 3. Matt Miller[10]; 4. Frank Heckenast[3]; 5. Ben Adkins[1]; 6. Jeff Babcock[13]; 7. Jason Feger[7]; 8. Scott James[18]; 9. Brian Ruhlman[20]; 10. Keith Berner[6]; 11. Dennis Erb Jr.[16]; 12. Curt Spalding[15]; 13. Rusty Schlenk[25]; 14. Dillan White[19]; 15. Curtis Roberts[23]; 16. Rick DeLong[21]; 17. Phil Ausra[24]; 18. Brandon Thirlby[22]; 19. Dona Marcoullier[26]; 20. Richie Hedrick[28]; 21. Scott Orr[27]; 22. Andrew Reaume[8]; 23. Kenny Compton jr[5]; 24. Ryan VanderVeen[12]; 25. Jeff Walston[17]; 26. Jon Henry[2]; 27. JR Hotovy[9]; 28. Scott Schmitt[14];
