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June 1, 2002 Results

Dixon Dominates at I-55! Pevely, MO (June 1, 2002)Scorching temperatures invaded I-55 Raceway today as the thermometer pushed into the mid 90s. The action on the track was just as hot between the twenty-five UMP Late Models that signed in the gate. Ed Dixon started off the night just like he finished last week, by running away with the first qualifying heat. Dave Jumper and Mark Oller completed the top three. Tim Ratajczyk cruised to victory in the second heat over Jason Frankel and Brian Wolfmeier. The third heat saw Danny Haynes hold off the outstanding youngster Justin Allgaier. Third went to John Bohn. Dixon also went on to win the dash by besting Haynes and Ratajczyk. Dixon continued his hot streak in the feature. He pulled out to a huge lead early on; placing five lapped cars between him and second place Ratajczyk when the first caution came out on lap six. As Dixon pulled away to another big lead, the battle was on for second place, Oller moved up to take second on lap ten. Ratajczyk, Matt Taylor, Billy Faust and Allgaier battled through lapped traffic for third. On the sixteenth lap, Oller had front suspension problems and his car took a hard left turn coming down the front straight, directly in front of a large pack of cars. Incredibly, all the cars took evasive action and were able to miss Oller?s car as it crossed the entire track and came to rest sideways on the front stretch. On the final restart, Dixon once again pulled away and went on to victory. Taylor made a last lap pass on Ratajczyk to claim second. Faust came home fourth and Allgaier fifth. In the UMP Modified division, Rich Whaley also picked right up where he left off last week. Whaley held off fierce challenges from Dean Hoffman, Scott Weber and Tom Ratajczyk to complete the sweep. These four drivers battled all twenty laps of the main event for the lead and finished in that order. Ray Wagner completed the top five. Paul Belken jumped out to an early lead in the AARA Sportsman division feature. Belken appeared to be on his way to an easy victory when a late race caution bunched the field. That allowed Dan Dixon move up and battle side-by-side with Belken for the final two laps. But Dixon jumped the cushion in turn four on the final lap allowing Belken to grab the win. Dixon was second, Mark Blanke third, Todd McGraw fourth and last weeks winner Ricky Horton came home fifth. UMP Modifieds (20 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 4J Scott Weber 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier Heat 2: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 21 Dennis Richards Dash: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 4J Scott Weber Feature: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 4J Scott Weber 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 6 Ray Wagner 6. 3R Leon Rakers 7. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 8. 21 Dennis Richards 9. 9 Doug Wood 10. 56 Kevin Epperson 11. C4 Chris Soutiea 12. 8 Kirk Murphy 13. 4B Neil Wade, Jr. 14. X1 Dave Sandage 15. 444 Matt Simpson 16. 14K Loren Knox 17. 166 Brian Worley 18. 78 Rich Lawson DQ. 9D Dan Hoffman (Light) DNS. 70 Josh Russell UMP Late Models (25 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 2J Dave Jumper 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 26 Billy Faust Heat 2: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 33 Jason Frankel 3. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 4 Wayne Downing Heat 3: 1. 47 Danny Haynes 2. 1A Justin Allgaier 3. 71 John Bohn 4. 77 Clay Baumann Dash: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 47 Danny Haynes 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 1A Justin Allgaier Feature: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 117 Matt Taylor 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 26 Billy Faust 5. 1A Justin Allgaier 6. 3D Jim Durbin 7. 2J Dave Jumper 8. 47 Danny Haynes 9. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 10. 77 Clay Baumann 11. 44 Dean Motsinger 12. 71 John Bohn 13. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 14. 28 Don Klein 15. 10 Rodney Pense 16. 27 Kenny Helmick 17. 113 Charlie Savage 18. 67 Mark Oller 19. 23 Brian Garner 20. 4 Wayne Downing 21. 12 Mark Schaefer 22. 33 Jason Frankel 23. 82 Billy Laycock 24. 97 Tim Eaves DQ. 13 Dewayne Kiefer (Light) AARA Sportsman (38 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 38D Mark Blanke 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 20 Gary McKinnon 4. 51 John Hoffman Heat 2: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. 4 Ricky Horton 3. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 4. 66 Darren Holland Heat 3: 1. 15 Jim Troutman 2. D5 Dave Jenkins 3. 01 Steve Borgetti 4. 111 Zac Parks Heat 4: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 98 David Bardin Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 38D Mark Blanke 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 4 Ricky Horton Semi #1: 1. 75 Ron Imm 2. 8 Buddy Lowery 3. 54 Jim Wisnewski 4. 6 Brian Noeth 5. 16 Frank Melton 6. 61 Mike Whitter 7. 93 Jeff Honea 8. 7 Craig Wodicker 9. D40 Ed DeMille Semi #2: 1. 711 Bob Ader 2. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger 3. 166 Sam Worley 4. 19 Brad Grantham 5. 119 Mike McGinnitey 6. 105 Matt Hancock DNS. 21 Brad McKinnon DNS. 59 Jeff Whaley DNS. 146 Douglas Kim DNS. 17H Dave Heimos Feature: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 500 Dan Dixon 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 10 Todd McGraw 5. 4 Ricky Horton 6. 15 Jim Troutman 7. 24 Paul Bauman 8. 00 Scott Stuppy 9. D5 Dave Jenkins 10. 66 Darren Holland 11. 75 Ron Imm 12. 01 Steve Borgetti 13. 711 Bob Ader 14. 51 John Hoffman 15. 8 Buddy Lowry 16. 411 Marty Heck 17. 20 Gary McKinnon 18. 98 David Bardin 19. 36 Bob Schmidt 20. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger 21. 54 Jim Wisnewski 22. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 23. 350 Robert Dill 24. 111 Zac Parks AARA Wanna Beez Heat: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 01 Robert Denny 3. 77 Ron Lyons Feature: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 01 Robert Denny 3. 77 Ron Lyons

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