By: Terry Young
Don "The Real Deal" O'Neal of Martinsville, Indiana dropped in tonight on the UMP Summer Nationals, and showed fans his dominating style from last years events. 51 cars were on hand at the Farmer City Raceway, the highest car count thus far during the series, for the 8th night of the 29 event grueling summer tour.
Taking the lead on the opening lap from his outside front row starting position, O'Neal led every lap of the 40 lap affair and was unchallenged with rare exception of when he encountered lapped traffic and Erb was able to close in on him.Erb would follow O'Neal at the drop of the checkers with Babb a close third. Behind the trio were Mars, Melvin, Korte, Hedrick, Drake, Gill and Shirley.
O'Neal was piloting his Mastersbilt Race car with power by Jay Dickens and sponsorship from A-1 Auto Salvage, The Living Room Center, Allstar Performance, O'Neal Wood Products, Well Pict Berries, Hoosier by Smash and Simpson Safety Products.
Billy Drake began the evenings activities by recording the fast time with a lap of 13.297.
The trophy dash was on by the series winningest driver this year Shannon Babb who had won 5 of the first 7 events and had four consecutive wins. Babb was followed by O'Neal, Dennis Erb, Jimmy Mars, Drake, Rodney Melvin, Randy Korte, Roger Long and Brian Birkhofer who suffered problems on the opening lap and was a DNF.
The first heat race was won by Korte over Brian Shirley, Wes Stieidnger, Darren Miller, Justin Feger, Ron Barth, Cody Baumann, Shane Allen, Johnny Johnson, Bruice White and Steve Sheppard, Jr.
Claiming second heat honors was Joe Ross, Jr. over Roger Long, Richie Hedrick, Mark Voigt, Jeep Van Wormer, Brady SMith, Darren Friedman, Donnie Walden, Patrick Sheltra and Don Ciso, III.
The third heat was topped by Ryan Dauber over Brian Birkhofer, Kevin Weaver, Gary May, Chris Dick, Jay Sparks, Jordan Bland, Jeremy Conaway, Tim O'Donnell, Butch SMith and Cory Rolfe.
The fourth heat was a barn burner as The Modern Day Cowboy showed how a buckin bronc' can be tamed as he started in the eighth slot and rode for a perfect score, riding the berm and moving past the field to take the win followed by Jr. Schickel, Joe Harlan, Eric Smith, Mike Mullvain, Michael Bradley, Caley Emerson, Derreck Rossio, Jason Cecil and Ryan Unzicker.
The first consi was won by Darren Miller over feger, Dick, May, and Baumann with Mark Voigt taking the honors in the second consolation over Brady Smith, Van Wormer, Friedman and Steidinger.
Van Wormer was added to the field as the UMP Summer Nationals provisional to complete the 21 car starting field.
