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Brian Shirley, Bobby Bittle, Jimmy Cummins & Chris Fisher take victories at I-55 Raceway!

Brian Shirley Bobby Bittle Jimmy Cummins Chris Fisher CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (April 25, 2009) A huge field of 119 racecars filled the pit area on a warm but very windy evening at I-55 Raceway. Twenty-seven UMP Super Late Models were on hand including central Illinois drivers Brian Shirley and Billy Drake. It proved to be a great night for Brian Shirley as he swept the night's events. Shirley took the lead at the drop of the green flag and led the entire event. The main event got off to a very rocky start as outside front row starter Craig Smith got into the outside wall exiting turn two adn then got sideways on the backstretch on the opening lap. The crash collected several cars and eliminated Billy Faust and Ron McQuerry from the event. On the complete restart, Shirley once again pulled out to the lead over new front row starter Jeff Johns who settled into second with Ed Dixon running third and Brent Kreke fourth. Just seven laps into the event, fifth place running Danny Haynes jumped the cushion and got into the outside wall in turn two. Dave Jumper made hard contact with him and the crash collected several others and ended the night for Haynes, Jumper and Randy Korte. During the caution, second place running Jeff Johns exited the track with mechanical issues. Brian Shirley would continue his great run after the restart and went on to victory. Ed Dixon would finish a strong second with Brian Collins taking third. Tim Manville stormed from the eighteenth starting position to finish fourth with Brent Kreke rounding out the top five. Bobby Bittle paced all twenty-five laps of the UMP Modified Main Event. Bittle was dominant as he stayed several car lengths ahead of what turned out to be a fierce battle for second. No less than eight different drivers exchanged the second through fourth place positions throughout the main event. Tommie Seets, Jr. finally got the second spot from Ricky Horton with just a couple of laps remaining to finish in the runner-up position. Ray Walsh would also get by Horton on the final lap to finish third, leaving Horton with the fourth position. Scott Weber would round out the top five with Tim Hancock, Randy Korte, Kenny Rumble, Tom Ratajczyk and Brent Mullins finishing sixth through tenth as they all battled in one big pack. UMP Late Models - 27 Entries Heat 1 1. 95 Jeff Johns 2. 27S Kenny Helmick 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 16H Mike Hammerle 5. 20 Darren Forrest 6. *6 Billy Drake 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 23 Paul Roider 9. 22P John Paule Heat 2 1. 3s Brian Shirley 2. 92B Billy Faust 3. 81 Craig Smith 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 1HR Ron McQuerry 6. 1s Rick Salters 7. 7 Rich Lawson 8. 27 Jeff Beyers 9. 26 Ken Estes Heat 3 1. 47 Danny Haynes 2. 2J Dave Jumper 3. 