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July 31, 2004 Results

Pevely, MO (July 31, 2004) I-55 Raceway had a full pit area of 127 racecars and a packed grandstand for the 2nd Annual Race Night for Special Champions. This event was presented by Shop N Save, 92.3 WIL, Nabisco, Praire Farms, and the Midwest Dairy Association to raise money for the Special Olympics. Shop N Save added an additional $15,000 to the nights winnings for the racers. Don O'Neal earned the $5,000 first place prize in the U.M.P. (United Midwestern Promoters) Late Model division as he moved past early leader Brian Shirley on lap three and lead the remaining laps of the twenty-five lap main event. Shirley kept it close throughout the remaining laps and event got underneath O'Neal a few times near the halfway mark. However, O'Neal wasn't to be denied and went on to earn the win with Shirley claiming the second spot. Duke Whiseant and Randy Korte battled all twenty-five laps for the third spot with Whiseant earning the spot at the finish. Denny Woodworth followed Korte across the line to take fifth. The late model semi feature was marred by a ten car crash on the opening lap on the front straightaway. Five of the ten cars were eliminated from the event. Since the crash happened before any laps were completed, Clay Baumann took the opportunity to pull out his backup car and restarted the semi with it and finished third. Brent Kreke, who's car ended up on top of Brian Garner's car in the accident, recovered from the ordeal and went on to win the semi feature. All the drivers involved in the accident were uninjured. Mark Miner topped a huge field of forty-seven U.M.P. Modifieds to earn his first feature win of 2004. Dennis Richards took the lead on the opening lap from the outside of the front row. Jim Shereck moved past Richards on the second lap as they went down the backstretch, but Shereck spun as they entered turn four and was then hit head on by Chris Soutiea. It ended the night for both drivers but neither drivers were injured. Richards reassumed the lead on the restart and held off the challenges of Miner for the next fourteen laps, but Miner finally found his way around Richards with just four laps remaining and went on to take the win. Ray Wagner took the third spot, with Brian Wolfmeier and Ray Walsh rounding out the top five. Paul Belken, Jr. earned the A.A.R.A (Allied Auto Racing Association) Sportsman win. Belken led all fifteen laps of the main event, but had to hold off Scott Stuppy who stayed glued to his back bumper throughout the event. Bob Prince took the third spot with Paul Bauman fourth and Bob Schmidt fifth. Tony Wyatt earned the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award. Wyatt improved his finishing position by eleven spots over his starting position. Wyatt will receive a $200 bonus for being the hard charger. Dave Heinrichs earned the win in the A.A.R.A. Pro 4 Stock division. Conrad Miner took second and Don Hoffman third. U.M.P. Late Models - 32 Entries Heat 1: 1. 45 Denny Woodworth 2. 8 Kyle Steffens 3. A1 Duke Whiseant 4. 36 Roger Long Heat 2: 1. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 00 Randy Korte 4. 28 Don Klein Heat 3: 1. 96 Terry English 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 51 Steve Shive 4.112 Tim Ratajczyk Heat 4: 1. 3s Brian Shirley 2. 71 Don O'Neal 3. 3L Matt Taylor 4. 47 Danny Haynes Dash: 1. 3S Brian Shirley 2. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 45 Denny Woodworth 4. 71 Don O'Neal 5. 8 Kyle Steffens Semi: 1. 13 Brent Kreke 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 10 Rodney Pense 4. 77 Clay Baumann 5. 11 Kevin Gundaker 6. 31 Brent Helmkamp 7. 66 Jim Gibson 8. 55 John Pitts 9. 59 Rich Whaley 10. 13K Dewayne Kiefer 11. 20 Mark Gansmann 12. 44T Guy Taylor 13. 2J Dave Jumper 14. 23 Brian Garner Feature: 1. 71 Don O'Neal 2. 3S Brian Shirley 3. A1 Duke Whiseant 4. 00 Randy Korte 5. 45 Denny Woodworth 6. 3L Matt Taylor 7. 8 Kyle Steffens 8. 26 Billy Faust 9. 50 Ed Dixon 10. 