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July 1, 2006 Results

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY I-55 Raceway Pevely, MO. by: Terry Young Shannon Babb, of Mowequa, Illinois once again visited victory lane to take home the $10,000.00 winners share at Ken Schrader and Ray Marler's I-55 Raceway in Pevely, MO. in the 13th outing of the 2006 UMP Summer Nationals. While many of the naysayers have said how different the outcome would be if only Don O'Neal and Brian Birkhofer etc. were following the Summer National grind, they were proven wrong tonight as both of those drivers and others were among the 41 cars entered for tonights action. Babb now sits comfortably atop the UMP Summer Nationals point standings with 8 victories in the first 13 events of this years tour, and his 4th consecutive win. The Midwestrn Illinois standout has also topped $65,000.00 in the bakers dozen of events thus far. It appeared that perhaps Birkhofer was going to put a stop to Babb and his string of wins in the last 3 stops on the tour as Birky drove to the lead on lap 28 from his 6th starting position. Babb who had lead all of the previous laps running in the bottom groove, moved to the top on lap 27 to try to block Birkhofer, but to no avail. Moving back to the bottom groove Babb drove back to the lead on lap 38 and led the final 3 circuits to take the win ahead of Birkhofer, Wendell Wallace, Jimmy Mars, Billy Faust, Patrick Sheltra, Brian Collins, Terry English, Jeep Van Wormer and Tim Ratajcyzk. Babb was driving his Bill Moyer, Sr. owned C.J. Rayburn built #18 powered by a RaceTek powerplant with sponsorship from CAR CITY, Watters Autoland, Hoosier by Smash, J&J Steel, Weld Wheels, Platinum Motors, Petroff Towing Outlawd Motorsports, Dyers Top Rods, OutPace Products, ALLSTAR Automotive and Team Petersen under the preperation of Jay Hunt, Andrew Barnes and Mike Mudd. Randy Korte began the evening by setting the fast time with a lap of 12.872. After additional track prep prior to the heats, the heat races were action packed with multiple grooves and 3 wide racing thourhgout. The heats were won by Shannon Babb from the fifth starting position over Faust and Ratajcyzk, Darren Miller over Birkhofer and Steve Hillard, Randy Korte over O'Neal and Mars and Wallace over English and Erb. The consi races added Billy Drake over Collins and Ed Dixon and Van WOrmer over Sheltra and Jack Sullivan. The dash was won by Babb over Korte and Miller. Wallace was busy repairing a ring and pinion and was unable to compete in the dash and was relegated to the fourth starting berth in the A-Main. UMP Late Models - 41 Entries Qualifying Name Driver Time Group 1 26 Billy Faust 13.01 95 Jeff Johns 13.289 112 Tom Ratajczyk 13.372 67 Mark Oller 13.383 18 Shannon Babb 13.396 9 Billy Drake 13.496 5S Steve Sheppard 13.58 12 Jordan Bland 13.684 99FR Frank Heckenast 13.696 21JR Billy Moyer Jr. 13.774 20 Mark Gansmann 13.778 Group 2 32M Darren Miller 13.183 34 Steve Hilliard 13.196 2S Brian Shirley 13.261 15 Brian Birkhofer 13.333 3L Matt Taylor 13.589 60 Ed Dixon 13.718 11Z Brian Collins 13.889 B12 Kevin Weaver 13.918 81 Craig Smith 14.095 14U Bruce Unterbrink 14.177 Group 3 OO Randy Korte 12.872 28M Jimmy Mars 13.055 55 Jeep Van Wormer 13.083 71 Don O'Neal 13.117 30 Mark Voigt 13.281 33 Tim Manville 13.306 18X Jack Sullivan 13.336 27 Rodney Melvin 13.357 32M Danny Maguire 13.718 78 Paul Belken 14.166 Group 4 96 Terry English 13.325 88 Wendall Wallace 13.435 28E Dennis Erb 13.458 45 Denny Woodworth 13.467 51 Steve Shive 13.855 47 Danny Haynes 13.911 23 Patrick Sheltra 14.061 13 Dewayne Keifer 14.118 5T Troy Hudson 14.3 69 Mark Hunter 15.126 Dash 1. 