PEVELY, MO. (July 8) — Jim Durbin turned Saturday's late model feature at I-55 Raceway into a great race for second place by streaking from the field to win his first race of 2000 on Mid-Season Championship Night.
Durbin took the lead from Jeff Johns on lap five of the 25-lap main event and began pulling away from the rest of the pack. The second and third positions, however, changed hands almost every lap. At the checkered flag it was Tim Ratajczyk, Ed Dixon, Johns and Jason Frankel rounding out the top five.
Frankel won his heat and the late model dash. Johns and Durbin also won heats.
John Seets Sr. led flag-to-flag in a 20-lap modified feature that ran caution-free. Ray Walsh and Brian Wolfmeier finished second and third. Seets' right-rear tire went flat just as the race ended.
The modified heats were won by Seets, Shawn Rayfield, Casey Pearson and Scott Weber, who also won the dash and finished fourth in the feature. Brent Mullins and Patrick Lawson won the semi-features.
It appeared that Paul Belken Jr. would be the only points leader to win the mid-season title for his class, but his engine erupted in smoke on the last lap of the sportsman feature. Doug Wood ended up the winner. Brian Worley and Mark Blanke finished second and third.
Dave Blanc, Scott Haynes, John Hoffman won the sportsman heat races, and Wood was the dash winner. Bob Schmidt won the semi-feature.
Troy Conway and Chase Patterson claimed the cruiser heat and feature.
UMP LATE MODELS
HEAT 1:
- 95 Jeff Johns
- 6 John Hobson
- 37 Brian Wolfmeier
- B1 Bob Brown
HEAT 2:
- 33 Jason Frankel
- 7 Rick Bayer
- 28 Don Klein
- 11 Steve Karnes
HEAT 3:
- 3D Jim Durbin
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 2J Dave Jumper
- 112 Tim Ratajczyk
DASH:
- 33 Jason Frankel
- 95 Jeff Johns
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 3D Jim Durbin
FEATURE:
- 3D Jim Durbin
- 112 Tim Ratajczyk
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 95 Jeff Johns
- 33 Jason Frankel
- 7 Rick Bayer
- 2J Dave Jumper
- 67 Mark Oller
- 28 Don Klein
- 00 Randy Korte
- 2 Darrell Hoffman
- 11 Steve Karnes
- 1S Steve Shephard
- B1 Bob Brown
- 51K Bob Klausner
- 51 Steve Shive
- 10 Rodney Pense
- 44 Dean Motsinger
- 37 Brian Wolfmeier
- 6 John Hobson
Other Cars Present:
87 Ken Rumble
UMP MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1:
- 360 John Seets, Sr.
- 12 Tom Ratajczyk
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 68 Andy Anderson
HEAT 2:
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
- 99 Brian Wolfmeier
- 67 John Seets, Jr.
- 6 Ray Wagner
HEAT 3:
- 377 Casey Pearson
- 45M Eric Mabery
- 16G Danny Haynes
- 14 Leroy Haney
HEAT 4:
- 4J Scott Weber
- 1W Ray Walsh
- 71 Jay Hughes
- 17 Jim Shereck
DASH:
- 4J Scott Weber
- 360 John Seets, Sr.
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
- 377 Casey Pearson
SEMI #1:
- 4M Brent Mullins
- 444 Matt Simpson
- 19C Vic Catalano
- 28K Jason Keith
- 29C John Campbell
- 36 Danny Green
- 37 Chad Evans
- 70 Ken Peters
- 314 Jeff Masson
SEMI #2:
- 28L Patrick Lawson
- 8 Kirk Murphy
- 7Z Matt Zimmerly
- 21H Dave Henry
- 45 Eric Franklin
- 21 Dennis Richards
FEATURE:
- 360 John Seets
- 1W Ray Walsh
- 99 Brian Wolfmeier
- 4J Scott Weber
- 6 Ray Wagner
- 12 Tom Ratajczyk
- 45M Eric Mabery
- 377 Casey Pearson
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 17 Jim Shereck
- 67 John Seets, Jr.
- 14 Leroy Haney
- 68 Andy Anderson
- 16 Rusty Griffaw
- 16J Danny Haynes
- 4M Brent Mullins
- 71 Jay Hughes
- 444 Matt Simpson
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
- 28W Chris Woods
- 81 Mike Barbeau
- 8 Kirk Murphy
- 28L Patrick Lawson
- T93 Clark Roach
Other Cars Present
5W Ralph Wiltrout
59 Rich Whaley
C4 Chris Soutiea
AARA SPORTSMAN
HEAT 1:
- 91 Dave Blanc
- 9 Doug Wood
- 87 Gary Haynes
- 61WÂ Mike Whitter
HEAT 2:
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 6 Kenny Kennedy
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 92 Jim Abshier
HEAT 3:
- 51 John Hoffman
- 23 Mark Schnurbusch
- 10 Todd McGraw
- 80 Steve Borgetti
DASH:
- 9 Doug Wood
- 46 Paul Belken
- 38D Mark Blanke
- 166 Brian Worley
SEMI:
- 36 Bob Schmidt
- 92 Jim Abshier
- 8 Ed Lowry
- 91 Dave Blanc
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 97 Gary McKinnon
- 61W Mike Whitter
- 37 John Imm
- 51 John Hoffman
- 19 Brad Grantham
- 6 Kenny Kennedy
- 21 Ryan Gegg
FEATURE:
- 9 Doug Wood
- 166 Brian Worley
- 38D Mark Blanke
- 10 Todd McGraw
- 60 Scott Stuppy
- 36 Bob Schmidt
- 87 Gary Haynes
- 23 Mark Schnurbusch
- 80 Steve Borgetti
- 44 Nick Werner
- 8 Ed Lowry
- 92 Jim Abshier
- 74 Dennis Wernle
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 91 Dave Blanc
- 28 Sam Worley
- 46 Paul Belken
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 18 Daryl Dodge
- 15 Jim Troutman
- 105 Matt Hancock
- 500 Dan Dixon
- 75 Ron Imm, Jr.
- 127E Tory Ernst
Other Cars Present
48 Mike Harvey
26 Bob Smith
3 Asa Hovis
Cruisers:
Heat:
1. 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson
2. 65 Matt O'Hauber/Oscar Buchanan
3. 44 Don Eaton/Dwight Bradley
Feature:
1. 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson
2. 44 Don Eaton/Dwight Bradley
3. 65 Matt O'Hauber/Oscar Buchanan
4. 9 Travis Buffer/Brian Eastman
5. 26 Paul Bauman/Wayne Moll
6. 54 Rob Inman/Tony Sego
7. 07 Eric Strate/Tod Carlock
8. 00 Kevin Martin/Amy Martin
