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Scott Weber doubles up; Naeger, Faulkner & Ems also take wins at I-55 Raceway!

Scott Weber Scott Weber Troy Naeger Aron Faulkner Danny Ems CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM I-55 RACEWAY! Pevely, MO (August 13th, 2011) I-55 Raceway’s pit area was filled with 125 racecars that were prepared to battle on the high banked 1/3 mile dirt oval. Track crews had their hands full as well as two separate rain showers temporarily halted the program and forced track crews to rework the track’s surface. However, in the end, crews had a fast, smooth surface that provided some excellent racing. In the UMP DIRTcar Late Model main event, it appeared Tim Manville was on his way to his third feature win as he took the lead at the drop of the green flag and powered his way around the high side opening up a full straight away lead. However, Scott Weber, driving one of Randy Korte’s cars, would find a very fast line around the very bottom of the track and move up from his eighth place starting spot to second place very quickly. Once Weber reach the second spot, he would begin to reel in Manville very quickly, eventually catching him and making the pass for the lead with just four laps remaining. Weber would then pull away to take the win. Randy Korte, who started sixteenth, would follow Weber’s line around the bottom and storm into third and challenge Manville for the second spot in the closing laps as well. Manville would be able to hold Korte off and finish second. Jeff Johns would get a fourth place finish and take over the track’s point lead, just ahead of Mark Voigt. Dewayne Kiefer would move through the field after starting eighteenth to round out the top five. In the UMP DIRTcar Modified main event, Scott Weber would start on the pole and take a convincing win to claim his second feature win of the night. After Ray Walsh and Tim Hancock who were running second and third suffered flat tires, Weber really opened up a decisive lead. Mark Miner would follow up his win a week earlier with a strong second place finish after starting way back in eighteenth. Miner would be too far behind Weber once he got to second to be able to mount a challenge for the lead. Ricky Horton would finish in the third spot with Josh Russell taking fourth. Matt Mevert would come all the way to a fifth place finish after winning the last chance semi race and starting ninteenth. Troy Naeger would win the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman main event, but it would come with a little bit of contraversy. The caution would wave after one lap was in the books for a spin in turn four while Naeger was leading. While under the caution, it was brought to the official’s attention that Naeger’s car was spilling quiet a bit of fuel during the opening lap. Official’s inspected Naeger’s car and found it missing a fuel cap. Officials would retrieve a fuel cap from the infield pit area and put it on his car. Naeger would be allowed to restart as the leader which several drivers did not agree with. After the race was restarted, Naeger would hold off a brief challenge from Jeff Herzog that lasted several laps before Naeger would pull back ahead and go on to victory. Herzog would hold on for second with Chris Soutiea taking third. Brad Paquet would finish in the fourth spot with Trey Harris rounding out the top five. Aron Faulkner held off the challenges