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August 4, 2001 Results

Dixon, Weber, Belken & Griffin grab wins! PEVELY, MO (August 4, 2001) Just one week after claiming his 500th feature win of his career at I-55 Raceway, Ed Dixon of Washington, MO dominated the UMP Late Model feature event to pick up his second straight win at I-55 Raceway and his 502nd of his career. Dixon started on the outside of the front row and led all twenty-five laps to pick up the victory. Mark Oller, Kevin Gundaker and Steve Shive battled side-by-side for second spot. Each took turns holding on to the second spot before Gundaker was able to take control and finish second. Oller came home third with Shive and Tim Ratajczyk completing the top five. UMP Modified points leader Scott Weber increased his point lead by claiming yet another feature win. Weber battled early on with Ray Wagner and Rich Whaley for the lead but both of those cars suffered mechanical problems and that let Tom Ratajczyk move up and challenge Weber. Ratajczyk took the lead from Weber briefly but Weber battled back and pulled away to pick up the win. Rusty Griffaw moved up from his eleventh starting position to finish third. Brian Wolfmeier and Tom Seets rounded out he top five. Paul Belken continued his great season in the AARA Sportsman division. Belken, who has won eight of the fifteen sportsman features this season, led all fifteen laps to take the win. Troy Naeger made a late race challenge for the lead but came up just short at the finish line and settled for second. Brian Worley was third, Todd McGraw fourth and Dan Dixon came from the twenty-first starting spot to finish fifth. Robert Griffin passed his brother John Griffin half way through the Southern Missouri Dwarf Car Association feature to pick up the win. Mike Province, Todd Williams and Dennis Martin filled out the top five. Dennis Martin and Ron Wick won the qualifying heats. UMP LATE MODELS HEAT 1: 1. 9B Chuck Baird 2. 51 Steve Shive 3. 83 Bill Masters 4. 28 Don Klein HEAT 2: 1. 47 Danny Haynes 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 67 Mark Oller DASH: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 47 Danny Haynes FEATURE: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 51 Steve Shive 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 28 Don Klein 7. 2J Dave Jumper 8. 47 Danny Haynes 9. 9B Chuck Baird 10. 7 Rick Bayer 11. 12 Wayne Downing 12. 83 Bill Masters 13. 85 Jim Morrison 14. 33 Jason Frankel 15. 56 Tommy Worley 16. 23 Brian Garner UMP MODIFIEDS HEAT 1: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. C4 Chris Soutiea 3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 11 Kyle Steffens HEAT 2: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 9S Tom Seets 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw HEAT 3: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 10 D.J. Cygan 3. 8 Kirk Murphy 4. 14 Leroy Haney DASH: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 6 Ray Wagner 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk FEATURE: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 9S Tom Seets 6. 11 Kyle Steffens 7. 14 Leroy Haney 8. C4 Chris Soutiea 9. 45M Eric Mabery 10. 10 D.J. Cygan 11. 62 Troy Medley 12. 01 Brett Cygan 13. 28 Patrick Lawson 14. X1 Dave Sandage 15. 8 Kirk Murphy 16. 41 Larry Hull 17. 56 Kevin Epperson 18. 95 Jim Beishir 19. 22 Bob Waterhouse 20. 59 Rich Whaley 21. 6 Ray Wagner 22. 14 Billy Smith 23. 21 Dennis Richards 24. 26 Rob Inman DNS. 70 Ken Peters DNS. 14K Loren Knox DNS. 7 Keith Grider AARA SPORTSMAN HEAT 1: 1. 18 Daryl Dodge 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 20 Gary McKinnon 4. 75 Ron Imm HEAT 2: 1. 61 Mike Whitter 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. D40 Ed DeMille 4. 00 Scott Stuppy HEAT 3: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 01 Steve Borgetti 4. 92 Jim Abshier HEAT 4: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 111 Zac Parks 4. 45 Mike Seymour DASH: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 64 Jim Smith SEMI: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. 19 Brad Grantham 3. 49 Daniel Hanock 4. 218 Matt O?Harver 5. 301 Tom Fitzgerald 6. 28 Jason Worley 7. 48 Mike Harvey 8. 350 Robert Dill 9. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger 10. 35 Mark Stolle DNS. 36 Bob Schmidt DNS. 51 John Hoffman DNS. 21 Brad Grantham FEATURE: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 10 Todd McGraw 5. 500 Dan Dixon 6. 38D Mark Blanke 7. 18 Daryl Dodge 8. 00 Scott Stuppy 9. 75 Ron Imm 10. 20 Gary McKinnon 11. 105 Matt Hancock 12. 92 Jim Abshier 13. 01 Steve Borgetti 14. 218 Matt O'Harver 15. 111 Zac Parks 16. 61 Mike Whitter 17. 49 Daniel Hancock 18. 40 Ed DeMille 19. 44 Nick Werner 20. 64 Jim Smith 21. 350 Robert Dill 22. 42 Nathan Walsh 23. 19 Brad Grantham 24. 45 Mike Seymour Southern Missouri Dwarf Cars Heat 1: 1. 4 Dennis Martin 2. 56 Rick Sheltey 3. 41 John Griffin 4. 14 Mike Province 5. 98 Todd Williams 6. 33 Scott Jackson Heat 2: 1. 69 Ron Wick 2. 411 Robert Griffin 3. 35 Steve Copeland 4. 31 Jeff Morgan Feature: 1. 411 Robert Griffin 2. 41 John Griffin 3. 14 Mike Province 4. 98 Todd Williams 5. 4 Dennis Martin 6. 35 Steve Copeland 7. 31 Jeff Morgan 8. 33 Scott Jackson 9. 69 Ron Wick 10. 56 Rick Sheltey

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