BARBERVILLE, FL (January 25, 2026) – For the first time since 2021, Michael Page is a Feature winner at Volusia Speedway Park.
The Douglasville, GA driver took the grind from a 20th-place starting spot to leave the DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals finale with a $10,000 reward on Saturday night with the Crate Racin’ USA 604 Late Models.
602 Late Model champion Hayden Cardwell took the 34-car field to the initial start by maintaining the lead in the first three laps before Friday winners Pearson Williams and Trynt Lloyd made contact and spun into the back stretch guardrail. Williams rolled over once after the contact, but the two drivers were OK.
On the restart, Justin Williams took his chance for the lead by taking the No. 7W Longhorn Chassis to the cushion while Cardwell kept his Late Model to the bottom of the track. They stayed even for two laps around the track until Williams was clear of the Tennessee native on Lap 6.
Behind the two drivers, Page had a near-scare after a fuel pressure issue forced him to visit the work area before the racing began. When the green flag waved, Page gained 10 spots by taking every hole that his Late Model was able to fit through on the opening circuit.
Page kept the charge by shifting to sixth on the Lap 3 restart, then worked up to the top five on Lap 11. When the caution waved again on Lap 15, Page drove around the cushion to move into the podium over Cardwell. He used the momentum to reach the bottom of Logan Bradford for the runner-up spot.
When the final caution flew on Lap 24, it erased a 1.7-second lead by Williams and offered a final chance for Page to strike. He did just that as the “Peach State” racer threw a slide job into Turn 1, shifted to the top, and outran William through Turns 3-4 through the middle for the Feature’s lead.
Page never relinquished the position as he crossed the finish line to complete a mountainous climb for a significant payday.
“Man, this is good,” Page said. “I just can’t qualify, man. Every time I come here, I have to come from the back. When it’s wide open, I feel like I have no motor. Then, when it slicks off, I have more motor. I don’t really understand it, but don’t give up. Like I told (the crew), we’re here to have fun, win or lose. We’re here to win, we come to win. I knew it from the first lap, I was like ‘Holy shit, this thing is rolling.’”
Williams finishing in second place earned him the overall title after the 30-lap battle for his first surfboard trophy in his second visit to the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.”
“To come down here and get a win and the second place, we couldn’t ask for any better,” Williams said. “We coulda went with a little different tire and been a little bit better, I started to lose the right front towards the end. But, all in all, it was a good weekend for us and our team.
“It’s kind of unbelievable, really. I work on my cars in a little small shop, and I got a full-time job, so to be able to come in here and do that means the world.”
RESULTS: Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18X-Michael Page[20]; 2. 7W-Justin Williams[2]; 3. 17C-Hayden Cardwell[1]; 4. T99-Mario Gresham[14]; 5. 5-Wil Herrington[23]; 6. 09-Ross Bailes[5]; 7. 18IH-Clay Harris[25]; 8. 67-Logan Bradford[4]; 9. 99-Kyle Hardy[8]; 10. 46-Deisel Jones[10]; 11. 2S-Layton Sullivan[22]; 12. C02-Daulton Wilson[9]; 13. 611-Koulten Herbert[29]; 14. 18BY-Austin Yarbrough[15]; 15. 15-Marty Massey[30]; 16. 24-Austin Bloodworth[19]; 17. 515-Bubba Roling[7]; 18. 15M-Mason Massey[26]; 19. 56-Christian Schneider[28]; 20. 7N-Corey Neil Jr[16]; 21. 12C-Chase Giddens[34]; 22. 17-Austin Storm[33]; 23. 85-Corey North[24]; 24. 22S-Jeremy Steele[13]; 25. 23V-Matt Henderson[17]; 26. 97T-Ty Giles[6]; 27. 16S-Sam Seawright[21]; 28. G4-Trent Ivey[11]; 29. 44P-Kole Platt[31]; 30. 121-Pearson Williams[3]; 31. 2L-Trynt Lloyd[12]; 32. 8W-Bubba Whitener[18]; 33. 7A-Corey Almond[27]; 34. 31S-Tim Swartz[32]
Ivey Captures 602 Late Models Sunshine Nationals Finale, Cardwell Clinches 2026 Championship
Trent Ivey came to Volusia Speedway Park to add some good stock to his racing program.
