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June 2, 2001 Results

Ratajczyk racks up first win at I-55! PEVELY, MO (June 2, 2001) Tim Ratajczyk held off challenges from five different drivers to pick up his first victory of the season in the UMP Late Model division. Ed Dixon, Kevin Gundaker and Ratajczyk battled two and three wide in the first few laps for the lead, when Dixon jumped the cushion and slapped the wall bringing out the first caution on lap three. On the restart, Gundaker and Ratajczyk continued their battle for the next seven laps, but Gundaker had a right rear tire go flat. That allowed Mark Oller and Steve Shive to move up and challenge Ratajczyk for the lead. Shive?s bad luck continued, as he had mechanical problems a few laps later. Billy Faust also moved up to challenge Ratajczyk and suffered mechanical problems. Ratajczyk was able to hold off Oller and pick up the victory. Jason Frankel, Mike Hammerle and Danny Haynes rounded out the top five. The UMP Modified division continues to provide great side-by-side racing. Jim Shereck led the first eighteen laps but drifted high in turn one with two laps to go which allowed Ray Wagner to take the lead. Attempting to retake the lead on the last lap, Shereck spun in turn four, which caused a mad scramble to the finish line. Wagner had taken the checkered flag for the win, but the caution light came on for Shereck and others involved in the spin. Since the checkered flag had been given to Wagner the race was ruled completed and everyone else was scored from the previous lap. Brent Mullins was second, John Seets third, with Dean Hoffman and Scott Weber fourth and fifth respectively. Troy Naeger claimed his third victory of the season in the Sportsman division. Naeger led all fifteen laps and held off points leader Paul Belken. Following Belken across the line were Mark Blanke, Brian Worley and Scott Stuppy. UMP LATE MODELS (26 Cars) HEAT 1: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 51 Steve Shive 3. 67 Mark Oller 4. 117 Matt Taylor HEAT 2: 1. 70 Marc McClintock 2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 3. 28 Don Klein 4. 16 Mike Hammerle HEAT 3: 1. 11 Kevin Gundaker 2. 77 Clay Baumann 3. 19 Billy Faust 4. 33 Jason Frankel DASH: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 51 Steve Shive SEMI: 1. 2J Dave Jumper 2. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 3. 1A Justin Allgaier 4. 7 Rick Bayer 5. 4Q Scott Geashel 6. 36 Danny Green DNS. 12 Wayne Downing DNS. 37 Brian Wolfmeier FEATURE: 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 33 Jason Frankel 4. 16 Mike Hammerle 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 28 Don Klein 7. 77 Clay Baumann 8. 7 Rick Bayer 9. 32M Danny Maguire 10. 76 Butch Kruckeberg 11. 4Q Scott Geashel 12. 11 Kevin Gundaker 13. B1 Bob Brown 14. 36 David Green 15. 50 Ed Dixon 16. 70 Marc McClintock 17. 19 Billy Faust 18. 9B Chuck Baird 19. 51 Steve Shive 20. 117 Matt Taylor 21. 12 Mark Schaefer 22. 2J Dave Jumper 23. 1A Justin Allgaier DQ. 177 Rick Stevenson (Light) UMP MODIFIEDS (36 cars) HEAT 1: 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 6 Ray Wagner 3. 377 Casey Pearson 4. 41 Larry Hull HEAT 2: 1. 14 Leroy Haney 2. 56 Kevin Epperson 3. 29C John Campbell 4. X1 Dave Sandage HEAT 3: 1. 18 Brent Thompson 2. 360 John Seets 3. 7 Keith Grider 4. 41 Steve Maisel HEAT 4: 1. 17 Jim Shereck 2. 95 Jerry Grither 3. 1D Dean Hoffman 4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier DASH: 1. 14 Leroy Haney 2. 17 Jim Shereck 3. 16 Rusty Griffaw 4. 360 John Seets SEMI #1: 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 3. 18R Shawn Rayfield 4. 59 Rich Whaley 5. 11Z Brian Collins 6. 15 Jeffery Masson DNS. 11 Kyle Steffens DNS. 62 Troy Medley SEMI #2: 1. 3S Dan Schlup 2. C4 Chris Soutiea 3. 8 Kirk Murphy 4. 81 Mike Barbeau 5. 95 Jim Beisher 6. 45 Eric Franklin 7. 12 Jesse Snyder 8. 90 Tim Meara FEATURE: 1. 6 Ray Wagner 2. 4m Brent Mullins 3. 360 John Seets 4. 1D Dean Hoffman 5. 4J Scott Weber 6. 14 Leroy Haney 7. 95 Jerry Grither 8. 18T Brent Thompson 9. 377 Casey Pearson 10. 99 Brian Wolfmeier 11. 29C John Campbell 12. 16 Rusty Griffaw 13. 56 Kevin Epperson 14. 7 Keith Grider 15. C4 Chris Soutiea 16. 41M Steve Maisel 17. 3S Dan Schlup 18. 24 Mike Crader 19. 51 Timmy Hill 20. X1 Dave Sandage 21. 17 Jim Shereck 22. 41 Larry Hull 23. 12 Jesse Snyder 24. 314 Jeff Masson AARA SPORTSMAN (35 cars) HEAT 1: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 8 Ed Lowry 3. 75 Ron Imm 4. 64 Jim Smith HEAT 2: 1. 01 Steve Borgetti 2. 48 Mike Harvey 3. 20 Gary McKinnon 4. 126 Gary Wilson HEAT 3: 1. 38D Mark Blanke 2. 00 Scott Stuppy 3. 44 Nick Werner 4. 24 Paul Bauman HEAT 4: 1. 46 Paul Belken 2. 166 Brian Worley 3. 36 Bob Schmidt 4. 19 Brad Grantham DASH: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 166 Brian Worley SEMI: 1. 500 Dan Dixon 2. 49 Matt Hancock 3. 9 Doug Wood 4. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 5. 4 Ricky Horton 6. 61 Mike Whitter 7. 42 Nathan Walsh 8. 93 Jeff Honea 9. 45 Mike Seymour DNS. D5 Dave Jenkins DNS. 16F Frank Melton DNS. 51 John Hoffman DNS. 26 Rob Inman DNS. 21 Brad McKinnon DNS. 40 Ed DeMille DNS. 111 Zac Parks FEATURE: 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 46 Paul Belken 3. 38D Mark Blanke 4. 166 Brian Worley 5. 00 Scott Stuppy 6. 9 Doug Wood 7. 20 Gary McKinnon 8. 64 Jim Smith 9. 81 Billy Ames 10. 500 Dan Dixon 11. 24 Paul Bauman 12. 36 Bob Schmidt 13. 18 Daryl Dodge 14. 23 Mark Schnurbusch 15. 61 Mike Whitter 16. 44 Nick Werner 17. 4 Ricky Horton 18. 42 Nathan Walsh 19. 10 Todd McGraw 20. 01 Steve Borgetti 21. 49 Matt Hancock 22. 75 Ron Imm 23. 19 Brad Grantham

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