UMP NATIONALS

HAWKINS SCORES BIG WIN IN DIRTCAR FALL NATIONALS BY ALLSTAR PERFORMANCE

Controversial Contact Leaves Stickler Angry and In the Mud; Pierce Writes Another Eldora Headline

ROSSBURG, Ohio (October 4, 2015) – Jacob Hawkins drove his car beneath Kyle Stickler’s machine battling for the lead and the $5,000 payday in Sunday’s rain-delayed DIRTcar Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Coming off turn four with 11 laps to go Hawkins car bumped Strickler’s machine which caused Strickler to spin out on the mainstretch and be done for the afternoon. Hawkins, from Fairmont, West Virginia, led the rest of the way to win, while Strickler, from Mooresville, North Carolina, voiced his displeasure with Hawkins on track and afterward.

“We had our hands full,” said Hawkins. “The car was great. We ran Kyle (Stickler) down there from a long ways and everyone got stacked up there on the cushion. He went to turn down there and I was there. It’s one of those racing deals. It feels good to get the win here at Eldora.”

Stickler finished a disappointing 25th.

Former NASCAR driver David Stremme was second, while Nick Stroupe, Nick Hoffman and Travis Stemler rounded out the top-five.

Stemler, from Ionia, Michigan, won the UMP Modified Eldora points championship.

“This is just amazing,” Stemler said. “Not only to win a feature and a heat race, but now the championship. Jerry (Bowersock) gave me a heck of fight. The people that run Modifieds around here weekly are pretty awesome to be around.”

In the UMP Late Model A-Feature, Bobby Pierce started fourth, but quickly took the lead from Eddie Carrier Jr., eight laps in and never looked back en route to victory in the 40-lap race. Pierce, from Oakwood, Illinois, beat Carrier, from Salt Rock, West Virginia, by 2.3 seconds.

“It’s awesome,” Pierce said. “I’m out of breath. I loved the track. It was fast and rough. I rode the cushion a little bit. It was tricky, but we got the win.”

Pierce finished second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in July and second in the 45th World 100 in September.

Eldora favorite Jeep VanWormer was second on lap 15, but hit the turn two wall and was done for the day.

Devin Moran was second, while Carrier Jr., was third. Josh Rice and Jon Henry rounded out the top-five.

Matt Westfall, from Pleasant Hill, Ohio finished ninth, but captured the Eldora Late Model title. He won the Eldora Modified title in 2014.

“It’s pretty cool to win it,” Westfall said. “Especially after winning the Modified deal last year. It’s nice to be able to come out this year and win this.”

Next Saturday, the final race of the 2015 schedule takes place at Eldora. The UNOH Sprintacular will feature the winged All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars, non-winged BOSS (Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series) and the winged NRA (National Racing Alliance) Sprint Invaders.

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RESULTS: DIRTcar UMP Fall Nationals by Allstar Performance
October 4, 2015

DIRTcar UMP Modifieds

E-Main – (15 Laps)
1. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[1] ; 2. 6-Ryan Ayers[7] ; 3. 77L-Darrell Lowe[10] ; 4. 52G-Colin Green[6] ; 5. 21S-Denny Schwartz[9] ; 6. 00-Will Norris[5] ; 7. 1RW-Rob Williams[3] ; 8. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[11] ; 9. 15G-Richard Gibson[8] ; 10. 2-David Mitchell[2] ; 11. 757-Kurt Allison[4] ; 12. 79-Shane Unger[12]

D-Main – (15 Laps)
1. 52-Weasel Phlipot[2] ; 2. 21A-Nick Allen[5] ; 3. 64JR-Billy Workman Jr[13] ; 4. 65-Todd Sherman[11] ; 5. 71O-Joel Ortberg[4] ; 6. P0-Brody Pompe[3] ; 7. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[1] ; 8. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[17] ; 9. 1AS-Andrew Sprague[7] ; 10. 11PH-Pete Holt[6] ; 11. 5X-Tim Richardson[14] ; 12. 57-Tyler Fitzpatrick[24] ; 13. 00-Will Norris[22] ; 14. 01-Jared Spalding[9] ; 15. 86-Andrew Smith[10] ; 16. 19B-Chad Bauer[15] ; 17. 20M-Josh Morton[16] ; 18. 52G-Colin Green[20] ; 19. 77L-Darrell Lowe[19] ; 20. 6-Ryan Ayers[18] ; 21. 1RW-Rob Williams[23] ; 22. 15X-Rich Robinson Jr[8] ; 23. 19C-Andrew Corbin[12]

