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April 11th, 2015: Michael Kloos, Michael Long, Jeff LeBaube, Trey Harris & Eldon Hemken take wins at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55

Michael Kloos

Michael Long

Jeff LeBaube

Trey Harris

Eldon Hemken

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By Jimmy Dearing -- Pevely, MO (April 11th, 2015) - Another outstanding field of drivers were on hand for Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55's second weekend of racing action of 2015.

Although Michael Kloos has won many races at many different tracks and is considered one of the best late model drivers in Illinois, he had never one a feature event at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 throughout the years that he has been racing there. That streak came to an end with his hard earned victory tonight at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model division. Tim Manville jumped out to the early lead when the green flag waved, Manville would have his hands full with Scott Weber and Kloos as the three battled for the top spot for the first twelve laps even going three wide for the lead at times. Kloos would finally clear Manville and Weber for the lead and he would open up about a eight to ten car length lead over Manville as they ran down to the closing laps. Kloos appeared to be on his way to a relatively comfortable win when disaster nearly struck with just two laps remaining. As he worked lapped traffic, contact from Paul Roider in turn three would send Kloos' machine way up the track and almost into the outside retaining wall before he could recover. Kloos avoided the outside wall but lost much of his momentum which allowed Manville to move right up onto his rear quarter panel and the two would fight it out to the finish with Kloos prevailing for the win. Scott Weber would finish third behind Manville. Billy Laycock with charge from the eleventh starting spot to finish fourth with Kolby Vandenbergh rounding out the top five.

Michael Long made the two plus hour trip down from Fowler, Illinois and would take the UMP DIRTcar Modified victory. Long came from the eighth starting spot to battle Josh Russell, Rusty Griffaw, Dean Hoffman and Mark Miner for the top spot. Long would take control of the lead about half way through the event and would go on to a convincing victory. Meanwhile, there was a spectacular show behind Long for the rest of the top ten positions. Lots of side by side and fender rubbing action as many drivers swapped the positions around throughout the entire event. Josh Russell would come home in the second spot at the end with Rusty Griffaw finishing third. Dean Hoffman and Mark Miner would round out the top five.

Jeff LeBaube would claim the UMP DIRTcar Pro Modified main event. LeBaube would lead all fifteen laps in taking the win. Fred Sparks, Jr., Stephen Fohne and CJ Springer swapped the second position around lap after lap but Sparks found a fast line around the middle and would claim the second position over Fohne. Springer would take fourth with Kyle Wilde finishing fifth.

Trey Harris would hold off Troy Medley and Joe McCain to claim the UMP DIRTcar/AARA Sportsman main event. Medley and McCain had a great side by side battle for second for most of the closing laps with Medley taking second. Matt Brucato would get the fourth spot and Kent Nations fifth.

The UMP DIRTcar/AARA Pro 4 Stocks had another epic battle. There was plenty of paint being traded between the top contenders as there were as many as five or six cars running in a pack for the top spot. Eldon Hemken would take the top spot from Rickey Carriker at the end with Dallas Lugge taking a close third. Robert Price would finish fourth and Cole Queathem fifth.

Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55
4/11/15

B MODS - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 29    Jeff Lebaube
2 5 11B    Fred Sparks Jr
3 6 29F    Stephen Fohne
4 1 41    Cj Springer
5 4 39    Kyle Wilde
6 10 66    Jason Worley
7 7 4T    Jacob Trebilcock
8 11 22W    Scott Wickliffe
9 8 89T    Travis Bittle
10 3 85G    Joe Giesler
11 9 18    Jerry Thompson
12 12 28    Kevin Worley
DNS 13 21F Dustin Fallert

B MODS - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 5 41    Cj Springer
2 2 39    Kyle Wilde
3 3 29F    Stephen Fohne
4 4 89T    Travis Bittle
5 6 18    Jerry Thompson
6 1 28    Kevin Worley

B MODS - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 85G    Joe Giesler
2 7 29    Jeff Lebaube
3 1 11B    Fred Sparks Jr
4 6 4T    Jacob Trebilcock
5 5 66    Jason Worley
6 4 22W    Scott Wickliffe
7 3 21F    Dustin Fallert

LATE MODEL - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 6K    Michael Kloos
2 1 33M    Tim Manville
3 2 92W    Scott Weber
4 11 82    Billy Laycock
5 7 15    Kolby Vandenbergh
6 9 33B    Mark Burgtorf
7 6 7    Ken Rumble
8 12 11    Jeff Herzog
9 5 10    Daryn Klein
10 14 20    Alan Westling
11 15 11D    Brian Diveley
12 18 1    Jim Moon
13 16 95    Andrew Johns
14 17 32    Claude Walker
15 8 22    Darrel Moser
16 13 23    Paul Roider
17 10 24HR    Ron Mcquerry
18 4 0    Dewayne Kiefer
19 19 124    John Hahler
DNS 20 74H Tim Hancock

LATE MODEL - DASH
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 33M    Tim Manville
2 1 92W    Scott Weber
3 3 6K    Michael Kloos
4 4 0    Dewayne Kiefer
5 6 10    Daryn Klein
6 5 7    Ken Rumble

