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Smith, Walsh, Harris & McGinnitey take wins at I-55 Raceway!

Craig Smith Ray Walsh Trey Harris Mike McGinnitey CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (May 8th, 2010) After rain had washed out the racing action the previous two weekends, Mother Nature finally cooperated and a big field of cars were on hand to participate in the action. Craig Smith of Godfrey, Illinois claimed his first win at I-55 Raceway in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model division. Smith led all twenty five laps of the main event, but it was far from a cakewalk. During the first half of the race, Smith had Brian Shirley all over his rear bumper with Mark Voigt chasing close behind. Voigt would soon make a move on Shirley and take over the second spot and then proceed to really apply the pressure on Smith for the lead. Voigt and Smith would race side-by-side for several laps before Voigt finally appeared to have the lead. But the caution would on that same lap when Bryan Collins found the turn one wall. That would put Smith back out front with just four laps remaining with Voigt and Shirley restarting right on his tail. Smith would find the fast line around in the closing laps and would hold off Voigt for the win. Shirley would take third with Tim Manville finishing a close fourth. Jason Frankel would round out the top five. In the UMP DIRTcar Modified main event, Ray Walsh would claim the victory. Paul Bauman would take the lead at the drop of the green flag and would lead the first six laps before Walsh would power by on the high side. A few laps later Rusty Griffaw would move past Bauman and take over the second spot as he gave pursuit to Walsh to fight for the lead. As the laps began to wind down, Bauman started creeping back toward the two front runners by using the very bottom of the racetrack while Walsh and Griffaw used the very top. Bauman would take over the second spot with five laps remaining and proceeded to chase down Walsh. As Bauman moved in on Walsh, disaster would strike with just two laps remaining as Bauman would tangle with the lapped car of Terry Scurlock in turn three. Bauman would spin to a stop and would have to restart at the rear. Walsh would power his way to victory on the final restart over Griffaw. Ricky Horton would claim the third spot with Jim Black finishing fourth. Alan Conner would round out the top five. Trey Harris has started the 2010 racing season at I-55 Raceway by dominating the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman division. Harris claimed his third victory in just four races while finishing third in the one main event that he didn't win in 2010. Harris took the lead at the drop of the green flag and pulled away from the field and had a big lead before the only caution flew on lap eleven of the fifteen lap main event. On the restart, Harris would once again pull away and let everyone else battle for the second spot. Troy Naeger would steal the second spot from Jason Keller on the final lap and Brad Paquet would also get past Keller for the third spot in a photo finish at the line. Chuck Adams would round out the top five. Mike McGinnitey would power past early leader Jeff Turner to earn the victory in the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stock division. Turner would finish second with Philip Stuart taking third. Chris Fisher would claim the fourth spot while Tom Rorabacher completed the top five. UMP Late Models - 34 Entries Heat 1 1. 11z Bryan Collins 2. 6k Michael Kloos 3. 2x Nick Lyons 4. 7 Rich Lawson 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 27 Jeff Beyers 7. 66 Chris Hall 8. 94 Austin Rettig 9. 76 Butch Kruckeberg Heat 2 1. 3s Brian Shirley 2. 92k Scott Weber 3. 1s Rick Salters 4. 95 Jeff Johns 5. 23 Paul Roider 6. 92b Brant Kehrer 7. 77 Jason McBride 8. 86 Jason Crump 9. 94d Jesse Dill DNS Heat 3 1. 0f Jason Frankel 2. 2j Dave Jumper 3. 30 Mark Voigt 4. 13 Dewayne Keifer 5. 80d Dylan Sharp 6. 33f Rickey Frankel 7. 87 Ken Rumble 8. 20 Darrin Forrest Heat 4 1. 81 Craig Smith 2. 1hr Ron McQuerry 3. 33 Tim Manville 4. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 5. 37m Danny Moser 6. 13k Brent Kreke 7. 3d Kent Nations 8. d9 David Dunn Semi 1. 77 Jason McBride 2. 92b Brant Kehrer 3. 33f Ricky Frankel 4. 23 Paul Roider 5. 13k Brent Kreke 6. 66 Chris Hall 7. 80d Dylan Sharp 8. 