The Battle In Barberville
Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, Florida
Saturday, December 03, 2022
Race Recap  

MOD MANIA: Lanich, Shaffer score needed Modified wins at Battle in Barberville

The addition of the inaugural Battle in Barberville at Volusia Speedway Park gave drivers one more shot at ending the season with a trophy and extra money in their pockets.

Saturday night, Dalton Lanich and Wryan Shaffer made the most of the opportunity.

DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Lanich finished second in track points at Volusia for the DIRTcar UMP Modified division but had yet to score a victory.

After finishing second in Heat 2, luck decided to go his way. With a draw determining a four-car invert, instead of starting fourth, Lanich was placed on the pole for the 25-lap, $1,500-to-win, Feature.

However, the win didn’t come easy.

On the initial start, second-place David Reutimann got the better jump on the start and took the early lead. Lanich looked under Reutimann entering Turn 1 a couple times in the first two laps, but the #00 Modified was strong enough to pull ahead at the exit of Turn 2.

Lanich didn’t give in, though. Side by side going into Turn 1 on Lap 6, with slower cars blocking both of their lanes, neither driver was willing to lift. However, luck, again, fell into Lanich’s way as a lane opened for him around the bottom. Diving low, making a three-wide pass under the two slower cars, he powered ahead to the lead.

“I went with a hard tire tonight and really started second guessing myself,” Lanich said. “But it started coming back in about the third or fourth lap and caught back up to [Reutimann].”

From there, Lanich went unchallenged. Bryan Bernhardt and Reutimann swapped second a couple times throughout Feature, but neither were strong enough to challenge Lanich.

When the checkered flag flew, Lanich claimed his first win of the season as the inaugural Battle in Barberville winner, while Reutimann finished second and Bernhardt finished third. Paul Shead scored the $100 Hard Charger Award from Allen Plumbing.

“It’s been going better and better every couple of weeks,” Lanich said. “I bought this new car… about a couple months ago. We ran it about five times and kept working at it and working at it and it finally came through.

“Man, it’s awesome. That’s a cool ass trophy. I have to thank the track. They had a perfect track tonight. Thanks to the fans for coming out, my sponsors, my dad, my stepdad, my mom, my wife, my kids. This is awesome. I really needed this win.”

RESULTS
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds Feature (25 Laps): 1. 51-Dalton Lanich[1]; 2. 00D-David Reutimann[2]; 3. B69-Bryan Bernhardt[4]; 4. 17G-Nevin Gainey[3]; 5. 00B-Buzzie Reutimann[6]; 6. 3S-Josh Sanford[7]; 7. 80-Paul Shead[10]; 8. 99-Zane DeVilbiss[5]; 9. 6B-Dave Baldwin[11]; 10. 33-Kenny Mihalik[13]; 11. 11Z-Zane Oedewaldt[8]; 12. 12-Robert Gast[9]; 13. 1P-Mike Phillips[15]; 14. (DNF) 34P-Jim Passino[12]; 15. (DNF) N8-Nate Huffingham[17]; 16. (DNF) 11P-Charlie Phillips[18]; 17. (DNF) 3-Tony Campbell[16]; 18. (DNF) 222-Cory Hupp[19]; 19. (DNF) 2-Joshua Kunstbeck[14]

Dalton Lanich

3/4 Modifieds
The past two years have been a roller coaster for Wryan Shaffer, searching for a win with no avail.

However, Saturday night, that ride took a new enjoyable twist.

After starting fourth in the 15-lap Feature, Shaffer methodically worked his way forward, stealing third on the initial start. He stole second on Lap 4 and then snuck under Dustin Peterson into Turn 1 to claim the lead on Lap 5.

From there, Shaffer ran a clean line the remaining 10 laps to pull ahead by 1.4 seconds and score his first win in two years – along with a $500 payday. Lawton Minchew scored the $100 Hard Charger Award from Allen Plumbing.

“This last year has been really tough,” Shaffer said. “We went back to basics. We got this thing squared around. I got under Dustin (Peterson) going into (Turn) one, I said, ‘I’m going to leave him the top and if he leaves me the bottom, I’m going for it.’ It stuck.

“You can’t top it. You can’t top it.”

