Michael Page disqualified after Sunshine Nationals win at Volusia Speedway Park

Page won the race with a 17-year-old car; However, the check for $10,000 has been taken away

The DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals were on hand for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Sunny state of Florida hosted the mini-series at Volusia Speedway Park.

Volusia is a 1/2-mile dirt track located in De Leon Springs, Florida. The series is a 604 crate late model division.

Michael Page started outside front row. Jody Knowles led on the inside into turn one. However, Page hit the cushion and had momentum off the corner. As Page got to the right rear, Knowles shut the door and the two made contact on lap 1.

Knowles led into turn three as Page dropped to 4th. Immediately, Page went three wide through the middle, reclaiming 2nd and on a charge for the front.

At the same time, Knowles had issues in turn four. Page led them back to the line, leading lap one.

It was a dramatic opening lap for Michael Page. The rest of the race went drama free as Page led flag to flag even though he ran 4th into turn three on lap 1.

Page topped Kyle Bronson to claim the feature win. He was pictured with a check for $10,000.

Page dominated in a neat ancient MasterSbilt chassis. It’s 17 years old but it still found victory lane. That is, until he was disqualified…

Michael Page disqualified

Hours after the race was completed, series officials put out a memo notifying fans of the DQ.

Per a DIRTcar release, “It was determined by DIRTcar and Crate Racin’ USA officials that Page’s car had a valve spring installation height infraction, nullifying his victory. Upon a passing inspection of Bronson’s engine, Bronson was awarded the $10,000 check and declared the Feature winner.”

Florida native Kyle Bronson was happy to return to victory lane.

“Anytime you can make some money, it’s always good. You hate to win ‘em that way, but we all know how these deals are going in. You’ve got to be 100 percent right,” Bronson said.

“We won $10,000, motor got torn down and was 100 percent right and everything passed. So, I’m more than happy with it. We won two races this week for $20,000 and it’s going to help us pay for Speedweeks a little bit,” Bronson said.

From here, Bronson heads to Lake City, Florida. He’ll begin a multi-week tour through Florida with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series

Mack McCarter was declared the overall Sunshine Nationals mini-series champion. McCarter started 20th, finished 2nd and won the mini-series championship by just 5 points over Kyle Bronson.

Page is officially credited with last, 26th.

Volusia Speedway Park
Race Results
January 16, 2021

View full results from the Florida dirt track below.

Qualifying

Qualifying Flight-A 1. 121-Pearson Lee, 17.391; 2. 51T-Chad Tuten, 17.541; 3. O1-Jason Welshan, 17.622; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner, 17.625; 5. 87R-Jake Rainey, 17.644; 6. OO-Richie Stephens, 17.7; 7. 7T-Trever Taylor, 17.821; 8. 7H-Jeremy Holtzclaw, 17.871; 9. 69X-Carder Miller, 17.872; 10. 33-Jeff Mathews, 18.011; 11. 87A-Walker Arthur, 18.06; 12. 72S-Chase Washington, 18.111; 13. 42-Steve Stratton, 18.225; 14. 40S-Cody Smith, 18.234; 15. 23-Cory Hedgecock, 18.278; 16. OO7-Dusty Sparkman, 18.408; 17. 26C-Von Casey, 18.551; 18. 39X-Zack Shelton, 18.578; 19. N59-Chad Evans, 18.792; 20. 87-Jarrod Carey, 19.128; DQ. 6JR-Cole Exum, 17.894

Qualifying Flight-B 1. 51-Mack McCarter, 17.52; 2. 18X-Michael Page, 17.528; 3. 7A-Corey Almond, 17.53; 4. 515-David Markham, 17.531; 5. T8-Steve Banal, 17.576; 6. 5-John Collins, 17.611; 7. 385-Mark Whitener, 17.684; 8. 30-Todd Cooney, 17.742; 9. K37-Drew Kennedy, 17.743; 10. 14JR-John Baker, 17.802; 11. 92-Joseph Brown, 17.879; 12. 55-Matt Long, 17.88; 13. 14M-Trey Mills, 17.934; 14. 2021-Jeff Provenzino, 17.985; 15. 40-Joel Callahan, 18.025; 16. 3R-Ryan Van, 18.101; 17. 26-Jimmy Sharpe, 18.22; 18. 9-Jimmy Waldrop, 18.275; 19. 6H-Jimmy Halford, 18.431; 20. 11-Daniel Dial, 18.63; 21. 16-Tom Egner, 18.839

