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June 29, 2002 Results

Babb claims UMP Summer Nationals Title! Weber, Bauman also take victories! Pevely, MO (June 29, 2002) A packed house filled the grandstands in anticipation of the seventh annual Bud UMP Summer Nationals at I-55 Raceway. Thirty-six UMP Late Models signed in to compete for the $10,000 top prize. The action kicked off with Billy Moyer setting fast time in qualifying with a time of 13.587 seconds around the high-banked one-third mile oval. Bob Pierce took off from his front row starting spot in the dash and ran off with the win. Shannon Babb made a late race charge for the lead but had to settle for second. Defending track champion Ed Dixon took third, with Don O?Neal fourth and Billy Moyer fifth. Defending UMP Late Model National Champion Rodney Melvin claimed the first heat race over NASCAR veteran Kenny Schrader, Matt Taylor was third, Justin Allgaier fourth and Steve Shive rounded out the top five. Scott Bloomquist checked out on the rest of the field and won the second heat by a full straightaway. Dan Schlieper was second, Danny Haynes third, with Jim Durbin and Tim Ratajczyk completing the top five. Heat three was the most exciting heat race of the evening, with Kevin Weaver and Dave Jumper battling side-by-side for much of the event. Weaver edged ahead to claim the win. Mark Oller, Clay Baumann and Danny Maguire filled out the top five. Johnny Johnson and Jason Frankel won the semi features. Twenty-five cars took to the track for the feature event, doing a four-wide parade lap with each driver carrying the American Flag in honor of Independence Day. Once the event was underway, the two cars that started on the front row, Pierce and Babb, put on a show that fans won?t soon forget. Babb pulled ahead but Pierce stayed right there with him, pulling up on the inside of Babb through each turn, but Babb would pull ahead down the straight-aways. The battle raged on each lap, as the drivers fought through heavy lapped traffic. Babb continuously found the best path through the traffic, maintaining his slight lead over Pierce. As they worked through traffic, Billy Moyer moved into the mix and actually moved ahead of Pierce and took second on lap thirty-six, but a caution came out for Danny Maguire?s single car spin. On the restart, Babb was able to pull away and left Pierce and Moyer to battle for second. Meanwhile, Don O?Neal and Scott Bloomquist were fighting tooth and nail for fourth. At the end, they crossed the line how they had restarted, with Babb claiming the $10,000 top prize. Pierce was second, Moyer third, O?Neal fourth and Bloomquist fifth. The UMP Modifieds once again put on spectacular show. Scott Weber pulled away from the field en-route to his fifth victory of the season at I-55 Raceway. As Weber checked out, that left a large group of cars battling for second. Brent Mullins, Dean Hoffman, Rusty Griffaw, Brian Collins, Bobby Bittle and Jim Shereck took turns swapping around the top five positions. With five laps remaining, Mullins caught inside wall coming out of turn four and broke a tie-rod on the left front. He fell from second, but still drove very hard to finish eighth. As the event went all twenty laps without a caution, Hoffman claimed the second spot, with Griffaw third, Collins fourth and Bittle fifth. The AARA Sportsman didn?t disappoint the fans; Paul Bauman and Scott Stuppy drove the final ten laps of their event in a near dead heat. Each driver took turns at the point, but in the end Bauman crossed the line first to claim his first feature win of 2002. Stuppy was second, Todd McGraw third, Rich Whaley fourth and Sam Worley fifth. UMP Modifieds Heat 1: 1. 4M Brent Mullins 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. N1 Gary Archambault Heat 2: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 11 Brian Collins 3. 4J Scott Weber 4. 17 Jim Shereck Heat 3: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 8 Kyle Steffens 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier Dash: 1. 1D Dean Hoffman 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 11 Brian Collins 5. 89 Bobby Bittle 6. 6 Ray Wagner 7. 18 Brent Thompson 8. 8 Kyle Steffens 9. 4M Brent Mullins Semi: 1. 70 Josh Russell 2. 56 Kevin Epperson 3. C4 Chris Soutiea 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. 