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Dennis Erb, Jr., Rusty Griffaw, Troy Naeger & Earl Pryor take wins at I-55 Raceway!

Dennis Erb, Jr. Rusty Griffaw Troy Naeger Earl Pryor CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT AT I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (May 21st, 2011) The forecasted wet weather never came to fruition and the sun shined all day with the temperature approaching 90 degrees at I-55 Raceway. With the rain further down south and the cancellation of the Bad Boy 98 at Batesville, Arkansas, several drivers stopped in at I-55 Raceway on their way back home.   Dennis Erb, Jr. of Carpentersville, Illinois was one of those drivers and it paid off handsomely as he brought home the win in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model main event. Erb started on the outside of the front row and took the lead from pole sitter Mark Voigt on lap two after they raced side by side for the first lap. Erb stayed out front just a couple of car lengths ahead of Voigt and Tyler Reddick as they swapped around the second spot several times over the next few laps. After a caution restacked the field, Voigt would get into the rear quarter panel of Erb as they races into turn one. That would slow Erb and Voigt’s momentum just enough that Reddick would slip past both of them to take the lead as they raced down the back stretch. Reddick’s lead would only last for two laps as Erb would power past him on the outside to regain the lead. That put Voigt and Reddick back into another battle for the second spot. As the laps began to wind down, Voigt would finally dispose of Reddick would begin to run down Erb again. Voigt would make it interesting as he would pull along side Erb as they raced through turns three and four coming down to the white flag. Erb would hold him off on the final lap to take the win. Voigt would finish second with Reddick finishing third. Tim Manville and Randy Korte had their own battle raging for the fourth spot throughout the event. Manville would get the best of it and take fourth with Korte rounding out the top five.   Rusty Griffaw and Tim Hancock would have a great battle for all twenty laps along with Ray Walsh joining the battle for the last five laps in the UMP DIRTcar Modified main event. Griffaw would lead all twenty laps while running a unique line around the high banked one-third mile track. Griffaw would enter turns one and three on the low side and stay in the gas and let the car go all the way to the outside wall as he went through turns two and four. Hancock would use the low and high side to try and make a move on Griffaw, but couldn’t find the momentum to make the pass. Walsh would move in late in the race and challenge Hancock for the second spot but he too would come up short in making the pass and would settle for third. Scott Weber raced his way through the field to the front after starting way back in the ninteenth starting spot. Bobby Regot, III had one of his best runs ever at I-55 Raceway and rounded out the top five. Troy Naeger and Steve Edgecombe battled it out for the lead for the first several laps of the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman main event. Naeger would finally make the pass and clear Edgecombe for the lead and appeared to be on his way to a dominating win. Several late race cautions would restack the field and give Trey Harris and Jeff Herzog a shot at getting the lead from Naeger. Naeger would prove to be too strong and would bring home the win. Harris would finish second with Herzog taking third. Brad Paquet would get the fourth spot with Chuck Adams rounding out the top five. Earl Pryor won a thrilling UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stock main event. Cars battled three and four wide at the front for the first four or five laps before Pryor finally got control of the top spot. Pryor would hold off second place finisher Aron Faulkner for the win. Dayton Racer would take the third spot with Blake Jost getting fourth and Jacob Rexing completed the top five. May 21, 2011 UMP DIRTcar Late Models – 24 Entries Heat 1 1. 28 Dennis Erb 2. 81 Craig Smith 3. 77 Jason McBride 4. 0 Dewayne Kiefer 5. 78 Mark Miner 6. 86 Jason Crump 7. 28b John Beck 8. 