The 16th running of the Bill Oldani Memorial for U.M.P. Modifieds returns to the DuQuoin State Fair for two days on September 6 and Labor Day September 7. Twenty-nine cars from Illinois and Missouri entered the 2008 Oldani Memorial and over 30 entries including fifteen drivers from Central and Southern Illinois are expected for the 2009 version.
John O'Neal, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri took the lead on lap 16 last year from Jesse Snyder of Robinson and motored to his first mile dirt track win.
Snyder held on for second while Emmett Groves of nearby Charleston, Missouri was third.
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
UMP Modified Bill Oldani Memorial
DATE NO DRIVER/CAR
DIST TIME SCN
1994 1 Larry Hughes/Hughes Racing Special 20MI No time UMP
1995 41 Joe Cooksey/Cooksey Oil Special 20MI No time UMP
1996 1 Larry Hughes/Hughes Racing Special 20MI No time UMP
1997 3 Tom Burnside/Burnside Racing 20MI No time UMP
1998 17 Jim Shereck/Dairy Queen-Imo's Pizza 20MI No time UMP
1999 4 Kevin Gundaker/Gundaker Homes 20MI 11:36.69 UMP
2000 11 Kyle Steffens/Chevy's Mexican Restaurants 20MI No time UMP
2001 11z Brian Collins/Collins Motorsports 20MI No time UMP
2002 1 Brian Shaw/S&S Racing 20MI No time UMP
2003 30 Mark Voight/Hueser Trucking 15MI No time UMP
2004 1 Brian Shaw/S&S Racing 20MI No time UMP
2005 75 Jeff Parks/Short Brothers Construction 20MI No time UMP
2006 10 Brian Shaw/WTHI-Robinson Bowling Center 20MI 11:14.01 UMP
2007 75 Jeff Parks/Neat Cut Dirt Work-Red Top Cab 20MI 15:00.94 UMP
2008 15 John O'Neal/McCarthy Chevrolet
20MI 30:43.00 UMP
Feature Lineup & Results:15th Bill Oldani Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
Distance: 20 Miles Time: 30:43.00
Speed: 39.067
P NO Driver-Car Finish Laps
1 1 Brian Shaw-Robinson, IL/Robinson Bowling-Masson Trucking 15 20
2 56 Jonathan Ray Rowan-Jackson, TN/Jackson Battery Service X 20
3 10 Curt Rhodes-Taylorville, IL/First Financial of Terre Haute 21 20
4 15 Jon O'Neal-Kansas City, MO/McCarthy Chevrolet 10 20
5 14r Tim Burdel-DuQuoin, IL/Janie's Salon-Pix By Cheryl 14r 20
6 500 Steve Adams-Humboldt, IL/Steve's Performance 500 20
7 X Jesse Snyder-Robinson, IL-Pierce Race Cars 7h 20
8 7h Brian Higgers-Pickneyville, IL/Clay's Transmission 8 20
9 14j Jeff Masson-Irondale, MO/Masson Trucking 44 20
10 21 Emmett Groves-Charleston, MO/Boomland Fireworks 9j 20
11 8 Randy MacMahon-Mcleansboro, IL/J&R Towing 1x 20
12 9 Blake Cook-DuQuoin, IL/Lee's Drainling Cleaning 95 20
13 85g Joe Giesler-St. Mary, MO/Tubes & Hoses 9 20
14 17 Jessie Wisely-DuQuoin, IL/3 Way Lumber 4uw 20
15 4uw Bobby Regot-St. Peters, MO/Imo's Pizza 17 18
16 1j Kenny Kennedy-Franklin, MO/Masson Trucking 11k 11
17 2c Chris Cobin-Royalton, IL/The Cabinet Shop-RX For Pools 00 10
18 9j Terry Janes-Winfield, MO/Todd's Machine Shop 85g 9
19 11k Kasey Burch-DuQuoin, IL/Burch Motorsports 77 6
20 3j John Bone-St. Peters, MO/J&K Machine Shop 1j 3
21 95 Danny Sissom-Cape Girardeau, MO/K Way Express 1 2
22 1x Chris Winters-DuQuoin, IL/Country Financial 56 2
23 95s Richard Sims-Sesser, IL/Sissom Racing 95s 2
24 58 Larry Ferguson-Arcola, IL/Cooley's Heating & Air 2c 1
25 00 David Shain-Humboldt, IL/Steve's Performance 75 1
26 75 Jeff Parks-Marion, IL/Phillips Pro Cycle 3j 1
27 44 Jared Kneemiller-St. Peters, MO/Imo's Pizza 58 0
28 77 Jim Shipman-Flat Rock, IL/Cuppy's Collision Center 14j 0-DNS
29 713 Johnny Melvin, DuQuoin, IL/Melvin Motorsports 713 0-DNS
Lap Leaders: 1-2 Rowan, 3 Rhodes, 4-15 Snyder, 16-20 O'Neal Yellow Flags: lap 2 Cobin, Parks, Kneemiller, Cook, Regot accident turn 2 (red flag), lap 3 Rowan hit back stretch wall, lap 6 Kennedy blew engine on main chute, lap 10 Shimpan hit turn 4 wall, lap 11 Giesler blew tire and stalled in turn one.
