The field of 43 drivers that signed in for 602 Late Model action from Volusia Speedway Park kicked off with the sixth annual DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals on Friday night.
Picking up the two Feature race wins for a chance at the coveted surfboard trophy on Saturday night included Pierce McCarter and Dalton Peavy.
Feature 1 – Pierce McCarter
Dawson Lowe and Pierce Mccarter brought the field to the green flag, with McCarter topping Lowe for the lead around the high side of the track.
While McCarter stretched out his lead, Clay Hill, FL native Bubba Roling made the grind from a ninth-place starting spot to second by the halfway mark of the Feature.
While Roling was able to cut the gap on McCarter through smoother lap times in clean air, it was not enough time as the Pigeon Forge, TN driver won his second Sunshine Nationals 602 Late Model Feature.
“It all started on the start,” McCarter said. “I stumbled a little bit, and hats off to Dawson racing me clean getting into (Turn 1), and the crew was telling me to watch the top. It looked pretty good, so I mashed er’ to her and it all turned out good.”
Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71-Pierce McCarter[2]; 2. 515-Bubba Roling[9]; 3. 16-Dawson Lowe[1]; 4. 28-Austin Leamon[12]; 5. 131-Matt Herlong[14]; 6. 107-Lark Haskins[3]; 7. 71C-Davy Cline[7]; 8. 12-Mikey Kopka[13]; 9. 20-Kody Cook[20]; 10. 11R-Hunter Robbins[15]; 11. 1J-Jason Papp[8]; 12. 17M-Justus Maurice[18]; 13. C4-Devin Whatley[16]; 14. 19-Sam Oakley[5]; 15. 21D-Lenny Dallman[21]; 16. 57-Justin Guessford[19]; 17. (DNF) 8G-Wyatt Gainey[6]; 18. (DNF) 6-Chase Blackwell[10]; 19. (DNF) 53-Brandon Yates[22]; 20. (DNF) 611-Koulten Herbert[4]; 21. (DNF) 3S-Josh Sanford[17]; 22. (DNS) 45-Kyle Hammer
Feature 2 – Dalton Peavy
Picking up his second career Sunshine Nationals Feature race on Friday night, Dalton Peavy controlled the final race to take the track at the “World’s Fastest Half Mile” for a chance at a $3,000 payday on Saturday night.
Beginning the 15-lap race from fifth place, the Mooresboro, NC driver quickly made his way up towards second by Lap 2, then took the lead on Lap 6 and never looked back behind him.
Former Volusia track champion David Showers Jr finished second, and Byron, GA native Wiley McDaniel rounded out the night’s podium.
Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Dalton Peavy[5]; 2. 118-David Showers Jr[6]; 3. 25M-Wiley McDaniel[4]; 4. 107Z-Chaz Haskins[1]; 5. 112-Mavrick Davidson[13]; 6. 10-Mario Gresham[10]; 7. 6DH-Dalton Hood[8]; 8. 14S-Brian Scott[11]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[3]; 10. 16B-Bubba Scott[19]; 11. 8Z-Zack Owens[14]; 12. 01-Ben Lanford[9]; 13. 44-Billy Rodriguez[15]; 14. 255-John Sands[21]; 15. 118R-Timothy Reynolds[20]; 16. 25-Brandon Lunsford[16]; 17. 1-Hania Humphries[17]; 18. 16L-Rob Lunsford[18]; 19. T9-Brodie Thompson[2]; 20. 17J-Griffin Jones[7]; 21. KB-Kerry King[12]; 22. (DNS) 45-Kyle Hammer
Up Next: The 602 Late Models compete for one final time at Volusia Speedway Park in the sixth annual DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals with $3,000-to-win on Saturday, January 25.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVIsion – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.