Dixon Dominates at I-55!

Pevely, MO (June 1, 2002)Scorching temperatures invaded I-55 Raceway today as the thermometer pushed into the mid 90s. The action on the track was just as hot between the twenty-five UMP Late Models that signed in the gate.

Ed Dixon started off the night just like he finished last week, by running away with the first qualifying heat. Dave Jumper and Mark Oller completed the top three. Tim Ratajczyk cruised to victory in the second heat over Jason Frankel and Brian Wolfmeier. The third heat saw Danny Haynes hold off the outstanding youngster Justin Allgaier. Third went to John Bohn. Dixon also went on to win the dash by besting Haynes and Ratajczyk.

Dixon continued his hot streak in the feature. He pulled out to a huge lead early on; placing five lapped cars between him and second place Ratajczyk when the first caution came out on lap six. As Dixon pulled away to another big lead, the battle was on for second place, Oller moved up to take second on lap ten. Ratajczyk, Matt Taylor, Billy Faust and Allgaier battled through lapped traffic for third. On the sixteenth lap, Oller had front suspension problems and his car took a hard left turn coming down the front straight, directly in front of a large pack of cars. Incredibly, all the cars took evasive action and were able to miss Oller’s car as it crossed the entire track and came to rest sideways on the front stretch. On the final restart, Dixon once again pulled away and went on to victory. Taylor made a last lap pass on Ratajczyk to claim second. Faust came home fourth and Allgaier fifth.

In the UMP Modified division, Rich Whaley also picked right up where he left off last week. Whaley held off fierce challenges from Dean Hoffman, Scott Weber and Tom Ratajczyk to complete the sweep. These four drivers battled all twenty laps of the main event for the lead and finished in that order. Ray Wagner completed the top five.

Paul Belken jumped out to an early lead in the AARA Sportsman division feature. Belken appeared to be on his way to an easy victory when a late race caution bunched the field. That allowed Dan Dixon move up and battle side-by-side with Belken for the final two laps. But Dixon jumped the cushion in turn four on the final lap allowing Belken to grab the win. Dixon was second, Mark Blanke third, Todd McGraw fourth and last weeks winner Ricky Horton came home fifth.

UMP Modifieds (20 Cars)
Heat 1:
1. 59 Rich Whaley
2. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
3. 4J Scott Weber
4. 99 Brian Wolfmeier

Heat 2:
1. 6 Ray Wagner
2. 1D Dean Hoffman
3. 3R Leon Rakers
4. 21 Dennis Richards

Dash:
1. 59 Rich Whaley
2. 1D Dean Hoffman
3. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
4. 4J Scott Weber

Feature:
1. 59 Rich Whaley
2. 1D Dean Hoffman
3. 4J Scott Weber
4. 12 Tom Ratajczyk
5. 6 Ray Wagner
6. 3R Leon Rakers
7. 99 Brian Wolfmeier
8. 21 Dennis Richards
9. 9 Doug Wood
10. 56 Kevin Epperson
11. C4 Chris Soutiea
12. 8 Kirk Murphy
13. 4B Neil Wade, Jr.
14. X1 Dave Sandage
15. 444 Matt Simpson
16. 14K Loren Knox
17. 166 Brian Worley
18. 78 Rich Lawson
DQ. 9D Dan Hoffman (Light)
DNS. 70 Josh Russell

UMP Late Models (25 Cars)
Heat 1:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 2J Dave Jumper
3. 67 Mark Oller
4. 26 Billy Faust

Heat 2:
1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
2. 33 Jason Frankel
3. 37 Brian Wolfmeier
4. 4 Wayne Downing

Heat 3:
1. 47 Danny Haynes
2. 1A Justin Allgaier
3. 71 John Bohn
4. 77 Clay Baumann

Dash:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 47 Danny Haynes
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 1A Justin Allgaier

Feature:
1. 50 Ed Dixon
2. 117 Matt Taylor
3. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
4. 26 Billy Faust
5. 1A Justin Allgaier
6. 3D Jim Durbin
7. 2J Dave Jumper
8. 47 Danny Haynes
9. 37 Brian Wolfmeier
10. 77 Clay Baumann
11. 44 Dean Motsinger
12. 71 John Bohn
13. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
14. 28 Don Klein
15. 10 Rodney Pense
16. 27 Kenny Helmick
17. 113 Charlie Savage
18. 67 Mark Oller
19. 23 Brian Garner
20. 4 Wayne Downing
21. 12 Mark Schaefer
22. 33 Jason Frankel
23. 82 Billy Laycock
24. 97 Tim Eaves
DQ. 13 Dewayne Kiefer (Light)

AARA Sportsman (38 Cars)
Heat 1:
1. 38D Mark Blanke
2. 10 Todd McGraw
3. 20 Gary McKinnon
4. 51 John Hoffman

Heat 2:
1. 500 Dan Dixon
2. 4 Ricky Horton
3. 23 Mark Schnurbusch
4. 66 Darren Holland

Heat 3:
1. 15 Jim Troutman
2. D5 Dave Jenkins
3. 01 Steve Borgetti
4. 111 Zac Parks

Heat 4:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 24 Paul Bauman
3. 00 Scott Stuppy
4. 98 David Bardin

Dash:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 38D Mark Blanke
3. 10 Todd McGraw
4. 4 Ricky Horton

Semi #1:
1. 75 Ron Imm
2. 8 Buddy Lowery
3. 54 Jim Wisnewski
4. 6 Brian Noeth
5. 16 Frank Melton
6. 61 Mike Whitter
7. 93 Jeff Honea
8. 7 Craig Wodicker
9. D40 Ed DeMille

Semi #2:
1. 711 Bob Ader
2. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger
3. 166 Sam Worley
4. 19 Brad Grantham
5. 119 Mike McGinnitey
6. 105 Matt Hancock
DNS. 21 Brad McKinnon
DNS. 59 Jeff Whaley
DNS. 146 Douglas Kim
DNS. 17H Dave Heimos

Feature:
1. 46 Paul Belken
2. 500 Dan Dixon
3. 38D Mark Blanke
4. 10 Todd McGraw
5. 4 Ricky Horton
6. 15 Jim Troutman
7. 24 Paul Bauman
8. 00 Scott Stuppy
9. D5 Dave Jenkins
10. 66 Darren Holland
11. 75 Ron Imm
12. 01 Steve Borgetti
13. 711 Bob Ader
14. 51 John Hoffman
15. 8 Buddy Lowry
16. 411 Marty Heck
17. 20 Gary McKinnon
18. 98 David Bardin
19. 36 Bob Schmidt
20. 34 Ray Wohlschlaeger
21. 54 Jim Wisnewski
22. 23 Mark Schnurbusch
23. 350 Robert Dill
24. 111 Zac Parks

AARA Wanna Beez
Heat:
1. 21 Dave Heinrichs
2. 01 Robert Denny
3. 77 Ron Lyons

Feature:
1. 21 Dave Heinrichs
2. 01 Robert Denny
3. 77 Ron Lyons