BARBERVILLE, FL – Mother Nature put a halt to Daryn Pittman’s quest for three wins in a row at Volusia Speedway Park, canceling Sunday’s Sprint Car event, but handed him his third DIRTcar Nationals championship. And the first for his new Roth Motorsports team.
“To do it with a different team makes it that much more special,” Pittman said about getting another golden gator. “For us to come out here and be as fast and consistent every time we hit the track just speaks volumes for the guys working on this team.”
Pittman won two thrilling shows during Friday and Saturday nights’ World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race at Volusia and finished on the podium during the Tuesday and Wednesday night Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobil 1 races. His consistency gave him a 28-point lead over Brad Sweet coming into Sunday night’s race, and now his third DIRTcar Nationals championship – his two previous were in 2013 and 2015.
Last year, in his No. 9 Kasey Kahne Racing ride, Pittman never cracked the top-11 during the three Volusia Speedway Park DIRTcar Nationals races.
“To be able to bounce back this year and dominate the way that we did, by being the most consistent car every night, is pretty good redemption for myself, personally,” Pittman said. “There were a lot of questions about my move and changing teams, and you want to get off to a strong start. We’ll see what the rest of the year holds.”
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will trek forward with the schedule to Texas Friday Feb. 22 at Cotton Bowl Speedway and Saturday Feb. 23 at LoneStar Speedway for the East Texas Lonestar Shootout. As always, you can catch all the action from the DIRTcar Nationals and the World of Outlaws on DIRTVision.com.
FINAL DIRTCAR NATIONALS POINTS
2019 DCN GATOR POINT ROLLUP
CAR #
NAME
TOTAL POINTS
2/6/19
2/7/19
2/8/19
2/9/19
2/10/19
83
Daryn Pittman
990
246
244
250
250
RAINOUT
49
Brad Sweet
962
228
250
242
242
41
David Gravel
958
244
238
238
238
15
Donny Schatz
958
242
232
240
244
1S
Logan Schuchart
946
240
246
226
234
5
Shane Stewart
938
250
230
246
212
87
Aaron Reutzel
918
232
222
228
236
2
Carson Macedo
916
234
220
232
230
13
Paul McMahan
902
230
234
222
216
49X
Tim Shaffer
900
236
240
198
226
21
Brian Brown
894
216
202
236
240
17
Sheldon Haudenschild
878
222
218
214
224
71
Parker Price-Miller
874
206
226
224
218
39
Christopher Bell
866
134
242
244
246
18
Ian Madsen
854
226
212
216
200
17W
Shane Golobic
828
208
206
212
202
1A
Jacob Allen
820
204
216
202
198
11K
Kraig Kinser
806
142
224
220
220
26
Cory Eliason
804
212
140
230
222
5W
Lucas Wolfe
798
126
210
234
228
9
Kasey Kahne
780
220
208
142
210
70
Brock Zearfoss
768
140
220
204
204
19
Brent Marks
762
214
136
206
206
70X
Spencer Bayston
684
114
138
218
214
7K
Cale Conley
676
118
142
208
208
7S
Jason Sides
652
210
210
232
K4
Chad Kemenah
616
218
132
130
136
33M
Mason Daniel
606
138
130
200
138
48
Danny Dietrich
604
202
134
136
132
84
Tom Harris
600
132
204
134
130
1K
Kyle Larson
578
238
214
126
47
Brant O’Banion
522
128
128
132
134
14
Tony Stewart
460
224
236
J4
John Garvin
370
122
120
128
97
Caleb Helms
258
136
122
40
George Hobaugh
256
130
126
91S
Rob Siegel
124
124
91
Sadie Siegel
124
124
40B
David Byrne
120
120
M1
Mark Smith
116
116