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Korte, Arpin, Herzog & Portell take victories at I-55 Raceway!

Randy Korte Steve Arpin CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY Pevely, MO (June 7, 2008) A big field of 134 racecars filled the pit area at I-55 Raceway on a very hot and humid evening. Twenty-nine UMP DIRTcar Late Models were on hand and Randy Korte of Highland, IL was back to compete for the first time since a back injury in February sidelined him. Korte looked stronger than ever as he swept the night's racing events by winning his heat race, the dash and the main event. Korte took the lead at the drop of the green flag and was never seriously challenged in the twenty-five lap main event for the lead. Tim Manville was able to get close as they worked lapped traffic, but Korte would once again pull away once he got cleared of the lapped cars. Korte would take the win by six car lengths over Manville. Mark Faust, making his first visit of 2008 to I-55 Raceway, would have a solid night and come home with a third place finish. Mark Voigt would take the fourth spot with Ken Rumble completing the top five. Steve Arpin of Fort Frances, ON, Canada left northern Minnesota at 6:00am Saturday morning, watching the radar on their cell phones as they proceeded south looking for a place to race. Ten hours later, they arrived at I-55 Raceway ready to compete against fourty-three other UMP DIRTcar Modifieds. A bad pill draw as signed in the gate left Arpin with a dead last starting spot in the third of five heat races. Arpin roared from the ninth starting spot in the heat race all the way to second in just five laps. He wasn't able to get past the leader, Mike Harrison for the win, but his second place finish from a last place start was enough with the passing point system to earn him a pole starting spot for the dash. Tommie Seets, Jr. would edge Arpin out for the win in the dash, but Arpin would finish second, giving him the outside front row starting spot for the feature. Arpin took the lead at the drop of the green flag and led all twenty laps of the main event. As Arpin pulled away to the win, Seets would also pull away from the rest of the field to finish second. The battle was fierce for the third spot, as Ricky Horton made a late race pass on Harrison to earn the third spot. Harrison would finish fourth with Doug Wood claiming fifth. The UMP DIRTcar Sportsman feature ended in a huge disappointment for Tim Hollerbach, who was looking for his first ever feature win. Hollerbach led the first thirteen laps of the fifteen lap main event and then things went terribly wrong down the back-stretch as two-time defending track champion Troy Naeger got into Hollerbach's left rear, sending Hollerbach spinning down the backstretch. Naeger would be disqualified from the event, but Hollerbach was also sent to the rear on the restart for being part of the caution. That turned the lead over to Jeff Herzog, who went on to win his second straight feature event after picking up his first ever feature win at I-55 Raceway just two weeks earlier. Jimmy Miller would have his best finish ever at I-55 Raceway as he came home with a second place finish. Kent Nations would finish third, with Ronnie Bader taking fourth and Kyle Stolzer would complete the top five. The biggest field ever for a regular weekly racing event were on hand in the UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stock division. Twenty-eight cars signed in and twenty-six of those started the main event. Nathan Portell would hold off Jason Crump to earn the victory. Tim Griffaw would finish in the third spot with Pat Brewer taking fourth and Gary Range fifth. UMP Late Models - 29 Entries Heat 1 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 51 Mark faust 3. 