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June 14, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (June 14, 2003) Everything was in place for a repeat of last weeks U.M.P. Late Model feature as Ed Dixon and Kevin Gundaker both started on the front row again. This time however, Dixon jumped out to the lead with a good start as Gundaker hooked a rut and lost several positions. Tim Ratajczyk jumped into second spot and then moved past Dixon for the lead on lap 4. Dixon would suffer mechanical woes a few laps later. Gundaker would also break a few laps after Dixon. Ratajczyk opened up a huge lead on the rest of the field until he tangled with the lapped car of Andy Pryor on lap 17, sending Ratajczyk spinning in turn four. Mark Oller who had worked his way up to second, inherited the lead. Oller went on to an easy win. The final eight laps saw a great battle for second place between Clay Baumann and Kyle Steffens, as Baumann edged Steffens at the line for second. Dave Jumper took the fourth spot and Steve Shive rounded out the top five. A nasty crash on the opening lap of the U.M.P. Modified feature happened on the front stretch, as Larry Hull got upside down with Jim Beishir's car on top of Hull's. Steve Zelch's car was also in the crash. All three drivers were OK. Scott Weber took the lead on the third lap and battled with Rusty Griffaw for a few laps before Weber pulled away to a comfortable lead. However, Weber suffered a flat left rear with six laps remaining. Rich Whaley moved past Griffaw for the lead on lap 15. A caution flew with two laps remaining as Josh Russell hit the wall and came to a stop in turn one. Another hard crash on the restart as Ray Wagner hit the wall in turn two very hard with the car climbing up the wall and dropping back down. Wagner's car required a wrecker at each end to tow it off the track. On the restart, Whaley drove away to pick up the victory. Griffaw held off Leon Rakers for second. Brian Wolfmeier moved up to take fourth and John Hoffman was fifth. The AARA Sportsman division had a great three way battle for the lead for the first 1/2 of the race between Ed Lowry, Paul Belken and Paul Bauman until the caution came out for Nathan Walsh's crash in turn four. Bauman left the track during the caution with a broken left front suspension. Ed Lowry reassumed the lead on the restart, but his motor went up in smoke on lap nine. Belken also suffered from a problem and dropped back deep in the field. Darren Holland then took the lead with Todd McGraw second. Scott Stuppy moved up to third, but he too soon had motor problems and dropped out of the event. Holland edged out McGraw in a photo finish to pick up his first win of 2003. Mark Schnurbusch was third, Mike Nicholson fourth and Steve Borgetti fifth. U.M.P. Late Models - 20 Entries Heat 1: 1. 77 Clay Baumann 2. 28 Don Klein 3. 51 Steve Shive 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Heat 2: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 8 Kyle Steffens Dash: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Feature: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 77 Clay Baumann 3. 8 Kyle Steffens 4. 2J Dave Jumper 5. 51 Steve Shive 6. 47 Danny Haynes 7. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 8. 28 Don Klein 9. 46 Paul Belken 10. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 11. 10 Andy Pryor 12. 66 Jim Gibson 13. 23 Brian Garner 14. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 15. 68 Tom Fitzgerald 16. 11 Kevin Gundaker 17. 70 Rich Lawson 18. 50 Ed Dixon 19. 1D Dean Hoffman 20. 21 Bobby Bittle U.M.P. Modifieds - 32 Entries Heat 1: 1. 3R Leon Rakers 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 9W Doug Wood 4. 17 Jim Shereck Heat 2: 1. 45M Eric Mabery 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 51 John Hoffman 4. 88 Joe Puricelli Heat 3: 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk * Won by 89 Bobby Bittle - DQ Did Not Go To Scales Heat 4: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 70 Josh Russell 4. 166 Brian Worley Dash: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 45M Eric Mabery 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 4J Scott Weber Semi: 1. 41 Larry Hull 2. 23 Dylan Sharp 3. 95B Jim Beishir 4. 3L Bill LaRue 5. 58 Eugene Hoffman 6. 45 Eric Franklin 7. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 8. 89 Bobby Bittle 9. 8X James Reed DNS. 77 David Cann Feature: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 51 John Hoffman 6. 1W Ray Walsh 7. 45M Eric Mabery 8. 17 Jim Shereck 9. 88 Joe Puricelli 10. 23 Dylan Sharp 11. X1 Dave Sandage 12. 3L Bill LaRue 13. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 14. 6 Ray Wagner 15. 70 Josh Russell 16. 166 Brian Worley 17. 4J Scott Weber 18. 21 Dennis Richards 19. 9 Doug Wood 20. 56 Eugene Hoffman 21. 18 Brent Thompson 22. Z34 Steve Zelch 23. 41 Larry Hull 24. 95B Jim Beishir AARA Sportsman - 28 Entries Heat 1: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 3. 18 Buddy Lowry 4. 19 Jimmy Cummins Heat 2: 1. 66 Darren Holland 2. 38D Mark Blanke 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 111 Zac Parks Heat 3: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 3P Scott Weber 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 10 Todd McGraw Dash: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 66 Darren Holland Feature: 1. 66 Darren Holland 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 4. 30 Mike Nicholson 5. 01 Steve Borgetti 6. 111 Zac Parks 7. 19 Jimmy Cummins 8. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 9. 46 Paul Belken 10. 51 John Hoffman 11. 18 Buddy Lowry 12. 7 Craig Wodicker 13. 00 Scott Stuppy 14. 15 Steve Zelch 15. 128 Lee Clardy 16. 54 Jim Wisenewski 17. 103 Randy Dickman 18. 8 Ed Lowry 19. 11 Darrell Crismon 20. 24 Paul Bauman 21. 27 Nathan Walsh 22. 3P Scott Weber 23. 69 Mark Hunter 24. 38D Mark Blanke 25. 28 Tom Smallwood DNS. D5 Dave Jenkins DNS. 411 Marty Heck DNS. 53 Dwight Scott AARA Wannabeez - 10 Entries Heat: 1. 10H Homer Mooney 2. 6 Joe Gruhala 3. 3 Keith Schrader 4. 188 Gary Price Feature: 1. 99 Robbie Hoffman 2. 6 Joe Gruhala 3. 188 Gary Price 4. 21 Dave Heinrichs 5. 01 Robert Denny 6. 77 Ron Lyons 7. 10H Homer Mooney 8. 3 Keith Schrader - DQ 9. 8 Pat Brewer - DQ DNS. 11 Chad Carter

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