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Korte claims Tri-Track Challenge! Hancock, Nations & Fisher pick up wins!

Randy Korte Tim Hancock Kent Nations Chris Fisher CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (May 30, 2009) Randy Korte of Highland, Illinois claimed the $5,000 to win Northern Allstar Late Model Series Tri-Track Challenge event at I-55 Raceway. It was Korte's fourth win of the 2009 racing season at I-55 Raceway in the Super Late Model division. Korte also has a win in the UMP Modified division this season at I-55 Raceway. Billy Moyer got the night started by setting fast time during qualifying as he beat out all forty competitors with a lap time of 14.172 seconds around the 1/3 mile high banked dirt oval. Heat race competition saw Frank Heckenast, Jr. beat out Moyer for the victory in the first heat. The two raced side-by-side for nearly the entire ten lap event. The second heat saw Rodney Melvin take the victory. Melvin worked his way past pole sitter Shannon Babb to take over the second spot early and then he slipped into the lead when early leader Jeff Johns pushed high in turns three and four in the closing laps. Randy Korte outlasted Tim Manville to take the win in the third heat race. Bryan Collins checked out in the fourth heat race enroute to victory over Bill Frye. Jeff Johns rallied back to win the first semi-feature event over Brian Shirley. Billy Faust claimed the second semi-feature over Jason Frankel. In the main event, it was completely the Randy Korte show. Korte took the lead from the pole position and literally checked out on the rest of the competitors until the caution waved on lap thirteen. Meanwhile, Billy Moyer had moved into the third position by this point. On the restart, Korte once again checked out but the caution would fly just five laps later. Moyer had now taken over the second position to setup a battle for the lead. However, Korte continued to prove to be too strong as Moyer could stay within a couple of car lengths of Korte, but could not mount a serious threat for the lead. Korte would pick up the victory with Moyer finishing second. Bill Frye would take the third spot with Dennis Erb, Jr. finishing fourth. Jason Feger made a great run through the field after starting ninteenth to finish fifth. Tim Hancock claimed victory in the UMP Modified division. Hancock kept his machine right on the bottom of the track as he paced the field. Once again it was Randy Korte who became Hancock's biggest threat. A caution with two laps remaining setup and two lap dash which allowed Korte to pull along side Hancock as they raced out the final laps, but Hancock proved too strong and earned the victory. Korte would take second with Ricky Horton finishing third. Bobby Bittle claimed the fourth spot and Ken Rumble completed the top five. Kent Nations made his first visit of the 2009 season to I-55 Raceway in the UMP/AARA Sportsman division and stole the show as he took the feature victory. Nations led all fourteen of the fifteen laps as he and Jeff Herzog raced side-by-side for most of the first half of the event. In the closing laps, Jason Keller would find his way past Herzog to finish in the second spot with Herzog taking third. Ronnie Bader took fourth with Trey Harris completing the top five. Chris Fisher earned his third UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stock victory. Fisher and Jason Crump had a great battle for the lead as the two diced through lapped traffic. Justin McCallister would finish third with Mark Todd fourth and Philip Stuart fifth. UMP/NALMS Late Models - 40 Entries Group #1 ( lineup ) 1 99Jr Frank Heckenast Jr. 14.233 2 23 Paul Roider 16.200 3 21 Billy Moyer 14.172 4 80D Dylan Sharp 14.934 5 28 Dennis Erb Jr. 14.436 6 B12 Kevin Weaver 14.731 7 25 Jason Feger 14.508 8 3s Brian Shirley 14.429 9 7 Rich Lawson 15.755 10 6k Michael Kloos 15.156 ---------------------------------------- Group #2 ( lineup ) 11 2J David Jumper 14.927 12 81c Kevin Cole 14.839 13 95 Jeff Johns 14.747 14 18 Shannon Babb 14.482 15 9z Jayme Zidar 14.975 16 27 Rodney Melvin 14.889 17 10 Scott Schmitt 15.324 18 1HR Ron McQuerry 15.601 19 B5 Brandon Sheppard 15.276 20 13x Brent Kreke 15.162 ---------------------------------------- Group #3 ( lineup ) 21 33 Tim Manville 14.908 22 5s Steve Sheppard 15.069 23 33f Ricky Frankel 14.913 24 99j Jimmy Dehm 15.510 25 00k Randy Korte 14.928 26 13 Dewayne Keifer 14.982 27 21jr Billy Moyer Jr. 15.177 28 27s Kenny Helmick 15.811 29 25s Chris Smyser 15.564 30 50 Ed Dixon 15.367 Group #4 (lineup) 31 27 Jeff Beyers 15.145 32 7 Matt Weidner 15.435 33 B1 Wendell Wallace 15.223 34 81 Craig Smith 15.475 35 112 Tim Ratajczyk 15.916 36 11z Brian Collins 15.140 37 D9 David Dunn 16.965 38 9 Kenny Schrader 15.350 39 66 Bill Frye 15.041 40 92B Billy Faust 15.28 Heat 1 1. 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr. 2. 21 Billy Moyer 3. 28 Dennis Erb 4. 3s Brian Shirley 5. 25 Jason Feger 6. B12 Kevin Weaver 7. 6 Michael Kloos 8. 80d Dylan Sharp 9. 7 Rich Lawson 10. 23 Paul Roider Heat 2 1. 27 Rodney Melvin 2. 81c Kevin Cole 3. 18 Shannon Babb 4. 95 Jeff Johns 5. 2j Dave Jumper 6. 9z Jamie Zydar 7. 10 Scott Schmitt 8. 1hr Ron McQuerry 9. B5 Brandon Sheppard 10. 13 Brent Kreke Heat 3 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 33 Tim Manville 3. 5s Steve Sheppard 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 33F Jason Frankel 6. 25s Chris Smyser 7. 21jr Billy Moyer jr. 8. 99j Jimmy Dehm 9. 27s Kenny Helmick 10. 13 Dewayne Keifer Heat 4 1. 11z Bryan Collins 2. 66 Bill Frye 3. B1 Wendall Wallace 4. 92b Billy Faust 5. 81 Craig Smith 6. 9 Ken Schrader 7. 7 Matt Weidner 8. 27B Jeff Beyers 9. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 10. D9 David Dunn Semi 1 1. 95 Jeff Johns 2. 3s Brian Shirley 3. B12 Kevin Weaver 4. 25 Jason Feger 5. 1hr Ron McQuerry 6. 2j Dave Jumper 7. 13 Brent Kreke 8. 9z Jamie Zydar 9. 7 Rich Lawson 10. 23 Paul Roider 11. 80d Dylan Sharp 12. B5 Brandon Sheppard 13. 6 Michael Kloos 14. 10 Scott Schmitt Semi 2 1. 92b Billy Faust 2. 33f Jason Frankel 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 9 Ken Schrader 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 13 Dewayne Keifer 7. 7 Matt Weidner 8. 25s Chris Smyser 9. 27s Kenny Helmick 10. 99j Jimmy Dehm 11. 27b Jeff Beyers 12. D9 David Dunn 13. 81 Craig Smith 14. 21jr Billy Moyer Jr. Feature 1. (1) 00 Randy Korte 2. (5) 21 Billy Moyer 3. (8) 66 Bill Frye 4. (9) 28 Dennis Erb 5. (19) 25 Jason Feger 6. (10) 18 Shannon Babb 7. (12) B1 Wendall Wallace 8. (14) 92b Billy Faust 9. (2) 99jr Frank Heckenast 10. (15) 3s Brian Shirley 11. (7) 33 Tim Manville 12. (18) 50 Ed Dixon 13. (17) B12 Kevin Weaver 14. (16) 33f Jason Frankel 15. (20) 9 Ken Schrader 16. (22) 9z Jamie Zydar 17. (4) 11z Bryan Collins 18. (21) 99j Jimmy Dehm 19. (3) 27 Rodney Melvin 20. (6) 81c Kevin Cole 21. (11) 5s Steve Sheppard 22. (23) 112 Tim Ratajczyk 23. (13) 95 Jeff Johns 24. (24) 81 Craig Smith UMP Modifieds - 24 Entries Heat 1 1. 36 Conrad Miner 2. 51 Timmy Hill 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 6 Ray Wagner 5. 377 Casey Pearson 6. 12a Michael Abney 7. 2 Robbie Helms 8. 1W Ray Walsh Heat 2 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 10 Ken Rumble 4. 