{"id":34364,"date":"2021-02-02T10:06:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirtcar.com\/?p=34364"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:51:08","slug":"back-for-more-steve-arpin-returns-to-ump-modified-racing-at-volusia-with-longhorn-by-loenbro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/dirtcar-ump\/ump-modifieds\/back-for-more-steve-arpin-returns-to-ump-modified-racing-at-volusia-with-longhorn-by-loenbro\/","title":{"rendered":"BACK FOR MORE: Steve Arpin Returns to UMP Modified Racing at Volusia with Longhorn by Loenbro"},"content":{"rendered":"
New racing venture, partnership with Longhorn bred relationship with McKinney and Nicely<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n For the first time since his accident in 2008, Steve Arpin will return to the seat of a DIRTcar UMP Modified this week in the 50th DIRTcar Nationals<\/a> at Volusia Speedway Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n The former DIRTcar Nationals UMP Modified champion from Fort Frances, ON, won a record five-consecutive Features at Volusia in 2007, leading to his first event points title. A year later, he decided to leave the dirt track world behind to pursue other racing ventures after suffering severe burns when a water line came unhooked while on the track.<\/p>\n This year, Arpin makes his return to Volusia behind the wheel of a Longhorn Modified by Loenbro Motorsports, debuting his new #00eh against a deep field of UMP Modified talent as they race seven-straight nights, Feb. 2-8, in search of the Big Gator championship.<\/p>\n Twelve seasons away from the DIRTcar world has left Arpin longing to strap back into the seat of his own UMP Modified, and what better place to do it than on the 50th anniversary of Volusia\u2019s biggest event.<\/p>\n \u201cThe time was coming regardless because this has been where my passion is from the get-go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n EXPLORING HIS PASSION<\/strong><\/p>\n Since his debut in 2013, Arpin has become a household name in the Rallycross world, competing internationally in events under several sanctioning bodies and the X Games. Several seasons of success on the circuit have quenched his thirst for thrills, but his passion for the dirt track has never been a dying flame.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I got into Rallycross, I was actually in Brazil racing, right after the X Games, and I called my dad and said, \u2018This is as much fun I\u2019ve had since I was racing Dirt Modifieds.\u2019 So that\u2019s always been my benchmark for where my love in the sport is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n