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June 22, 2002 Results

Kruckeberg, Hoffman & Belken roll to victory! Pevely, MO (June 22, 2002) Butch Kruckeberg had never won a UMP Late Model feature at I-55 Raceway until tonight and he possibly drove his best race ever to take the win. Ed Dixon was looking to push his winning streak to four straight after dominating his heat and the dash. Dixon jumped out to the early lead in the feature and was able to open up a four car length lead. But Kruckeberg found a fast line around the 1/3 mile oval right in the middle of the track. On lap six he pulled right up on the back bumper of Dixon and began to pressure him for the lead. Dixon stayed on the very bottom and Kruckeberg moved past Dixon on the ninth lap using the middle groove. Dixon then moved to the top to find a faster line, but there was no cushion on the top and that allowed Tim Ratajczyk to moved past Dixon into second. Kruckeberg opened up a half-straightaway lead until he got into lapped traffic. That allowed Ratajczyk and Dixon to close right up to his back bumper. Ratajczyk was able to get along side Kruckeberg in the traffic, but Kruckeberg muscled his way through the traffic and pulled away to the win. Ratajczyk came home second and Dixon a close third. Mark Oller came from tenth to finish fourth and Danny Haynes completed the top five. The UMP Modifieds continue to put on an impressive show. Scott Weber jumped out to the early lead. Weber lead the first eleven laps before Dean Hoffman got past him to take the lead. Two laps later, Brent Mullins moved past Weber and began to challenge Hoffman for the lead. However, Hoffman was just too tough and held on for the win. Mullins was second, Weber third, Eric Mabery fourth and Bobby Bittle fifth. Paul Belken continues to dominate the AARA Sportsman division. Belken held off Ricky Horton to pick up the victory. Scott Stuppy was third, Dave Jenkins fourth and Jim Troutman fifth. UMP Modifieds (34 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 11 Brian Collins 2. 30 Mark Voigt 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 42 John Lansford Heat 2: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 6 Ray Wagner 3. 4M Brent Mullins 4. 8 Kyle Steffens Heat 3: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 51 John Hoffman Heat 4: 1. 1D Dean Hoffman 2. 45M Eric Mabery 3. 14 Leroy Haney 4. 3S Dan Schlup Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 1D Dean Hoffman Semi: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 18 Brent Thompson 3. 78 Rich Lawson 4. 90 Tim Meara 5. 88 Joe Puricelli 6. 51. John Hoffman 7. 41 Larry Hull 8. 70 Ken Peters 9. 95B Jim Beishir 10. 32 Eldred Winebaugh 11. X1 Dave Sandage 12. 99 Brian Wolfmeier DNS. 59 Rich Whaley DNS. 444 Matt Simpson Feature: 1. 1D Dean Hoffman 2. 4M Brent Mullins 3. 4J Scott Weber 4. 45M Eric Mabery 5. 89 Bobby Bittle 6. 30 Mark Voigt 7. 6 Ray Wagner 8. 166 Brian Worley 9. 18T Brent Thompson 10. 8 Kyle Steffens 11. 14 Leroy Haney 12. 9 Doug Wood 13. 70 Josh Russell 14. 3S Dan Schlup 15. 8M Kirk Murphy 16. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 17. 90 Tim Meara 18. 56 Kevin Epperson 19. 42 John Lansford 20. 11 Brian Collins 21. C4 Chris Soutiea 22. 78 Rich Lawson 23. 16 Rusty Griffaw 24. 21 Dennis Richards UMP Late Models (18 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 28 Don Klein Heat 2: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 33 Jason Frankel 4. 47 Danny Haynes Dash: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 47 Danny Haynes Feature: 1. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 67 Mark Oller 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 77 Clay Baumann 7. 3D Jim Durbin 8. 30 Mark Voigt 9. 33 Jason Frankel 10. 11 Kyle Steffens 11. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 12. 2J Dave Jumper 13. 28 Don Klein 14. 10 Rodney Pense 15. 51 Steve Shive 16. 82 Billy Laycock 17. 78 Ron Jarrell 18. 23 Brian Garner AARA Sportsman (31 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 166 Sam Worley 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 6 Brian Noeth Heat 2: 1. 15 Jim Troutman 2. D5 Dave Jenkins 3. 49 Daniel Hancock 4. 411 Marty Heck Heat 3: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 4 Ricky Horton 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 98 David Bardin Heat 4: 1. 17H Dave Heimos 2. 105 Matt Hancock 3. 111 Zac Parks 4. 350 Robert Dill Dash: 1. 4 Ricky Horton 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 166 Sam Worley Semi: 1. 20 Gary McKinnon 2. 38D Mark Blanke 3. 75 Ron Imm 4. 01 Steve Borgetti 5. 27 Nathan Walsh 6. 146 Douglas Kim 7. 51 John Hoffman 8. 19 Brad Grantham 9. 93 Jeff Honea 10. 92 Jim Abshier DNS. 7 Craig Wodicker Feature: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 4 Ricky Horton 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. D5 Dave Jenkins 5. 15 Jim Troutman 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 10 Todd McGraw 8. 166 Sam Worley 9. 105 Matt Hancock 10. 44 Nick Werner 11. 50 Danny Dixon 12. 17H Dave Hiemos 13. 38D Mark Blanke 14. 111 Zac Parks 15. 75 Ron Imm 16. 28 Tom Smallwood 17. 01 Steve Borgetti 18. 98 David Bardin 19. 6 Brian Noeth 20. 35 Chris Sale 21. 411 Marty Heck 22. 350 Robert Dill 23. 20 Gary McKinnon 24. 49 Daniel Hancock AARA Wannabees Heat: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 2 John Honicker 3. 01 Robert Denny 4. 77 Ron Lyons Feature: 1. 01 Robert Denny 2. 51 Joe Bruhals 3. 49 Dennis Harris 4. 65 Jared Jones 5. 21 Dave Heinrichs 6. 77 Ron Lyons 7. 2 John Honicker

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