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Korte, Bittle, Haynes & Price take victories at I-55 Raceway

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY Pevely, MO (April 28, 2007) Randy Korte of Highland, IL roared to the U.M.P. Late Model victory at I-55 Raceway. Korte jumped out front on the opening lap from his front row pole starting spot and battled fiercly with Bryan Collins the first half of the race. Collins took the lead from Korte on lap eleven, but the caution flag would fly on that lap sending Collins back behind Korte for the restart. Korte and Collins began their battle for the top spot again when the green flag flew, but the next caution would be for Collins as he tangled with a lapped car and flattening his right rear tire. That left Mark Oller and Jeff Johns to battle with Korte for the lead. Johns was able to pull under Korte on the restart, but Korte was too strong and pulled away to earn the win. Johns drove to a second place finish. Mark Voigt worked his way up from the twelfth starting spot to finish third. Chad Zobrist moved up from his starting spot of fifteenth to earn the fourth position. Tim Ratajczyk completed the top five. Tim Manville, who started twenty-third, finished in the sixth position. Bobby Bittle of Smithton, IL is off to another strong start in the UMP Modified division as he held off a late charge from Matt Goulden to claim the victory. Bittle led the entire twenty laps, but Goulden came on strong at the end. Goulden drove in to turns three and four very hard on the final lap as he attempted to sweep under Bittle in the final turn and partially spun, costing himself not only a chance at the win, but costing him several positions as he ended up crossing the line fifth. Dennis Richards battled with Bittle much of the first fifteen laps of the event, but he would find problems late in the race and slip all the way back to a seventh place finish. Tim Hill's strong performance took him to a second place finish with Bobby Martintoni charging through the field late in the event to earn the third spot. Mark Miner came all the way from the twenty-second starting positition to round out the top five. Gary Haynes put on a strong performance in the UMP Sportsman division as he won his first feature event in four years. Haynes led all fifteen laps, but had to hold off three different drivers throughout the event to get the win. Kent Nations challenged Haynes early on, then it was Troy Medley battling with Haynes during the middle part of the race. At the end of the event, it was the 2006 UMP Sportsman National Champion Troy Naeger challenging Haynes for the top spot. But Haynes would hold off all three to pick up the win. Naeger would take second, Medley third, Nations was fourth and Ronnie Bader completed the top five. Gary Price would hold off Trey Harris to win the UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stock main event. Jason Crump crossed the line in third with Chris Fisher finish fourth and Brandon Hedgecoth fifth. UMP Late Models - 27 Entries Heat 1 1. 95 Jeff Johns 2. 00 Randy Korte 3. 82 Billy Laycock 4. 7 Rich Lawson 5. 1 Ron McQuerry 6. 11 Casey Schaefer 7. 76 Butch Kruckenberg 8. 66 Allen Hammond 9. 10 Brad White DNS Heat 2 1. 11Z Bryan Collins 2. 13 Dewayne Keifer 3. 11D Brian Diveley 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 7. 5S Steve Sheppard 8. 33 Tim Manville 9. 2J Dave Jumper DNS Heat 3 1. 26 Billy Faust 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 87 Ken Rumble 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 78 Chad Zobrist 6. 27 Kenny Helmick 7. 81 Craig Smith 8. 28 Don Klein 9. 56 Kevin Epperson Dash 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 26 Billy Faust 4. 11Z Bryan Collins 5. 13 Dewayne Keifer 6. 95 Jeff Johns 7. 50 Ed Dixon 8. 11D Brian Diveley 9. 82 Billy Laycock Feature 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 30 Mark Voigt 4. 78 Chad Zobrist 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 33 Tim Manville 7. 13 Dewayne Keifer 8. 11D Brian Diveley 9. 11Z Brian Collins 10. 87 Ken Rumble 11. 27 Kenny Helmick 12. 1HR Ron McQuerry 13. 67 Mark Oller 14. 2J Dave Jumper 15. 47 Danny Haynes 16. 50 Ed Dixon 17. 28 Don Klein 18. 56 Kevin Epperson 19. 26 Billy Faust 20. 5 Steve Sheppard, Jr. 21. 81 Craig Smith 22. 66 Allen Hammond, III 23. 7 Rich Lawson 24. 82 Billy Laycock 25. 11 Casey Schaefer 26. 