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June 12, 2002 Results

Danny Smith & Ed Dixon take Open Wheel Wednesday Honors! Pevely, MO (June 12, 2002) Severe thunderstorms rolled through I-55 Raceway on Monday and Tuesday and were forecast for Wednesday, putting a big question mark on whether the Open Wheel Wednesday show would even be run. But the only thunder on Wednesday at I-55 Raceway was provided by the racecars on the track. The action on the track kept the fans on their feet. Four different drivers swapped the lead nine times in the twenty-five lap sprint car feature. Bobby Hawks jumped out to the early lead and lead until the caution came out on lap ten. On the restart, Joey Montgomery, Tommy Worley and Danny Smith moved up and challenged for the lead. Hawks began to fade, and Montgomery and Smith swapped the lead several times in the closing laps with Worley close behind. Then on lap twenty-two, Montgomery and Smith made contact coming out of turn four, Montgomery's car spun backwards coming down the front stretch and flipped over onto it's top and came to rest on the inside wall. Montgomery was alright, but was done for the night. On the restart, Worley battled side-by-side with Smith for the lead. On the final lap, the two cars got into lapped traffic and it was Smith who found the best way through the traffic and picked up the win by two car lengths over Worley. Jim Moughan was third, Jerrod Hull fourth and Paul Sides completed the top five. The UMP Late Models weren't to be outdone, although Dave Jumper appeared to be on his way to a decisive victory. Jumper took the lead on the opening lap and pulled away to big lead until the caution came out on lap eight for a hard crash on the front stretch involving Dean Motsinger and Ron McQuerry. On the restart, Chad Zobrist pulled even with Jumper for the first lap but Jumper once again pulled away. In the meantime, Ed Dixon and Roger Long worked their way up through the field to position themselves to battle for the lead. Jumper thought he was on his way to an easy win as he had opened up a full straightaway lead, but with just two laps remaining, the caution flag flew again as Jason Frankel rolled to a stop in turn four. On the restart, defending track champion Ed Dixon made his move to the high side to claim the lead from Jumper and went on to victory. Roger Long followed Dixon past Jumper to claim second. Jumper was third, Zobrist fourth and Matt Taylor fifth. Sprint Cars (35 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 5H Bobby Hawks 2. 1M Jim Moughan 3. 72 Mike Deavers 4. 77 Chris Urish 5. 22 Robbie Standridge Heat 2: 1. 25J Jay Landolt 2. 14 Todd Rowland 3. 11K Kraig Kinser 4. 71M Paul May 5. 24 Keith Burch Heat 3: 1. 97 Tommy Worley 2. 21 Joey Montgomery 3. 12 Jared Webb 4. 10 Ron Standridge 5. 35 Timmy Moss Heat 4: 1. 51 Danny Smith 2. 69 Casey Barnhouse 3. 11J Paul Sides 4. 8 Steve Short 5. 19 Jason Hunt Semi #1: 1. 2 Lowe Cannell 2. 1C Alex Shanks 3. 28 Jason Keith 4. 4B Tom Busch 5. 98 Bryan Matthews 6. 47 Brett Samonds DNS. 29 Rod Crabdree DNS. 32 Tim Montgomery Semi #2 1. 77 Bob Thoman 2. 87 Paul Patterson 3. 45 Matt Rogerson 4. 7 Marce Kronk 5. 20 Danny Lens 6. 20 Robbie Neubauer DNS. 22 Gary Burns Feature: 1. 51 Danny Smith 2. 97 Tommy Worley 3. 1M Jim Moughan 4. 12 Jerrod Hull 5. 11J Paul Sides 6. 11K Kraig Kinser 7. 69 Casey Barnhouse 8. 72 Mike Deavers 9. 77 Chris Urish 10. 25J Jay Landolt 11. 5H Bobby Hawks 12. 14R Todd Rowland 13. 19 Jason Hunt 14. 24 Keith Burch 15. 21 Joey Montgomery 16. 2 Lowe Cannell 17. 77 Bob Thoman 18. 35 Timmy Moss 19. 10 Ron Standridge 20. 8 Steve Short 21. 71M Paul May 22. 87 Paul Patterson 23. 1C Alex Shanks 24. 22 Robbie Standridge UMP Late Models (37 Cars) Heat 1: 1. 117 Matt Taylor 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 4. 33 Jason Frankel 5. 51 Steve Shive Heat 2: 1. 2J Dave Jumper 2. 78 Chad Zobrist 3. 27 Rodney Melvin 4. 32 Danny Maguire 5. 8UP Ron McQuerry Heat 3: 1. 26 Billy Faust 2. 36 Roger Long 3. 00 Randy Korte 4. 3D Jim Durbin 5. 67 Mark Oller Heat 4: 1. 77 Clay Baumann 2. 82 Roger Brickler 3. 69 John Scott 4. 41 Steve Maisel 5. 84 Brian Stephens Semi: 1. 44 Dean Motsinger 2. 47 Danny Haynes 3. 3S Brian Shirley 4. 51 Mark Faust 5. 16 Mike Hammerle 6. 11A Mike Abney 7. 99 Ken Schrader 8. 35 Cody Hupp 9. 71 John Bohn 10. 23 Brian Garner 11. 10 Rodney Pense DNS. 6s Kevin Seago DNS. 25 Joe Garson DNS. 1A Justin Allgaier DNS. 6 Michael Kloos DNS. 4 Wayne Downing DNS. 11 Mark Gansmann Feature: 1. 50 Ed Dixon 2. 36 Roger Long 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 78 Chad Zobrist 5. 117 Matt Taylor 6. 51 Steve Shive 7. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 8. 67 Mark Oller 9. 26 Billy Faust 10. 27 Rodney Melvin 11. 3D Jim Durbin 12. 32M Danny Maguire 13. 47 Danny Haynes 14. 82 Roger Brickler 15. 84 Brian Stephens 16. 33 Jason Frankel 17. 77 Clay Baumann 18. 3S Brian Shirley 19. 69 John Scott 20. 41 Steve Maisel 21. 51 Mark Faust 22. 00 Randy Korte 23. 44 Dean Motsinger 24. 8UP Ron McQuerry

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