{"id":4950,"date":"2023-02-09T03:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T07:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/uncategorized\/wednesday-recap-strickler-mefford-long-dotson-haley-nicely-net-gators-at-volusia\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T04:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T08:11:26","slug":"wed-recap-strickler-mefford-long-dotson-haley-nicely-net-gators-at-volusia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/news\/wed-recap-strickler-mefford-long-dotson-haley-nicely-net-gators-at-volusia\/","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY RECAP: Strickler, Mefford, Long, Dotson, Haley, Nicely Net Gators at Volusia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>Action continues Thursday night with six Features lined up by points accumulated<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The third night of competition for the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds in the 52nd annual Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park featured three separate three-peat winners, a dominant force returning to form, and a Victory Lane celebration\/interview from a rising teenage star that those watching won\u2019t soon forget.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s events were also the last before the format changes for Thursday\u2019s show, where the six Feature lineups are determined by each driver\u2019s points accumulated over the first three nights. This balances the competition in each Feature and has, historically, created some of the most competitive races seen all week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"DIRTcar UMP Modifieds | Volusia Speedway Park | February 8th, 2023 | HIGHLIGHTS\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lPEfq72on_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Feature #1 \u2013 Kyle Strickler<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>After settling for second Tuesday night, Kyle Strickler rebounded Wednesday to bag his second gator trophy of the week and 11th of his career at DIRTcar Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Strickler, the two-time Gator Championship Feature winner from Mooresville, NC, led flag-to-flag unchallenged, thanks to a big effort by his team to improve on the car setup from the night before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got our car a lot better than yesterday,\u201d Strickler said. \u201cYesterday, I thought we were absolutely terrible. We made a big swing at it tonight, and I finally got my nose down where I can steer, so now I feel like we can put some traction back in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[1]; 2. 8A-Austin Holcombe[3]; 3. 4-Mike Learman[7]; 4. 43A-Mark Anderson[11]; 5. 11S-Jared Spalding[12]; 6. 24D-Jesse Dill[8]; 7. 00B-Buzzie Reutimann[15]; 8. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[14]; 9. 2C-Ronnie Chance[13]; 10. 9-Ken Schrader[5]; 11. 22B-Austen Becerra[2]; 12. 54-Zachary Hawk[6]; 13. 22K-Dale Kelley[10]; 14. 97-Mitch Thomas[4]; 15. 17C-Coleman Evans[9]<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Feature #2 \u2013 Charlie Mefford<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>In what will likely be remembered as one of the most iconic Victory Lane moments in modern DIRTcar Nationals history, 16-year-old Charlie Mefford jumped \u2013\u00a0literally, jumped \u2013 on the roof of his Elite Chassis #13 after winning his first career gator trophy in only his third start, leading the 20-lapper wire-to-wire.<\/p>\n<p>With tears in his eyes and raw emotion aplenty his voice, Mefford gave the Volusia crowd and the DIRTVision cameras one of the most memorable Victory Lane interviews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dream, man. Everything me, my mom and dad has ever worked for. We never even thought about coming down here and racing, and here we are in Victory Lane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, it\u2019s been a memory-filled past three months for the Belton, KY-driver, who first rose to prominence in the Modified world for his signature \u201cYou can\u2019t park there!\u201d chant coined at the Gateway Dirt Nationals event in St. Louis last December. Ever since that big moment on the microphone, Mefford has had the attention, and gave fans another reason to listen Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dream come true,\u201d Mefford said. \u201cI\u2019m a 16-year-old kid from Kentucky\u2026 I don\u2019t even have my intermediate license yet; I just got my permit. I\u2019m out here racing with grown adults and running like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feature 2 (20 Laps): 1. 