C-Main – (20 Laps)
1. 6B-David Baldwin[2] ; 2. 91R-Derrick Ramey[7] ; 3. 1A-Andy Galgoci[1] ; 4. 9V-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 5. 22TL-Bill Lewis[11] ; 6. 52-Weasel Phlipot[17] ; 7. 22T-Tony Anderson[4] ; 8. 4B-John Burdett[6] ; 9. 21A-Nick Allen[18] ; 10. 34X-Andy Bibler[16] ; 11. 11H-Mike Hohlbein[10] ; 12. P0-Brody Pompe[22] ; 13. 47-Collin Thirlby[15] ; 14. 20J-Carlos Jaramillo[24] ; 15. 71O-Joel Ortberg[21] ; 16. 36V-Brandon Vaughan[23] ; 17. 225-Jesse Bitterling[12] ; 18. 64JR-Billy Workman Jr[19] ; 19. 3W-Dylan Woodling[13] ; 20. 1SW-Scott Williams[14] ; 21. 10L-Nathon Loney[9] ; 22. 65-Todd Sherman[20] ; 23. 18-Ryan Sutter[8]

B-Main – (20 Laps)
1. 67-Garret Stewart[2] ; 2. 10B-Scott Bowersock[4] ; 3. 4-Jason Kinney[6] ; 4. 11R-Ed Roley[5] ; 5. 5-Jess Hartman[1] ; 6. 72-Brian Lynn[14] ; 7. 51-Brandon Green[10] ; 8. 91R-Derrick Ramey[18] ; 9. OJ-Bryce Jewell[15] ; 10. 9V-Shawn Valenti[20] ; 11. 1A-Andy Galgoci[19] ; 12. 21A-Nick Allen[24] ; 13. 22T-Tony Anderson[23] ; 14. 9*-Jordan Bauer[9] ; 15. 22TL-Bill Lewis[21] ; 16. 24M-Zeke McKenzie[12] ; 17. 21C-Taylor Cook[13] ; 18. 7B-Jeff Babcock[11] ; 19. 9-Ken Schrader[7] ; 20. 52-Weasel Phlipot[22] ; 21. 6B-David Baldwin[17] ; 22. 111-Curt Spalding[3] ; 23. 36L-Jamie Lomax[16] ; 24. 16-Jeff Koz[8]

A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 13-Jacob Hawkins[3] ; 2. 35S-David Stremme[10] ; 3. 45S-Nick Stroupe[18] ; 4. 2NH-Nick Hoffman[15] ; 5. 2TS-Travis Stemler[5] ; 6. 116-Jerry Bowersock[12] ; 7. 49-Brian Ruhlman[7] ; 8. 10Y-Trent Young[8] ; 9. 87-David Mielke[9] ; 10. 44-KC Burdette[16] ; 11. 01L-Patrick Lyon[19] ; 12. 1G-Devin Gilpin[20] ; 13. K9-Will Krup[6] ; 14. 91R-Derrick Ramey[28] ; 15. 16-Jeff Koz[30] ; 16. 5-Jess Hartman[25] ; 17. 10B-Scott Bowersock[22] ; 18. 15B-Dave Baker Jr[13] ; 19. 14-Joe Godsey[11] ; 20. 72-Brian Lynn[26] ; 21. 188-Aaron Orr[17] ; 22. 11R-Ed Roley[24] ; 23. 111-Curt Spalding[32] ; 24. 4-Jason Kinney[23] ; 25. 8-Kyle Strickler[1] ; 26. 51-Brandon Green[27] ; 27. 77B-Ray Bollinger[4] ; 28. 25N-Tyler Nicely[2] ; 29. 36L-Jamie Lomax[31] ; 30. 17R-Brandon Ramsey[14] ; 31. 65-Todd Sherman[29] ; 32. 67-Garret Stewart[21]
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Sunoco American Late Models

