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July 28, 2001 Results

Dixon Delivers 500 at I-55! PEVELY, MO (July 28, 2001) Ed Dixon of Washington, MO reached a huge milestone in the UMP Late Model class by winning his 500th career feature. Dixon held off attempts by three different drivers that tried to take the win away. Early in the race, Chuck Baird battled side-by-side with Dixon, and then it was Danny Maguire?s turn. Maguire pulled along side Dixon several times before he spun coming out of turn four with nine laps remaining. That gave Tim Ratajczyk the opportunity to take the lead away, but Dixon held him off for the final nine laps and picked up the victory. Ratajczyk held off Kevin Gundaker for second. Dave Jumper and Billy Faust rounded out the top five. Dixon?s 500th feature win came on the fifteen-year anniversary of Don Klein?s 500th feature win. Klein, who had won his 555th feature just the night before, pulled into victory lane to congratulate Dixon. Track promoter Ray Marler presented Dixon with a special plaque for his 500th victory. In the post race interview Dixon said, ?I?m very proud to win my 500th feature here at I-55, I?ve always considered this my home track?. Jim Shereck continued his great season by picking up another win in the UMP Modified division. Shereck, of St. Charles, MO, led all twenty laps to grab the win. Brent Mullins and Brian Wolfmeier swapped second place back and fourth before Mullins took it back for good with two laps to go. Brett Cygan, making his first visit of the season to I-55 Raceway was fourth and Leroy Haney fifth. The next generation of racers battled for the win in the AARA Sportsman division. Paul Bauman, who is the nephew of Don Klein, passed Dan Dixon, the son of Ed Dixon, with just five laps remaining to pick up his first ever feature win in the Sportsman division. Veteran racer and current points leader Paul Belken also got around Dixon and finished second. Dixon came home third, Troy Naeger fourth and Mark Blanke was fifth. UMP Modifieds (24 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 4J Scott Weber (Blew Engine - Drove Maisel's car in feature) 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 17 Jim Shereck Heat 2: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. C4 Chris Soutiea 3. 95 Jim Beishir 4. 10 D.J. Cygan Heat 3: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 01 Brett Cygan 4. 18 Brent Thompson Dash: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 17 Jim Shereck 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 1D Dean Hoffman Feature: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 01 Brett Cygan 5. 14 Leroy Haney 6. 18 Brent Thompson 7. C4 Chris Soutiea 8. 7 Keith Grider 9. 8 Kirk Murphy 10. X1 Dave Sandage 11. 70W Gary Watson 12. 4J(M41) Scott Weber 13. 11 Kyle Steffens 14. 45M Eric Mabery 15. 56 Kevin Epperson 16. 6 Ray Wagner 17. 16 Rusty Griffaw 18. 1D Dean Hoffman 19. 59 Rich Whaley 20. 28 Pat Lawson 21. 95 Jim Beishir 22. 10 D.J. Cygan DNS. 14K Loren Knox DNS. M41 Steve Maisel UMP Late Models (20 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 9B Chuck Baird 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 76 Butch Kruckeberg Heat 2: 1. 32M Danny Maguire 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 47 Danny Haynes Dash: 1. 9B Chuck Baird 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 32M Danny Maguire 4. 67 Mark Oller Feature: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker 4. 2J Dave Jumper 5. 26 Billy Faust 6. 47 Danny Haynes 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 9B Chuck Baird 9. 83 Bill Masters 10. 10 Rodney Pense 11. 71 John Bohn 12. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 13. 12 Wayne Downing 14. 33 Jason Frankel 15. 32M Danny Maguire 16. 95 Jeff Johns 17. 67 Mark Oller 18. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 19. 4 Larry Loughary DNS. 77 Clay Baumann AARA Sportsman (30 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. F16 Ricky Horton 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 28 Sam Worley Heat 2: 1. 20 Gary McKinnon 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 18 Daryl Dodge Heat 3: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 74 Dennis Wernle Dash: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 12 Troy Naeger Semi: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. D40 Ed DeMille 3. 44 Nick Werner 4. 92 Jim Abshier 5. 42 Nathan Walsh 6. 49 Daniel Hancock 7. 19 Brad Grantham 8. 911 Jerry Doggendrof 9. 105 Matt Hancock 10. 51 John Hoffman DNS. 411 Marty Heck DNS. 59 Jeff Whaley Feature: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 500 Dan Dixon 4. 12 Troy Naeger 5. 38D Mark Blanke 6. 166 Brian Worley 7. 00 Scott Stuppy 8. 10 Todd McGraw 9. 28 Sam Worley 10. 75 Ron Imm 11. 18 Daryl Dodge 12. 92 Jim Abshier 13. 16F Ricky Horton 14. 20 Gary McKinnon 15. 01 Steve Borgetti 16. 64 Jim Smith 17. 42 Nathan Walsh 18. 87 Gary Haynes 19. 50 Mike McGowan 20. 9 Doug Wood 21. 44 Nick Werner 22. 911 Jerry Doggendrof 23. 74 Dennis Wernle 24. D40 Ed DeMille

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