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By Jimmy Dearing – Pevely, MO (March 26th, 2016) – Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 got the 2016 racing season underway with some great action on the 1/3 mile high banked dirt oval.

The UMP DIRTcar Late Model division kept the fans on the edge of their seats as Tim Manville and Andrew Johns swapped the lead and battled side by side for almost the entire feature event. Johns took the lead at the drop of the green flag but Manville was hot on his heels in the early laps. A few laps into the event, Manville pulled along side with Johns and two the battled side by side for several laps before Manville got the advantage. As the two worked lapped traffic, Johns would once again challenge Manville for the top spot. As those two battled for the lead, Jesse Stovall closed in on them in the closing laps to make it a three way battle for the lead. With just two laps remaining, Johns right rear tire would give out, bringing out the caution which then setup a two car battle to the finish between Manville and Stovall. Manville would hold off Stovall’s challenge over the last two laps and get the win. Gordy Gundaker worked his way up from the ninth starting spot and got past Brian Diveley on the final lap to finish third. Diveley would take fourth with Mark Voigt rounding out the top five.

Michael Long was simply dominant in the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds all night long. Long would start dead last in his heat race and charge through the field to take a comfortable win. Then in the feature event, Long’s early challenge would be immediately after restarts as Kenny Wallace would apply pressure, but a couple of laps after each restart, Long would pull away. Wallace would finish second to Long with Dean Hoffman taking third. Zach Fair would finish fourth in his first ever visit to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 and Zach Schantz completed the top five.

Tim Hancock held off challenges from his brother Tommie Seets, Jr. early on, then challenges from Darron Forrest and Travis Bittle in the closing laps to grab the UMP DIRTcar Pro Modified feature win. Bittle would finish a strong second with Forrest taking third. Seets would finish in the fourth spot while Jeff LeBaube rounded out the top five.

Defending track champion Troy Medley got the 2016 race season started just about how he ended the 2015 racing season in the UMP/AARA Sportsman division. Medley would dominate the main event enroute to the victory. Patrick Hawkins would finish in the second spot with Gary Haynes taking third. Josh Ramer and Chris Soutiea round out the top five.

Defending track champion Joe Laws would take the win in the UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stock class with a last lap fender rubbing pass on Rickey Carriker. Laws would come from dead last starting spot after mechanical woes in his heat race to get the win. Cole Queathem would finish third, John Massey fourth and David Laws fifth.

COMPLETE RESULTS:

B MODS – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 0    Tim Hancock
2 3 89T    Travis Bittle
3 7 23    Darron Forrest
4 2 9S    Tommie Seets Jr
5 4 29L    Jeff Lebaube
6 9 J82    Treb Jacoby
7 5 36    Kyle Stolzer
8 12 80    Cody Conner
9 8 29    Aaron Darby
10 6 39    Kyle Wilde
11 18 316    Trey Harris
12 10 81    Tom Rorabacher
13 11 29F    Stephen Fohne
14 13 22W    Scott Wickliffe
15 17 42Y    Clint Young
16 15 5R    Don Randall
17 16 16    Kaleb Mccain
18 14 80W    Tony Walker
DNS 327 Chuck Goodman
DNS 28 Kevin Worley

B MODS – HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 9S    Tommie Seets Jr
2 4 29L    Jeff Lebaube
3 6 23    Darron Forrest
4 5 J82    Treb Jacoby
5 9 29    Aaron Darby
6 3 29F    Stephen Fohne
7 8 80    Cody Conner
8 10 80W    Tony Walker
9 1 28    Kevin Worley
10 7 327    Chuck Goodman DNS

B MODS – HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 9 0    Tim Hancock
2 3 36    Kyle Stolzer
3 8 89T    Travis Bittle
4 10 39    Kyle Wilde
5 2 316    Trey Harris
6 1 81    Tom Rorabacher
7 6 22W    Scott Wickliffe
8 7 5R    Don Randall
9 5 16    Kaleb Mccain
10 4 42Y    Clint Young

LATE MODEL – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 33M    Tim Manville
2 3 00J    Jesse Stovall
3 9 11G    Gordy Gundaker
4 4 11D    Brian Diveley
5 5 30    Mark Voigt
6 8 1    Jim Moon
7 16 16G    Rusty Griffaw
8 13 94    Austin Rettig
9 10 112    Tim Ratajczyk
10 7 10X    Jim Black
11 6 87    Ken Rumble
12 21 2J    David Jumper
13 14 20    Alan Westling
14 12 23    Paul Roider
15 17 74H    Tim Hancock
16 19 J12    Jason Wagner
17 15 4    Dylan Sharp
18 20 14    Reid Millard
19 1 95    Andrew Johns
20 18 1X    Justin Reando
21 11 3C    Cody Conner
DNS 4K John Ketterer

