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CHOMP CHANGE: Landers Cashes In On “Gator Championship” Payday Barberville, FL - February 8, 2009 - Jared Landers has been making an impressive statement all week at the 38th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park.

He topped the UMP DIRTcar Modified field once again as he claimed his fourth win in six attempts, winning the inaugural Gator Championship $5,000 feature event on Sunday night. It wasn’t easy, though, as he started seventh and wasn’t able to take the lead until the final two circuits. “I didn’t think I could do it tonight for some reason,” said Landers, 26, of Batesville, Ark. “I think we missed the setup just a little bit but it ended up we wanted it so we can’t complain.”

Landers moved quietly through the competition until announcing his arrival on a Lap 25 restart. “I think the other guys just used their tires up because of the caution,” he said. “I don’t know what to think. I think the lapped traffic got them all out of rhythm. I used that to my advantage.”

With 5 to go Landers challenged for the lead but got pinched by lapped traffic, allowing leader Jeff Taylor to skate away. A Lap 28 yellow allowed Landers another shot at Taylor. The two traded slide jobs at both ends of the track before Landers eventually moved in front. A strong restart helped him hold off Taylor the final two circuits to claim the first ever Gator Championship.

“That wasn’t an easy race” Landers said. “It pumps me up, to wait that long to get the lead. That’s the best win I’ve had yet.” Landers, who has dominated the Alltel All-Star competition, pleaded with supporters in Victory Lane for even more support in the online and text voting program that rewards drivers in every division competing at the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH.

“People might not think I need it because I’ve won a few nights here,” he said. “We’re sure going to need it. It takes a lot to race here the whole week.” Arkansas native Taylor settled once again for a podium finish. Taylor, who has claimed a podium finish on two different occasions during the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH, fought hard.

“I think we were a tick too tight,” he said. “We were too hard on the right front tire. It took me four or five laps to really get going and we were still a little too tight.”

Like Landers, Taylor climbed through the field from a sixth starting position and overtook then leader Mike Spatola on the 23rd circuit. The lead was short-lived as Landers caught Taylor only two laps later.

“I didn’t know whether to run high or low because I knew (Landers) would run wide open no matter where I went,” Taylor said.

Lewisville, N.C., young gun Austin Dillon rounded out the top three as he claimed a podium spot for the third time. Dillon moved to third when Landers shot to second, and followed the leaders through traffic in the waning laps.

“We got in lapped traffic there and that was awesome,” Dillon said. “We were just running around the bottom hoping one of them would make a mistake but it just didn’t happen. Yeah, that was a heck of a race. I’m really happy with a 3rd place finish.”

UMP DIRTcar Modified Statistical Report - The Gator Championship F-Main - 12 laps Pos No. Name 1 99 Corey Partin 2 18 David McWilliams 3 23 Louie Krushansky 4 39 Kevin Gummere 5 21CZ Tim Czarneski 6 00R Tony Rowland 7 6M Terry McClintock 8 66 Dale Murry 9 40 James Smjith 10 41d Darron Smith 11 10T Tyson Turnbull 12 42 Richard Mann 13 77M Corey Mann 14 8 Charlie McNichol 15 2X Grant Junghans 16 J1JR Dale Jackson 17 9C James Coil 18 10EH Ed Turnbull DNS 15T Erick Thiesse DNS 88G Darrell George DNS 45 Bob Broking

E-Main - 12 laps Pos No. Name 1 25G Scott Green 2 37J Sean Jerovetz 3 211 Richie Ginn 4 26 Bob Gierke 5 74 Mark Noble 6 10C Rick Culpepper 7 18X Chase Junghans 8 K12 Scotty Kincaid 9 23 Louie Krushansky 10 77A Cody Agler 11 12G Jason Gross 12 15T Erick Thiesse 13 22T Tony Anderson 14 72 Todd Nieheiser 15 18 David McWilliams 16 62 Bob Newberry 17 12C Joe Carr 18 99 Corey Partin 19 39 Kevin Gummere DNS 67 Matthew McDermid DNS 22M Charles Milam

D-Main - 12 laps Pos No. Name 1 20 Jacob Hawkins 2 1s Tommy Seets Jr. 3 0d Les Duellman 4 0H Tim Hancock 5 *222 Mike Knight 6 12HX Mike Hansen 7 55M Alan Mondus 8 25G Scott Green 9 #1 Terry Hull 10 12d Scott Drake 11 74 Mark Noble 12 d4 David Jamison 13 1M Julie McDermid 14 26 Bob Gierke 15 67 Matthew McDermid 16 N59 Chad Evans 17 211 Richie Ginn 18 37J Sean Jerovetz 19 51M Eddie Martin DNS 1G Devin Gilpin DNS 2J Blake Jegtvig

C-Main - 12 laps Pos No. Name 1 3L Jeff Leka 2 7R Kent Robinson 3 41M Brent Mullins 4 26H Justin Houston 5 1d Chris Smith 6 12A Matt Aukland 7 1s Tommy Seets Jr. 8 17X Rich Michael 9 1G Devin Gilpin 10 0H Tim Hancock 11 20 Jacob Hawkins 12 55H Scott Hansen 13 0d Les Duellman 14 17JE J.E. Stalder 15 X Mike Wedelstadt 16 41G Matt Goulden 17 O1 Todd Sherman 18 1K Tim Karrick 19 4 Stormy Scott

B-Main - 15 laps Pos No. Name 1 36 Kenny Wallace 2 182 Randle Sweeney 3 29 Ryan Gifford 4 9X Kenny Schrader 5 71A Ryan Aho 6 12H Jason Hughes 7 222 Dave Hess Jr 8 18H Jon Henry 9 64 Gary Cook Jr 10 T3 Dave Groves 11 70 Matt Aber 12 44N Darrell Nelson 13 24 Brad Waits 14 3L Jeff Leka 15 41M Brent Mullins 16 7R Kent Robinson 17 O7 Jeff Thomas 18 65 Michael Davis 19 26H Justin Houston 20 48 Wayne Hammond

The Gator Championship - 30 laps Pos No. 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



For more on the 38th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH visit: www.dirtcarnationals.com



Through the sixth night of competition at the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals By UNOH, the Alltel All?Star contenders and their text message Letter Codes 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,NC (c), Randy Hall Olean, NY (e)



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