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Billy Moyer claims Tri-State Challenge win at I-55 Raceway! Bobby Bittle, Troy Naeger & Justin McCallister also take wins!

Billy Moyer Bobby Bittle Troy Naeger Justin McCallister CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE TRI-STATE CHALLENGE AT I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (June 5th, 2010) A stellar field of 44 Northern Allstar/UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models were on hand for the final leg of the Tri-State Challenge at I-55 Raceway. The action kicked off with qualifying and Billy Moyer (who holds the track record at I-55 Raceway in a Super Late Model) would set fast time with a lap time of 12.822 seconds around the 1/3 mile dirt oval. Moyer, who's pill draw had him qualifying and running his heat race with group 2 that included two other drivers that qualified in the 12 second bracket which were his son, Billy Moyer, Jr. and Shannon Babb. The 44 cars were split into 4 groups of 11 cars each that would have them qualifying and running in the same heat races. The first heat race would feature a spectacular side-by-side battle for all ten laps for the top spot as Jason Frankel and Will Vaught kept the fans on the edge of their seats. Frankel used the high side while Vaught battled on the low side and the two would go the entire ten lap distance battling for the win. Frankel would edge Vaught at the line for the victory. Dillon White would finish a close third for the final transfer spot with Ryan Unzicker coming in fourth just one spot out of the transfer position. Billy Moyer would pace the field in the second heat race with Shannon Babb hot on his tail. Billy Moyer, Jr. would move up to battle Babb for the second spot as Moyer went on to win. Babb would hold Moyer, Jr. off at the line to take second. Brandson Sheppard would cross the line fourth. Another great side-by-side battle ensued in heat three as Bub McCool and Michael Kloos fought for the lead. Kloos went to the high side on the opening lap and passed several cars to move into second and then pull along side McCool for the lead. With McCool using the low side and Kloos the top side, the two would run the final eight laps in a great battle for the lead. Jason Feger kept his nose in the battle as well and tried to make it three wide for the lead on a couple of occasions. McCool would edge Kloos for the win and Feger would finish a close third. Jason McBride would finish fourth. Heat four would see Bryan Collins open up a comfortable lead over team mate Billy Faust who was in a great battle with Dennis Erb, Jr. for the second spot. With just two laps remaining, Collins' machine would coast to a stop in turn two to bring out the caution. That would turn the lead over to Erb who was running just ahead of Faust. On the restart, Faust would pull along side Erb for the lead, but Erb would hold him off to pick up the win. Faust was second, Brian Shirley took third and Steve Lance, Jr. was fourth. Ryan Unzicker and Tim Manville took the wins in the semi-features. With the heat winners redrawing for starting positions, Dennis Erb, Jr. and Bub McCool would pace the field to the green flag in the $5,000 to win main event. Erb would take the lead at the drop of the green flag. Erb would pace the field for the first eight laps until Moyer reeled him in. The two would race side by side for three laps before Moyer would finally get control of the top spot. Meanwhile, Shannon Babb and Will Vaught began working their way toward the front. The first caution would fly on lap fifteen when the leader, Moyer caught lapped traffic and made contact with the lapped car of Ron McQuerry, with McQuerry ending up turned around in turn three. The caution was deemed for McQuerry and Moyer would re-assume his spot at the front of the field. Moyer would be the class of the field as Vaught, Erb, Babb and Moyer, Jr. battled for the second spot with Billy Faust close behind them. The race would go green all the way to lap thirty-eight when Shannon Babb's engine began spitting and sputtering and he coasted to a stop in turn three. That set up a two lap shootout to the finish with Vaught sitting in second place now with Babb out of the event. Moyer would prove too strong and held off Vaught for the win. Moyer, Jr. made a pass on Erb coming out of turn four to take the checkered to get the third spot. Erb was fourth and Billy Faust fifth. UMP DIRTcar/NALMS Late Models - 44 Entries Qualifying Group 1 1. 