13-Charlie Mefford[1]; 2. 145-Kyle Hammer[2]; 3. 7-Evan Taylor[5]; 4. 90R-Raymond Kable[7]; 5. 9PG-Percy Gendreau[9]; 6. 07-Curtis King[12]; 7. 29-Steve Shellenberger[10]; 8. 0H-Dylan Henkins[13]; 9. 35W-Ethan Weber[3]; 10. 21J-Clay Harris[8]; 11. 59-Doug Stine[11]; 12. 40R-Shawn Reiss[15]; 13. 25W-Allen Weisser[4]; 14. 99G-Gavin Graham[6]; 15. 77B-Ray Bollinger[14]<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Feature #3 \u2013\u00a0Michael Long<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>It had been three whole years since his last trip to Volusia Victory Lane, but Michael Long finally made it back Wednesday night to collect his third career DIRTcar Nationals victory.<\/p>\n<p>Leading all 20 laps, Long proved he\u2019s more than a Missouri-Illinois regional champion of the weekly DIRTcar Racing scene. Accustomed to racing mostly shorter, high-banked bullrings in the Midwest, Long showed his versatility, putting on a clinic and crossing the finish line nearly two full seconds over runner-up Zeke McKenzie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been gradually getting better,\u201d Long said. \u201cCar was a ton better tonight; just been working on getting it to steer around here. We\u2019ve just been off, compared to what we run in the Midwest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feature 3 (20 Laps): 1. 18L-Michael Long[1]; 2. 24-Zeke McKenzie[4]; 3. 21CZ-Benji LaCrosse[7]; 4. 21C-Taylor Cook[2]; 5. 22TW-Tim Ward[5]; 6. 7G-Seth Geary[6]; 7. 21S-Kenny Shaw[10]; 8. 3-Josh Sanford[12]; 9. 0-Glenn Styres[8]; 10. 11-Jesse Rupe[15]; 11. 22-Doug Carson[14]; 12. 22J-John Baker[11]; 13. 09-Michael Leach[3]; 14. 49G-Billy Green[9]; 15. 1S-Brian Shaw[13]<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Feature #4 \u2013\u00a0Ethan Dotson<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Coming in as one of three drivers with their gator win streak still in-tact, Ethan Dotson kept the streak alive with yet another dominating performance for his third career gator trophy earned in as many starts.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s margin of victory was 4.869 seconds. On Tuesday, 2.350 was the gap to second. Wednesday marked Dotson\u2019s largest lead of the week \u2013 a whole 6.725 seconds ahead at the finish. Now, he prepares for his toughest test of the week on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Features will then be lined up by points totals accumulated throughout the week, which will put Dotson in a sea of drivers more at his speed for more 20 laps and another gator trophy up for grabs. Dotson said he\u2019s eager to see exactly where he stacks-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pretty excited just to see how we are,\u201d Dotson said. \u201cSpreading the fast guys out just makes it tough to see if you\u2019re really fast. We can check lap times, but they\u2019re on a different racetrack than you, so you just never really know. But I guess we\u2019ll find out tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feature 4 (20 Laps): 1. 00E-Ethan Dotson[1]; 2. 77-George Dixon[3]; 3. 95-Michael Altobelli[2]; 4. 00EH-Steve Arpin[6]; 5. 49-Brian Ruhlman[4]; 6. 88-Matt Crafton[5]; 7. 60-Shannon Fisk[8]; 8. 2A-Matt Altiers[7]; 9. 33-Kenny Mihalik[13]; 10. M20-Mike Potosky[11]; 11. 77S-Jim Shipman[14]; 12. 3D-Makayla Tyrrell[12]; 13. 91B-Chris Beaulieu[10]; 14. 72X-Todd Neiheiser[9]; 15. 11Z-Zane Oedewaldt[15]<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Feature #5 \u2013 Justin Haley<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Justin Haley became the second driver to win three-in-a-row Wednesday night, in control the entire distance once again as he netted his fourth career DIRTcar Nationals victory.<\/p>\n<p>Haley needed a good takeoff on the initial start and got it, taking the opportunity for the lead away from Monday night winner Lucas Lee on the opening lap and holding him off the rest of the way to capture the checkered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother great night for us \u2013 three in-a-row down here at Volusia,\u201d Haley said. \u201cAwesome team effort by everyone here at Darkhorse Racecars. Matt Smith [crew chief], my brother Quentin, Rich Dawson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a team effort, and it\u2019s pretty cool to come down here. We were a little tight tonight, so we\u2019ll figure out tomorrow with a little different format, and hopefully keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feature 5 (20 Laps): 1. 99-Justin Haley[1]; 2. 12L-Lucas Lee[3]; 3. 5CS-Curt Spalding[5]; 4. 51-Dalton Lanich[7]; 5. 51G-Brandon Green[2]; 6. 114-Clayton Bryant[6]; 7. 99M-Mike Mullen[9]; 8. 