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May 3, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (May 3, 2003) A night with three photo finishes kept fans on the edge of their seats during the feature events. In the U.M.P. Late Model division, Tim Ratajczyk appeared to be on his way to an easy win as he took off from his front row starting spot and pulled away from the rest of the field. However, a caution on lap thirteen bunched up the field. Ratajczyk again opened up a comfortable lead by driving around the very bottom of the track. But in the final five laps Kevin Gundaker found a fast line and reeled in Ratajczyk. Gundaker pulled past Ratajczyk on the final lap as they went down the back stretch, but Ratajczyk found the faster line though turns three and four and drove along side and just ahead of Gundaker at the finish line. Mark Oller quietly moved up and took the third spot. Brian Wolfmeier took the fourth spot by edging out Danny Haynes who took fifth. The U.M.P. Modified feature event had Scott Weber, Ray Walsh and Rusty Griffaw battling the entire twenty laps for the lead. Weber and Walsh roared around the top of the track, scraping the wall with their rear quarter panels lap after lap, while Griffaw would pull along side them around the very bottom of the track. You could of put a blanket over the three cars as they came across the finish line and took the checkered flag. Weber held on for the win, Walsh was second and Griffaw third. Tom Ratajczyk came from near the back of the pack to finish fourth and Rich Whaley took home the fifth spot. Todd McGraw took home his second win of the season in the AARA Sportsman division. However, Scott Stuppy drove up from the back of the field made it the closest finish of the night. Both cars stopped on the front stretch after the feature as they each thought they had won, but it was McGraw by a nose. Ed Lowry had his best run of the season and finished third, David Bardin came back after a hard crash last week and was fourth. Last weeks winner Paul Bauman was fifth. The Dwarf Cars made their only scheduled appearance this season at I-55 Raceway and U.M.P. Late Model driver Danny Haynes stole the show as he took the win. Ron Wick made an impressive run, as he started twenty-first and finished second. Troy Jacobs was third. The AARA Wannabee feature was won by Joe Gruhala as it was cut short when Sharon Hoffman had a scary crash at the half way point. Contact between several cars going down the back stretch sent Hoffman's car into the inside wall near the opening to the pit area. The roof had to be cut away from Hoffman's car to get her out safely. However, after treatment on the scene, Hoffman refused to be transported to the hospital and appeared to be alright. U.M.P. Late Models - 18 Entries Heat 1: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 441 Brian Wolfmeier Heat 2: 1. 8 Kyle Steffens 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 47 Danny Haynes Dash: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker 4. 50 Ed Dixon Feature: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczk 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 2J Dave Jumper 7. 8 Kyle Steffens 8. 117 Jeff Leka 9. 46 Paul Belken 10. 9B Chuck Baird 11. 82 Billy Laycock 12. 27 Kenny Helmick 13. 28 Don Klein 14. 70 Rich Lawson 15. 1D Dean Hoffman 16. 10 Andy Pryor 17. 50 Ed Dixon 18. 44 Dean Motsinger U.M.P. Modifieds - 34 Entries Heat 1: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 3R Leon Rakers 3. Z34 Steve Zelch, Jr. 4. 