51 Cars
Fast Time: 9 Billy Drake 13.297
Dash (9 laps 6 transfer)
1. 18 Shannon Babb (1)
2. 71 Don O'Neal (4)
3. 28 Dennis Erb Jr. (2)
4. 28 Jimmy Mars (7)
5. 9 Billy Drake (3)
6. 27 Rodney Melvin (5)
7. 00 Randy Korte (9)
8. 36 Roger Long (8)
9. 15B Brian Birkhofer (6)
Heat 1 (10 laps 3 transfer)
1. 00 Randy Korte (1)
2. 3S Brian Shirley (2)
3. 1S Wes Steidinger (7)
4. 32D Darren Miller (3)
5. 25 Jason Feger (8)
6. 20 Ed Barth (9)
7. 4 Cody Bauman (4)
8. 16 Shane Allen (12)
9. 99 Johnny Johnson (6)
10. 61JR Bruce White (11)
11. 5S Steve Sheppard Jr (5) DNF
12. 82 Roger Brickler (10) DNS
Heat 2
1. 15 Joe Ross Jr. (3)
2. 36 Roger Long (1)
3. 0 Richie Hedrick (6)
4. 30 Mark Voigt (5)
5. 55 Jeep VanWormer (7)
6. 2 Brady Smith (8)
7. 89 Daren Freidman (2)
8. 1W Donnie Walden (4)
9. 23 Patrick Sheltra (9)
10. DC3 Don Cisco (10)
11. 15 Lisa Shickel (11)
Heat 3
1. 64 Ryan Dauber (2)
2. 15B Brian Birkhofer (1)
3. B12 Kevin Weaver (4)
4. 45 Gary May (5)
5. 22 Chris Dick (7)
6. 7 Jay Sparks (3)
7. 12 Jordan Bland (6)
8. F15 Jerremy Conaway (8)
9. T33 Tim O'Donnell (10)
10. 7 Butch Smith (9)
11. 22 Cory Rolfe (11)
Heat 4
1. 75 John Gill (8)
2. Z Joe Harlan (2)
3. S10 Jr Shickel (1)
4. 9 Eric Smith (5)
5. 4 Mike Mullvain (3)
6. 7M Michael Bradley (6)
7. 21E Caley Emerson (7)
8. 35 Larry Rossio (9)
9. 007 Jason Cecil (11)
10. 24 Ryan Unzicker (4) DNF
11. 5D Rick Haley (10)
Semi 1 (12 laps 1 transfer)
1. 32D Miller (1)
2. 25 Feger (3)
3. 22 Dick (4)
4. 45 May (2)
5. 4 Bauman (7)
6. 99 Johnson (11)
7. 16 Allen (9)
8. T33 O'Donnell (12)
9. 82 Brickler (17)
10. 12 Bland (8)
11. 22 Rolfe (16)
12. 61JR White (13)
13. F15 Conaway (10) DNF
14. 20 Barth (5)
15. 5S Sheppard (15)
16. 7 Smith (14)
17. 7 Sparks (6)
Semi 2
1. 30 Voigt (1)
2. 2 Smith (5)
3. 55 VanWormer (3)
4. 89 Freidman (7)
5. 1W Walden (9)
6. 9 Smith (2)
7. 4 Mullvain (4)
8. 23 Sheltra (11)
9. 5D Haley (16)
10. DC3 Cisco (13)
11. 15 Shcikel (15) -1 lap
12. 007 Cecil (12) -2 laps
13. 35 Rossio (10) DNF
14. 24 Unzicker (14)
15. 21E Emerson (8)
16. 7M Bradley (6) DNS
Feature (40 laps $10,000 to win)
1. 71 O'Neal (2)
2. 28 Erb (3)
3. 18 Babb (1)
4. 28 Mars (4)
5. 27 Melvin (6)
6. 00 Korte (7)
7. 0 Hedrick (16)
8. 9 Drake (5)
9. 75 John Gill (10)
10. 3S Shirley (11)
11. 15B Birkhofer (13)
12. 1S Steidinger (15)
13. 15 Ross (8) -1 lap
14. 32D Miller (19)
15. B12 Weaver (17)
16. S10 Shickel (18)
17. 64 Dauber (9)
18. 55 VanWormer (21)
19. Z Harlan (14) DNF
20. 36 Long (12)
21. 30 Voigt (20)
Updated Points After Completion of Farmer City Event #8
1. Shannon Babb 465 5 Wins
2. Dennis Erb 390 1 Win
3. Jimmy Mars 326
4. Rodney Melvin 288 1 Win
5. Billy Drake 283
6. Darren Miller 277
7. Kevin Weaver 235
8. Brian Shirley 226
9. Terry English 208
Jeep Van Wormer 208
11. Randy Korte 198
12. Mark Voigt 181
13. Billy Faust 133
14. Wes Steidinger 127
15. Patrick Sheltra 122
16. Don O'Neal 111 1 Win
17. Jordan Bland 98
18. Ryan Dauber 96
19. Frank Heckenast, Jr. 86
Mark Faust 86
Don "The Real Deal" O'Neal of Martinsville, Indiana dropped in tonight on the UMP Summer Nationals, and showed fans his dominating style from last years events. 51 cars were on hand at the Farmer City Raceway, the highest car count thus far during the series, for the 8th night of the 29 event grueling summer tour.