of Earl Pryor to take the win in the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stock main event. Andrew Wibbenmeyer would take third with Chuck Johnson finishing fourth and Mark Crady fifth. Making their first weekly appearance of 2011, the UMP DIRTcar Factory Stock division would see Danny Ems taking the win. Ems was making his first start anywhere in 2011 after having heart surgery earlier this year for a condition he has had since he was born. Jim Bell would move up from his sixth place starting spot to finish second. Tommy Gaither would finish third with Dustin McClintock taking fourth. Buddy Love rounded out the top five. The UMP DIRTcar Factory Stocks will compete at I-55 Raceway for at least the next three weekends (August 20th, 27th and September 3rd). UMP DIRTcar Late Models – 22 Entries Heat 1 1. 78 Mark MIner 2. 35 Claude Walker 3. 88 Scott Weber 4. 2j Dave Jumper 5. 1m Jim Moon 6. 00 Randy Korte 7. 13 Dewayne Keifer 8. 95a Andrew Johns Heat 2 1. 16 Rusty Griffaw 2. 33f Ricky Frankel 3. 27 Jeff Beyers 4. 23 Paul Roider 5. 89 Bobby Bittle 6. 7z Matt Zimmerly 7. 1hr Ron McQuerry Heat 3 1. 33m Tim Manville 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 7 Rich Lawson 4. 66 Chris Hall 5. 23 Dylan Sharp 6. 82 Billy Laycock DNS 7. 86 Jason Crump DNS Feature 1. [8] 88 Scott Weber 2. [1] 33 Tim Manville 3. [16] 00 Randy Korte 4. [4] 95 Jeff Johns 5. [18] 0 Dewayne Kiefer 6. [5] 16 Rusty Griffaw 7. [11] 2j Dave Jumper 8. [3] 33f Ricky Frankel 9. [2] 78 Mark Miner 10. [19] 1hr Ron McQuerry 11. [6] 35 Claude Walker 12. [15] 89 Bobby Bittle 13. [9] 27 Jeff Beyers 14. [10] 7 Rich Lawson 15. [20] 95a Andrew Johns 16. [14] 23s Dylan Sharp 17. [17] 7z Matt Zimmerly 18. [12] 23 Paul Roider 19. [13] 1m Jim Moon 20. [7] 66 Chris Hall 21. [21] 86 Jason Crump 22. [22] 82 Billy Laycock DNS UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – 32 Entries Heat1 1. 4j Scott Weber 2. 8x James Reed 3. 23 Brian McCormick 4. 56 Jacob Draege 5. 22 David Seger 6. 10x Jim Black 7. 21t Tom Rorabacher 8. 1a Aaron Draege Heat 2 1. 70 Brian Bielong 2. 31 Ricky Horton 3. 24 Paul Bauman 4. 9w Doug Wood 5. 7 Mark Miner 6. 36 Conrad Miner 7. 22m Matt Mevert 8. 21 Dennis Richards Heat 3 1. 1 Tim Hancock 2. 51 Timmy Hill 3. m41 Steve Maisel 4. 166 Brian Worley 5. 62k Leo Keifer 6. 69x David Chilton 7. 5w Ralph Wiltrout 8. 24k Dean Vickers DNS Heat 4 1. 1w Ray Walsh 2. 70 Josh Russell 3. 14 Leroy Haney 4. 28 Tom Smallwood 5. 0 Tyler Ratajczyk 6. 44 Timmy Hancock Jr. 7. 1ah Dillon Hamm 8. 3L Bill LaRue Semi 1. 22m Matt Mevert 2. 21 Dennis Richards 3. 62k Leo Keifer 4. 0 Tyler Ratajczyk 5. 36 Conrad Miner 6. 21t Tom Rorabacher 7. 3L Bill LaRue 8. 10x Jim Black 9. 1ah Dillon Hamm 10. 69x David Chilton 11. 44 Timmy Hancock Jr. 12. 5w Ralph Wiltrout 13. 24k Dean Vickers DNS 14. 1a Aaron Draege DNS Feature 1. [1] 4j Scott Weber 2. [18] 7 Mark Miner 3. [8] 31 Ricky Horton 4. [4] 70 Josh Russell 5. [19] 22 Matt Mevert 6. [12] 24 Paul Bauman 7. [9] m41 Steve Maisel 8. [13] 166 Brian Worley 9. [15] 9w Doug Wood 10. [21] 62k Leo Kiefer 11. [7] 14h Leroy Haney 12. [6] 8 James Reed 13. [14] 56 Jacob Draege 14. [3] 1 Tim Hancock 15. [11] 23 Brian McCormick 16. [17] 22s Dave Seger 17. [16] 28 Tom Smallwood 18. [23] 36 Conrad Miner 19. [22] 0 Tyler Ratajczyk 20. [24] 21t Tom Rorabacher 21. [2] 1w Ray Walsh 22. [10] 51 Timmy Hill 23. [5] 70b Brian Bielong 24. [20] 21d Dennis Richards UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman – 30 Entries Heat 1 1. 