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September 15, 2001 Results

Moyer claims I-55 Pepsi Nationals Title! PEVELY, MO (September 15, 2001) Billy Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas earned his fifth Pepsi Nationals title on Saturday night at the I-55 Raceway and claimed $10,000 for picking up the win. The win came in his sponsors? backyard as he drove the Petroff Towing, B AUTO Parts, J&J Steel, Hoosier Tire, AFCO, C.J. Rayburn, Jay Dickens FORD powered #21 to victory lane. The night was kicked off with a very emotional tribute to the victims in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon. Drivers and crews formed a complete circle around the speedway, all holding candles while God Bless the USA played in the background. I-55 Raceway collected over $6300 in donations from fans, sponsors and crews to donate to the American Red Cross. I-55 Raceway?s 2001 UMP Late Model Champion Ed Dixon set fast time in qualifying with a lap of 13.398 seconds. The Tall Cool One, Bob Pierce jumped out front early and led all nine laps to claim the victory in the dash, giving him a front row pole starting spot in the main event. Ed Dixon followed in second with Kevin Weaver, Mark Oller, Shannon Babb, Dan Schlieper, Randy Korte, Kevin Gundaker and Jeff Leka rounding out the finishing order. Billy Moyer won the first heat race over Don O?Neal, Randy Korte and Dave Jumper. Billy Drake took the second heat race by besting Kevin Gundaker, Jr. Shickel and NASCAR Winston Cup star Ken Schrader. The third and final heat race went to Mike Mullvain over Jeff Leka, Tim Ratajczyk and Clay Baumann. Matt Taylor took the Semi-Feature over Danny Haynes, Gary May, Don Klein and Greg Johnson. As the green flag fell on the main event, Bob Pierce and Ed Dixon battled side-by-side, with Pierce on the low side and Dixon up on the cushion. The two swapped the lead back and fourth for the first nine laps before Pierce pulled ahead. As Pierce opened up his lead, Billy Moyer started moving up through the field from his seventh place starting spot. Moyer took over second place on lap eighteen and began to reel-in Pierce who had almost a full straight away lead. Pierce and Moyer worked their way through heavy lapped traffic, Moyer made the pass going into turn one on lap 36. Pierce fought back and pulled along side Moyer on lap 39, but Moyer held on to take the 40-lap event. Kevin Weaver followed the duo to the line for third. Shannon Babb was fourth and Don O?Neal fifth. Billy Drake, Ed Dixon, Mark Oller, Dan Schlieper and Randy Korte rounded out the top ten. In the UMP Modified division, the Rocket Man, Scott Weber was untouchable as he drove away from the field to claim the win. This was Weber?s third consecutive Pepsi Nationals Title in the UMP Modifieds. Jim Shereck provided an early challenge to Weber, but Shereck and Rich Whaley tangled on lap ten, sending both cars spinning. For the final ten laps there was a big battle for second place and in the end it was Brent Mullins taking the spot over Tom Ratajczyk, Dean Hoffman and Rusty Griffaw. Troy Naeger won his first ever AARA Sportsman Pepsi Nationals Title. Naeger held off rookie driver Ricky Horton who took second. The 2001 AARA Sportsman track champion Paul Belken was third. Brian Worley and Mark Blanke completed the top five. UMP Late Models (34 Cars) Qualifying: Ed Dixon 13.398 Bob Pierce 13.471 Jeff Leka 13.475 Shannon Babb 13.533 Kevin Weaver 13.577 Randy Korte 13.609 Billy Moyer 13.619 Kevin Gundaker 13.637 Jr. Shickel 13.659 Mark Oller 13.663 Dan Schlieper 13.681 Mike Mullvain 13.818 Don O?Neal 13.829 Billy Drake 13.839 Clay Baumann 13.875 Gary May 13.9 Ken Schrader 13.925 Tim Ratajczyk 13.965 Dave Jumper 13.966 Billy Faust 13.988 Dwayne Kiefer 14.033 Matt Taylor 14.074 Danny Haynes 14.075 Bill Masters 14.093 Jason Frankel 14.125 Don Klein 14.125 Steve Shive 14.153 Greg Johnson 14.195 John Bohn 14.341 Ron Sensel 14.433 Scott Gaeshel 14.645 John Stanton 14.743 Rodney Pense 14.87 Tommy Worley NT Heat 1: 1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 71 Don O'Neal 3. 00 Randy Korte 4. 2J Dave Jumper 5. 33 Jason Frankel 6. 45 Gary May 7. 117 Matt Taylor 8. 23 Greg Johnson 9. 56 Tommy Worley 10. 4Q Scott Gaeschel Heat 2: 1. 9 Billy Drake 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. S10 Jr. Shickel 4. 