{"id":4667,"date":"2022-12-03T22:52:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T02:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/?p=4667"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:50:42","slug":"mod-mania-lanich-shaffer-score-needed-modified-wins-at-battle-in-barberville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/news\/mod-mania-lanich-shaffer-score-needed-modified-wins-at-battle-in-barberville\/","title":{"rendered":"MOD MANIA: Lanich, Shaffer score needed Modified wins at Battle in Barberville"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.<\/p>\n
Saturday night, Dalton Lanich and Wryan Shaffer made the most of the opportunity.<\/p>\n
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds 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.<\/p>\n However, the win didn\u2019t come easy.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Lanich didn\u2019t 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n \u201cI went with a hard tire tonight and really started second guessing myself,\u201d Lanich said. \u201cBut it started coming back in about the third or fourth lap and caught back up to [Reutimann].\u201d<\/p>\n From there, Lanich went unchallenged. Bryan Bernhardt and Reutimann swapped second a couple times throughout Feature, but neither were strong enough to challenge Lanich.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been going better and better every couple of weeks,\u201d Lanich said. \u201cI bought this new car\u2026 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.<\/p>\n \u201cMan, it\u2019s awesome. That\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n RESULTS<\/em> <\/p>\n 3\/4 Modifieds However, Saturday night, that ride took a new enjoyable twist.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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 \u2013\u00a0along with a $500 payday. Lawton Minchew scored the $100 Hard Charger Award from Allen Plumbing.<\/p>\n \u201cThis last year has been really tough,\u201d Shaffer said. \u201cWe went back to basics. We got this thing squared around. I got under Dustin (Peterson) going into (Turn) one, I said, \u2018I\u2019m going to leave him the top and if he leaves me the bottom, I\u2019m going for it.\u2019 It stuck.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t top it. You can\u2019t top it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0RESULTS<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n UP NEXT:<\/strong> The DIRTcar UMP Modifieds will return to Volusia Speedway Park, Feb. 6-11, for the 52nd DIRTcar Nationals. For tickets, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":4668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,135,40,41,173],"tags":[22,332,318,162,329,64,26,328,250,35,48,327],"class_list":["post-4667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-recap","category-recaps","category-modifieds","category-ump-modifieds","tag-3-4-modifeds","tag-332","tag-battle-in-barberville","tag-bryan-bernhardt","tag-dalton-lanich","tag-david-reutimann","tag-dirtcar-ump-modifieds","tag-dustin-peterson","tag-lawton-minchew","tag-paul-shead","tag-volusia-speedway-park","tag-wryan-shaffer"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>Lanich finished second in track points at Volusia for the DIRTcar UMP Modified division but had yet to score a victory.<\/p>\n
\nDIRTcar 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]<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The past two years have been a roller coaster for Wryan Shaffer, searching for a win with no avail.<\/p>\n
\n3\/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]<\/p>\n