Pevely, MO (May 22, 2004) Ed Dixon of Washington, MO claimed his 556th career feature win as he led all twenty-five laps enroute to the victory in the U.M.P. Late Model division. Dixon took the lead on the opening lap from his outside front row starting position as he out-paced pole-sitter Justin Allgaier into turn one on the opening lap. Allgaier apparently missed the setup early on and faded all the way to the tenth position when the first and only caution flew on lap three when Brent Kreke slowed to a stop on the back-stretch. On the restart, Dixon once again assumed command of the lead as Mark Voigt and Kevin Gundaker battled relentlessly for the second spot. Tim Ratajczyk, Kyle Steffens, Steve Shive and Allgaier battled lap after lap for the fourth spot.
Dixon went on to claim the win, Gundaker edged out Mark Voigt for second. Allgaier worked his way back through the field and took the fourth spot. Ratajczyk came home fifth. Mark Oller claimed the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award with his tenth place finish. Oller started shotgun on the field after an incident in hotlaps forced him to miss his qualifying heat. The Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award is an additional $200 and is awarded to the driver who improves their finishing position over their starting position the most.
The U.M.P. Modified feature provided a thrilling race as Scott Weber took the early lead, only to see Mark Miner take it away on lap five. Bobby Bittle moved in and made it a three car battle for the lead. As the race went the final fifteen laps without a caution, Weber re-took the lead with four laps remaining and held off Miner and Bittle to take the win. Brian Wolfmeier edged out Dennis Richards and took the fourth spot with Richards fifth.
Scott Weber picked up an additional $100 for winning the G&M Steel Dash for Cash.
The A.A.R.A. Sportsman division provided the fans with a great three-way battle for the lead over the entire distance of the event. Ricky Horton, Paul Belken and Scott Stuppy put on a classic showdown as they fought it out over the fifteen lap event. It was Horton picking up the win over Belken and Stuppy settled for a close third. Bob Schmidt and Troy Naeger fought it out for fourth with Schmidt getting the spot at the finish.
Dave Heinrichs drove his Dodge Neon to victory in the A.A.R.A. Pro 4 Stock division. Heirichs & Pat Brewer raced side-by-side the final three laps of the feature event with Henrichs getting the win. Homer Mooney was third, Larry Kirkpatrick fourth and Roger Ernst fifth.
Kevin Gundaker pulled double-duty as he took the win in the Vintage Modified special event. Gundaker came from the twelfth starting position and took the lead with just three laps remaining. Carl Amos took second on the final lap and Mark Miner was third. Bob Fink, who led the first twelve laps of the event ended up fourth and Bob Miner was fifth.
U.M.P. Late Models – 21 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 1A Justin Allgaier
2. 50 Ed Dixon
3. 11 Kevin Gundaker
4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
Heat 2:
1. 30 Mark Voigt
2. 360 John Seets
3. 8 Kyle Steffens
4. 87 Ken Rumble
Heat 3:
1. 2J Dave Jumper
2. 441 Brian Wolfmeier
3. 51 Steve Shive
4. 47 Danny Haynes
Dash:
1. 1A Justin Allgaier
2. 50 Ed Dixon
3. 441 Brian Wolfmeier
4. 30 Mark Voigt
Feature:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 11 Kevin Gundaker
3. 30 Mark Voigt
4. 1A Justin Allgaier
5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
6. 8 Kyle Steffens
7. 51 Steve Shive
8. 87 Ken Rumble
9. 360 John Seets
10. 67 Mark Oller
11. 441 Brian Wolfmeier
12. 47 Danny Haynes
13. 3D Jim Durbin