 RESULTS
3/4 Modifieds Feature (15 Laps): 1. 32-Wryan Shaffer[4]; 2. 51-Dustin Peterson[2]; 3. 23L-Lawton Minchew[8]; 4. 26-Timmy Hogan[5]; 5. 27-William Inabnett[10]; 6. 23K-Korbin Minchew[1]; 7. 0-Rusty Young[7]; 8. 57-Ethyn Hwan[12]; 9. 3X-Scott Durlin[11]; 10. 7-Chris Olmstead[3]; 11. 59-Nathyn Hwan[9]; 12. 14-Austin Culver[13]; 13. 88F-Aidan Foley[16]; 14. 99-Wade Olmsted[14]; 15. (DNS) 23V-Patrick Vareika; 16. (DNS) 7T-Thomas Belkey; 17. (DQ) 67-Tad Olmsted[17]

Wryan Shaffer

 

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar UMP Modifieds will return to Volusia Speedway Park, Feb. 6-11, for the 52nd DIRTcar Nationals. For tickets, CLICK HERE.

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Results  
Feature Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
11041Derike Bennett 300.00030Running0$3,000
14+332Wryan Shaffer 150.00011Running0$500
11051Dalton Lanich 250.00019Running0$1,500
22051Dustin Peterson 15-10 Laps3Running0$250
23+15Dustin Carter 30--5 Laps0Running0$2,000
22000DDavid Reutimann 25-1.1796Running0$800
38+523LLawton Minchew 15-10 Laps0Running0$150
34+1721Joe Kump 30--5 Laps0Running0$1,000
34+1B69Bryan Bernhardt 25-3.1540Running0$400
43-117GNevin Gainey 25-3.3450Running0$350
47+367Garret Stewart 30--5 Laps0Running0$700
45+126Timmy Hogan 15-10 Laps0Running0$100
56+100BBuzzie Reutimann 25-5.2611Running0$300
510+527William Inabnett 15-10 Laps0Running0$90
56+110Clay Bedenbaugh 30--5 Laps0Running0$600
67+13SJosh Sanford 25-6.1610Running0$280
61-523KKorbin Minchew 15-10 Laps1Running0$80
69+354TTuck Trentham 30--5 Laps0Running0$500
710+380Paul Shead 25-7.2920Running0$260
78+1111Demetrios Drellos 30--5 Laps0Running0$450
7700Rusty Young 15-10 Laps0Running0$70
811+339WBrandon Wells 30--5 Laps0Running0$425
85-399Zane DeVilbiss 25-7.7050Running0$250
812+457Ethyn Hwan 15-10 Laps0Running0$60
912+310SSteve Shead 28--3 Laps0Running0$400
911+26BDave Baldwin 25-9.4710Running0$240
911+23XScott Durlin 15-10 Laps0Running0$55
102-831STim Swartz 26--1 Laps0DNF0$375
1013+333Kenny Mihalik 25-11.3620Running0$220
103-77Chris Olmstead 15-10 Laps0Running0$50
1110-118BMark Fleischer 18-7 Laps0DNF0$300
118-311ZZane Oedewaldt 25-11.8250Running0$180
119-259Nathyn Hwan 14-11 Laps0Running0$50
129-312Robert Gast 25-12.5170Running0$160
125-715MChris Meyer 2-23 Laps0DNF0$275
1213+114Austin Culver 14-11 Laps0Running0$50
1316+388FAidan Foley 14-11 Laps0Running0$50
1315+21PMike Phillips 25-18.3650Running0$150
1313007David Clegg 2-23 Laps0DNF0$250
1414099Wade Olmsted 14-11 Laps0Running0$50
1412-234PJim Passino 18-7 Laps0DNF0$140
1517+2N8Nate Huffingham 14-11 Laps0DNF0$130
156-923VPatrick Vareika 0-25 Laps0DNS0$10
1618+211PCharlie Phillips 11-14 Laps0DNF0$120
1618+27TThomas Belkey 0-25 Laps0DNS0$10
1717067Tad Olmsted 0-25 Laps0DQ0$0
1716-13Tony Campbell 8-17 Laps0DNF0$120
1819+1222Cory Hupp 5-20 Laps0DNF0$120
1914-52Joshua Kunstbeck 2-23 Laps0DNF0$120
Hard Charger: Lawton Minchew
Heat 1 Results
POSStartCarDriverTimeDifference
125Dustin Carter 147.1360.000
