Paul Bailey
Jim Werner
Russell Eilers
Brad Venhaus
Justin Suhre
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Saturday, April 11th, saw the largest car count of the season at the Highland Speedway – 124 cars. It was the defending UMP Late Model champion, Brian Bielong, who took the first checkered flag in the 20 car division. He won the first heat over Mike Jacober, DJ Cygan, and Vince Grondzki. Second heat winner was Chad Zobrist who beat out Dick Taylor, Jason Zobrist, and Danny Ripperda. Third heat top dog was Mike Schulte, then Paul Bailey, Aaron Kleine, and Shannon Kuhn. Dick Taylor crossed the finish line first in the dash leading Bielong, Bailey and Jacober. It was an exciting Feature race, but it was Paul Bailey who got the checkered flag first. Chasing him were Taylor, Schulte, Clay Baumann, Kerry Gaultney, DJ Cygan, Jason Zobrist, Ryan Driemeyer, Brent Helmkamp, Dave Thornton, Jacober, Steve Leach, Brett Cygan, Shannon Kuhn, Bielong, Kleine, Chad Zobrist, Grondzki, Ripperda, and Mike Harris.
The Steve Schmitt Modifieds had 23 cars that were ready to race. Chad Sellers took the first heat race over Craig Kern, Dean Hoffman, and Matt Acord. Second heat winner was Mike Harrison, then Chris Smith, Steven Ellison, and Andy Oswald. Third heat went to Aaron Kleine who was chased by Jim Werner, Jr, Steve Stotler, and Roger Fohne. Dash order of finish was Kleine, Werner, Jr, Harrison and Smith. The Consi saw Robbie Eilers take first leading Cody Stilwell, Brett Korves, Tyler Deibert, Mike Haas, Ron Hartnagel, Travis Koehler, and Jesse Wisely DNS. Another great Feature race in the Modifieds saw Jim Werner, Jr take the checkered flag. He led Harrison, Kleine, Sellers, Smith, Andy Oswald, Kern, Eilers, Ellison, Matt Acord, Stilwell, Steve Lach, Paul Becker, Fohne, Korves, Stotler, Hoffman, Eric Goetter.
The UMP Sportsman division also had 23 cars. First heat winner was Jimmy Cummins who raced ahead of Bryan Slover, Ryan Eilers, and Rick Johnson. Second heat had Andy Casper lead Justin Durbin, Adam Haas, and Allan Geiseking. The third heat saw Rob Lee beat out Russell Eilers, Aaron Melton, and Jim Lafferty. Andy Casper took his second checkered flag of the evening in the dash. He was chased by Russell Eilers, Slover, and Lee. Greg Spenser was the fastest in the Consi then Mark Bohnenstiehl, Jon Ripperda, Tory Ernst, Danny Beard, Jon Huegen, Dan Ricklefs, Jr and Jeff Nash. Russell Eilers took his second Feature win of the season. He led Lee, Cummins, Durbi, Slover, Ryan Eilers, Lafferty, Geiseking, Spencer, Bobby Sillkwood, Nathan Schmitt, Scott Drew, Aaron Melton, Ripperda, Haas, Casper, Johnson and Bohnenstiehl.
Twenty seven Street Stock drivers showed up to go racing. Heat one was won by Bobby Dees, Jr over Jordan Bauer, AJ Cline, and Steve Leach. Heat two saw Ed Lenhardt beat out Brad Venhaus, TJ Eilers, and Stephen Fohne. Third heat saw Michael Ripperda, Jr lead Jake Hewitt, Terry McCann, and Andy Beavers. The Consi had Brian Crawford taking the checkered flag, then Tommy Gegg, John Cory, Kory Riegel, Larry Smith, Jr, Shaun Horstmann, Jeff Buss, Jeff Adcock, James Rhoades, Jr, Vince Pratt, Dusty Sampson, and Dennis Ponder. The fifith winner of the division was Brad Venhaus who took the Feature win. He was chased by Dees, Jr, Hewitt, McCann, Bauer, Leach, Cline, Eilers, Beavers, Billy Kruep, Crawford, Justin Leichsenring, Stephen Flannery, Jr, Gegg, Fohne, Lenhardt, Cory and Ripperda, Jr.
