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Collins, Mullins, Naeger, Mooney & Leahy take wins at I-55 Raceway!

Bryan Collins CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY Pevely, MO (May 3, 2008) On an unusually cold night in May, a great field of 120 racecars were on hand at I-55 Raceway to do battle on the high banked 1/3 mile dirt oval. Two time and defending I-55 Raceway UMP DIRTcar Late Model Champion Bryan Collins of Elsberry, MO captured his second victory of 2008. Collins and Rusty Griffaw had a great battle for the lead during the first half of the main event, but Collins would pull away in the closing laps to claim the victory. The event was marred by a lap two crash in turn three that ended the night for several top competitors who had great runs in their qualifying heat races. The melee started when Dewayne Kiefer got into the back Dave Jumper at the end of the back stretch sending him spinning into turn three. The ensueing crash collected Tim Ratajczyk, Kevin Epperson, Dylan Sharp and Rich Lawson. Once the race was back underway, Collins and Griffaw battled for the lead, while Danny Haynes and Tim Manville fought for the third position and Billy Faust and Ed Dixon battled for the fifth spot. When the dust settled, it was Collins winning, Griffaw second, Haynes third, Manville fourth and Faust fifth. Once again, the drivers in the UMP DIRTcar Modified division at I-55 Raceway put on one of the best races that this class can provide. There were essentially eight cars in a pack battling for the lead. Brent Mullins led every lap on the scorers sheets, but he had his hands full for all twenty laps. Mike Harrison tried every possible way to get around Mullins but could never find the right combination. Meanwhile, Ray Walsh put a show that any fan could appreciate as tried every possible line around the 1/3 mile oval looking for a way to get to the front. Walsh, who slipped as far back as fifth place while looking for a fast line, finally found one in the closing laps as he sent sparks showering from his machine from scraping the outside wall lap after lap. With his momentum from the high side, Walsh squeezed by Harrison and the outside wall coming to take the checkered flag and stole the second position, but came up just short of Mullins for the win. Following Mullins, Walsh and Harrison across the line were Scott Weber finishing fourth and Bobby Bittle fifth. Bittle did his own high side highwire act as well, as he passed Paul Bauman, Bobby Martintoni and Ricky Horton in the closing laps to move up to fifth. In the UMP DIRTcar Sportsman division, things were looking great for Jason Keller as he pulled out to a big lead in the main event, but as luck would have it, the caution flag would fly with just five laps remaining. That brought two time defending UMP National Champion and I-55 Raceway Track Champion Troy Naeger right up to his back bumper for the restart. Naeger siezed the opportunity and quickly moved past Keller on the restart as Keller slipped in turns three and four. Naeger would pull away to his second victory of the season at I-55 Raceway. Keller would claim the second position with Troy Medley finishing third, Kent Nations fourth and Tim Hollerbach fifth. Twenty-two of the original twenty-four starters finished the main event which only had one brief caution period. Homer Mooney raced to the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stock victory. Mooney outlasted Pat Brewer and last week's winner Jacob Buechting for the win. UMP Late Models - 22 Entries Heat 1 1. 