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May 17, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (May 17, 2003) Rain was all around the area most of the day and evening, bringing some new faces to the I-55 Raceway from other tracks that had been rained out. Only a light mist would fall on occasion allowing I-55 Raceway to get their entire show in and keeping the racetrack very fast. In the U.M.P. Late Model division, Mark Oller powered his way to victory for the first time this season. Oller bolted out to the lead on the opening lap from the pole position and soon faced the challenges of Jim Durbin. Durbin pulled past Oller on the second lap, however the caution flew as Kevin Gundaker hit the wall on the backstretch and came to rest in turn three. On the restart, Durbin again challenged Oller for the lead but couldn't get past. Kyle Steffens used the high side to battle with Oller and Durbin for the lead. Ed Dixon moved up from the ninth starting spot into fourth place and appeared to ready to challenge the leaders when he suffered mechanical problems and brought out the second caution. Meanwhile other cars were working their way up from deep in the field. Tim Ratajczyk, Danny Haynes and Jeremy Williams were dicing through the field making their way to the front. The caution soon flew again as Steffens suffered mechanical problems, then while still under caution, Durbin also pulled off the track with problems. That moved Tim Ratajczyk and Danny Haynes up to battle with Oller for the lead. But Oller held off their challenges for the lead and took the win. Ratajczyk was second, Haynes third, Jeremy Williams fourth and Paul Belken, Jr. fifth. In the U.M.P. Modified division, Scott Weber moved past Leon Rakers on the third lap of the main event and pulled away to a commanding lead. Just as Weber appeared to be on his way to a convincing victory, he tangled with a lapped car sending Weber spinning in turn three. The contact broke something on the front end of Weber's car which ended his night. That left Brian Wolfmeier, Leon Rakers and Bobby Bittle to battle for the lead. Wolfmeier would hold off all challenges and take the win over Bittle. Rakers was a close third, Ray Walsh fourth and Jim Shereck fifth. Todd McGraw led all fifteen laps of the Sportsman feature and took the win over second place finisher Ed Lowry. Paul Bauman, Bob Prince and Darren Holland rounded out the top five. The race was marred by a ten car crash on the second lap which eliminated many cars. Dave Heinrichs completed the sweep in the Wannabee division. U.M.P. Late Models - 22 Entries Heat 1: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 8 Kyle Steffens 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 8 Jeremy Williams Heat 2: 1. 41G Shawn Granderson 2. 84 Brian Stephens 3. 70 Rich Lawson 4. 28 Don Klein Heat 3: 1. 10 Andy Pryor 2. 3 Jim Durbin 3. 5JR Billy James 4. 11 Kevin Gundaker Dash: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 41G Shawn Granderson 3. 8 Kyle Steffens 4. 3 Jim Durbin Feature: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 8 Jeremy Williams 5. 46 Paul Belken, Jr. 6. 5JR Billy James 7. 41G Shawn Granderson 8. 10 Rodney Pense 9. 82 Billy Laycock 10. 70 Rich Lawson 11. 84 Brian Stephens 12. 55 John Pitts 13. 41J Jarryd Holshauser 14. 2J Dave Jumper 15. 3D Jim Durbin 16. 8 Kyle Steffens 17. 50 Ed Dixon 18. 10 Andy Pryor 19. 23 Brian Garner 20. 28 Don Klein 21. 11 Kevin Gundaker 22. 44 Dean Motsinger U.M.P. Modifieds - 38 Entries Heat 1: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 41 Stu Springer 4. 14K Loren Knox Heat 2: 1. 3R Leon Rakers 2. C4 Chris Soutiea 3. 70 Josh Russell 4. 22X Clint Eckenrodt Heat 3: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 9W Doug Wood 3. 8M Kirk Murphy 4. 18 Brent Thompson Heat 4: 1. 56 Kevin Epperson 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 45M Eric Mabery 4. 17 Jim Shereck Dash: 1. 3R Leon Rakers 2. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 4J Scott Weber 4. 56 Kevin Epperson Semi #1: 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 68 Andy Anderson 3. 41 Larry Hull 4. 24 Mike Crader 5. 88 Joe Puricelli 6. 16 Rusty Griffaw 7. 15 Doug Blair 8. 8X James Reed 9. 59 Rich Whaley Semi #2: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 23 Dylan Sharp 4. 51 John Hoffman 5. 62K Leo Keifer 6. 45F Eric Franklin 7. 82 Glen Miller 8. 58D David Shepard DNS. 58 Eugene Hoffman Feature: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 1W Ray Walsh 5. 17 Jim Shereck 6. 9W Doug Wood 7. 56 Kevin Epperson 8. 18 Brent Thompson 9. 41 Stu Springer 10. 45M Eric Mabery 11. 14K Loren Knox 12. C4 Chris Soutiea 13. 71 Jay Hughes 14. 70 Josh Russell 15. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 16. 21 Dennis Richards 17. X1 Dave Sandage 18. 6 Ray Wagner 19. 8M Kirk Murphy 20. 68 Andy Anderson 21. 7 Mark Miner 22. 4J Scott Weber 23. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 24. 166 Brian Worley AARA Sportsman - 23 Entries Heat 1: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 3P Bob Prince 3. 66 Darren Holland 4. 111 Zac Parks Heat 2: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 01 Steve Borgetti 3. 411 Marty Heck 4. 51 John Hoffman Heat 3: 1. 7 Craig Wodicker 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. D5 Dave Jenkins 4. 86 Doug Kim Dash: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 3P Bob Prince 4. D5 Dave Jenkins Feature: 1. 10 Todd McGraw 2. 8 Ed Lowry 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 3P Bob Prince 5. 66 Darren Holland 6. 01 Steve Borgetti 7. D5 Dave Jenkins 8. 98 David Bardin 9. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 10. 111 Zac Parks 11. 21 Brad McKinnon 12. 92 Jim Abshier 13. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 14. 411 Marty Heck 15. 64 Lee Bowers 16. 27 Nathan Walsh 17. 7 Craig Wodicker 18. 86 Doug Kim 19. 51 John Hoffman 20. 00 Scott Stuppy 21. 69 Mark Hunter 22. 18 Buddy Lowry DNS. 19 Jimmy Cummins AARA Wannabees - 11 Entries Heat: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 8W Ken Williams 3. 10 Homer Mooney 4. 8B Pat Brewer Feature: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 6 Joe Gruhala 3. 8B Pat Brewer 4. 58 Sharon Hoffman 5. 57 Don Hoffman 6. 188 Gary Price 7. 10 Homer Mooney 8. 01 Robert Denny 9. 49 Dennis Harris 10. 8W Ken Williams DNS. 99 Robbie Hoffman

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