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September 20, 2003 Results

Pevely, MO (September 20, 2003) A huge field of cars turned out for the 21st Annual I-55 Raceway Pepsi Nationals as 124 cars filled the pit area. Shannon Babb took home the $10,000 U.M.P. Late Model top prize. Babb took the win in dramatic fashion in a classic 3 way battle with Billy Moyer and Don O'Neal. Babb held of the challenges of Moyer and O'Neal for the first 39 laps, but lapped traffic came into play on the final lap. Moyer and O'Neal got under Babb going into turn one on the final lap and they came out of turn two racing three wide. O'Neal won the drag race into turn three but Babb and O'Neal made contact through turn four and O'Neal's car went high allowing Babb and Moyer to drive back past him. This was Babb's second big win of 2003 at I-55 Raceway. Babb also won the $10,000 Tri-State Challenge event back in May. Babb took the lead on the opening lap from his front row outside starting position. The first caution came on lap seven when fourth place running Justin Allgaier found the turn two wall and collected pole sitter Randy Korte. Korte was able to continue, but Allgaier's night was done. The second caution came out two laps later when Rodney Melvin and Billy Drake made contact on the front stretch, with both cars making contact with the wall and then spinning. Melvin's night ended and Drake was able to restart from the rear of the field. There were a couple of more early cautions for debris, before the final fifteen laps were run caution free. Kevin Weaver put together a strong run and finished fourth. The 2003 U.M.P. Late Model Track Champion at I-55 Raceway Ed Dixon rounded out the top five. Tom Ratajczyk picked up what may have been the biggest win of his career in the U.M.P. Modified division. Ratajczyk and Scott Weber battled side by side for the lead for the first fourteen laps. After Weber had mechanical problems, Ratajczyk held off Jeff Leka for the final six laps and took the win. Bobby Martintoni moved past Leka with just two laps remaining and took second. Dennis Richards came home fourth and the 2003 U.M.P. Modified Track Champion at I-55 Raceway, Ray Walsh, took fifth. Scott Stuppy claimed the AARA Sportsman feature. Stuppy held of Troy Naeger for the win. Steve Maisel, making his first appearance of the 2003 at I-55 Raceway was third. The 2003 AARA Sportsman Track Champion, Paul Bauman was fourth. Bob Prince rounded out the top five. U.M.P. Modifieds - 47 Entries Heat 1: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 3L Jeff Leka 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 95 Jerry Grither Heat 2: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 3. C6 Ray Wagner 4. 89 Bobby Bittle Heat 3: 1. 48 Bobby Martintoni 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 30 Mark Voigt 4. 1D Dean Hoffman Heat 4: 1. WF0 Kyle Logue 2. 51 John Hoffman 3. 56 Kevin Epperson 4. 8X James Reed Heat 5: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. X1 Dave Sandage 4. 11 Kyle Byerline Dash: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 3L Jeff Leka 4. 59 Rich Whaley Semi #1: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 41M Brent Mullins 4. 29 Jeff LeBaube 5. 10 Kelly Kovski 6. 19 Chris Simmerman 7. 00 Steve Picou 8. 31 Kent Schoeck 9. 192 Brian Allen 10. 4 Ricky Weeks 11. 92K Ted Klaus 12. 6 D.J. Hickman DNS. 2 Todd Ferber DNS. 45M Eric Mabery DNS. 50 Chris Woods Semi #2: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 11 Matt Goulden 3. 88 Joe Puricelli 4. 41 Larry Hull 5. C4 Chris Soutiea 6. 60 Jared Kneemiller 7. 22 Clint Eckenrodt 8. 3R Leon Rakers 9. 14K Loren Knox 10. 15 Doug Blair 11. 2 Kyle Steffens DNS. 0 Gabe Regot DNS. 73 Chris Moyer DNS. 23 Dylan Sharp Feature: 1. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 2. 48 Bobby Martintoni 3. 3L Jeff Leka 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. 1W Ray Walsh 6. WF0 Kyle Logue 7. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 8. 