BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Feb. 6, 2019 — Oklahoman Shane Stewart held off an all-star field of winged sprint car racers that included Kyle Larson, Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne to capture the Ollie’s Bargain Outlets All Star Circuit of Champions feature Wednesday night at Volusia Speedway Park’s DIRTcar Nationals.
The top-three of Stewart, Daryn Pittman and David Gravel are all full-time World of Outlaws NOS® Energy Drink Sprint Car Series racers and all changed rides during the winter. Pittman charged to a quick lead before Stewart ran him down. In heavy traffic Pittman tried throwing slidejobs at Stewart in turns three and four, but Stewart fended off Pittman’s attack and pulled ahead for the $5,000 victory, which was the first win of his career at Volusia.
“This is my first gator trophy! After coming here all these years I’ve never actually won a race here,” said Stewart, 42, of Bixby, Okla. “This win means a lot to me. This team means a lot to me.”
Donny Schatz, a 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series champion, charged from 22nd to finish fourth with Logan Schuchart rounding out the top five.
For the second night in a row in the DIRTcar UMP Modified feature, David Stremme and Kyle Strickler wrecked while battling for the lead, and took out Tuesday’s winner Michael Long in the process. That left Nick Hoffman charging to the front before Taylor Cook slipped by Hoffman at the white flag and held on to win.
There were a total of 134 cars signed in to race on Wednesday night (95 DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and 39 winged sprint cars).
DIRTcar Nationals Race Report; Volusia Speedway Park; Feb. 6, 2019
Ollie’s Bargain Outlets All Star Circuit of Champions (30 laps): 1. Shane Stewart ($5,000), 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. David Gravel, 4. Donny Schatz, 5. Logan Schuchart, 6. Kyle Larson, 7. Tim Shaffer, 8. Carson Macedo, 9. Aaron Reutzel, 10. Paul McMahan, 11. Brad Sweet, 12. Ian Madsen, 13. Tony Stewart, 14. Sheldon Haudenschild, 15. Kasey Kahne, 16. Chad Kemenah, 17. Brian Brown, 18. Brent Marks, 19. Cory Eliason, 20. Jason Sides, 21. Shane Golobic, 22. Parker Price-Miller, 23. Jacob Allen, 24. Danny Dietrich.
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds (20 laps): 1. Taylor Cook ($1,000), 2. Nick Hoffman, 3. Brian Ruhlman, 4. Will Krup, 5. Zeke McKenzie, 6. RC Whitwell, 7. Jason Beaulieu, 8. Lucas Lee, 9. Curt Spalding, 10. Allen Weisser, 11. Johnny Broking, 12. Tyler Nicely, 13. Ryan Thomas, 14. Ryan Ayers, 15. Gordy Gundaker, 16. Garret Stewart, 17. Kenny Wallace, 18. David Reutimann, 19. Shon Flanary, 20. Justin Allgaier, 21. Matt Crafton, 22. Johnny Collins, 23. Christopher Smith, 24. Kyle Strickler, 25. David Stremme, 26. Michael Long, 27. Troy Johnson, 28. Will Long.