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August 5, 2006 Results

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY Pevely, MO (August 5, 2006) Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL claimed his third UMP Late Model victory of the season at I-55 Raceway. Shirley took the lead on the opening lap of the main event from his outside front row starting position and held off the early challenges of Mark Oller and went on to victory. Oller, of Highland, IL appeared poised to earn his first win of the season as he won his qualifying heat and then came back and won the dash by passing Shirley for the top spot to earn that win. But Shirley made the right setup changes to his car before the main event and earned his third win in the last four main events at I-55 Raceway. Matt Taylor followed Oller across the line for the third position, Jeff Johns took the fourth spot and Kyle Steffens completed the top five. The track championship point battle took an interesting turn as Ed Dixon, who was second in points at the start of the night, suffered an engine failure in his qualifying heat. Point leader Brian Collins loaned Dixon his spare car for the main event, but Dixon came out at intermission to hotlap the car and it suffered a driveline failure as the driveshaft and other components broke. Therefore, Dixon was unable to start the main event and took a hit in the point chase. Ray Walsh of St. Louis, MO earned his first win of the season at I-55 Raceway in the UMP Modified division. It didn't come easy as track point leader Bobby Bittle applied the pressure to Walsh for the entire twenty lap distance. Bittle was able to pull along side Walsh on several occassions but could never make a pass. Tim Hill started on the pole for the main event and slipped as far back as the sixth spot before he found the right groove around the track and then he came back to the third spot and was challenging Bittle for second by the end. Rick Stevenson continued his great success in the last half of the racing season as he ran up front all night long and came home in the fourth position. Ray Wagner completed the top five. The UMP Sportsman division put on a one of a kind battle that you had to see to believe. No less than ten cars battled for fifteen laps in a huge pack as they swapped position after position lap after lap. Steve Maisel, Troy Medley and Troy Naeger provided a classic battle for the top spot while the others ran right there with them as they used the entire racetrack to battle it out. In the end, it was Maisel crossing the line first, with Medley in the second position and Naeger third. Paul Bauman came from the fifteenth starting position to take the fourth spot while Mike Nicholson completed the top five. Brad Almond took his first ever win in the AARA Pro 4 Stock division. Almond had his hands full as Trey Harris, Conrad Miner and Jason Crump were all over him in the last half of the event. Almond kept a good line around the 1/3 mile oval and held all three of them away to earn the win. Harris took the second spot, Miner was third, Crump fourth and Mike McMullin completed the top five. UMP Late Models - 22 Entries Heat 1 1. 11Z Brian Collins 2. 60 Ed Dixon 3. 8 Kyle Steffens 4. 51 Steve Shive 5. 2J Dave Jumper 6. 80 Jacob Miller 7. 69 Mark Hunter 8. 441 Brian Wolfmeier DNS Heat 2 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 3S Brian Shirley 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 78 Paul Belken 5. 28 Don Klein 6. 7 Rich Lawson 7. 66 Alan Hammond Heat 3 1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 2. 3L Matt Taylor 3. 77 Clay Baumann 4. 27 Jeff Beyers 5. 76 Butch Kruckeburg 6. 1 Ron McQuerry 7. C4 Jacob Cleaver Dash 1. 67 Mark Oller 2. 3S Brian Shirley 3. 11Z Brian Collins 4. 95 Jeff Johns 5. 3L Matt Taylor 6. 8 Kyle Steffens 7. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 8. 51 Steve Shive 9. 77 Clay Baumann Feature 1. 3S Brian Shirley 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 3L Matt Taylor 4. 