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Gary Haynes wins AARA Fall Sportsman Nationals; Dennis Ponder & Aaron Wood also take wins!

Gary Haynes Dennis Ponder Aaron Wood CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (October 4, 2008) Gary Haynes of Arnold, MO won the biggest race of his career on October 4th when he won the 7th Annual Allied Auto Racing Association's (AARA) Fall Dirt Nationals "Bud Pohle Memorial". With seventy-five AARA/UMP DIRTcar Sportsman cars on hand for the event, just qualifying for the twenty-six car starting field was an accomplishment. Russell Eilers took the lead at the drop of the green flag and would lead the first twenty-four laps of the fifty lap main event. Kent Nations kept the pressure on Eilers for the first sixteen laps as the two raced side-by-side for much of the first sixteen laps, with Eilers pulling ahead down the straight-aways while Nations would pull along side him through the turns. Gary Haynes joined the battle and moved past Nations on lap seventeen and kept the pressure on Eilers. Finally, Haynes would take the lead on lap twenty-five. Eilers would keep the pressure on Haynes for a few laps, before Haynes finally pulled away and took a convincing win. Jeff Herzog would move up and take the second spot in the closing laps from Eilers. Eilers would cross the finish line in third, but would be disqualified after the event when he came across the scales light. That would move Andy Casper into the third position after he charged through the field late in the race. Dustin Knerrer would get the fourth spot with Danny Haynes completing the top five. Gary Haynes would earn $7,575 for his effort. The race paid $2,600 to win, but every single lap paid $100 to $500 (depending on the lap) to the leader. Since Eilers was disqualified, Haynes was credited with leading from lap seventeen through fifty. Robbie Eilers won the hard charger award after starting twentieth and finishing in the eighth position. Terry Miller and Mark Pflueger each won a Hoosier Tire for being the first car from each B-Main to miss the transfer spot into the feature event. Gary Haynes also picked up the win in the Extreme Sportsman Challenge Dash. Haynes was also crowned the Extreme Sportsman Challenge Champion, which was based on several races at different tracks around the St. Louis area. Eddie Lowery picked up the win in the Champions Dash. The Champions Dash consisted of all Sportsman track champions that were on hand as well as past winners of the Fall Dirt Nationals. Lowery was the track champion at Montgomery County Speedway in 2008. A.A.R.A./U.M.P. DIRTcar Sportsman - 75 Entries Heat 1: 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 147 Kyle Stolzer 3. 123 Dennis Wernle 4. 911 Mark Miner 5. 99 Mike McGinnity 6. 81 Steve Edgecombe 7. 127 Tory Ernst 8. 441 Brian Bielong 9. 25 Kevin Gegg 10. 13 Josh Ray Heat 2: 1. 40 Rusty Griffaw 2. 18 Paul Bauman 3. 5 Mike McMullin 4. 95 Jeremy Nash 5. 69 Derek Bryant 6. 318 Mark Todd 7. 27 Brian Dawson 8. 155 Jason Keller 9. 67 Ronnie Bader 10. 86 Eric Hoganmiller Heat 3: 1. 8E Russell Eilers 2. 60 Dustin Knerrer 3. 89 Eddie Lowery 4. 444 Marc Roberson 5. 153 Buddy Lowery 6. 228 Justin Durbin 7. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 8. 238 Mark bohnenstiehl 9. 112 Jason Davinroy 10. 28 Tom Smallwood Heat 4: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 3D Chris Smith 3. 68 Jerry Kiser 4. 82 Mark Pflueger 5. 52 Bill Knebel, Jr. 6. 28J Bert Jacoby 7. 23S Brad Smith 8. 43 Dave Armstrong 9. 19S Nathan Schmitt Heat 5: 1. 87 Gary Haynes 2. 57 Trey Harris 3. 11 Jeff Herzog 4. 11L Ryan Eilers 5. 