Results
BARBERVILLE , FL – Feb. 5, 2008 – Jesse Stovall of Branson , Mo. , opened the UMP DIRTcar open-wheel Modified portion of the 37th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals with a convincing victory Tuesday night at Volusia Speedway Park.

The Show Me State standout blasted from the fifth starting spot to the lead in a single lap and never looked back in the 20-lap feature. He wasn’t seriously challenged en route to earning $1,000 for his first-ever triumph at the half-mile oval.

“There’s two sponsors I have to make sure I thank for this win: Tom Riech and Paul McKenna,” said Stovall, who drove a Hoffman Chassis/Yeoman Engines combination. “They foot the bill for this whole deal. They’re the most important people I have.”

Outside polesitter Tim Hancock of Mt. Olive , Ill. , finished a half-straightaway behind the winner in second after holding off a late charge by Jason Miller of Osceola , Wis. , and NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader of Fenton, Mo., advanced from the eighth starting spot to nip Mike Spatola of Manhattan, Ill., for the fourth spot in the final rundown.

Another NASCAR veteran, Kenny Wallace, joined Schrader in the night’s action. Driving his own JEG’s-sponsored Modified, Wallace was battling for a position in the top 10 when he spun on lap nine and was clipped by other cars, ending his bid.

Kent Robinson of Bloomington , Ind. , started from the pole position and led the race’s opening lap, but he dropped out on the second circuit when smoke billowed from his UMP DIRTcar Modified.

A huge field of 75 UMP DIRTcar Modifieds made up the opening-night action of the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals. The drivers hailed from 17 different states and Canada .

Heat winners were Robinson, Hancock, David McWilliams of Union , Ky. , Bob Gierke of Westport , Minn. , Stovall and Spatola. The B-Mains were captured by 17-year-old Austin Dillon of Welcome, N.C., whose grandfather is NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, Jon Henry of Ada , Ohio , and Wayne Troseth of Zimmerman, Minn.

Defending Alltel DIRTcar Nationals UMP DIRTcar Modified champion Steve Arpin of Fort Frances , Ont., finished third in the first heat to transfer to the feature, but he didn’t start the headliner. He suffered burns on the front of his body when a radiator hose blew hot fluid on him as he worked on his car following the prelim, prompting safety crews to rush him to a hospital for treatment.

Further details on Arpin’s condition will be released when available.

Arpin’s scratch elevated Wallace to a heat-race transfer position.

The UMP DIRTcar Modifieds continue competition as part of the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals every night through Feb. 12.

For more information on the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals, visit www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com of www.dirtcar.com.

UMP DIRTcar Modified Feature Finish (20 laps):
1. OO JESSE STOVALL
2. 0 TIM HANCOCK
3. 12 JASON MILLER
4. 9 KEN SCHRADER
5. 89 MIKE SPATOLA
6. 1 TOMMIE SEETS
7. 44 DAVE HESS
8. 26 BOB GIERKE
9. 777 JARED LANDERS
10. 18 DAVID McWILLIAMS
11. 2 KENNY GADDIS
12. 33 JEFF MATHEWS
13. 19 WAYNE TROSEPH
14. 99 CHARLIE McNICHOL
15. 71 BRIAN STRAND
16. 65 BRUCE TAKACH
17. 29 AUSTIN DILLON
18. 1 JULIE McDERMID
19. 48 RALPH GROOMER
20. 1 GEORGE CATAZAINO
21. 36 KENNY WALLACE
22. 48 KURT ALLISON
23. 18 JON HENRY
24. 7 KENT ROBINSON

DID NOT START
24 JEREMY GROSS
77 COREY SECKERSON
48 DEREK GROOMER
11 JASON SCHILL
12 SCOTTY KINCAID
11 MIKE PHILLIPS
12 SCOTT DRAKE
61 RON SOULTIS
37 DON LAMB
21 GARY BROOKS
27 ROGER MOSER
24 JIM RANSOM
40 KEVIN ADAMS
6 TIM THOMAS
9 DALE MATHISON
10 DALTON ZEHR
88 BARRY ELLIOTT
8 RICK SCOTT
21 ANDY GORDON
8 BRANDON CARLSON
55 ALAN MONDUS
2 TY DILLON
OO STEVE ARPIN
28 FRANK MARSHALL
11 JOSH BUTLER
O5 DAVID BUMGARDNER
92 CHARLES PHILLIPS
7 MATHEW PERMANN
222 GARY EICHER
59 CHAD EVANS
999 BEN LEDGERWOOD
9 TOM SEETS
77 TIM BROWN
26 JUSTIN HOUSTON
18 BRENT GLASTETTER
53 JOE HUNLEY
15 JAMIE CARTER
12 TYLER TOWNSEND
6 CORKY DAVIS
71 BILL DAVIS
13 JAKE HAWKINS
7 SHANE SARASKI
24 BRAD WAITS
22 TONY ANDERSON
4 RAY YORK YORK
1 TERRY HULL
25 SCOTT GREEN
O1 TODD SHERMAN
17 J.E. STADLER
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