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Mike Marlar takes I-55 Raceway Summer Nationals Victory; Walsh, Nations & Fisher also take wins!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY Pevely, MO (June 23, 2007) Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN led only one lap of the forty lap main event, but it was the money lap as he picked up his second victory in UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals action. Billy Moyer looked strong all night as he started off the night by setting a new track record during qualifying with a time of 12.081 seconds, besting his old track record that he set just three weeks earlier during the UMP DIRTcar Tri-Track Challenge. Moyer started on the pole for the main event and led the first thirty nine laps before surrendering the lead to Marlar. Moyer opened up a big lead early on as Marlar had his hands full with Don O'Neal as the two battled lap after lap for the second position. Once Marlar disposed of O'Neal, he was able to focus on Moyer. Marlar's chances of running down Moyer nearly came to an end on lap thirty-six when Marlar got too high and made contact with the front stretch wall. But he was able to recover and then run down Moyer and complete the pass on the final lap to earn the win. Brady Smith made a great run in the closing laps as he worked his way past Terry Casey and Shannon Babb to take the third spot. Casey would cross the line in fourth. Billy Faust would edge Babb for the fifth spot. Jeff Taylor crossed the line in seventh behind sixth place Babb. Wes Steidinger, Matt Taylor and Dennis Erb, Jr. would round out the top ten. The UMP DIRTcar Modified division had a stellar field of forty-four cars on hand and they too provided the fans with some exciting racing. Ray Walsh of St. Louis, MO wasn't to be denied as he earned his second straight victory at I-55 Raceway in the UMP Modified division. The race was marred by a horrific crash as the field came down for the white flag when Matt Mevert and Scott Weber made contact while battling for the third position. Mevert's car flipped violently down the front stretch and into turn one. Mevert walked away uninjured, but his car was heavily damaged. Weber was able to restart the main event and would end up with a second place finish after he got by Bobby Bittle in the final two laps. Bittle would finish in third with Jeff Leka coming home fourth. Dean Hoffman completed the top five. UMP Late Models - 45 Entries Qualifying Name Driver Time Group 1 21 Billy Moyer 12.081 - New Track Record 1A Justin Allgaier 12.211 J1 Wes Steidenger 12.250 27 Rodney Melvin 12.353 11Z Brian Collins 12.870 67 Mark Oller 12.903 33 Ricky Frankel 13.107 B10 Brad White 13.238 1 Ron McQuerry 13.242 95 Jeff Johns 13.267 77 Jason McBride 13.661 4 Cody Baumann NT Group 2 55 Jeep Van Wormer 12.366 18 Shannon Babb 12.429 92B Billy Faust 12.585 5 Eddie Kirchoff 12.623 91 Rusty Schlenk 12.728 00 Chris Smyzer 12.737 12B Ron Bartels 12.934 50 Ed Dixon 12.935 82 Billy Laycock 13.147 48 Chad Jones 13.396 66H Allen Hammond 14.214 Group 3 13 Dewayne Keifer 12.464 71 Don O?Neal 12.486 2 Brady Smith 12.510 58 AJ Diemel 12.672 12JR Billy Moyer Jr. 12.682 27 Jeff Beyers 12.704 78 Chad Zobrist 12.813 33 Tim Manville 12.887 B12 Kevin Weaver 12.995 77 Nick Bartels 13.330 59 Rich Whaley 13.896 Group 4 34 Mike Marler 12.390 42 Terry Casey 12.504 5S Steve Sheppard 12.568 28 Dennis Erb 12.649 00 Randy Korte 12.769 3L Matt Taylor 12.786 81 Craig Smith 12.866 87 Ken Rumble 13.007 47 Danny Haynes 13.022 5 Jeff Taylor 13.345 12 Jordan Bland 13.716 Heat 1 1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 1A Justin Allgaier 3. 27 Rodney Melvin 4. J1 Wes Steidenger 5. 