99 Ken Schrader 5. 26 Billy Faust 6. 47 Danny Haynes 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 71 John Bohn 9. 78 John Stanton Heat 3: 1. 4 Mike Mullvain 2. 441 Jeff Leka 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 77 Clay Baumann 5. 21 Dwayne Kiefer 6. 51 Steve Shive 7. 36 Ron Sensel 8. 10 Rodney Pense 9. 83 Bill Masters Dash: 1. 32 Bob Pierce 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. B12 Kevin Weaver 4. 67 Mark Oller 5. 18 Shannon Babb 6. S9 Dan Schlieper 7. 00 Randy Korte 8. 11 Kevin Gundaker 9. 441 Jeff Leka Semi: 1. 117 Matt Taylor 2. 47 Danny Haynes 3. 45 Gary May 4. 28 Don Klein 5. 23 Greg Johnson 6. 51 Steve Shive 7. 71 John Bohn 8. 36 Ron Sensel 9. 83 Bill Masters 10. 4Q Scott Gaeschel 11. 78 John Stanton DNS. 10 Rodney Pense DNS. 56 Tommy Worley Feature: 1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 32 Bob Pierce 3. B12 Kevin Weaver 4. 18 Shannon Babb 5. 71 Don O'Neal 6. 9 Billy Drake 7. 50 Ed Dixon 8. 67 Mark Oller 9. S9 Dan Schlieper 10. 00 Randy Korte 11. 11 Kevin Gundaker 12. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 13. 77 Clay Baumann 14. 117 Matt Taylor 15. 4 Mike Mullvain 16. 47 Danny Haynes 17. 99 Ken Schrader 18. 2J Dave Jumper 19. S10 Jr. Shickel 20. 441 Jeff Leka 21. 26 Billy Faust 22. 45 Gary May 23. 21K Dewayne Kiefer 24. 33 Jason Frankel UMP Modifieds (36 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 21 Dennis Richards 2. 14 Leroy Haney 3. 10 D.J. Cygan 4. 14K Loren Knox Heat 2: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 40 Steve Ellison Heat 3: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 45 Brandon Maxwell 3. 01 Brett Cygan 4. 5 Marty Smith, Jr. Heat 4: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 4M Brent Mullins 4. 45M Eric Mabery Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 17 Jim Shereck 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 6 Ray Wagner 5. 59 Rich Whaley 6. 14 Leroy Haney 7. 45 Brandon Maxwell 8. 21 Dennis Richards Semi: 1. 292 Bobby Allen 2. 90 Tim Meara 3. 41 Larry Hull 4. 56 Kevin Epperson 5. C4 Chris Soutiea 6. X1 Dave Sandage 7. 7X Kyle Byerline 8. 95 Jim Beishir 9. 77 David Cann 10. 70 Ken Peters 11. 62 Troy Medley DNS. 69 Kirk Anderson DNS. 31 Mark Anderson DNS. M41 Steve Maisel DNS. 7 Keith Grider DNS. 81 Mike Barbeau Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 1D Dean Hoffman 5. 16 Rusty Griffaw 6. 01 Brett Cygan 7. 95 Jerry Grither 8. 5 Marty Smith, Jr. 9. 27 R.J. Gall 10. 90 Tim Meara 11. 59 Rich Whaley 12. 292 Bobby Allen 13. 56 Kevin Epperson 14. 41 Larry Hull 15. 8 Kirk Murphy 16. 40 Steve Ellison 17. 6 Ray Wagner 18. 10 D.J. Cygan 19. 14 Leroy Haney 20. 21 Dennis Richards 21. 17 Jim Shereck 22. 14K Loren Knox 23. 45 Brandon Maxwell 24. 45M Eric Mabery AARA Sportsman (36 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 44 Nick Werner 2. 59 Jeff Whaley 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 9 Dale Carroll Heat 2: 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 500 Dan Dixon Heat 3: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 4 Ricky Horton 3. 51 John Hoffman 4. 105 Matt Hancock Heat 4: 1. 87 Gary Haynes 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 20 Gary McKinnon Dash: 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 44 Nick Werner 4. 4 Ricky Horton 5. 87 Gary Haynes 6. 166 Brian Worley 7. 00 Scott Stuppy 8. 59 Jeff Whaley Semi #1: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 19 Joe Volluz 3. 411 Marty Heck 4. F16 Frank Melton 5. 301 Tom Fitzgerald DNS. 17H Dave Heimos DNS. 187 Jim Hardesty DNS. 119 Chad Reum DNS. 74 Dennis Wernle Semi #2: 1. 49 Steve Borgetti 2. 45 Mike Seymour 3. 111 Zac Parks 4. 61 Mike Whitter 5. 35 Mike Stolle 6. 911 Christian Doggendrof 7. 11 Tim Meara 8. D5 Dave Jenkins Feature: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 4 Ricky Horton 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 166 Brian Worley 5. 38D Mark Blanke 6. 44 Nick Werner 7. 500 Dan Dixon 8. 00 Scott Stuppy 9. 51 John Hoffman 10. 19 Joe Volluz 11. 24 Paul Bauman 12. 45 Mike Seymour 13. 40 Ed DeMille 14. 20 Brad McKinnon 15. 10 Todd McGraw 16. 30 Todd Frolik 17. 87 Gary Haynes 18. 59 Jeff Whaley 19. 92 Jim Abshier 20. 411 Marty Heck 21. 49 Steve Borgetti 22. 9 Dale Carroll 23. 105 Matt Hancock 24. 41 Steve Maisel

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