1 Tommie Seets 5. 7 Mark Miner 6. 1x James Reed 7. 3c Cody Conner 8. 12s Mike Stuckey Heat 3 1. 0 Tim Hancock 2. 4j Scott Weber 3. 7z Matt Zimmerly 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw 5. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 6. 5w Ralph Wiltrout 7. 49 Josh Russell 8. 12r Tom Ratajczyk DNS Feature 1. (2) 0 Tim Hancock 2. (4) 00 Randy Korte 3. (5) 31 Ricky Horton 4. (3) 89 Bobby Bittle 5. (9) 10 Ken Rumble 6. (10) 16 Rusty Griffaw 7. (1) 36 Conrad Miner 8. (21) 1w Ray Walsh 9. (6) 4j Scott Weber 10. (13) 7 Mark Miner 11. (15) 1x James Reed 12. (19) 12s Mike Stuckey 13. (16) 12a Michael Abney 14. (18) 5w Ralph Wiltrout 15. (20) 3c Cody Conner 16. (8) 7z Matt Zimmerly 17. (12) 1 Tommie Seets 18. (17) 2 Robbie Helms 19. (7) 51 Timmy Hill 20. (14) 377 Casey Pearson 21. (11) 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer DNS. 6 Ray Wagner DNS. 49 Josh Russell DNS. 12R Tom Ratajczyk UMP/AARA Sportsman - 30 Entries Heat 1 1. 99 Chuck Adams 2. 67 Ronnie Bader 3. 28 Tom Smallwood 4. 96 Tim Hollerbach 5. 12 Troy Naeger 6. 23 Kevin Mosier 7. E7 Ed DeMille 8. 20 Jimmy Miller 9. 16 Joe McCain 10. C16 Cory Brown Heat 2 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 128 Tyson Gegg 3. 8 Steve Edgecomb 4. 34 Dave Armstrong 5. 192 Mark Spraul 6. 3 Scott Hensler 7. 105 Matt Hancock 8. 69 Derek Bryant 9. 15 Matt Brucato 10. 23s Brad Smith Heat 3 1. 11 Jeff Herzog 2. 55 Jason Keller 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 19 Jimmy Cummins 5. 57 Trey Harris 6. 49 Brad Paquet 7. 147 Kyle Stolzer 8. 19s Nathan Schmitt 9. 0 Chris Soutiea 10. B4 Mark Schnurbusch Semi 1. 105 Matt Hancock 2. 147 Kyle Stolzer 3. 23s Brad Smith 4. 16 Joe McCain 5. 15 Matt Brucato 6. C16 Cory Brown 7. 20 Jimmy Miller 8. E7 Ed DeMille 9. 0 Chris Soutiea 10. 69 Derek Bryant 11. 19s Nathan Schmitt 12. B4 Mark Schnurbusch Feature 1. (1) 50 Kent Nations 2. (4) 55 Jason Keller 3. (3) 11 Jeff Herzog 4. (6) 67 Ronnie Bader 5. (10) 57 Trey Harris 6. (14) 12 Troy Naeger 7. (7) 128 Tyson Gegg 8. (18) 49 Brad Paquet 9. (11) 96 Tim Hollerbach 10. (8) 8 Steve Edgecomb 11. (9) 62 Troy Medley 12. (16) 23 Kevin Mosier 13. (20) 147 Kyle Stolzer 14. (12) 34 Dave Armstrong 15. (21) 23s Brad Smith 16. (15) 192 Mark Spraul 17. (17) 3 Scott Hensler 18. (19) 105 Matt Hancock 19. (22) 16 Joe McCain 20. (23) C16 Cory Brown 21. (2) 99 Chuck Adams 22. (5) 28 Tom Smallwood 23. (13) 19 Jimmy Cummins DNS. 15 Matt Brucato UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 23 Entries Heat 1 1. 86 Jason Crump 2. 2s Philip Stuart 3. 22g Larry Gould 4. 95 Brent Davis 5. 7 Blake Jost 6. 94 Ricky Hundley 7. R6 Dave Racer 8. 54 Gerald Buechting Heat 2 1. 23 Chris Fisher 2. 49 Justin Mcallister 3. 16 Jacob Buechting 4. 71 Ryan Conner 5. 31 Mark Todd 6. 8 Billy LaPaglia 7. 105 Dean Gostling 8. 65 Josh Range Heat 3 1. 19 Jessica Buechting 2. 93 Brian Spalding 3. 667 Jackie Buechting 4. 18 Aron Faulkner 5. 66 Mike Brown 6. 1 Billy Cochran 7. 22c Jerry Cover DNS Feature 1. (2) 23 Chris Fisher 2. (1) 86 Jason Crump 3. (5) 49 Justin McCallister 4. (14) 31 Mark Todd 5. (4) 2s Philip Stuart 6. (6) 93 Brian Spalding 7. (8) 16 Jacob Buechting 8. (22) 65 Josh Range 9. (13) 7 Blake Jost 10. (11) 71 Ryan Conner 11. (10) 95 Brent Davis 12. (9) 667 Jackie Buechting 13. (19) R6 Dave Racer 14. (15) 66 Mike Brown 15. (12) 18 Aron Faulkner 16. (18) 1 Billy Cochran 17. (3) 19 Jessica Buechting 18. (20) 105 Dean Gostling 19. (21) 54 Gerald Buechting 20. (7) 22G Larry Gould 21. (17) 8 Billy Lapaglia 22. (16) 94 Ricky Hundley DNS. 22C Jerry Cover

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