BARBERVILLE, Fla. - For the third consecutive night, Larry Wight put on a thrill show at the DIRTcar Nationals, winning his third Gator Trophy of the week Friday in the Super DIRTcar Series feature at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida.
After winning from the front row the past two nights, Wight launched from the seventh position Friday and worked his way toward the front while teammate Billy Decker showed the way for the first 26 laps.
With laps four to go, Decker would not budge off the bottom of the track and got pinned behind Kyle Coffey, who was trying everything he could to stay on the lead lap. Wight jumped top side and blasted around Decker and into the lead, powering away for his third win of the week.
“He got stuck behind the lapped cars, I have to make sure I give Kyle Coffey a beer for that one,” said Wight, of Phoenix, New York. “(Decker) didn’t move up in time and we were able to get the top. I thought after I messed up the first time going after it Billy would have taken the top away from me, but he left me just enough room so I could enter above the cushion and cut down, luckily the car turned just enough for it.”
In the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature, Jimmy Owens went back-to-back, winning the second Volusia feature of his career in as many nights.
It wasn’t easy, though, as Kyle Bronson surged forward from 15th to overtake Owens in heavy traffic just as the caution waved with five to go.
The field was reset with Owens, of Newport, Tennessee, back in front, giving him a clear track to hold off Bronson to the checkered flag.
Darrell Lanigan finished in third, with Brandon Sheppard in fourth and Brandon Overton in fifth.
The 2020 DIRTcar Nationals wraps up on Saturday night, with both the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and the Super DIRTcar Series in action. Visit DIRTcarNationals.com for more information.
Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, FL
DIRTcar Nationals – February 14, 2020
World of Outlaws Late Model Series
1. 20-Jimmy Owens
2. 40B-Kyle Bronson
3. 29v-Darrell Lanigan
4. 1-Brandon Sheppard
5. 76-Brandon Overton
6. 0-Scott Bloomquist
7. 7-Ricky Weiss
8. 18-Chase Junghans
9. 28-Dennis Erb
10. 14-Josh Richards
11. 2e-Rick Eckert
12. 97-Cade Dillard
13. 66c-Matt Cosner
14. 8-Kyle Strickler
15. B1-Brent Larson
16. 99B-Boom Briggs
17. 12-Ashton Winger
18. 0M-Chris Madden
19. 4G-Kody Evans
20. 6-Blake Spencer
21. 6T-Tyler Erb
22. 5-Mark Whitener
23. 3s-Brian Shirley
24. 72-Michael Norris
25. 36-Logan Martin
26. 21-Ivedent Lloyd
Super DIRTcar Series
1. 99L-Larry Wight
2. 91-Billy Decker
3. 88-Mat Williamson
4. 44P-Anthony Perrego
5. 98H-Jimmy Phelps
6. 4-Andy Bachetti
7. 9S-Matt Sheppard
8. 111-Demetrios Drellos
9. 49-Billy Dunn
10. 19-Tim Fuller
11. 7-Rick Laubach
12. 25R-Erick Rudolph
13. 42P-Pat Ward
14. 83-Brian Swartzlander
15. 3-Justin Haers
16. 19M-Jessey Mueller
17. 46-Jeremy Smith
18. 7MM-Michael Maresca
19. 32-Jim Rasey
20. 20-Brett Hearn
21. 21A-Peter Britten
22. 23-Kyle Coffey
23. 30-Ronnie Johnson
24. 6D-Dillon Steuer
25. 1-Billy Pauch
26. 30M-JoJo Watson
