Durbin, Grotz & Belken claim victories at I-55!
Pevely, MO (July 27, 2002) Jim Durbin drove to his first UMP Late Model win of 2002 at I-55 Raceway. Dave Jumper battled Durbin early on for the lead, but Durbin soon found the fast line by using the top and pulled away to win by full straight-away. Jumper had to hold off the current track points leader Tim Ratajczyk for second. Danny Haynes came home fourth and Kyle Steffens fifth.
The UMP Modified feature provided tonight's fireworks. Ray Wagner jumped out front early, but Steve Grotz moved past Wagner on the high side on the fifth lap. From there, the battle was on as six and sometimes seven cars battled for the lead. Scott Weber was able to wrestle the lead from Grotz on lap twelve but before he could lead a lap, he found the turn four wall. Grotz reassumed the lead on the restart and Rich Whaley moved in to battle Grotz for the lead. But soon thereafter, Ray Walsh moved past Whaley to take over second. Walsh tried to find his way around Grotz but he too couldn't find the right line and Grotz held on for the win. Walsh was second, Wagner third, Jim Shereck fourth and Whaley rounded out the top five.
Paul Belken continues to be near unbeatable in the AARA Sportsman division. Belken led all fifteen laps to take the win. Ricky Horton held off a hard charging Todd McGraw to claim second. Mark Blanke followed McGraw across the line to take fourth and Paul Bauman completed the top five.
AARA Sportsman
Heat 1:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 10 Todd McGraw
3. 00 Scott Stuppy
4. 38D Mark Blanke
Heat 2:
1. 61 Mike Whitter
2. 75 Ron Imm
3. 8 Ed Lowry
4. 17H Dave Hiemos
Heat 3:
1. 4 Ricky Horton
2. 24 Paul Bauman
3. 105 Matt Hancock
4. D5 Dave Jenkins
Dash:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 4 Ricky Horton
3. 10 Todd McGraw
4. 24 Paul Bauman
Semi:
1. 66 Darren Holland
2. 15 Jim Troutman
3. 3P Bobby Prince
4. 01 Steve Borgetti
5. 49 Daniel Hancock
6. 350 Robert Dill
7. 11 Joe Gruhalla
DNS. 54 Shawn Seymour
DNS. 88 Brian Reaves
Feature:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 4 Ricky Horton
3. 10 Todd McGraw
4. 38D Mark Blanke
5. 24 Paul Bauman
6. 00 Scott Stuppy
7. 75 Ron Imm
8. 15 Jim Troutman
9. 01 Steve Borgetti
10. 3P Bob Prince
11. D5 Dave Jenkins
12. 98 David Bardin
13. 6 Brian Noeth
14. 79 Douglas Kim
15. 66 Darren Holland
16. 23 Mark Schnurbusch
17. 49 Daniel Hancock
18. 105 Matt Hancock
19. 17H Dave Heimos
20. 61 Mike Whitter
21. 111 Zac Parks
22. 350 Robert Dill
23. 20 Gary McKinnon
24. 8 Ed Lowry
UMP Late Models
Heat 1:
1. 9B Chuck Baird
2. 47 Danny Haynes
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 28 Don Klein
Heat 2:
1. 3D Jim Durbin
2. 2J Dave Jumper
3. 32 Danny Maguire
4. 11 Kyle Steffens
Dash:
1. 2J Dave Jumper
2. 3D Jim Durbin
3. 47 Danny Haynes
4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
Feature:
1. 3D Jim Durbin
2. 2J Dave Jumper
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 47 Danny Haynes
5. 11 Kyle Steffens
6. 12 Mark Schaefer
7. 51 Steve Shive
8. 32 Danny Maguire
9. 28 Don Klein
10. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
11. 23 Brian Garner
12. 82 Billy Laycock
13. 41J Jarryd Holshouser
14. 51K Rick Bayer
15. 9B Chuck Baird
16. 12 Richie Standridge
DNS. 67 Mark Oller
UMP Modifieds
Heat 1:
1. 6 Ray Wagner
2. 22 Steve Grotz
3. 18 Brent Thompson
4. 45M Eric Mabery
Heat 2:
1. 16 Rusty Griffaw
2. 4J Scott Weber
3. 21 Dennis Richards
4. 1W Ray Walsh
Heat 3:
1. 59 Rich Whaley
2. 4M Brent Mullins
3. 95 Jerry Grither
4. 3S Dan Schlup
Dash:
1. 6 Ray Wagner
2. 22 Steve Grotz
3. 18 Brent Thompson
4. 4M Brent Mullins
Feature:
1. 22 Steve Grotz
2. 1W Ray Walsh
3. 6 Ray Wagner
4. 17 Jim Shereck
5. 59 Rich Whaley
6. 21 Dennis Richards
7. 18 Brent Thompson
8. 45M Eric Mabery
9. 16 Rusty Griffaw
10. 95 Jerry Grither
11. 166 Brian Worley
12. 8 Kirk Murphy
13. 70 Josh Russell
14. C4 Chris Soutiea
15. 10 Todd Ferber
16. 78 Rich Lawson
17. X1 Dave Sandage
18. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
19. 3S Dan Schlup
20. 56 Kevin Epperson
21. 4J Scott Weber
22. 51 John Hoffman
23. 4M Brent Mullins
24. 28K Dr. Christopher Sloan
DNS. 9D Dan Hoffman
DNS. 9W Doug Wood
DNS. 4B Neil Wade, Jr.
AARA Wannabees
Heat:
1. 01
2. 8
3. 51
4. 49
5. 77
6. 57
Feature:
1. 8
2. 49
3. 51
4. 01
