{"id":3552,"date":"2009-10-08T14:06:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T19:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100.24.212.105\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2010-11-10T14:08:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T20:08:22","slug":"ump-dirt-racing-national-points-update-feger-super-late-models-cook-modifieds-head-to-eldoras-pak-a-sak-ump-dirt-nationals-for-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/divisions\/late-models\/ump-dirt-racing-national-points-update-feger-super-late-models-cook-modifieds-head-to-eldoras-pak-a-sak-ump-dirt-nationals-for-coronation\/","title":{"rendered":"UMP DIRT Racing National Points Update: Feger (Super Late Models) & Cook (Modifieds) Head To Eldora’s Pak-A-Sak UMP DIRT Nationals For Coronation!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Maryville, IL<\/strong> \u2014 This weekend’s Pak-A-Sak UMP DIRTcar Racing Nationals at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, will serve as a coronation for Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., and Gary Cook Jr. of Deer Creek, Ill.<\/p>\n Feger (Super Late Models) and Cook (Modifieds) head into the circuit’s points-season-ending doubleheader this weekend (Oct. 9-10) at the famed half-mile oval having already clinched their first career UMP DIRTcar national championships.<\/p>\n Feger, 31, secured his $20,000 title in style, rolling through last weekend’s action with three wins and a fourth-place finish. He scored consecutive victories on Oct. 2 at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill., Oct. 3 at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway and Oct. 4 at Shepp’s Speedway in Alexander, Ill., before his streak was ended in the nightcap of the two-feature program at Shepp’s.<\/p>\n While pushing his 2009 UMP DIRTcar-leading Super Late Model feature win total to 22, Feger extended his national points lead from 27 to 53 points (3,026-2,973) over Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill. With only Saturday night’s scheduled 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Nationals A-Main remaining for drivers to earn points, Erb can’t mathematically overcome Erb’s total and thus is resigned to seeing his two-year reign as national champion come to an end.<\/p>\n The 33-year-old Cook, meanwhile, did not gain any points last weekend \u2013 the Modified standings are determined using drivers’ best 30 finishes\/points nights \u2013 but still ended up with an insurmountable points edge over Devin Gilpin of Columbus, Ind. Cook leads the 19-year-old Gilpin, who scored points-earning finishes of second on Oct. 2 at Tri-City Speedway and third on Oct. 3 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, by 51 points (2,422-2,371) entering the $3,000-to-win extravaganza at Eldora.<\/p>\n Points closed last weekend for all other UMP DIRTcar divisions. No national points battle was more dramatic than the Pro Late Model class struggle, which saw Bobby Dauderman of Alhambra, Ill., unseat Tait Davenport of West Paducah, Ky., for the national crown.<\/p>\n Dauderman, 20, trailed the 31-year-old Davenport by 12 points entering last weekend’s crate-engine division tripleheader at Tri-City Speedway. But after the first night of action, on Oct. 1, was postponed, features the next two evenings decided the title in Dauderman’s favor by a mere seven points (2,217-2,210).<\/p>\n After finishing third to Davenport’s ninth in the UMP DIRTcar Pro Late Model Championship event on Oct. 2, Dauderman entered the points-season finale on Oct. 3 needing to finish at least third with Davenport behind him to secure the championship. He went on to cross the finish line in third while Davenport flashed under the checkered flag in eighth.<\/p>\n Dauderman later moved up to second and Davenport to seventh in the official rundown because apparent runner-up Bryan Collins was disqualified after his car owner refused to let UMP DIRTcar tech officials take his crate engine for a thorough inspection.<\/p>\n Other 2009 UMP DIRTcar national champions decided after last weekend’s competition included:<\/p>\n * Russell Eilers of Highland, Ill., who overtook Jimmy Cummins of Waterloo, Ill., for the Sportsman points lead during the season’s final weekend of points racing. He beat Clayton Perry of North Vernon, Ind., by just three points and Cummins by four markers.<\/p>\n * Chad Boone of Owensboro, Ky., who captured the Limited Modified title.<\/p>\n * Rick Thomas of Koehler, Ill., who topped the Stock Car points race by a healthy 75-point margin.<\/p>\n * Bill May of Muskegon, Mich. (Factory Stocks) and Bob Zbinden of Alhambra, Ill. (Sport Compacts).<\/p>\n All UMP DIRTcar Racing points standings remain unofficial until a complete audit of the points is completed later this month.<\/p>\n