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August 16, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (August 16, 2003) Mark Oller of Highland, IL picked up his second straight U.M.P. Late Model feature win at I-55 Raceway. Oller started deep in the field and worked his way through heavy traffic and was battling with early leader Ed Dixon when the first caution came out on lap eleven for a single car spin in turn four. On the restart Oller and Dixon battled side-by-side for the next five laps with Oller using the low side and Dixon racing around the top. But on lap sixteen Dixon got into the front stretch wall and the car rode the wall all the way down the front stretch before coming to a stop just before turn one bringing out the second caution. Dixon was able to restart but had to go to the back of the field on the restart. On the next restart Brian Wolfmeier continued his great run as he stayed glued to the back bumper of Oller as they paced the field around the bottom of the track with Tim Ratajczyk attempting to mount a challenge using the high side. Ratajczyk got into the outside wall on the backstretch on lap nineteen and then his car darted across the track towards the low side. Kevin Gundaker was unable to avoid Ratajczyk's car as Gundaker's right front drove up and over the left front of Ratajczyk. Gundaker's car came back down on all four wheels and he continued on. Mark McClintock then spun to avoid heavy contact with Ratajczyk. Paul Belken had a separate accident on the same lap and he climbed the turn one wall and nearly went upside down but he was able to keep it from going over and came to rest in turn two. Belken and Ratajczyk's night would be over after the two incidents. Oller held off the challenges of Wolfmeier for the final few circuits and picked up the win. Gundaker's car seemed unaffected by the earlier contact with Ratajczyk as he raced hard for the lead in the final stages and took third place. Kyle Steffens ran near the front all race long and came home fourth. Danny Haynes rounded out the top five. There were two feature events in the U.M.P. Modified division, the first being a makeup feature from two weeks ago after rain ended the program early. Dennis Richards paced all twenty laps of the first feature, fending off a host of competitors. Bobby Bittle was able to pull along side Richards on almost every lap but was unable to make the pass and settled for second. Brent Thompson and Ray Walsh were also keeping the battle for the lead tight as they fought lap after lap for the win but settled for third and fourth respectively. Leon Rakers came home fifth. The night's regularly scheduled U.M.P. Modified feature went to Bobby Bittle as he simply dominated the event. Point leader Ray Walsh battled lap after lap with Brian Wolfmeier for second place with Walsh taking the spot. Brent Thompson continued his good night as he came home fourth. Tom Ratajczyk took fifth. Scott Weber took over the reigns of the Jaenke Racing entry tonight after his own car was severly damaged the night before at another racetrack and came from near the back to finish sixth. Paul Belken returned to his championship form of season's past and dominated the night in the AARA Sportsman division. Belken pulled away to a comfortable lead and left everyone to battle for second. Scott Stuppy made a late race pass on Todd McGraw to claim second. Paul Bauman took fourth and David Bardin was fifth. Pat Brewer swept both AARA Wannabee features. U.M.P. Late Models - 18 Entries Heat 1: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 8 Kyle Steffens 4. 23 Brian Garner Heat 2: 1. 70 Mark McClintock 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 47 Danny Haynes Dash: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 8 Kyle Steffens 4. 11 Kevin Gundaker Feature: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 11 Kevin Gundaker 4. 8 Kyle Steffens 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 82 Billy Laycock 7. 50 Ed Dixon 8. 28 Don Klein 9. 70B Mark McClintock 10. 23 Brian Garner 11. 