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April 13, 2002 Results

Oller, Hoffman & Stuppy Roll to Victory! PEVELY, MO (April 13, 2002) A field of twenty-nine UMP Late Models rolled into the pit area ready for action and it was action they provided. Mark Oller took control of the first heat from his pole starting position and held off a hard charging Billy Faust. Jeff Johns in his brand new Rayburn car finished third. The second heat saw John Bohn jump out to the early lead with Ed Dixon right on his heels. Dixon worked the high side and finally made the pass with 4 laps remaining. Dixon charged on to victory and Cody Hupp worked his way through the field to finish second. Bohn held on to finish third. The third heat saw the ageless Don Klein work his way to the front and cruise to victory. Tim Ratajczyk came from the back to finish second with Clay Baumann third. The dash had Mark Oller and Ed Dixon battling side-by-side for most the race. Dixon used the high side to edge out Oller for the win. Billy Faust came home third. Steve Maisel ran off to a huge lead and won the consolation race. Kevin Gundaker came from the rear of the field to finished second. Bob Brown was third. A full twenty-four rolled out onto the track for the feature event with Ed Dixon and Mark Oller starting on the front row. As the green flag waved, Dixon and Oller battled side-by-side lap after lap, trading the lead back and fourth nearly every lap. However, the early laps of the race were caution filled, the first coming on lap 3 when Brian Stephens lost a driveshaft. After the race was restarted, the caution waved just two laps later when Cody Hupp spun and collected Brian Wolfmeier. On the ensuing restart, Billy Laycock found the backstretch wall and the caution waved again. The caution waved again just one lap later as Allen Rettig and Mark Schaefer got together in turn one. The race resumed and Danny Haynes found the wall in the turn three and brought out the caution on the eleventh lap. This time the race resumed and Dixon and Oller began their battle again. On lap 15, Dixon scraped the wall on the front straight and got crossed up and backed it into the turn one wall collecting Kevin Gundaker who had charged from the 20th starting position to sixth. Dixon was able to restart, but had to go to the rear. Billy Faust moved up to challenge Oller the final ten laps, but Oller used the very bottom of the track to hold him off. Tim Ratajczyk worked his way to third, with Clay Baumann and Jim Durbin completing the top five. A stellar field of thirty-five UMP Modifieds were on hand. Scott Weber and Bobby Bittle sat on the front row to start the main event. Weber jumped out to the early lead with Bittle and Dean Hoffman right on his bumper. Weber began to open up a small lead when he reached lapped traffic on the sixth lap. Bittle made a move under Weber going into turn one, but the lapped cars got crossed up and held up the leaders causing both to come to a near stop. Weber?s car stalled and the caution flag came out for Weber?s car sitting in turn two. Weber?s car would not re-fire and he was out of the event. Bittle took over the lead on the restart and held off Hoffman for the victory. Rusty Griffaw ended up third, Kyle Steffens fourth and Jim Shereck fifth. Scott Stuppy, Dan Dixon and Sam Worley put on a great race in the AARA Sportsman division. The three raced nose-to-tail and side-by-side for most of the event. Dixon was credited with leading the first fourteen laps, but Stuppy made a move on the final lap and picked up the win. Dixon came home a close second, with Worley third, Mark Blanke fourth and David Bardin fifth. UMP Modifieds (35 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 14 Leroy Haney 3. X1 Dave Sandage 4. 95 Jerry Grither 5. 45M Eric Mabery Heat 2: 1. 1D Dean Hoffman 2. 8 Kyle Steffens 3. 29 Jeff LeBaube 4. 28 Patrick Lawson 5. 