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September 11, 2004 Results

Pevely, MO (September 11, 2004) A full field of cars in every division provided some exciting action for all the fans in attendance. It was the final points event at I-55 Raceway and two division titles were decided during tonight's action. With the track surface being very smooth and very fast, the U.M.P. (United Midwestern Promoters) Late Model division took to the track for their main event first. Billy Faust took the early lead from the pole position and led the first three laps before Ed Dixon moved past him for the lead. Faust and Dixon would battle for the lead for several laps, with Kevin Gundaker joining the duo up front and making it a three way battle early on. Brian Shirley was on the move as well and he soon disposed of Gundaker and took the third spot. Just a few laps later, Shirley moved past Faust and took the second position with Gundaker following him into the third spot. Dixon and Shirley battled for the final eight laps when Shirley finally made the pass on Dixon on lap twenty-two. Once Shirley took the lead, he pulled away and took the win. Dixon held off Gundaker for the second position, Faust followed Gundaker across the line and finished fourth. Clay Baumann rounded out the top five. Dixon won the season championship in the U.M.P. Late Model division. Steve Shive claimed the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award. Shive earned the $200 bonus for improving his finishing position the most spots from his starting position. Scott Weber rebounded from an incident last week and took the U.M.P. Modified feature event. Weber dominated the event and led all twenty laps. Eric Mabery and Bobby Bittle battled relentlessly for the second position for most of the twenty laps with Mabery taking second at the line. Tom Ratajczyk took fourth and Doug Wood fifth. Bittle took the season championship in the U.M.P. Modified division. Weber also claimed the G&M Steel Dash for Cash to earn a $100 bonus. Weber also won his heat to make it a perfect sweep on the night's events. Ricky Horton won the A.A.R.A. Sportsman feature and won the season championship by doing so. Paul Belken, who was in a tight race for the championship with Horton, battled with Horton for the first twelve laps for the lead. Paul Bauman would get past Belken with just three laps remaining and would finish second in the main event. Belken came home third, Scott Stuppy was fourth and Ed Lowry completed the top five. Jerry Fleming and Troy Naeger were involved in a frightening crash as Fleming spun in turn four and Naeger hit him head on at full speed. The two hit nose to nose and the front of Fleming's car went straight up in the air eight to ten feet before falling back down on the front of Naeger's car. Both drivers were uninjured in the incident. Pat Brewer also won the A.A.R.A. Pro 4 Stock feature and the season championship. Brewer and Conrad Miner swapped the lead several times in the main event, but it was Brewer taking the checkered flag first. Miner was second, Don Hoffman third, Homer Mooney fourth and Scott Geary fifth. U.M.P. Late Models - 27 Entries Heat 1: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 82 Roger Brickler 3. 45dw Denny Woodworth 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 75 Bert Cheatham Heat 2: 1. 26 Billy Faust 2. 77 Clay Baumann 3. 85 Jim Morrison 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 2j Dave Jumper Heat 3: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 3s Brian Shirley 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 3L Matt Taylor 5. 13 Brent Kreke Dash: 1. 26 Billy Faust 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 3s Brian Shirley 4. 11 Kevin Gundaker 5. 82 Roger Brickler 6. 85 Jim Morrison 7. 45dw Denny Woodworth 8. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 9. 77 Clay Baumann Feature: 1. 3s Brian Shirley (3) 2. 