LATE MODEL – DASH
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 95    Andrew Johns
2 3 33M    Tim Manville
3 4 00J    Jesse Stovall
4 5 11D    Brian Diveley
5 6 30    Mark Voigt
6 2 87    Ken Rumble

LATE MODEL – HEAT 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 95    Andrew Johns
2 5 87    Ken Rumble
3 7 10X    Jim Black
4 2 23    Paul Roider
5 6 4    Dylan Sharp
6 1 1X    Justin Reando
7 4 4K    John Ketterer

LATE MODEL – HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 00J    Jesse Stovall
2 2 1    Jim Moon
3 4 112    Tim Ratajczyk
4 6 3C    Cody Conner
5 7 94    Austin Rettig
6 5 74H    Tim Hancock
7 3 14    Reid Millard

LATE MODEL – HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 33M    Tim Manville
2 4 11D    Brian Diveley
3 7 30    Mark Voigt
4 8 11G    Gordy Gundaker
5 6 20    Alan Westling
6 5 16G    Rusty Griffaw
7 2 J12    Jason Wagner
8 3 2J    David Jumper DNS

MODIFIED – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 18L    Michael Long
2 2 36W    Kenny Wallace
3 3 1D    Dean Hoffman
4 4 1    Zach Fair
5 8 128    Zach Schantz
6 11 34    Dave Armstrong
7 12 87Z    Zeb Moake
8 14 12R    Tyler Ratajczyk
9 10 70    Josh Russell
10 6 6    Justin Reando
11 5 01X    Beau Davis
12 16 37    Brian Wolfmeier
13 7 01W    Derrick Black
14 15 33J    Jeffrey Vernier
15 17 18    Jake Seets
16 13 32J    Terry Johnson
17 9 14C    Rick Conoyer
18 18 18B    Terry Brown

MODIFIED – DASH
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 18L    Michael Long
2 2 36W    Kenny Wallace
3 3 1D    Dean Hoffman
4 5 1    Zach Fair
5 6 01X    Beau Davis
6 4 6    Justin Reando

MODIFIED – HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 1D    Dean Hoffman
2 2 6    Justin Reando
3 5 1    Zach Fair
4 4 14C    Rick Conoyer
5 9 128    Zach Schantz
6 6 87Z    Zeb Moake
7 7 12R    Tyler Ratajczyk
8 3 37    Brian Wolfmeier
9 8 18B    Terry Brown

MODIFIED – HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 9 18L    Michael Long
2 5 36W    Kenny Wallace
3 4 01W    Derrick Black
4 8 01X    Beau Davis
5 7 70    Josh Russell
6 3 34    Dave Armstrong
7 1 32J    Terry Johnson
8 2 33J    Jeffrey Vernier
9 6 18    Jake Seets

SPORTSMAN – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 62    Troy Medley
2 4 77    Patrick Hawkins
3 3 87    Gary Haynes
4 7 269    Josh Ramer
5 5 C4    Chris Soutiea
6 8 192    Mark Spraul
7 2 23    Kevin Mosier
8 12 0    Steve Gosney Jr
9 10 12    Wesley Hastings
10 6 16    Joe Mccain
11 11 8    Brian Patton
12 9 29P    Joel Potter
DNS 37 Dave Monterusso

SPORTSMAN – HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 23    Kevin Mosier
2 2 C4    Chris Soutiea
3 5 16    Joe Mccain
4 6 269    Josh Ramer
5 4 12    Wesley Hastings
6 3 0    Steve Gosney Jr

SPORTSMAN – HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 4 62    Troy Medley
2 2 77    Patrick Hawkins
3 7 87    Gary Haynes
4 3 192    Mark Spraul
5 6 29P    Joel Potter
6 1 8    Brian Patton
7 5 37    Dave Monterusso DNS

PRO 4 – FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 11 74    Joe Laws
2 1 35R    Rickey Carriker
3 3 82Q    Cole Queathem
4 5 33M    John Massey
5 7 33    David Laws
6 8 X15    Jonathan Fahrner
7 6 14    Rodney George
8 4 412    Aaron Garcia
9 2 83D    Dallas Lugge
10 9 3C    Justin Chilton
11 10 D9    Gary Mckinnon Ii
DNS 75 Anthony Sunshine
DNS 00 Wes Kite

PRO 4 – HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 4 83D    Dallas Lugge
2 3 412    Aaron Garcia
3 2 14    Rodney George
4 6 X15    Jonathan Fahrner
5 5 3C    Justin Chilton
6 1 D9    Gary Mckinnon Ii

PRO 4 – HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 6 35R    Rickey Carriker
2 4 82Q    Cole Queathem
3 7 33M    John Massey
4 1 33    David Laws
5 2 00    Wes Kite
6 5 75    Anthony Sunshine
7 3 74    Joe Laws DNS