John O'Neal, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri took the lead on lap 16 last year from Jesse Snyder of Robinson and motored to his first mile dirt track win.
Snyder held on for second while Emmett Groves of nearby Charleston, Missouri was third.
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
UMP Modified Bill Oldani Memorial
DATE NO DRIVER/CAR
DIST TIME SCN
1994 1 Larry Hughes/Hughes Racing Special 20MI No time UMP
1995 41 Joe Cooksey/Cooksey Oil Special 20MI No time UMP
1996 1 Larry Hughes/Hughes Racing Special 20MI No time UMP
1997 3 Tom Burnside/Burnside Racing 20MI No time UMP
1998 17 Jim Shereck/Dairy Queen-Imo's Pizza 20MI No time UMP
1999 4 Kevin Gundaker/Gundaker Homes 20MI 11:36.69 UMP
2000 11 Kyle Steffens/Chevy's Mexican Restaurants 20MI No time UMP
2001 11z Brian Collins/Collins Motorsports 20MI No time UMP
2002 1 Brian Shaw/S&S Racing 20MI No time UMP
2003 30 Mark Voight/Hueser Trucking 15MI No time UMP
2004 1 Brian Shaw/S&S Racing 20MI No time UMP
2005 75 Jeff Parks/Short Brothers Construction 20MI No time UMP
2006 10 Brian Shaw/WTHI-Robinson Bowling Center 20MI 11:14.01 UMP
2007 75 Jeff Parks/Neat Cut Dirt Work-Red Top Cab 20MI 15:00.94 UMP
2008 15 John O'Neal/McCarthy Chevrolet
20MI 30:43.00 UMP
Feature Lineup & Results:15th Bill Oldani Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
Distance: 20 Miles Time: 30:43.00
Speed: 39.067
P NO Driver-Car Finish Laps
1 1 Brian Shaw-Robinson, IL/Robinson Bowling-Masson Trucking 15 20
2 56 Jonathan Ray Rowan-Jackson, TN/Jackson Battery Service X 20
3 10 Curt Rhodes-Taylorville, IL/First Financial of Terre Haute 21 20
4 15 Jon O'Neal-Kansas City, MO/McCarthy Chevrolet 10 20
5 14r Tim Burdel-DuQuoin, IL/Janie's Salon-Pix By Cheryl 14r 20
6 500 Steve Adams-Humboldt, IL/Steve's Performance 500 20
7 X Jesse Snyder-Robinson, IL-Pierce Race Cars 7h 20
8 7h Brian Higgers-Pickneyville, IL/Clay's Transmission 8 20
9 14j Jeff Masson-Irondale, MO/Masson Trucking 44 20
10 21 Emmett Groves-Charleston, MO/Boomland Fireworks 9j 20
11 8 Randy MacMahon-Mcleansboro, IL/J&R Towing 1x 20
12 9 Blake Cook-DuQuoin, IL/Lee's Drainling Cleaning 95 20
13 85g Joe Giesler-St. Mary, MO/Tubes & Hoses 9 20
14 17 Jessie Wisely-DuQuoin, IL/3 Way Lumber 4uw 20
15 4uw Bobby Regot-St. Peters, MO/Imo's Pizza 17 18
16 1j Kenny Kennedy-Franklin, MO/Masson Trucking 11k 11
17 2c Chris Cobin-Royalton, IL/The Cabinet Shop-RX For Pools 00 10
18 9j Terry Janes-Winfield, MO/Todd's Machine Shop 85g 9
19 11k Kasey Burch-DuQuoin, IL/Burch Motorsports 77 6
20 3j John Bone-St. Peters, MO/J&K Machine Shop 1j 3
21 95 Danny Sissom-Cape Girardeau, MO/K Way Express 1 2
22 1x Chris Winters-DuQuoin, IL/Country Financial 56 2
23 95s Richard Sims-Sesser, IL/Sissom Racing 95s 2
24 58 Larry Ferguson-Arcola, IL/Cooley's Heating & Air 2c 1
25 00 David Shain-Humboldt, IL/Steve's Performance 75 1
26 75 Jeff Parks-Marion, IL/Phillips Pro Cycle 3j 1
27 44 Jared Kneemiller-St. Peters, MO/Imo's Pizza 58 0
28 77 Jim Shipman-Flat Rock, IL/Cuppy's Collision Center 14j 0-DNS
29 713 Johnny Melvin, DuQuoin, IL/Melvin Motorsports 713 0-DNS
Lap Leaders: 1-2 Rowan, 3 Rhodes, 4-15 Snyder, 16-20 O'Neal Yellow Flags: lap 2 Cobin, Parks, Kneemiller, Cook, Regot accident turn 2 (red flag), lap 3 Rowan hit back stretch wall, lap 6 Kennedy blew engine on main chute, lap 10 Shimpan hit turn 4 wall, lap 11 Giesler blew tire and stalled in turn one.
