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Voigt, Hoffman, Oller, Ketrow, Ripperda & Funderburk take wins at Highland Speedway!

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HIghland SpeedwayHIGHLAND IL (August 6, 2001) It’s been a while since the number 30 of Mark Voigt of Marine IL has made his way to the Casey’s General Stores Victory Lane in the Becker Jewelers Late Model Division at the Highland Speedway. Getting there this time was no easy task as Voigt had to battle the top drivers of the Highland Speedway including “The Highland Bulldog” defending Highland Speedway Champion Chad Zobrist.

Getting to the 25 lap main event drivers first must run in preliminary heat races and their heat finish qualifies them for the dash. Top heat finishers were, from heat one , “Fast” Frankie Martin from DuQuoin IL, and runner up “The Undertaker” from Alhambra IL, Bobby Dauderman, Heat two winner Matt Weidner from Highland IL and runner up “The Gear Jammer” from Summerfield IL, Mike Schulte, and the top two from the third heat Zobrist and Voigt. The dash finish determines the line up for the feature and the dash lineup is determined by the luck of the draw. The driver from Marine IL drew the number 4 pill and started outside in the second row behind Zobrist who drew the number 2 pill, and “Fast” Frankie Martin drew the pole starting position. In the Dash the 78 of Zobrist jumped to the lead only to have the 30 of Voigt and the Circle 7 of Matt Weidner, who started third, challenging at various spots on the Highland ¼ mile oval. Zobrist won the dash and the pole for the nights feature event, Voigt and Weidner finished second and third and would start the feature in that order.

It took the feature a couple of tries before a full lap was counted but once everyone settled down, Chad Zobrist took control of the race with Voigt and Weidner doing battle for second for what looked like a repeat of the dash. At the midway point of the feature, Zobrist tangled with a lap car bringing out the yellow and putting the field into a single file restart.

After just two laps Ray Emling from DuQuoin IL brought out the yellow on lap 14. The line up remained the same with Zobrist, Voigt and Weidner running 1, 2, 3.
At the drop of the green on the restart Voigt climbed to the high side of the track and was putting pressure on Zobrist. At lap 17 “The Bulldog” left the door open just enough for Voigt to get squeeze his racer past Zobrist. The momentum that carried Voigt past Zobrist was too much for “The Bulldog” to recover from and Mark Voigt went on to win his first Becker Jewelers Late Model feature of the 2011 season. Zobrist finshed second Weidner third, Daudermann fourth and Rick “The Salty Dog” Salter rounded out the top five.

Steve Schmitt Modifieds
Brian Bielong won his heat and took the top spot in the dash landing him a start on the pole in the Steve Schmitt Modified feature event. Leading for the first 14 Laps of the twenty lap race Bielong’s luck began to change as he started to encounter lap traffic. The1D of Dean Hoffman was keeping pace and a caution on lap 13 brought the field together, Bielong, Hofmann, Jimmy Cummins in the 751, Fair race runner up, Chris Smith, who was trying to the top side working again and the 42 of Steve Lach was the top five. The race to the finish got pretty wild as Bielong and Hoffman battled with Hofmann grabbing the lead on lap 15 as the 70 of Bielong suffered some front end damage. While Hofmann took the win Bielong showed great determination and brought his wounded racer home in second, Cummins, Smith and Lach was the top five.
UMP Pro Late Models:
In a small field of cars Mark Oller took home the trophy with Bobby Martintoni second.

UMP Sportsmen:
The dominance of Rob Lee in the UMP Sportsmen division came to a halt as trouble in a heat race sent the 88 off on the hook which resulted in a bad starting spot in the feature. A large number of drivers were on hand in the Sportsmen division and Justin Ketrow grabbed his second win of the season. Russell Eilers, Steve Stevenson, Rick Johnson finished second thru fifth respectfully.

UMP Factory Stocks:
Michael Ripperda Jr was the winner in the UMP Factory Stocks
UMP Sport Compacts:
Bobby Funderburk was the Sport Compact winner for the night.
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Race Results for 8/6/2011

UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver
1 25 Frankie Martin
2 18 Bobby Dauderman
3 89 Bobby Bittle
4 0 Dewayne Kiefer
5 51R Danny Ripperda
6 22 Dan Jacober
7 25G Len Garson

UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver
1 CRCL7 Matt Weidner
2 27S Mike Schulte
3 12T Dave Thornton
4 37 Brian Wolfmeier
5 11K Shannon Kuhn
6 4E Scott Geaschel
7 54 Bob Simpson

UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver
1 78 Chad Zobrist
2 30V Mark Voigt
3 1S Rick Salter
4 6E Ray Emling
5 10 Daryn Klein
6 81 Paul Bailey

UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models – Dash
Finish Car No Driver
1 78 Chad Zobrist
2 30V Mark Voigt
3 CRCL7 Matt Weidner
4 25 Frankie Martin
5 27S Mike Schulte
6 18 Bobby Dauderman

UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 30V Mark Voigt
2 78 Chad Zobrist
3 CRCL7 Matt Weidner
4 18 Bobby Dauderman
5 1S Rick Salter
6 25 Frankie Martin
7 37 Brian Wolfmeier
8 27S Mike Schulte
9 0 Dewayne Kiefer
10 12T Dave Thornton
11 11K Shannon Kuhn
12 22 Dan Jacober
13 6E Ray Emling
14 51R Danny Ripperda
15 89 Bobby Bittle
16 4E Scott Geaschel
17 54 Bob Simpson
18 25G Len Garson
19 10 Daryn Klein
20 81 Paul Bailey DNS