LATE MODEL - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 92W    Scott Weber
2 1 10    Daryn Klein
3 10 33M    Tim Manville
4 6 15    Kolby Vandenbergh
5 8 33B    Mark Burgtorf
6 9 82    Billy Laycock
7 4 20    Alan Westling
8 5 95    Andrew Johns
9 7 1    Jim Moon
10 2 74H    Tim Hancock

LATE MODEL - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 6K    Michael Kloos
2 4 0    Dewayne Kiefer
3 6 7    Ken Rumble
4 1 24HR    Ron Mcquerry
5 9 22    Darrel Moser
6 3 23    Paul Roider
7 10 11    Jeff Herzog
8 7 11D    Brian Diveley
9 5 32    Claude Walker
10 8 124    John Hahler

MODIFIED - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 8 18L    Michael Long
2 2 70    Josh Russell
3 4 16    Rusty Griffaw
4 14 1D    Dean Hoffman
5 3 7M    Mark Miner
6 10 18    Jake Seets
7 5 12R    Tyler Ratajczyk
8 13 14C    Rick Conoyer
9 11 87Z    Zeb Moake
10 1 36E    Dan Ems
11 16 10X    Jim Black
12 20 9S    Tom Seets
13 6 6    Justin Reando
14 22 8B    Brendan Bittle
15 7 1Z    Zach Hoffman
16 17 A1    Gary Bentley
17 18 34    Dave Armstrong
18 9 01W    Derrick Black
19 19 23    Darron Forrest
20 21 99    Kenny Cole
21 15 196    Jon Ripperda
22 12 16S    Steve Stotler
DNS 23 45M Eric Mabery
DNS 24 36 Conrad Miner

MODIFIED - DASH
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 36E    Dan Ems
2 2 70    Josh Russell
3 4 7M    Mark Miner
4 3 16    Rusty Griffaw
5 6 12R    Tyler Ratajczyk
6 5 6    Justin Reando

MODIFIED - HEAT 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 6    Justin Reando
2 1 12R    Tyler Ratajczyk
3 4 01W    Derrick Black
4 5 87Z    Zeb Moake
5 7 196    Jon Ripperda
6 6 A1    Gary Bentley
7 3 9S    Tom Seets
8 8 8B    Brendan Bittle

MODIFIED - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 16    Rusty Griffaw
2 6 7M    Mark Miner
3 5 18L    Michael Long
4 4 1D    Dean Hoffman
5 8 14C    Rick Conoyer
6 7 10X    Jim Black
7 2 23    Darron Forrest
8 1 99    Kenny Cole

MODIFIED - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 70    Josh Russell
2 7 36E    Dan Ems
3 5 1Z    Zach Hoffman
4 6 18    Jake Seets
5 8 16S    Steve Stotler
6 2 36    Conrad Miner
7 1 34    Dave Armstrong
8 4 45M    Eric Maberry

SPORTSMAN - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 57    Trey Harris
2 1 62    Troy Medley
3 4 16    Joe Mccain
4 5 15B    Matt Brucato
5 10 50    Kent Nations
6 6 269    Josh Ramer
7 8 192    Mark Spraul
8 9 71    Daniel Hancock
9 7 77    Patrick Hawkins
10 3 C4    Chris Soutiea
11 12 27    Scott Leverich
12 11 60    Jerry Raedeckar

SPORTSMAN - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 57    Trey Harris
2 2 16    Joe Mccain
3 4 269    Josh Ramer
4 5 77    Patrick Hawkins
5 6 71    Daniel Hancock
6 3 27    Scott Leverich

SPORTSMAN - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 62    Troy Medley
2 1 C4    Chris Soutiea
3 4 15B    Matt Brucato
4 2 192    Mark Spraul
5 5 50    Kent Nations
6 6 60    Jerry Raedeckar

PRO 4 - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 6 W2    Eldon Hemken
2 1 35R    Rickey Carriker
3 3 74    Dallas Lugge
4 4 81P    Robert Price
5 2 82Q    Cole Queathem
6 8 74L    Joe Laws
7 5 75    Anthony Sunshine
8 12 442    Sean Mccarty
9 7 3C    Justin Chilton
10 13 1    Dale Mosier
11 9 C4    Cody Stacy
12 15 2    Jeff Pasqualone
13 14 46    Brian Patton
14 16 65    Gary Range
15 11 25    John Massey
16 10 33    David Laws
DNS 17 24 Steve Cousins
DNS 18 0 Wes Kite

PRO 4 - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 82Q    Cole Queathem
2 6 81P    Robert Price
3 3 W2    Eldon Hemken
4 9 74L    Joe Laws
5 5 33    David Laws
6 8 442    Sean Mccarty
7 4 46    Brian Patton
8 2 2    Jeff Pasqualone
9 7 65    Gary Range

PRO 4 - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 4 35R    Rickey Carriker
2 8 74    Dallas Lugge
3 3 75    Anthony Sunshine
4 2 3C    Justin Chilton
5 7 C4    Cody Stacy
6 5 25    John Massey
7 6 1    Dale Mosier
8 1 24    Steven Cousins
9 9 0    Wes Kite

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