13 Brent Kreke 4. 11Z Bryan Collins 5. 80D Dylan Sharp 6. 33 Tim Manville 7. 00 Randy Korte 8. 8 Kyle Steffens 9. 13 Dewayne Keifer Dash 1. 3s Brian Shirley 2. 81 Craig Smith 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 95 Jeff Johns 5. 92B Billy Faust 6. 47 Danny Haynes 7. 13 Brent Kreke 8. 2J Dave Jumper 9. 27s Kenny Helmick Feature 1. (1) 3S Brian Shirley 2. (3) 50 Ed Dixon 3. (11) 11Z Bryan Collins 4. (18) 33 Tim Manville 5. (7) 13 Brent Kreke 6. (10) 112 Tim Ratajczyk 7. (2) 81 Craig Smith 8. (16) 6 Billy Drake 9. (17) 1S Rick Salter 10. (22) 8 Kyle Steffens 11. (25) 13 Dewayne Kiefer 12. (12) 16H Mike Hammerle 13. (24) 22P John Paule 14. (21) 7 Rich Lawson 15. (9) 27S Kenny Helmick 16. (13) 20 Darren Forest 17. (15) 80D Dylan Sharp 18. (23) 23 Paul Roider 19. (20) 28 Donnie Klein 20. (4) 95 Jeff Johns 21. (8) 2J Dave Jumper 22. (19) 00 Randy Korte 23. (6) 47 Danny Haynes 24. (5) 92B Billy Faust 25. (14) 1HR Ron McQuerry DNS. 27B Jeff Beyers DNS. 26 Ken Estes UMP Modifieds - 30 Entries Heat 1 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 6 Ray Wagner 3. 41M Brent Mullins 4. 1S Tommie Seets 5. 00 Randy Korte 6. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 7. 21J Jeff Vernier 8. 5W Ralph Wiltrout 9. 31P Mitch Parmeley 10. C4 Chris Soutiea DNS Heat 2 1. 17 Brad Thurston 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 45M Eric Mabery 4. 1W Ray Walsh 5. 0 Tim Hancock 6. 10 Ken Rumble 7. 2 Robbie Helms 8. 51 Tim Hill 9. 21 Dennis Richards 10. 16 Rusty Griffaw Heat 3 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 1X James Reed 4. 9W Doug Wood 5. 7 Mark Miner 6. 36 Conrad Miner 7. 377 Casey Pearson 8. 22 Chucky Milam 9. 69 Mark Hunter 10. 11B Brett Bennett DNS Dash 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 17 Brad Thurston 5. 1 Tommie Seets 6. 41M Brent Mullins 7. 4J Scott Weber 8. 9W Doug Wood 9. 6 Ray Wagner Semi 1. 36 Conrad Miner 2. 51 Tim Hill 3. 21 Dennis Richards 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw 5. 2 Robbie Helms 6. 21J Jeff Vernier 7. 31P Mitch Parmeley 8. 22 Chucky Milam 9. 5W Ralph Wiltrout 10. C4 Chris Soutiea 11. 69 Mark Hunter DNS 12. 11B Brett Bennett DNS Feature 1. (1) 89 Bobby Bittle 2. (5) 1s Tommie Seets 3. (12) 1W Ray Walsh 4. (3) 31 Ricky Horton 5. (7) 4J Scott Weber 6. (15) 0 Tim Hancock 7. (13) 00 Randy Korte 8. (16) 10 Ken Rumble 9. (2) 12 Tom Ratajczyk 10. (6) 41M Brent Mullins 11. (9) 6 Ray Wagner 12. (22) 16 Rusty Griffaw 13. (19) 36 Conrad Miner 14. (20) 51 Tim Hill 15. (24) 21J Jeff Vernier 16. (21) 21 Dennis Richards 17. (8) 9W Doug Wood 18. (14) 7 Mark Miner 19. (11) 1X James Reed 20. (17) 7Z Matt Zimmerly 21. (23) 2 Robbie Helms 22. (18) 377 Casey Pearson 23. (10) 45M Eric Mabery 24. (4) 17 Brad Thurston UMP/AARA Sportsman - 35 Entries Heat 1 1. 96 Tim Hollerbach 2. 34 Dave Armstrong 3. 66 Sam Lopretta 4. 105 Matt Hancock 5. 128 Tyson Gegg 6. 21H Eric Hogenmiller 7. 192 Mark Spraul 8. 12 Troy Naeger 9. 13 Josh Ray DNS Heat 2 1. 