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June 25, 2005 Results

Pevely, MO (June 25, 2005) Tim Ratajczyk of Columbia, IL grabbed his first UMP Late Model victory of the 2005 season at I-55 Raceway. Ratajczyk was able to completely sweep the action as he won his qualifying heat, the dash and the main event. Ratajczyk paced all twenty-five laps of the main event as held off two other I-55 Raceway veterans to earn the win. Mark Oller chased Ratajczyk around the bottom of the track for all twenty-five laps but could never make a serious challenge on Ratajczyk for the lead and settled for the second spot. Ed Dixon roared around the top of the track for most of the event, banging off the cushion on the top as he crossed the line in third. Billy Faust, who was leading the track points in the UMP Late Model division coming into tonight by just two points over Dixon, took the fourth spot. Brian Wolfmeier crossed the line in fifth. Jim Shereck of St. Charles, MO also made a clean sweep of the action in the UMP Modified division. Shereck had to hold off Leon Rakers for the entire twenty laps of the main event as the two battled fiercly for the lead throughout the entire twenty laps of the main event. Rakers got his front wheels along side Shereck on several different occassions but couldn't get a good enough run to get around Shereck. Doug Wood came home in the third spot as he battled with Brian Wolfmeier who finished fourth for most of the twenty laps. Jerry Grither recovered from a spin early on in the main event to come back and finish fifth. Jeff LeBaube, who finished eighth, took the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award as he improved his finishing position the most spots from where he started in the main event. Paul Bauman continued his great season at I-55 Raceway in the AARA Sportsman division. Bauman won in dominating fashion as he pulled away to a ten car length victory. Mike Nicholson and Paul Belken battled it out for the second spot with Nicholson just edging out Belken for the position. Jim Smith took the fourth spot and Troy Naeger brought his Dodge Charger home in the fifth spot. Conrad Miner claimed the AARA Pro 4 Stock main event. Miner just edged out Tray Harris at the line after the two made contact coming out of turn four to take the checkered flag. Scott Geary finished in the third spot with Dustin Korte and Chris Fisher rounding out the top five. UMP Late Models - 19 Entries Heat 1 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 17h Todd Rehg 3. 8 Kyle Steffens 4. 44 Dean Motsinger 5. 16a Ed Dixon 6. 95 Jeff Johns Heat 2 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 3. 26 Billy Faust 4. 2j Dave Jumper 5. 5 Denny Woodworth 6. 77 Clay Baumann Dash 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 4. 26 Billy Faust 5. 16a Ed Dixon 6. 8 Kyle Steffens Feature 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 16a Ed Dixon 4. 26 Billy Faust 5. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 6. 8 Kyle Steffens 7. 2j Dave Jumper 8. 95 Jeff Johns 9. 17h Todd Rehg 10. 5 Denny Woodworth 11. 44 Dean Motsinger 12. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 13. 28 Don Klein 14. 7 Rich Lawson 15. 83 Bill Masters 16. 56 Kevin Epperson 17. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 18. 77 Clay Baumann DNS. 81 Craig Smith UMP Modifieds - 26 Entries Heat 1 1. 444 Matt Simpson 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. c4 Chris Soutiea 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 8x James Reed 6. 21 Karl Adams Heat 2 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 3r Leon Rakers 3. 59 Rich Whaley 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 10 Todd McGraw 6. c6 Ray Wagner Heat 3 1. 15 Jerry Grither 2. 9w Doug Wood 3. 88 Joe Puricelli 4. 55 Ron McMahill 5. 78 Paul Belkin 6. 7z Matt Zimmerly Dash 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. 444 Matt Simpson 4. 15 Jerry Grither 5. 3r Leon Rakers 6. 9w Doug Wood Feature 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 3r Leon Rakers 3. 9w Doug Wood 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 15 Jerry Grither 6. c4 Chris Soutiea 7. 78 Paul Belken 8. 29 Jeff LaBaube 9. c6 Ray Wagner 10. 7 Mark Miner 11. 7z Matt Zimmerly 12. 21a Karl Adams 13. 31p Mitch Parmeley 14. 444 Matt Simpson 15. 59 Rich Whaley 16. 55 Ron McMahill 17. 166 Brian Worley 18. 10m Todd McGraw 19. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 20. 88 Joe Puricelli 21. 8x James Reed 22. 41 Larry Hull 23. 2f Todd Ferber DNS. 45m Eric Mabery DNS. 89 Bobby Bittle DNS. 1w Ray Walsh AARA Sportsman - 21 Entries Heat 1 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 24 Paul Baumann 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 105 Matt Hancock 5. 811 Wade Sutter 6. 94 Dan Friederich Heat 2 1. 46 Paul Belkin 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 29 Jeff LaBaube 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 97 John Goodson 6. 32 Jerry Fleming Heat 3 1. 30 Mike Nicholson 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 01 Steve Borgetti 4. 2 Chris Adams 5. 12 Troy Naeger 6. 92 Jim Abshier Dash 1. 24 Paul Bauman 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 46 Paul Belken 6. 67 Ronnie Bader Feature 1. 24 Paul Baumann 2. 30 Mike Nicholson 3. 46 Paul Belken 4. 64 Jim Smith 5. 12 Troy Naeger 6. 29 Jeff LaBaube 7. 00 Scott Stuppy 8. 62 Troy Medley 9. 2 Chris Smith 10. 67 Ronnie Bader 11. 105 Matt Hancock 12. 97 John Goodson 13. 811 Wade Sutter 14. 4 Mark Schnurbusch 15. 32 Jerry Fleming 16. 92 Jim Abshier 17. 01 Steve Borgetti 18. 16 Bob Price 19. 94 Dan Friederich DNS. 155 Jason Keller DNS. 50 Kent Nations Pro 4 Stock - 14 Entries Heat 1 1. 8 Trey Harris 2. 86 Jason Crump 3. 28 Scott Geary 4. 15 Mike McMullen 5. 33 Randy Martin 6. 77 Ron Lyons Heat 2 1. 7 Conrad Miner 2. 5 Chris Fisher 3. 98 Dustin Korte 4. 9 Brad Almond 5. 911 Tim Hoffman 6. 10h Homer Mooney Feature 1. 7 Conrad Miner 2. 8 Trey Harris 3. 28 Scott Geary 4. 5 Chris Fisher 5. 98 Dustin Korte 6. 86 Jason Crump 7. 15 Mike McMillen 8. 10 Homer Mooney 9. 33 Randy Martin 10. 9 Brad Almond 11. 77 Ron Lyons 12. 911 Tim Hoffman 13. 17 Andrew Nausley DNS. 88 Jeff Price

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