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June 8, 2002 Results

Ratajczyk Roars to Victory at I-55! Pevely, MO (June 8, 2002) A near perfect evening for racing brought out a huge crowd and a lot of cars to I-55 Raceway. One hundred twenty one cars came through the gates to challenge the high banks including the current UMP National Late Model Point leader Terry English. Current track point leader Tim Ratajczyk kicked things off in the UMP Late Model division by besting Mark Oller and Dave Jumper in the first heat. In the second heat, Terry English worked his way from a last row starting spot to claim the win. Billy Faust was second and Don Klein third. In the third heat, Jim Durbin pulled away and picked up the win over Mark Burgtorf and Clay Baumann. Terry English jumped out front and handily won the dash over Jim Durbin and Tim Ratajczyk. In the twenty-five lap main event, Terry English took off from his pole starting position and began to open up a sizeable lead. However, Tim Ratajczyk found the fast way around the track using the very bottom and began to reel in English. Ratajczyk made the pass for the lead on the tenth lap and was able to hold off the challenges of English. Ratajczyk was able to work his way through lapped traffic and take the victory. Ed Dixon charged through the field from his eighteenth starting spot, after having a flat tire in his heat, to finish fourth behind Jim Durbin. Mark Oller came home fifth. In the UMP Modified division, Scott Weber ended Rich Whaley's winning streak after Whaley had swept the events the two previous weeks. Whaley didn't make it easy for Weber, as he stayed glued to Weber's rear bumper for the entire twenty laps. Weber never made a mistake and Whaley had to settle for second. Rusty Griffaw was third, Tom Ratajczyk fourth and Kyle Steffens fifth. Paul Belken continued his dominance in the AARA Sportsman division as he completed yet another sweep. Scott Stuppy kept it interesting, but could never make it past Belken and settled for second. Ricky Horton, Dan Dixon and Marty Heck rounded out the top five. Rick Ruch brought his mighty Mustang to I-55 and won his second straight RAMS feature in as many nights. Marty Boyer made a few attempts to get under Ruch for the lead, but could never make it stick and came home second. Kenny Harris was third, Shannon Burch fourth and RAMS Series points leader Jathon Cruse completed the top five. AARA Sportsman (40 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 7 Craig Wodicker 4. 66 Darren Holland Heat 2: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 411 Marty Heck 3. 166 Sam Worley 4. 15 Jim Troutman Heat 3: 1. 4 Ricky Horton 2. 01 Steve Borgetti 3. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 4. 10 Todd McGraw Heat 4: 1. 20 Gary McKinnon 2. 28 Tom Smallwood 3. 27 Nathan Walsh 4. 711 Bob Ader Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 4 Ricky Horton 4. 500 Dan Dixon Semi #1: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 146 Douglas Kim 3. 16 Bob Schmidt 4. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger 5. 92 Jim Abshier 6. 17H Dave Heimos 7. 61 Mike Whitter 8. 33 Dale Carroll 9. 51 Gene Hoffman 10. 105 Matt Hancock Semi #2: 1. D5 Dave Jenkins 2. 6 Brian Noeth 3. 111 Zac Parks 4. 21 Brad McKinnon 5. 75 Ron Imm 6. 19 Brad Grantham 7. 350 Robert Dill DNS. 16F Frank Melton DNS. D40 Ed DeMille DNS. 98 David Bardin DNS. 119 Mike McGinnity Feature: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 4 Ricky Horton 4. 500 Dan Dixon 5. 411 Marty Heck 6. 01 Steve Borgetti 7. 38D Mark Blanke 8. 10 Todd McGraw 9. D5 Dave Jenkins 10. 166 Sam Worley 11. 16 Bob Schmidt 12. 24 Paul Bauman 13. 44 Nick Werner 14. 28 Tom Smallwood 15. 6 Brian Noeth 16. 15 Jim Troutman 17. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 18. 8 Buddy Lowry 19. 146 Douglas Kim 20. 20 Gary McKinnon 21. 7 Craig Wodicker 22. 711 Bob Ader 23. 27 Nathan Walsh 24. 111 Zac Parks UMP Late Models (20 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 37 Brian Wolfmeier Heat 2: 1. 96 Terry English 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 28 Don Klein 4. 47 Danny Haynes Heat 3: 1. 3D Jim Durbin 2. 7 Mark Burgtorf 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 51 Steve Shive Dash: 1. 96 Terry English 2. 3D Jim Durbin 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 67 Mark Oller Feature: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 96 Terry English 3. 3D Jim Durbin 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 67 Mark Oller 6. 7 Mark Burgtorf 7. 26 Billy Faust 8. 2J Dave Jumper 9. 51 Steve Shive 10. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 11. 77 Clay Baumann 12. 33 Jason Frankel 13. 47 Danny Haynes 14. 28 Don Klein 15. 44 Dean Motsinger 16. 82 Billy Laycock 17. 12 Mark Schaefer 18. 23 Brian Garner 19. 10 Rodney Pense DNS. 53 Lee Thomason UMP Modifieds (39 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 314 Jeff Masson Heat 2: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. 70 Ken Peters Heat 3: 1. 3S Dan Schlup 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 88 Joe Puricelli Heat 4: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 8 Kyle Steffens 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 14 Leroy Haney Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 59 Rich Whaley Semi #1: 1. 11Z Brian Collins 2. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 262 Bobby Allen 4. X1 Dave Sandage 5. 51 John Hoffman 6. C4 Chris Soutiea 7. 10 Todd Ferber DNS. 41 Larry Hull DNS. 14K Loren Knox DNS. 78 Rich Lawson Semi #2: 1. 45M Eric Mabery 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 56 Kevin Epperson 4. 8 Kirk Murphy 5. 95B Jim Beishir 6. 32 Eldrid Winebaugh 7. 23 Dylan Sharp DNS. 116 D.J. Griffaw DNS. 07 Paul Rice Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 8 Kyle Steffens 6. 11Z Brian Collins 7. 3R Leon Rakers 8. 14 Leroy Haney 9. 6 Ray Wagner 10. 18 Brent Thompson 11. 444 Matt Simpson 12. 45M Eric Mabery 13. 166 Brian Worley 14. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 15. 9W Doug Wood 16. 314 Jeff Masson 17. 70 Ken Peters 18. 24 Mike Crader 19. 88 Joe Puricelli 20. 3S Dan Schlup 21. 89 Bobby Bittle 22. 9D Dan Hoffman 23. 21 Dennis Richards 24. 1D Dean Hoffman AARA Wannabeez (6 Cars) Heat: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 2 3. 01 Robert Denny 4. 65 Jared Schultz RAMS Mini Stocks (16 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 36 Marty Boyer 2. 17 Jathon Cruse 3. 66 Shannon Burch 4. 00 Carl Belleu Heat 2: 1. 6 Rick Ruch 2. 14 Keith Buckley 3. 52 Kenny Harris 4. 5 David Woffard, Jr. Feature: 1. 6 Rick Ruch 2. 36 Marty Boyer 3. 52 Kenny Harris 4. 66 Shannon Burch 5. 17 Jathon Cruse 6. 00 Carl Belleu 7. 18 Bruce Boren 8. 5 David Woffard, Jr. 9. 13 Rusty Voyles 10. 21 Bill Nickelson 11. 2 Chuck White 12. 3 Brian Cox 13. 9 Michael Whitehead 14. 14 Keith Buckley 15. 42 Dustin Winick DNS. 1 Kevin Buckley

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