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April 19, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (April 19, 2003) NASCAR star Ken Schrader made his first trip to I-55 Raceway with his U.M.P. Late Model this season and made it one to remember. Schrader, who is co-owner of I-55 Raceway, put on a dominating performance. Schrader started eighth in his heat race and took the lead with just two laps remaining and went on to victory. Schrader started on the pole for the dash and led the entire distance. Ken Schrader Twenty-three U.M.P. Late Models took the green flag in the feature event, with Schrader setting the pace. Schrader immediately jumped out front and moved to the high side. Tim Ratajczyk settled into second place using the low side. Kevin Gundaker soon moved past Ratajczyk around the top and began to chase down Schrader, while Mark Oller pressured Ratajczyk on the low side. Ed Dixon made a fast charge to the top five from his tenth place starting position, but soon the caution was waving for Dixon who broke a drive shaft yoke and pulled to a stop in turn four. On the restart, Schrader and Gundaker continued around the high side and Oller moved past Rajaczyk on the low side and began to chase down Gundaker. Schrader went on to victory by a half straight-away distance over Oller who edged out Gundaker for the second spot. Gundaker was third, Ratajczyk fourth and Dean Hoffman completed the top five. Scott Weber continues to be the dominant force in the U.M.P. Modified division as he swept the night's events. Ray Walsh was able to apply pressure to Weber late in the feature event, but Walsh soon found himself battling to hold on to second place. Walsh lost that battle as Rusty Griffaw edged him by a half-car length at the checkered flag. Rich Whaley came home fourth and Eric Mabery fifth. Scott Weber Some new faces found themselves running up front in the AARA Sportsman division. Todd McGraw picked up the win in dominating fashion as he swept the night's events as well. Bob Prince led a four car battle for second, with Ron Imm, Jr. taking third. Eric Rudd in his first season in the Sportsman division was fourth and Scott Stuppy was fifth. Stan Cain completed the night of sweeps as he swept in the Wannabee division.   U.M.P. Late Models Heat 1: 1. 99 Ken Schrader 2. 9B Chuck Baird 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 82 Billy Laycock Heat 2: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 1A Justin Allgaier 4. 50 Ed Dixon Heat 3: 1. 11Z Brian Collins 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 1DW Denny Woodworth Dash: 1. 99 Ken Schrader 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 11 Kevin Gundaker Feature: 1. 99 Ken Schrader 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 1D Dean Hoffman 6. 26 Billy Faust 7. 11Z Brian Collins 8. 77 Clay Baumann 9. 1A Justin Allgaier 10. 8 Kyle Steffens 11. 9B Chuck Baird 12. 28 Don Klein 13. 1DW Denny Woodworth 14. 87 Ken Rumble 15. 71 John Bohn 16. 83 Bill Masters 17. 82 Billy Laycock 18. 70 Rich Lawson 19. 50 Ed Dixon 20. 46 Paul Belken 21. 2J Dave Jumper 22. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 23. 47 Danny Haynes U.M.P. Modifieds Heat 1: 1. 89 Bob Bittle 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. 14 Leroy Haney Heat 2: 1. 00 Lance Kobush 2. 56 Kevin Epperson 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 41 Larry Hull Heat 3: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 45M Eric Mabery 4. 29 Jeff LeBaube Heat 4: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. X1 Dave Sandage 4. 21 Dennis Richards Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 89 Bob Bittle 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 1W Ray Walsh Semi #1: 1. 58D Dave Shepard 2. 444 Matt Simpson 3. 29C John Campbell 4. 8X James Reed 5. 32 Eldred Winebaugh 6. 16K Kenny Kennedy 7. 58 Eugene Hoffman 8. 4B Neil Wade, Jr. Semi #2: 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 3R Leon Rakers 3. 14K Loren Knox 4. 23 Dylan Sharp 5. C4 Chris Soutiea 6. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 7. 87 Gary Haynes 8. 2 Todd Ferber Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 59 Rich Whaley 5. 45M Eric Mabery 6. 56 Kevin Epperson 7. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 8. 00 Lance Kobush 9. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 10. 9W Doug Wood 11. 18 Brent Thompson 12. 21 Dennis Richards 13. 14 Leroy Haney 14. X1 Dave Sandage 15. 29 Jeff LeBaube 16. 166 Brian Worley 17. 3R Leon Rakers 18. 95B Jim Beishir 19. 41 Larry Hull 20. 89 Bob Bittle 21. 6 Ray Wagner 22. 8M Kirk Murphy 23. 58D David Shepard 24. 444 Matt Simpson AARA Sportsman Heat 1: 1. 3P Bob Prince 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. D5 Dave Jenkins 4. 111 Zac Parks Heat 2: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 50 Eric Rudd 4. 18 Pat Chalmers Heat 3: 1. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 2. 8 Ed Lowry 3. 21 Brad McKinnon 4. 86 Doug Kim Dash: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 4. 3P Bob Prince Feature: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 3P Bob Prince 3. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 4. 50 Eric Rudd 5. 00 Scott Stuppy 6. 8 Ed Lowry 7. 111 Zac Parks 8. 18 Pat Chalmers 9. 31P Clint Prince 10. 66 Darren Holland 11. 24 Paul Bauman 12. 19 Jimmy Cummins 13. 21 Brad McKinnon 14. 7 Craig Wodicker 15. 86 Doug Kim 16. 18 Buddy Lowry 17. 4 Ricky Horton 18. D5 Dave Jenkins 19. 98 David Bardin 20. 411 Marty Heck DNS. D40 Ed DeMille DNS. 144 Brian Eaves DNS. 01 Steve Borgetti DNS. 93 Jeff Honea AARA Wannabees Heat 1: 1. 6 Joe Gruhala 2. 57 Don Hoffman 3. 2 Dan Schmidt 4. 58 Sharon Hoffman Heat 2: 1. 72 Stan Cain 2. 3 Mike Robinson 3. 01 Robert Denny 4. 10 Homer Mooney Feature: 1. 72 Stan Cain 2. 57 Don Hoffman 3. 6 Joe Gruhala 4. 3 Mike Robinson 5. 8 Pat Brewer 6. 21Z Jeff Zohner 7. 21 Dave Heinrichs 8. 58 Sharon Hoffman 9. 8 Ken Williams 10. 01 Robert Denny 11. 99 Robbie Hoffman 12. 2 Dan Schmidt 13. 188 Gary Price 14. 10 Homer Mooney 15. 77 Ron Lyons DNS. 27 Joel Potter

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