40 Steve Ellison 6. 8 Kirk Murphy 7. 68 Jerry Kiser 8. 41 Larry Hull 9. 78 Rich Lawson 10. X1 Dave Sandage 11. Neil Wade, Jr. DNS. 51 John Hoffman Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 11 Brian Collins 5. 89 Bobby Bittle 6. 17 Jim Shereck 7. 6 Ray Wagner 8. 4M Brent Mullins 9. 8 Kyle Steffens 10. 14 Leroy Haney 11. 9 Doug Wood 12. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 13. N1 Gary Archambault 14. 21 Dennis Richards 15. C4 Chris Soutiea 16. 3R Leon Rakers 17. 00Z Steve Picou 18. 18T Brent Thompson 19. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 20. 56 Kevin Epperson 21. 70 Josh Russell 22. 8M Kirk Murphy 23. 40 Steve Ellison 24. 45M Eric Mabery UMP Late Models Qualifying: Name Lap 1 Lap 2 Fast Time Moyer 13.648 13.587 13.587 Babb 14.088 13.647 13.647 Pierce 13.975 13.685 13.685 O'Neal 13.702 NT 13.702 VanWormer 14.055 13.831 13.831 Dixon 13.841 14.009 13.841 Bloomquist 13.874 13.94 13.874 Schrader 14.221 13.894 13.894 Schlieper 14.175 13.915 13.915 Jumper 13.96 14.059 13.96 Allgaier 13.995 14.016 13.995 Frankel 14.03 14.06 14.03 Baumann 14.055 NT 14.055 M. Taylor 14.075 14.237 14.075 Haynes 14.107 14.622 14.107 Weaver 14.174 14.253 14.174 Hewitt 14.482 14.208 14.208 Melvin 14.55 14.267 14.267 B. Faust 14.38 14.275 14.275 Hedrick 14.318 14.403 14.318 Zidar 14.326 14.522 14.326 Oller 14.329 14.415 14.329 Ratajczyk 14.603 14.332 14.332 Dagg 14.445 14.355 14.355 Shive 14.357 14.438 14.357 Baird 14.382 15.64 14.382 Maguire 14.463 14.762 14.463 Garner 14.518 16.962 14.518 Durbin 14.565 14.757 14.565 Kruckeberg 14.588 15.034 14.588 Johnson 14.652 14.815 14.652 Erb 14.84 14.71 14.71 Larson 14.893 14.727 14.727 Wolfmeier 14.845 14.767 14.767 O'Conner 14.875 14.79 14.79 Motsinger 16.002 14.821 14.821 Dash: 1. 32 Bob Pierce 2. 18 Shannon Babb 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 71 Don O?Neal 5. 21 Billy Moyer 6. 55 Jeep VanWormer 7. 27 Rodney Melvin 8. 0 Scott Bloomquist 9. 67 Mark Oller Heat 1: 1. 27 Rodney Melvin 2. 99 Ken Schrader 3. 117 Matt Taylor 4. 1A Justin Allgaier 5. 51 Steve Shive 6. 99 Johnny Johnson 7. 9 Jamie Zidar 8. 11 Jack Hewitt 9. 23 Brian Garner 10. 37 Brian Wolfmeier Heat 2: 1. 0 Scott Bloomquist 2. S9 Dan Schlieper 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 3D Jim Durbin 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 33 Jason Frankel 7. 26 Billy Faust 8. 28 Dennis Erb 9. 9B Chuck Baird 10. 8 Reece O?Conner Heat 3: 1. B12 Kevin Weaver 2. 2J Dave Jumper 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 77 Clay Baumann 5. 32 Danny Maguire 6. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 7. 8 Brent Larson 8. R52 Rylan Dagg 9. 0 Richie Hedrick 10. 44 Dean Motsinger Semi #1: 1. 99 Johnny Johnson 2. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 3. 26 Billy Faust 4. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 11 Jack Hewitt 6. 44 Dean Motsinger Semi #2: 1. 33 Jason Frankel 2. 28 Dennis Erb 3. 8 Brent Larson 4. 9Z Jamie Zidar 5. 9B Chuck Baird 6. 23 Brian Garner Feature: 1. 18 Shannon Babb 2. 32 Bob Pierce 3. 21 Billy Moyer 4. 71 Don O?Neal 5. 0 Scott Bloomquist 6. 50 Ed Dixon 7. 55 Jeep VanWormer 8. S9 Dan Schlieper 9. 27 Rodney Melvin 10. B12 Kevin Weaver 11. 2J Dave Jumper 12. 117 Matt Taylor 13. 99 Ken Schrader 14. 28 Dennis Erb 15. 1A Justin Allgaier 16. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 17. 3D Jim Durbin 18. 33 Jason Frankel 19. 77 Clay Baumann 20. 99 Johnny Johnson 21. 67 Mark Oller 22. 32 Danny Maguire 23. 51 Steve Shive 24. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 25. 47 Danny Haynes AARA Sportsman Heat 1: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 4. 98 David Bardin Heat 2: 1. 166 Sam Worley 2. 411 Marty Heck 3. 21 Brad McKinnon 4. 111 Zac Parks Dash: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 166 Sam Worley 4. 10 Todd McGraw Feature: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 59 Rich Whaley 5. 166 Sam Worley 6. 36 Bob Schmidt 7. 4 Brian Dawson 8. 66 Darren Holland 9. 411 Marty Heck 10. 111 Zac Parks 11. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 12. 28 Tom Smallwood 13. 21 Brad McKinnon 14. 19 Brad Grantham 15. 98 David Bardin DNS. D5 Dave Jenkins DNS. 3P Bob Prince DNS. 7 Craig Wodicker

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