94 Austin Rettig 9. 86 Jason Crump 10. 37 Danny Moser 11. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 12. 87 Ken Rumble DNS 13. 3d Kent Nations DNS 14. 29 Darrin Forrest DNS 15. d9 David Dunn DNS 16. 94d Jesse Dill DNS Feature 1. [1] 81 Craig Smith 2. [3] 30 Mark Voigt 3. [6] 3s Brian Shirley 4. [7] 33 Tim Manville 5. [4] 0f Jason Frankel 6. [8] 92k Scott Weber 7. [14] 95 Jeff Johns 8. [11] 2j Dave Jumper 9. [13] 37w Brian Wolfmeier 10. [19] 77 Jason McBride 11. [15] 1$ Rick Salter 12. [21] 33f Rickey Frankel 13. [17] 112 Tim Ratajczyk 14. [24] 66 Chris Hall 15. [12] 13ki Dewayne Keifer 16. [20] 92b Brant Kehrer 17. [22] 23 Paul Roider 18. [5] 11z Bryan Collins 19. [16] 7 Rich Lawson 20. [18] 27 Jeff Beyers 21. [2] 2x Nick Lyons 22. [23] 13k Brent Kreke 23. [10] 6k Michael Kloos 24. [9] 1hr Ron McQuerry UMP Modifieds - 20 Entries Heat 1 1. 7z Matt Zimmerly 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 9 Terry James 4. 24 Paul Bauman 5. 70 Josh Russell 6. 78c Alan Conner 7. 62 Leo Keifer 8. 3c Cody Conner 9. 22 Chucky Milam 10. 5w Ralph Wiltrout Heat 2 1. 1w Ray Walsh 2. 45m Eric Mabery 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 31p Mitch Parmeley 5. 10x Jim Black 6. 61 Eric Franklin 7. 41 Larry Hull Sr. 8. 18s Terry Scurlock 9. 12s Mike Stuckey 10. 11b Brett Bennett Feature 1. [4] 1w Ray Walsh 2. [6] 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. [3] 31 Ricky Horton 4. [8] 10x Jim Black 5. [11] 78c Alan Conner 6. [10] 70 Josh Russell 7. [16] 3c Cody Conner 8. [7] 9 Terry James 9. [13] 62 Leo Keifer 10. [1] 24 Paul Bauman 11. [12] 61 Eric Franklin 12. [17] 22 Chucky Milam 13. [15] 18s Terry Scurlock 14. [19] 5w Ralph Wiltrout 15. [5] 7z Matt Zimmerly 16. [14] 41 Larry Hull 17. [2] 45m Eric Mabery 18. [18] 12s Mike Stucky 19. [9] 31p Mitch Parmeley 20. 11b Brett Bennett DNS AARA Sportsman - 31 Entries Heat 1 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 49 Brad Paquet 3. 192 Mark Spraul 4. 327 Chuck Goodman 5. 28 Tom Smallwood 6. 15 Matt Brucato 7. 10 Daryn Klein 8. 64 Jim Smith Heat 2 1. 62 Troy Medley 2. 99 Chuck Adams 3. 19 Mark Pfluger 4. m16 Joe McCain 5. 65 Gary Range 6. 59 Ryan Gegg 7. 147 Kyle Stolzer 8. 26 Josh Ray Heat 3 1. 55 Jason Keller 2. 36 Danny Ems 3. 8 Steve Edgecomb 4. 444 Marc Roberson 5. 11 Jeff Herzog 6. 82 Pat Chalmers 7. 6 Rick Ruch 8. 20x Robin Fee Heat 4 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 21 Eric Hogenmiller 3. 3 Scott Henseler 4. 23 Kevin Mosier 5. 168 Mike Armstrong 6. 69 Derek Bryant 7. 105 Matt Hancock Semi 1. 69 Derek Bryant 2. 65 Gary Range 3. 59 Ryan Gegg 4. 147 Kyle Stolzer 5. 64 Jim Smith 6. 15 Matt Brucato 7. 6 Rick Ruch 8. 26 Josh Ray 9. 105 Matt Hancock 10. 168 Mike Armstrong DNS 11. 82 Pat Chalmers DNS 12. 10 Daryn Klein DNS 13. 20x Robin Fee DNS Feature 1. [2] 57 Trey Harris 2. [5] 12 Troy Naeger 3. [4] 49 Brad Paquet 4. [1] 55k Jason Keller 5. [7] 99 Chuck Adams 6. [15] 11 Jeff Herzog 7. [6] 62 Troy Medley 8. [9] 36 Danny Ems 9. [3] 192 Mark Spraul 10. [8] 8e Steve Edgecombe 11. [14] 23 Kevin Mosier 12. [10] 21 Eric Hogenmiller 13. [21] 64 Jim Smith 14. [12] 3 Scott Henseler 15. [16] 444 Marc Roberson 16. [19] 59 Ryan Gegg 17. [17] 69 Derek Bryant 18. [20] 147 Kyle Stolzer 19. [18] 65 Gary Range 20. [22] 15b Matt Brucato 21. [13] 16 Joe McCain 22. [23] 6 Rick Ruch (alternate) 23. [11] 19P Mark Pfluger 24. [24] 26 Josh Ray (alternate) DNS - Chuck Goodman, Tom Smallwood UMP AARA/Pro 4 Stocks - 20 Entries Heat 1 1. 2s Philip Stuart 2. 86 Chris Fisher 3. 21 Tom Rohrbacher 4. 19 Gerald Buechting 5. 28 Justin Hall 6. 77 Ron Lyons 7. 7x Josh Ramer 8. 21p Josh Peppers 9. 42 Charles David 10. 50 Tim Camren Heat 2 1. 23 Mike McGinnity 2. 11 Jeff Turner 3. 51 Ben Cochran 4. 62 Kelly Hebenstreet 5. 01 Billy Lapaglia 6. 66 Jack Arder 7. 22L Joe Laws 8. 22w Scott Wickliffe 9. 7j Blake Jost 10. 667 Jackie Buechting Feature 1. [5] 23 Mike McGinnity 2. [1] 11 Jeff Turner 3. [4] 2s Philip Stuart 4. [6] 86 Chris Fisher 5. [2] 21 Tom Rohrbacher 6. [3] 51 Ben Cochran 7. [7] 19 Gerald Buechting 8. [9] 28 Justin Hall 9. [10] 01 Billy Lapaglia 10. [8] 62 Kelly Hebenstreet 11. [11] 77 Ron Lyons 12. [12] 66 Jack Arder 13. [14] 22 Scott Wickliffe 14. [15] 42 Charles David 15. [18] 667 Jackie Buechting 16. [13] 21 Josh Peppers 17. [17] 50 Tim Camren 18. [16] 7j Blake Jost 19. 7x Josh Ramer DNS 20. 22 Joe Laws DNS

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