The highest car count of the night was in the UMP Factory division that had 31 cars. It was last week’s winner, Justin Suhre, who took the first checkered flag. He won the first heat over Matt Hamblin, Austin Isaak, and Jason Suhre. Second heat went to Dale Bohnenstiehl who led Steven Gorka, Jr, Jason Schmidt, and Robert Shaw. Bob Zbindenwon the third heat over Sean Denison, Aaron Wood, and Eddie Sterns. Crossing the finish line first in the Consi was Chad Burgess. He led Jordan Suhre, Joe Swip, Josh James, Trevor Isaak, Tony Stinde, Tom Eilers, Charlie Duebin, Scott Egbert, Mike Bourland, Jeremy Izard, Travis Horner, Dan Dodson, Ed Martiszus, Rick Viviano, and Joe Joyce. It was Justin Suhre who swept his division for the second week by winning the Feature. He crossed the finish line ahead of Zbinden, Hamblin, Denison, Bohnenstiehl, Robert Shaw, Gorka, Jr, Justin Shaw, Schmidt, Jason Suhre, Wood, Austin Isaak, Tracy VonRohr, Sterns, Nick Knebel, Burgess, Swip, and Jordan Suhre. It was Highland Rural King night at the races and Jr Fan Club was officially started.
UMP Late Model - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 17 81 Paul Bailey Pocahontas , Il 75
2 15 24 Dick Taylor Springfield , Il 70
3 20 27 Mike Schulte Summerfield , Il 65
4 11 77 Clay Baumann Highland , Il 60
5 13 21 Kerry Gaultney Collinsville , Il 55
6 1 10C Dj Cygan St. Jacob, Il 50
7 2 87 Jason Zobrist Highland , Il 48
8 10 441D Ryan Driemeyer - 46
9 14 31 Brent Helmkamp Greenville , Il 44
10 8 12T Dave Thornton Trenton , Il 42
11 18 5 Michael Jacober Highland , Il 40
12 7 49 Steve Leach Troy , Il 39
13 9 01 Brett Cygan Highland , Il 38
14 6 11K Shannon Kuhn - 37
15 16 70 Brian Bielong Summerfield , Il 36
16 3 9 Aaron Kleine Carlyle , Il 35
17 19 78 Chad Zobrist Highland , Il 34
18 4 32 Vince Grondzki Fairview Heights, Il 33
19 5 51R Danny Ripperda Highland , Il 32
20 12 43 Mike Harris - 31
UMP Late Model - Dash
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 24 Dick Taylor Springfield , Il 0
2 1 70 Brian Bielong Summerfield , Il 0
3 6 81 Paul Bailey Pocahontas , Il 0
4 4 5 Michael Jacober Highland , Il 0
5 2 78 Chad Zobrist Highland , Il 0
6 3 27 Mike Schulte Summerfield , Il 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 27 Mike Schulte Summerfield , Il 4
2 4 81 Paul Bailey Pocahontas , Il 3
3 3 9 Aaron Kleine Carlyle , Il 2
4 1 11K Shannon Kuhn - 1
5 6 01 Brett Cygan Highland , Il 0
6 5 43 Mike Harris - 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 78 Chad Zobrist Highland , Il 4
2 7 24 Dick Taylor Springfield , Il 3
3 4 87 Jason Zobrist Highland , Il 2
4 1 51R Danny Ripperda Highland , Il 1
5 5 12T Dave Thornton Trenton , Il 0
6 6 77 Clay Baumann Highland , Il 0
7 3 31 Brent Helmkamp Greenville , Il 0
UMP Late Model - Heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 70 Brian Bielong Summerfield , Il 4
2 1 5 Michael Jacober Highland , Il 3
3 5 10C Dj Cygan St. Jacob, Il 2
4 6 32 Vince Grondzki Fairview Heights, Il 1
5 3 49 Steve Leach Troy , Il 0
6 4 441D Ryan Driemeyer - 0
7 7 21 Kerry Gaultney Collinsville , Il 0
UMP Modified - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 11 44 Jim Werner, Jr Butler , Il 75
2 12 24 Mike Harrison Highland , Il 70
3 10 13 Aaron Kleine Carlyle , Il 65