70 Rich Lawson 12. 20 Darren Forrest 13. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 14. 2J Dave Jumper 15. 46 Paul Belken 16. 1D Dean Hoffman 17. 68 Tom Fitzgerald DNS. 2 Todd Ferber U.M.P. Modifieds - 36 Entries Heat 1: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. X1 Dave Sandage 3. 85 Todd Gailius 4. 3R Leon Rakers Heat 2: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 21 Dennis Richards Heat 3: 1. 18 Brent Thompson 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 00 Steve Picou 4. 45M Eric Mabery Heat 4: 1. C6 Ray Wagner 2. 6 D.J. Hickman 3. 377 Casey Pearson 4. 56 Kevin Epperson Dash: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 18 Brent Thompson Semi #1: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. C4 Chris Soutiea 3. 41 Larry Hull 4. 88 Joe Puricelli 5. 18 Matt Weidner 6. 22X Clint Eckenrodt DNS. 23 Dylan Sharp DNS. 95G Jerry Grither Semi #2: 1. 7 Dean Vickers 2. 0 Gabe Regot 3. 95B Jim Beishir 4. 3L Bill LaRue 5. 73 Chris Moyer DNS. 35 Mark Stolle DNS. 9W Doug Wood DNS. 59 Rich Whaley Feature: 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 18 Brent Thompson 5. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 6. 4J Scott Weber 7. 3R Leon Rakers 8. 30 Mark Voigt 9. C6 Ray Wagner 10. 21 Dennis Richards 11. 45M Eric Mabery 12. X1 Dave Sandage 13. 7 Dean Vickers 14. 85 Todd Gailius 15. 51 John Hoffman 16. 56 Kevin Epperson 17. 377 Casey Pearson 18. C4 Chris Soutiea 19. 0 Gabe Regot 20. 8X James Reed 21. 6 D.J. Hickman 22. 00 Steve Picou 23. 14K Loren Knox 24. 166 Brian Worley August 2nd Makeup Feature: 1. 21 Dennis Richards 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 18 Brent Thompson 4. 1W Ray Walsh 5. 3R Leon Rakers 6. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 7. C4 Chris Soutiea 8. 00 Steve Picou 9. 85 Todd Gailius 10. 8 James Reed 11. 166 Brian Worley 12. 41 Larry Hull 13. 7 Dean Vickers 14. 59 Rich Whaley 15. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 16. 22X Clint Eckenrodt 17. 9W Doug Wood 18. 95 Jerry Grither 19. 6 Ray Wagner 20. 4J Scott Weber 21. 17 Jim Shereck 22. 11G Matt Goulden 23. 16J Darrell Hoffman 24. 77 David Cann AARA Sportsman - 26 Entries Heat 1: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 8 Ed Lowry 4. 01 Steve Borgetti Heat 2: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 24 Paul Bauman 3. 98 David Bardin 4. 19 Jimmy Cummins Heat 3: 1. D5 Dave Jenkins 2. 66 Darren Holland 3. 3P Bobby Prince 4. 69 Mark Hunter Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 00 Scott Stuppy Feature: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 24 Paul Bauman 5. 98 David Bardin 6. 8 Ed Lowry 7. 38D Troy Naeger 8. 19 Jimmy Cummins 9. 3P Bob Prince 10. 01 Steve Borgetti 11. 35 Chris Sale 12. 50 Eric Rudd 13. 66 Darren Holland 14. 53 Dwight Scott 15. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 16. 86 Doug Kim 17. 9 Mike McGinnity 18. 69 Mark Hunter 19. 54 Jim Wisnewski 20. 103 Randy Dickman 21. 39 Bob Hooker 22. 105 Matt Hancock DNS. 911 Christian Doggendorf DNS. 128 Lee Clardy DNS. 411 Marty Heck DNS. D5 Dave Jenkins AARA Wannabeez - 21 Entries Heat 1: 1. 10H Homer Mooney 2. 21 Dave Heinrichs 3. 99 Robbie Hoffman 4. 8 Ken Williams Heat 2: 1. 57 Don Hoffman 2. 6 Joe Gruhala 3. 41 Matt Johnson 4. 188 Gary Price Feature: 1. 8B Pat Brewer 2. 21 Dave Heinrichs 3. 58 Sharon Hoffman 4. 10H Homer Mooney 5. 188 Gary Price 6. 8W Ken Williams 7. 99 Robbie Hoffman 8. 23 Chris Roark 9. 6 Joe Gruhala 10. 02 Tracy Missey 11. 88 Scott Price 12. 01 Robert Denny 13. 28 Scott Geary 14. 51 Gene Hoffman 15. 57 Don Hoffman 16. 77 Ron Lyons 17. 41 Matt Johnson 18. 11 Chad Carter DNS. 177 Dan Wait DNS. 7 C.J. Wright DNS. 3 Danny Haynes August 2nd Makeup Feature: 1. 8B Pat Brewer 2. 6 Joe Gruhala 3. 28 Scott Geary 4. 57 Don Hoffman 5. 21 Dave Heinrichs 6. 188 Gary Price 7. 11 Chad Carter 8. 8W Ken Williams 9. 10H Homer Mooney 10. 41 Matt Johnson 11. 01 Robert Denny 12. 23 Chris Roark 13. 58 Sharon Hoffman 14. 77 Ron Lyons 15. 7 C.J. Wright 16. 99 Robbie Hoffman

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