104 Chris England Heat 3: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 21 Dennis Richards 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 8 Kirk Murphy Heat 4: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 17 Jim Shereck 4. 6 Ray Wagner 5. 14X Jim Burdell Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 8 Kyle Steffens 6. 14 Leroy Haney 7. 16 Rusty Griffaw 8. 4M Brent Mullins Consy: 1. 14K Loren Knox 2. 444 Matt Simpson 3. 41 Larry Hull 4. 70 Josh Russell 5. 70 Ken Peters 6. 26 J.D. Beal 7. 9 Doug Wood 8. 98 Andy Riggins 9. M1 Justin Munson 10. M21 Dale Munson 11. 51 John Hoffman DNS. 56 Kevin Epperson DNS. C4 Chris Soutiea DNS. 59 Rich Whaley DNS. 07 Paul Rice Feature: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 8 Kyle Steffens 5. 17 Jim Shereck 6. 14 Leroy Haney 7. 29 Jeff LeBaube 8. 4M Brent Mullins 9. 95 Jerry Grither 10. 28 Patrick Lawson 11. 104 Chris England 12. 45 Eric Mabery 13. 6 Ray Wagner 14. 14K Loren Knox 15. 444 Matt Simpson 16. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 17. 41 Larry Hull 18. 8 Kirk Murphy 19. 70 Josh Russell 20. 14X Tim Burdel 21. 4J Scott Weber 22. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 23. X1 Dave Sandage 24. 21 Dennis Richards UMP Late Models (29 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 84 Brian Stephens 6. 27 Kenny Helmick Heat 2: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 35 Cody Hupp 3. 71 John Bohn 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 3D Jim Durbin 6. 51 Steve Shive Heat 3: 1. 28 Don Klein 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 2J Dave Jumper 5. 12 Mark Schaefer 6. 20 Aaron Forrest Dash: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 26 Billy Faust 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 95 Jeff Johns 6. 77 Clay Baumann 7. 71 John Bohn 8. 28 Don Klein 9. 35 Cody Hupp Consy: 1. 41 Steve Maisel 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. B1 Bob Brown 4. 94 Allen Rettig 5. 82 Billy Laycock 6. 10 Rodney Pense 7. 23 Brian Garner 8. 8UP Ron McQuerry DNS. 32 Vince Grondzki DNS. 9B Chuck Baird DNS. 87 Ken Rumble Feature: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 77 Clay Baumann 5. 3D Jim Durbin 6. 95 Jeff Johns 7. 2J Dave Jumper 8. 51 Steve Shive 9. 28 Don Klein 10. 27 Kenny Helmick 11. 71 John Bohn 12. 50 Ed Dixon 13. 41 Steve Maisel 14. B1 Bob Brown 15. 20 Aaron Forrest 16. 11 Kevin Gundaker 17. 47 Danny Haynes 18. 94 Allen Rettig 19. 12 Mark Schaefer 20. 35 Cody Hupp 21. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 22. 82 Billy Laycock 23. 10 Rodney Pense 24. 84 Brian Stephens AARA Sportsman (29 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 500 Dan Dixon 3. 4 Ricky Horton 4. 411 Marty Heck 5. 38D Mark Blanke Heat 2: 1. 36 Bob Schmidt 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 6 Brian Noeth 4. 98 David Bardin 5. 59 Jeff Whaley Heat 3: 1. 166 Sam Worley 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 15 Jim Troutman 4. 01 Steve Borgetti 5. 75 Ron Imm Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 166 Sam Worley 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 500 Dan Dixon 5. 15 Jim Troutman 6. 6 Brian Noeth 7. 36 Bob Schmidt 8. 10 Todd McGraw 9. 4 Ricky Horton Consy: 1. 187 Gary Haynes 2. 61 Mike Whitter 3. 19 Mike McGinnity 4. 45 Mike Seymour 5. 93 Jeff Honea 6. 19 Brad Grantham 7. 66 Darren Holland 8. 21 Brad McKinnon DNS. 28 Tom Smallwood DNS. 146 Doug Kim DNS. 24 Paul Bauman DNS. 33 Dale Carroll DNS. 51 John Hoffman Feature: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 500 Dan Dixon 3. 166 Sam Worley 4. 38D Mark Blanke 5. 98 David Bardin 6. 75 Ron Imm 7. 15 Jim Troutman 8. 01 Steve Borgetti 9. 6 Brian Noeth 10. 187 Gary Haynes 11. 411 Marty Heck 12. 59 Jeff Whaley 13. 61 Mike Whitter 14. 44 Nick Werner 15. 20 Gary McKinnon 16. 66 Darren Holland 17. 45 Mike Seymour 18. 21 Brad McKinnon 19. 46 Paul Belken 20. 19 Brad Grantham 21. 36 Bob Schmidt 22. 93 Jeff Honea AARA Wanna Beez Heat: 1. 01 Robert Denny 2. 99 Rob Atkinson

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