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March 25, 2006 Results

PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY'S SEASON OPENER Pevely, MO (March 25, 2006) A large field of 131 racecars turned out for I-55 Raceway's 2006 season opener. A big crowd of spectators also filled the grandstands as they braved some very cold temperatures and got to see some fast and exciting racing action. Forty UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) Late Models signed in the gate for opening night. Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, IL took the first heat race victory of 2006 as he won the first qualifying heat over Steve Shive, Mark Oller and Brent Kreke. The second heat saw I-55 Raceway's defending track champion Ed Dixon take the win over Randy Korte, Jayme Zidar and Tim Manville. The third heat was won by Mark Voigt over Billy Faust, Jeff Johns and Bret Sievert. The fourth and final heat was won by Mark Faust as he bested Tim Ratajczyk, Brian Collins and Danny Haynes. Wes Steidinger was once again impressive in the dash as he held off Randy Korte to earn the victory. Jayme Zidar took the third spot with Ed Dixon claiming fourth. The dash win earned Steidinger the pole for the main event. Michael Kloos and Denny Woodworth claimed the last chance qualifier wins to earn their way in the feature event as well. At the drop of the green flag on the main event, Steidinger took the lead from the pole position, but his lead was short lived and outside front row starter Randy Korte moved past and led the first half of the twenty-five lap main event. As the leaders worked lapped traffic, Billy Faust moved up to challenge Korte for the lead from his third row outside starting position. Lebanon, IL's Billy Faust soon found his way past Korte in the lapped traffic and worked the lapped traffic flawlessly for the remainder of the event and went on to take the win. Korte held on and crossed the finish line in second. Steidinger claimed the third position with Ed Dixon picking up the fourth spot. Tim Ratajczyk rounded out the top five. Michael Kloos claimed the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award as he improved his finishing position over his starting position the most of all the drivers in the main event. In the UMP Modified division, Bobby Bittle dominated the field as he swept the night's events by winning his qualifying heat race, the dash and the main event over a field that had forty-two entries. Bittle started the main event from the pole and led all twenty laps of the main event. Mark Miner provided early on and after each restart, but each time Bittle would pull away and went on to a solid victory. Miner claimed the second position. James Reed has his best run ever at I-55 Raceway as he claimed the third position by passing a couple of cars late in the event. Tommie Seets, Jr. worked his way up through the field to claim the fourth position and Rick Weekly rounded out the top five. Chad Sellers went for a tremendous flip in his heat race as his car went end over end several times in turns one and two. Sellers was able to walk away from the accident. Troy Naeger and Chuck Adams battled in out for the entire fifteen laps of the UMP Sportsman main event. The two were side by side on several occassion, but in the end it was Naeger claiming the win. Ronnie Bader came across the line in the third position with Mike Nicholson finishing fourth and Kent Nations rounding out the top five. Trey Harris claimed the victory in the AARA Pro 4 Stock division over Mike McMullin. Chris Fisher, Gary Price and Homer Mooney completed the top five. UMP Late Models - 40 Entries Heat 1 1. 