Taking the lead on the opening lap from his outside front row starting position, O'Neal led every lap of the 40 lap affair and was unchallenged with rare exception of when he encountered lapped traffic and Erb was able to close in on him.Erb would follow O'Neal at the drop of the checkers with Babb a close third. Behind the trio were Mars, Melvin, Korte, Hedrick, Drake, Gill and Shirley.
O'Neal was piloting his Mastersbilt Race car with power by Jay Dickens and sponsorship from A-1 Auto Salvage, The Living Room Center, Allstar Performance, O'Neal Wood Products, Well Pict Berries, Hoosier by Smash and Simpson Safety Products.
Billy Drake began the evenings activities by recording the fast time with a lap of 13.297.
The trophy dash was on by the series winningest driver this year Shannon Babb who had won 5 of the first 7 events and had four consecutive wins. Babb was followed by O'Neal, Dennis Erb, Jimmy Mars, Drake, Rodney Melvin, Randy Korte, Roger Long and Brian Birkhofer who suffered problems on the opening lap and was a DNF.
The first heat race was won by Korte over Brian Shirley, Wes Stieidnger, Darren Miller, Justin Feger, Ron Barth, Cody Baumann, Shane Allen, Johnny Johnson, Bruice White and Steve Sheppard, Jr.
Claiming second heat honors was Joe Ross, Jr. over Roger Long, Richie Hedrick, Mark Voigt, Jeep Van Wormer, Brady SMith, Darren Friedman, Donnie Walden, Patrick Sheltra and Don Ciso, III.
The third heat was topped by Ryan Dauber over Brian Birkhofer, Kevin Weaver, Gary May, Chris Dick, Jay Sparks, Jordan Bland, Jeremy Conaway, Tim O'Donnell, Butch SMith and Cory Rolfe.
The fourth heat was a barn burner as The Modern Day Cowboy showed how a buckin bronc' can be tamed as he started in the eighth slot and rode for a perfect score, riding the berm and moving past the field to take the win followed by Jr. Schickel, Joe Harlan, Eric Smith, Mike Mullvain, Michael Bradley, Caley Emerson, Derreck Rossio, Jason Cecil and Ryan Unzicker.
The first consi was won by Darren Miller over feger, Dick, May, and Baumann with Mark Voigt taking the honors in the second consolation over Brady Smith, Van Wormer, Friedman and Steidinger.
Van Wormer was added to the field as the UMP Summer Nationals provisional to complete the 21 car starting field.
