What won the race: Fighting back challenges from Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., Jeep Van Wormer of Pinconning, Mich., captured a $5,000 Sunoco American Late Model Series victory in Sunday's completion of the rain-postponed DIRTcar Fall Nationals at Eldora Speedway.

Quotable: “It feels good to get back in victory lane here at Eldora, it’s been a while,” Van Wormer said. “We’ll never know what would have happened if it didn’t rain last night. They had harder tires on then I did last night but we changed before we started today and my guys gave me a really good car.”

Key notes: Van Wormer scored his second straight victory after a 37-race winless streak back to July 21, 2015. ... He won the previous weekend's American Ethanol Late Model Tour event at dirt-covered Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. … Van Wormer's 35th career ALMS victory is just one behind all-time leader Kris Patterson. ... Rain halted the race on Saturday night with 16 laps completed; the remaining 24 laps were contested on Sunday afternoon. … Entering the Eldora weekend, nine points separated Rusty Schlenk and Ryan Unzicker in the UMP national points standings. With his ninth-place finish, Schlenk clinched the 2017 title. … The race marked the final Late Model event at Eldora for 2017.

Winner's sponsors: Van Wormer’s No. 55 has a Jay Dickens Racing Engine and is sponsored by Brucebuilt Performance, Bayline Fire Protection, Knochel Oil Company, Van Wormer Management, Allstar Performance, Integra Shocks, Services on Site, Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, Keyser’s Port City Racing, VP Racing Fuels and Joe’s Racing Products.

Points chase: Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, was crowned the 2017 Sunoco ALMS champion, with Kent Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., earning the Eldora track championship. Rusty Schlenk of McClure, Ohio, clinched the UMP DIRTcar weekly points title.

Car count: 23

Fast qualifier: Kent Robinson

Time: 16.305 seconds

Heat race winners: Jeep Van Wormer, Steve Casebolt, Kent Robinson