Qualifying Flight-C 1. 83-Jensen Ford, 17.549; 2. 97-Cody Overton, 17.62; 3. 6-Clay Harris, 17.665; 4. 80-Ben Scott, 17.671; 5. 388-Jackson Hise, 17.681; 6. 2-Trynt Lloyd, 17.701; 7. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 17.741; 8. 66K-Dylan Knowles, 17.759; 9. 66-Jake Knowles, 17.774; 10. 95-Brandon Williams, 17.826; 11. 44-John Ruggerio, 17.86; 12. 7F-Jason Fitzgerald, 17.979; 13. 44C-Curtis Cline, 18.011; 14. 66JK-Jody Knowles, 18.058; 15. 32-Curtis Clover, 18.105; 16. 23P-Ahnna Parkhurst, 18.124; 17. 27-Garrett Llyod, 18.221; 18. 14-Jerry Green, 18.234; 19. 3-Raymond Folwell, 18.241; 20. 301-Shawn Cooney, 18.339; 21. 39-Troy Dixon, 18.921; 22. 4-Trey Davis, 19.208

Heat Races

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer 1. 7T-Trever Taylor [1]; 2. 87R-Jake Rainey [2]; 3. 23-Cory Hedgecock [8]; 4. 69X-Carder Miller [5]; 5. 87A-Walker Arthur [6]; 6. 121-Pearson Lee [4]; 7. O1-Jason Welshan [3]; 8. 42-Steve Stratton [7]; 9. 26C-Von Casey [9]; 10. N59-Chad Evans [10]; 11. 6JR-Cole Exum [11]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer 1. 10-Joseph Joiner [3]; 2. 33-Jeff Mathews [5]; 3. OO-Richie Stephens [2]; 4. 40S-Cody Smith [7]; 5. 51T-Chad Tuten [4]; 6. 7H-Jeremy Holtzclaw [1]; 7. 72S-Chase Washington [6]; 8. 87-Jarrod Carey [10]; 9. OO7-Dusty Sparkman [8]; 10. 39X-Zack Shelton [9]

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer 1. 385-Mark Whitener [1]; 2. T8-Steve Banal [2]; 3. 7A-Corey Almond [3]; 4. 51-Mack McCarter [4]; 5. K37-Drew Kennedy [5]; 6. 14M-Trey Mills [7]; 7. 40-Joel Callahan [8]; 8. 92-Joseph Brown [6]; 9. 6H-Jimmy Halford [10]; 10. 16-Tom Egner [11]; 11. 26-Jimmy Sharpe [9]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer 1. 18X-Michael Page [4]; 2. 30-Todd Cooney [1]; 3. 14JR-John Baker [5]; 4. 5-John Collins [2]; 5. 55-Matt Long [6]; 6. 2021-Jeff Provenzino [7]; 7. 515-David Markham [3]; 8. 3R-Ryan Van [8]; 9. 9-Jimmy Waldrop [9]; 10. 11-Daniel Dial [10]

Heat #5 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson [1]; 2. 83-Jensen Ford [4]; 3. 6-Clay Harris [3]; 4. 44C-Curtis Cline [7]; 5. 44-John Ruggerio [6]; 6. 27-Garrett Llyod [9]; 7. 388-Jackson Hise [2]; 8. 66-Jake Knowles [5]; 9. 3-Raymond Folwell [10]; 10. 32-Curtis Clover [8]; 11. 39-Troy Dixon [11]