Leaving the seventh edition of DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals, he’ll need room to fit two trophies earned from 602 Late Model racing at the Barberville, FL facility.
Hayden Cardwell began the week as the World of Outlaws iRacing Pro Series winner, and exited as the overall points champion after contending for the Feature win each night.
Polesitter Dawson Lowe led the field of 30 cars to the green flag as Cardwell split Chase Blackwell and Wyatt Coffey three wide across the backstretch to take second place as Coffey slotted into third, and Ivey took over fourth.
When the caution waved on Lap 5, multiple drivers used the restart as a way to steal multiple positions for early momentum. Coffey used the middle lane to his advantage by outrunning Cardwell for second, then sliced to the bottom of Lowe to take the lead. The race for the lead did not end immediately as Cardwell tossed a slide job in Turns 3-4 for the top point.
After a Lap 15 multi-car incident on the frontstretch halted the racing momentarily, the “Lil’ Headknocker” took his opportunity to fight against the leaders on the restart by taking over second from Coffey through Turns 3-4 as Cardwell tried to run away from the field.
With four laps remaining, Ivey threw his Late Model to the bottom and slid up on Cardwell. The two made contact with Ivey’s right rear hitting Cardwell’s left front bumper. They both had to save cars, but did not lose enough speed to lose positions as Ivey became the new leader.
Ivey grew his margin to Cardwell by one second as he caps the weekend with two victories and a combined $4,500 from his efforts.
“I just want to apologize to Hayden,” Ivey said. “I caught him a lot quicker than I thought, and I didn’t plan on really sliding him, but I hit the inside wall and I just ended up in it. But, we’re down here racing, trying to keep our name in a hat, let people know we got some good stock in Trent Ivey Racing.”
While Cardwell left the Feature without the finale trophy, his two wins and runner-up performance across three days earned him a first career Surfboard trophy.
“It’s cool, this thing’s been badass all week,” Cardwell said. “So, yeah, it sucks to get raced like that. We kind of fell off pretty bad there towards the end of the race. I race everybody as clean as I possibly can, but it’s just unfortunate. I knew Trent was obviously pretty good there, but it is what it is.”
RESULTS: Feature (20 Laps): 1. 28I-Trent Ivey[5]; 2. 17C-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 3. 611-Koulten Herbert[8]; 4. 2-Wyatt Coffey[2]; 5. 67-Logan Bradford[15]; 6. 25W-Wiley McDaniel[11]; 7. 51-Mack McCarter[16]; 8. T9-Brodie Thompson[18]; 9. 3-Grayson Ott[17]; 10. 16-Dawson Lowe[1]; 11. 53-Brandon Yates[21]; 12. 21-Mario Gresham[9]; 13. 7K-Matthew Kade[10]; 14. 131-Matt Herlong[14]; 15. 51C-Luke Clements[12]; 16. 6-Chase Blackwell[3]; 17. 01-Ben Lanford[13]; 18. 17J-Griffin Jones[19]; 19. KO-Caylan Kettle[20]; 20. 88-Dustin Rollins[27]; 21. 1-Hania Humphries[29]; 22. 25-Brandon Lunsford[25]; 23. 9-John Marshall Pursley[7]; 24. 21M-Mayson Mossow[30]; 25. 28B-Jeff Queen[24]; 26. 17B-Timmy Blackwell[22]; 27. 1M-Morghan Johnson[28]; 28. 27-Tim Ryan[23]; 29. 7L-Jordan Lockhart[6]; 30. 28-Austin Leamon[26]
Up Next: Volusia Speedway Park will continue to open the 2026 racing season with Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Thursday, Jan. 29, with the American Sprint Car Series National Tour and DIRTcar UMP Modifieds taking stage.
