PEVELY, MO. (May 6) — Ed Dixon won his second late model feature of the season Saturday night at I-55 Raceway, pulling away from the field while a wild battle waged for the second spot.
Dixon took the lead from Dave Jumper on the third lap. At various times, Jumper, Chad Zobrist, Jeff Johns, Tim Ratajczyk and Mark Oller fought for second. At the stripe Ratajczyk edged Oller by inches for the runner-up spot. The third-place finish was the lowest for Oller in five nights of racing at I-55 this year.
Johns was a heat and dash winner. Ratajczyk also won a heat.
Rodney Pense became the first driver to land on his roof at I-55 Raceway in 2000, going over on the tenth lap of the late model feature. The right tires of his car rode up the front straight wall and tossed his car hard into its roof. Pense was not injured but his car's body work was destroyed.
Points leader Scott Weber swept the UMP Modified class, winning his heat and dash before running away from the field for his third feature victory of the season. Dean Hoffman and Ray Wagner were second and third in the main event.
Rich Whaley won the semi-feature for the modifieds. Leroy Haney and John Seets Sr. also won modified heats.
In the dash, Seets Sr. and John Seets Jr. started side by side in the second row. Junior finished second while his father was third, giving the son his first career finish ahead of dad. The two dropped out of the feature with mechanical problems while contending for the lead, Senior while running third and Junior while running second a few laps later.
Doug Wood notched his second feature victory of the season by holding off Paul Belken Jr. in a hard-fought sportsman feature. Dennis Wernle finished third and points leader Scott Stuppy recovered from the 21st starting position to come in fourth.
Belken earlier won the dash and his heat. Wernle and Brian Worley won the other sportsman heats and Mike Harvey claimed the semi-feature.
In the cruiser cars Paul Bauman and Gary Klein won the heat but finished second to Billy Klein and Phil Grifford in the feature. Don Eaton and Dwight Bradley were third.
Saturday night's program was completed just minutes before heavy rains hit the track.
ModifiedsHeat 1: 1. 14 Leroy Haney 2. 67 John Seets, Jr. 3. 377 Casey Pearson 4. 18R Shawn Rayfield |
Heat 2: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 68 Andy Anderson |
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Heat 3: 1. 360 John Seets 2. 28 Jason Keith 3. 0 Perry Tripp 4. 7Z Matt Zimmerly |
Dash: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 67 John Seets, Jr. 3. 360 John Seets 4. 1D Dean Hoffman |
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Semi: 1. 59 Rich Whaley 2. 71 Jay Hughes 3. 29C John Campbell 4. 29 Jeff LeBaube 5. 4M Brent Mullins 6. 11 Kyle Steffens 7. 81 Mike Barbeau 8. 37 Loren Knox 9. C4 Chris Soutiea 10. 21 Jim Pielster 11. 28 Chris Woods 12. 462 Mark Blanke
Other Cars Present 45M Eric Mabery 8 Kirk Murphy |
Feature: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 1D Dean Hoffman 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 14 Leroy Haney 5. 18R Shawn Rayfield 6. 29 Jeff LeBaube 7. 16 Rusty Griffaw 8. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 9. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 10. 59 Rich Whaley 11. 95 Jerry Grither 12. 71 Jay Hughes 13. 0 Perry Tripp 14. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 15. 28K Jason Keith 16. 377 Casey Pearson 17. 81 Mike Barbeau 18. 21H Dave Henry 19. 88 Joe Puricelli 20. 67 John Seets, Jr. 21. 360 John Seets 22. 11 Kyle Steffens 23. 29C John Campbell 24. 4M Brent Mullins |
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Sportsman: Heat 1: 1. 74 Dennis Wernle 2. 127E Tory Ernst 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 44 Nick Werner |
Heat 2: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 28 Sam Worley 3. 105 Matt Hancock 4. 18 Daryl Dodge |
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Heat 3: 1. 166 Brian Worley 2. 9 Doug Wood 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 81 Billy Ames |
Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 74 Dennis Wernle 3. 127E Tory Ernst 4. 166 Brian Worley |
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Semi: 1. 48 Mike Harvey 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 50 Mike McGowan 4. 37 John Imm 5. 90 Randy Kleinheider 6. 58 Jeff Barker 7. 42 Nathan Walsh 8. 79 Travis Tilley 9. 500 Dan Dixon 10. 2% Tim Streisel 11. 29 Robert Martin
Other Cars Present 350 Robert Dill 111 Zac Parks 53 John Dunshee, Jr. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 97 Norbert Leonard |
Feature: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 74 Dennis Wernle 4. 00 Scott Stuppy 5. 127E Tory Ernst 6. 105 Matt Hancock 7. 38D Mark Blanke 8. 18 Daryl Dodge 9. 50 Mike McGowan 10. 13 Brent Kreke 11. 37 John Imm 12. 58 Jeff Barker 13. 90 Randy Kleinheider 14. 28 Sam Worley 15. 61 Mike Whitter 16. 15 Jim Troutman 17. 6 Brian Noeth 18. 80 Steve Borgetti 19. 166 Brian Worley 20. 10 Todd McGraw 21. 96 Stan Cernik 22. 48 Mike Harvey
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CruisersHeat:
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Late ModelsHeat 1: 1. 95 Jeff Johns 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 87 Kenny Rumble |
Heat 2: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczk 2. 78 Chad Zobrist 3. B1 Bobby Brown 4. 19 Billy Faust |
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Dash: 1. 95 Jeff Johns 2. 112 Tim Ratajczk 3. 50 Ed Dixon 4. 78 Chad Zobrist
Other cars present 51 Steve Shive 117 Matt Taylor |
Feature: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 112 Tim Ratajczk 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 4 Mike Mullvain 5. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 6. 95 Jeff Johns 7. 7 Rick Bayer 8. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 9. 78 Chad Zobrist 10. 19 Billy Faust 11. B1 Bobby Brown 12. 32M Danny Maguire 13. 6Q Pat Ryan 14. 33 Jason Frankel 15. 6H John Hobson 16. 2H Darrell Hoffman 17. 10 Rodney Pense 18. 2J Dave Jumper 19. 28 Don Klein 20. 87 Ken Rumble 21. 44 Dean Motsinger (Light)
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