56 Kevin Epperson Heat 2: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 3L Jeff Leka 4. 22G Steve Grotz Heat 3: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 88 Joe Puricelli Heat 4: 1. 1 Josh Carroll 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 45M Eric Mabery 4. 14K Loren Knox Dash: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw Semi: 1. 18 Brent Thompson 2. 51 John Hoffman 3. 9W Doug Wood 4. 70 Josh Russell 5. 6 Ray Wagner 6. C4 Chris Soutiea 7. 8X James Reed 8. 7M Kevin Moffett 9. 68 Andy Anderson 10. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 11. X1 Dave Sandage DNS. 99 Brian Wolfmeier DNS. 32 Eldred Winebaugh DNS. 21 Dennis Richards Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 59 Rich Whaley 6. 3R Leon Rakers 7. 45M Eric Mabery 8. 22G Steve Grotz 9. 18 Brent Thompson 10. 9W Doug Wood 11. 56 Kevin Epperson 12. 70 Josh Russell 13. 14K Loren Knox 14. 41 Larry Hull 15. 88 Joe Puricelli 16. 8M Kirk Murphy 17. 23 Dylan Sharp 18. 1 Josh Carroll 19. 95B Jim Beishir 20. Z34 Steve Zelch, Jr. 21. 3L Jeff Leka 22. 51 John Hoffman 23. 89 Bobby Bittle 24. 166 Brian Worley AARA Sportsman - 27 Entries Heat 1: 1. 66 Darren Holland 2. 18 Buddy Lowry 3. 19 Jimmy Cummins 4. 49 Matt Hancock Heat 2: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 86 Doug Kim 3. 01 Steve Borgetti 4. 24 Paul Bauman Heat 3: 1. D5 Dave Jenkins 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 50 Eric Rudd 4. 411 Marty Heck Dash: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 66 Darren Holland 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. D5 Dave Jenkins Feature: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 8 Ed Lowry 4. 98 David Bardin 5. 24 Paul Bauman 6. 18 Buddy Lowry 7. 86 Doug Kim 8. 19 Jimmy Cummins 9. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 10. 49 Matt Hancock 11. 15 Jim Troutman 12. 01 Steve Borgetti 13. 50 Eric Rudd 14. 27 Nathan Walsh 15. 111 Zac Parks 16. 21 Brad McKinnon 17. 7 Craig Wodicker 18. 411 Marty Heck 19. 66 Darren Holland 20. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 21. 46 Greg Stumbaugh 22. 69 Mark Hunter 23. 64 Lee Bowers DNS. 4 Ricky Horton DNS. 3P Bob Prince DNS. 93 Jeff Honea AARA Wannabees - 15 Entries Heat 1: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 72 Stan Cain 3. 10H Homer Mooney 4. 01 Robert Denny Heat 2: 1. 3 Mike Robinson 2. 8W Ron Williams 3. 8 Pat Brewer 4. 21Z Jeff Zohner Feature: 1. 6 Joe Gruhala 2. 21Z Jeff Zohner 3. 188 Gary Price 4. 8W Ron Williams 5. 57 Don Hoffman 6. 8 Pat Brewer 7. 01 Robert Denny 8. 2 Betty Honaker 9. 49 John Sundstrom 10. 72 Stan Cain 11. 99 Robbie Hoffman 12. 58 Sharon Hoffman 13. 10H Homer Mooney 14. 3 Mike Robinson DNS. 21 Dave Heinrichs Dwarf Cars - 22 Entries Heat 1: 1. 69 Ron Wick 2. 56 Rick Shetley 3. 411 Jimmy Brown 4. 28 Troy Jacobs Heat 2: 1. 61 Tony Madlem 2. 41 John Griffin 3. 51 Bob Klausner 4. 02 Don Wadlow Heat 3: 1. 30 John Sullivan 2. 58 Danny Haynes 3. 141 Tim Griffin 4. 69B Justin Buchholz Feature: 1. 58 Danny Haynes 2. 69 Ron Wick 3. 28 Troy Jacobs 4. 41 John Griffin 5. 30 John Sullivan 6. 69B Justin Buchholz 7. 56 Rick Shetley 8. 31 Jeff Morgan 9. 51 Bob Klausner 10. 40 Vince Conway 11. 25 Robert Halbrook 12. 21 Neal Hovis 13. 96 Pam Sheppard 14. 02 Don Wadlow 15. 8 John Leaky 16. 15 Sam Layton 17. 411 Jimmy Brown 18. 141 Tim Griffin 19. 61 Tony Madlem 20. 14 Glenn Province 21. 4 Ron Wadlow DNS. 98 Todd Williams

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