1 Wes Steidinger 2. 51 Steve Shive 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 13 Brent Kreke 5. 28 John Beck 6. 45 Denny Woodworth 7. 81 Craig Smith 8. 96 Cory Daugherty 9. 74 Russ Scheffler 10. 87 Ken Rumble Heat 2 1. 60 Ed Dixon 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 9z Jayme Zidar 4. 33 Tim Manville 5. 16 Mike Hammerle 6. 4 Scott Gaeschel 7. 88 Terry Babb 8. 27 Jeff Beyers 9. 69 Mark Hunter 10. 7 Rich Lawson Heat 3 1. 30 Mark Voigt 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 9 Brett Sievert 5. 6k Michael Kloos 6. 82 Billy Laycock 7. 78 Chad Zobrist 8. 10 Dallas Bennett 9. 28 Don Klein 10. 10 Brad White Heat 4 1. 51 Mark Faust 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 11z Bryan Collins 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 21 Justin Anderson 6. 22 John Paule 7. 55 Gary Wilson 8. 56 Brian Epperson 9. 12 Randy Meyers 10. 80 Jacob Miller Dash 1. 1 Wes Steidenger 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 9z Jamie Zidar 4. 60 Ed Dixon 5. 11z Brian Collins 6. 26 Billy Faust 7. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 8. 30 Mark Voigt 9. 51 Mark Faust Semi 1 1. 6k Michael Kloos 2. 82 Billy Laycock 3. 81 Craig Smith 4. 27 Jeff Beyers 5. 87 Ken Rumble 6. 28 Don Klein 7. 10 Dallas Bennett 8. 74 Russ Scheffler 9. 69 Mark Hunters 10. B10 Brad White 11. 28 John Beck Semi 2 1. 45 Denny Woodworth 2. 78 Chad Zobrist 3. 55 Gary Wilson 4. 96 Cory Daughtery 5. 16H Mike Hammerle 6. 56 Kevin Epperson 7. 22P John Paule 8. 4E Scott Geaschel 9. 12 Randy Meyers 10. 80 Jacob Miller DNS. 7 Rich Lawson Feature 1. 26 Billy Faust 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 1 Wes Steidenger 4. 60 Ed Dixon 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 9S Bret Sievert 7. 67 Mark Oller 8. 51F Mark Faust 9. 9Z Jayme Zidar 10. 47 Danny Haynes 11. 6K Michael Kloos (Hard Charger) 12. 95 Jeff Johns 13. 51 Steve Shive 14. 13 Brent Kreke 15. 82 Billy Laycock 16. 55 Gary Wilson 17. 88 Terry Babb 18. 78 Chad Zobrist 19. 21J Justin Anderson 20. 45DW Denny Woodworth 21. 30 Mark Voigt 22. 81 Craig Smith 23. 33 Tim Manville 24. 11Z Bryan Collins UMP Modifieds - 43 Entries Heat 1 1. 45 Eric Mabery 2. 31 Rick Horton 3. 14 Rick Conoyer 4. 31 Mitch Parmeley 5. 15 Jerry Grither 6. 11G Matt Goulden 7. 17 Brad Thurston 8. 77 Jeff Ray 9. 22 Robert Martin Heat 2 1. 77 Rick Stevenson 2. 17v Mike Vanderiet, Jr. 3. 16 Tommie Seets, Jr. 4. 4j Scott Weber 5. 32 Nick Neville 6. 18 Bobby Dauderman 7. 99R Robby Helms 8. 59 Rich Whaley 9. 72 Jeremy Roth Heat 3 1. 4w Rick Weekly 2. 16 Kenny Kennedy 3. 94 Ed Lehnhardt 4. 1w Ray Walsh 5. T0 Tim Hancock 6. 26 Kasey Nations 7. 3r Leon Rakers 8. 20 Brad McKinnon 9. 9w Doug Woods Heat 4 1. 66 Brian Worley 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 48 Bobby Martintoni 4. 33D Derek Neville Heat 5 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 8x James Reed 3. 360 John Seets 4. 27 Brad Crosby 5. 41 Larry Hull 6. 78 Allen Conner 7. c6 Ray Wagner 8. 12 Tom Ratajczyk Dash 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 45 Eric Mabery 3. 4w Ricky Weekly 4. 66 Brian Worley 5. 77 Rick Stevenson 6. 7 Mark Miner 7. 