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May 15, 2004 Results

Pevely, MO (May 15, 2004) Two inches of rain just 24 hours earlier and cool temperatures provided a very fast surface around the high banked I-55 Raceway. A huge field of 122 racecars field the pit area to provide the fast paced action. Twenty-nine U.M.P. (United Midwestern Promoters) Late Model were on hand and Randy Korte of Highland, IL found the right combination and simply dominated the feature event. Korte led every lap and would pull away to a comfortable lead after each restart. The event was plagued with several cautions allowing only twelve of the original twenty-four starters to finish the event. Two starters failed to take the green on the original start, John Lansford broke on the pace lap and Roger Brickler lost a right rear tire on the pace, although he would return back to the event after missing the first few laps. Mark Voigt was on the move toward the front early in the event, but he encountered left front suspension damage after contact with Clay Baumann which ended Voigt's night. Dean Motsinger and Tait Davenport crashed into the turn two inside wall and ended the action for both cars. Brent Kreke and Steve Sheppard made contact near the same spot a few laps later which ended their night. Ed Dixon suffered a blown head gasket half way through the event. Matt Taylor had an impressive run for the second straight week at I-55 Raceway, as he worked his way up to finish second in the main event. Jeff Johns had his best run all season as he battled with Taylor and came home third. Danny Haynes crossed the line fourth in the main event after picking up a qualifying heat win earlier in the evening. Clay Baumann completed the top five as he also ran up near the front of the pack all evening long. The U.M.P. Modified division had a huge turn out of cars as some fourty-four cars checked in at the gate. Bobby Bittle, known as the "Belleville Bullet", got out his broom and swept the night's events. Dave Wibbenmeyer did slow roll over in turn two after getting into the outside wall, while at the same time the three cars running in the top five crashed in turn three. That crash involved Brian Worley, Scott Weber and Dean Hoffman and ended the night for Weber and Hoffman. Wibbenmeyer was uninjured and Worley got his starting spot back as the caution was displayed for Wibbenmeyer's accident. Worley would recover and come back to take second place in the main event. Bobby Martintoni made a rare appearance at I-55 Raceway and had a strong performance as he took third place in the main event. Dennis Richards recovered from contact with Chris Simmerman on the first lap and finished fourth. Jim Shereck, who had to change a left front tire during the red flag for Wibbenmeyer's accident after contact with Mark Miner powered his way to fifth. Ricky Horton took his second straight AARA Sportsman feature win. Horton pulled away from Scott Stuppy who ran in second place for the first fourteen laps until Paul Belken made a move in lapped traffic to take second place on the final lap. Stuppy settled for third. Ed Lowry moved up from the eighth starting position to take fourth. Troy Naeger came home in the fifth position and claimed the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award after starting in the twelfth position. Naeger, who happens to drive a Dodge Intrepid in the Sportsman division, gets a $200 bonus for being the hard charger. Don Hoffman overtook Homer Mooney on the final lap of the AARA Pro 4 Stock main event after Mooney lost a tire. Mooney appeared to be on his way to an easy win before losing the tire. Mooney dropped all the way to fourth as Pat Brewer and Jim McCumminsky also beat him to the checkered flag. Dave Heinrichs rounded out the top five. AARA Sportsman - 31 Entries Heat 1: 1. 28 Sam Worley 2. 71 David Bardin 3. 8 Ed Lowry 4. 01 Steve Borgetti Heat 2: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 3P Bob Prince Heat 3: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 18 Buddy Lowry 3. 66 Darren Holland 4. 12 Troy Naeger Dash: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 46 Paul Belken Semi: 1. 92 Jim Abshier 2. 99 Robbie Hoffman 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 64 Lee Bowers 5. 56 Tony Sarkis 6. 48 Chuck Crossland 7. 11 Darrell Crismon 8. 411 Marty Heck 9. 