91 Jeremy Nichols DNQ 2. 95 Jeff Johns 12.964 3. 13 Dewayne Keifer 13.813 4. 78 Mark Miner 13.652 5. 92b Brant Kehrer 14.473 6. 32 Bobby Pierce 13.617 7. 54 Dillon White 13.490 8. 1v Will Vaught 13.083 9. 24 Ryan Unzicker 13.575 10. 82 Billy Laycock 13.924 11. 0f Jason Frankel 13.081 Group 2 1. 18 Shannon Babb 12.879 2. 80d Dylan Sharp 13.827 3. b5 Brandon Sheppard 14.076 4. 22 Dan Jacober 14.183 5. 2j Dave Jumper 13.470 6. 33f Ricky Frankel 13.119 7. 30 Mark Voigt 13.931 8. 11d Brian Diveley 13.384 9. 21jr Billy Moyer Jr. 12.942 10. 21 Billy Moyer 12.822 11. 31 John Hollifield 14.909 Group 3 1. 88 Bryan Collins 13.069 2. 45dw Denny Woodworth 13.143 3. 00 Billy Faust 12.944 4. 25L Steve Lance Jr. 13.425 5. 23 Paul Roider 15.278 6. 3s Brian Shirley 13.190 7. 28 Dennis Erb Jr. 13.284 8. 99 Todd Hall 13.891 9. 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr. 13.340 10. 81 Craig Smith 14.601 11. b12 Kevin Weaver 13.653 Group 4 1. 87 Ken Rumble 15.264 2. 77 Jason McBride 13.217 3. 86 Jason Crump 14.703 4. 25f Jason Feger 13.503 5. 6k Michael Kloos 13.537 6. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 14.061 7. 57j Bub McCool 13.193 8. 14u Bruce Unterbrink 13.633 9. 33 Tim Manville 13.664 10. 7 Rich Lawson 14.156 11. 1hr Ron McQuerry 13.865 Heat 1 1. 0f Jason Frankel 2. 1v Will Vaught 3. 54 Dillon White 4. 24 Ryan Unzicker 5. 95 Jeff Johns 6. 78 Mark Miner 7. 13 Dewayne Keifer 8. 82 Billy Laycock 9. 32 Bobby Pierce 10. 92b Brant Kehrer 11. 91 Jeremy Nichols DNS Heat 2 1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 18 Shannon Babb 3. 21jr Billy Moyer jr. 4. b5 Brandon Sheppard 5. 33f Ricky Frankel 6. 30 Mark Voigt 7. 22 Dan Jacober 8. 11d Brian Diveley 9. 80d Dylan Sharp 10. 2j Dave Jumper 11. 31 John Hollifield Heat 3 1. 28 Dennis Erb 2. 00 Billy Faust 3. 3s Brian Shirley 4. 25 Steve Lance Jr. 5. 45dw Denny Woodworth 6. b12 Kevin Weaver 7. 99jr Frank Heckenast 8. 99 Todd Hall 9. 23 Paul Roider 10. 81 Craig Smith 11. 88 Bryan Collins Heat 4 1. 57j Bub McCool 2. 6k Michael Kloos 3. 25 Jason Feger 4. 77 Jason McBride 5. 33 Tim Manville 6. 1hr Ron McQuerry 7. 87 Ken Rumble 8. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 9. 86 Jason Crump 10. 14u Bruce Unterbrink 11. 7 Rich Lawson Semi 1 Top 3 advance 1. 24 Ryan Unzicker 2. 33f Ricky Frankel 3. b5 Brandon Sheppard 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 78 Mark Miner 6. 95 Jeff Johns 7. 82 Billy Laycock 8. 32 Bobby Pierce 9. 11d Brian Diveley 10. 13 Dewayne Keifer 11. 80d Dylan Sharp 12. 92b Brant Kehrer 13. 2j Dave Jumper 14. 31 John Hollifield 15. 22 Dan Jacober 16. 91 Jeremy Nichols DNS Semi 2 1. 33 Tim Manville 2. 1hr Ron McQuerry 3. 77 Jason McBride 4. b12 Kevin Weaver 5. 25L Steve Lance Jr. 6. 45dw Denny Woodworth 7. 99jr Frank Heckenast 8. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 9. 87 Ken Rumble 10. 99 Todd Hall 11. 23 Paul Roider 12. 7 Rich Lawson 13. 86 Jason Crump 14. 14u Bruce Unterbrink 15. 88 Bryan Collins 16. 81 Craig Smith DNS Feature - 40 Laps 1. [4] 21 Billy Moyer 2. [5] 1v Will Vaught 3. [10] 21jr Billy Moyer Jr. 4. [1] 28 Dennis Erb 5. [7] 00 Billy Faust 6. [2] 57j Bub McCool 7. [11] 3s Brian Shirley 8. [8] 6k Michael Kloos 9. [14] 33m Tim Manville 10. [15] 24 Ryan Unzicker 11. [17] 33f Rickey Frankel 12. [20] 30 Mark Voigt 13. [3] 0f Jason Frankel 14. [12] 25 Jason Feger 15. [23] 99jr Frank Heckenast, Jr. 16. [21] b12 Kevin Weaver 17. [18] 77 Jason McBride 18. [24] 11d Brian Dively 19. [16] 1hr Ron McQuerry 20. [6] 18 Shannon Babb - dnf 21. [22] 88 Bryan Collins - dnf 22. [17] b5 Brandon Sheppard - dnf 23. [9] 54 Dillon White - dnf 24. [19] 25l Steve Lance, Jr. - dnf UMP DIRTcar Modifieds - 27 Entries Heat 1 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 64 Gary Cook 3. 