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May 20, 2000 Results

Gansmann Becomes 5th Late Model Winner at I-55 Seets Tunes up For Bristol with Modified Sweep Pevely, Mo. (May 20) -- Mark Gansmann edged Ed Dixon by inches Saturday to win his first UMP Late Model feature of the season at I-55 Raceway. Gansmann passed Steve Shive on the eleventh lap of the feature to take the lead. Dixon took the second spot from Shive on the 15th lap and slowly reeled in Gansmann. Dixon was on the leader's back bumper on lap 19 when he jumped the cushion and had to lift the gas pedal. He dropped a few car lengths back, but caught Gansmann again on the 24th lap. Heading into the final turn, Dixon dove low while Gansmann rode the cushion. The two hit the finish line side by side, and coasted around the track to see whowould be handed the checkered flag. Gansmann was ruled the winner, making him the fifth driver to win a late model feature in the first seven nights of action at I-55 Raceway this season. Tim Ratajczyk won his late model heat and the dash. Brian Wolfmeier won heats in both the late models and modifieds. John Seets Sr., who has qualified for the big UMP Modified race at Bristol Motor Speedway on June 3-4, signed autographs before the races Saturday, then went out and swept his heat, dash and feature. He held off points leader Scott Weber to win a feature that pushed the crowd to its feet in the closing laps. Dean Hoffman also was a modified heat winner, and Matt Simpson won the semi-feature. Paul Belken Jr., points leader in the sportsman class, won his heat and dash but blew an engine while trying to pass team mate Mark Blanke for the lead on the eighth lap of the feature. Blanke then managed to stay in front of defending champion Scott Stuppy to earn his second victory of 2000. Brian Worley was third. Doug Wood and Bob Schmidt won the other sportsman heats. Nick Werner Jr. qualified for the main event by winning the semi. Don Eaton and Dwight Bradley won the feature for two-man cruiser cars. The heat had gone to Paul Bauman and Gary Klein. Late Models Heat 1: 1. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 87 Ken Rumble 3. 20 Mark Gansmann 4. 95 Jeff Johns 5. F15 Ed Baumann Heat 2: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 51 Steve Shive 3. 51 Mark Faust 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 2J Dave Jumper Dash: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 51 Steve Shive 3. 51 Mark Faust 4. 20 Mark Gansmann 5. 87 Ken Rumble 6. 37 Brian Wolfmeier Feature: 1. 20 Mark Gansmann 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 51 Mark Faust 4. 51 Steve Shive 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 87 Ken Rumble 7. F15 Ed Bauman 8. 37 Brian Wolfmeier 9. 67 Mark Oller 10. 2H Darrell Hoffman 11. 95 Jeff Johns 12. 11 Kevin Gundaker 13. 2J Dave Jumper 14. 47 Danny Haynes 15. 32M Danny Maguire 16. 19 Billy Faust 17. 66 Jeff Semmens 18. B1 Bob Brown 19. 28 Don Klein 20. 44 Dean Motsinger 21. 10 Rodney Pense Modified Heat 1: 1. 1D Dean Hoffman 2. 18R Shawn Rayfield 3. 0 Mark Gansmann 4. 11 Kyle Steffens 5. 1W Ray Walsh Heat 2: 1. 360 John Seets 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 4m Brent Mullins 4. 14 Leroy Haney 5. 377 Casey Pearson Heat 3: 1. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 29 Jeff LeBaube 4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 5. 59 Rich Whaley Dash: 1. 360 John Seets 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 18R Shawn Rayfield 5. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 6. 16 Rusty Griffaw Semi: 1. 444 Matt Simpson 2. 90 Tim Meara 3. 6 Ray Wagner 4. 95 Jerry Grither 5. 67 John Seets, Jr. 6. 36 Danny Greene 7. 7G Keith Grider 8. 81 Mike Barbeau 9. 64 Jim Smith 10. 99W Shane Worrell 11. 68 Andy Anderson 12. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 13. 37 Loren Knox Other Cars Present C4 Chris Soutiea B1 Tom Seets 21H Dave Henry Feature: 1. 360 John Seets 2. 4J Scott Weber 3. 18R Shawn Rayfield 4. 14 Leroy Haney 5. 1D Dean Hoffman 6. 1W Ray Walsh 7. 4M Brent Mullins 8. 16 Rusty Griffaw 9. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 10. 29 Jeff LeBaube 11. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 12. 17 Jim Shereck 13. 377 Casey Pearson 14. 6 Ray Wagner 15. 0 Mark Gansmann 16. 95 Jerry Grither 17. 67 Johns Seets, Jr. 18. 11 Kyle Steffens 19. 28 Chris Woods 20. 444 Matt Simpson 21. 90 Jim Meara 22. 88 Joe Puricelli 23. 36 Danny Greene 24. 59 Rich Whaley Sportsman Heat 1: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 28 Sam Worley 3. 105 Matt Hancock 4. 84 Jim Ott 5. 87 Gary Haynes Heat 2: 1. 9 Doug Wood 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 10 Todd McGraw 4. 81 Billy Ames 5. 74 Dennis Wernle Heat 3: 1. 36 Bob Schmidt 2. 38D Mark Blanke 3. 15 Jim Troutman 4. 166 Brian Worley 5. 500 Dan Dixon Dash: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 36 Bob Schmidt 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 28 Sam Worley 5. 00 Scott Stuppy 6. 9 Doug Wood Semi: 1. 44 Nick Werner 2. 6 Brian Noeth 3. 50 Mike McGowan 4. 127E Tory Ernst 5. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 6. 16 Frank Melton 7. 90 Randy Kleinheider 8. 97 Chris Moyer 9. 111 Zac Parks 10. 350 Robert Dill 11. 96 Stan Cernik 12. 37 John Imm 13. 19 Brad Grantham Other Cars Present 79 Travis Tilley 42 Nathan Walsh 13 Brent Kreke 2% Tim Streisel 18 Daryl Dodge Feature: 1. 38D Mark Blanke 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 166 Brian Worley 4. 74 Dennis Wernle 5. 10 Todd McGraw 6. 87 Gary Haynes 7. 15 Jim Troutman 8. 500 Dan Dixon 9. 44 Nick Werner 10. 105 Matt Hancock 11. 9 Doug Wood 12. 36 Bob Schmidt 13. 127E Tory Ernst 14. 48 Mike Harvey 15. 6 Brian Noeth 16. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 17. 28 Sam Worley 18. 97 Chris Moyer 19. 90 Randy Kleinheider 20. 84 Jim Ott 21. 50 Mike McGowan 22. 46 Paul Belkin 23. 16 Frank Melton 24. 75 Ron Imm, Jr. Cruisers Heat 1: 1. 26 Paul Baumann - Gary Klein 2. 44 Don Eaton - Dwight Bradley 3. 22 Billy Klein - Lyn Marschel Feature: 1. 44 Don Eaton - Dwight Bradley 2. 15 Rob Inman - Todd Bockhoff 3. 22 Billy Klein - Lyn Marschel

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