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September 28, 2002 Results

Moyer, Weber & Haynes take Pepsi Nationals Victories! Pevely, MO (September 28, 2002) Beautiful weather brought out a huge crowd to the 20th Annual I-55 Raceway Pepsi Nationals. A large field of cars were also on hand as 123 racecars were on hand. Forty-one UMP Late Models were in attendance to compete for the $10,000 top prize. Bob Pierce kicked things off by setting fast time in qualifying with a lap of 13.353 seconds around the 1/3 mile oval. Billy Moyer earned the pole position in the main event by leading all ten laps and winning the dash. Pierce was second, Ken Schrader third and Don O'Neal fourth. Dave Jumper picked up the win in the first of four heat races. Bret Sievert was a close second and Brent Slocum third Mark Oller took the second heat, with sixteen year old Justin Allgaier finishing second and Billy Faust was third. UMP Late Model National Point Leader Terry English took the third heat, with Shannon Babb second and Danny Haynes third. The fourth heat went to Brian Birkhofer, who edged out Mark Burgtorf by a nose. Third went to Roger Long. Todd Rehg and Johnny Johnson took the last chance qualifiers. The 40 lap UMP Late Model feature got off to a fast start as Billy Moyer jumped out to the lead early from the pole position. Bob Pierce battled Moyer early until the caution flew on lap eight as Brian Wolfmeier found the wall in turn four. On the restart, Moyer immediately jumped back out front with Pierce taking second and Schrader third. The battle raged on as they raced through lapped traffic until the caution flew for a second time on lap 22 as Terry English came to a stop with a flat tire. Moyer once again showed his dominance as he pulled away on the restart, leaving Pierce to battle Schrader and Ed Dixon for second. The final caution would fly on lap 28 as Brian Birkhofer spun in turn one after taking the fourth spot from Ed Dixon. Moyer once again pulled away and went on to take the win. Bob Pierce was second, Ken Schrader third, Ed Dixon fourth and Bret Sievert rounded out the top five. Kevin Weaver led the final eight laps of the special dash, picking up $2000 for his efforts. Weaver, whos car broke during qualifying, borrowed Roger Long's car for the dash. Terry English was second, Don O'Neal third and Ed Dixon fourth. Scott Weber held off the challenge of Jim Shereck to win his fourth straight I-55 Pepsi Nationals Title in the UMP Modified division. A huge crash happened on lap 23 when Jim Shereck hit the wall on the back straightaway and slowed. The crash eliminated Shereck, Rick Conoyer, Dewayne Eakright, Joe Puricelli and John Hobson. Kyle Byerline and Jerry Grither were also in the crash but were able to continue. Rusty Griffaw followed Weber across the line for second, with Kyle Byerline taking third, Jerry Grither fourth and Dean Hoffman completed the top five. Danny Haynes, who pulled double duty by racing in the AARA Sportsman division, took the Sportsman win. Haynes held off three other cars in the final seven laps to earn the victory. Mark Blanke, Scott Stuppy and Dave Jenkins, who finished second, third and fourth, all took turns pulling along side Haynes for the lead as the laps were winding down. Todd McGraw came home fifth. UMP Late Models 41 Cars Qualifying Bob Pierce 13.353 Billy Moyer 13.412 Don O'Neal 13.448 Steve Shive 13.608 Dave Jumper 13.62 Ken Schrader 13.62 Roger Long 13.672 Ed Dixon 13.677 Bret Sievert 13.697 Terry English 13.709 Mark Oller 13.728 Shannon Babb 13.739 Brian Birkhofer 13.757 Brent Slocum 13.79 Billy Faust 13.79 Bruce Unterbrink 13.845 Kevin Weaver 13.845 Brent Larson 13.857 Justin Allgaier 13.886 Danny Haynes 13.928 Ken Rumble 14.095 Todd Rehg 14.138 Ron McQuerry 14.145 Clay Baumann 14.147 Brian Wolfmeier 14.157 Chuck Baird 14.183 Jay Johnson 14.188 Don Klein 14.275 Johnny Johnson 14.302 Dick Taylor 14.402 Danny Woodworth 14.413 Jimmy Burwell 14.46 Mark Burgtorf 14.467 Dewayne Kiefer 14.47 Tim Ratajczyk 14.56 Mike Mudd 15.066 Tim Bohm 15.1 Brian Stephens 15.133 Mike Mullvain 15.153 Tim Eaves 15.484 Rich Lawson NT Dash: Lineup Moyer-Schrader Pierce-Shive O?Neal-Jumper Ratajczyk-English Dixon 1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 32 Bob Pierce 3. 99 Ken Schrader 4. 71 Don O?Neal 5. 51 Steve Shive 6. 50 Ed Dixon 7. 2J Dave Jumper 8. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 9. 96 Terry English Heat 1: 1. 2J Dave Jumper 2. 5 Bret Sievert 3. 5 Brent Slocum 4. W1LD Todd Rehg Heat 2: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 1A Justin Allgaier 3. 26 Billy Faust 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Heat 3: 1. 96 Terry English 2. 18 Shannon Babb 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 14U Bruce Unterbrink Heat 4: 1. 15B Brian Birkhofer 2. 7 Mark Burgtorf 3. 