PEVELY, MO (April 28, 2001) It looked as if Ed Dixon was going to pick up his 492nd career feature win, instead it was Danny Haynes picking up his first career UMP Late Model feature win. Haynes worked his way through traffic and took over second place with just seven laps to go. Haynes then set his sights on Dixon who had a full straight away lead. Haynes reeled him in and made the pass with just two laps to go. Haynes, whoÂ’s car began smoking badly with just a few laps to go, said in victory lane that the car lost all oil pressure on the final lap. Ed Dixon settled for second with Mark Oller, Jason Frankel and Kevin Gundaker rounding out the top five. Dave Jumper, Chuck Baird and Oller won the heats and Jumper also won the dash.
The UMP Modified division continues to be one of the most competitive classes at I-55 Raceway. Dean Hoffman held off a tough field of cars to pick up the win. There was a five-car battle for second place with Jim Shereck holding on for second. Brent Mullins finished third, Jeff LeBaube fourth and Tom Ratajczyk was fifth. Shereck, Hoffman and Ray Walsh won the heats and Hoffman also won the dash. Scott Weber won the semi.
Paul Belken held off the hard-charging Doug Wood to pick up his third victory of the season in the AARA Sportsman class. Brian Worley came home third, with Mark Blanke and Scott Stuppy completing the top five. Kenny Kennedy, Wood, Ed Lowry and Troy Naeger won the heat races and Naeger also won the dash. Matt Hancock and Bob Schmidt won the semis.
UMP LATE MODELS
HEAT 1:
1. 2J Dave Jumper
2. 50 Ed Dixon
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 33 Jason Frankel
HEAT 2:
1. 9B Chuck Baird
2. 11 Kevin Gundaker
3. 47 Danny Haynes
4. 51 Cody Wood
HEAT 3:
1. 67 Mark Oller
2. 77 Clay Baumann
3. 7 Rick Bayer
4. 28 Don Klein
DASH:
1. 2J Dave Jumper
2. 50 Ed Dixon
3. 67 Mark Oller
4. 47 Danny Haynes
FEATURE:
1. 47 Danny Haynes
2. 50 Ed Dixon
3. 67 Mark Oller
4. 33 Jason Frankel
5. 11(44)Kevin Gundaker
6. 2J Dave Jumper
7. 87 Ken Rumble
8. 51 Steve Shive
9. 16 Mike Hammerle
10. 9B Chuck Baird
11. 1A Justin Allgaier
12. 51 Jody Wood
13. 28 Don Klein
14. 71 John Bohn
15. 4Q Steve Gacochel
16. 10 Rodney Pense
17. 7 Rick Bayer
18. 77 Clay Baumann
19. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
DNS. 44 Dean Motsinger
DNS. 11A Mike Abney
UMP MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1:
1. 17 Jim Shereck
2. 29 Jeff LeBaube
3. 68 Andy Anderson
4. 56 Kevin Epperson
HEAT 2:
1. 1D Dean Hoffman
2. 16 Rusty Griffaw
3. 81 Mike Barbeau
4. 59 Rich Whaley
HEAT 3:
1. 1W Ray Walsh
2. 14 Leroy Haney
3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
4. 95 Jerry Grither
DASH:
1. 1D Dean Hoffman
2. 17 Jim Shereck
3. 1W Ray Walsh
4. 29 Jeff LeBaube
SEMI:
1. 4J Scott Weber
2. 6 Ray Wagner
3. 11 Kyle Steffens
4. C4 Chris Soutiea
5. 29C John Campbell
6. 5W Ralph Wiltrout
7. 62 Troy Medley
8. 18R Shawn Rayfield
DNS. 21R Dennis Richards
DNS. 23 Tim Barrett
FEATURE:
1. 1D Dean Hoffman
2. 17 Jim Shereck
3. 4M Brent Mullins
4. 29 Jeff LeBaube
5. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
6. 4J Scott Weber
7. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
8. 59 Rich Whaley
9. 6 Ray Wagner
10. 16 Rusty Griffaw
11. 11 Kyle Steffens
12. 29C John Campbell
13. 8 Kirk Murphy
14. 56 Kevin Epperson
15. 68 Andy Anderson
16. C4 Chris Soutiea
17. 45 Eric Franklin
18. 81 Mike Barbeau
19. 41 Larry Hull
20. 95 Jerry Grither
21. X1 Dave Sandage
22. 5W Ralph Wiltrout
23. 14 Leroy Haney
24. 1W Ray Walsh
AARA SPORTSMAN
HEAT 1:
1. 6 Kenny Kennedy
2. 01 Steve Borgetti
3. 500 Dan Dixon
4. 00 Scott Stuppy
HEAT 2:
1. 9 Doug Wood
2. 166 Brian Worley
3. 38D Mark Blanke
4. 24 Paul Bauman
HEAT 3:
1. 8 Ed Lowry
2. 81 Billy Ames
3. 50 Mike McGowan
4. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger
HEAT 4:
1. 12 Troy Naeger
2. 46 Paul Belken
3. 92 Jim Abshier
4. 64 Jody Smith
DASH:
1. 12 Troy Naeger
2. 9 Doug Wood
3. 46 Paul Belken
4. 6 Kenny Kennedy
SEMI #1:
1. 105 Matt Hancock
2. 87 Gary Haynes
3. 18 Daryl Dodge
4. 61 Mike Whitter
5. 93 Jeff Honea
6. 76 Brian Robert
7. D5 Dave Jenkins
DNS. 42 Nathan Walsh
DNS. 27 Dan Walsh
DNS. 17H Dave Heimos
SEMI #2:
1. 36 Bob Schmidt
2. 20 Gary McKinnon
3. 16F Frank Melton
4. 21 Brad McKinnon
5. 19 Brad Grantham
6. 30 Rick Hackett
7. 111 Zac Parks
8. 26 Rob Inman
9. 45 Mike Seymour
FEATURE:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 9 Doug Wood
3. 166 Brian Worley
4. 38D Mark Blanke
5. 00 Scott Stuppy
6. 6 Kenny Kennedy
7. 105 Matt Hancock
8. 12 Troy Naeger
9. 81 Billy Ames
10. 36 Bob Schmidt
11. 20 Gary McKinnon
12. 48 Mike Harvey
13. 24 Paul Bauman
14. 40 Ed DeMille
15. 75 Ron Imm
16. 8 Ed Lowry
17. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger
18. 500 Dan Dixon
19. 44 Nick Werner
20. 18 Daryl Dodge
21. 64 Jody Smith
22. 50 Mike McGowan
23. 01 Steve Borgetti
24. 87 Gary Haynes