4 14 E55 Chad Sellers Breese , Il 60
5 13 155 Chris Smith Troy , Il 55
6 5 68 Andy Oswald Highland , Il 50
7 15 49 Craig Kern Vandalia , Il 48
8 16 3E Robbie Eilers Highland , Il 46
9 2 00 Steven Ellison Trenton , Il 44
10 4 20 Matt Acord Brighton , Il 42
11 17 00S Cody Stilwell Godfrey , Il 40
12 7 42 Steve Lach Brownstown , Il 39
13 9 X13 Paul Becker Breese , Il 38
14 6 29 Roger Fohne Belleville , Il 37
15 18 25 Brett Korves Belleville , Il 36
16 3 16S Steve Stotler O'fallon , Mo 35
17 1 1D Dean Hoffman Troy , Il 34
18 8 76 Eric Goetter Lebanon , Il 33
UMP Modified - Consi
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 11 3E Robbie Eilers Highland , Il 0
2 14 00S Cody Stilwell Godfrey , Il 0
3 8 25 Brett Korves Belleville , Il 0
4 10 71 Tyler Deibert Highland , Il 10
5 13 28 Mike Haas Mascoutah , Il 10
6 7 56 Ron Hartnagel Pocahontas , Il 10
7 9 00K Travis Koehler Bartelso , Il 10
8 12 17 Jesse Wisely Vergennes , Il 10
UMP Modified - Dash
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 13 Aaron Kleine Carlyle , Il 0
2 6 44 Jim Werner, Jr Butler , Il 0
3 2 24 Mike Harrison Highland , Il 0
4 5 155 Chris Smith Troy , Il 0
5 1 E55 Chad Sellers Breese , Il 0
6 4 49 Craig Kern Vandalia , Il 0
UMP Modified - Heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 13 Aaron Kleine Carlyle , Il 4
2 2 44 Jim Werner, Jr Butler , Il 3
3 6 16S Steve Stotler O'fallon , Mo 2
4 7 29 Roger Fohne Belleville , Il 1
5 4 X13 Paul Becker Breese , Il 0
6 3 00K Travis Koehler Bartelso , Il 0
7 1 17 Jesse Wisely Vergennes , Il 0
UMP Modified - Heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 24 Mike Harrison Highland , Il 4
2 1 155 Chris Smith Troy , Il 3
3 2 00 Steven Ellison Trenton , Il 2
4 6 68 Andy Oswald Highland , Il 1
5 7 76 Eric Goetter Lebanon , Il 0
6 3 25 Brett Korves Belleville , Il 0
7 4 3E Robbie Eilers Highland , Il 0
8 8 00S Cody Stilwell Godfrey , Il 0
UMP Modified - Heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 6 E55 Chad Sellers Breese , Il 4
2 7 49 Craig Kern Vandalia , Il 3
3 4 1D Dean Hoffman Troy , Il 2
4 1 20 Matt Acord Brighton , Il 1
5 8 42 Steve Lach Brownstown , Il 0
6 3 56 Ron Hartnagel Pocahontas , Il 0
7 2 71 Tyler Deibert Highland , Il 0
8 5 28 Mike Haas Mascoutah , Il 0
UMP Sportsman - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 11 8E Russell Eilers Highland , Il 75
2 13 11L Rob Lee Sorento , Il 70
3 15 19 Jimmy Cummins Waterloo , Il 65
4 14 28 Justin Durbin Vandalia , Il 60
5 12 7 Bryan Slover Bethalto , Il 55
6 1 3 Ryan Eilers Highland , Il 50
7 6 56B Jim Lafferty Carlinville , Il 48
8 5 88 Allan Geiseking Highland , Il 46
9 16 E85 Greg Spencer Gillespie , Il 44
10 8 57 Bobby Silkwood Bethalto , Il 42
11 9 19S Nathan Schmitt Lebanon , Il 40
12 7 88S Scott Drew Moro , Il 39
13 3 441 Aaron Melton St. Jacob, Il 38
14 18 196 Jon Ripperda Bartelso , Il 37
15 2 27 Adam Haas Mascoutah , Il 36
16 10 07 Andy Casper Highland , Il 35
17 4 92 Rick Johnson Glen Carbon, Il 34
18 17 23B Mark Bohnenstiehl Edwardsville , Il 33
UMP Sportsman - Consi
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 6 E85 Greg Spencer Gillespie , Il 0
2 7 23B Mark Bohnenstiehl Edwardsville , Il 0
3 1 196 Jon Ripperda Bartelso , Il 0
4 8 27E Tory Ernst Alhambra , Il 10
