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July 8, 2000 Results

Durbin, Seets & Wood Earn I-55 Mid-Season Championships PEVELY, MO. (July 8) -- Jim Durbin turned Saturday's late model feature at I-55 Raceway into a great race for second place by streaking from the field to win his first race of 2000 on Mid-Season Championship Night. Durbin took the lead from Jeff Johns on lap five of the 25-lap main event and began pulling away from the rest of the pack. The second and third positions, however, changed hands almost every lap. At the checkered flag it was Tim Ratajczyk, Ed Dixon, Johns and Jason Frankel rounding out the top five. Frankel won his heat and the late model dash. Johns and Durbin also won heats. John Seets Sr. led flag-to-flag in a 20-lap modified feature that ran caution-free. Ray Walsh and Brian Wolfmeier finished second and third. Seets' right-rear tire went flat just as the race ended. The modified heats were won by Seets, Shawn Rayfield, Casey Pearson and Scott Weber, who also won the dash and finished fourth in the feature. Brent Mullins and Patrick Lawson won the semi-features. It appeared that Paul Belken Jr. would be the only points leader to win the mid-season title for his class, but his engine erupted in smoke on the last lap of the sportsman feature. Doug Wood ended up the winner. Brian Worley and Mark Blanke finished second and third. Dave Blanc, Scott Haynes, John Hoffman won the sportsman heat races, and Wood was the dash winner. Bob Schmidt won the semi-feature. Troy Conway and Chase Patterson claimed the cruiser heat and feature. UMP LATE MODELS HEAT 1: 95 Jeff Johns 6 John Hobson 37 Brian Wolfmeier B1 Bob Brown HEAT 2: 33 Jason Frankel 7 Rick Bayer 28 Don Klein 11 Steve Karnes HEAT 3: 3D Jim Durbin 50 Ed Dixon 2J Dave Jumper 112 Tim Ratajczyk DASH: 33 Jason Frankel 95 Jeff Johns 50 Ed Dixon 3D Jim Durbin FEATURE: 3D Jim Durbin 112 Tim Ratajczyk 50 Ed Dixon 95 Jeff Johns 33 Jason Frankel 7 Rick Bayer 2J Dave Jumper 67 Mark Oller 28 Don Klein 00 Randy Korte 2 Darrell Hoffman 11 Steve Karnes 1S Steve Shephard B1 Bob Brown 51K Bob Klausner 51 Steve Shive 10 Rodney Pense 44 Dean Motsinger 37 Brian Wolfmeier 6 John Hobson Other Cars Present: 87 Ken Rumble UMP MODIFIEDS HEAT 1: 360 John Seets, Sr. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 1D Dean Hoffman 68 Andy Anderson HEAT 2: 18R Shawn Rayfield 99 Brian Wolfmeier 67 John Seets, Jr. 6 Ray Wagner HEAT 3: 377 Casey Pearson 45M Eric Mabery 16G Danny Haynes 14 Leroy Haney HEAT 4: 4J Scott Weber 1W Ray Walsh 71 Jay Hughes 17 Jim Shereck DASH: 4J Scott Weber 360 John Seets, Sr. 18R Shawn Rayfield 377 Casey Pearson SEMI #1: 4M Brent Mullins 444 Matt Simpson 19C Vic Catalano 28K Jason Keith 29C John Campbell 36 Danny Green 37 Chad Evans 70 Ken Peters 314 Jeff Masson SEMI #2: 28L Patrick Lawson 8 Kirk Murphy 7Z Matt Zimmerly 21H Dave Henry 45 Eric Franklin 21 Dennis Richards FEATURE: 360 John Seets 1W Ray Walsh 99 Brian Wolfmeier 4J Scott Weber 6 Ray Wagner 12 Tom Ratajczyk 45M Eric Mabery 377 Casey Pearson 1D Dean Hoffman 17 Jim Shereck 67 John Seets, Jr. 14 Leroy Haney 68 Andy Anderson 16 Rusty Griffaw 16J Danny Haynes 4M Brent Mullins 71 Jay Hughes 444 Matt Simpson 18R Shawn Rayfield 28W Chris Woods 81 Mike Barbeau 8 Kirk Murphy 28L Patrick Lawson T93 Clark Roach Other Cars Present 5W Ralph Wiltrout 59 Rich Whaley C4 Chris Soutiea AARA SPORTSMAN HEAT 1: 91 Dave Blanc 9 Doug Wood 87 Gary Haynes 61W Mike Whitter HEAT 2: 118 Scott Haynes 6 Kenny Kennedy D5 Dave Jenkins 92 Jim Abshier HEAT 3: 51 John Hoffman 23 Mark Schnurbusch 10 Todd McGraw 80 Steve Borgetti DASH: 9 Doug Wood 46 Paul Belken 38D Mark Blanke 166 Brian Worley SEMI: 36 Bob Schmidt 92 Jim Abshier 8 Ed Lowry 91 Dave Blanc D5 Dave Jenkins 118 Scott Haynes 97 Gary McKinnon 61W Mike Whitter 37 John Imm 51 John Hoffman 19 Brad Grantham 6 Kenny Kennedy 21 Ryan Gegg FEATURE: 9 Doug Wood 166 Brian Worley 38D Mark Blanke 10 Todd McGraw 60 Scott Stuppy 36 Bob Schmidt 87 Gary Haynes 23 Mark Schnurbusch 80 Steve Borgetti 44 Nick Werner 8 Ed Lowry 92 Jim Abshier 74 Dennis Wernle 118 Scott Haynes 91 Dave Blanc 28 Sam Worley 46 Paul Belken D5 Dave Jenkins 18 Daryl Dodge 15 Jim Troutman 105 Matt Hancock 500 Dan Dixon 75 Ron Imm, Jr. 127E Tory Ernst Other Cars Present 48 Mike Harvey 26 Bob Smith 3 Asa Hovis Cruisers: Heat: 1. 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson 2. 65 Matt O'Hauber/Oscar Buchanan 3. 44 Don Eaton/Dwight Bradley Feature: 1. 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson 2. 44 Don Eaton/Dwight Bradley 3. 65 Matt O'Hauber/Oscar Buchanan 4. 9 Travis Buffer/Brian Eastman 5. 26 Paul Bauman/Wayne Moll 6. 54 Rob Inman/Tony Sego 7. 07 Eric Strate/Tod Carlock 8. 00 Kevin Martin/Amy Martin

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