50 Ed Dixon (2) 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker (4) 4. 26 Billy Faust (1) 5. 77 Clay Baumann (9) 6. 85 Jim Morrison (6) 7. 112 Tim Ratajczyk (8) 8. 95 Jeff Johns (10) 9. 3L Matt Taylor (12) 10. 45d Denny Woodworth (7) 11. 82 Roger Brickler (5) 12. 13 Brent Kreke (13) 13. 28 Don Klein (16) 14. 2j Dave Jumper (14) 15. 51 Steve Shive (20) 16. 10 Rodney Pense (17) 17. 75 Bert Cheatham (11) 18. 12 Jeff Glisson (15) 19. 8 Ron McQuerry (18) 20. 150 Danny Dixon (22) 21. 4e Scott Gaeschel (19) 22. 6 Kevin Seago (24) 23. 23 Brian Garner (23) 24. 2k Kenny Stegal (21) 25. 47 Danny Haynes (25) DNS. 67 Mark Oller DNS. 81 Craig Smith U.M.P. Modifieds - 33 Entries Heat 1: 1. 45 Eric Mabery 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 3r Leon Rakers 4. 56 Mike Crader 5. 8 Chad Naylor Heat 2: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. c4 Chris Soutiea 4. 12 Mark Schaefer 5. 8x James Reed Heat 3: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 11g Matt Goulden 3. 9w Doug Woods 4. 17 Jim Shereck 5. 88 Joe Puricelli Heat 4: 1. 4j Scott Weber 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 95 Jerry Grither 4. B27 Bob Bizelli 5. x1 Dave Sandage Dash: 1. 4j Scott Weber 2. 45m Eric Mabery 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 11g Matt Goulden 5. 7 Mark Miner 6. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 7. 89 Bobby Bittle 8. 16 Rusty Griffaw Semi: Top 4 to feature 1. 9s Tom Seets 2. 20n Bob Newberry 3. 11 Kelly Duvall 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. 15 Doug Blair 6. 13d Dan Walters 7. 13s Tracy Wampler 8. 41 Larry Hull 9. 14K Loren Knox 10. 117 Dan Schlup 11. 4g Bob Gaeschel 12. c6 Ray Wagner DNS. 87 Wes O'Dell Feature: 1. 4j Scott Weber 2. 45m Eric Mabery 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 9w Doug Wood 6. 16 Rusty Griffaw 7. 7 Mark Miner 8. 12 Mark Schaefer 9. 17 Jim Shereck 10. 11g Matt Goulden 11. 88 Joe Puricelli 12. 8x James Reed 13. 9s Tom Seets 14. 8 Chad Naylor 15. b27 Bob Bizelli 16. 20n Bob Newberry 17. 56 Mike Crader 18. 13d Dan Walters 19. x1 Dave Sandage 20. 3r Leon Rakers 21. 95 Jerry Grither 22. 11 Kelly Duvall 23. 59 Rich Whaley 24. c4 Chris Soutiea A.A.R.A Sportsman - 26 Entries Heat 1: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 36 Bob Schmidt 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 3p Bob Prince 5. 55 Chris Smith Heat 2: 1. 8 Ed Lowry 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 18 Buddy Lowry 5. 75 Ron Imm Heat 3: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 28 Sam Worley 4. 411 Marty Heck 5. 86 Doug Kim Dash: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 8 Ed Lowry 4. 00 Scott Stuppy 5. 12 Troy Naeger 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 30 Mike Nicholson 8. 28 Sam Worley Feature: 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 00 Scott Stuppy 5. 8 Ed Lowry 6. 36 Bob Schmidt 7. 3p Bob Prince 8. 30 Mike Nicholson 9. 28 Sam Worley 10. 62 Troy Medley 11. 18 Buddy Lowry 12. 55 Chris Smith 13. 86 Doug Kim 14. 97 John Goodson 15. 9 Mike McGinnitey 16. 92 Jim Abshier 17. 411 Marty Heck 18. 69 Mark Hunter 19. 12 Troy Naeger 20. 21 Gary McKinnon 21. 59 Jerry Fleming 22. 105 Matt Hancock 23. 166 Tony Wyatt - DQ 24. 75 Ron Imm - DQ DNS. 01 Steve Borgetti DNS. 21 Brad McKinnon A.A.R.A. Pro 4 Stocks - 20 Entries Heat 1: 1. 8 Pat Brewer 2. 57 Don Hoffman 3. 41 Roger Ernst 4. 19 Robby Hoffman 5. 01 Robert Denny Heat 2: 1. 7 Conrad Miner 2. 10 Homer Mooney 3. 28 Scott Geary 4. 22 Don Ernst 5. 77 Ron Lyons Feature: 1. 8 Pat Brewer 2. 7 Conrad Miner 3. 57 Don Hoffman 4. 10 Homer Mooney 5. 28 Scott Geary 6. 19 Robby Hoffman 7. 01 Robert Denny 8. 22 Don Ernst 9. 41 Roger Ernst 10. 9 Brad Almond 11. 77 Ron Lyons 12. 5 Chris Fisher 13. 0 Tray Harris 14. 29 Dave Thompson 15. 343 Butch Hartman DNS. 23 Larry Kirkpatrick DNS. 21 Dave Heinrichs DNS. 31 Cory Wilson DNS. 71 Alan Conner DNS. 13 Ty Dohack

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