Page Ascends 19 Positions for Sunshine Nationals Finale Win, Williams Earns First 604 Late Model Surfboard
BARBERVILLE, FL (January 25, 2026) – For the first time since 2021, Michael Page is a Feature winner at Volusia Speedway Park.
The Douglasville, GA driver took the grind from a 20th-place starting spot to leave the DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals finale with a $10,000 reward on Saturday night with the Crate Racin’ USA 604 Late Models.
602 Late Model champion Hayden Cardwell took the 34-car field to the initial start by maintaining the lead in the first three laps before Friday winners Pearson Williams and Trynt Lloyd made contact and spun into the back stretch guardrail. Williams rolled over once after the contact, but the two drivers were OK.
On the restart, Justin Williams took his chance for the lead by taking the No. 7W Longhorn Chassis to the cushion while Cardwell kept his Late Model to the bottom of the track. They stayed even for two laps around the track until Williams was clear of the Tennessee native on Lap 6.
Behind the two drivers, Page had a near-scare after a fuel pressure issue forced him to visit the work area before the racing began. When the green flag waved, Page gained 10 spots by taking every hole that his Late Model was able to fit through on the opening circuit.
Page kept the charge by shifting to sixth on the Lap 3 restart, then worked up to the top five on Lap 11. When the caution waved again on Lap 15, Page drove around the cushion to move into the podium over Cardwell. He used the momentum to reach the bottom of Logan Bradford for the runner-up spot.
When the final caution flew on Lap 24, it erased a 1.7-second lead by Williams and offered a final chance for Page to strike. He did just that as the “Peach State” racer threw a slide job into Turn 1, shifted to the top, and outran William through Turns 3-4 through the middle for the Feature’s lead.
Page never relinquished the position as he crossed the finish line to complete a mountainous climb for a significant payday.
“Man, this is good,” Page said. “I just can’t qualify, man. Every time I come here, I have to come from the back. When it’s wide open, I feel like I have no motor. Then, when it slicks off, I have more motor. I don’t really understand it, but don’t give up. Like I told (the crew), we’re here to have fun, win or lose. We’re here to win, we come to win. I knew it from the first lap, I was like ‘Holy shit, this thing is rolling.’”
Williams finishing in second place earned him the overall title after the 30-lap battle for his first surfboard trophy in his second visit to the “World’s Fastest Half Mile.”
“To come down here and get a win and the second place, we couldn’t ask for any better,” Williams said. “We coulda went with a little different tire and been a little bit better, I started to lose the right front towards the end. But, all in all, it was a good weekend for us and our team.
“It’s kind of unbelievable, really. I work on my cars in a little small shop, and I got a full-time job, so to be able to come in here and do that means the world.”
RESULTS: Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18X-Michael Page[20]; 2. 7W-Justin Williams[2]; 3. 17C-Hayden Cardwell[1]; 4. T99-Mario Gresham[14]; 5. 5-Wil Herrington[23]; 6. 09-Ross Bailes[5]; 7. 18IH-Clay Harris[25]; 8. 67-Logan Bradford[4]; 9. 99-Kyle Hardy[8]; 10. 46-Deisel Jones[10]; 11. 2S-Layton Sullivan[22]; 12. C02-Daulton Wilson[9]; 13. 611-Koulten Herbert[29]; 14. 18BY-Austin Yarbrough[15]; 15. 15-Marty Massey[30]; 16. 24-Austin Bloodworth[19]; 17. 515-Bubba Roling[7]; 18. 15M-Mason Massey[26]; 19. 56-Christian Schneider[28]; 20. 7N-Corey Neil Jr[16]; 21. 12C-Chase Giddens[34]; 22. 17-Austin Storm[33]; 23. 85-Corey North[24]; 24. 22S-Jeremy Steele[13]; 25. 23V-Matt Henderson[17]; 26. 97T-Ty Giles[6]; 27. 16S-Sam Seawright[21]; 28. G4-Trent Ivey[11]; 29. 44P-Kole Platt[31]; 30. 121-Pearson Williams[3]; 31. 2L-Trynt Lloyd[12]; 32. 8W-Bubba Whitener[18]; 33. 7A-Corey Almond[27]; 34. 31S-Tim Swartz[32]
Ivey Captures 602 Late Models Sunshine Nationals Finale, Cardwell Clinches 2026 Championship
Trent Ivey came to Volusia Speedway Park to add some good stock to his racing program.