11Z Bryan Collins 6. 67 Mark Oller 7. 95 Jeff Johns 8. 33 Ricky Frankel 9. 77 Jason McBride 10. 1 Ron McQuerry 11. B10 Brad White Heat 2 1. 18 Shannon Babb 2. 55 Jeep Van Wormer 3. 92B Billy Faust 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 00 Chris Smyzer 6. 82 Billy Laycock 7. 48 Chad Jones 8. 66H Allen Hammond 9. 91 Rusty Schlenk 10. 5K Eddie Kirchoff 11. 12B Ron Bartels Heat 3 1. 71 Don O?Neal 2. 2 Brady Smith 3. 13 Dewayne Keifer 4. 33 Tim Manville 5. 27 Jeff Beyers 6. 21 Billy Moyer Jr. 7. 78 Chad Zobrist 8. B12 Kevin Weaver 9. 77 Nick Bartels 10. 59 Rich Whaley 11. 58 AJ Diemel Heat 4 1. 34 Mike Marler 2. 42 Terry Casey 3. 3L Matt Taylor 4. 00 Randy Korte 5. 28 Dennis Erb 6. 5 Jeff Taylor 7. 5S Steve Sheppard 8. 12 Jordan Bland 9. 81 Craig Smith 10. 87 Ken Rumble 11. 47 Danny Haynes Semi 1 Top 3 advance 1. J1 Wes Steidenger 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 11Z Bryan Collins 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 67 Mark Oller 6. 12B Ron Bartels 7. 33 Ricky Frankel 8. 1 Ron McQuerry 9. 48 Chad Jones 10. 4 Cody Baumann 11. 66 Allen Hammond 12. 00 Chris Smyzer 13. 77 Jason McBride 14. 82 Billy Laycock 15. 91 Rusty Schlenk DNS 16. 5K Eddie Kirchoff DNS 17. B10 Brad White DNS Semi 2 Top 3 advance 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 5 Jeff Taylor 3. 28 Dennis Erb 4. 5S Steve Sheppard 5. 27 Jeff Beyers 6. 33 Tim Manville 7. B12 Kevin Weaver 8. 12 Jordan Bland 9. 87 Ken Runble 10. 21J Billy Moyer Jr. 11. 47 Danny Haynes 12. 77 Nick Bartels 13. 59 Rich Whaley 14. 78 Chad Zobrist 15. 81 Craig Smith DNS Feature 1. 34 Mike Marler 2. 21 Billy Moyer 3. 2 Brady Smith 4. 42 Terry Casey 5. 92B Billy Faust 6. 18 Shannon Babb 7. 5T Jeff Taylor 8. J1 Wes Steidinger 9. 3L Matt Taylor 10. 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. 11. 55 Jeep VanWormer 12. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 13. 1A Justin Allgaier 14. 11Z Bryan Collins 15. 95 Jeff Johns 16. 5K Eddie Kirchoff 17. B12 Kevin Weaver 18. 71 Don O'Neal 19. 00 Randy Korte 20. 50 Ed Dixon 21. 47 Danny Haynes 22. 67 Mark Oller 23. 27 Rodney Melvin 24. 5S Steve Sheppard UMP Modifieds - 44 Entries Heat 1 1. 7 Ray Walsh 2. 70 Brian Bielong 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 22 Matt Mevert 5. 24 Mike Harrison 6. 48 Bobby Martintoni 7. 3D Lou Dreimeier 8. 9W Doug Wood 9. 15 Danny Resinger Heat 2 1. 41G Matt Goulden 2. 15 Jerry Grither 3. 7 Mark Miner 4. 64 Gary Cook Jr. 5. 88 Joe Puricelli 6. 78C Alan Conner 7. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 8. 72 Jeremy Roth 9. C6 Ray Wagner Heat 3 1. 67 Dylan Sharp 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 4. 02 Robert Powers 5. 68 Andy Oswald 6. 29L JD Laster 7. 97 Chad Unzicker 8. 31 Ricky Horton 9. 2F Todd Ferber Heat 4 1. 5 Jeff Leka 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 7Z Tommie Seets 4. 4 Robby Malchis 5. 18 Randy Myers 6. 17 Matt Verbeck 7. 31P Mitch Parmeley 8. 19 Bob Williams 9. 11 Brett Bennett Heat 5 1. 21 Danny Schwartz 2. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. C4 Chris Soutia 6. 77 Rick Stevenson 7. 72X Jason Sinn 8. 34 Jeff Ochs Dash 1. 7 Ray Walsh 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 21 Danny Schwartz 4. 5 Jeff Leka 5. 41G Matt Goulden 6. 55 Marty Smith 7. 89 Bobby Bittle 8. 67 Dylan Sharp 9. 3R Leon Rakers Semi Top 3 Advance 1. 24 Mike Harrison 2. 4 Robby Malchis 3. C6 Ray Wagner 4. 77 Rick Stevenson 5. 3D Lou Dreimeier 6. 72 Jeremy Roth 7. 97 Chad Unzicker 8. 78C Alan Conner 9. 88 Joe Puricelli DNS 10. C4 Chris Soutia DNS 11. 72X Jason Sinn DNS 12. 19 Bob Williams DNS 13. 11 Brett Bennett DNS Semi 2 Top 3 advance 1. 21 Dennis Richards 2. 