96 Tim Hollerbach 6. 2 Nathan Walsh 7. 192 Mark Spraul 8. 105 Matt Hancock 9. 70 Tony Hunter Heat 6: 1. 360 Danny Haynes 2. M16 Joe McCain 3. 36 Danny Ems 4. 77 Wade Sutter 5. 20 Jimmy Miller 6. 1 Mark Schaefer 7. 33 Scott Hensler 8. 04 Chris Soutiea 9. 56B Jim Lafferty Heat 7: 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 128 Tyson Gegg 3. 32 Jerry Flemming 4. 9 Terry Miller 5. 3E Robbie Eilers 6. 66 Sam Lopretta 7. 88 Matt Koch 8. 44 Brian Eaves 9. 142 Mike Reed Heat 8: 1. 49 Brad Paquet 2. 07 Andy Casper 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 54 Rodney Standerfer 5. 023 Kevin Mosier 6. 93 Paul Nash 7. 411 Marty Heck 8. 31 Brian Shubirg 9. 119 Jimmy Cummins Champions Dash: 1. 89 Eddie Lowery 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. M41 Steve Maisel 5. 360 Danny Haynes 6. 18 Paul Bauman 7. 441 Brian Bielong 8. 228 Justin Durbin Dash 1: (Finish makes up inside row 1 of feature) 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 87 Gary Haynes 3. 40 Rusty Griffaw 4. 07 Andy Casper 5. 89 Eddie Lowery 6. 36 Danny Ems 7. 49 Brad Paquet 8. 360 Danny Haynes 9. 60 Dustin Knerrer Dash 2: (Finish makes up inside row 2 of feature) 1. 8E Russell Eilers 2. 3D Chris Smith 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 11 Jeff Herzog 5. 128 Tyson Gegg 6. 62 Troy Medley 7. M16 Joe McCain 8. M41 Steve Maisel 9. 147 Kyle Stolzer C Main #1: (Top 5 transfer to B-Main) 1. 28J Bert Jacoby 2. 023 Kevin Mosier 3. 441 Brian Bielong 4. 66 Sam Lopretta 5. 238 Mark Bohnenstiehl 6. 67 Ronnie Bader 7. 20 Jimmy Miller 8. 33 Scott Hensler 9. 28 Tom Smallwood 10. 27 Brian Dawson 11. 56B Jim Lafferty 12. 127 Tory Ernst 13. 23S Brad Smith 14. 13 Josh Ray 15. 105 Matt Hancock 16. 142 Mike Reed C-Main #2: (Top 5 transfer to B-Main) 1. 3E Robbie Eilers 2. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 3. 318 Mark Todd 4. 119 Jimmy Cummins 5. 228 Justin Durbin 6. 155 Jason Keller 7. 31 Brian Shubirg 8. 93 Paul Nash 9. 86 Eric Hoganmiller 10. 43 Dave Armstrong 11. 81 Steve Edgecombe 12. 70 Tony Hunter 13. 411 Marty Heck 14. 192 Mark Spraul 15. 88 Matt Koch 16. 25 Kevin Gegg B-Main #1: (Top 3 transfer to A-Main) 1. 18 Paul Bauman 2. 123 Dennis Wernle 3. 95 Jeremy Nash 4. 9 Terry Miller 5. 911 Mark Miner 6. 023 Kevin Mosier 7. 28 Tom Smallwood 8. 11L Ryan Eilers 9. 77 Wade Sutter 10. 238 Mark Bohnenstiehl 11. 441 Brian Bielong 12. 1 Mark Schaefer 13. 153 Buddy Lowery 14. 66 Sam Lopretta 15. 68 Jerry Kiser B-Main #2: (Top transfer to A-Main) 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 96 Tim Hollerbach 3. 3E Robbie Eilers 4. 82 Mark Pflueger 5. 99 Mike McGinnity 6. 54 Rodney Standerfer 7. 32 Jerry Flemming 8. 444 Marc Roberson 9. 52 Bill Knebel, Jr. 10. 228 Justin Durbin 11. 69 Derek Bryant 12. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 13. 318 Mark Todd 14. 119 Jimmy Cummins 15. 5 Mike McMullin Extreme Sportsman Challenge Series Race: 1. 87 Gary Haynes 2. 62 Troy Medley 3. 3E Ryan Eilers 4. 11 Jeff Herzog 5. 8E Russell Eilers 6. 28 Jimmy Cummins 7. 155 Jason Keller 8. 49 Brad Paquet 9. 07 Andy Casper Feature: 1. 87 Gary Haynes 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 07 Andy Casper 4. 60 Dustin Knerrer 5. 360 Danny Haynes 6. 36 Danny Ems 7. 128 Tyson Gegg 8. 3E Robbie Eilers 9. 62 Troy Medley 10. 155 Jason Keller 11. 50 Kent Nations 12. 28 Tom Smallwood 13. 96 Tim Hollerbach 14. 3D Chris Smith 15. 89 Eddie Lowery 16. M16 Joe McCain 17. 147 Kyle Stolzer 18. 49 Brad Paquet 19. 95 Jeremy Nash 20. 18 Paul Bauman 21. 123 Dennis Wernle 22. 57 Trey Harris 23. 40 Rusty Griffaw 24. M41 Steve Maisel 25. 