51 Cars
Fast Time: 9 Billy Drake 13.297
Dash (9 laps 6 transfer)
1. 18 Shannon Babb (1)
2. 71 Don O'Neal (4)
3. 28 Dennis Erb Jr. (2)
4. 28 Jimmy Mars (7)
5. 9 Billy Drake (3)
6. 27 Rodney Melvin (5)
7. 00 Randy Korte (9)
8. 36 Roger Long (8)
9. 15B Brian Birkhofer (6)
Heat 1 (10 laps 3 transfer)
1. 00 Randy Korte (1)
2. 3S Brian Shirley (2)
3. 1S Wes Steidinger (7)
4. 32D Darren Miller (3)
5. 25 Jason Feger (8)
6. 20 Ed Barth (9)
7. 4 Cody Bauman (4)
8. 16 Shane Allen (12)
9. 99 Johnny Johnson (6)
10. 61JR Bruce White (11)
11. 5S Steve Sheppard Jr (5) DNF
12. 82 Roger Brickler (10) DNS
Heat 2
1. 15 Joe Ross Jr. (3)
2. 36 Roger Long (1)
3. 0 Richie Hedrick (6)
4. 30 Mark Voigt (5)
5. 55 Jeep VanWormer (7)
6. 2 Brady Smith (8)
7. 89 Daren Freidman (2)
8. 1W Donnie Walden (4)
9. 23 Patrick Sheltra (9)
10. DC3 Don Cisco (10)
11. 15 Lisa Shickel (11)
Heat 3
1. 64 Ryan Dauber (2)
2. 15B Brian Birkhofer (1)
3. B12 Kevin Weaver (4)
4. 45 Gary May (5)
5. 22 Chris Dick (7)
6. 7 Jay Sparks (3)
7. 12 Jordan Bland (6)
8. F15 Jerremy Conaway (8)
9. T33 Tim O'Donnell (10)
10. 7 Butch Smith (9)
11. 22 Cory Rolfe (11)
Heat 4
1. 75 John Gill (8)
2. Z Joe Harlan (2)
3. S10 Jr Shickel (1)
4. 9 Eric Smith (5)
5. 4 Mike Mullvain (3)
6. 7M Michael Bradley (6)
7. 21E Caley Emerson (7)
8. 35 Larry Rossio (9)
9. 007 Jason Cecil (11)
10. 24 Ryan Unzicker (4) DNF
11. 5D Rick Haley (10)
Semi 1 (12 laps 1 transfer)
1. 32D Miller (1)
2. 25 Feger (3)
3. 22 Dick (4)
4. 45 May (2)
5. 4 Bauman (7)
6. 99 Johnson (11)
7. 16 Allen (9)
8. T33 O'Donnell (12)
9. 82 Brickler (17)
10. 12 Bland (8)
11. 22 Rolfe (16)
12. 61JR White (13)
13. F15 Conaway (10) DNF
14. 20 Barth (5)
15. 5S Sheppard (15)
16. 7 Smith (14)
17. 7 Sparks (6)
Semi 2
1. 30 Voigt (1)
2. 2 Smith (5)
3. 55 VanWormer (3)
4. 89 Freidman (7)
5. 1W Walden (9)
6. 9 Smith (2)
7. 4 Mullvain (4)
8. 23 Sheltra (11)
9. 5D Haley (16)
10. DC3 Cisco (13)
11. 15 Shcikel (15) -1 lap
12. 007 Cecil (12) -2 laps
13. 35 Rossio (10) DNF
14. 24 Unzicker (14)
15. 21E Emerson (8)
16. 7M Bradley (6) DNS
Feature (40 laps $10,000 to win)
1. 71 O'Neal (2)
2. 28 Erb (3)
3. 18 Babb (1)
4. 28 Mars (4)
5. 27 Melvin (6)
6. 00 Korte (7)
7. 0 Hedrick (16)
8. 9 Drake (5)
9. 75 John Gill (10)
10. 3S Shirley (11)
11. 15B Birkhofer (13)
12. 1S Steidinger (15)
13. 15 Ross (8) -1 lap
14. 32D Miller (19)
15. B12 Weaver (17)
16. S10 Shickel (18)
17. 64 Dauber (9)
18. 55 VanWormer (21)
19. Z Harlan (14) DNF
20. 36 Long (12)
21. 30 Voigt (20)
Updated Points After Completion of Farmer City Event #8
1. Shannon Babb 465 5 Wins
2. Dennis Erb 390 1 Win
3. Jimmy Mars 326
4. Rodney Melvin 288 1 Win
5. Billy Drake 283
6. Darren Miller 277
7. Kevin Weaver 235
8. Brian Shirley 226
9. Terry English 208
Jeep Van Wormer 208
11. Randy Korte 198
12. Mark Voigt 181
13. Billy Faust 133
14. Wes Steidinger 127
15. Patrick Sheltra 122
16. Don O'Neal 111 1 Win
17. Jordan Bland 98
18. Ryan Dauber 96
19. Frank Heckenast, Jr. 86
Mark Faust 86