UMP Steve Schmitt Modified – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver
1 1D Dean Hoffman
2 21 Khris Fohne
3 15 Chris Smith
4 16S Stephen Stotler
5 24J Jacob Steinkoenig
6 71 Lynn Tidwell
7 10T Paul Becker
8 35 Mark Stolle
9 55 Marty Smith, Jr

UMP Steve Schmitt Modified – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver
1 70 Brian Bielong
2 84 Tyler Deibert
3 751 Jimmy Cummins
4 75 Darrell Hewlett
5 42 Steve Lach
6 E55 Chad Sellers
7 53 Dave Smith
8 316 Stephen Plog

UMP Steve Schmitt Modified – Dash
Finish Car No Driver
1 70 Brian Bielong
2 15 Chris Smith
3 1D Dean Hoffman
4 751 Jimmy Cummins
5 21 Khris Fohne
6 84 Tyler Deibert

UMP Steve Schmitt Modified – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 1D Dean Hoffman
2 70 Brian Bielong
3 751 Jimmy Cummins
4 15 Chris Smith
5 42 Steve Lach
6 16S Stephen Stotler
7 75 Darrell Hewlett
8 55 Marty Smith, Jr
9 10T Paul Becker
10 53 Dave Smith
11 71 Lynn Tidwell
12 316 Stephen Plog
13 35 Mark Stolle
14 E55 Chad Sellers
15 21 Khris Fohne
16 24J Jacob Steinkoenig
17 84 Tyler Deibert DNS

UMP Pro Late Model – Heat
Finish Car No Driver
1 67 Mark Oller
2 48 Bobby Martintoni
3 K13 Cary King
4 9STAR Jordan Bauer
5 24 Dick Taylor
6 52 Billy Knebel, Jr
7 96 Matt Koch
8 V50 Justin Vosholler
9 9T Travis Horner

UMP Pro Late Model – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 67 Mark Oller
2 48 Bobby Martintoni
3 9STAR Jordan Bauer
4 K13 Cary King
5 24 Dick Taylor
6 96 Matt Koch
7 V50 Justin Vosholler
8 9T Travis Horner
9 52 Billy Knebel, Jr

UMP Sportsman – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver
1 6 Justin Ketrow
2 92J Rick Johnson
3 8E Russell Eilers
4 115 Aaron Melton
5 19S Nathan Schmitt
6 88S Scott Drew
7 13A Len Garson
8 53 Kipp Schaefer
9 17 Mike Jones

UMP Sportsman – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver
1 1S Steve Stevenson
2 3E Robbie Eilers
3 7 Dennis Ponder
4 66 Tim Gaertner
5 14 Ben Gregory
6 88 Rob Lee
7 47 Kyle Roberts
8 C16 Cory Brown

UMP Sportsman – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 6 Justin Ketrow
2 3E Robbie Eilers
3 8E Russell Eilers
4 1S Steve Stevenson
5 92J Rick Johnson
6 115 Aaron Melton
7 19S Nathan Schmitt
8 17 Mike Jones
9 C16 Cory Brown
10 66 Tim Gaertner
11 88S Scott Drew
12 14 Ben Gregory
13 13A Len Garson
14 53 Kipp Schaefer
15 47 Kyle Roberts
16 7 Dennis Ponder
17 88 Rob Lee

UMP Factory Stock – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver
1 54 Shaun Horstmann
2 52 Tim Koch
3 29H Cale Hartnagel
4 379 Steve Steele
5 53 Justin Leichsenring
6 5H James Hale
7 29 Stephen Fohne
8 8T T J Eilers
9 1Z Zach Hoffman DNS

UMP Factory Stock – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver
1 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr
2 6 Jake Hewitt
3 101 Jeff Buss
4 6I Austin Isaak
5 9X Trevor Isaak
6 199 Jason Nash
7 36 Eric Harris
8 441 Cody Ventimiglia

UMP Factory Stock – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr
2 54 Shaun Horstmann
3 101 Jeff Buss
4 6 Jake Hewitt
5 52 Tim Koch
6 6I Austin Isaak
7 379 Steve Steele
8 199 Jason Nash
9 29 Stephen Fohne
10 9X Trevor Isaak
11 8T T J Eilers
12 36 Eric Harris
13 441 Cody Ventimiglia
14 53 Justin Leichsenring
15 5H James Hale
16 29H Cale Hartnagel
17 1Z Zach Hoffman

UMP Sport Compact – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver
1 9X Trevor Isaak
2 18R Robert Shaw
3 19X Bret Eilerman
4 33L Caleb Lintezenich
5 81LE Lacey Egbert
6 7S Kate Smith
7 121V Rick Viviano
8 89T Travis Bittle
9 81 Nathan Schmidt
10 48 Joe Wagner

UMP Sport Compact – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver
1 97 Bobby Funderburk
2 26 Jordan Suhre
3 47 Christian Lee
4 15I Jeremy Izard
5 55J James Southers
6 86 Garett Schumacher
7 75 Richard Charlton
8 42 Mike Howett
9 19* Josh Bauer

UMP Sport Compact – Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 97 Bobby Funderburk
2 9X Trevor Isaak
3 18R Robert Shaw
4 26 Jordan Suhre
5 15I Jeremy Izard
6 19X Bret Eilerman
7 47 Christian Lee
8 89T Travis Bittle
9 121V Rick Viviano
10 33L Caleb Lintezenich
11 42 Mike Howett
12 81LE Lacey Egbert
13 81 Nathan Schmidt
14 7S Kate Smith
15 48 Joe Wagner
16 75 Richard Charlton
17 55J James Southers
18 86 Garett Schumacher
19 19* Josh Bauer

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