22 Matt Mevert 4. 7z Matt Zimmerly 5. 05 Dave Weitholder 6. 62k Leo Keifer 7. 5e Erik Edgar 8. 5w Ralpk Wiltrout 9. 57 Richard Hines DNS Heat 2 1. 89g Rusty Griffaw 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 76 Eric Goetter 4. 8 John Leahy Jr. 5. 68 Andy Oswald 6. c4 Chris Soutiea 7. 70 Josh Russell 8. 24h Dennis Hornbostel DQ'd. 10x Jim Black - Illegal Tires Heat 3 1. 31 Ricky Horton 2. 1w Ray Walsh 3. 0 Tim Hancock 4. 64h Dan Hamstra 5. 72 Brian Lynn 6. 29 Jeff LeBaube 7. 9 Terry James 8. 18s Terry Scurlock 9. 12s Mike Stuckey Feature - 25 Laps: 1. [2] 89 Bobby Bittle 2. [6] 89g Rusty Griffaw 3. [1] 1w Ray Walsh 4. [8] 22 Matt Mevert 5. [3] 24 Paul Bauman 6. [4] 31 Ricky Horton 7. [17] 29 Jeff LeBaube 8. [11] 05 Dave Wietholder 9. [10] 64h Dan Hamstra 10. [20] 70 Josh Russell 11. [12] 7z Matt Zimmerly 12. [5] 76 Eric Goetter 13. [26] 10x Jim Black 14. [14] 68 Andy Oswold 15. [16] 62k Leo Keifer 16. [21] 9j Terry James 17. [23] 24h Dennis Hornbostel - dnf 18. [13] 8 John Leahy, Jr. - dnf 19. [7] 64 Gary Cook, Jr. - dnf 20. [9] 0 Tim Hancock - dnf 21. [18] c4 Chris Soutiea - dnf 22. [25] 57 Richard Hines - dnf 23. [15] 72 Brian Lynn - dnf 24. [22] 18s Terry Scurlock - dnf 25. [24] 12s Mike Stuckey - dnf 26. [19] 5e Eric Edgar - dnf DNS. 5w Ralph Wiltrout UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman - 28 Entries Heat 1 1. 28 Tyson Gegg 2. 59 Ryan Gegg 3. 69 Derek Bryant 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 5h Scott Hammack 6. 168 Mike Armstrong 7. 18 Jimmy Miller 8. 99 Chuck Adams 9. 327 Chuck Goodman 10. 21 Eric Hogenmiller Heat 2 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 49 Brad Paquet 3. 55 Jason Keller 4. 8e Steve Edgecomb 5. 10 Daryn Klein 6. 3 Scott Hensler 7. 16 Jacob Buechting 8. 68 Scott Bourland 9. t2 Grant Evans Heat 3 1. 64 Jim Smith 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 11 Jeff Herzog 4. 23 Kevin Mosier 5. 65 Gary Range 6. 15 Matt Brucato 7. 105 Matt Hancock 8. 192 Mark Spraul 9. 6 Rick Ruch Feature - 15 Laps: 1. [4] 12 Troy Naeger 2. [8] 11 Jeff Herzog 3. [1] 64 Jim Smith 4. [3] 49 Brad Paquet 5. [2] 59 Ryan Gegg 6. [5] 28 Tyson Gegg 7. [12] 8e Steve Edgecombe 8. [14] 15b Matt Brucato 9. [9] 23 Kevin Mosier 10. [20] 16 Jake Buechting 11. [17] 3 Scott Henseler 12. [13] 5h Scott Hammack 13. [23] 192 Mark Spraul 14. [6] 57 Trey Harris 15. [24] 6 Rick Ruch 16. [11] 62 Troy Medley 17. [15] 10 Daryn Klein 18. [21] 105 Matt Hancock 19. [22] 21 Eric Hogenmiller 20. [10] 69 Derek Bryant 21. [7] 55k Jason Keller 22. [16] 65 Gary Range 23. [18] 168 Mike Armstrong 24. [19] 327 Chuck Goodman DNS. 68 Scott Bourland DNS. t2 Grant Evans DNS. 18 Jimmy Miller DNS. 99 Chuck Adams UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 19 Entries Heat 1 1. 23 Mike McGinnity 2. 21 Tom Rorabacher 3. 19 Gerald Buechting 4. 7j Blake Jost 5. 28j Justin Hall 6. 01 Billy Lapaglia 7. 99 Evan Johnson 8. 667 Jackie Buechting 9. 22 Scott Wickliffe 10. 21p Josh Peppers Heat 2 1. 49 Justin McCallister 2. 11 Jeff Turner 3. 49t Mark Todd 4. 86 Jason Crump 5. 18 Aron Faulkner 6. 16 John Eldridge 7. 77 Ron Lyons 8. 66 Jessica Buechting 9. 105 Josh Meese Feature 1. [2] 49 Justin McCallister 2. [1] 23 Mike McGinnity 3. [3] 21 Tom Rorabacher 4. [7] 7j Blake Jost 5. [6] 49t Mark Todd 6. [9] 28 Justin Hall 7. [10] 18 Aron Faulkner 8. [5] 19 Gerald Buechting 9. [11] 01 Billy Lapaglia 10. [15] 667 Jackie Buechting 11. [16] 66 Jessica Buechting 12. [18] 105 Josh Meese 13. [13] 99 Evan Johnson 14. [19] 21p Josh Peppers 15. [4] 11 Jeff Turner 16. [8] 86 Jason Crump 17. [12] 16 John Eldridge 18. [10] 22 Scott Wickliffe 19. [14] 77 Ron Lyons

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