76 Butch Kruckeberg DNS. B10 Brad White UMP Modifieds - 32 Entries Heat 1 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 10 Todd McGraw 3. 21 Dennis Richards 4. 99 Robbie Helms 5. 19 Mark Pflueger 6. C6 Ray Wagner 7. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 8. 7 Mark Miner Heat 2 1. 51 Tim Hill 2. C4 Chris Soutia 3. 31 Mitch Parmeley 4. 78C Alan Conner 5. 3D Lou Dreimeier 6. 66 Mike Hileman 7. 1W Ray Walsh 8. 2F Todd Ferber Heat 3 1. 41 Matt Goulden 2. 15 Jerry Grither 3. 3R Leon Rakers 4. 8X James Reed 5. 21P Adam Parmeley 6. 9W Doug Wood 7. 45 Eric Mabery 8. 4o Bobby Regot Heat 4 1. 7 Matt Zimmerley 2. 88 Joe Puricelli 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 67 Dylan Sharp 5. 48 Bobby Martintoni 6. 44X Matt Simpson 7. 20Z Dan Zander 8. 72 Jeremy Roth Dash 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 88 Joe Puricelli 3. 41 Matt Goulden 4. 21 Dennis Richards 5. 7 Matt Zimmerly 6. 10 Todd McGraw 7. C4 Chris Soutia 8. 51 Tim Hill 9. 31 Mitch Parmeley Semi 1 Top 6 advance 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. C6 Ray Wagner 3. 9W Doug Wood 4. 7 Mark Miner 5. 44X Matt Simpson 6. 21 Adam Parmeley 7. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer 8. 19 Mark Pflueger 9. 66 Mike Hileman 10. 20 Dan Zander 11. 72 Jeremey Roth 12. 2F Todd Ferber 13. 45 Eric Mabery DNS 14. 4o Bobby Regot DNS Feature 1. 89 Bobby Bittle 2. 51 Timmy Hill 3. 48 Bobby Martintoni 4. 7 Mark Miner - MO/IL Dodge Dealers Hard Charger Award Winner 5. 41 Matt Goulden 6. 88 Joe Puricelli 7. 21 Dennis Richards 8. 1W Ray Walsh 9. 44X Matt Simpson 10. 3R Leon Rakers 11. C6 Ray Wagner 12. 67 Dylan Sharp 13. 10 Todd McGraw 14. 3D Lou Dreimeier 15. 78C Alan Conner 16. 31 Mitch Parmeley 17. 21 Adam Parmeley 18. 8X James Reed 19. 15 Jerry Grither 20. 99 Robby Helms 21. 31 Ricky Horton 22. C4 Chris Soutia 23. 9W Doug Wood 24. 7 Matt Zimmerly UMP/AARA Sportsman - 32 Entries Heat 1 1. 19 Jimmy Cummins 2. 67 Ronnie Bader 3. 147 Kyle Stolzer 4. 62 Troy Medley 5. 55 Jason Keller 6. 16 Joe McCain 7. 59 Ryan Gegg 8. 94 Dan Friederich Heat 2 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 92 Jim Abshier 4. 29 Jeff LaBaube 5. 360 Rob Stuart 6. 10 Dustin Homan 7. 96 Tim Hollerbach 8. 48 Fred Mathias Heat 3 1. 20 Brad McKinnon 2. 811 Wade Sutter 3. 93 Travis Tilley 4. 97 John Goodson 5. 36 Danny Ems 6. 66 Sam Lopretta 7. 82 Jim Clark 8. 32 Jerry Fleming Heat 4 1. 28 Tom Smallwood 2. 87 Gary Haynes 3. 11 Jeff Herzog 4. 120 Jimmy Miller 5. 8 Scott Hensler 6. 23 Kevin Mosier 7. 82 Pat Chalmers 8. 128 Tyson Gegg DNS Dash 1. 87 Gary Haynes - G&M Steel Dash Winner 2. 50 Kent Nations 3. 19 Jimmy Cummins 4. 28 Tom Smallwood 5. 67 Ronnie Bader 6. 12 Troy Naeger 7. 11 Jeff Herzog 8. 93 Travis Tilley 9. 811 Wade Sutter Semi 1 Top 6 advance 1. 360 Rob Stuart 2. 96 Tim Hollerbach 3. 59 Ryan Gegg 4. 32 Jerry Fleming 5. 10 Dustin Homan 6. 16 Joe McCain 7. 8 Scott Hensler 8. 66 Sam Lopretta 9. 94 Dan Friedrich 10. 23 Kevin Mosier 11. 82 Pat Chalmers DNS 12. 82 Jim Clark DNS 13. 48 Fred Mathias DNS 14. 128 Tyson Gegg DNS Feature 1. 87 Gary Haynes 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 50 Kent Nations 5. 67 Ronnie Bader 6. 29 Jeff LaBaube 7. 11 Jeff Herzog 8. 96 Tim Hollerbeck 9. 147 Kyle Stolzer 10. 32 Jerry Fleming 11. 55 Jason Keller 12. 360 Rob Stuart 13. 36 Danny Ems 14. 811 Wade Sutter 15. 92 Jim Abshier 16. 8 Scott Hensler 17. 16 Joe McCain 18. 97 John Goodson 19. 10 Dustin Homan 20. 120 Jimmy Miller 21. 93 Travis Tilley 22. 59 Ryan Gegg 23. 28 Tom Smallwood 24. 19 Jimmy Cummins UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 18 Entries Heat 1 1. 74 Brandon Hedgecoth 2. 188 Gary Price 3. 911 Tim Hoffman 4. 186 Stephen Crump 5. 66 Jason Marquitz 6. 20 Kyle Busch 7. 17 Andrew Nausley 8. 49 Nathan Portell 9. 3 Tim Griffaw DNS Heat 2 1. 50 Trey Harris 2. 7 Conrad Miner 3. 5 Chris Fisher 4. 86 Jason Crump 5. 77 Ron Lyons 6. 94 Jason Daugherty 7. 29 Robin Linnenbrink 8. 10 Homer Mooney 9. 97 Mike Dearing Feature 1. 188 Gary Price 2. 50 Trey Harris 3. 86 Jason Crump 4. 5 Chris Fisher 5. 74 Brandon Hedgecoth 6. 186 Stephen Crump 7. 10 Homer Mooney 8. 66 Jason Marquitz 9. 20 Kyle Busch 10. 77 Ron Lyons 11. 17 Andrew Nausley 12. 911 Tim Hoffman 13. 94 Jason Daugherty 14. 7 Conrad Miner DNS 15. 29 Robin Linnenbrink DNS 16. 49 Nathan Portell DNS 17. 3 Tim Griffaw DNS 18. 97 Mike Dearing DNS

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