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By Brian Garrison – West Burlington, IA April 18, 2015 – Former UMP National Champion, Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, IL brought the crowd to its feet with a last lap pass and pocketed $10,555 at 34 Raceway Saturday night. The Slocum 50 race was co-sanctioned by MARS, Corn Belt Clash Series (CBC) and the American Late Model Series (ALMS).

Mike Fryer of Freeport, IL was pole-sitter for the 50 lap feature with Unzicker to his outside. Fryer led the first couple of laps, but fifth starting Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR wasted no time in getting his familiar #21 to the lead. Moyer would maintain the top spot, sometimes stretching his lead to half a straightaway.

Unzicker began to catch Moyer with eight laps left. The leaders were racing on the bottom of the race track and Unzicker was hot on Moyer’s tail. Unzicker was unsuccessful in his attempts to get underneath Moyer for the lead as the laps wound down. Racing down the back straightaway on the last lap, Unzicker changed his line and drove his car to the top of race track for one last shot at Moyer. Side by Side they raced through the final corner, but it was Unzicker making the pass exiting turn four and taking the win.

Eighth starting Chris Simpson of Oxford, IA finished third with Jason Utter of Columbus Junction, IA and 5-time Corn Belt Clash Champion Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, IA founding out the top five.

Unzicker drives a Pierce race car with a Pro Power Engine and is Sponsored by RJR Transportation and Kingdom Farms.

Feature
1 2 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
2 5 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
3 8 32 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA
4 14 31 Jason Utter Columbus Junction, IA
5 10 25 Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA
6 6 33B Mark Burgtorf Quincy, IL
7 4 56J Tony Jackson Jr Lebanon, MO
8 20 F5 Garrett Alberson Shreveport, LA
9 7 1ST Justin Reed Camp Point, IL
10 21 58 Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA
11 16 33M Tim Manville St. Jacob, IL
12 23 77A Justin Asplin Birch Tree, MO
13 17 74M Mitch McGrath Waukesha, WI
14 12 45DW Denny Woodworth Mendon, IL
15 25 28R Mark Rose Elcho, WI
16 1 54 Mike Fryer Freeport, IL
17 11 75P Terry Phillips Sprinfield, MO
18 3 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA
19 18 21BR Rich Bell Sheffield, IL
20 15 20S Rodney Sanders Happy, TX
21 13 58G Ray Guss Jr Milan, IL
22 19 00JS Jesse Stovall Billings, MO
23 9 29 Spencer Diercks Davenport, IA
24 22 0B Scott Bloomquist Moorsburg, TN
25 24 93 Jay Johnson West Burlington, IL

B-Main #1
1 4 33M Tim Manville
2 2 21BR Rich Bell
3 1 F5 Garrett Alberson
4 3 0B Scott Bloomquist
5 10 3 Ron Elbe
6 5 3X Skip Frey
7 12 26R Randy Roth
8 11 28R Mark Rose
9 7 42B Brian Schutt
10 6 42M Brandon McCormick
11 8 77A Justin Asplin
12 9 98 Jason Rauen

B-Main #2
1 2 74M Mitch McGrath
2 5 00JS Jesse Stovall
3 1 58 Dave Eckrich
4 8 14R Jeff Roth
5 3 14W Dustin Walker
6 7 21F Todd Frank
7 6 25L Steve Lance Jr
8 9 28J Leroy Johnson
9 4 50 Denny Eckrich
10 11 81S Mike Stadel
11 10 93 Jay Johnson

Heat #1
1 1 54 Mike Fryer
2 2 33B Mark Burgtorf
3 4 75P Terry Phillips
4 3 F5 Garrett Alberson
5 5 14W Dustin Walker
6 6 42M Brandon McCormick
7 8 14R Jeff Roth
8 7 28R Mark Rose

Heat #2
1 1 24U Ryan Unzicker
2 2 1ST Justin Reed
3 4 45DW Denny Woodworth
4 5 58 Dave Eckrich
5 6 33M Tim Manville
6 7 25L Steve Lance Jr
7 3 98 Jason Rauen
8 8 81S Mike Stadel

Heat #3
1 2 19R Ryan Gustin
2 1 32 Chris Simpson
3 4 58G Ray Guss Jr
4 3 21BR Rich Bell
5 6 50 Denny Eckrich
6 5 42B Brian Schutt
7 8 28J Leroy Johnson
8 7 26R Randy Roth

Heat #4
1 2 56J Tony Jackson Jr
2 1 29 Spencer Diercks
3 3 31 Jason Utter
4 4 74M Mitch McGrath
5 5 3X Skip Frey
6 7 21F Todd Frank
7 6 3 Ron Elbe

Heat #5
1 2 21 Billy Moyer
2 1 25 Chad Simpson
3 3 20S Rodney Sanders
4 6 0B Scott Bloomquist
5 5 00JS Jesse Stovall
6 4 77A Justin Asplin
7 7 93 Jay Johnson