Heat #6 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer 1. 66K-Dylan Knowles [1]; 2. 2-Trynt Lloyd [2]; 3. 97-Cody Overton [4]; 4. 66JK-Jody Knowles [7]; 5. 80-Ben Scott [3]; 6. 95-Brandon Williams [5]; 7. 7F-Jason Fitzgerald [6]; 8. 14-Jerry Green [9]; 9. 23P-Ahnna Parkhurst [8]; 10. 301-Shawn Cooney [10]; 11. 4-Trey Davis [11]

LCQ Races

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer 1. O1-Jason Welshan [7][-]; 2. 121-Pearson Lee [5][-]; 3. 69X-Carder Miller [1][-]; 4. 87A-Walker Arthur [3][]; 5. 72S-Chase Washington [8][]; 6. 51T-Chad Tuten [4][]; 7. N59-Chad Evans [13][]; 8. 42-Steve Stratton [9][]; 9. 7H-Jeremy Holtzclaw [6][]; 10. 26C-Von Casey [11][]; 11. 87-Jarrod Carey [10][]; 12. 39X-Zack Shelton [14][]; 13. 40S-Cody Smith [2][]; 14. OO7-Dusty Sparkman [12][]; 15. 6JR-Cole Exum [15][]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer 1. 51-Mack McCarter [1][-]; 2. 5-John Collins [2][-]; 3. K37-Drew Kennedy [3][-]; 4. 14M-Trey Mills [5][]; 5. 55-Matt Long [4][]; 6. 40-Joel Callahan [7][]; 7. 2021-Jeff Provenzino [6][]; 8. 92-Joseph Brown [9][]; 9. 6H-Jimmy Halford [11][]; 10. 515-David Markham [8][]; 11. 3R-Ryan Van [10][]; 12. 16-Tom Egner [13][]; 13. 9-Jimmy Waldrop [12][]; 14. 26-Jimmy Sharpe [15][]

Last Chance Showdown 3 (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer 1. 66JK-Jody Knowles [2][-]; 2. 44C-Curtis Cline [1][-]; 3. 44-John Ruggerio [3][-]; 4. 7F-Jason Fitzgerald [8][]; 5. 80-Ben Scott [4][]; 6. 3-Raymond Folwell [11][]; 7. 27-Garrett Llyod [5][]; 8. 66-Jake Knowles [9][]; 9. 14-Jerry Green [10][]; 10. 388-Jackson Hise [7][]; 11. 32-Curtis Clover [13][]; 12. 301-Shawn Cooney [14][]; 13. 39-Troy Dixon [15][]; 14. 4-Trey Davis [16][]; 15. 95-Brandon Williams [6][]; 16. 23P-Ahnna Parkhurst [12][]

Feature

30 Laps – $10,000 to win

Feature : 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson [6][$10,000]; 2. 51-Mack McCarter [20][$5,000]; 3. 23-Cory Hedgecock [13][$3,000]; 4. O1-Jason Welshan [19][$2,000]; 5. 10-Joseph Joiner [3][$1,500]; 6. 385-Mark Whitener [4][$1,200]; 7. 14JR-John Baker [14][$900]; 8. 97-Cody Overton [18][$700]; 9. 66-Jake Knowles [25][$600]; 10. 30-Todd Cooney [8][$550]; 11. 83-Jensen Ford [10][$500]; 12. 121-Pearson Lee [22][$400]; 13. 7T-Trever Taylor [5][$400]; 14. 87R-Jake Rainey [7][$400]; 15. 5-John Collins [23][$400]; 16. 44C-Curtis Cline [24][$400]; 17. 33-Jeff Mathews [9][$400]; 18. 66K-Dylan Knowles [1][$400]; 19. K37-Drew Kennedy [26][$400]; 20. 2-Trynt Lloyd [12][$400]; 21. 7A-Corey Almond [17][$400]; 22. 6-Clay Harris [16][$400]; 23. OO-Richie Stephens [15][$400]; 24. T8-Steve Banal [11][$400]; 25. 66JK-Jody Knowles [21][$400] DQ – 18X-Michael Page [2]

Hard Charger: 51-Mack McCarter [+18]

Mini-Series Champion: 51-Mack McCarter

Volusia Speedway Park
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January 16, 2021

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Michael Page disqualified after Sunshine Nationals win at Volusia Speedway Park