14. 28 Don Klein
15. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
16. 2J Dave Jumper
17. 95 Jeff Johns
18. 44 Dean Motsinger
19. 10 Rodney Pense
20. 22 Darrell Moser
21. 13 Brent Kreke
U.M.P. Modifieds – 25 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 89 Bobby Bittle
2. 59 Rich Whaley
3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
4. 87 Gary Haynes
Heat 2:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 57 Rick Stevenson
3. 56 Kevin Epperson
4. 7Z Matt Zimmerly
Heat 3:
1. 7 Mark Miner
2. 21 Dennis Richards
3. 51 John Hoffman
4. 11D Brian Dively
Dash:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 7 Mark Miner
3. 59 Rich Whaley
4. 89 Bobby Bittle
Feature:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 7 Mark Miner
3. 89 Bobby Bittle
4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
5. 21 Dennis Richards
6. 57 Rick Stevenson
7. 9W Doug Wood
8. 166 Brian Worley
9. 87 Gary Haynes
10. 56 Kevin Epperson
11. 41 Larry Hull
12. 95 Jerry Grither
13. 11D Brian Dively
14. 19 Chris Simmerman
15. 45M Eric Mabery
16. 88 Joe Puricelli
17. 7Z Matt Zimmerly
18. 20 Dan Zander
19. 44 Mark Stanfill
20. 59 Rich Whaley
21. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer
22. 51 John Hoffman
23. 8X James Reed
DNS. 22X Clint Eckenrodt
DNS. 10 Todd McGraw
A.A.R.A. Sportsman – 28 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 12 Troy Naeger
2. 31 Ricky Horton
3. 66 Darren Holland
4. 18 Buddy Lowry
Heat 2:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 22 Eric Rudd
3. 00 Scott Stuppy
4. 3P Bob Prince
Heat 3:
1. 24 Paul Bauman
2. 36 Bob Schmidt
3. 30 Mike Nicholson
4. 56 Tony Sarkis
Dash:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 31 Ricky Horton
3. 36 Bob Schmidt
4. 00 Scott Stuppy
Semi:
1. 71 David Bardin
2. 21 Brad McKinnon
3. 911 Christian Doggendorf
4. 27 Nathan Walsh
5. 55 Jason Keller
6. 97 Bob Goodson
7. D40 Ed DeMille
DNS. 128 Lee Clardy
DNS. 99 Robbie Hoffman
DNS. 75 Ron Imm, Jr.
Feature:
1. 31 Ricky Horton
2. 46 Paul Belken
3. 00 Scott Stuppy
4. 36 Bob Schmidt
5. 12 Troy Naeger
6. 24 Paul Bauman
7. 22 Eric Rudd
8. 3P Bob Prince
9. 66 Darren Holland
10. 64 Jim Smith
11. 71 David Bardin
12. 18 Buddy Lowry
13. 28 Sam Worley
14. 8 Ed Lowry
15. 105 Matt Hancock
16. 21 Brad McKinnon
17. 55 Jason Keller
18. 911 Christian Doggendorf
19. 01 Steve Borgetti
20. 30 Mike Nicholson
21. 411 Marty Heck
22. 56 Tony Sarkis
23. 27 Nathan Walsh
24. 97 Bob Goodson
A.A.R.A. Pro 4 Stocks – 20 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 21 Dave Heinrichs
2. 10H Homer Mooney
3. 32 Larry Kirkpatrick
4. 188 Gary Price
Heat 2:
1. 8 Pat Brewer
2. 01 Robert Denny
3. 188 Bob Price
4. 31 Jason Ely
Feature:
1. 21 Dave Heinrichs
2. 8 Pat Brewer
3. 10H Homer Mooney
4. 32 Larry Kirkpatrick
5. 41 Roger Ernst
6. 19 Steven Ide
7. 20 Ken Williams
8. 77 Ron Lyons
9. 57 Don Hoffman
10. 88 Scott Price
11. 31 Jason Ely
12. 29 Dave Thompson
13. 188 Gary Price
14. 18 Bob Price
15. 01 Robert Denny
DNS. 4 Joel Potter
DNS. 22 Don Ernst
DNS. 180 Alan Conner
DNS. 6 Joe Gruhala
DNS. 28 Scott Geary
Vintage Cars – 18 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 79 Mark Miner
2. 27 Dustin McClintock
3. 70 Marc McClintock
4. 8 Carl Amos
Heat 2:
1. 17 Bob Fink
2. 79 Dave Snedeger
3. 100 John Wolfmeier
4. 57 Butch Graham
Feature:
1. 1 Kevin Gundaker (started 12th)
2. 8 Carl Amos
3. 79 Mark Miner
4. 17 Bob Fink
5. 9 Bob Miner
6. 100 John Wolfmeier
7. 57 Butch Graham
8. 79 Dave Snedeger
9. 27A Andy Anderson
10. 35 Rich Wolfmeier
11. 00 Earl Wilson
12. 59K Bryan Kramer
13. 27 Dustin McClintock
14. 70 Marc McClintock
15. 57 Ed Dixon
16. C6 Michael Moore, Jr.
17. C7 Mike Moore
18. 99 Rich Steyh
