3/28/2016
Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway
Tim Manville, Michael Long, Tim Hancock, Troy Medley & Joe Laws take wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55!
Tim Manville
Joe Laws
Tim Hancock
Michael Long
Troy Medley
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By Jimmy Dearing - Pevely, MO (March 26th, 2016) - Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 got the 2016 racing season underway with some great action on the 1/3 mile high banked dirt oval.
The UMP DIRTcar Late Model division kept the fans on the edge of their seats as Tim Manville and Andrew Johns swapped the lead and battled side by side for almost the entire feature event. Johns took the lead at the drop of the green flag but Manville was hot on his heels in the early laps. A few laps into the event, Manville pulled along side with Johns and two the battled side by side for several laps before Manville got the advantage. As the two worked lapped traffic, Johns would once again challenge Manville for the top spot. As those two battled for the lead, Jesse Stovall closed in on them in the closing laps to make it a three way battle for the lead. With just two laps remaining, Johns right rear tire would give out, bringing out the caution which then setup a two car battle to the finish between Manville and Stovall. Manville would hold off Stovall's challenge over the last two laps and get the win. Gordy Gundaker worked his way up from the ninth starting spot and got past Brian Diveley on the final lap to finish third. Diveley would take fourth with Mark Voigt rounding out the top five.
Michael Long was simply dominant in the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds all night long. Long would start dead last in his heat race and charge through the field to take a comfortable win. Then in the feature event, Long's early challenge would be immediately after restarts as Kenny Wallace would apply pressure, but a couple of laps after each restart, Long would pull away. Wallace would finish second to Long with Dean Hoffman taking third. Zach Fair would finish fourth in his first ever visit to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 and Zach Schantz completed the top five.
Tim Hancock held off challenges from his brother Tommie Seets, Jr. early on, then challenges from Darron Forrest and Travis Bittle in the closing laps to grab the UMP DIRTcar Pro Modified feature win. Bittle would finish a strong second with Forrest taking third. Seets would finish in the fourth spot while Jeff LeBaube rounded out the top five.
Defending track champion Troy Medley got the 2016 race season started just about how he ended the 2015 racing season in the UMP/AARA Sportsman division. Medley would dominate the main event enroute to the victory. Patrick Hawkins would finish in the second spot with Gary Haynes taking third. Josh Ramer and Chris Soutiea round out the top five.
Defending track champion Joe Laws would take the win in the UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stock class with a last lap fender rubbing pass on Rickey Carriker. Laws would come from dead last starting spot after mechanical woes in his heat race to get the win. Cole Queathem would finish third, John Massey fourth and David Laws fifth.
COMPLETE RESULTS:
B MODS - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 0 Tim Hancock
2 3 89T Travis Bittle
3 7 23 Darron Forrest
4 2 9S Tommie Seets Jr
5 4 29L Jeff Lebaube
6 9 J82 Treb Jacoby
7 5 36 Kyle Stolzer
8 12 80 Cody Conner
9 8 29 Aaron Darby
10 6 39 Kyle Wilde
11 18 316 Trey Harris
12 10 81 Tom Rorabacher
13 11 29F Stephen Fohne
14 13 22W Scott Wickliffe
15 17 42Y Clint Young
16 15 5R Don Randall
17 16 16 Kaleb Mccain
18 14 80W Tony Walker
DNS 327 Chuck Goodman
DNS 28 Kevin Worley
B MODS - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 9S Tommie Seets Jr
2 4 29L Jeff Lebaube
3 6 23 Darron Forrest
4 5 J82 Treb Jacoby
5 9 29 Aaron Darby
6 3 29F Stephen Fohne
7 8 80 Cody Conner
8 10 80W Tony Walker
9 1 28 Kevin Worley
10 7 327 Chuck Goodman DNS
B MODS - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 9 0 Tim Hancock
2 3 36 Kyle Stolzer
