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Will Vaught claims MARS/UMP Challenge event; Schrader, Mosier & Fisher also take wins!

Will Vaught Ken Schrader Kevin Mosier Chris Fisher CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (August 29, 2009) Will Vaught from Crane, Missouri claimed the $5,000 winner's share of the MARS/UMP Challenge event at I-55 Raceway. Vaught topped the thirty-two car field of Super Late Models as he led all forty laps of the main event. Vaught started on the pole and battled early with Bryan Collins for the lead. Collins pressured Vaught for the first fifteen laps as he could pulled along side him through the corners on the low side, but couldn't successfully make the pass. Vaught would then open up a small lead over Collins, meanwhile Randy Korte had begun his charge through the field after starting tenth. Dennis Erb and Bill Frye were also on the move toward the front. Collins, Erb and Frye were locked into a battle for the second spot and Korte soon joined them to make it a four car battle. However, Korte would soon dispose of all three and take over the second spot and begin his attempt to hunt down Vaught. However, Vaught worked a smooth line around the bottom and never allowed Korte to get any closer than half straight-away to him. Vaught took the checkered flag as the event went all forty laps without a caution. Korte would cross the line second with Dennis Erb taking the third spot. Bill Frye would claim the fourth spot with Collins rounding out the top five. In the UMP DIRTcar Modified main event, Rusty Griffaw led the first eighteen laps of the twenty-five lap main event before being overtaken by former NASCAR driver Kenny Schrader. Griffaw used the very bottom of the track to pace the field while Paul Bauman used the middle of the track to challenge him early on. On lap twelve, Matt Mevert moved in on Griffaw and got under Griffaw going into turn one. However, Mevert couldn't hold the line on the bottom and Griffaw powered used a cross over move to power back past Mevert exiting turn two. Mevert then moved up to the middle of the track and raced door to door with Griffaw for several laps before they encountered lapped traffic. As the two got hung up in lapped traffic, Schrader used the high side that was clear of lapped cars to make his move into the lead. Mevert would get past Griffaw in the lapped traffic as well and proceeded to battle with Schrader for the lead in the closing laps. Mevert could get his front wheel to Schrader's rear quarter panel but could get no closer and Schrader took the victory. Mevert would finish a close second with Griffaw third. Tim Hancock would take the fourth spot with Mark Miner rounding out the top five. Kevin Mosier claimed his first ever UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman feature win at I-55 Raceway. Mosier, who started in the fifth spot, used the low side to move past early leader Jeff Herzog. With the field all bunched together, the top ten or twelve cars ran together in a pack for most of the event providing a great race. Mosier would hold off the challenges to pick up the win. Herzog would finish a very close second with Danny Ems along side him taking the third spot. Trey Harris took the fourth spot with Troy Medley completing the top five. MARS/UMP DIRTcar Late Models - 32 Entries Heat 1 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 28 Dennis Erb 4. 