(Pevely, MO – Sep 2, 2000) Steve Shive started on the front row in the UMP Late Model feature event and jumped out front and led all twenty five laps to win his first feature event of the season at I-55 Raceway. Jason Frankel came home second in the caution free event. Jim Durbin, Mark Oller and Dave Jumper rounded out the top five. Veteran racer Don Klein won the hard charger award for his eighth place finish, moving up from his seventeenth starting position. Ed Dixon's tenth place finish secured him the season points championship in the UMP Late Model Division.
Rusty Griffaw won his first ever UMP Modified feature. Griffaw edged out Dean Hoffman to the line by half a car length as the two banged wheels coming to the checkered flag. Shawn Rayfield grabbed third position. Scott Weber locked up the season points championship in the UMP Modified division with his fourth place finish. Ray Wagner came from his nineteenth starting position to finish fifth.
Paul Belken won the feature and the championship in the Sportsman division. Belken started front row pole in the feature and led every lap. Doug Wood was second, Dennis Wernle third, Scott Stuppy fourth and Troy Naeger fifth.
There were thirty-eight cars on hand to compete in the Regional Dwarf Car Finals and Bruce Walkup of Sullivan, IN took home the $2000 payday. T.J. Farrar, Danny Haynes, Mark Friday and Rusty Hogue completed the top five.
Paul Bauman and Gary Klein won the Cruiser feature event.
UMP LATE MODELS
HEAT 1:
- 67 Mark Oller
- 2 Darrell Hoffman
- 77 Clay Baumann
- 2J Dave Jumper
HEAT 2:
- 3D Jim Durbin
- F15 Ed Bauman
- 33 Jason Frankel
- 51 Steve Shive
DASH:
- 67 Mark Oller
- F15 Ed Bauman
- 33 Jason Frankel
- 3D Jim Durbin
FEATURE:
- 51 Steve Shive
- 33 Jason Frankel
- 3D Jim Durbin
- 67 Mark Oller
- 2J Dave Jumper
- 2 Darrell Hoffman
- 77 Clay Baumann
- 28 Don Klein
- 20 Mark Gansmann
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 95 Jeff Johns
- 112 Tim Ratajczyk
- 7 Rick Bayer
- 87 Ken Rumble
- 76 Butch Kruckeberg
- 32M Danny Maguire
- 10 Rodney Pense
- B1 Bob Brown
- F15 Ed Bauman
UMP MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1:
- 4J Scott Weber
- 95 Jerry Grither
- 1W Ray Walsh
- 35 Cody Haupp
HEAT 2:
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 16 Rusty Griffaw
- 60 Jesse Carson
- 45M Eric Mabery
HEAT 3:
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
- 18 Brent Thompson
- 360 John Seets, Sr.
- 88 Joe Puricelli
HEAT 4:
- 29 Jeff LeBaube
- 8 Kirk Murphy
- 64 Jim Smith
- 70 Ken Peters
DASH:
- 4J Scott Weber
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 16 Rusty Griffaw
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
SEMI:
- 6 Ray Wagner
- 28 Chris Woods
- 377 Casey Pearson
- 67 John Seets, Jr.
- 21 Dennis Richards
- 59 Rich Whaley
- C4 Chris Soutiea
- 41 Dave Miller
- 36 Danny Green
- J6 Chad Crosby
- 34 Kevin Gegg
- 45F Eric Franklin
- JJ1 Greg Machlang
FEATURE:
- 16 Rusty Griffaw
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
- 4J Scott Weber
- 18 Brent Thompson
- 6 Ray Wagner
- 28 Chris Woods
- 360 John Seets, Sr.
- 14 Leroy Haney
- 67 John Seets, Jr.
- 60 Jesse Carson
- 95 Jerry Grither
- 45M Eric Mabery
- 1W Ray Walsh
- 8 Kirk Murphy
- 33L Steve LeFever
- 377 Casey Pearson
- 5 Ralph Wiltrout
- 88 Joe Puricelli
- 29 Jeff LaBaube
- 70 Ken Peters
- 64 Jim Smith
- 35 Cody Haupp
- 81 Mike Barbeau
Other Cars Present
X1 Dave Sandage
29C John Campbell
AARA SPORTSMAN
HEAT 1:
- 6 Brian Noeth
- 10 Todd McGraw
- 46 Paul Belken
- 166 Brian Worley
HEAT 2:
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 38D Mark Blanke
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 127E Tory Ernst
HEAT 3:
- 00 Scott Stuppy
- 7 Jason Quirin
- 50 Mike McGowan
- 15 Jim Troutman
HEAT 4:
- 9 Doug Wood
- 500 Dan Dixon
- 28 Sam Worley
- 61 Mike Whitter
DASH:
- 00 Scott Stuppy
- 166 Brian Worley
- 38D Mark Blanke
- 9 Doug Wood
SEMI:
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 6 Brian Noeth
- 75 Ron Imm, Jr.
- 17 Dave Heimos
- 61 Mike Whitter
- 21 Ryan Gegg
- 7 Jason Quirin
- 97 Gary McKinnon
- 35 Mark Stolle
- 78B Rick Barker
- 67 Jim Brown
- 19 Brad Grantham
- 27 Dan Walsh
FEATURE:
- 46 Paul Belken
- 9 Doug Wood
- 74 Dennis Wernle
- 00 Scott Stuppy
- 12 Troy Naeger
- 10 Todd McGraw
- 127E Tory Ernst
- 15 Jim Troutman
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 28 Sam Worley
- 500 Dan Dixon
- 23 Mark Schnurbusch
- 17H Dave Heimos
- 105 Matt Hancock
- 18 Daryl Dodge
- 6 Brian Noeth
- 75 Ron Imm, Jr.
- 21 Ryan Gegg
- 38D Mark Blanke
- 166 Brian Worley
- 61 Mike Whitter
- 50 Mike McGowan
- 80 Steve Borgetti
Other Cars Present
79 Travis Tilley
42 Nathan Walsh
CRUISERS
Heat:
- 26 Paul Bauman/Gary Klein
- 22 Billy Klein/Phil Grifford
- 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson
- 65 Matt O'Harver/Oscar Buchanon
- 54 Rob Inman/Todd Bockhoff
- 3 Brian Cox/Keith Skaggs
Feature:
- 26 Paul Bauman/Gary Klein
- 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson
- 65 Matt O'Harver/Oscar Buchanon
- 22 Billy Klein/Phil Grifford
- 54 Rob Inman/Todd Bockhoff
- 3 Brian Cox/Keith Skaggs
Rotozip Modified Lites
Semi:
- 55 Kyle Anderson
- 17 Eric Logston
- 22 Tom Buckingham
- 07 Chris Pauley
Feature:
- 29 Bruce Walkup
- 12 T.J. Farrar
- M30 Danny Haynes
- 57 Mark Friday
- 21TN Rusty Hogue
- 72T Tony Courtney
- 41 John Griffin
- 17X Matt Neely
- 31 Bob Helm
- 54 Dan Sikes