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June 5, 2004 Results

Pevely, MO (June 5, 2004) Don O'Neal lead all forty laps as he claimed the win in the second leg of the U.M.P. (United Midwestern Promoters) Tri-Track Challenge at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, MO. O'Neal, who started from the pole position, held off the challenges of Shannon Babb and Billy Moyer as he worked heavy lapped traffic flawlessly as the event went the distance without a caution. Babb and Moyer battled nose to tail and side by side for almost the entire event as Babb held on and finished second. Kevin Weaver battled with Duke Whiseant for much of the event for the fourth position, but pulled away from Whiseant in the final few laps to finish fourth. Whiseant was edged out at the finish line by Dan Schlieper for the fifth spot. Schlieper came from the 19th starting spot to fifth. Bill Frye rallied to finish seventh after a hard encounter with the turn one wall during qualifying. Dennis Erb made a strong run through the field to finish eighth. Erb transferred to the main event from the consy and had started twenty-first in the main event. Justin Allgaier and Randy Korte rounded out the top ten. Randy Korte was the fast qualifier and Billy Moyer, Duke Whiseant, Kevin Weaver and Mark Voigt won the qualifying heat races. Don O'Neal won the dash. Scott Weber's great season in the U.M.P. Modified division continued as he picked up his fifth win of the 2004 season at I-55 Raceway. Weber held off the challenges of Bobby Bittle during the middle part of the event and then pulled away to a comfortable lead. Bittle had his hands full late in the event with Jerry Grither and Ray Walsh but was able to hand on to the second spot. Grither edged out Walsh for the third spot. Brian Wolfmeier completed the top five. Eric Mabery won the G&M Steel Dash for Cash. The AARA Sportsman division provided some great two and three wide action for the lead throughout the event. Scott Stuppy, Troy Naeger and Paul Belken provided the fans a great race as they battled lap after lap with each driver taking turns leading. Stuppy crossed the line first to take the win. Belken was second and Naeger third. Tom Smallwood had a strong run to finish fourth and Bob Schmidt completed the top five. Chris Sale earned the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award. Sale started in the 22nd position and worked his way through the field to finish ninth. U.M.P. Late Models - 37 Entries Qualifying: 1. 00 Randy Korte 13.427 2. 71 Don O'Neal 13.657 3. 9S Dan Schlieper 13.790 4. 18 Shannon Babb 13.850 5. 50 Ed Dixon 13.920 6. 44 Dean Motsinger 13.936 Dash: 1. 71 Don O'Neal (1) 2. 00 Randy Korte (2) 3. 18 Shannon Babb (3) 4. 50 Ed Dixon (4) 5. 1A Justin Allgaier (7) 6. 96 Terry English (8) 7. 9S Dan Schlieper (5) 8. 67 Mark Oller (9) 9. 44 Dean Motsinger (6) Heat 1: 1. 21 Billy Moyer (5) 2. 36 Roger Long (2) 3. 0 Richie Hedrick (4) 4. S9 Dan Schlieper (1) 5. 3S Brian Shirley (3) 6. 28 Don Klein (8) 7. 51 Steve Shive (7) 8. 95 Jeff Johns (6) Heat 2: 1. A1 Duke Whiseant (2) 2. 25 Bill Frye (7) 3. 67 Mark Oller (1) 4. 11 Ace Ihm (5) 5. 28 Dennis Erb (4) 6. 2J Dave Jumper (6) 7. 8 Ron McQuerry (8) 8. 3L Matt Taylor (3) Heat 3: 1. B12 Kevin Weaver (3) 2. 9 Eric Smith (4) 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker (2) 4. WF0 Kyle Logue (7) 5. 5S Steve Sheppard (5) 6. 25 Jason Feger (6) 7. 44 Dean Motsinger (1) 8. 22 Darrel Moser (8) Heat 4: 1. 30 Mark Voigt (4) 2. 47 Danny Haynes (5) 3. 8 Kyle Steffens (3) 4. 20 Mark Gansmann (6) 5. 77 Clay Baumann (1) 6. 8 Jeremy Williams (2) 7. 5X Ed Baumann (7) Semi #1: 1. S9 Dan Schlieper (1) 2. 28 Dennis Erb (4) 3. 3S Brian Shirley (3) 4. 28 Don Klein (5) 5. 3L Matt Taylor (10) 6. 95 Jeff Johns (9) 7. 2J Dave Jumper (4) 8. 51 Steve Shive (7) 9. 8 Ron McQuerry (8) 10. 11 Ace Ihm (2) Semi #2: 1. WF0 Kyle Logue (1) 2. 