05-Dave Wietholder[4]; 9. 463-Daniel Sanchez[14]; 10. 12-Robert Gast[13]; 11. 1-Randy Giroux[12]; 12. 32-Chad Roush[8]; 13. 57-Fletcher Mason[10]; 14. 34X-Shane O&#8217;Connor[11]; 15. 99W-Wade Olmsted[15]<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Feature #6 \u2013\u00a0Tyler Nicely<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Running away from the field for the third night in-a-row, Tyler Nicely shelved his seventh career gator trophy Wednesday night and locked himself into the top Feature event for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be fun to stack-up against all the big guys in one Feature,\u201d Nicely said. \u201cTomorrow will give us a good judge for Saturday\u2019s $5,000-to-win Feature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicely, of Owensboro, KY, broke out a brand-new Elite Chassis for this week and is making it count, having won each of the three nights he\u2019s put it on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just been running the same thing every night,\u201d Nicely said. \u201cNick Hoffman over at Elite Chassis \u2013 this thing\u2019s really balanced, so we\u2019re just taking them as we can get them right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feature 6 (20 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 7A-Justin Allgaier[8]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[6]; 4. 5T-Drake Troutman[2]; 5. 90-Jason Beaulieu[5]; 6. 130-Chase Allen[14]; 7. 10Y-Trent Young[4]; 8. 4S-Craig Shaw[7]; 9. 17T-Tyler Evans[9]; 10. 7M-Steve Maughan[15]; 11. 17-Rob Pitcher[10]; 12. 7D-T J DeHaven[13]; 13. 6B-Dave Baldwin[11]; 14. 100-Dylan Murray[12]; 15. 35-David Stremme[3]<\/p>\n<p><strong>UP NEXT<br \/>\n<\/strong>The UMP Modified action at Volusia Speedway Park continues on day #4 of the 52nd Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals \u2013 Thursday, Feb. 9 \u2013\u00a0racing alongside the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.<\/p>\n<p>Hot Laps set for 5:30pm ET. Tickets are available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dirtcarnationals.com\/\">DIRTcarNationals.com<\/a>\u00a0or at the gate. If you can\u2019t be in attendance, watch every lap live on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dirtvision.com\/?__hstc=90238725.d5f86d62e64d55a12c770a0bfd0b6876.1652365415704.1675842439972.1675927253820.322&amp;__hssc=90238725.2.1675927253820&amp;__hsfp=418660445\">DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action continues Thursday night with six Features lined up by points accumulated The third night of competition for the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds in the 52nd annual Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park featured three separate three-peat winners, a dominant force returning to form, and a Victory Lane celebration\/interview from a rising teenage &#8230; <a title=\"WEDNESDAY RECAP: Strickler, Mefford, Long, Dotson, Haley, Nicely Net Gators at Volusia\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/news\/wed-recap-strickler-mefford-long-dotson-haley-nicely-net-gators-at-volusia\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about WEDNESDAY RECAP: Strickler, Mefford, Long, Dotson, Haley, Nicely Net Gators at Volusia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":4953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,173],"tags":[380,10,311,13,312,116,381,47,19,48],"class_list":["post-4950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ump-modifieds","tag-charlie-mefford","tag-dirtcar-nationals-2","tag-ethan-dotson","tag-featured","tag-justin-haley","tag-kyle-strickler","tag-michael-long","tag-tyler-nicely","tag-ump-modifieds","tag-volusia-speedway-park"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WEDNESDAY RECAP: Strickler, Mefford, Long, Dotson, Haley, Nicely Net Gators at Volusia - Volusia Speedway Park<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/volusiaspeedwaypark.com\/news\/wed-recap-strickler-mefford-long-dotson-haley-nicely-net-gators-at-volusia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WEDNESDAY RECAP: Strickler, Mefford, Long, Dotson, Haley, Nicely Net Gators at Volusia - Volusia Speedway Park\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Action continues Thursday night with six Features lined up by points accumulated The third night of competition for the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds in the 52nd annual Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park featured three separate three-peat winners, a dominant force returning to form, and a Victory Lane celebration\/interview from a rising teenage ... 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