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August 6, 2005 Results

Pevely, MO (August 5, 2005) Side by side battles for the lead were the order of the day in all classes at I-55 Raceway. In the UMP Late Model division, Ed Dixon and Tim Ratajczyk provided the fans with a classic and memorable duel. The two started side by side on the front row and raced side by side for most of the event, exchanging the lead on numerous occassions. Ratajczyk hugged the low side while Dixon banged his car off the big dirt cushion on the top side. After a late caution with just five laps remaining, Dixon made an adjustment to his car's brakes from within the cockpit which improved his car's handling even more and he was able to power his way to the win. Ratajczyk took a close second place finish with Danny Haynes, Mark Voigt and Steve Shive rounding out the top five. Bobby Bittle and Brian Worley battled fiercly for the lead in the UMP Modified division as they exchanged the lead several times in the opening laps. Mark Miner, Rich Whaley, Jerry Grither and Dennis Richards made it a six car chase for the lead, but in the end Bittle proved to be too strong and went on to claim the victory. Worley took the second position with Grither edging out Miner for third. Richards followed Miner across the line to complete the top five. The AARA Sportsman division was another classic battle as no less than six cars challenged for the lead throughout most of the event. Things got off to a rough start on the opening lap for the Sportsman division point leader, Paul Bauman, as he tangled with Scott Stuppy and crashed hard into the outside wall on the exit of turn two. Both drivers were ok but Bauman's car was severely damaged and unable to continue. Pole sitter Jeff LeBaube was sent to the rear on the restart as he failed to have his car back into staging for the re-alignment after the three minute time limit was up during the red flag period. Once the race got restarted, Troy Naeger and Kent Nations battled side by side and nose to tail for the next twelve laps with Tom Smallwood, Jeff Smith and Jason Keller hot on their heels. On lap thirteen of the fifteen lap main event, the two cars of Naeger and Nations got together causing both cars to spin and eliminating both of their chances for victory. Smallwood inherited the lead on the restart and battled Smith, Keller and LeBaube, who had worked his way back into the top five after restarting on the rear, for the final three laps. Smith was able to pull along side Smallwood on a couple of occassions but couldn't make the pass and Smallwood picked up his first ever feature win at I-55 Raceway. Smith took the second spot, while Keller, LeBaube and Matt Hancock rounded out the top five. Jason Crump won his first ever AARA Pro 4 Stock main event as he fought off the challenges of Mike McMullen in the closing laps. Chris Fisher took the third spot with Scott Geary finishing fourth and Brad Almond fifth. UMP Late Models - 20 Entries Heat 1 1. 47 Danny Haynes 2. 15 Joe Ross Jr. 3. 51 Steve Shive 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 32m Danny Maguire 6. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 7. 7 Rich Lawson 8. 21 Justin Anderson 9. 13 Brent Kreke 10. 00 Randy Korte Heat 2 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 28 Don Klein 4. 33 Jason Frankel 5. 2j Dave Jumper 6. 77 Clay Baumann 7. 23 Brian Garner 8. 69 Mark Hunter 9. 95 Jeff Johns 10. 23 Ron McQuerry Dash 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 30 Mark Voigt 4. 33 Jason Frankel 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 51 Steve Shive 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 32m Danny McGuire 9. 2j Dave Jumper Feature 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 51 Steve Shive 6. 441 Brian Wolfmeier 7. 28 Don Klein 8. 77 Clay Baumann 9. 2j Dave Jumper 10. 7 Rich Lawson 11. 32m Danny Maguire 12. 23 Brian Garner 13. 69 Mark Hunter 14. 23 Ron McQuerry 15. 13 Brent Kreke 16. 33 Jason Frankel 17. 95 Jeff Johns 18. 21 Justin Anderson DNS. 15 Joe Ross Jr. DNS. 00 Randy Korte UMP Modifieds - 32 Entries Heat 1 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 15 Jerry Grither 3. 