16 Mike Hammerle 4. 51 Steve Shive 5. 78 Chad Zobrist 6. 1 Ron McQuerry 7. 81 Craig Smith 8. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 9. 47 Danny Haynes 10. 68 Tom Fitzgerald DNS Heat 2 1. 87 Ken Rumble 2. 33 Tim Manville 3. 27 Mike Schulte 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 95 Jeff Johns 6. 11Z Bryan Collins 7. 7 Rich Lawson 8. 13 Dewayne Keifer 9. 33 Ricky Frankel 10. 10 Rodney Pense Heat 3 1. 8 Kyle Steffens 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 28 Don Klein 5. 28B John Beck 6. 67 Dylan Sharp 7. 00 Rick Rhodes 8. 7W Trace Westling 9. 66H Allen Hammond Dash 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 33 Tim Manville 3. 51 Mark Faust 4. 87 Ken Rumble 5. 16 Rusty Griffaw 6. 8 Kyle Steffens 7. 50 Ed Dixon 8. 30 Mark Voigt 9. 16 Mike Hammerle Semi 1. 81 Craig Smith 2. 13 Dewayne Keifer 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 7 Rich Lawson 5. 33 Ricky Frankel 6. 7W Trace Westling 7. 10 Rodney Pense 8. 14U Bruce Unterbrink 9. 66 Allen Hammond 10. 00 Rick Rhodes Feature 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 33 Tim Manville 3. 51 Mark Faust 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 87 Ken Rumble 6. 50 Ed Dixon 7. 8 Kyle Steffens 8. 95 Jeff Johns 9. 13 Dewayne Keifer 10. 78 Chad Zobrist 11. 67 Dylan Sharp 12. 7 Rich Lawson 13. 33 Ricky Frankel 14. 1 Ron McQuerry 15. 16 Mike Hammerle 16. 27 Mike Schulte 17. 47 Danny Haynes 18. 28B John Beck 19. 28 Don Kleiin 20. 16 Rusty Griffaw 21. 7W Trace Westling 22. 81 Craig Smith 23. 11Z Bryan Collins 24. 51 Steve Shive UMP Modifieds - 44 Entries Heat 1 1. 3D Lou Dreimeier 2. 88 Joe Puricelli 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 18 Jake Seets 5. C4 Chris Soutia 6. 87S Tony Patterson 7. 21A Karl Adams 8. 15 Danny Reisinger 9. 7W Parker Williams Heat 2 1. 31H Ricky Horton 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 9W Doug Wood 4. 17 Brad Thurston 5. 31P Mitch Parmeley 6. 1W Ray Walsh 7. 11B Brett Bennett 8. 5W Ralph Wiltrout 9. 17M Matt Verbeck Heat 3 1. 24 Mike Harrison 2. 00 Steve Arpin 3. 7M Mark Miner 4. 15G Jerry Grither 5. 21 Dennis Richards 6. 8X James Reed 7. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 8. 36 Conrad Miner 9. 72X Jason Sinn Heat 4 1. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 21J Jeff Vernier 4. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 5. F5 Chris Fisher 6. 6 Ray Wagner 7. 1A Steve Meyer, Jr. 8. 25 Brett Korves Heat 5 1. 377 Casey Pearson 2. 67 Todd McGraw 3. 99 Robbie Helms 4. 29 Jeff LaBaube 5. 0 Tim Hancock 6. 51 Timmy Hill 7. 15N Nick Todtenhaupt 8. D9 David Dunn 9. D22 Jim Brown Dash 1. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. 2. 00 Steve Arpin 3. 24 Mike Harrison 4. 377 Casey Pearson 5. 31 Ricky Horton 6. 3D Lou Dreimeier 7. 30 Mike Nicholson 8. 4J Scott Weber 9. 88 Joe Puricelli Semi 1 1. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer - Did not weigh DQ?D 2. 0 Tim Hancock 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. 1A Steve Meyer, Jr. 6. 51 Timmy Hill 7. 25 Brett Korves 8. C4 Chris Soutia 9. 72X Jason Sinn 10. 15R Danny Reisinger 11. 15N Nick Todtenhaupt 12. 11 Brett Bennett 13. 7W Parker Williams DNS Semi 2 1. 29 Jeff LeBaube 2. 31P Mitch Parmeley 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 8X James Reed 5. 87 Tony Patterson 6. 36 Conrad Miner 7. 21A Karl Adams 8. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 9. D22 Jim Brown 10. 5W Ralph Wiltrout 11. D9 David Dunn 12. F5 Chris Fisher 13. 