{"id":5517,"date":"2008-02-12T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100.24.212.105\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:52:18","slug":"west-virginias-groves-takes-advantage-of-millers-misfortune-to-score-first-ump-dirtcar-modified-victory-at-volusia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/dirtcar-ump\/ump-modifieds\/west-virginias-groves-takes-advantage-of-millers-misfortune-to-score-first-ump-dirtcar-modified-victory-at-volusia\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia\u2019s Groves Takes Advantage Of Miller\u2019s Misfortune To Score First UMP DIRTcar Modified Victory At Volusia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Barberville, FL<\/strong> \u2014  What a difference a day makes.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-four  hours after bouncing over the guardrail, Dave Groves of Morgantown,  W.Va., drove to victory in the 20-lap UMP DIRTcar Modified feature  during the 37th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park  .<\/p>\n<p>Groves \u2019s $2,000 triumph came thanks to some misfortune  suffered by Jason Miller of Osceola , Wis. , who relinquished the lead  on lap 15 when his car slowed off turn two with mechanical trouble.  Groves , who had led laps 3-6 before ceding the spot to Miller, moved  back in front and stayed there to the finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been working  on it all week,\u201d Groves said of his Baumberger-powered GRS Chassis.  \u201cTonight, I said, \u2018We were pretty good here last year, so let\u2019s go back  to what we did then.\u2019 We did it and everything worked great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Groves  made a memorable comeback from his fate the previous night, when his  car vaulted the turn-one retaining wall and landed on the grassy area  between the wall and catch fence. His car stayed on its wheels, however,  and he actually drove along the grass and steered into the pit area on  the backstretch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got lucky there,\u201d said Groves . \u201cThe car  didn\u2019t really get much damage \u2013 just bent an upper control arm and a  couple ball-joints.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader of Fenton , Mo. ,  chased Groves across the finish line for a second-place finish that  moved him into the Alltel DIRTcar Nationals points lead by 14 points  over 17-year-old Austin Dillon of Welcome, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Kent Robinson of  Bloomington , Ind. , finished third, followed by Dillon and Jesse  Stovall of Branson , Mo.<\/p>\n<p>A field of 85 cars made up the night\u2019s  action.<\/p>\n<p>Heat winners were Jim Ransom of Williamsport , Ind. ,  Jeff Leka of Buffalo , Ill. , Dillon, Groves , Schrader, Randy Hall of  Olean, N.Y., Miller and Randle Sweeney of Clifty , Ky. The B-Mains were  captured by Kenny Wallace of St. Louis , Mo. , Tommie Seets Jr. of Alton  , Ill. , David Cain of Corcoran, Minn., and Gary Cook Jr.<\/p>\n<p>UMP  DIRTcar Modified Feature Finish (20 laps):<br \/>\n1. Dave Groves<br \/>\n2. Ken  Schrader<br \/>\n3. Kent Robinson<br \/>\n4. Austin Dillon<br \/>\n5. Jesse Stovall<br \/>\n6.  Randle Sweeney<br \/>\n7. Dave Hess Jr.<br \/>\n8. Denny Schwartz<br \/>\n9. Brad  Waits<br \/>\n10. Kevin DeYoung<br \/>\n11. Jeff Leka<br \/>\n12. David Cain<br \/>\n13. Tim  Hancock<br \/>\n14. Mark Noble<br \/>\n15. Jacob Hawkins<br \/>\n16. Gary Cook Jr.<br \/>\n17.  Brian Strand<br \/>\n18. Brian Ruhlman<br \/>\n19. Kenny Wallace<br \/>\n20. J.E.  Stalder<br \/>\n21. Jim Ransom<br \/>\n22. Shane Sabraski<br \/>\n23. Chad Evans<br \/>\n24.  Tommie Seets Jr.<br \/>\n25. Darrell Nelson<br \/>\n26. Jason Miller<br \/>\n27. Wayne  Troseth<br \/>\n28. Randy Hall<\/p>\n<p>DNQ: Tom Seets Sr., Rob Fuqua, Brandon  Carlson, Devin Gilpin, Derick Groomer, Tony Anderson, Scotty Kincaid,  Terry Hull, Lou Krushansky, Eric Bruce, Dale Mathison, Ralph Groomer,  Rick Jones, Ben Ledgerwood, Mike Hohlbein, Mike Spatola, Terry  McClintock, Gary Eicher, Julie McDermid, Bruck Takach, Gary Brooks,  David Bumgardner, Tyler Townsend, Tim Bowen, Darrell George, Bob Gierke,  Don Lamb, Rich Lottus, Bub Patrick, Larry Moreland Sr., Jeffrey  Tyndall, Todd Sherman, Scott Drake, Josh Butler, Rich Robinson Jr., Ty  Dillon, Dalton Zehr, Eric Nelson, David McWilliams, Jerry Gross, Kurt  Allison, Alan Mondus, Jerod Landers, Jason Schill, Rick Conoyer, Richard  Michael Jr., Cory Seckerson, Charlie McNichol, Frank Marshall, Corky  Thomas, Jordan Whitehead, Kenny Gaddis, Tim Thomas, Mike Petosky, Kenny  Johnson, Scott Green, Rick Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barberville, FL \u2014 What a difference a day makes. Twenty-four hours after bouncing over the guardrail, Dave Groves of Morgantown, W.Va., drove to victory in the 20-lap UMP DIRTcar Modified feature during the 37th annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park . 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