77 Clay Baumann (4) 3. 20 Mark Gansmann (2) 4. 25 Jason Feger (5) 5. 5S Steve Sheppard (3) 6. 5X Ed Baumann (6) 7. 22 Darrel Moser (8) 8. 44 Dean Motsinger (7) DNS. 8 Jeremy Williams FEATURE RESULTS: 40 Laps NO CAUTIONS 1. 71 Don O'Neal (1) 2. 18 Shannon Babb (5) 3. 21 Billy Moyer (7) 4. B12 Kevin Weaver (9) 5. S9 Dan Schlieper (19) 6. A1 Duke Whiseant (8) 7. 25 Bill Frye (12) 8. 28 Dennis Erb (21) 9. 1A Justin Allgaier (4) 10. 00 Randy Korte (3) 11. 30 Mark Voigt (10) 12. 96 Terry English (6) 13. 9 Eric Smith (13) 14. 67 Mark Oller (16) 15. 11 Kevin Gundaker (17) 16. 50 Ed Dixon (2) 17. 0 Richie Hedrick (15) 18. 8 Kyle Steffens (18) 19. WFO Kyle Logue (20) 20. 3S Brian Shirley (23) 21. 36 Roger Long (11) 22. 77 Clay Baumann (22) 23. 47 Danny Haynes (14) 24. 20 Mark Gansmann (24) U.M.P. Modifieds - 39 Entries Heat 1: 1. C6 Ray Wagner 2. 11D Brian Dively 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 15 Doug Blair Heat 2: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 87 Gary Haynes 3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 21 Dennis Richards Heat 3: 1. 45M Eric Mabery 2. 11G Matt Goulden 3. 95 Jerry Grither 4. 7 Mark Miner Heat 4: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 57 Rick Stevenson 4. 44 Mark Stanfill Dash: 1. 45M Eric Mabery 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 11D Brian Dively 4. 89 Bobby Bittle Semi #1: 1. 56 Kevin Epperson 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 20 Dan Zander 4. 0 Gabe Regot 5. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 6. 41 Larry Hull 7. 1B Doug Beier 8. 31 Mitch Parmeley 9. 2 Todd Ferber Semi #2: 1. 97 Brian Heizer 2. 51 John Hoffman 3. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 4. 44H Ken Huber 5. 13D Dan Walters 6. C4 Chris Soutiea 7. 21 Karl Adams DNS. 1D Dean Hoffman DNS. 23 Dylan Sharp DNS. 2M Ryan Morris Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 95 Jerry Grither 4. 1W Ray Walsh 5. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 6. 11G Matt Goulden 7. 11D Brian Dively 8. 59 Rich Whaley 9. 7 Mark Miner 10. 87 Gary Haynes 11. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 12. 21 Dennis Richards 13. 15 Doug Blair 14. C6 Ray Wagner 15. 57 Rick Stevenson 16. 56 Kevin Epperson 17. 10 Todd McGraw 18. 166 Brian Worley 19. 44 Mark Stanfill 20. 97 Brian Heizer 21. 9W Doug Wood 22. 51 John Hoffman 23. 45M Eric Mabery 24. 8X James Reed AARA Sportsman - 32 Entries Heat 1: 1. 28 Tom Smallwood 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 4H Marty Heck 4. 69 Mark Hunter Heat 2: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 71 David Bardin 4. 3P Bobby Prince Heat 3: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 01 Steve Borgetti 3. 28 Sam Worley 4. 147 Kyle Stolzer Heat 4: 1. 36 Bob Schmidt 2. 18 Buddy Lowry 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 66 Darren Holland Dash: 1. 28 Tom Smallwood 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 46 Paul Belken Semi: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 35 Chris Sale 3. 22 Eric Rudd 4. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 5. 86 Doug Kim 6. 8 Ed Lowry 7. D40 Ed DeMille 8. 105 Matt Hancock 9. 55 Jason Keller 10. 97 John Goodson DQ. 21 Brad McKinnon DQ. 27 Nathan Walsh -- Suspended for 1 Race Night Feature: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 28 Tom Smallwood 5. 36 Bob Schmidt 6. 71 David Bardin 7. 30 Mike Nicholson 8. 64 Jim Smith 9. 35 Chris Sale 10. 01 Steve Borgetti 11. 24 Paul Bauman 12. 4H Marty Heck 13. 22 Eric Rudd 14. 69 Mark Hunter 15. 72 Dave Grzywacz 16. 18 Buddy Lowry 17. 88 Chad Frauenfelder 18. 28 Sam Worley 19. 911 Christian Doggendorf 20. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 21. 147 Kyle Stolzer 22. 99 Robbie Hoffman 23. 3P Bobby Prince 24. 66 Darren Holland

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