17M Matt Verbeck DNS Feature 1. 00 Steve Arpin 2. 1 Tommie Seets, Jr. 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 24 Mike Harrison 5. 9W Doug Wood 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 0 Tim Hancock 8. 30 Mike Nicholson 9. 377 Casey Pearson 10. 4J Scott Weber 11. 15 Jerry Grither 12. 99 Robby Helms 13. 7M Mark Miner 14. 88 Joe Puricelli 15. 67 Todd McGraw 16. 21J Jeff Vernier 17. 6 Ray Wagner 18. 29 Jeff LeBaube 19. 21 Dennis Richards 20. 17T Brad Thurston 21. 18 Jake Seets 22. 31P Mitch Parmeley 23. 1W Ray Walsh 24. 3D Lou Driemeier UMP/AARA Sportsman - 33 Entries Heat 1 1. 11 Jeff Herzog 2. 36 Danny Ems 3. 55 Jason Keller 4. 50 Kent Nations 5. 19 Jimmy Cummins 6. 128 Tyson Gegg 7. 105 Matt Hancock 8. 43 Mike Harris 9. 38 Chuck Crostic Heat 2 1. 57 Trey Harris - Weighed light DQ?D 2. 147 Kyle Stolzer 3. 96 Tim Hollerbach 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 23 Kevin Mosier 6. 16 Joe McCain 7. 66L Sam Lopretta 8. 32 Jerry Fleming Heat 3 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 20 Jimmy Miller 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 360 Rob Stuart 5. 40 Donnie Mosier 6. 82 Pat Chalmers 7. 444 Marc Roberson 8. 3 Scott Hensler Heat 4 1. 97 John Goodson 2. 5 Mike McMullin 3. 8 Steve Edgecomb 4. 95 Jeremy Nash 5. 112 Jason Davinroy 6. 86 Eric Hogenmiller 7. 69 Derek Bryant 8. 39 Donnie Harkins Dash 1. 96 Tim Hollerbach 2. 97 John Goodson 3. 11 Jeff Herzog 4. 12 Troy Naeger 5. 62 Troy Medley 6. 36 Danny Ems 7. 67 Ronnie Bader 8. 147 Kyle Stolzer 9. 8 Steve Edgecomb Semi 1. 40 Donnie Mosier 2. 128 Tyson Gegg 3. 69 Derek Bryant 4. 82 Pat Chalmers 5. 57 Trey Harris - Weighed light DQ?D 6. 105 Matt Hancock 7. 3 Scott Hensler 8. 112 Jason Davinroy 9. 444 Marc Roberson 10. 32 Jerry Fleming 11. 39 Donnie Harkins 12. 86 Eric Hogenmiller 13. 66 Sam Lopretta 14. 43 Mike Harris DNS 15. 38 Chuck Crostic DNS Feature 1. 11 Jeff Herzog 2. 20 Jimmy Miller 3. 50 Kent Nations 4. 67 Ronnie Bader 5. 147 Kyle Stolzer 6. 360 Rob Stuart 7. 16 Joe McCain 8. 69 Derek Bryant 9. 82 Pat Chalmers 10. 40 Donnie Mosier 11. 36 Danny Ems 12. 55 Jason Keller 13. 8 Steve Edgecomb 14. 97 John Goodson 15. 96 Tim Hollerbach 16. 105 Matt Hancock 17. 5 Mike McMullin 18. 23 Kevin Mosier 19. 62 Troy Medley 20. 3 Scott Hensler 21. 95 Jeremy Nash 22. 19 Jimmy Cummins 23. 128 Tyson Gegg DQ. 12 Troy Naeger UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 28 Entries Heat 1 1. 49 Nathan Portell 2. 65 Gary Range 3. 3 Tim Griffaw 4. 54 Gerald Buechting 5. 51 Joel Potter 6. 36 Trey Lawrence 7. 17 Andrew Nausley 8. 99 Chuck Johnson 9. 81 Patrick Duke 10. 61 Steve Richards Heat 2 1. 86 Jason Crump 2. 16 Jacob Buechting 3. 11 Gage Sumner 4. 83 Pat Brewer 5. 2 Philip Stuart 6. 48 David Kite 7. 19 Jessica Buechting 8. 186 Steven Crump 9. 10 Homer Mooney Heat 3 1. 66 Jason Marquitz 2. 94 Ricky Hundley 3. 77 Ron Lyons 4. 105 Jason Hancock 5. 68 James Thornhill 6. 29 Robin Linnenbrink 7. 667 Jackie Buechting 8. 87 Gerald Gottschalk 9. 1 Ben Cochran Feature 1. 49 Nathan Portell 2. 86 Jason Crump 3. 3 Tim Griffaw 4. 83 Pat Brewer 5. 65 Gary Range 6. 10H Homer Mooney 7. 11 Gage Sumner 8. 2S Philip Stuart 9. 66 Jason Marquitz 10. 54 Gerald Buechting 11. 36 Trey Lawrence 12. 61 Steve Richards 13. 1B Ben Cochran 14. 99 Chuck Johnson 15. 29 Robin Linnenbrink 16. 19 Jessica Buechting 17. 87 Gerald Gottschalk 18. 94 Rickey Hundley 19. 77 Ron Lyons 20. 17 Andrew Nausley 21. 51 Joel Potter 22. 667 Jackie Buechting 23. 105 Jason Hancock 24. 16 Jacob Buechting DQ. 68 James Thornhill DQ. 48 David Kite DNS. 81 Patrick Duke DNS. 186 Stephen Crump

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