3 8 89T Travis Bittle
4 10 39 Kyle Wilde
5 2 316 Trey Harris
6 1 81 Tom Rorabacher
7 6 22W Scott Wickliffe
8 7 5R Don Randall
9 5 16 Kaleb Mccain
10 4 42Y Clint Young
LATE MODEL - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 33M Tim Manville
2 3 00J Jesse Stovall
3 9 11G Gordy Gundaker
4 4 11D Brian Diveley
5 5 30 Mark Voigt
6 8 1 Jim Moon
7 16 16G Rusty Griffaw
8 13 94 Austin Rettig
9 10 112 Tim Ratajczyk
10 7 10X Jim Black
11 6 87 Ken Rumble
12 21 2J David Jumper
13 14 20 Alan Westling
14 12 23 Paul Roider
15 17 74H Tim Hancock
16 19 J12 Jason Wagner
17 15 4 Dylan Sharp
18 20 14 Reid Millard
19 1 95 Andrew Johns
20 18 1X Justin Reando
21 11 3C Cody Conner
DNS 4K John Ketterer
LATE MODEL - DASH
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 95 Andrew Johns
2 3 33M Tim Manville
3 4 00J Jesse Stovall
4 5 11D Brian Diveley
5 6 30 Mark Voigt
6 2 87 Ken Rumble
LATE MODEL - HEAT 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 95 Andrew Johns
2 5 87 Ken Rumble
3 7 10X Jim Black
4 2 23 Paul Roider
5 6 4 Dylan Sharp
6 1 1X Justin Reando
7 4 4K John Ketterer
LATE MODEL - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 00J Jesse Stovall
2 2 1 Jim Moon
3 4 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4 6 3C Cody Conner
5 7 94 Austin Rettig
6 5 74H Tim Hancock
7 3 14 Reid Millard
LATE MODEL - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 33M Tim Manville
2 4 11D Brian Diveley
3 7 30 Mark Voigt
4 8 11G Gordy Gundaker
5 6 20 Alan Westling
6 5 16G Rusty Griffaw
7 2 J12 Jason Wagner
8 3 2J David Jumper DNS
MODIFIED - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 18L Michael Long
2 2 36W Kenny Wallace
3 3 1D Dean Hoffman
4 4 1 Zach Fair
5 8 128 Zach Schantz
6 11 34 Dave Armstrong
7 12 87Z Zeb Moake
8 14 12R Tyler Ratajczyk
9 10 70 Josh Russell
10 6 6 Justin Reando
11 5 01X Beau Davis
12 16 37 Brian Wolfmeier
13 7 01W Derrick Black
14 15 33J Jeffrey Vernier
15 17 18 Jake Seets
16 13 32J Terry Johnson
17 9 14C Rick Conoyer
18 18 18B Terry Brown
MODIFIED - DASH
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 18L Michael Long
2 2 36W Kenny Wallace
3 3 1D Dean Hoffman
4 5 1 Zach Fair
5 6 01X Beau Davis
6 4 6 Justin Reando
MODIFIED - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 1D Dean Hoffman
2 2 6 Justin Reando
3 5 1 Zach Fair
4 4 14C Rick Conoyer
5 9 128 Zach Schantz
6 6 87Z Zeb Moake
7 7 12R Tyler Ratajczyk
8 3 37 Brian Wolfmeier
9 8 18B Terry Brown
MODIFIED - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 9 18L Michael Long
2 5 36W Kenny Wallace
3 4 01W Derrick Black
4 8 01X Beau Davis
5 7 70 Josh Russell
6 3 34 Dave Armstrong
7 1 32J Terry Johnson
8 2 33J Jeffrey Vernier
9 6 18 Jake Seets
SPORTSMAN - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 62 Troy Medley
2 4 77 Patrick Hawkins
3 3 87 Gary Haynes
4 7 269 Josh Ramer
5 5 C4 Chris Soutiea
6 8 192 Mark Spraul
7 2 23 Kevin Mosier
8 12 0 Steve Gosney Jr
9 10 12 Wesley Hastings
10 6 16 Joe Mccain
11 11 8 Brian Patton
12 9 29P Joel Potter
DNS 37 Dave Monterusso
SPORTSMAN - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 23 Kevin Mosier
2 2 C4 Chris Soutiea
3 5 16 Joe Mccain
4 6 269 Josh Ramer
5 4 12 Wesley Hastings
6 3 0 Steve Gosney Jr
SPORTSMAN - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 4 62 Troy Medley
2 2 77 Patrick Hawkins
3 7 87 Gary Haynes
4 3 192 Mark Spraul
5 6 29P Joel Potter
6 1 8 Brian Patton
7 5 37 Dave Monterusso DNS
PRO 4 - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 11 74 Joe Laws
2 1 35R Rickey Carriker
3 3 82Q Cole Queathem
4 5 33M John Massey
5 7 33 David Laws
6 8 X15 Jonathan Fahrner
7 6 14 Rodney George
8 4 412 Aaron Garcia
9 2 83D Dallas Lugge
10 9 3C Justin Chilton
11 10 D9 Gary Mckinnon Ii
DNS 75 Anthony Sunshine
DNS 00 Wes Kite
PRO 4 - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 4 83D Dallas Lugge
2 3 412 Aaron Garcia
3 2 14 Rodney George
4 6 X15 Jonathan Fahrner
5 5 3C Justin Chilton
6 1 D9 Gary Mckinnon Ii
PRO 4 - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 6 35R Rickey Carriker
2 4 82Q Cole Queathem
3 7 33M John Massey
4 1 33 David Laws
5 2 00 Wes Kite
6 5 75 Anthony Sunshine
7 3 74 Joe Laws DNS
