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August 9, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (August 9, 2003) Mark Oller picked one of the biggest wins of his career as he raced up through the field to win the $5,000 top prize at the "Race Night for Special Champions" at I-55 Raceway in the U.M.P. Late Model division. The special event was held to help benefit the Special Olympics and was presented by Shop N Save, Midwest Dairy Association, Prairie Farms, Nabisco and 92.3 WIL Radio. Oller started the event all the way back in the eleventh position, but he quickly worked his way to the front and was challenging Kevin Weaver for second place by lap six. Mark McClintock had a huge early lead erased when the first caution flew on lap eight. That setup and great three way battle for the lead between McClintock, Weaver and Oller. Oller moved past McClintock for the lead on lap eleven with Weaver following him past on the next lap. Oller and Weaver pulled away and made it a two car battle until the caution came out again on lap twenty-one. On the restart it was once again a two car battle for the win between Oller and Weaver. Oller held on to win by just over a car length over Weaver. McClintock held off Randy Korte to claim third. Dave Jumper rounded out the top five. Scott Weber out-dueled Tom Ratajczyk to pick up the victory and the $1,200 top prize in the U.M.P. Modified division. Weber raced around the top side of the track while Ratajczyk used the very bottom. Rich Whaley made it a three way race for the win at the very end but settled for third. Bobby Bittle worked his way from the twenty-first starting position to finish fourth while Brian Wolfmeier rounded out the top five. Ed Lowry started in the twentieth position in the AARA Sportsman feature and raced his way to victory lane. Lowry moved past Paul Bauman on lap twelve to take the lead and never looked back. Scott Stuppy, Bob Schmidt and Mike Nicholson rounded out the top five. U.M.P. Late Models Heat 1: 1. 51 Steve Shive 2. 27 Kenny Helmick 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 8 Kyle Steffens Heat 2: 1. 2J Dave Jumper 2. 70 Mark McClintock 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker 4. 67 Mark Oller Heat 3: 1. 99 Ken Schrader 2. B12 Kevin Weaver 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 00 Randy Korte Dash: 1. 2J Dave Jumper 2. 70 Mark McClintock 3. 99 Ken Schrader 4. 51 Steve Shive Feature: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. B12 Kevin Weaver 3. 70 Mark McClintock 4. 00 Randy Korte 5. 2J Dave Jumper 6. 99 Ken Schrader 7. 27 Kenny Helmick 8. 51 Steve Shive 9. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 10. 47 Danny Haynes 11. 11 Kevin Gundaker 12. 8 Kyle Steffens 13. 50 Ed Dixon 14. 360 John Seets 15. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 16. 70L Rich Lawson 17. 28 Don Klein 18. 23 Brian Garner 19. 20 Mark Gansmann 20. 77 Clay Baumann 21. 36 Roger Long 22. 46 Troy Medley DNS. 46 Paul Belken DNS. 68 Tom Fitzgerald DNS. 441 Brian Wolfmeier DNS. 12S Jason Setzer U.M.P. Modifieds Heat 1: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 51 John Hoffman 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 71 Jay Hughes Heat 2: 1. 00 Steve Picou 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 21 Dennis Richards 4. 41 Larry Hull Heat 3: 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 95 Jerry Grither 4. 17 Jim Shereck Heat 4: 1. 18 Brent Thompson 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. C4 Chris Soutiea 4. 88 Joe Puricelli Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 00 Steve Picou 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. 1W Ray Walsh Semi: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 7 Dean Vickers 3. 9 Doug Wood 4. N1 Gary Archambault 5. 56 Kevin Epperson 6. X1 Dave Sandage 7. 23 Dylan Sharp 8. 58 Eugene Hoffman 9. 73 Chris Moyer 10. 0 Gabe Regot 11. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 12. 45M Eric Mabery 13. 8X James Reed DNS. 35 Mark Stolle DNS. 77 David Cann DNS. 24 Mike Crader Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 89 Bobby Bittle 5. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 6. 21 Dennis Richards 7. 7 Mark Miner 8. 00 Steve Picou 9. 18 Brent Thompson 10. N1 Gary Archambault 11. 51 John Hoffman 12. 17 Jim Shereck 13. 88 Joe Puricelli 14. 71 Jay Hughes 15. 41 Larry Hull 16. 56 Kevin Epperson 17. 6 D.J. Hickman 18. 9 Doug Wood 19. 7 Dean Vickers 20. C4 Chris Soutiea 21. C6 Ray Wagner 22. 1W Ray Walsh 23. 95 Jerry Grither 24. 166 Brian Worley AARA Sportsman Heat 1: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 36 Bob Schmidt 3. 144 Brain Eaves 4. 14 Mike Kurtz, Jr. Heat 2: 1. 66 Darren Holland 2. 01 Steve Borgetti 3. 86 Doug Kim 4. 50 Eric Rudd Heat 3: 1. 30 Mike Nicholson 2. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 3. 3P Bob Prince 4. 18 Buddy Lowry Dash: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 36 Bob Schmidt 3. 66 Darren Holland 4. 3P Bob Prince Semi: 1. 4 Ricky Horton 2. 8 Ed Lowry 3. 75 Ron Imm 4. 105 Matt Hancock 5. 111 Zac Parks 6. 69 Mark Hunter 7. 54 Jim Wisnewski 8. 53 Dwight Scott 9. 100 D.J. Griffaw DNS. 911 Christian Doggendorf DNS. 46 Paul Belken DNS. 26 Gary Wilson DNS. 411 Marty Heck Feature: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 36 Bob Schmidt 5. 30 Mike Nicholson 6. 10 Todd McGraw 7. 3P Bob Prince 8. 4 Ricky Horton 9. 86 Doug Kim 10. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 11. 19 Jimmy Cummins 12. 75 Ron Imm 13. 50 Eric Rudd 14. 14 Mike Kurtz, Jr. 15. 69 Mark Hunter 16. 103 Randy Dickman 17. 54 Jim Wisnewski 18. 01 Steve Borgetti 19. 7 Ray Wagner 20. 18 Buddy Lowry 21. 144 Brian Eaves 22. 66 Darren Holland 23. 105 Matt Hancock 24. 111 Zac Parks

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