Qualifying (listed by overall time)
1.88-Andrew Reaume, 16.050; 2.32S-Chad Stapleton, 16.182; 3.11-Josh Rice, 16.201; 4.15H-Jon Henry, 16.221; 5.32P-Bobby Pierce, 16.267; 6.28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. , 16.284; 7.11S-Rusty Schlenk, 16.300; 8.54W-Matt Westfall, 16.402; 9.55-Jeep VanWormer, 16.550; 10.99M-Devin Moran, 16.625; 11.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.654; 12.19-Chad Smith, 16.656; 13.49-Brian Ruhlman, 16.704; 14.15A-Phil Ausra, 16.886; 15.21-Robby Hensley, 17.093; 16.9N-Ted Nobbe, 17.118; 17.1G-Devin Gilpin, 17.217; 18.31-Nick Latham, 17.250; 19.M14-Brandon Thirlby, 17.319; 20.45-Kyle Hammer, 17.492; 21.2D-Curtis Deisenroth, 17.756; 22.M4-Collin Thirlby, 18.207; 23.1M-Benjamin Mott, 18.828; 24.6B-David Baldwin , 18.983; 25.79K-Nick Kurtz, 99.999; 26.79U-Shane Unger, 99.999;

Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 21-Robby Hensley[1] ; 2. 55-Jeep VanWormer[4] ; 3. 99M-Devin Moran[3] ; 4. 15A-Phil Ausra[2] ; 5. 31-Nick Latham[6] ; 6. 1G-Devin Gilpin[5] ; 7. M14-Brandon Thirlby[7] ; 8. 1M-Benjamin Mott[8] ; 9. 6B-David Baldwin [9]

Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [2] ; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce[3] ; 3. 11-Josh Rice[4] ; 4. 9N-Ted Nobbe[6] ; 5. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[7] ; 6. M4-Collin Thirlby[8] ; 7. 79K-Nick Kurtz[10] ; 8. 54W-Matt Westfall[1] ; 9. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[5] ; 10. 5-Justin Pauley[9]

Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 15H-Jon Henry[2] ; 2. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[1] ; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[7] ; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer[8] ; 5. 32S-Chad Stapleton[3] ; 6. 19-Chad Smith[6] ; 7. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[5] ; 8. 88-Andrew Reaume[4] ; 9. 79U-Shane Unger[9]

A-Main – (40 Laps)
1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[4] ; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[7] ; 3. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [2] ; 4. 11-Josh Rice[8] ; 5. 15H-Jon Henry[5] ; 6. 49-Brian Ruhlman[9] ; 7. 21-Robby Hensley[1] ; 8. 31-Nick Latham[13] ; 9. 54W-Matt Westfall[23] ; 10. 32S-Chad Stapleton[15] ; 11. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[3] ; 12. 1G-Devin Gilpin[16] ; 13. M14-Brandon Thirlby[19] ; 14. 79K-Nick Kurtz[20] ; 15. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[21] ; 16. 9N-Ted Nobbe[11] ; 17. 45-Kyle Hammer[12] ; 18. 2D-Curtis Deisenroth[14] ; 19. 15A-Phil Ausra[10] ; 20. 19-Chad Smith[18] ; 21. 6B-David Baldwin [25] ; 22. 55-Jeep VanWormer[6] ; 23. 1M-Benjamin Mott[22] ; 24. M4-Collin Thirlby[17] ; 25. 79U-Shane Unger[24]

About Eldora Speedway:
Since carved from a cornfield in the natural amphitheater that existed between the Eldora Ballroom and the Wabash River by bandleader Earl Baltes in 1954, Eldora Speedway has grown to be a frontrunner in motorsports growth and stability. Celebrating its 62nd season in 2015, Eldora hosts the biggest events in short-track racing including the 21st annual Dirt Late Model Dream by Ferris Mowers; the 32nd annual Kings Royal Weekend; the third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-Car-Cash Mud Summer Classic; and the 45th annual World 100. The complete schedule for Eldora’s 62nd consecutive season, including ticket and campsite information, is available at www.EldoraSpeedway.com and can be requested by phone at (937) 338-3815. Fans can get behind-the-scenes access of Eldora Speedway by following @EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at www.facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc. The Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android is available for free download via iTunes and Google Play.