95 Jeff Johns 5. 8 Kyle Steffens 6. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 7. 11Z Brian Collins 8. 77 Clay Baumann 9. 51 Steve Shive 10. 2J Dave Jumper 11. 28 Don Klein 12. C4 Jason Cleaver 13. 78 Paul Belken 14. 1HR Ron McQuerry 15. 7 Rich Lawson 16. 27 Jeff Beyers 17. 69 Mark Hunter 18. 80 Jake Miller 19. 76 Butch Kruckeberg DNS. 441 Brian Wolfmeier DNS. 66H Alan Hammond DNS. 60 Ed Dixon UMP Modifieds - 26 Entries Heat 1 1. 51 Tim Hill 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 78 Alan Conner 4. 21A Karl Adams 5. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 6. 87 Gary Haynes 7. 3D Lou Driemeier 8. C13 Chad Heady 9. 31 Mitch Parmeley Heat 2 1. 45M Eric Mabery 2. 77 Rick Stevenson 3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 4. 7 Mark Miner 5. 17 Brad Thurston 6. 10 Todd McGraw 7. 89B Jim Brown 8. M16 Paul Meyer 9. 72 Jeremy Roth Heat 3 1. C6 Ray Wagner 2. 59 Rich Whaley 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 15 Jerry Grither 5. 9W Doug Wood 6. 21 Dennis Richards 7. 20Z Dan Zander 8. 99 Robby Helms Dash 1. 51 Tim Hill 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 89 Bobby Bittle 4. 45M Eric Mabery 5. 15 Jerry Grither 6. 77 Rich Stevenson 7. C6 Ray Wagner 8. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 9. 59 Rich Whaley Feature 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 51 Tim Hill 4. 77 Rick Stevenson 5. C6 Ray Wagner 6. 15 Jerry Grither 7. 45M Eric Mabery 8. 12 Tom Ratajczyk 9. 78 Allen Conner 10. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 11. 20Z Dan Zander 12. 21 Dennis Richards 13. 9W Doug Wood 14. 10 Todd McGraw 15. 21A Karl Adams 16. 3D Lou Driemeier 17. 89B Jim Brown 18. M16 Paul Meyer 19. 99R Robby Helms 20. C13 Chad Heady 21. 87 Gary Haynes 22. 72 Jeremy Roth 23. 7M Mark Miner 24. 31P Mitch Parmeley DNS. 59 Rich Whaley DNS. 17 Brad Thurston AARA Sportsman - 25 Entries Heat 1 1. 62 Troy Medley 2. 55 Jason Keller 3. 30 Mike Nicholson 4. 50 Kent Nations 5. 99 Danny Moser 6. 24 Paul Bauman 7. 147 Kyle Stolzer 8. 96 Tim Hollerbach 9. 97 John Goodson Heat 2 1. D5 Dave Jenkins 2. 12 Troy Naeger 3. 19 Jimmy Cummins 4. 32 Jerry Fleming 5. 67 Ronnie Bader 6. 18 Tyson Gegg 7. 64 Jim Smith 8. 105 Matt Hancock DNS Heat 3 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 811 Wade Sutter 3. 18 Pat Chalmers 4. 7 Scott Honer 5. M16 Joe McCain 6. 16 Bob Price 7. 66 Sam Lopretta 8. 29 Jeff LeBaube DNS Dash 1. 62 Troy Medley 2. M41 Steve Maisel 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 55 Jason Keller 5. 811 Wade Sutter 6. 19 Jimmy Cummins 7. 30 Mike Nicholson 8. 18 Pat Chalmers 9. D5 Dave Jenkins Feature 1. M41 Steve Maisel 2. 62 Troy Medley 3. 12 Troy Naeger 4. 24 Paul Bauman 5. 30 Mike Nicholson 6. 19 Jimmy Cummins 7. 50 Kent Nations 8. 811 Wade Sutter 9. 67 Ronnie Bader 10. 155 Jason Keller 11. 99 Danny Moser 12. 147 Kyle Stolzer 13. 96 Tim Hollerbach 14. M16 Joe McCain 15. 97 John Goodson 16. 66 Dave Heimos 17. D5 Dave Jenkins 18. 18 Tyson Gegg 19. 32 Jerry Fleming 20. 64 Lou Driemeier 21. 7 Scott Honer 22. 16 Ray Walsh 23. 118 Pat Chalmers DNS. 29 Jeff LeBaube DNS. 105 Matt Hancock AARA Pro 4 Stock - 19 Entries Heat 1 1. 50 Tery Harris 2. 9 Brad Almond 3. 86 Jason Crump 4. 15 Mike McMullen 5. 7 Conrad Miner 6. 49 Nathan Portell 7. 5 Chris Fisher 8. 01 Luther Thurman 9. 10 Dave Racer 10. C6 Jim Kreyling Heat 2 1. 14 Brad Smith 2. 45 Charles Johnston 3. 186 Stephen Crump 4. 4J Joel Potter 5. 43 Terry Armbruster 6. 77 Ron Lyons 7. 911 Tim Hoffman 8. 91 Cathy Hoffman Feature 1. 9 Brad Almond 2. 50 Trey Harris 3. 7 Conrad Miner 4. 86 Jason Crump 5. 15 Mike McMullin 6. 10 Dave Racer 7. 5 Chris Fisher 8. 49 Nathan Portell 9. 186 Stephen Crump 10. 45 Charles Johnson 11. 77 Ron Lyons 12. 4J Joel Potter 13. 01 Rob Inman 14. 43 Terry Armbruster 15. C6 Jim Kreyling 16. 14 Brad Smith 17. 91 Cathy Hoffman DNS. 911 Tim Hoffman DNS. 66 Jason Marquitz

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