12 Troy Naeger 2. 11 Jeff Herzog 3. 62 Troy Medley 4. 16 Jacob Buechting 5. 64 Jim Smith 6. 15b Matt Brucato 7. 3 Scott Henseler 8. 5m Mike McMullin 9. 269 Josh Ramer 10. c16 Cory Brown DNS Heat 2 1. 0 Chris Soutiea 2. 57 Trey Harris 3. 192 Mark Spraul 4. 49 Brad Paquet 5. 23 Kevin Mosier 6. 18 Daryl Dodge 7. 8e Steve Edgecombe 8. 77 Patrick Hawkins 9. 34w Matt Wooldridge 10. 105 Matt Hancock Heat 3 1. 21 Eric Hogenmiller 2. 55k Jason Keller 3. 87 Gary Haynes 4. 5h Scott Hammack 5. 99 Chuck Adams 6. 12 Mark Schaefer 7. 69 Derek Bryant 8. 13 Craig Bessinger 9. 101 Danny Basham 10. 7 Ricky Horton DNS Feature 1. [1] 12 Troy Naeger 2. [2] 11 Jeff Herzog 3. [3] 0 Chris Soutiea 4. [7] 49 Brad Paquet 5. [8] 57 Trey Harris 6. [4] 55k Jason Keller 7. [6] 87 Gary Haynes 8. [5] 21 Eric Hogenmiller 9. [11] 99 Chuck Adams 10. [10] 62 Troy Medley 11. [9] 192 Mark Spraul 12. [15] 23 Kevin Mosier 13. [18] 12s Mark Schaefer 14. [17] 18 Daryl Dodge 15. [12] 16 Jacob Buechting 16. [14] 64 Jim Smith 17. [13] 5h Scott Hammack 18. [16] 15b Matt Brucato 19. [26] 13 Craig Bessinger 20. [20] 8e Steve Edgecombe 21. [22] 5m Mike McMullin 22. [21] 77 Patrick Hawkins 23. [25] 101 Danny Basham 24. [24] 34w Matt Wooldridge 25. [23] 269 Josh Ramer 26. [19] 3 Scott Henseler 27. 105 Matt Hancock DNS 28. C16 Corey Brown DNS 29. 69 Derek Bryant DNS 30. 7 Ricky Horton DNS UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stocks – 24 Entries Heat 1 1. 18 Aron Faulkner 2. 7j Blake Jost 3. 70 Mark Crady 4. 18b Jack Arden 5. 33 David Laws 6. 19 Jessica Buechting 7. 99a Jack Adams 8. 14 Jeremy Welborn Heat 2 1. 57e Earl Pryor 2. 99 Chuck Johnson 3. 71 Joe Merritt 4. 50 Gary Otte 5. 17r Jacob Rexing 6. 14g Rodney George 7. 15 Zach Gaither 8. 81p Robert Price Heat 3 1. 96 Andrew Wibbenmeyer 2. 7x Mike Ramer 3. 6w Cody Weaver 4. 01 Billy Lapaglia 5. 93 Brian Spalding 6. 6h Eric Hollars 7. 74 Joe Laws 8. 4j Joel Potter Feature 1. [1] 18 Aron Faulkner 2. [2] 57e Earl Pryor 3. [3] 96 Andrew Wibbenmeyer 4. [5] 99 Chuck Johnson 5. [7] 70 Mark Crady 6. [4] 7j Blake Jost 7. [12] 01 Billy Lapaglia 8. [11] 50 Gary Otte 9. [6] 7x Mike Ramer 10. [8] 71 Joe Merritt 11. [17] 14g Rodney George 12. [13] 33 David Laws 13. [16] 19 Jessica Buechting 14. [19] 99a Jack Adams 15. [23] 81p Robert Price 16. [15] 93 Brian Spalding 17. [18] 6h Eric Hollars 18. [21] 74 Joe Laws 19. [22] 14 Jeremy Welborn 20. [24] 4j Joel Potter 21. [20] 15 Zach Gaither 22. [9] 6w Cody Weaver 23. [14] 17r Jacob Rexing 24. [10] 18b Jack Arden UMP DIRTcar/AARA Factory Stocks – 17 Entries Heat 1 1. 17L Buddy Love 2. 14 Tommy Gaither 3. 72 Dustin McClintock 4. 63g Richie Gabriel 5. 19 Eric Sedlack 6. 11 Brent Weaver 7. 112 Bryan Baker 8. b11 Buddy Jefferies 9. 7d Dawn Rheinecker Heat 2 1. 28 Brian Worley 2. 36 Danny Ems 3. 17b Jim Bell 4. 17c AJ Cline 5. 33 Troy Bunfill 6. 92 Dean Branson 7. 18 Jerry Thompson Jr. 8. 11b Fred Sparks DNS Feature 1. [1] 36 Danny Ems 2. [6] 17b Jim Bell 3. [2] 14 Tommy Gaither 4. [5] 72 Dustin McClintock 5. [3] 17L Buddy Love 6. [8] 17c A.J. Cline 7. [7] 63g Richie Gabriel 8. [11] 11 Brent Weaver 9. [4] 28 Brian Worley 10. [10] 19 Erik Sedlack 11. [13] 112 Bryan Baker 12. [12] 92 Dean Branson 13. [16] 7d Dawn Rheinecker 14. [15] b11 Buddy Jeffries 15. [14] 18 Jerry Thompson, Jr. 16. [9] 33 Troy Bunfill 17. [17] 11b Fred Sparks DNS

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