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August 11, 2001 Results

Dixon, Griffaw & Belken Victorious at I-55! PEVELY, MO (August 11, 2001) Kevin Gundaker jumped out to the early lead in the UMP Late Model division, leaving Clay Baumann, Ed Dixon and Danny Haynes to battle for second. Gundaker appeared to have things well under control when the caution came out on lap eleven for a crash involving points leader Mark Oller, Dave Jumper, Donnie Klein and Tim Ratajczyk. Ratajczyk was the only one of the four involved that was able to continue. While driving around the track under the caution for this accident, race leader Gundaker?s right rear wheel broke off the car and ended his night. That turned the lead over to Dixon who went on and won his third straight feature at I-55 Raceway. Haynes and Baumann battled side-by-side for second with Haynes holding on to take the spot. Ratajczyk recovered from the earlier accident to finish fourth and Danny Maguire came home fifth. There were plenty of fast UMP Modifieds on hand, but the feature was marred by a horrific twelve-car crash on back straight away on just the second lap. The race was red flagged for twenty-five minutes while medical crews worked to get Brent Mullins out of his car. Mullins was transported to a nearby hospital complaining of soreness to his ribs. No further details on Mullins condition were available at the time this article was released. Eight of the twelve cars involved suffered enough damage that they were unable to continue. Once the race restarted, Scott Weber took the lead, holding off challenges from Rich Whaley and Rusty Griffaw. Griffaw, who suffered front-end damage in the lap two crash, moved down to the bottom of the track and found a groove and was able to pull ahead and take the lead on eleventh circuit. Griffaw went on to take the win. Weber, Whaley and Bryan Collins battled three-wide for second with Weber getting the spot. Whaley was third and Collins fourth. Jim Shereck recovered from the lap two crash and finished fifth. It continues to be the Belken and Naeger show in the AARA Sportsman division. Paul Belken and Troy Naeger battled door to door for the last five laps with Belken winning by a half-car length. Scott Stuppy was third, Doug Wood fouth and Gary Haynes rounded out the top five. UMP LATE MODELS HEAT 1: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 51 Steve Shive 3. 56 Tommy Worley 4. 50 Ed Dixon HEAT 2: 1. 77 Clay Baumann 2. 7 Rick Bayer 3. 28 Don Klein 4. 47 Danny Haynes DASH: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 77 Clay Baumann 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 51 Steve Shive FEATURE: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 47 Danny Haynes 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 32M Danny Maguire 6. 10 Rodney Pense 7. 87 Ken Rumble 8. 51 Steve Shive 9. 11 Kevin Gundaker 10. 28 Don Klein 11. 2J Dave Jumper 12. 67 Mark Oller 13. 83 Bill Masters 14. 56 Tommy Worley 15. 44 Dean Motsinger 16. 23 Brian Garner 17. 9B Chuck Baird 18. 4L Larry Loughary DNS. 11A Mike Abney DNS. 7 Rick Bayer UMP MODIFIEDS HEAT 1: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 14 Leroy Haney 3. 4M Brent Mullins 4. 95 Jerry Grither HEAT 2: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 11Z Brian Collins 4. C4 Chris Soutiea HEAT 3: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 45M Eric Mabery 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw DASH: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 4M Brent Mullins SEMI: 1. 18R Shawn Rayfield 2. 70 Robert Russell 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 8 Kirk Murphy 5. 15 Doug Blair 6. 95 Jim Beishir 7. 41 Larry Hull 8. 26M Rob Inman 9. 70W Gary Watson DNS. 99 Brian Wolfmeier FEATURE: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 11Z Brian Collins 5. 17 Jim Shereck 6. 45M Eric Mabery 7. 11 Kyle Steffens 8. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 9. 14 Leroy Haney 10. 8 Kirk Murphy 11. 62 Troy Medley 12. 23 Jeff Waggoner 13. X1 Dave Sandage 14. 95 Jerry Grither 15. 95 Jim Beishir 16. 15 Doug Blair 17. 4M Brent Mullins 18. 6 Ray Wagner 19. 1D Dean Hoffman 20. 90 Tim Meara 21. 18R Shawn Rayfield 22. 14K Loren Knox 23. 70 Robert Russell 24. C4 Chris Soutiea AARA SPORTSMAN HEAT 1: 1. 87 Gary Haynes 2. 00 Scott Stupy 3. 18 Daryl Dodge 4. 60 Kirk Murphy HEAT 2: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 411 Marty Heck 3. 9 Doug Wood 4. 75 Ron Imm HEAT 3: 1. 119 Chad Reum 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 61 Mike Whitter 4. 8 Ed Lowry HEAT 4: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 24 Paul Bauman DASH: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 10 Todd McGraw SEMI #1: 1. 20 Gary McKinnon 2. 45 Mike Seymour 3. 111 Zac Parks 4. 49 Daniel Hancock 5. 19 Brad Grantham 6. 301 Tom Fitzgerald 7. 40 Ed DeMille DNS. 711 Bob Ader SEMI #2: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger 3. 44 Nick Werner 4. 93 Jeff Honea 5. 28 Jason Worley 6. 67 Jim Brown 7. 35 Mark Stolle DNS. 350 Robert Dill FEATURE: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 9 Doug Wood 5. 87 Gary Haynes 6. 10 Todd McGraw 7. 411 Marty Heck 8. 75 Ron Imm 9. 24 Paul Bauman 10. 20 Gary McKinnon 11. 18 Daryl Dodge 12. 64 Jim Smith 13. 01 Steve Borgetti 14. 42 John Lansford 15. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger 16. 61 Mike Whitter 17. 60 Kirk Murphy 18. 500 Dan Dixon 19. 8 Ed Lowry 20. 166 Brian Worley 21. 21 Brad Grantham 22. 9 Chad Reum 23. 38D Mark Blanke 24. 45 Mike Seymour (Light)

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