1223KKorbin Minchew 134.2780.000
11B69Bryan Bernhardt 147.7860.000
237Chris Olmstead 138.5299.257
2200DDavid Reutimann 149.464-1.678
23721Joe Kump 148.039-0.253
3626Timmy Hogan 139.0148.772
3399Zane DeVilbiss 150.240-2.454
3115MChris Meyer 150.241-2.455
470Rusty Young 140.8116.975
443SJosh Sanford 152.104-4.318
4567Garret Stewart 152.066-4.280
5654TTuck Trentham 153.196-5.410
5512Robert Gast 157.846-10.060
5459Nathyn Hwan 142.7475.039
6739WBrandon Wells 153.790-6.004
683XScott Durlin 144.2953.491
666BDave Baldwin 159.838-12.052
7407David Clegg 133.14914.637
7114Austin Culver 123.48224.304
71033Kenny Mihalik 160.064-12.278
8523Wray Shaffer 0.000147.786
881PMike Phillips 151.107-3.321
99N8Nate Huffingham 151.754-3.968
107222Cory Hupp 83.61064.176
Heat 2 Results
POSStartCarDriverTimeDifference
1217GNevin Gainey 148.1190.000
1951Dustin Peterson 263.3220.000
1241Derike Bennett 146.7950.000
2432Wryan Shaffer 269.105-122.310
2151Dalton Lanich 148.975-2.180
2131STim Swartz 149.906-3.111
3510Clay Bedenbaugh 150.231-3.436
3300BBuzzie Reutimann 151.896-5.101
3123VPatrick Vareika 269.432-122.637
44111Demetrios Drellos 150.568-3.773
4723LLawton Minchew 271.354-124.559
4411ZZane Oedewaldt 156.846-10.051
5318BMark Fleischer 152.095-5.300
5227William Inabnett 274.271-127.476
5680Paul Shead 157.483-10.688
6557Ethyn Hwan 274.707-127.912
6610SSteve Shead 162.463-15.668
6534PJim Passino 158.324-11.529
7399Wade Olmsted 275.239-128.444
792Joshua Kunstbeck 159.471-12.676
8888FAidan Foley 279.222-132.427
873Tony Campbell 167.285-20.490
9811PCharlie Phillips 153.622-6.827
9667Tad Olmsted 283.762-136.967
10107TThomas Belkey 270.300-123.505
Qualifying Flight 1 Results
POSStart+/-#DriverLapsBehindLedStatusPointsMoney
11015MChris Meyer 00.0000Running0$0
113+12B69Bryan Bernhardt 00.0000Running0$0
210+831STim Swartz 00.3710Running0$0
212+1051Dalton Lanich 0-0.0860Running0$0
38+55Dustin Carter 00.3500Running0$0
36+300DDavid Reutimann 0-0.1920Running0$0
411+717GNevin Gainey 0-0.2010Running0$0
413+941Derike Bennett 00.2980Running0$0
53-2721Joe Kump 00.0750Running0$0
55099Zane DeVilbiss 0-0.3550Running0$0
63-300BBuzzie Reutimann 0-0.4910Running0$0
62-418BMark Fleischer 00.0640Running0$0
72-53SJosh Sanford 0-0.5150Running0$0
77007David Clegg 0-0.0310Running0$0
812+4111Demetrios Drellos 0-0.0730Running0$0
815+711ZZane Oedewaldt 0-0.8070Running0$0
96-367Garret Stewart 0-0.2500Running0$0
98-112Robert Gast 0-0.8080Running0$0
105-510Clay Bedenbaugh 0-0.3580Running0$0
1018+834PJim Passino 0-0.9370Running0$0
119-254TTuck Trentham 0-0.4730Running0$0
1116+56BDave Baldwin 0-1.0240Running0$0
124-810SSteve Shead 0-1.8390Running0$0
127-580Paul Shead 0-1.0760Running0$0
1311-239WBrandon Wells 018.5190DNS0$0
139-4222Cory Hupp 0-1.2060Running0$0
144-103Tony Campbell 0-2.0890Running0$0
151-141PMike Phillips 0-2.2340Running0$0
1614-211PCharlie Phillips 0-2.7930Running0$0
1719+2N8Nate Huffingham 018.5190Running0$0
1810-82Joshua Kunstbeck 018.5190DNS0$0
1917-233Kenny Mihalik 018.5190DNS0$0
Hard Charger: Bryan Bernhardt
Event Info  