Leaving the seventh edition of DIRTcar Sunshine Nationals, he’ll need room to fit two trophies earned from 602 Late Model racing at the Barberville, FL facility.
Hayden Cardwell began the week as the World of Outlaws iRacing Pro Series winner, and exited as the overall points champion after contending for the Feature win each night.
Polesitter Dawson Lowe led the field of 30 cars to the green flag as Cardwell split Chase Blackwell and Wyatt Coffey three wide across the backstretch to take second place as Coffey slotted into third, and Ivey took over fourth.
When the caution waved on Lap 5, multiple drivers used the restart as a way to steal multiple positions for early momentum. Coffey used the middle lane to his advantage by outrunning Cardwell for second, then sliced to the bottom of Lowe to take the lead. The race for the lead did not end immediately as Cardwell tossed a slide job in Turns 3-4 for the top point.
After a Lap 15 multi-car incident on the frontstretch halted the racing momentarily, the “Lil’ Headknocker” took his opportunity to fight against the leaders on the restart by taking over second from Coffey through Turns 3-4 as Cardwell tried to run away from the field.
With four laps remaining, Ivey threw his Late Model to the bottom and slid up on Cardwell. The two made contact with Ivey’s right rear hitting Cardwell’s left front bumper. They both had to save cars, but did not lose enough speed to lose positions as Ivey became the new leader.
Ivey grew his margin to Cardwell by one second as he caps the weekend with two victories and a combined $4,500 from his efforts.
“I just want to apologize to Hayden,” Ivey said. “I caught him a lot quicker than I thought, and I didn’t plan on really sliding him, but I hit the inside wall and I just ended up in it. But, we’re down here racing, trying to keep our name in a hat, let people know we got some good stock in Trent Ivey Racing.”
While Cardwell left the Feature without the finale trophy, his two wins and runner-up performance across three days earned him a first career Surfboard trophy.
“It’s cool, this thing’s been badass all week,” Cardwell said. “So, yeah, it sucks to get raced like that. We kind of fell off pretty bad there towards the end of the race. I race everybody as clean as I possibly can, but it’s just unfortunate. I knew Trent was obviously pretty good there, but it is what it is.”
RESULTS: Feature (20 Laps): 1. 28I-Trent Ivey[5]; 2. 17C-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 3. 611-Koulten Herbert[8]; 4. 2-Wyatt Coffey[2]; 5. 67-Logan Bradford[15]; 6. 25W-Wiley McDaniel[11]; 7. 51-Mack McCarter[16]; 8. T9-Brodie Thompson[18]; 9. 3-Grayson Ott[17]; 10. 16-Dawson Lowe[1]; 11. 53-Brandon Yates[21]; 12. 21-Mario Gresham[9]; 13. 7K-Matthew Kade[10]; 14. 131-Matt Herlong[14]; 15. 51C-Luke Clements[12]; 16. 6-Chase Blackwell[3]; 17. 01-Ben Lanford[13]; 18. 17J-Griffin Jones[19]; 19. KO-Caylan Kettle[20]; 20. 88-Dustin Rollins[27]; 21. 1-Hania Humphries[29]; 22. 25-Brandon Lunsford[25]; 23. 9-John Marshall Pursley[7]; 24. 21M-Mayson Mossow[30]; 25. 28B-Jeff Queen[24]; 26. 17B-Timmy Blackwell[22]; 27. 1M-Morghan Johnson[28]; 28. 27-Tim Ryan[23]; 29. 7L-Jordan Lockhart[6]; 30. 28-Austin Leamon[26]
Up Next: Volusia Speedway Park will continue to open the 2026 racing season with Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Thursday, Jan. 29, with the American Sprint Car Series National Tour and DIRTcar UMP Modifieds taking stage.