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April 22, 2000 Results

Ed Dixon Breaks Through for First Victory of 2000 - Scott Weber and Paul Belken Jr. Also Notch Wins Pevely, Mo. (April 22) -- It took three tries for defending champion Ed Dixon to win his first UMP Late Model feature at I-55 Raceway in the year 2000. Dixon passed Jim Durbin on lap seven of the 25-lap feature to take the lead Saturday night. Mark Oller, winner of the season's first two late model features, moved into second on the 16th lap but couldn't pass Dixon this week. John Hobson was third and Durbin ended up fourth. The action was close and tight throughout the race, with several pileups and many banging incidents. Pat Ryan finished the feature with the plastic nose piece from Clay Bauman's car hanging from his rear bumper. Dixon also won his heat and dash. Steve Shive won the other late model heat. The UMP Modified feature belonged to Scott Weber, who led all 20 laps and was never seriously challenged. Dean Hoffman and Ray Walsh were second and third. Weber also won the modified dash. Walsh, Hoffman and Jeff LeBaube won the heats. Paul Belken Jr., the 1998 track champion in the sportsman class, won his first feature of the season. Doug Wood was second and Brian Worley, who led the first three laps, was third. Wood won his heat and the sportsman dash. Jim Troutman, Dennis Wernle and Matt Hancock were the heat winners, and Mark Blanke won the semi feature. Billy Klein and Phil Grifford won the heat and feature for the two-man cruiser cars. There were 102 race cars in attendance Saturday, pushing the track over the century mark for the third time in three nights this season. Nonetheless, the program ended at 10:20 p.m. Late Model Heat 1: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 5 Brett Sievert 3. 2F David Jumper 4. 77 Clay Baumann Heat 2: 1. 51 Steve Shive 2. 112 Tim Rataczyk 3. 3D Jim Durbin 4. 87 Ken Rumble Dash: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 5 Brett Sievert 3. 51 Steve Shive 4. 112 Tim Rataczyk Feature: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 6 John Hobson 4. 3D Jim Durbin 5. 51 Steve Shive 6. 2J David Jumper 7. 87 Ken Rumble 8. 16A Mark Johnson 9. 78 Chad Zobrist 10. 28 Don Klein 11. 95 Jeff Johns 12. B1 Bob Brown 13. 6Q Pat Ryan 14. 2 Darrell Hoffman 15. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 16. 77 Clay Baumann 17. 10 Rodney Pense 18. 6Z Jim Zdroik 19. 44 Dean Molsinger 20. 5 Brett Sievert 21. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Other Cars Present: 7 Rick Bayer Modified Heat 1: 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 360 John Seets Heat 2: 1. 29 Jeff LeBaube 2. 11 Kyle Steffens 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier Heat 3: 1. 1D Dean Hoffman 2. 12 Tom Rataczyk 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. 14 Leroy Haney Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 29 Jeff LeBaube 4. 1W Ray Walsh Semi: 1. 45M Eric Mabery 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 68 Andy Anderson 4. C4 Chris Soutiea 5. 29C John Campbell 6. 59 Rich Whaley 7. 64 Jim Smith 8. 19C Vic Catalano 9. 36 Danny Green 10. 8 Kirk Murphy 11. 37 Chad Evans 12. 28K Jason Keith 13. C7 Chuck Rice 14. 70 Ken Peters Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 29 Jeff LeBaube 5. 377 Casey Pearson 6. 18 Brent Thompson 7. 12 Tom Rataczyk 8. 6 Ray Wagner 9. 4M Brent Mullins 10. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 11. 68 Andy Anderson 12. 11S Kyle Steffens 13. 9S Tom Seets 14. 45M Eric Mabery 15. 21 Dennis Richards 16. 11Y Wayne Young 17. 16 Rusty Griffaw 18. C4 Chris Soutiea 19. 29C John Campbell 20. 67 B.J. Seets 21. 59 Rich Whaley 22. 18R Shawn Rayfield 23. 14 Leroy Haney 24. 360 John Seets, Sr. Other Cars Present: 27 Matt Zimmerly 88 Joe Puricelli Sportsman Heat 1: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 36 Bob Schmidt 4. 23 Mark Schnurbusch Heat 2: 1. 15 Jim Troutman 2. 92 Jim Abshier 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 50 Mike McGowen Heat 3: 1. 74 Dennis Wernle 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 87 Gary Haynes 4. 17H Dave Heimos Heat 4: 1. 105 Matt Hancock 2. 28 Sam Worley 3. 75 Rob Imm, Jr. 4. 500 Danny Dixon Dash: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 15 Jim Troutman 3. 74 Dennis Wernle 4. 46 Paul Belken Semi: 1. 38D Mark Blanke 2. 13 Brent Kreke 3. 55 Scott Barker 4. 26 Rob Inman 5. 61 Mike Whitter 6. 80 Steve Borgetti 7. 58 Jeff Barker 8. 97 Chris Moyer 9. 111 Zac Parks 10. 18 Daryl Dodge 11. 19 Brad Grantham 12. 127E Tory Ernst Feature: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 9 Doug Wood 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 15 Jim Troutman 5. 00 Scott Stuppy 6. 36 Bob Schmidt 7. 87 Gary Haynes 8. 92 Jim Abshier 9. 105 Matt Hancock 10. 10 Todd McGraw 11. 50 Mike McGowen 12. 38 Mark Blanke 13. 74 Dennis Wernle 14. 28 Sam Worley 15. 500 Dan Dixon 16. 2% Tim Streisel 17. 17H Dave Heimos 18. 350 Robert Dill 19. 26 Rob Inman 20. 61 Mike Whitter 21. 37 John Imm 22. 55 Scott Barker 23. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 24. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. Other Cars Present: 90 Randy Kleinheider 96 Stan Cernik 30 Rick Hachett 79 Travis Tilley

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