33 Tim Manville 5. 99 Eric Turner 6. 78 Mark Miner 7. 20 Darrin Forrest 8. 23 Paul Roider Heat 2 1. 11z Bryan Collins 2. 1hr Ron McQuerry 3. B12 Kevin Weaver 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 20 Darrell Mooneyham 6. 25 Patrick Johnson 7. 80d Dylan Sharp 8. 25 Jason Feger Heat 3 1. 1v Will Vaught 2. 56 Tony Jackson 3. 66 Bill Frye 4. 75 Terry Phillips 5. 33 Ricky Frankel 6. 18 Rylan Long 7. 95 Jeff Johns 8. 13 Dewayne Keifer Heat 4 1. 3s Brian Shirley 2. 42 Brandon McCormick 3. 74 Jeremy Payne 4. 6 Michael Kloos 5. 99 Frank Heckenast 6. 28 Leroy Johnson 7. 3d Lou Dreimeier 8. 7 Rich Lawson Semi 1 Top 2 advance 1. 99 Frank Heckenast 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 78 Mark Miner 4. 25 Jason Feger 5. 18 Rylan Long 6. 80d Dylan Sharp 7. 20 Darrell Mooneyham 8. 7 Rich Lawson Semi 2 Top 2 advance 1. 99 Eric Turner 2. 33 Ricky Frankel 3. 28 Leroy Johnson 4. 20 Darrin Forrest 5. 25 Patrick Johnson 6. 23 Paul Roider 7. 3d Lou Dreimeier 8. 13 Dewayne Keifer DNS Feature 1. 1v Will Vaught (1) 2. 00 Randy Korte (10) 3. 28 Dennis Erb (9) 4. 66 Bill Frye (6) 5. 11z Bryan Collins (3) 6. 3S Brian Shirley (4) 7. B12 Kevin Weaver (8) 8. 74 Jeremy Payne (12) 9. 50 Ed Dixon (2) 10. 33M Tim Manville (13) 11. 75 Terry Phillips (15) 12. 99T Eric Turner (18) 13. 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr. (17) 14. 25F Jason Feger (24) 15. 1HR Ron McQuerry (5) 16. 42 Brandon McCormick (7) 17. 56 Tony Jackson, Jr. (11) 18. 6K Michael Kloos (14) 19. 95 Jeff Johns (19) 20. 33F Rickey Frankel (20) 21. 112 Tim Ratajczyk (16) 22. 18 Rylan Long (22) 23. 20 Darrell Mooneyham (21) 24. 80D Dylan Sharp (23) UMP DIRTcar Modifieds - 35 Entries Heat 1 1. 9w Doug Wood 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 21 Dennis Richards 4. 22 Matt Mevert 5. 7z Matt Zimmerly 6. 36 Conrad Miner 7. 10 Ken Rumble 8. 8 John Leahy 9. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer Heat 2 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 9 Ken Schrader 3. 0 Tim Hancock 4. M41 Steve Maisel 5. 14 Leroy Haney 6. 95 Rick Stevenson 7. 87 Tony Patterson 8. 31 Mitch Parmeley 9. 3c Cody Conner Heat 3 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 88 Joe Puricelli 3. 41m Brent Mullins 4. X49 Josh Russell 5. 2 Robbie Helms 6. 1w Ray Walsh 7. 21j Jeff Vernier 8. C4 Chris Soutiea 9. 10x Rob Pendergrass Heat 4 1. 7 Mark Miner 2. 45m Eric Mabery 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 78 Alan Conner 5. 12s Mike Stuckey 6. 27 Joe Pendergrass 7. 117 Mark Enk 8. 5w Ralph Wiltrout Semi 1. 1w Ray Walsh 2. 2 Robbie Helms 3. 36 Conrad Miner 4. 10 Ken Rumble 5. 95 Rick Stevenson 6. 8 John Leahy 7. 31p Mitch Parmeley 8. 12s Mike Stuckey 9. 27 Joe Pendergrass 10. 117 Mark Enk 11. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 12. 87 Tony Patterson 13. 3c Cody Conner 14. 21j Jeff Vernier DNS 15. C4 Chris Soutiea DNS 16. 5w Ralph Wiltrout DNS 17. 10x Rob Pendergrass Feature 1. 9 Ken Schrader (8) 2. 22 Matt Mevert (11) 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw (1) 4. 