7z Matt Zimmerly Heat 2 1. 00 Randy Korte 2. 30 Mark Voigt 3. 2j Dave Jumper 4. 33f Ricky Frankel 5. 27b Jeff Beyers 6. 37m Danny Moser 7. 26 Randy Estes 8. 112 Tim Ratajczyk Heat 3 1. 33m Tim Manville 2. 11 Tyler Reddick 3. 95 Jeff Johns 4. 99jr Frank Heckenast 5. 81j Scott James 6. 1hr Ron McQuerry 7. 23 Paul Roider 8. 92b Brant Kehrer Feature 1. [2] 28 Dennis Erb 2. [1] 30 Mark Voigt 3. [7] 11 Tyler Reddick 4. [4] 33m Tim Manville 5. [3] 00 Randy Korte 6. [8] 95 Jeff Johns 7. [6] 81 Craig Smith 8. [10] 0 Dewayne Kiefer 9. [14] 81j Scott James 10. [11] 33f Rickey Frankel 11. [5] 77 Jason McBride 12. [12] 99jr Frank Heckenast 13. [13] 27 Jeff Beyers 14. [17] 37 Danny Moser 15. [23] 112 Tim Ratajczyk 16. [9] 2J Dave Jumper 17. [18] 1HR Ron McQuerry 18. [19] 28B John Beck 19. [15] 78 Mark Miner 20. [24] 92B Brant Kehrer 21. [16] 86 Jason Crump 22. [22] 7Z Matt Zimmerly 23. [21] 23 Paul Roider 24. [20] 26 Randy Estes UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – 22 Entries Heat 1 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 22x Darrel Moser 4. 12s Mike Stuckey 5. 77 Cody Conner 6. 31p Mitch Parmeley 7. 4j Scott Weber 8. 11 Derek Shipman DNS Heat 2 1. 70 Josh Russell 2. 1w Ray Walsh 3. 9t Terry James 4. 31 Ricky Horton 5. 21n Bill Nichelson 6. 45m Eric Mabery 7. 14 Mike Jessup Heat 3 1. 10x Jim Black 2. 1 Tim Hancock 3. 4uw Bobby Regot 4. 62k Leo Kiefer 5. 24 Paul Bauman 6. 9w Doug Wood 7. 71j John Wingerter Feature 1. [1] 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. [5] 1 Tim Hancock 3. [7] 1w Ray Walsh 4. [19] 4j Scott Weber 5. [8] 4uw Bobby Regot 6. [10] 31 Ricky Horton 7. [4] 10x Jim Black 8. [13] 24 Paul Bauman 9. [3] 21 Dennis Richards 10. [18] 9w Doug Wood 11. [2] 70 Josh Russell 12. [6] 22x Darrel Moser 13. [16] 45m Eric Mabery 14. [14] 77 Cody Conner 15. [9] 9t Terry James 16. [15] 21n Bill Nickelson 17. [20] 14 Mike Jessup 18. [11] 12s Mike Stuckey 19. [12] 62k Leo Kiefer 20. [21] 71j John Wingerter 21. [17] 31p Mitch Parmeley 22. [22] 11 Derek Shipman DNS UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman – 21 Entries Heat 1 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 49 Brad Paquet 3. 168 Mike Armstrong 4. 77 Patrick Hawkins 5. 444 Marc Roberson 6. 192 Mark Spraul 7. 327 Chuck Goodman DNS Heat 2 1. 8e Steve Edgecombe 2. 64 Jim Smith 3. 55k Jason Keller 4. 99 Chuck Adams 5. 04 Chris Soutiea 6. 13 Craig Bessinger 7. 34w Matt Wooldridge Heat 3 1. 57 Trey Harris 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 3e Robbie Eilers 4. 15b Matt Brucato 5. 16 Jacob Buechting 6. 5h Scott Hammack 7. 109 Jeff Robbins Feature 1. [1] 12 Troy Naeger 2. [3] 57 Trey Harris 3. [5] 11 Jeff Herzog 4. [7] 49 Brad Paquet 5. [9] 99 Chuck Adams 6. [8] 168 Mike Armstrong 7. [6] 3e Robbie Eilers 8. [10] 15b Matt Brucato 9. [11] 04 Chris Soutiea 10. [14] 444 Mark Roberson 11. [4] 64 Jim Smith 12. [12] 77 Patrick Hawkins 13. [17] 34 Matt Wooldridge 14. [18] 5h Scott Hammack 15. [16] 192 Mark Spraul 16. [2] 8e Steve Edgecombe 17. [15] 13 Craig Bessinger 18. [20] 109 Jeff Robbins 19. [13] 16 Jacob Buechting 20. 55k Jason Keller DNS 21. 327 Chuck Goodman DNS UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stocks – 22 Entries Heat 1 1. 6w Cody Weaver 2. 18 Aaron Faulkner 3. 57e Earl Pryor 4. 70 Mark Crady 5. 7j Blake Jost 6. 81p Robert Price 7. 14g Rodney George 8. 21p Josh Peppers 9. 75 Shawn Belt 10. r6 Dave Racer 11. 33 David Laws Heat 2 1. 71 Joe Merritt 2. 711 Dayton Racer 3. 17r Jacob Rexing 4. 6 Justin Reando 5. 50 Gary Otte 6. 01 Billy Lapaglia 7. 19 Jessica Buechting 8. 99 Chuck Johnson 9. 18b Jennifer Mercer 10. 23 Adam Johnson 11. j316 Frank Hinkle DNS Feature 1. [5] 57e Earl Pryor 2. [3] 18 Aron Faulkner 3. [4] 711 Dayton Racer 4. [9] 7j Blake Jost 5. [6] 17r Jacob Rexing 6. [16] 99 Chuck Johnson 7. [10] 50 Gary Otte 8. [13] 14g Rodney George 9. [12] 01 Billy Lapaglia 10. [18] 18b Jennifer Mercer 11. [14] 19 Jessica Buechting 12. [15] 21p Josh Peppers 13. [20] 23 Adam Johnson 14. [19] r6 Dave Racer 15. [1] 6w Cody Weaver 16. [2] 71 Joe Merritt 17. [11] 81p Robert Price 18. [8] 6 Justin Reando 19. [17] 75 Shawn Belt 20. [7] 70 Mark Crady 21. 33 David Laws DNS 22. j316 Frank Hinkle DNS

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