18 Shannon Babb 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 32M Darren Miller 4. 88 Wendall Wallace DNS Heat 1 Top 3 Advance to Feature 1. 18 Shannon Babb 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 5S Steve Sheppard 5. 9 Billy Drake 6. 67 Mark Oller 7. 95 Jeff Johns 8. 99 Frank Heckenast 9. 12 Jordan Bland 10. 20 Mark Gansmann 11. 21JR Billy Moyer Jr. Heat 2 1. 32M Darren Miller 2. 15 Brian Birkhofer 3. 34 Steve Hilliard 4. 60 Ed Dixon 5. 3L Matt Taylor 6. 11Z Brian Collins 7. 2S Brian Shirley 8. B12 Kevin Weaver 9. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 10. 81 Craig Smith Heat 3 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 71 Don O?Neal 3. 28 Jimmy Mars 4. 55 Jeep Van Wormer 5. 18X Jack Sullivan 6. 30 Mark Voigt 7. 33 Tim Manville 8. 27 Rodney Melvin 9. 32M Danny Maguire 10. 78 Paul Belken Heat 4 1. 88 Wendall Wallace 2. 96 Terry English 3. 28 Dennis Erb 4. 23 Patrick Sheltra 5. 45 Denny Woodworth 6. 47 Danny Haynes 7. 51 Steve Shive 8. 5T Troy Hudson 9. 69 Mark Hunter 10. 13 Dewayne Keifer Semi 1 Top 3 advance 1. 9 Billy Drake 2. 11z Brian Collins 3. 60 Ed Dixon 4. 3L Matt Taylor 5. 67 Mark Oller 6. 95 Jeff Johns 7. 12 Jordan Bland 8. 21JR Billy Moyer Jr. 9. 99JR Frank Heckenast 10. 20 Mark Gansmann 11. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 12. 81 Craig Smith 13. 2S Brian Shirley 14. 5S Steve Sheppard 15. B12 Kevin Weaver Semi 2 1. 55 Jeep Van Wormer 2. 23 Patrick Sheltra 3. 18X Jack Sullivan 4. 45 Denny Woodworth 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 30 Mark Voigt 7. 33 Tim Manville 8. 13 Dewayne Keifer 9. 51 Steve Shive 10. 5T Troy Hudson 11. 32M Danny Maguire 12. 78 Paul Belken 13. 27 Rodney Melvin 14. 69 Mark Hunter DNS Feature 1. 18 Shannon Babb (1) 2. 15 Brian Birkhofer (6) 3. 88 Wendall Wallace (4) 4. 28 Jimmy Mars (11) 5. 26 Billy Faust (5) 6. 23 Patrick Sheltra (16) 7. 11Z Brian Collins (15) 8. 96 Terry English (8) 9. 55 Jeep Van Wormer (14) 10. 112 Tim Ratajczyk (9) 11. 2S Brian Shirley (22)(P) 12. 9D Billy Drake (13) 13. 3L Matt Taylor (23)(P) 14. 95 Jeff Johns (20)(P) 15. 28 Dennis Erb (12) 16. 00 Randy Korte (2) 17. 60 Ed Dixon (17) 18. 71 Don O'Neal (7) 19. 34 Steve Hillard (10) 20. 45DW Denny Woodworth (25)(P) 21. 18X Jack Sullivan (18) 22. 32D Darren Miller (3) 23. 5S Steve Sheppard (24)(P) 24. B12 Kevin Weaver (19)(P) 25. 27 Rodney Melvin (21)(P) 26. 47 Danny Haynes (26)(P) UMP Modified point leader Bobby Bittle led flag-to-flag to claim the win in that division. Bittle started on the pole after winning his qualifying heat and the dash. Mike Harrison made a strong charge through the field as he came from the eighth starting position to take second place. Eric Mabery's strong season continued as he picked up the third spot. Scott Weber made a late race charge as he picked up several spots in the final few laps to finish fourth. Jim Morrison made his first visit of the 2006 racing season to I-55 Raceway and completed the night with a top five finish. Mike Nicholson claimed his second win of the year at I-55 Raceway in the UMP Sportsman division. This race featured two and three wide racing at the top spot for many of the early laps and Nicholson had to hold off Jimmy Cummins in the closing laps for the win. Ronnie Bader followed Cummins across the line to earn the third position with Jason Keller picking up fourth and Kent Nations completed the top five. UMP Modifieds - 31 Entries Heat 1 1. 