21 Dennis Richards 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 2f Todd Ferber 6. 7z Matt Zimmerly 7. 9w Doug Woods 8. 10 Todd McGraw Heat 2 1. 88 Joe Puricelli 2. 7 Mark Miner 3. c4 Chris Soutia 4. 77 Rick Stevenson 5. 31 Mitch Parmeley 6. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 7. 44 Ken Huber 8. 3L Tony LaRue Heat 3 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 1w Ray Walsh 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 14 Rick Conoyer 5. 3d Lou Dreimeier 6. 05 Paul Schremf 7. 71 Jay Hughes 8. 45 Eric Mabry Heat 4 1. 444 Matt Simpson DQ Weighed light 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. c6 Ray Wagner 4. 3s Dan Schlup 5. 11g Matt Goulden 6. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 7. 78 Paul Belken Dash 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 7 Mark Miner 4. c6 Bubba Wagner 5. 59 Rich Whaley 6. 88 Joe Purcelli 7. 15 Jerry Grither 8. 1w Ray Walsh Semi #1 Top 4 advance 1. 444 Matt Simpson 2. 7z Matt Zimmerly 3. 44 Ken Huber 4. 9w Doug Woods 5. 19 Chris Simmerman 6. 05 Paul Schremf 7. 3L Bill LaRue 8. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer DNS. 45M Eric Mabery DNS. 10M Todd McGraw DNS. 78 Paul Belken DNS. 71 Jay Hughes Feature 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 15 Jerry Grither 4. 7 Mark Miner 5. 21 Dennis Richards 6. 1w Ray Walsh 7. c4 Chris Soutia 8. 9w Doug Woods 9. c6 Ray Wagner 10. 14 Rick Conoyer 11. 3r Leon Rakers 12. 3$ Dan Schlup 13. 11g Matt Goulden 14. 77 Rick Stevenson 15. 3d Lou Driemeier 16. 44h Ken Huber 17. 444 Matt Simpson 18. 59 Rich Whaley 19. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 20. 7z Matt Zimmerly 21. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 22. 2f Todd Ferber 23. 88 Joe Puricelli 24. 31p Mitch Parmeley AARA Sportsman - 29 Entries Heat 1 1. 00 Scott Stuppy 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 2 Chuck Adams 4. 28 Tom Smallwood 5. 111 Zak Parks 6. 42 Greg Stumbaugh 7. 86 Doug Kim 8. 94 Dan Freidrich 9. d5 Dave Jenkins 10. 67 Ronnie Bader Heat 2 1. 29 Jeff LaBaube 2. 105 Matt Hancock 3. 55 Jason Keller 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 99k Dusty Keiner 6. 27 Nathan Walsh 7. 16 Bob Price 8. 7 Scott Honer 9. 4 Mark Schnurbusch DNS Heat 3 1. 24 Paul Baumann 2. 01 Steve Borgetti 3. 50 Kent Nations 4. 64 Jim Smith 5. 31 Brian Shuberg 6. 17h Dave Heimos 7. 97 John Goodson 8. 9 Shane Walters 9. 811 Wade Sutter 10. 32 Jerry Fleming Dash 1. 29 Jeff LaBaube 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 00 Scott Stuppy 4. 24 Paul Baumann 5. 50 Kent Nations 6. 2 Chris Adams 7. 155 Jason Keller 8. 105 Matt Hancock 9. 01 Chris Borgetti Semi Top 6 advance 1. 86 Doug Kim 2. d5 Dave Jenkins 3. 67 Ronnie Bader 4. 94 Dan Friedrich 5. 97 John Goodson 6. 9 Shane Walters 7. 811 Wade Sutter 8. 32 Jerry Fleming 9. 16 Bob Price DNS. 4 Mark Schnurbusch DNS. 7 Scott Honer Feature 1. 28 Tom Smallwood 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 155 Jason Keller 4. 29 Jeff LaBaube 5. 105 Matt Hancock 6. 00 Scott Stuppy 7. 67 Ronnie Bader 8. 31 Brian Shuberg 9. d5 Dave Jenkens 10. 9 Shane Walters 11. 86 Doug Kim 12. 111 Zak Parks 13. 01 Chris Borgetti 14. 32 Jerry Fleming 15. 99 Dusty Keiner 16. 94 Dan Friedrich 17. 17 Dave Heimos 18. 811 Wade Sutter 19. 12 Troy Naeger 20. 50 Kent Nations 21. 27 Nathan Walsh 22. 97 John Goodson 23. 24 Paul Baumann 24. 2 Chris Adams AARA Pro 4 Stock - 14 Entries Heat 1 1. 86 Jason Crump 2. f5 Chris Fisher 3. 28 Scott Geary 4. 98 Dustin Korte 5. 9 Brad Almond 6. 87 Heather Johnston 7. 88 Jeff Price Heat 2 1. 15 Mike McMullen 2. 99 Robbie Hoffmann 3. 117 Jerry Peterson 4. 77 Ron Lyons 5. 50 Trey Harris 6. 211 Jeff Ferguson 7. 12 Jeff Sims Feature 1. 86 Jason Crump 2. 15 Mike McMullen 3. f5 Chris Fisher 4. 28 Scott Geary 5. 9 Brad Almond 6. 99 Robbie Hoffman 7. 98 Dustin Korte 8. 50 Trey Harris 9. 77 Ron Lyons 10. 12 Jeff Sims 11. 117 Jerry Peterson 12. 88 Jeff Price 13. 211 Jeff Ferguson 14. 87 Heather Johnston

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