Dixon, Whaley & Belken roll to victory!
Pevely, MO (June 15, 2002) Washington, MO's Ed Dixon put on a dominating performance in the UMP Late Model division. Dixon took off from his front row starting spot and never looked back. Mark Oller was able to keep the pressure on Dixon during the early laps of the race, but on lap twelve, Tom Fitzgerald spun in front of the leaders and collected Oller, eliminating both cars from the event. Tim Ratajczyk took over second spot but was never able to challenge Dixon for the lead. Jason Frankel moved up late in the race to battle Ratajczyk for second, but couldn't get the position away from Ratajczyk. Mark Miner, a former Georgia late model driver, drove Ken Schrader's #99 Federated Auto Parts car to a fourth place finish. It was Miner's first time in over three years to race a late model. Dave Jumper stayed glued to the back of Miner to finish fifth.
Rich Whaley grabbed his third UMP Modified victory of the season. Whaley held off two-time defending track champion Scott Weber for the win. The two flew around the top side of the track for the entire event that went all twenty laps without a caution. Dean Hoffman challenged the two earlier using the bottom of the track, but had to move to the top as well to hold off fourth place finisher Tom Ratajczyk. Leroy Haney came all the way from the twelfth starting spot to finish fifth.
Paul Belken, Jr. continues to be a dominant force in the AARA Sportsman division. Belken wrestled the lead away from Ricky Horton on the third lap and went on to win the event handily. Horton and Scott Stuppy battled most of the remaining laps for second with Horton holding on to the position. Dave Jenkins and Mark Blanke also battled most of the event for fourth with Jenkins claiming the spot. This feature also went the entire distance without a caution.
UMP Late Models (20 Cars)
Heat 1:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
3. 33 Jason Frankel
4. 47 Danny Haynes
5. 99 Mark Miner
Heat 2:
1. 67 Mark Oller
2. 2J Dave Jumper
3. 51 Steve Shive
4. 28 Don Klein
5. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
Dash:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 67 Mark Oller
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 33 Jason Frankel
5. 2J Dave Jumper
Feature:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
3. 33 Jason Frankel
4. 99 Mark Miner
5. 2J Dave Jumper
6. 51 Steve Shive
7. 47 Danny Haynes
8. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
9. 28 Don Klein
10. 37 Brian Wolfmeier
11. 4E Scott Geaschel
12. 23 Brian Garner
13. 12 Mark Schaefer
14. 22 Daryl Moser
15. 82 Billy Laycock
16. 10 Rodney Pense
17. 9B Chuck Baird
18. 67 Mark Oller
19. 68 Tom Fitzgerald
20. 3D Jim Durbin
UMP Modifieds (31 Cars)
Heat 1:
1. 59 Rich Whaley
2. 8 Kyle Steffens
3. 444 Matt Simpson
4. 166 Brian Worley
Heat 2:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 3R Leon Rakers
3. 4M Brent Mullins
4. 16 Rusty Griffaw
Heat 3:
1. 6 Ray Wagner
2. 1D Dean Hoffman
3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
4. 11 Brian Collins
Heat 4:
1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
2. X1 Dave Sandage
3. 14 Leroy Haney
4. 56 Kevin Epperson
Dash:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 59 Rich Whaley
3. 6 Ray Wagner
4. 1D Dean Hoffman
Semi:
1. 9 Doug Wood
2. 70 Josh Russell
3. 45M Eric Mabery
4. C4 Chris Soutiea
5. 32 Elvin Winebaugh
6. 24 Mike Crader
7. 95B Tim Beishir
DNS. 10 Todd Ferber
DNS. 9D Danny Dixon
DNS. 8M Kirk Murphy
DNS. 4B Neil Wade
DNS. 8 Kyle Steffens
Feature:
1. 59 Rich Whaley
2. 4J Scott Weber
3. 1D Dean Hoffman
4. 4M Brent Mullins
5. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
6. 14 Leroy Haney
7. 11 Brian Collins
8. 6 Ray Wagner
9. 16 Rusty Griffaw
10. 3R Leon Rakers
11. 444 Matt Simpson
12. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
13. 21 Dennis Richards
14. C4 Chris Soutiea
15. 45M Eric Mabery
16. 9 Doug Wood
17. 88 Joe Puricelli
18. 56 Kevin Epperson
19. 70 Josh Russell
20. X1 Dave Sandage
21. 41 Larry Hull
22. 78 Rich Lawson
23. 32 Eldred Winebaugh
24. 166 Brian Worley
AARA Sportsman (35 Cars)
Heat 1:
1. D5 Dave Jenkins
2. 00 Scott Stuppy
3. 94 Mark Clary
4. 17H Dave Hiemos
Heat 2:
1. 4 Ricky Horton
2. 46 Paul Belken
3. 38D Mark Blanke
4. 75 Ron Imm
Heat 3:
1. 10 Todd McGraw
2. 24 Paul Bauman
3. 105 Matt Hancock
4. 411 Marty Heck
Heat 4:
1. 36 Bob Schmidt
2. 111 Zac Parks
3. 20 Gary McKinnon
4. 6 Brian Noeth
Dash:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 4 Ricky Horton
3. D5 Dave Jenkins
4. 00 Scott Stuppy
Semi #1:
1. 44 Nick Werner
2. 15 Jim Troutman
3. 28 Jason Worley
4. 01 Steve Borgetti
5. 21 Ferguson
6. 500 Dan Dixon
DNS. 98 David Bardin
DNS. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger
Semi #2
1. 166 Sam Worley
2. 350 Robert Dill
3. 7 Craig Wodicker
4. 19 Brad Grantham
5. 56 Wisnewski
DNS. 42 Greg Stumbaugh
DNS. 45 Pat Seymour
DNS. 711 Bob Ader
Feature:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 4 Ricky Horton
3. 00 Scott Stuppy
4. D5 Dave Jenkins
5. 38D Mark Blanke
6. 10 Todd McGraw
7. 24 Paul Bauman
8. 20 Gary McKinnon
9. 44 Nick Werner
10. 94 Mark Clary
11. 105 Matt Hancock
12. 17H Dave Heimos
13. 6 Brian Noeth
14. 146 Douglas Kim
15. 111 Zac Parks
16. 15 Jim Troutman
17. 126 Gary Wilson
18. 350 Robert Dill
19. 49 Daniel Hancock
20. 28 Jason Worley
21. 75 Ron Imm
DQ. 36 Bob Schmidt (Carburetor)
DQ. 411 Marty Heck (Carburetor)
DQ. 166 Sam Worley (Carburetor)
AARA Wannabees (5 Cars)
Heat:
1. 21 Dave Heinrichs
2. 01 Robert Denny
3. 77 Ron Lyons
4. 65 Jared Jones
Feature:
1. 21 Dave Heinrichs
2. 01 Robert Denny
3. 77 Ron Lyons
4. 65 Jared Jones
5. 49 John Sundstrom
