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April 14, 2001 Results

PEVELY, MO (April 14, 2001) Kevin Gundaker of St. Charles, MO continued his strong performance at I-55 Raceway by winning his second straight UMP Late Model feature. A strong field of competitors including NASCAR Winston Cup driver Kenny Schrader were on hand and made it difficult for Gundaker to claim the back-to-back victories. Gundaker started on the front role pole of the feature by virtue of winning his heat race and the dash. Gundaker used his front row starting position to jump out front at the start and had to hold off a hard charging Ed Dixon early on. Tim Ratajczyk moved up to battle Dixon for second allowing Gundaker to stretch out his lead. Meanwhile, Kenny Schrader and Mark Oller battled for fourth position for the entire feature. Ratajczyk held on for second, Dixon was third and Schrader beat Oller to line for fourth. Oller, Gundaker and Schrader won the heats and Gundaker also won the dash. Kenny Schrader, who is co-promoter of I-55 Raceway, is scheduled to compete four times this season at his track. His next trip back to I-55 Raceway will be on May 12th. A strong group of 37 UMP Modifieds entered the gates and put on a great display of side-by-side racing. The feature saw three lead changes in the final six laps with Jeff LeBaube picking up the win. Reigning track champion Scott Weber was able to jump out to the early lead and lead until lap fourteen, that?s when he jumped the cushion in turn four and scraped the outside wall. That allowed Jim Shereck to get by for the lead. Weber jumped the cushion again in turn two and this time it caused him to lose a lot of positions. A caution flag came out a lap later allowing the field to bunch back up. On the restart, Jeff LeBaube used the low side to take the lead past Shereck. Rusty Griffaw, who started fourteenth followed LeBaube underneath Shereck and finished second. Shereck came home third, with Dean Hoffman fourth and Shawn Rayfield fifth. LeBaube, Ray Walsh, Shawn Rayfield and Brian Collins won the heat races and Collins also won the dash. Troy Naeger picked up his first victory of 2001 in the AARA Sportsman division. Naeger battled with Doug Wood and Paul Belken for much of the race. Belken got caught up in a spin with lapped traffic late in the race and was forced to restart at the rear of the pack. Naeger held off Wood and Scott Stuppy for the final three laps and picked up the victory. Mike McGowan was fourth and Mark Blanke fifth. Belken, Wood and Stuppy won the heats and Belken also won the dash. For more information on upcoming events at I-55 Raceway, call (636) 479-3219 or visit www.i55raceway.com! UMP LATE MODELS HEAT 1: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 33 Jason Frankel 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 44 Dean Motsinger HEAT 2: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 16A Eric Kwasigroh HEAT 3: 1. 99 Kenny Schrader 2. 16 Mike Hammerle 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 10 Rodney Pense DASH: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 99 Kenny Schrader 6. 16 Mike Hammerle 7. 33 Jason Frankel 8. 2J Dave Jumper 9. 47 Danny Haynes FEATURE: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 99 Kenny Schrader 5. 67 Mark Oller 6. 33 Jason Frankel 7. 16 Mike Hammerle 8. 47 Danny Haynes 9. 2J Dave Jumper 10. 87 Ken Rumble 11. 7 Rick Bayer 12. 16A Eric Kwasigroh 13. 44 Dean Motsinger 14. 9B Chuck Baird 15. 51 Steve Shive 16. 20 Mark Gansmann 17. 28 Don Klein 18. 10 Rodney Pense 19. 71 John Bohn 20. 11A Mike Abney 21. 69 John Scott UMP MODIFIEDS HEAT 1: 1. 29 Jeff LeBaube 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 14 Leroy Haney 4. 444 Matt Simpson HEAT 2: 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 17 Jim Shereck 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 95 Jerry Grither HEAT 3: 1. 18R Shawn Rayfield 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw HEAT 4: 1. 11Z Brian Collins 2. 16J Darrell Hoffman 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 3S Dan Schlup DASH: 1. 11Z Brian Collins 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 29 Jeff LeBaube 4. 17 Jim Shereck SEMI #1: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 56 Kevin Epperson 3. X1 Dave Sandage 4. 81 Mike Barbeau 5. JJ1 Steve Mills 6. 2 Dave Miller 7. 9 Brian Voilas 8. 8 Greg Mackling SEMI #2: 1. 11 Kyle Steffens 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 45 Mike Seymour 6. C4 Chris Soutiea 7. 19C Vic Catalano 8. 35 Cody Hupp FEATURE: 1. 29 Jeff LeBaube 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 17 Jim Shereck 4. 1D Dean Hoffman 5. 18R Shawn Rayfield 6. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 7. 11Z Brian Collins 8. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 9. 11S Kyle Steffens 10. 4M Brent Mullins 11. 4J Scott Weber 12. 59 Rich Whaley 13. 21 Dennis Richards 14. 41 Steve Maisel 15. 377 Casey Pearson 16. 6 Ray Wagner 17. 14 Leroy Haney 18. 29C John Campbell 19. 56 Kevin Epperson 20. 95 Jerry Grither 21. 1W Ray Walsh 22. 444 Matt Simpson 23. 16J Darrell Hoffman 24. 3S Dan Schlup Other Cars Present: 8 Kirk Murphy AARA SPORTSMAN HEAT 1: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 2% Tim Streisel HEAT 2: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 36 Bob Schmidt 3. 92 Jim Abshier 4. 500 Dan Dixon HEAT 3: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 50 Mike McGowan 3. 93 Jeff Hoena 4. 18 Daryl Dodge HEAT 4: 1. 38D Mark Blanke 2. D5 Dave Jenkins 3. 87 Gary Haynes 4. 01 Steve Borgetti DASH: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 9 Doug Wood 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 00 Scott Stuppy SEMI: 1. 64 Jody Smith 2. 75 Ron Ihm 3. 105 Matt Hancock 4. 48 Mike Harvey 5. 30 Rick Hackett 6. 19 Brad Grantham 7. 21 Brad McKinnon 8. D40 Ed DeMille 9. 111 Zac Parks 10. 26 Rob Inman 11. 44 Nick Werner FEATURE: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 9 Doug Wood 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 50 Mike McGowan 5. 38D Mark Blanke 6. 500 Dan Dixon 7. 87 Gary Haynes 8. 92 Jim Abshier 9. 18 Daryl Dodge 10. D5 Dave Jenkins 11. 46 Paul Belken 12. 166 Brian Worley 13. 36 Bob Schmidt 14. 75 Ron Ihm 15. 105 Matt Hancock 16. 48 Mike Harvey 17. 8 Ed Lowry 18. 30 Rick Hackett 19. 45 Mike Seymour 20. 2% Tim Streisel 21. 93 Jeff Hoena 22. 20 Gary McKinnon DQ. 64 Jody Smith DQ. 01 Steve Borgetti Other Cars Present: 10 Todd McGraw 28 Jason Worley 24 Paul Bauman 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger

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