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Collins, Miner, Naeger & Fisher takes victories at I-55 Raceway!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY Pevely, MO (June 30, 2007) I-55 Raceway dodged the rain showers again this week and 121 racecars packed the pit area. In the U.M.P. DIRTcar Late Model division, Bryan Collins dominated the last half of the event after early challenger Craig Smith tangled with a lapped car. Collins had pulled out to the lead early in the event, but Smith closed in as they worked lapped cars. Smith dove under Collins going into turn three on lap fifteen and took the lead but as he exited turn four he made hard contact with the car of Ed Dixon as he tried to put him a lap down and Smith's car got airborne and went over the hood of Dixon's machine which sent Smith into the front stretch wall and Dixon spinning into the inside wall. Collins would pretty much go unchallenged the rest of the way, although Tim Manville made a hard charge through the field into second place but he couldn't get close enough to challenge Collins for the win. Manville, who started near the back of the twenty-two car field worked traffic perfectly as he passed car after car enroute to his second place finish. Dave Jumper had his best run of the season as he took the third spot, Brian Dively crossed the line fourth and Kyle Steffens completed the top five. In the U.M.P. DIRTcar Modified division, "MADDOG" Mark Miner of Arnold, MO won his first feature of the 2007 season at I-55 Raceway. Miner led all twenty-laps of the main event, but had to hold off the challenges of Tim Hill and then Bobby Bittle. Hill battled with Miner for most of the event, but after a caution with three laps to go, Bittle sped past Hill and worked on Miner the final two laps. However, Miner proved too strong and claimed the victory. Bittle crossed the line in second with Hill third. Ray Walsh, who had won two previous features in a row at I-55 Raceway took the fourth spot with Ray Wagner finishing fifth. Troy Naeger claimed the U.M.P. DIRTcar Sportsman main event. Naeger battled with Kent Nations early on, but the two made contact on lap seven and Nations got the bad end of the contact as both left side tires on his car were flattened. Jeff Herzog made a late race challenge on Naeger but came up short and had to settle for the second position. Troy Medley crossed the line in third although the rear-end almost came completely out from under his car as he crossed the start-finish line. Medley narrowly avoided hitting the wall going into turn one after his mechanical woes. Jimmy Cummins took the fourth spot with Ronnie Bader completing the top five. Chris Fisher won the U.M.P. DIRTcar Pro 4 Stock main event. Gary Price took the second spot with Trey Harris finishing third. UMP Late Models - 23 Entries Heat 1 1. 77 Clay Baumann 2. 47 Danny Haynes 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 11D Brian Diveley 5. 67 Mark Oller 6. 33 Tim Manville 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 66 Alan Hammond, III Heat 2 1. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 2. 8 Kyle Steffens 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 27S Kenny Helmick 5. 70 Bill Williamson 6. 1 Ron McQuerry 7. 68 Tom Fitzgerald 8. 95 Jeff Johns Heat 3 1. 11Z Bryan Collins 2. 81 Craig Smith 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 7 Rich Lawson 5. 82 Billy Laycock 6. B10 Brad White 7. 59 Rich Whaley Dash 1. 11Z Bryan Collins 2. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 3. 81 Craig Smith 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 11D Brian Diveley 6. 27S Kenny Helmick 7. 2J Dave Jumper 8. 77 Clay Baumann 9. 50 Ed Dixon Feature 1. 11Z Bryan Collins 2. 33 Tim Manville 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 11D Brian Diveley 5. 8 Kyle Steffens 6. 67 Mark Oller 7. 27S Kenny Helmick 8. 7 Rich Lawson 9. 28 Don Klein 10. 66H Alan Hammond, III 11. 47 Danny Haynes 12. 82 Billy Laycock 13. 70 Bill Williamson 14. 1HR Ron McQuerry 15. 68 Tom Fitzgerald 16. 81 Craig Smith 17. 50 Ed Dixon 18. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 19. B10 Brad White 20. 59 Rich Whaley 21. 95 Jeff Johns 22. 77 Clay Baumann DNS. 112 Tim Ratajczyk UMP Modifieds - 41 Entries Heat 1 1. 78C Alan Conner 2. 31 Ricky Horton 3. 14 Leroy Haney 4. 31 Cary Williams 5. 48 Bobby Martintoni 6. 3W Bob Woodrow 7. 31P Mitch Parmeley 8. 75 Doug Blair 9. 16 John Seets Jr. 10. 3D Lou Dreimeier 11. 72R Jeremy Roth Heat 2 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 51 Timmy Hill 3. 9W Doug Wood 4. 7 Ray Walsh 5. C6 Ray Wagner 6. 67 Dylan Sharp 7. 29C John Campbell 8. 99 Robby Helms 9. 3DS Michael Strunk 10. 