51 Steve Shive 11. 1A Justin Allgaier 12. 67 Mark Oller 13. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 14. 47 Danny Haynes 15. 10 Rodney Pense 16. 11 Kevin Gundaker 17. 95 Jeff Johns 18. 13 Brent Kreke 19. 36 Roger Long 20. 28 Don Klein 21. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 22. 31 Brent Helmkamp 23. 96 Terry English 24. 77 Clay Baumann U.M.P. Modifieds - 47 Entries Heat 1: 1. 21 Dennis Richards 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 7 Mark Gansmann 4. 11D Brian Dively Heat 2: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 8x James Reed 4. 56 Kevin Epperson Heat 3: 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 4. 89 Bobby Bittle Heat 4: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 11 Matt Goulden 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 69 Scott Sugg Heat 5: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 21S Denny Schwartz 4. 95 Jerry Grither Dash: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 6 Ray Wagner Semi 1: 1. x1 Dave Sandage 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 16 Danny Haynes 4. 7z Matt Zimmerly 5. 14K Loren Knox 6. 4G Robert Gaeschel 7. 3L Bill LaRue 8. 0 Gabe Regot 9. 13D Dan Walters 10. 74 Chad Frauenfelder 11. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 12. 45M Eric Mabery DNS. 44 Mark Stanfill DNS. 9W Doug Wood Semi 2: 1. 3R Leon Rakers 2. 87 Wes O'Dell 3. 14 Billy Smith 4. 56 Kevin Epperson 5. 87H Gary Haynes 6. 8F Jim Fischer 7. 41 Larry Hull 8. 31P Mitch Parmeley 9. 314 Jeff Masson 10. 88 Joe Puricelli DNS. 20 Dan Zander DNS. 22X Clint Eckenrodt DNS. 4J Scott Weber Feature: 1. 7 Mark Miner 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 1W Ray Walsh 6. 89 Bobby Bittle 7. 21s Denny Schwartz 8. 59 Rich Whaley 9. 10 Todd McGraw 10. 7 Mark Gansmann 11. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 12. 11D Brian Dively 13. x1 Dave Sandage 14. 69 Scott Sugg 15. 95 Jerry Grither 16. 87 Wes O'Dell 17. 3R Leon Rakers 18. 17 Jim Shereck 19. 1D Dean Hoffman 20. 166 Brian Worley 21. C4 Chris Soutiea 22. 11 Matt Goulden 23. 8x James Reed 24. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. AARA Sportsman - 29 Entries Heat 1: 1. 18 Buddy Lowry 2. 3P Bob Prince 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 86 Doug Kim Heat 2: 1. 46 Paul Belken Jr 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 36 Bob Schmidt 4. 55 Jason Keller Heat 3: 1. 12 Troy Neager 2. 8 Ed Lowry 3. 71 Dave Bardin 4. 01 Steve Borgetti Dash: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 46 Paul Belken Jr 3. 8 Ed Lowry 4. 36 Bob Schmidt 5. 24 Paul Bauman Semi: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 66 Darren Holland 3. 311 Brian Shubirg 4. 166 Tony Wyatt 5. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 6. 87 Jim Hardesty 7. 97 John Goodson 8. 73 Mike Henderson 9. 105 Matt Hancock 10. 911 Christian Doggendorf DNS. 59 Jerry Fleming Feature: 1. 46 Paul Belken Jr 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 3P Bob Prince 4. 24 Paul Bauman 5. 36 Bob Schmidt 6. 8 Ed Lowry 7. 18 Buddy Lowry 8. 55 Jason Keller 9. 31 Ricky Horton 10. 86 Doug Kim 11. 166 Tony Wyatt 12. 30 Mike Nicholson 13. 64 Jim Smith 14. 4 Mark Schnurbusch 15. 69 Mark Hunter 16. 22 Eric Rudd 17. 100 D.J. Griffaw 18. 87 Jim Hardesty 19. 97 John Goodson 20. 01 Steve Borgetti 21. 66 Darren Holland 22. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 19 Entries Heat 1: 1. 7 Conrad Miner 2. 57 Don Hoffman 3. 188 Gary Price 4. 41 Roger Ernst Heat 2: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 8 Pat Brewer 3. 10H Homer Mooney 4. 22 Don Ernst Feature: 1. 21 Dave Heinrichs 2. 7 Conrad Miner 3. 57 Don Hoffman 4. 8 Pat Brewer 5. 188 Gary Price 6. 22 Don Ernst 7. 28 Scott Geary 8. 41 Roger Ernst 9. 49 Nathan Portell 10. 29 Dave Thompson 11. F5 Chris Fisher 12. 77 Ron Lyons 13. 4 Joel Potter 14. 343 Butch Hartman 15. 33 Randy Martin 16. 10H Homer Mooney 17. 31 Tom Cray 18. 13 Ryan Conner DNS. 19 Steven Ide

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