21 Brad McKinnon DNS. 53 Rob Denny DNS. 100 D.J. Griffaw DNS. 27 Nathan Walsh DNS. 105 Matt Hancock Feature: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 8 Ed Lowry 5. 12 Troy Naeger 6. 28 Sam Worley 7. 18 Buddy Lowry 8. 71 David Bardin 9. 66 Darren Holland 10. 01 Steve Borgetti 11. 28 Tom Smallwood 12. 75 Ron Imm 13. 3P Bob Prince 14. 55 Jason Keller 15. 30 Mike Nicholson 16. 24 Paul Bauman 17. 97 John Goodson 18. 69 Mark Hunter 19. 99 Robbie Hoffman 20. 48 Chuck Crossland 21. 64 Lee Bowers 22. 128 Lee Clardy 23. 11 Darrell Crismon 24. 21 Brad McKinnon UMP Late Models - 29 Entries Heat 1: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 3L Matt Taylor 4. 82 Roger Brickler Heat 2: 1. 5S Steve Sheppard 2. 77 Clay Baumann 3. 87 Ken Rumble 4. 4S Steve Unterbrink Heat 3: 1. 47 Danny Haynes 2. 30 Mark Voigt 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 2J Dave Jumper Dash: 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 3L Matt Taylor Semi: 1. 8 Kyle Steffens 2. 6 Tait Davenport 3. 28 Don Klein 4. 44 Dean Motsinger 5. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 6. 13 Brent Kreke 7. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 8. 67 Mark Oller DNS. 21 Justin Anderson DNS. 70 Mark McClintock DNS. 14U Bruce Unterbrink Feature: 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 3L Matt Taylor 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 77 Clay Baumann 6. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 7. 11 Kevin Gundaker 8. 4S Steve Unterbrink 9. 28 Don Klein 10. 2J Dave Jumper 11. 55 John Pitts, Jr. 12. 7 Rich Lawson 13. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 14. 82 Roger Brickler 15. 5S Steve Sheppard 16. 13 Brent Kreke 17. 50 Ed Dixon 18. 44 Dean Motsinger 19. 6 Tait Davenport 20. 30 Mark Voigt 21. 8 Kyle Steffens 22. 87 Ken Rumble 23. B1 Nick Bauman 24. 42 John Lansford UMP Modifieds - 44 Entries Heat 1: 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 19 Chris Simmerman 3. 17 Jim Shereck 4. 1W Ray Walsh Heat 2: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 57 Rick Stevenson 3. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 4. 00 Ricky Waggoner Heat 3: 1. 18 Brent Thompson 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 377 Casey Pearson 4. 7 Mark Miner Heat 4: 1. 48 Bobby Martintoni 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 29 Jeff LeBaube 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk Heat 5: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 4. 11 Matt Goulden Dash: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 48 Bobby Martintoni 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier Semi #1: 1. 88 Joe Puricelli 2. 41 Larry Hull 3. 44 Mark Stanfill 4. 87 Gary Haynes 5. 41 Stu Springer 6. 56 Kevin Epperson 7. 8X James Reed 8. 2B Mike Null, Jr. 9. 6 Matt Naeger 10. 51 John Hoffman 11. 21 Karl Adams 12. 20 Dan Zander Semi #2: 1. C6 Ray Wagner 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. C4 Chris Soutiea 4. 23 Dylan Sharp 5. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 6. 62K Leo Kiefer 7. 44H Ken Hulger 8. 11X Jarrett Johnson 9. 9W Doug Wood 10. 95 Jerry Grither 11. 10 Todd McGraw DNS. 45M Eric Mabery Feature: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 48 Bobby Martintoni 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. 17 Jim Shereck 6. 1W Ray Walsh 7. 7 Mark Miner 8. 59 Rich Whaley 9. C6 Ray Wagner 10. 18 Brent Thompson 11. 00 Ricky Waggoner 12. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 13. 29 Jeff LeBaube 14. 41 Larry Hull 15. 88 Joe Puricelli 16. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 17. 57 Rick Stevenson 18. 377 Casey Pearson 19. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 20. 4J Scott Weber 21. 1D Dean Hoffman 22. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 23. 11G Matt Goulden 24. 19 Chris Simmerman AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 18 Entries Heat 1: 1. 10H Homer Mooney 2. 18 Bob Price 3. 8 Pat Brewer 4. 31 Jim McCumminsky Heat 2: 1. 188 Gary Price 2. 57 Don Hoffman 3. 88 Scott Price 4. 343 Butch Hartman Feature: 1. 57 Don Hoffman 2. 8 Pat Brewer 3. 31 Jim McCumminsky 4. 10H Homer Mooney 5. 21 Dave Heinrichs 6. 19 Steve Ide 7. 18 Bob Price 8. 343 Butch Hartman 9. 32 Larry Kirkpatrick 10. 4 Joel Potter 11. 28 Scott Geary 12. 88 Scott Price 13. 180 Alan Conner 14. 29 Dave Thompson 15. 23 Chris Roark 16. 188 Gary Price DNS. 48 Clarence Davis DNS. 77 Ron Lyons

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