72X Jason Sinn DNS Heat 3 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 7M Mark Miner 3. 12 Rich Standridge 4. 29L Jeff Labaube 5. 45 Eric Mabery 6. 15 Jerry Grither 7. 21 Dennis Richards 8. 377 Casey Pearson 9. 21A Karl Adams 10. 20Z Dan Zander Heat 4 1. 88 Joe Puricelli 2. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 17V Matt Verbeck 5. 8X James Reed 6. C4 Chris Soutia 7. 40 Erik Edgar 8. 7W Parker Williams 9. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 10. 14C Rick Conoyer Dash 1. 7 Mark Miner 2. 51 Tim Hill 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 4J Scott Weber 5. 14 Leroy Haney 6. 78C Alan Conner 7. 88 Joe Puricelli 8. 31 Ricky Horton 9. 7Z Matt Zimmerly Semi 1 Top 3 advance 1. 67 Dylan Sharp DQ - Did not weigh 2. 48 Bobby Martintoni 3. 8X James Reed 4. 29C John Campbell 5. 99 Robbie Helms 6. 21A Karl Adams 7. 40 Erik Edgar 8. 16 John Seets, Jr. 9. 377 Casey Pearson 10. 3D Lou Dreimeier 11. 14 Rick Conoyer DNS 12. 72X Jason Sinn DNS Semi 2 Top 3 advance 1. 15 Jerry Grither 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 75 Doug Blair 4. C4 Chris Soutia 5. 3W Bob Woodrow 6. 31P Mitch Parmeley 7. 7 Parker Williams 8. 3DS Michael Strunk 9. 72R Jeremy Roth 10. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer DNS 11. 20Z Dan Zander DNS Feature 1. 7 Mark Miner 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 51 Tim Hill 4. 7 Ray Walsh 5. C6 Ray Wagner 6. 78C Alan Conner 7. 45 Eric Mabery 8. 14 Leroy Haney 9. 88 Joe Puricelli 10. 31 Ricky Horton 11. 9W Doug Wood 12. 15 Jerry Grither 13. 48 Bobby Martintoni 14. 24 Paul Bauman 15. 12S Richie Standridge 16. 75 Doug Blair 17. 17M Matt Verbeck 18. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 19. 31W Cary Williams 20. 29C John Campbell 21. 99 Robby Helms (alternate) 22. 29L Jeff LeBaube 23. 21 Dennis Richards 24. 8X James Reed DNS. 4J Scott Weber UMP/AARA Sportsman - 33 Entries Heat 1 1. 23 Kevin Mosier 2. 96 Tim Hollerbach 3. 32 Jerry Fleming 4. 411 Marty Heck 5. 36 Danny Ems 6. 50 Kent Nations 7. 186 Jake Robbins 8. 42 Greg Stumbaugh 9. 360 Rob Stuart Heat 2 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 21 Randy Dickman 3. 105 Matt Hancock 4. 147 Kyle Stolzer 5. 18 Daryl Dodge 6. 87 Gary Haynes 7. 40 Donnie Mosier 8. 811 Wade Sutter Heat 3 1. 167 Tony Wyatt 2. 62 Troy Medley 3. 11 Jeff Herzog 4. 97 Mike Nicholson 5. 82 Pat Chalmers 6. 55 Jason Keller 7. 811 Wade Sutter 8. 59 Ryan Gegg Heat 4 1. 128 Tyson Gegg 2. 67 Ronnie Bader 3. 16 Joe McCain 4. 8E Steve Edgecomb 5. 19 Jimmy Cummins 6. 23 Brad Smith 7. 711 Dan Pitti 8. 44 JR Bollinger Dash 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 50 Kent Nations 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 11 Jeff Herzog 5. 19 Jimmy Cummins 6. 87 Gary Haynes 7. 67 Ronnie Bader 8. 96 Tim Hollerbach 9. 55 Jason Keller Semi 1 Top 6 advance 1. 21 Randy Dickman 2. 8E Steve Edgecomb 3. 32 Jerry Fleming 4. 18 Daryl Dodge 5. 40 Donnie Mosier 6. 42 Greg Stumbaugh 7. 23 Brad Smith 8. 711 Dan Pitti 9. 411 Marty Heck 10. 186 Jake Robbins 11. 167 Tony Wyatt 12. 97 Mike Nicholson 13. 44 JR Bollinger 14. 59 Ryan Gegg DNS 15. 360 Rob Stuart DNS Feature 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 19 Jimmy Cummins 5. 67 Ronnie Bader 6. 55K Jason Keller 7. 96 Tim Hollerbach 8. 128 Tyson Gegg 9. 147 Kyle Stolzer 10. 21 Randy Dickman 11. M16 Joe McCain 12. 50 Kent Nations 13. 40 Donnie Mosier 14. 8E Steve Edgecombe 15. 23M Kevin Mosier 16. 82 Pat Chalmers 17. 8H Scott Hensler 18. 105 Matt Hancock 19. 32 Jerry Fleming 20. 36 Danny Ems 21. 87 Gary Haynes 22. 18 Daryl Dodge 23. 42 Greg Stumbaugh 24. 811 Wade Sutter UMP/Pro 4 Stocks - 24 Entries Heat 1 1. 186 Stephen Crump 2. 911 Tim Hoffman 3. 105 Jason Hancock 4. 17 Andrew Nausley 5. 94 Lance Politte 6. 901 Mike Owens 7. 188 Gary Price 8. 12 James Ray DNS Heat 2 1. 50 Trey Harris 2. 10H Homer Mooney 3. 86 Jason Crump 4. 97 Mike Dearing 5. 16 Jacob Buechting 6. 65 Gary Range 7. 8 Rick Barker 8. 99 Chuck Johnson Heat 3 1. 74 Brandon Hedgecoth 2. 5 Chris Fisher 3. 7 Conrad Miner 4. 22 Jerry Cover 5. 29 Robin Linnenbrink 6. 77 Ron Lyons 7. 116 Chuck Bowen 8. 241 Steve Parker Feature 1. 5 Chris Fisher 2. 188 Gary Price 3. 50 Trey Harris 4. 10H Homer Mooney 5. 74 Brandon Hedgecoth 6. 186 Stephen Crump 7. 86 Jason Crump 8. 97 Mike Dearing 9. 911 Tim Hoffman 10. 22 Jerry Cover 11. 77 Ron Lyons 12. 16 Jacob Buechting 13. 99 Chuck Johnson 14. 116 Matt Rolen 15. 65 Gary Range 16. 94 Lance Politte 17. 8 Rick Barker 18. 17 Andrew Nausley 19. 901 Mike Owens 20. 29 Robin Linnenbrink 21. 241 Steve Parker DNS. 7 Conrad Miner DNS. 12R James Ray DNS. 105 Jason Hancock

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