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September 1, 2001 Results

Gundaker, Weber & Naeger win at I-55! PEVELY, MO (September 1, 2001) Kevin Gundaker held off the challenges of Jason Frankel and Ed Dixon to pick up his second consecutive UMP Late Model victory at I-55 Raceway. Gundaker, who started on the pole, led all twenty-five laps to claim the win. Frankel pressured Gundaker the entire race but couldn?t make the pass and settled for second. Dixon ran down the leaders late in the race but he ran out of time and finished third. Steve Shive came home fourth and Jim Durbin moved up to finish fifth from his fourteenth starting spot. In the UMP Modified division, Scott Weber continued to march toward his second straight season championship at I-55 Raceway. Rich Whaley was able to pull along side of Weber with two laps to go but had to settle for second. Brent Mullins was third, Dan Schlup fourth and Rusty Griffaw rounded out the top five. Troy Naeger took the lead from Paul Belken just before the halfway mark and went on to win the AARA Sportsman feature. Brian Worley was third, Paul Bauman fourth and Bob Schmidt fifth. September 8th is Season Championship night at I-55 Raceway. The 19th Annual I-55 Pepsi Nationals will follow that on September 15th. The UMP Late Model feature will pay $10,000 to win and is also part of the UMP All Star Series. The UMP Modified feature will pay $1200 to win and is part of the UMP Thunder and Lightning Series. UMP Modifieds (26 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 14 Leroy Haney 4. 3S Dan Schlup Heat 2: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 71 Jay Hughes 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 28 Chris Woods Heat 3: 1. 21 Dennis Richards 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 45 Eric Mabery 4. 14K Loren Knox Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 14 Leroy Haney Semi: 1. 15 Doug Blair 2. X1 Dave Sandage 3. 8 Kirk Murphy 4. 70 Ken Peters 5. 23 Dylan Sharp 6. 68 Jerry Kaiser 7. 95 Jim Beishir DNS. C4 Chris Soutiea Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 4M Brent Mullins 4. 3S Dan Schlup 5. 16 Rusty Griffaw 6. 6 Ray Wagner 7. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 8. 28 Chris Woods 9. 45M Eric Mabery 10. 14K Loren Knox 11. 14 Leroy Haney 12. 18R Shawn Rayfield 13. 8 Kirk Murphy 14. 71 Jay Hughes 15. 56 Kevin Epperson 16. 68 Jerry Kaiser 17. 15 Doug Blair 18. 90 Tim Meara 19. X1 Dave Sandage 20. 41H Larry Hull 21. 21R Dennis Richards 22. 23 Dylan Sharp 23. 70 Ken Peters 24. M41 Steve Maisel UMP Late Models (21 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 33 Jason Frankel 2. 32M Danny Maguire 3. 44 Dean Motsinger 4. 12 Wayne Downing Heat 2: 1. 51 Steve Shive 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Heat 3: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 26 Billy Faust 4. 71 John Bohn Dash: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 33 Jason Frankel 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 51 Steve Shive Feature: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 33 Jason Frankel 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 51 Steve Shive 5. 3D Jim Durbin 6. 26 Billy Faust 7. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 8. 2J Dave Jumper 9. 67 Mark Oller 10. 12 Wayne Downing 11. 32M Danny Maguire 12. 9B Chuck Baird 13. 47 Danny Haynes 14. 71 John Bohn 15. 44 Dean Motsinger 16. 28 Don Klein 17. 1A Justin Allgaier 18. 4Q Scott Gaeschel 19. 23 Brian Garner 20. 56 Tommy Worley 21. 69 George Kamer AARA Sportsman (42 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 500 Dan Dixon 3. 60 P.J. Passiglia 4. 10 Todd McGraw Heat 2: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 36 Bob Schmidt 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 61 Mike Whitter Heat 3: 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 42 Nathan Walsh 3. 21 Brad McKinnon 4. 301 Tom Fitzgerald Heat 4: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 87 Gary Haynes 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 20 Gary McKinnon Heat 5: 1. 44 Nick Werner 2. 4 Ricky Horton 3. F16 Frank Melton 4. 126 Gary Wilson Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 166 Brian Worley Semi #1: 1. 17H Dave Heimos 2. 18 Daryl Dodge 3. 92 Jim Abshier 4. 51 John Hoffman 5. 59 Jeff Whaley 6. 78B Chuck Crostic 7. 218 Matt O?Harver 8. 49 Daniel Hancock 9. 19 Brad Grantham DNS. 74 Dennis Wernle DNS. 105 Matt Hancock Semi #2 1. 411 Marty Heck 2. 75 Ron Imm 3. D40 Ed DeMille 4. 64 Lee Bowers 5. 111 Zac Parks 6. 01 Steve Borgetti 7. 11 Darrell Crismon 8. 9 Dale Carroll 9. 98 David Bardin 10. 50 Mike McGowan B Feature: 1. 51 John Hoffman 2. D40 Ed DeMille 3. 9 Dale Carroll 4. 78B Chuck Costic 5. 98 David Bardin 6. 93 Jeff Honea 7. 111 Zac Parks 8. 64 Lee Bowers 9. 218 Matt O?Harver 10. 59 Jeff Whaley 11. 19 Brad Grantham A Feature: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 24 Paul Bauman 5. 36 Bob Schmidt 6. 4 Ricky Horton 7. 44 Nick Werner 8. 87 Gary Haynes 9. 00 Scott Stuppy 10. 38D Mark Blanke 11. 10 Todd McGraw 12. F16 Frank Melton 13. 411 Marty Heck 14. 18 Daryl Dodge 15. 92 Jim Abshier 16. 500 Dan Dixon 17. 301 Tom Fitzgerald 18. 17H Dave Heimos 19. 75 Ron Imm 20. 61 Mike Whitter 21. 42 Nathan Walsh 22. 21 Brad McKinnon 23. 20 Gary McKinnon 24. 60 P.J. Passiglia

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