11Z Bryan Collins 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 11D Brian Diveley 4. 50 Ed Dixon 5. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 6. 28 Don Klein 7. 95 Jeff Johns 8. 33 Ricky Frankel Heat 2 1. 2J Dave Jumper 2. 33 Tim Manville 3. 81 Craig Smith 4. 30 Mark Voigt 5. 20 Darrin Forrest 6. 87 Ken Rumble 7. 7 Rich Lawson Heat 3 1. 92B Billy Faust 2. 47 Danny Haynes 3. 13 Dewayne Keifer 4. 67 Dylan Sharp 5. 56 Kevin Epperson 6. 1 Ron McQuerry 7. 23 Paul Roider Dash 1. 33 Tim Manville 2. 11Z Bryan Collins 3. 92B Billy Faust 4. 16 Rusty Griffaw 5. 2J Dave Jumper 6. 13 Dewayne Keifer 7. 47 Danny Haynes 8. 50 Ed Dixon 9. 11D Brian Diveley Feature 1. 11Z Bryan Collins 2. 16 Rusty Griffaw 3. 47 Danny Haynes 4. 33 Tim Manville 5. 92B Billy Faust 6. 50 Ed Dixon 7. 95 Jeff Johns 8. 33 Ricky Frankel MO/IL Dodge Dealers Hard Charger 9. 30 Mark Voigt 10. 11D Brian Diveley 11. 87 Ken Rumble 12. 13 Dewayne Kiefer 13. 20 Darren Forrest 14. 81 Craig Smith 15. 1HR Ron McQuerry 16. 28 Don Klein 17. 23 Paul Roider 18. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 19. 56 Kevin Epperson 20. 67 Dylan Sharp 21. 7 Rich Lawson 22. 2J Dave Jumper UMP Modifieds - 32 Entries Heat 1 1. 1W Ray Walsh 2. 48 Bobby Martintoni 3. 31 Ricky Horton 4. 99 Robbie Helms 5. 21J Jeff Vernier 6. 87S Tony Patterson 7. 7 Mark Miner 8. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer DNS Heat 2 1. 41M Brent Mullins 2. 89 Bobby Bittle 3. 15 Jerry Grither 4. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 5. 377 Casey Pearson 6. C4 Chris Soutia 7. 30 Mike Nicholson 8. 6 Ray Wagner Heat 3 1. 24 Mike Harrison 2. 24 Paul Baumann 3. 8X James Reed 4. F5 Chris Fisher 5. 72X Jason Sinn 6. 36 Conrad Miner 7. 5E Erik Edgar 8. 9W Doug Wood Heat 4 1. 4J Scott Weber 2. 45M Eric Mabery 3. 17 Brad Thurston 4. 1A Steve Meyer Jr. 5. 88 Joe Puricelli 6. 78C Alan Conner 7. 3D Lou Dreimeier 8. 11B Brett Bennett Dash 1. 41M Brent Mullins 2. 24 Mike Harrison 3. 1W Ray Walsh 4. 4J Scott Weber 5. 89 Bobby Bittle 6. 45M Eric Mabery 7. 48 Bobby Martintoni 8. 31 Ricky Horton 9. 24 Paul Baumann Semi #1 1. 377 Casey Pearson 2. 88 Joe Puricelli 3. C4 Chris Soutia 4. 30 Mike Nicholson 5. 87S Tony Patterson 6. 78C Alan Conner 7. 36 Conrad Miner 8. 3D Lou Dreimeier 9. 5E Erik Edgar DNS. 7 Mark Miner DNS. 6 Ray Wagner DNS. 9W Doug Wood DNS. 46 Dave Wibbenmeyer DNS. 11B Brett Bennett Feature 1. 41M Brent Mullins 2. 1W Ray Walsh 3. 24 Mike Harrison 4. 4J Scott Weber 5. 89 Bobby Bittle 6. 31 Ricky Horton 7. 48 Bobby Martintoni 8. 24 Paul Baumann 9. 45M Eric Mabery 10. 377 Casey Pearson 11. 99 Robbie Helms 12. C4 Chris Soutiea 13. 78C Alan Conner 14. 15 Jerry Grither 15. 1A Steve Meyer, Jr. 16. 30 Mike Nicholson 17. 8X James Reed 18. 21 Jeff Vernier 19. 88 Joe Puricelli 20. 