11 Jeff Herzog 2. 36 Danny Ems 3. 99 Chuck Adams 4. 82 Jim Clark 5. 59 Ryan Gegg 6. C16 Cory Brown 7. 15 Matt Brucato 8. 94 Dan Freidrich 9. 38 Chuck Crostic Heat 3 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 67 Ronnie Bader 3. 147 Kyle Stolzer 4. 19 Jimmy Cummins 5. M16 Joe McCain 6. 23s Brad Smith 7. 8 Steve Edgecomb 8. 65 Gary Range 9. 3 Scott Hensler Heat 4 1. 49 Brad Paquet 2. 28 Tom Smallwood 3. 23M Scott Mosier 4. 18 Daryl Dodge 5. 55 Jason Keller 6. E7 Sam Worley 7. 29 Jeff LeBaube 8. 64 Jim Smith Dash 1. 49 Brad Paquet 2. 57 Trey Harris 3. 11 Jeff Herzog 4. 96 Tim Hollerbach 5. 28 Tom Smallwood 6. 99 Chuck Adams 7. 23M Scott Mosier 8. 34 Dave Armstrong 9. 36 Danny Ems Semi 1. 55 Jason Keller 2. E7 Sam Worley 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 128 Tyson Gegg 5. 8 Steve Edgecomb 6. 23 Brad Smith 7. 29 Jeff LeBaube 8. 192 Mark Spraul 9. 65 Gary Range 10. 38 Chuck Crostic 11. 15 Matt Brucato 12. 94 Dan Friedrich 13. C16 Cory Brown 14. 13 Josh Ray 15. 21H Eric Hogenmiller 16. 3 Scott Hensler DNS. 64 Jim Smith Feature 1. (13) 19 Jimmy Cummins 2. (4) 96 Tim Hollerbach 3. (7) 23M Kevin Mosier 4. (21) 12 Troy Naeger 5. (11) 147 Kyle Stolzer 6. (3) 11 Jeff Herzog 7. (19) 55 Jason Keller 8. (17) 18 Daryl Dodge 9. (15) 16 Joe McCain 10. (16) 82 Jim Clark 11. (12) 66 Sam Lopretta 12. (22) 128 Tyson Gegg 13. (23) 8 Steve Edgecombe 14. (10) 67 Ronnie Bader 15. (6) 99 Chuck Adams 16. (18) 59 Ryan Gegg 17. (1) 49 Brad Paquet 18. (2) 57 Trey Harris 19. (24) 23S Brad Smith 20. (14) 105 Matt Hancock 21. (8) 34 Dave Armstrong 22. (5) 28 Tom Smallwood 23. (9) 36 Danny Ems 24. (20) E7 Sam Worley UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 27 Entries Heat 1 1. 23 Chris Fisher 2. 28 Sage Thornhill 3. 667 Jackie Buechting 4. 62 Kelly Hebenstreet 5. 51 Ben Cochran 6. 18 Aron Faulkner 7. 66 Gerald Buechting 8. 28B Mike Brown 9. 8 Billy Lapaglia Heat 2 1. 49 Justin McCallister 2. 93 Brian Spalding 3. 94 Ricky Hundley 4. 22 Larry Gould 5. 42 Charlie David 6. 19 Jessica Buechting 7. 57 Earl Pryor 8. 36 Trey Lawrence 9. 65 Josh Range Heat 3 1. 31 Mark Todd 2. 86 Jason Crump 3. 2s Philip Stuart 4. 16 Jacob Buechting 5. 7 Blake Jost 6. 22 Jerry Cover 7. 77 Ron Lyons 8. 20 Zachary Busch 9. 105 Dan Hancock Feature 1. (1) 23 Chris Fisher 2. (3) 31 Mark Todd 3. (2) 49 Justin McCallister 4. (6) 86 Jason Crump 5. (5) 93 Brian Spalding 6. (21) 28B Mike Brown 7. (9) 2s Philip Stuart 8. (10) 16 Jacob Buechting 9. (4) 28T Sage Thornhill 10. (15) 7 Blake Jost 11. (12) 42 Charlie David 12. (16) 22C Jerry Cover 13. (8) 62 Kelly Hebenstreet 14. (17) 19 Jessica Buechting 15. (13) 51 Ben Cochran 16. (20) 36 Trey Lawrence 17. (11) 22G Larry Gould 18. (7) 667 Jackie Buechting 19. (19) 66 Gerald Buechting 20. (18) 57 Earl Pryor 21. (23) 20 Zachary Busch 22. (14) 18 Aron Faulkner 23. (24)105 Dan Hancock 24. (22) 8 Billy Lapaglia DNS. 94 Ricky Hundley DNS. 65 Josh Range DNS. 77 Ron Lyons

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