48 Bobby Martintoni 3. 18 Randy Myers 4. 29L JD Laster 5. 31P Mitch Parmeley 6. 9W Doug Wood 7. 31 Ricky Horton 8. 17 Matt Verbeck 9. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 10. 15R Danny Reisinger 11. 68 Andy Oswald 12. 2F Todd Ferber DNS 13. 34 Jeff Ochs DNS Feature 1. 7 Ray Walsh 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 5 Jeff Leka 5. 1D Dean Hoffman 6. 15 Jerry Grither 7. 48 Bobby Martintoni 8. 7 Mark Miner 9. 64 Gary Cook, Jr. 10. 7C Tommie Seets, Jr. 11. 24 Mike Harrison 12. 70 Brian Bielong 13. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 14. C6 Ray Wagner 15. 18 Randy Myers 16. 3R Leon Rakers 17. 22M Matt Mevert 18. 4 Robby Malchis 19. 77 Rick Stevenson 20. 67 Dylan Sharp 21. 21R Dennis Richards 22. 02 Robert Powers 23. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 24. 41G Matt Goulden DNS. 21 Danny Schwarz UMP/AARA Sportsman - 34 Entries Heat 1 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 167 Tony Wyatt 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 360 Rob Stuart 5. 19 Jimmy Cummins 6. 67 Ronnie Bader 7. 20 Brad McKinnon 8. 86 Doug Kim 9. 105 Matt Hancock DNS Heat 2 1. 128 Tyson Gegg 2. 50 Kent Nations 3. 55 Jason Keller 4. 811 Wade Sutter 5. 32 Jerry Fleming 6. 94 Dan Friedrich 7. 18 Daryl Dodge 8. 99 Gary Johnson 9. 444 Marc Roberson Heat 3 1. 11 Jeff Herzog 2. 128 Tom Smallwood 3. 82 Pat Chalmers 4. 96 Tim Hollerbach 5. 147 Kyle Stolzer 6. 87 Gary Haynes 7. 23 Brad Smith 8. 97 John Goodson Heat 4 1. 120 Jimmy Miller 2. 8E Steve Edgecomb 3. 59 Ryan Gegg 4. 10 Dustin Homan 5. 16 Joe McCain 6. 6 Brock Baumann 7. 66 Sam Lopretta 8. 8H Scott Hensler Dash 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 128 Tyson Gegg 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 28 Tom Smallwood 5. 62 Troy Medley 6. 11 Jeff Herzog 7. 167 Tony Wyatt 8. 8E Steve Edgecomb 9. 120 Jimmy Miller Semi 1 Top 6 advance 1. 16 Joe McCain 2. 32 Jerry Fleming 3. 87 Gary Haynes 4. 67 Ronnie Bader 5. 6 Brock Baumann 6. 8H Scott Homan 7. 20 Brad McKinnon 8. 66 Sam Lopretta 9. 86 Doug Kim 10. 444 Marc Roberson 11. 99 Gary Johnson 12. 23 Brad Smith 13. 94 Dan Friedrich 14. 18 Daryl Dodge 15. 97 JohnGoodson 16. 105 Matt Hancock DNS Feature 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 11 Jeff Herzog 5. 28 Tom Smallwood 6. 19 Jimmy Cummins 7. 67 Ronnie Bader 8. 811 Wade Sutter 9. 167 Tony Wyatt 10. 87 Gary Haynes 11. 96 Tim Hollerbach 12. 147 Kyle Stolzer 13. 8E Steve Edgecomb 14. 120 Jimmy Miller 15. 82 Pat Chalmers 16. 8H Scott Hensler 17. 360 Rob Stuart 18. 10 Dustin Homan 19. 32 Jerry Fleming 20. M16 Joe McCain 21. 6 Brock Bauman 22. 128 Tyson Gegg 23. 55K Jason Keller 24. 59 Ryan Gegg UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 22 Entries Heat 1 1. 50 Trey Harris 2. 7 Conrad Miner 3. 166 Ryan Kress 4. 10H Homer Mooney 5. 65 Gary Range 6. 16 Jacob Buechting 7. 38 Michael Anderson 8. 83 Pat Brewer Heat 2 1. 74 Brandon Hedgcoth 2. 3 Ryan Eilers 3. 186 Stephen Crump 4. 97 Mike Dearing 5. 29 Robin Linnenbrink 6. 17 Andrew Nausley 7. 94 Donald Conman Heat 3 1. 5 Chris Fisher 2. 188 Gary Price 3. 22 Jerry Cover 4. 66 Jason Marquitz 5. 911 Tim Hoffman 6. 105 Jason Hancock 7. 8T Aaron Wood Feature 1. 5 Chris Fisher 2. 3 Ryan Eilers 3. 50 Trey Harris 4. 188 Gary Price 5. 7 Conrad Miner 6. 186 Stephen Crump 7. 74 Brandon Hedgcoth 8. 10H Homer Mooney 9. 166 Ryan Kress 10. 97 Mike Dearing 11. 22 Jerry Cover 12. 83 Pat Brewer 13. 911 Tim Hoffman 14. 66 Jason Marquitz 15. 65 Gary Range 16. 17 Andrew Nausley 17. 8 Aaron Wood 18. 94 Donald Conman 19. 38 Michael Anderson 20. 16 Jacob Buechting 21. 105 Jason Hancock 22. 29 Robin Linnenbrink

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