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Dennis Erb, Jr.


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Rossburg,OH – October 10, 2009 – Dennis Erb Jr. is becoming quite fond of Eldora Speedway.

The three-time and reigning UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion blistered the high-banked half-mile oval on his way to his second consecutive Pak-A-Sak UMP DIRTcar Nationals Super Late Model victory on Saturday night.

Erb, 36, of Carpentersville, Ill. started outside row two in the 40-lap A-Main but quickly garnered the second spot behind early leader Scott James of Bright, Ind. Erb inherited the lead on lap seven when James was forced pitside for a mechanical issue and then never looked back.

Erb was followed to the line by Frank Heckenast of Orland Park, Ill., who scored a career-best finish in the event. Chad Ruhlman of Benus Point, N.Y., was third, followed by Rusty Schlenk of Jackson, Mich., and Matt Miller of Waterville, Ohio.

Newly-crowned UMP DIRTcar Late Model national Super Late Model champion Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., had a strong run going through the early part of the feature but saw a flat right-rear tire take him out of competition while running third. He finished 20th.

Feger, 31, posted a career year in the UMP DIRTcar Super Late Model ranks, winning 22 features, earning a third-place points finish in the month long UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals tour (his best to date) and also registering his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series win at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, Wis. He clinched the UMP DIRTcar national crown before even arriving for the points-season-ending event at Eldora.

October 10, 2009
Pak-A-Sak UMP Nationals

Late Models- 56 cars
Overall Fast Time: Jason Feger - 15.250

Heat 1:
1. Jason Feger[4]; 2. Rick DeLong[1]; 3. Brian Ruhlman[3]; 4. Dusty Moore[5]; 5. Andrew Sprague[10]; 6. Corey Bevard[7]; 7. Don Gordon[9]; 8. Cody Huston[8]; 9. Brandon Thirlby[6]; 10. Jerry Rice[-];

Heat 2:
1. Chad Ruhlman[1]; 2. Jared Landers[4]; 3. Jerry Bowersock[2]; 4. Jason McBride[6]; 5. Casey Noonan[5]; 6. Jason Riggs[7]; 7. Scott Baker[8]; 8. Terry Sroufe[9]; 9. Jordan Bland[3]; 10. Bill Lewis[-];

Heat 3:
1. Rusty Schlenk[2]; 2. Donnie Moran[4]; 3. John Mason[3]; 4. Dona Marcoullier[1]; 5. Adam Thrush[5]; 6. Jayme Zidar[7]; 7. Tom Treon[6]; 8. Richard Neiser[-]; 9. Brad Eitniear[-];

Heat 4:
1. Dennis Erb Jr.[3]; 2. Wayne Chinn[2]; 3. Jeep Van Wormer[4]; 4. Mike Mataragas[5]; 5. Shawn Negangard[6]; 6. Greg Haskell[9]; 7. Ben Adkins[1]; 8. Ted Loomis Jr.[8]; 9. Dave Hilliker[7];

Heat 5:
1. Frank Heckenast[2]; 2. Andrew Reaume[1]; 3. Kevin Cole[3]; 4. Terry English[5]; 5. Jon Henry[9]; 6. Ken Hahn[6]; 7. Brent Colby[7]; 8. Gregory Cooper[8]; 9. Randy Korte[4];

Heat 6:
1. Scott James[2]; 2. Matt Miller[1]; 3. Austin Dillon[4]; 4. Chris Ross[3]; 5. Ryan VanderVeen[7]; 6. Tanner English[6]; 7. Donnie Marcoullier[8]; 8. Dale Sheehy[9]; 9. Lee Thomason[5];

B Main 1:
1. Dusty Moore[1]; 2. Jason McBride[2]; 3. Casey Noonan[4]; 4. Andrew Sprague[3]; 5. Terry Sroufe[12]; 6. Scott Baker[8]; 7. Cody Huston[9]; 8. Don Gordon[7]; 9. Jason Riggs[6]; 10. Corey Bevard[5]; 11. Jordan Bland[-]; 12. Brandon Thirlby[-]; 13. Jerry Rice[-]; 14. Bill Lewis[-];

B Main 2:
1. Dona Marcoullier[1]; 2. Mike Mataragas[2]; 3. Adam Thrush[3]; 4. Shawn Negangard[4]; 5. Jayme Zidar[5]; 6. Tom Treon[7]; 7. Greg Haskell[6]; 8. Ben Adkins[-]; 9. Richard Neiser[-]; 10. Ted Loomis Jr.[-]; 11. Brad Eitniear[-]; 12. Dave Hilliker[-];

B Main 3:
1. Terry English[12]; 2. Randy Korte[11]; 3. Jon Henry[3]; 4. Ryan VanderVeen[4]; 5. Tanner English[6]; 6. Chris Ross[2]; 7. Ken Hahn[5]; 8. Donnie Marcoullier[8]; 9. Lee Thomason[12]; 10. Dale Sheehy[10]; 11. Brent Colby[7]; 12. Gregory Cooper[9];

Race of Champions:
1. Dennis Erb Jr.[2]; 2. Jason Feger[1]; 3. Randy Korte[3]; 4. Frank Heckenast[4]; 5. Rusty Schlenk[5]; 6. Jon Henry[7]; 7. Ryan VanderVeen[6];

A Main : 40 laps
1. Dennis Erb Jr.[4]; 2. Frank Heckenast[5]; 3. Chad Ruhlman[3]; 4. Rusty Schlenk[1]; 5. Matt Miller[12]; 6. Brian Ruhlman[13]; 7. Randy Korte[24]; 8. Jared Landers[8]; 9. Jeep Van Wormer[16]; 10. Donnie Moran[9]; 11. Jerry Bowersock[14]; 12. Rick DeLong[7]; 13. John Mason[15]; 14. Jason McBride[22]; 15. Austin Dillon[18]; 16. Kevin Cole[17]; 17. Casey Noonan[27]; 18. Dona Marcoullier[20]; 19. Ryan VanderVeen[26]; 20. Jason Feger[6]; 21. Andrew Reaume[11]; 22. Jon Henry[25]; 23. Wayne Chinn[10]; 24. Scott James[2]; 25. Dusty Moore[19]; 26. Mike Mataragas[23]; 27. Chris Ross[28]; 28. Terry English[21];