Ken Schrader
Ed Dixon
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Farmington, MO (July 13, 2004) St. Francois County Raceway presented NASCAR Night with guest Kenny Schrader and Kenny Wallace. Schrader brought his Federated Auto Parts sponsored late model and modified, while Wallace brought his Stacker2 sponsored modified.
The U.M.P. (United Midwestern Promoters) Modifieds kicked things off and it was NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader picking up the win with a last lap pass. Bobby Bittle set the pace for most of the event as he led the first 22 laps of the 25 lap main event. Bittle held off the early challenge of Scott Weber for the first 10 laps before Weber got into turn one too hard and spun, collecting third place running Jeff LeBaube in the process. It ended the night for both Weber and LeBaube. Mechanical woes ended Bittle's run as he slowed and pulled to the infield while leading with just three laps remaining. Billy Smith inherited the lead when Bittle left the event but was facing serious challenges from Rusty Griffaw and Ken Schrader. Smith and Griffaw used the high side while Schrader moved to the bottom and found the going good there as he moved past both Griffaw and Smith to take over the lead on the final lap and take the win. Smith came across second and Griffaw was third. Brent Thompson came home fourth and Kenny Wallace rounded out the top five with a great run from his twenty-first starting position.
In victory lane, Schrader proceded to give the winner's trophy to a young child in the stands. The youngster was very pleased with his gift and crowd gave a huge ovation to Schrader for his kind gesture.
Ed Dixon took the lead from Billy James on the eighth circuit of the thirty lap U.M.P. Late Model feature event and went on to victory and collected the $2,000 first place prize. Dixon had to hold off the late challenges from James as his car began to tighten up and not want to turn. Dixon continued to charge into the turns harder and harder, forcing the car through the turns. Dixon held and claimed the victory. James came across second. Billy Faust was able to move by Ken Schrader in the final two laps to take third, Schrader came home fourth and Ron Sensel rounded out the top five.
U.M.P. Late Models - 19 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 26 Billy Faust
2. 36 Ron Sensel
3. 50 Ed Dixon
4. 77 Clay Baumann
Heat 2:
1. 5JR Billy James
2. 13 Charlie Savage
3. 47 Danny Haynes
4. 16 Mike Hammerle
Dash:
1. 5JR Billy James
2. 47 Danny Haynes
3. 50 Ed Dixon
4. 36 Ron Sensel
Feature: ($2,000 to win)
1. 50 Ed Dixon (3)
2. 5JR Billy James (1)
3. 26 Billy Faust (5)
4. 99 Ken Schrader (11)
5. 36 Ron Sensel (4)
6. 77 Clay Baumann (8)
7. 441 Brian Wolfmeier (7)
8. 30 Mark Voigt (17)
9. 47 Danny Haynes (2)
10. 16 Mike Hammerle (6)
11. 22 Darrell Moser (10)
12. 12 Rick Standridge (13) -1 Lap
13. 13 Charlie Savage (9) -1 Lap
14. 10 Rodney Pense (16) -1 Lap
15. 8 Ron McQuerry (18) -1 Lap
16. 23 Brian Garner (14) -1 Lap
17. 11A Mike Abney (15) DNF
18. 78 Ron Jarrell (12) DNF
DNS. 2K Kenny Stegall
U.M.P. Modifieds - 34 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 89 Bobby Bittle
2. 4J Scott Weber
3. 87 Gary Haynes
4. 56 Tommy Worley, Sr.
Heat 2:
1. 29 Jeff LeBaube
2. 16G Rusty Griffaw
3. 99 Ken Schrader
4. 7 Mark Miner
Heat 3:
1. 16K Kenny Kennedy
2. 14 Billy Smith
3. 71B John Bohn
4. 15 Danny Resinger
Heat 4:
1. 166 Brian Worley
2. 1D Dean Hoffman
3. 18 Brent Thompson
4. 9W Doug Wood
Dash:
1. 89 Bobby Bittle
2. 29 Jeff LeBaube
3. 16G Rusty Griffaw
4. 4J Scott Weber
Semi #1:
1. 99W Brian Wolfmeier
2. 00Z Steve Picou
3. 11K Kasey Burch
4. 18G Jeremy Greenwalt
5. 10 Todd McGraw
6. 21 Adam Parmley
7. 23 Kenny Wallace
DNS. 777 Hal Alexander
DNS. 41 Brad Quinn
Semi #2:
1. 20 Dan Zander
2. 44 Mark Stanfill
3. 5 Dean Resinger
4. 63 Doug Brewster
5. 59 Ryan Gegg
6. 31P Mitch Parmley
DNS. 23 Dylan Sharp
DNS. 1F Mike Francis
Feature:
1. 99 Ken Schrader (10)
2. 14 Billy Smith (6)
3. 16G Rusty Griffaw (3)
4. 18 Brent Thompson (12)
5. 23 Kenny Wallace (21)
6. 99W Brian Wolfmeier (17)
7. 87 Gary Haynes (9)
8. 16K Kenny Kennedy (5)
9. 00Z Steve Picou (18)
10. 56 Tommy Worley, Sr. (13)
11. 20 Dan Zander (19)
12. 44 Mark Stanfill (20)
13. 15 Danny Resinger (15)
14. 89 Bobby Bittle (1) DNF
15. 7 Mark Miner (14) DNF
16. 1D Dean Hoffman (8) DNF
17. 4J Scott Weber (4) DNF
18. 29 Jeff LeBaube (2) DNF
19. 166 Brian Worley (7) DNF
20. 71B John Bohn (11) DNF
21. 9W Doug Wood (16) DNF