5 3 12 Danny Beard - 10
6 5 79 Jon Huegen New Memphis, Il 10
7 4 00 Dan Ricklefs, Jr Breese , Il 10
8 2 24 Jeff Nash Marine , Il 10
UMP Sportsman - Dash
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 07 Andy Casper Highland , Il 0
2 6 8E Russell Eilers Highland , Il 0
3 4 7 Bryan Slover Bethalto , Il 0
4 3 11L Rob Lee Sorento , Il 0
5 5 28 Justin Durbin Vandalia , Il 0
6 1 19 Jimmy Cummins Waterloo , Il 0
UMP Sportsman - Heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 11L Rob Lee Sorento , Il 4
2 3 8E Russell Eilers Highland , Il 3
3 7 441 Aaron Melton St. Jacob, Il 2
4 6 56B Jim Lafferty Carlinville , Il 1
5 4 19S Nathan Schmitt Lebanon , Il 0
6 5 12 Danny Beard - 0
7 2 E85 Greg Spencer Gillespie , Il 0
UMP Sportsman - Heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 07 Andy Casper Highland , Il 4
2 4 28 Justin Durbin Vandalia , Il 3
3 2 27 Adam Haas Mascoutah , Il 2
4 7 88 Allan Geiseking Highland , Il 1
5 6 57 Bobby Silkwood Bethalto , Il 0
6 8 24 Jeff Nash Marine , Il 0
7 3 79 Jon Huegen New Memphis, Il 0
8 5 27E Tory Ernst Alhambra , Il 0
UMP Sportsman - Heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 19 Jimmy Cummins Waterloo , Il 4
2 6 7 Bryan Slover Bethalto , Il 3
3 7 3 Ryan Eilers Highland , Il 2
4 4 92 Rick Johnson Glen Carbon, Il 1
5 8 88S Scott Drew Moro , Il 0
6 5 196 Jon Ripperda Bartelso , Il 0
7 1 00 Dan Ricklefs, Jr Breese , Il 0
8 3 23B Mark Bohnenstiehl Edwardsville , Il 0
Street Stock - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 55V Brad Venhaus Aviston , Il 75
2 1 43 Bobby Dees, Jr - 70
3 6 6 Jake Hewitt Troy , Il 65
4 9 68 Terry Mccann Cottage Hills, Il 60
5 4 9STAR Jordan Bauer St. Jacob, Il 55
6 10 49 Steve Leach Troy , Il 50
7 7 17C Aj Cline Cottage Hills, Il 48
8 8 8T T J Eilers - 46
9 12 21 Andy Beavers Alton , Il 44
10 13 91 Billy Kruep Carlyle , Il 42
11 16 64 Brian Crawford Collinsvillle , Il 40
12 14 53 Justin Leichsenring - 39
13 15 38 Stephen Flannery, Jr Wood River, Il 38
14 17 22 Tommy Gegg Alton , Il 37
15 11 29 Stephen Fohne Troy , 62 36
16 2 94 Ed Lenhardt Brighton , Il 35
17 18 20 John Cory St. Jacob, Il 34
18 3 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr Highland , Il 33
Street Stock - Consi
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 64 Brian Crawford Collinsvillle , Il 0
2 3 22 Tommy Gegg Alton , Il 0
3 12 20 John Cory St. Jacob, Il 0
4 1 39 Kory Riegel Marine , Il 10
5 10 4 Larry Smith, Jr Highland , Il 10
6 2 54 Shaun Hortsmann - 10
7 7 101 Jeff Buss Carlyle , Il 10
8 6 47 Jeff Adcock - 10
9 8 00R James Rhoades, Jr Aviston , Il 10
10 9 9 Vince Pratt - 10
11 5 19DD Dusty Sampson Breese , Il 10
12 11 7 Dennis Ponder Collinsville , Il 10
Street Stock - Heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr Highland , Il 4
2 1 6 Jake Hewitt Troy , Il 3
3 2 68 Terry Mccann Cottage Hills, Il 2
4 4 21 Andy Beavers Alton , Il 1
5 3 38 Stephen Flannery, Jr Wood River, Il 0
6 8 22 Tommy Gegg Alton , Il 0
7 6 47 Jeff Adcock - 0
8 7 9 Vince Pratt - 0
9 9 20 John Cory St. Jacob, Il 0
Street Stock - Heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 94 Ed Lenhardt Brighton , Il 4
2 6 55V Brad Venhaus Aviston , Il 3
3 1 8T T J Eilers - 2
4 7 29 Stephen Fohne Troy , 62 1
5 3 53 Justin Leichsenring - 0