31 Mitch Parmeley 8. 16 Kenny Kennedy 9. 17v Michael Vanderiet, Jr. Semi #1 1. 48 Bobby Martintoni 2. 77 Jeff Ray 3. T0 Tim Hancock 4. 78 Allen Conner 5. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 6. 20M Brad McKinnon 7. 18 Bobby Dauderman 8. 9W Doug Wood 9. 17 Brad Thurston 10. 72 Jeremy Roth DNS. 21P Adam Parmeley DNS. 41 Larry Hull Semi #2 1. 11g Matt Goulden 2. c6 Ray Wagner 3. 1w Ray Walsh 4. 32n Nick Neville 5. 12 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 3R Leon Rakers 7. 26 Kasey Nations 8. 99R Robby Helms 9. 59 Rich Whaley DNS. 15 Jerry Grither DNS. E55 Chad Sellers DNS. 22 Robert Martin Feature 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 8x James Reed 4. 16 Tommie Seets, Jr. 5. 4w Ricky Weekly 6. c6 Ray Wagner 7. 1w Ray Walsh 8. T0 Tim Hancock 9. 45 Eric Mabery 10. 33D Derek Neville 11. 27 Brad Crosby 12. 17v Michael Vanderiet, Jr. 13. 14 Ricky Conoyer 14. 77S Rick Stevenson 15. 77R Jeff Ray 16. 31H Ricky Horton 17. 4J Scott Weber 18. 11G Matt Goulden 19. 94 Ed Lenhardt 20. 48 Bobby Martintoni 21. 360 John Seets 22. 31P Mitch Parmeley 23. 66 Brian Worley 24. 16K Kenny Kennedy UMP Sportsman - 30 Entries Heat 1 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 99 Chuck Adams 3. 55 Jason Keller 4. 147 Kyle Stolzer 5. 7 Scott Hoener 6. 111 Zak Parks 7. 16 Bob Price 8. 92 Jim Abshier 9. 94 Dan Friederich Heat 2 1. 30 Mike Nicholson 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 29 Jeff LaBaube 4. 811 Wade Sutter 5. 32 Jerry Fleming 6. 71 Dan Pitti 7. 28 Tom Smallwood 8. 53 Lawrence Schaeffer 9. 79 Jim Goodson 10. 62 Troy Medley Heat 3 1. 86 Jake Robbins 2. 50 Kent Nations 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 97 John Goodson 5. 82 Jim Clark 6. 10 Steve Maisel 7. 66 Sam Lopretta 8. 28 Tyson Gers 9. 43 Mike Harris 10. 64 Jim Smith Dash 1. 99 Chuck Adams 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 29 Jeff LaBaube 5. 50 Kent Nations 6. 67 Ronnie Bader 7. 24 Paul Bauman 8. 86 Jake Robbins 9. 55 Jason Keller Semi #1 1. 62 Troy Medley 2. 28 Tyson Gers 3. 94 Dan Friederich 4. 53 Lawrence Schaeffer 5. 92 Jim Abshier 6. 64 Jim Smith 7. 79 Jim Goodson 8. 66 Sam Lopretta DNS. 16 Bob Price DNS. 28 Tom Smallwood DNS. 43 Mike Harris DNS. 96 Tim Hollerbach Feature 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 99 Chuck Adams 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 30 Mike Nicholson 5. 50 Kent Nations 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 86 Jake Robbins 8. 62 Troy Medley 9. 55 Jason Keller 10. 97 John Goodson 11. 811 Wade Sutter 12. 32 Jerry Fleming 13. 7 Scott Hoener 14. 147 Kyle Stolzer 15. 10 Steve Maisel 16. 28 Tyson Gess 17. 53 Lawrence Schaefer 18. 94 Dan Friederich 19. 111 Zac Parks 20. 82 Jim Clark 21. 92 Jim Abshier 22. 29 Jeff LeBaube 23. 71 Dan Pitti 24. 64 Jim Smith AARA Pro 4 Stock - 18 Entries Heat 1 1. 15 Mike McMullin 2. 50 Trey Harris 3. 188 Gary Price 4. 14 Brad Smith Heat 2 1. 5 Chris Fisher 2. 10 Homer Mooney 3. 88 Jeff Price 4. 49 Nathan Portell Feature 1. 50 Trey Harris 2. 15 Mike McMullin 3. 5 Chris Fisher 4. 188 Gary Price 5. 10 Homer Mooney 6. 86 Jason Crump 7. 14 Brad Smith 8. 66 Jason Marquitz 9. 73 Mike Henderson 10. 911 Tim Hoffman 11. 74 Brandon Hedgcoth 12. 186 Steven Crump 13. c6 Scott Allen 14. 88 Jeff Price 15. 77 Ron Lyons 16. 49 Nathan Portell 17. 33 Randy Martin 18. 25 Joe Perrigo

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