22 Jim Morrison 2. 45M Eric Mabery 3. 444 Matt Simpson 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 4J Scott Weber 6. 9W Doug Wood 7. 16 Jon Paul Reando Heat 2 1. 21 Dennis Richards 2. 31 Ricky Horton 3. 51 Tim Hill 4. 3D Lou Driemeier 5. 7 Mark Miner 6. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 7. 20Z Dan Zander 8. 89B Jim Brown Heat 3 1. 25 Brett Korves 2. 41G Matt Goulden 3. 18 Bobby Daudermann 4. 88 Joe Purcelli 5. 3R Leon Rakers 6. 95 Aaron Ricketts 7. 72 Brian Lynn DNS 8. C6 Ray Wagner DNS Heat 4 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 24 Mike Harrison 4. 77 Rick Stevenson 5. 14 Rick Conoyer 6. 21 Adam Parmeley 7. 31 Mitch Parmeley Dash 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 22 Jim Morrison 4. 45 Eric Mabery 5. 31 Ricky Horton 6. 25 Brett Korves 7. 18 Bobby Daudermann 8. 21 Dennis Richards 9. 51 Tim Hill Semi Top 6 Advance 1. 9W Doug Wood 2. 3R Leon Rakers 3. 95 Aaron Ricketts 4. 14 Rich Conoyer 5. 16 Jon Paul Reando 6. 21P Adam Parmeley 7. 20Z Dan Zander 8. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 9. 89B Jim Brown 10. 31P Ray Wagner DNS. 17 Brad Thurston DNS. 72 Jeremy Roth DNS. 31P Mitch Parmeley Feature 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 24 Mike Harrison 3. 45M Eric Mabery 4. 4J Scott Weber 5. 22 Jim Morrison 6. 21 Dennis Richards 7. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 8. 51 Tim Hill 9. 18 Bobby Daudermann 10. 9W Doug Wood 11. 444 Matt Simpson 12. 88 Joe Purcilli 13. 95 Aaron Ricketts 14. 7 Mark Miner 15. 14 Rick Conoyer 16. 25 Brett Korves 17. 3R Leon Rakers 18. 41G Matt Goulden 19. 77 Rich Stevenson 20. 31 Ricky Horton 21. 21P Ray Wagner 22. 16 Jon Paul Reando 23. 59 Rich Whaley 24. 3D Lou Driemeier UMP/AARA Sportsman - 27 Entries Heat 1 1. 19 Jimmy Cummins 2. 9 Shane Walters 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 99 Chuck Adams 5. 64 Jim Smith 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 147 Kyle Stolzer 8. 36 Bob Schmidt 9. 4 Mark Schnurbusch Heat 2 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 32 Jerry Fleming 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 50 Kent Nations 5. 811 Wade Sutter 6. 96 Tim Hollerbach 7. 28 Tom Smallwood 8. 93 Conrad Miner 9. 66 Sam Lopretta Heat 3 1. 62 Troy Medley 2. 55 Jason Keller 3. 31 Mark Shubirg 4. 94 Dan Friedrich 5. 29 Jeff LaBaube 6. 97 John Goodson 7. 28 Tyson Gegg 8. 53 Loren Schaffer Dash 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 55 Jason Keller 3. 19 Jimmy Cummins 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 30 Mike Nicholson 6. 99 Chuck Adams 7. 67 Ronnie Bader 8. 9 Shane Walters 9. 32 Jerry Fleming Feature 1. 30 Mike Nicholson 2. 19 Jimmy Cummins 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 55 Jason Keller 5. 50 Kent Nations 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 12 Troy Naeger 8. 99 Chuck Adams 9. 31 Brian Shuberg 10. 29 Jeff LaBaube 11. 62 Troy Medley 12. 147 Kyle Stolzer 13. 128 Tyson Gegg 14. 96 Tim Hollerbach 15. 32 Jerry Fleming 16. 97 John Goodson 17. 28 Tom Smallwood 18. 66 Sam Lopretta 19. 9 Shane Walters 20. 811 Wade Sutter 21. 64 Jim Smith 22. M41 Steve Maisel 23. 94 Dan Friederich DNS. 4 Mark Schnurbusch DNS. 93 Conrad Miner DNS. 53 Lawrence Schaefer DNS. 36 Bob Schmidt

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