12 Troy Naeger DQ. 8E Russell Eilers (Light) A.A.R.A./U.M.P. DIRTcar Pure Stocks - 38 Entries Heat 1: 1. 111 Adam Pate 2. 5 Jeremy Pate 3. 454 Pat Seymour 4. 71 David Walker 5. 21 Jim Rowney 6. 14 Tom Isler 7. 26 Mark Huegen 8. 17 Jimmy Bell 9. 22 Tommy Gegg DQ. 20 Shane Wilson Heat 2: 1. 36 Danny Ems 2. 1 Tim Driscoll 3. 37 Dave Montarusso 4. 33 Troy Bunfill 5. 135 Andy McCall 6. 2 John Cory 7. 91 Billy Kruep 8. 68 Terry McCann 9. 18 John Burns 10. 262 Nick Collette Heat 3: 1. 49 Steve Leach 2. 88 John Schrand 3. 39 Bob Hooker 4. 77 Mike Seymour 5. 148 Mike Jefferies 6. 51 Danny Ripperda 7. 48 Tyler Dackens 8. 11 Casey Schaefer 9. 81 Buddy Jeffries Heat 4: 1. 7 Dennis Ponder 2. 27 Casey Crane 3. 6 Jake Hewitt 4. 5J Josh Jackson 5. 59 Rich Breakfield 6. 4 Larry Smith, Jr. 7. 53 Mike Reagan 8. 411 Chris Sale 9. 8 Jordan Bauer Semi #1: (Top 3 Transfer to A-Main) 1. 22 Tommy Gegg 2. 68 Terry McCann 3. 11 Casey Schaefer 4. 51 Danny Ripperda 5. 59 Rich Breakfield 6. 48 Tyler Dackens 7. 14 Tom Isler 8. 81 Buddy Jeffries 9. 26 Mark Huegen DNS. 262 Nick Collette Semi #2: (Top 3 transfer to A-Main) 1. 2 John Cory 2. 4 Larry Smith, Jr. 3. 91 Billy Kruep 4. 148 Mike Jefferies 5. 18 John Burns 6. 8 Jordan Bauer 7. 53 Mike Reagan DNS. 17 Jimmy Bell DNS. 20 Shane Wilson Feature: 1. 7 Dennis Ponder 2. 36 Danny Ems 3. 49 Steve Leach 4. 111 Adam Pate 5. 5P Jeremy Pate 6. 27 Casey Crane 7. 454 Pat Seymour 8. 1 Tim Driscoll 9. 6 Jake Hewitt 10. 88 John Schrand 11. 22 Tommy Gegg 12. 71 David Walker 13. 5J Josh Jackson 14. 39 Bob Hooker 15. 37 Dave Monterusso 16. 33 Troy Bunfill 17. 91 Billy Kruep 18. 77 Mike Seymour 19. 4 Larry Smith, Jr. 20. 11 Casey Schaefer 21. 135 Andy McCall 22. 68 Terry McCann 23. 21 Jim Rowney 24. 2 John Corey A.A.R.A./U.M.P. DIRTcar Pro 4 Stocks - 44 Entries Heat 1: 1. 11 Jeff Turner 2. 81 Aaron Wood 3. K2 Brooke Hassler 4. 62W Meagan Wilson 5. 86 Jason Crump 6. 185 Chad Philip 7. 15 Jeremy Izard 8. 22 Mark Runnion 9. 6S Shae Gagne 10. 1B Ben Cochran 11. 75 Mark Vandiver Heat 2: 1. 31 Ryan Eilers 2. 149 Justin McCallister 3. 2 Phillip Stuart 4. 19 Jessica Buechting 5. 12C Bobby Crocker 6. 78 Rick Barker 7. 18 Aaron Faulkner 8. 61 Steve Richards 9. 17 Andrew Nausley 10. 667 Joseph John Fink 11. 60 Kevin Howdeshell Heat 3: 1. 10 Homer Mooney 2. 66 Jacob Buechting 3. 83 Pat Brewer 4. 91 Chuck Johnson 5. 52 Nick Knebel 6. 3 Ray Wagner 7. 7 Conrad Miner 8. 28J Justin Hall 9. 65 Gary Range 10. 8 John Ray 11. 81 Heat 4: 1. 14 Chris Fisher 2. 99 Bob Zbinden 3. 71 Cody Conner 4. 126 Tim Borgfield 5. 16 Gerald Buechting 6. 77 Ron Lyons 7. 62X 8. 48 Dennis Kite 9. 87 Gerald Gottschalk 10. 47 Dave Robertson 11. 9 Travis Horner Semi #1: 1. 12C Bobby Crocker 2. 28J Justin Hall 3. 77 Ron Lyons 4. 65 Gary Range 5. 15 Jeremy Izard 6. 78 Rick Barker 7. 61 Steve Richards 8. 9 Travis Horner 9. 8 John Ray 10. 1B Ben Cochran 11. 18 Aron Faulkner 12. 6S Shae Gagne 13. 75 Mark Vandiver Semi #2: 1. 7 Conrad Miner 2. 52 Nick Knebel 3. 3 Ray Wagner 4. 17 Andrew Nausley 5. 667 Joseph John Fink 6. 48 Dennis Kite 7. 60 Kevin Howdeshell 8. 22 Mark Runnion 9. 62X 10. 87 Gerald Gottschalk 11. 185 Chad Philip 12. 47 Dave Robertson Feature: 1. 81 Aaron Wood 2. 14 Chris Fisher 3. 31 Ryan Eilers 4. 149 Justin McCallister 5. 66 Jacob Buechting 6. 2 Philip Stuart 7. 86 Jason Crump 8. 99 Bob Zbinden 9. 71 Cody Conner 10. 83 Pat Brewer 11. 28J Justin Hall 12. 12 Bobby Crocker 13. 52 Nick Knebel 14. 77 Ron Lyons 15. 19 Jessica Buechting 16. 91 Chuck Johnson 17. 16 Gerald Buechting 18. 7 Conrad Miner 19. 126 Tim Borgfield 20. 11 Jeff Turner 21. 10 Homer Mooney 22. K2 Brooke Hassler 23. 3 Ray Wagner 24. 62W Meagan Wilson

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