87S Tony Patterson 21. 7Z Matt Zimmerly 22. 72X Jason Sinn 23. 17 Brad Thurston 24. F5 Chris Fisher UMP/AARA Sportsman - 31 Entries Heat 1 1. 50 Kent Nations 2. 87 Gary Haynes 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 105 Matt Hancock 5. 67 Ronnie Bader 6. 57 Trey Harris 7. 38 Chuck Crostic 8. M41 Steve Maisel DNS Heat 2 1. 60 Dusty Knerrer 2. 96 Tim Hollerbach 3. 28 Tom Smallwood 4. 23 Kevin Mosier 5. 16 Joe McCain 6. 147 Kyle Stolzer 7. 66 Sam Lopretta 8. 39 Donnie Harkins Heat 3 1. 55 Jason Keller 2. 36 Danny Ems 3. 32 Jim Abshire 4. 3 Scott Hensler 5. 54 Mike Dearing 6. 92 Jim Abshier 7. 128 Tyson Gegg 8. 95 Jeremy Nash DNS Heat 4 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 19 Jimmy Cummins 3. 35 Chris Sale 4. 11 Jeff Herzog 5. 82 Pat Chalmers 6. 8 Steve Edgecomb 7. 17 Dave Racer Dash 1. 55 Jason Keller G&M Steel Dash Winner 2. 96 Tim Hollerbach 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 50 Kent Nations 5. 12 Troy Naeger 6. 60 Dusty Knerrer 7. 36 Danny Ems 8. 28 Tom Smallwood 9. 19 Jimmy Cummins Semi #1 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 147 Kyle Stolzer 3. 8 Steve Edgecomb 4. 16 Joe McCain 5. 82 Pat Chalmers 6. M41 Steve Maisel 7. 66 Sam Lopretta 8. 92 Jim Abshire 9. 39 Donnie Harkins 10. 17 Dave Racer 11. 128 Tyson Gegg DNS. 38 Chuck Crostic DNS. 95 Jeremy Nash Feature 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 55 Jason Keller 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 50 Kent Nations 5. 96 Tim Hollerbach 6. 60 Dusty Knerrer 7. 19 Jimmy Cummins 8. 87 Gary Haynes 9. 36 Danny Ems 10. 23 Kevin Mosier 11. 28 Tom Smallwood 12. 147 Kyle Stolzer 13. 3 Scott Hensler 14. 57 Trey Harris 15. 105 Matt Hancock 16. 8 Steve Edgecombe 17. 11 Jeff Herzog 18. 35 Chris Sale 19. 67 Ronnie Bader 20. M16 Joe McCain 21. 54 Mike Dearing 22. 82 Pat Chalmers 23. M41 Steve Maisel 24. 32 Jerry Fleming UMP/AARA Pro 4 Stocks - 21 Entries Heat 1 1. 188 Gary Price 2. 83 Pat Brewer 3. 49 Nathan Portell 4. 61 Steve Richards 5. 19 Jessica Buechting 6. 2S Philip Stuart 7. 74 Brandon Hedgecoth Heat 2 1. 10H Homer Mooney 2. 65 Gary Range 3. 93 Brian Spalding 4. 3 Tim Griffaw 5. 99 Chuck Johnson 6. 667 Jackie Buechting 7. 88 Michael Anderson DNS Heat 3 1. 16 Jacob Buechting 2. 66 Jason Marquitz 3. 121 James Ray 4. 77 Ron Lyons 5. 17 Andrew Nausley 6. 78 Rick Barker 7. 50 Trey Harris Feature 1. 10H Homer Mooney 2. 83 Pat Brewer 3. 16 Jacob Buechting 4. 49 Nathan Portell 5. 188 Gary Price 6. 3 Tim Griffaw 7. 65 Gary Range 8. 93 Brian Spalding 9. 66 Jason Marquitz 10. 61 Steve Richards 11. 77 Ron Lyons 12. 121 James Ray 13. 78 Rick Barker 14. 19 Jessica Buechting 15. 17 Andrew Nausley 16. 667 Jackie Buechting 17. 99 Chuck Johnson DNS. 2 Phillip Stuart DNS. 50 Trey Harris DNS. 74 Brandon Hedgecoth DNS. 88 Michael Anderson Mod Lites - Dwarf Cars Heat 1 Sorry, no names provided 1. 7 Jeff Asher 2. 69 Ron Wick 3. 32C 4. 47 Danny Haynes 5. 32 6. 13 7. 11 Heat 2 1. 8 John Leahy, Jr. 2. 40 Vince Conway 3. 23 4. 31 5. 33 6. 25 7. 13 Feature 1. 8 John Leahy, Jr. 2. 7 Jeff Asher 3. 69 Ron Wick 4. 40 Vince Conway 5. 47 Danny Haynes 6. 33 7. 32

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