0 Tim Hancock (5) 5. 7 Mark Miner (6) 6. 24 Paul Bauman (2) 7. 45M Eric Mabery (9) 8. 89 Bobby Bittle (7) 9. 41M Brent Mullins (10) 10. 31 Ricky Horton (14) 11. 7Z Matt Zimmerly (15) 12. 8 John Leahy (24) 13. 1W Ray Walsh (19) 14. 88 Joe Puricelli (3) 15. 36 Conrad Miner (21) 16. M41 Steve Maisel (17) 17. 10 Ken Rumble (22) 18. 21R Dennis Richards (12) 19. 95 Rick Stevenson (23) 20. 2 Robby Helms (20) 21. 14 Leroy Haney (18) 22. 78C Alan Conner (13) 23. X49 Josh Russell (16) 24. 9W Doug Wood (4) UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman - 33 Entries Heat 1 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 62 Troy Medley 3. 55 Jason Keller 4. 444 Marc Roberson 5. 29 Nick Todtenhaupt 6. 99 Chuck Adams 7. 96 Tim Hollerbach 8. 68 Scott Bourland 9. 71j John Wingerter Heat 2 1. 49 Brad Paquet 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 23 Kevin Mosier 4. 29 Jeff LaBaube 5. 59 Ryan Gegg 6. 21h Eric Hogenmiller 7. 7t Josh Tosti 8. M16 Joe McCain 9. 82 Pat Chalmers Heat 3 1. 36 Danny Ems 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 3 Scott Hensler 4. 105 Matt Hancock 5. 192 Mark Spraul 6. 49 Scott Hammack 7. 54 David Dunn 8. 711 Jeff Robbins Heat 4 1. 69 Derek Bryant 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 5 Mike McMullen 5. 34 Dave Armstrong 6. 10 Daryn Klein 7. 86 Jake Robbins 8. 15 Matt Brucato Semi 1 1. 59 Ryan Gegg 2. 34 Dave Armstrong 3. 10 Daryn Klein 4. 15 Matt Brucato 5. 711 Jeff Robbins 6. 86 Jake Robbins 7. 96 Tim Hollerbach 8. 21h Eric Hogenmiller 9. 5h Scott Hammack 10. 7t Josh Tosti 11. 99 Chuck Adams 12. 68 Scott Bourland 13. 71j John Wingerter 14. 16 Joe McCain DNS 15. 54 David Dunn DNS 16. 82 Pat Chalmers DNS Feature 1. 23 Kevin Mosier 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 36 Danny Ems 4. 57 Trey Harris 5. 62 Troy Medley 6. 67 Ronnie Bader 7. 49 Brad Paquet 8. 29 Jeff LeBaube 9. 12 Troy Naeger 10. 55K Jason Keller 11. 3 Scott Henseler 12. 64 Jim Smith 13. 69 Derek Bryant 14. 34 Dave Armstrong 15. 444 Marc Roberson 16. 86 Jake Robbins 17. 5 Mike McMullin 18. 105 Matt Hancock 19. 59 Ryan Gegg 20. 15B Matt Brucato 21. 10 Daryn Klein 22. 29T Nick Todtenhaupt 23. 711 Jeff Robbins 24. 192 Mark Spraul UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 21 Entries Heat 1 1. 49 Justin McCallister 2. 86 Jason Crump 3. 16 Jacob Buechting 4. 95 Brent Davis 5. 54 Gerald Buechting 6. 7j Blake Jost 7. 94 Ricky Hundley 8. 50 Gary Otto Heat 2 1. 23 Chris Fisher 2. 9 Brad Almond 3. 6 Tom Rorabacher 4. 8 Aron Faulkner 5. 22 Joe Laws 6. 66 Jackie Buechting 7. 18 Dylan Driemeier Heat 3 1. 65 Josh Range 2. 31 Johnny Francis 3. 11 Jeff Turner 4. 19 Jessica Buechting 5. 1 Joe Ellison 6. 42 Charles David 7. 57 Rob Umfleet Feature 1. 23 Chris Fisher 2. 49 Justin McCallister 3. 86 Jason Crump 4. 31 Johnny Francis 5. 11 Jeff Turner 6. 16 Jacob Buechting 7. 7j Blake Jost 8. 8 Aron Faulkner 9. 9 Brad Almond 10. 6 Tom Rorabacher 11. 1 Joe Ellison 12. 54 Gerald Buechting 13. 42 Charles David 14. 94 Ricky Hundley 15. 19 Jessica Buechting 16. 66 Jackie Buechting 17. 18 Dylan Driemeier 18. 50 Gary Otto 19. 95 Brent Davis 20. 57 Rob Umfleet 21. 22 Joe Laws 22. 65 Josh Range DNS

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