36 Roger Long 4. 99 Johnny Johnson Special Dash: ($2000 to win, $200 to start) 1. 36 Kevin Weaver 2. 96 Terry English 3. 71 Don O?Neal 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 32 Bob Pierce 6. 21 Billy Moyer 7. 99 Ken Schrader 8. 18 Shannon Babb 9. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Semi #1: (Top 3 Transfer) 1. W1LD Todd Rehg 2. 4 Mike Mullvain 3. 1DW Danny Woodworth 4. 9B Chuck Baird 5. 24 Dick Taylor 6. 34 Mike Mudd 7. 97 Tim Eaves 8. 8 Brent Larson 9. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 10. 13 Dewayne Kiefer DNS. 8 Ron McQuerry DNS. 5 Jay Johnson Semi #2 (Top 3 Transfer) 1. 99 Johnny Johnson 2. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 4. 44 Jimmy Burwell 5. 87 Ken Rumble 6. 77 Clay Baumann 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 1 Tim Bohm 9. 84 Brian Stephens DNS. B12 Kevin Weaver DNS. 70 Rich Lawson Feature: 1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 32 Bob Pierce 3. 99 Ken Schrader 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 5 Bret Sievert 6. 71 Don O?Neal 7. 18 Shannon Babb 8. 36 Roger Long 9. 7 Mark Burgtorf 10. 4 Mike Mullvain 11. 67 Mark Oller 12. 1A Justin Allgaier 13. 51 Steve Shive 14. 96 Terry English 15. 2J Dave Jumper 16. 47 Danny Haynes 17. 99 Johnny Johnson 18. 5 Brent Slocum 19. W1LD Todd Rehg 20. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 21. 1DW Danny Woodworth 22. 15B Brian Birkhofer 23. 26 Billy Faust 24. 37 Brian Wolfmeier UMP Modifieds 45 Cars Heat 1: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 3R Leon Rakers 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 2F Josh Ferguson Heat 2: 1. 41 Stu Springer 2. 14C Rick Conoyer 3. 11E Dewayne Eakright 4. 8 Kirk Murphy Heat 3: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 77 Rick Stevenson 3. 9W Doug Wood 4. 88 Joe Puricelli Heat 4: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 95 Jerry Grither 3. 16J Darrell Hoffman 4. 29 Jeff LeBaube Heat 5: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 11 Kyle Byerline 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 00 Steve Picou Dash: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 14C Rick Conoyer Semi #1: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 51 John Hoffman 3. 22G Steve Grotz 4. 01 Don Kiger 5. 25 Denny Tribout, Jr. 6. 15 Doug Blair 7. X1 Dave Sandage 8. C4 Chris Soutiea 9. 10 Todd Ferber 10. 45M Eric Mabery DNS. 41 Larry Hull DNS. 1W Ray Walsh DNS. 70 Ken Peters Semi #2: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 16 John Hobson 3. 11 Marty Kopp 4. 71 Jay Hughes 5. 377 Casey Pearson 6. 56 Mike Crader 7. 81 Mike Barbeau 8. 14X Tim Burdell 9. 94 Larry Copeland 10. 8 Mark Stolle DNS. 05 Carey Carriker DNS. 90 Tim Meara Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 11 Kyle Byerline 4. 95 Jerry Grither 5. 1D Dean Hoffman 6. 89 Bobby Bittle 7. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 8. 29 Jeff LeBaube 9. 3R Leon Rakers 10. 9W Doug Wood 11. 2F Josh Ferguson 12. 41 Stu Springer 13. 77 Rick Stevenson 14. 6 Ray Wagner 15. 00 Steve Picou 16. 16J Darrell Hoffman 17. 51 John Hoffman 18. 17 Jim Shereck 19. 14C Rick Conoyer 20. 11E Dewayne Eakright 21. 88 Joe Puricelli 22. 16H John Hobson 23. 59 Rich Whaley 24. 8 Kirk Murphy AARA Sportsman 37 Cars Heat 1: 1. 28 Tom Smallwood 2. 23 Todd Frolic 3. 47 Ricky Horton 4. 63 Bob Casey Heat 2: 1. 72 David Grzywacz 2. D5 Dave Jenkins 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 94 Mark Clary Heat 3: 1. 36 Danny Haynes 2. 17H Dave Heimos 3. 91 Jeff LeBaube 4. 105 Matt Hancock Heat 4: 1. 38D Mark Blanke 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 98 David Bardin 4. 01 Steve Borgetti Dash: 1. 72 David Grzywacz 2. 28 Tom Smallwood 3. 36 Danny Haynes 4. 38D Mark Blanke Semi #1: 1. 66 Darren Holland - DQ: Did Not Weigh 2. 18 Pat Chalmers 3. 111 Zac Parks 4. 411 Marty Heck 5. 21 Gary McKinnon 6. 93 Mark Hunter 7. 19 Mike McGinnity 8. 94 Mark Clary DNS. 27 Nathan Walsh Semi #2: 1. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 2. 497 Frank Melton 3. 8 Scott Geary 4. 31P Clint Prince 5. 71 Bill Russell 6. 43 Mike Harris 7. 187 Jim Hardesty DNS. 7 Craig Wodicker Feature: 1. 36 Danny Haynes 2. 38D Mark Blanke 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. D5 Dave Jenkins 5. 10 Todd McGraw 6. 91 Jeff LeBaube 7. 23 Todd Frolik 8. 28 Tom Smallwood 9. D40 Ed DeMille 10. 3P Bob Prince 11. 98 David Bardin 12. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 13. 105 Matt Hancock 14. 18 Pat Chalmers 15. 01 Steve Borgetti 16. 19 Jimmy Cummins 17. 497 Frank Melton 18. 63 Randy Dietzel 19. 11 Darrell Crismon 20. 72 David Grzywacz 21. 47 Ricky Horton 22. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 23. 17H Dave Heimos 24. 411 Marty Heck 25. 111 Zac Parks

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