Oller Out Duels Tough Field at I-55!
PEVELY, MO (July 21, 2001) The UMP Late Models provided another great night of action at I-55 Raceway. Danny Haynes and Mark Oller started on the front row of a stellar field of late models. Oller, of Highland, IL, jumped out to the early lead, but the race was halted on the second lap when Danny Maguire and Bill Masters made contact on the front straight. Maguire got into the wall and then went upside down. Maguire was able to walk away uninjured. The race resumed with Oller leading the way until Kevin Gundaker made the pass for the lead on the eighth lap. Gundaker, Oller and Haynes battled two and three wide for the lead for several laps. Haynes took the lead on lap fifteen and appeared to be on his way to victory, but Oller made the pass for the lead with just two laps to go. It was OllerÂ’s first win of the season at I-55 Raceway as he leads the battle for the track championship as well. Haynes finished second. Ed Dixon came from his eleventh starting spot to finish third. Clay Baumann was fourth and Gundaker fifth.
The UMP Modifieds didnÂ’t disappoint the fans either, Rusty Griffaw and Scott Weber battled side-by-side for most of the twenty-lap feature event. Weber held Griffaw off at the line to pick up the victory. Tom Ratajczyk, Jeff LeBaube and Brian Wolfmeier completed the top five.
Troy Naeger out battled a huge field of forty Sportsman cars to pick up his fourth win of the season. He had to hold off a late race charge by Brian Worley. Worley came up just short at the end and settled for second. Dennis Wernle came home third, points leader Paul Belken fourth and Scott Stuppy was fifth.
UMP LATE MODELS (24 Cars)
HEAT 1:
1. 47 Danny Haynes
2. 67 Mark Oller
3. 4 Lumpy Loughary
4. 37 Brian Wolfmeier
HEAT 2:
1. 11 Kevin Gundaker
2. 33 Jason Frankel
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 50 Ed Dixon
HEAT 3:
1. 7 Rick Bayer
2. 28 Don Klein
3. 77 Clay Baumann
4. 1A Justin Allgaier
DASH:
1. 47 Danny Haynes
2. 67 Mark Oller
3. 11 Kevin Gundaker
4. 28 Don Klein
FEATURE:
1. 67 Mark Oller
2. 47 Danny Haynes
3. 50 Ed Dixon
4. 77 Clay Baumann
5. 11 Kevin Gundaker
6. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
7. 28 Don Klein
8. 33 Jason Frankel
9. 1A Justin Allgaier
10. 7 Rick Bayer
11. 4 Lumpy Loughary
12. 14U Bruce Unterbrink
13. 2J Dave Jumper
14. 44 Dean Motsinger
15. 10 Rodney Pense
16. 1B Bob Brown
17. 37 Brian Wolfmeier
18. 23 Brian Garner
19. 9B Chuck Baird
20. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
21. 26 Billy Faust
22. 32M Danny Maguire
23. 83 Bill Masters
DNS. 51 Steve Shive
UMP MODIFIEDS (22 Cars)
HEAT 1:
1. 21 Dennis Richards
2. 16 Rusty Griffaw
3. 4J Scott Weber
4. M41 Steve Maisel
HEAT 2:
1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
2. 59 Rich Whaley
3. 45M Eric Mabery
4. 28 Patrick Lawson
HEAT 3:
1. 14 Leroy Haney
2. 29 Jeff LeBaube
3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
4. X1 Dave Sandage
DASH:
1. 16 Rusty Griffaw
2. 4J Scott Weber
3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
4. 29 Jeff LeBaube
FEATURE:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 16 Rusty Griffaw
3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
4. 29 Jeff LeBaube
5. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
6. 6 Ray Wagner
7. 45M Eric Mabery
8. 14 Leroy Haney
9. M41 Steve Maisel
10. 11 Kyle Steffens
11. 8 Kirk Murphy
12. 21 Dennis Richards
13. X1 Dave Sandage
14. 95 Jim Beishir
15. 41H Larry Hull
16. 70W Ricky Michaels
17. C4 Chris Soutiea
18. 28 Patrick Lawson
19. 18R Shawn Rayfield
20. 59 Rich Whaley
DNS. 51 Tim Hill
DNS. 56 Joe McCain
AARA SPORTSMAN (40 Cars)
HEAT 1:
1. 12 Troy Naeger
2. 36 Bob Schmidt
3. 61 Mike Whitter
4. 711 Bob Ader
HEAT 2:
1. 00 Scott Stuppy
2. 10 Todd McGraw
3. 166 Brian Worley
4. 21 Brad McKinnon
HEAT 3:
1. 24 Paul Bauman
2. 50 Mike McGowen
3. 411 Marty Heck
4. 23 Mark Schnurbusch
HEAT 4:
1. 38D Mark Blanke
2. 105 Matt Hancock
3. 74 Dennis Wernle
4. 46 Paul Belken
DASH:
1. 12 Troy Naeger
2. 00 Scott Stuppy
3. 38D Mark Blanke
4. 24 Paul Bauman
SEMI #1:
1. 75 Ron Imm
2. 500 Dan Dixon
3. D5 Dave Jenkins
4. 18 Daryl Dodge
5. 19 Brad Grantham
6. 58 Jeff Barker
7. 67 Jim Brown
8. 911 Christian Doggendrof
SEMI #2:
1. 51 John Hoffman
2. 4 Ricky Horton
3. 01 Steve Borgetti
4. 28 Sam Worley
5. 42 Nathan Walsh
6. 64 Lee Bowers
7. 91 Dave Blanc
B-FEATURE:
1. 18 Daryl Dodge
2. 28 Jason Worley
3. 40 Ed DeMille
4. 19 Brad Grantham
5. 911 Christian Doggendrof
6. 64 Lee Bowers
7. 42 Nathan Walsh
A-FEATURE:
1. 12 Troy Naeger
2. 166 Brian Worley
3. 74 Dennis Wernle
4. 46 Paul Belken
5. 00 Scott Stuppy
6. 9 Doug Wood
7. 36 Bob Schmidt
8. 24 Paul Bauman
9. 44 Nick Werner
10. 51 John Hoffman
11. 411 Marty Heck
12. 500 Dan Dixon
13. 38D Mark Blanke
14. 105 Matt Hancock
15. 61 Mike Whitter
16. 01 Steve Borgetti
17. 20 Gary McKinnon
18. 711 Bob Ader
19. 4 Ricky Horton
20. 75 Ron Imm
21. 23 Mark Schnurbusch
22. D5 Dave Jenkins
23. 21 Brad McKinnon
24. 50 Mike McGowen