89 Bobby Bittle 9. 1D Dean Hoffman 10. 7 Mark Miner 11. 9W Doug Wood 12. C6 Ray Wagner 13. 51 John Hoffman 14. 11K Kyle Byerline 15. 166 Brian Worley 16. 11G Matt Goulden 17. 56 Kevin Epperson 18. X1 Dave Sandage 19. 4J Scott Weber 20. 30 Mark Voigt 21. 59 Rich Whaley 22. 55 Marty Smith, Jr. 23. 95 Jerry Grither 24. 8X James Reed U.M.P. Late Models - 38 Entries Qualifying: 1. Shannon Babb 13.305 2. Justin Allgaier 13.372 3. Randy Korte 13.468 4. Billy Moyer 13.6 Dash: 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 18 Shannon Babb 3. 20 Mark Gansmann 4. 21 Billy Moyer 5. 50 Ed Dixon 6. 1A Justin Allgaier 7. 27 Rodney Melvin 8. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 9. 2J Dave Jumper Heat 1: 1. 27 Rodney Melvin 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 9 Billy Drake 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 28 Don Klein 6. 75 Bert Cheatham 7. 70 Rich Lawson DNS. 8 Kyle Steffens Heat 2: 1. 4 Mike Mullvain 2. 26 Billy Faust 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 1S Rick Salter 5. 77 Clay Baumann 6. 71 John Bohn 7. 8 Ron McQuerry 8. 51 Steve Shive Heat 3: 1. 71 Don O'Neal 2. 3S Brian Shirley 3. K5 Gary Keeling 4. 67 Mark Oller 5. 82 Billy Laycock 6. 2J Dave Jumper 7. 23 Brian Garner 8. 82 Roger Brickler Heat 4: 1. B12 Kevin Weaver 2. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 76 Mark Voigt 4. 5 Bret Sievert 5. F15 Steve Sheppard 6. 100 Scott Weber 7. E55 Brad Loddeke DNS. 13 Charlie Savage Semi #1: 1. 47 Danny Haynes 2. 28 Don Klein 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 1S Rick Salter 5. 71 John Bohn 6. 75 Bert Cheatham 7. 8 Ron McQuerry 8. 70 Rich Lawson DNS. E55 Brad Loddeke DNS. 8 Kyle Steffens Semi #2: 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 5 Bret Sievert 3. F15 Steve Sheppard 4. 2J Dave Jumper 5. 100 Scott Weber 6. 82 Billy Laycock 7. 82 Roger Brickler DNS. 51 Steve Shive DNS. 23 Brian Garner DNS. 13 Charlie Savage Feature: 1. 18 Shannon Babb 2. 21 Billy Moyer 3. 71 Don O'Neal 4. B12 Kevin Weaver 5. 50 Ed Dixon 6. 9 Billy Drake 7. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 8. 4 Mike Mullvain 9. 26 Billy Faust 10. 3S Brain Shirley 11. 5 Bret Sievert 12. 00 Randy Korte 13. 77 Clay Baumann 14. 76 Mark Voigt 15. 47 Danny Haynes 16. K5 Gary Keeling 17. 28 Don Klein 18. 11 Kevin Gundaker 19. 20 Mark Gansmann 20. 67 Mark Oller 21. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 22. 27 Rodney Melvin 23. 1A Justin Allgaier 24. F15 Steve Sheppard Sportsman - 39 Entries Heat 1: 1. 4 Ricky Horton 2. 8 Ed Lowry 3. 911 Christian Doggendorf 4. 27 Nathan Walsh Heat 2: 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 50 Eric Rudd 3. 60 Randy Tyson 4. 30 Mike Nicholson Heat 3: 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 19 Jimmy Cummins 4. 86 Doug Kim Heat 4: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 66 Darren Holland 4. 98 David Bardin Dash: 1. 4 Ricky Horton 2. M41 Steve Maisel 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 00 Scott Stuppy Semi #1: 1. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 2. 43 Mike Harris 3. 87 Gary Haynes 4. K3 Bob Koch 5. 91 Chad Reum 6. 103 Randy Dickman 7. 100 D.J. Griffaw 8. 411 Marty Heck 9. 39 Bob Hooker DNS. 73 Phil Argus Semi #2: 1. 3P Bobby Prince 2. 55 Chris Smith 3. 69 Mark Hunter 4. 7 Craig Wodicker 5. 128 Lee Clardy 6. 11 John Burns 7. 78 Rick Barker DNS. 10 Todd McGraw DNS. 105 Matt Hancock Feature: 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. M41 Steve Maisel 4. 24 Paul Bauman 5. 3P Bobby Prince 6. 4 Ricky Horton 7. 66 Darren Holland 8. 8 Ed Lowry 9. 50 Eric Rudd 10. 98 David Bardin 11. 43 Mike Harris 12. 19 Jimmy Cummins 13. 60 Randy Tyson 14. 6 Brian Noeth 15. 86 Doug Kim 16. 27 Nathan Walsh 17. 18 Buddy Lowry 18. 30 Mike Nicholson 19. D5 Dave Jenkins 20. 21 Brad McKinnon 21. 46 Paul Belken 22. 911 Christian Doggendorf 23. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 24. 55 Chris Smith

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