6 5 54 Shaun Hortsmann - 0
7 9 19DD Dusty Sampson Breese , Il 0
8 8 00R James Rhoades, Jr Aviston , Il 0
9 4 7 Dennis Ponder Collinsville , Il 0
Street Stock - Heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 43 Bobby Dees, Jr - 4
2 2 9STAR Jordan Bauer St. Jacob, Il 3
3 4 17C Aj Cline Cottage Hills, Il 2
4 5 49 Steve Leach Troy , Il 1
5 8 91 Billy Kruep Carlyle , Il 0
6 3 39 Kory Riegel Marine , Il 0
7 9 64 Brian Crawford Collinsvillle , Il 0
8 6 101 Jeff Buss Carlyle , Il 0
9 7 4 Larry Smith, Jr Highland , Il 0
UMP Factory Stock - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 24 Justin Suhre Alhambra , Il 75
2 3 99 Bob Zbinden Alhambra , Il 70
3 4 13 Matt Hamblin Highland , Il 65
4 6 12 Sean Denison Highland , Il 60
5 2 7B Dale Bohnenstiehl Highland , Il 55
6 11 18R Robert Shaw Highland , Il 50
7 5 713 Steven Gorka, Jr Bethalto , Il 48
8 14 18J Justin Shaw Highland , Il 46
9 8 9 Jason Schmidt Highland , Il 44
10 10 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra , Il 42
11 9 2X Aaron Wood Troy , Il 40
12 7 6 Austin Isaak Trenton , Il 39
13 13 20 Tracy Vonrohr Pierron , Il 38
14 12 22 Eddie Sterns Nashville , Il 37
15 15 52 Nick Knebel Pocahontas , Il 36
16 17 77 Chad Burgess Troy , Il 35
17 25 11 Joe Swip Maryville , Il 34
18 20 26 Jordan Suhre Alhambra , Il 33
UMP Factory Stock - Consi
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 8 77 Chad Burgess Troy , Il 0
2 11 26 Jordan Suhre Alhambra , Il 0
3 16 11 Joe Swip Maryville , Il 0
4 10 01 Josh James Bartelso , Il 10
5 13 9X Trevor Issak Highland , Il 10
6 14 55 Tony Stinde Centralia , Il 10
7 17 40T Tom Eilers - 10
8 9 77D Charlie Durbin Highland , Il 10
9 12 81 Scott Egbert - 10
10 20 17 Mike Bourland Mt. Vernon, Il 10
11 22 15 Jeremy Izard - 10
12 19 9T Travis Horner Alhambra , Il 10
13 7 56 Dan Dodson New Baden, Il 10
14 18 33 Ed Martiszus Trenton , Il 10
15 21 121V Rick Viviano Breese , Il 10
16 15 07 Joe Joyce Worden , Il 0
UMP Factory Stock - Heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 99 Bob Zbinden Alhambra , Il 4
2 1 12 Sean Denison Highland , Il 3
3 4 2X Aaron Wood Troy , Il 2
4 3 22 Eddie Sterns Nashville , Il 1
5 10 52 Nick Knebel Pocahontas , Il 0
6 7 77D Charlie Durbin Highland , Il 0
7 8 81 Scott Egbert - 0
8 5 07 Joe Joyce Worden , Il 0
9 6 33 Ed Martiszus Trenton , Il 0
10 9 121V Rick Viviano Breese , Il 0
UMP Factory Stock - Heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 7B Dale Bohnenstiehl Highland , Il 4
2 2 713 Steven Gorka, Jr Bethalto , Il 3
3 4 9 Jason Schmidt Highland , Il 2
4 8 18R Robert Shaw Highland , Il 1
5 10 18J Justin Shaw Highland , Il 0
6 6 77 Chad Burgess Troy , Il 0
7 5 26 Jordan Suhre Alhambra , Il 0
8 3 55 Tony Stinde Centralia , Il 0
9 9 40T Tom Eilers - 0
10 7 17 Mike Bourland Mt. Vernon, Il 0
UMP Factory Stock - Heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 24 Justin Suhre Alhambra , Il 4
2 3 13 Matt Hamblin Highland , Il 3
3 4 6 Austin Isaak Trenton , Il 2
4 5 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra , Il 1
5 11 20 Tracy Vonrohr Pierron , Il 0
6 6 56 Dan Dodson New Baden, Il 0
7 9 01 Josh James Bartelso , Il 0
8 8 9X Trevor Issak Highland , Il 0
9 10 11 Joe Swip Maryville , Il 0
10 7 9T Travis Horner Alhambra , Il 0
11 2 15 Jeremy Izard - 0