The Battle In Barberville
Saturday, December 03, 2022
Volusia Speedway Park
1500 East State Road 40
Barberville, Florida 32130 

Event Description
Open Practice Thursday
Friday: 360 Sprint Cars $2500 to win & 602 Late Models $1500 to win
Saturday: 604 Late Models $3000 to win, UMP Modifieds $1500 to win, and 3/4 Modifieds $500 to win


Series Racing
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds, 3/4 Modifieds, 604 Late Models

Event Schedule
Thursday December 1st
Pits Gates Open 5:00pm
Open Practice from 6:30 till 9:00pm

Friday December 2nd
Pit Gates Open – 3:30pm
Pill Draw Closes – 6:15pm
Grandstands Open 5:00pm
Drivers Meeting – 6:30pm
Hot Laps – 7:00pm
Racing to follow

Saturday December 3rd
Pit Gates Open – 2:00pm
Grandstands Open 5:00pm
Pill Draw Closes – 5:00pm
Drivers Meeting – 5:30pm
Hot Laps – 6:00pm
Racing to follow
*All times Eastern

Ticket Options  
Ticket Phone
(844) 347-8849

Options And Prices
Grandstands:
$45 2 Day Pass $25 Single Day

Pits:
$55 2 Day Pass $30 Single Day

$10 Concrete Pit Parking - Call 386-958-4402 To Reserve

Weekend Camping:
$100 (Executive) Water, Electric, Waste
$75 (Reserved Camping) Water & Electric
$30(General) Dry Camping

$20 Weekend ATV/Golf Cart Pass


Grandstand Type
Bleachers, Chairbacks

Handicapped Seating Location
All Handicap seating is the first rows of each section

Pit Age Requirement
There is no age restriction in the pits. Anyone 17 years of age or younger will need to fill out a minor waiver form and be accompanied by an adult.

Pit Gate Location
East or West side of the Track.

Parking Cost
General Parking Free

Handicapped Parking Location
Handicap parking spots available. All spots are first come first serve.

Camping Availability
electric hookup, non-electric, onsite, sanitary facility, showers

Camping Cost
$30 a day for dry camping, $80 for electric/water/sewer.

Frequently Asked Questions  
Type of Grandstand
Bleachers, Chairbacks

Stadium Seating
Stadium seats are allowed as long as they don't conflict with the aisle behind you.

Handicapped Seating
All Handicap seating is the first rows of each section

Handicapped Parking
Handicap parking spots available. All spots are first come first serve.

Pit Age Limit
There is no age restriction in the pits. Anyone 17 years of age or younger will need to fill out a minor waiver form and be accompanied by an adult.

Pit Gate Location
East or West side of the Track.

Personal Coolers
Six-pack maximum cooler size. No alcohol. No glass.

ATMs
1

Credit Card Use
Pit Gate, Ticket Window

Alcohol Sales
Beer is available for purchase at the track.

Smoking Policy
No smoking in the Grandstands.


Parking Cost
General Parking Free

Camping Availability
electric hookup, non-electric, onsite, sanitary facility, showers

Camping Cost
$30 a day for dry camping, $80 for electric/water/sewer.

Track Info  

Volusia Speedway Park
1500 East State Road 40
Barberville, Florida 32130 

Track Phone
(386) 985-4402

Ticket Phone
(844) 347-8849

Track Email
volusiaspeedway@dirtcar.com

Track Type
0.500; dirt oval

Sprint Car Track Record
12.569s by Paul McMahan on 2-10-11; 360 Sprint Car: 14.160 sec. by Brenham Crouch on Jan. 27, 2023; Non-Wing: 16.362s by Thomas Meseraull on Feb. 14, 2023

Late Model Track Record
Super: 15.100 sec. by Bobby Pierce on Jan. 19, 2024

Closest Airport
Daytona International Airport

Other Airport
Orlando Sanford

Pit Gate Location
East or West side of the Track.

Track Map
Competitor Info