IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

February 9, 2009 Schatz and Landers Share Spotlight At Volusia Again BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Feb. 8, 2009 — The Donny & Jared Show was back in business on Sunday night at the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park. For the fourth time in six nights, Landers in his UMP DIRTcar Modified and Schatz in his World of Outlaws Sprint Car earned victories. The victories increase the odds for each to become the 2009 Alltel All-Star. Fans can vote via text message to 247253 and enter their favorite driver’s letter code, or by visiting AlltelAllStar.com and casting a ballot. Votes will be tallied daily until Feb. 28. The overall winner as determined by fan votes will receive the $10,000 grand prize, while the top vote-getter in the other three divisions will earn $1,000. Over 12 consecutive nights from Feb. 3 to Feb. 14, 410 Sprint Cars, UMP DIRTcar Modifieds, Dirt Late Models and Big-Block Modifieds will all compete. Landers, of Batesville, Ark., already was dominating the UMP DIRTcar Modified division at the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH, but in the inaugural Gator Championship he turned up the heat. Starting seventh, Landers worked his way to the front and with two circuits remaining in the 30-lap feature slid past Jeff Taylor and held on to win after a caution forced a green-white-checkered finish. It marks Landers’ sixth victory at Volusia in the past two years. “That’s a good looking bird,” said Landers of the eagle trophy he received for his effort. “I think the other guys just used their tires up because of the caution. I don’t know what to think. I think the lapped traffic got them all out of rhythm. I used that to my advantage. That’s the best win I’ve had yet.” Schatz, the three-time defending World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion from Fargo, N.D., has won every which way in the Sprint Car portion of the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH. On Tuesday he came from 23rd to win, Wednesday and Friday he started on the pole and earned victories, while Sunday night he started fourth and quickly worked to the front. “We’re very blessed to have great people in our sport with Armor All and Chevy and to have Alltel step up and make this a big event like it is this whole week,” Schatz said. “It really makes it fun, it makes it like the Knoxville Nationals. We’re just glad to be part of it and we’re glad for their support. Hopefully they had fun.” Through six nights of competition at the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH, the Alltel All-Star contenders and their text message Letter Codes (in parenthesis) include: Sprint Cars — Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. (b); Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. (d); Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. (f). UMP DIRTcar Modifieds — Jared Landers, Batesville, Ark. (a); Austin Dillon, Lewisville, N.C. (c); Randy Hall, Olean, N.Y. (e). For more information about Alltel, please visit www.alltel.com. To cast your vote online visit www.AlltelAllStar.com. Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH Statistical Report — Night 6 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series 30-lap A-main Pos. / Car / Driver / Start / Earnings 1) 15-Donny Schatz [4] [$10,000] 2) 1-Stevie Smith [7] [$5,500] 3) 8K-Chad Kemenah [3] [$3,200] 4) 25-Daryn Pittman [11] [$2,800] 5) 11-Steve Kinser [10] [$2,500] 6) 20-Kraig Kinser [8] [$2,300] 7) 24-Terry McCarl [5] [$2,200] 8) 14-Jason Meyers [17] [$2,100] 9) 3C-Cale Conley [1] [$2,050] 10) 19-Craig Dollansky [14] [$2,000] 11) 55M-Kerry Madsen [25] [$700] 12) 9-Joey Saldana [21] [$1,200] 13) 51-Fred Rahmer [2] [$1,100] 14) 7S-Jason Sides [16] [$1,050] 15) 89-Cody Darrah [12] [$1,000] 16) 10-Sammy Swindell [13] [$900] 17) 83JR-Tim Kaeding [24] [$800] 18) 22H-Greg Hodnett [23] [$800] 19) 30C-Lance Dewease [18] [$800] 20) 14AJ-Wayne Johnson [20] [$800] 21) 55-Chad Layton [19] [$800] 22) 7M-Mark Smith [15] [$800] 23) 5W-Lucas Wolfe [22] [$800] 24) 11E-Mike Erdley [9] [$800] 25) R19-Jac Haudenschild [26] [$0] 26) 6-Danny Lasoski [6] [$800] 27) DNS 96 Bronson Maeschen [$180] Note: Jac Haudenschild and Kerry Madsen used World of Outlaws provisionals to start the A-Feature, while Tim Kaeding started the race as the alternate when Bronson Maeschen’s car would not fire. Lap Leaders: Donny Schatz 1-30 UMP DIRTcar Modified “The Gator Championship” 30-lap A-main Pos. Car Name 1 777 Jared Landers 2 88T Jeff Taylor 3 3 Austin Dillon 4 89 Mike Spatola 5 29 Ryan Gifford 6 51W Rodney Wing 7 182 Randle Sweeney 8 222 Dave Hess Jr 9 71A Ryan Aho 10 64 Gary Cook Jr 11 12H Jason Hughes 12 18H Jon Henry 13 6T Corky Thomas 14 T3 Dave Groves 15 3L Jeff Leka 16 44N Darrell Nelson 17 41M Brent Mullins 18 9X Kenny Schrader 19 12HX Mike Hansen 20 10H Randy Hall 21 70 Matt Aber 22 2d Ty Dillon 23 36 Kenny Wallace 24 24 Brad Waits 25 7R Kent Robinson 26 *222 Mike Knight 27 8 Charlie McNichol 28 0H Tim Hancock Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH Daily Schedule Pits open at 3 p.m., grandstands at 5 p.m., racing at 7:30 p.m. February 3, Tuesday All Star Circuit of Champions (Donny Schatz) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds (Jared Landers) February 4, Wednesday All Star Circuit of Champions (Donny Schatz) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds (Jared Landers) February 5, Thursday All Star Circuit of Champions (Stevie Smith) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds (Austin Dillon) February 6, Friday World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series (Donny Schatz) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds “The Gator” qualifying Night 1 (Jared Landers) February 7, Saturday World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series (Joey Saldana) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds “The Gator” qualifying Night 2 (Randy Hall) February 8, Sunday World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series (Donny Schatz) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds “The Gator” Championship (Jared Landers) February 9, Monday UMP DIRTcar Late Models UMP DIRTcar Modifieds February 10, Tuesday UMP DIRTcar Late Models UMP DIRTcar Modifieds February 11, Wednesday UMP DIRTcar Late Models Advance Auto Parts Big Block Modifieds February 12, Thursday World of Outlaws Late Model Series Advance Auto Parts Big Block Modifieds February 13, Friday UMP DIRTcar Late Models Advance Auto Parts Big Block Modifieds February 14, Saturday World of Outlaws Late Model Series Advance Auto Parts Big Block Modifieds Have an opinion on this story? 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