Shereck and Weber Win Modified and Sportsman Features
PEVELY, MO. (September 9) — Ed Dixon needed to run the doors off his late model to hold off Mark Oller and Joe Ross Jr. for a feature victory Saturday night. After the race, the newly-crowned 2000 track champion cut the doors off his car and gave them to fans who submitted the highest bids — $200 per side — in a charity memorabilia auction.
Oller and Ross hounded Dixon throughout the feature. Coming out of the second turn on lap 19, the three briefly ran side-by-side, but Dixon managed to lead all 25 laps from his front-row starting position.
Dixon earlier won his heat and the dash. Darrell Hoffman and Dave Jumper won the other late model heats.
Jim Shereck edged new modified track champion Scott Weber to win their feature, depriving Weber of a clean sweep. Weber also had won his heat and dash. Tom Ratajczyk, Ray Walsh and Rusty Griffaw also won modified heats.
With 40 modifieds signed in Saturday, two semi-features were needed to set the field for the main event, and those were won by Dennis Richards and Jerry Grither.
Paul Belken Jr., who clinched the sportsman season championship last week, finished first in his heat, dash and feature. Doug Wood and Scott Haynes rounded out the top three in the main event. Matt Hancock, Dave Jenkins and Dave Blanc scored heat race victories and Jim Abshier led the transferees from the semi.
A memorabilia auction and raffle at I-55 Raceway raised nearly $1,000 for the Children's Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis. The proceeds support St. Louis Children's Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.
At the beginning of the evening, six legends from the early days of stock car racing in the St. Louis area signed a commemorative autograph card at the track. Willie Johnston, Harold McLaughlin, Marv Pruett, Kenny Shrum, Jerry Sifford and Don Workman greeted a steady stream of their old fans for two hours.
There were 101 race cars on the grounds Saturday night, but the 23-race program that started at 7 p.m. was nonetheless wrapped up by 10:25 p.m.
Next up are the 18th annual I-55 Pepsi Nationals on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 15-16.
UMP LATE MODELS
HEAT 1:
- 2J Dave Jumper
- 3D Jim Durbin
- 4 Mike Mullvain
- 95 Jeff Johns
HEAT 2:
- 2 Darrell Hoffman
- 112 Tim Ratajczyk
- 7 Rick Bayer
- 20 Mark Gansmann
HEAT 3:
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 25 Joe Ross, Jr.
- 67 Mark Oller
- 51 Steve Shive
DASH:
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 25 Joe Ross, Jr.
- 2 Darrell Hoffman
- 67 Mark Oller
FEATURE:
- 50 Ed Dixon
- 67 Mark Oller
- 25 Joe Ross, Jr.
- 2J Dave Jumper
- 20 Mark Gansmann
- 4 Mike Mullvain
- 3D Jim Durbin
- 95 Jeff Johns
- 51 Steve Shive
- 2 Darrell Hoffman
- 7 Rick Bayer
- 76 Butch Kruckeberg
- 28 Don Klein
- 47 Danny Haynes
- 32M Danny Maguire
- 37 Ken Rumble
- 112 Tim Ratajczyk
- 30V Jeff Meier
- 10 Rodney Pense
- B1 Bob Brown
- 1 Nick Bauman
- 33 Jason Frankel
UMP MODIFIEDS
HEAT 1:
- 4J Scott Weber
- 6 Ray Wagner
- 45M Eric Mabery
- 18 Brent Mullins
HEAT 2:
- 12 Tom Ratajczyk
- 88 Joe Puricelli
- 81 Mike Barbeau
- 00 Steve Picou
HEAT 3:
- 1W Ray Walsh
- 14 Leroy Haney
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 60 Jesse Carson
HEAT 4:
- 16 Rusty Griffaw
- 17 Jim Shereck
- 377 Casey Pearson
- 3L Jeff Leka
DASH:
- 4J Scott Weber
- 12 Tom Ratajczyk
- 14 Leroy Haney
- 1W Ray Walsh
SEMI #1:
- 21 Dennis Richards
- 67 John Seets, Jr.
- 7 Keith Grider
- 117 Mark Ford
- 64 Jim Smith
- 37 Chad Evans
- 56K Kevin Epperson
- 36 David Green
- 5 Ralph Wiltrout
- 70 Ken Peters
SEMI #2:
- 95 Jerry Grither
- 59 Rich Whaley
- 16 Danny Haynes
- 68 Andy Anderson
- $10 Lou Pritz
- C4 Chris Soutiea
- 70 Robert Russell
- 21H David Henry
- 8 Kirk Murphy
- 16C Bob Corey
FEATURE:
- 17 Jim Shereck
- 4J Scott Weber
- 6 Ray Wagner
- 1W Ray Walsh
- 3L Jeff Leka
- 14 Leroy Haney
- 12 Tom Ratajczyk
- 16 Rusty Griffaw
- 18R Shawn Rayfield
- 1D Dean Hoffman
- 45M Eric Mabery
- 18T Brent Thompson
- 95 Jerry Grither
- 00 Steve Picou
- 67 John Seets, Jr.
- 88 Joe Puricelli
- 81 Mike Barbeau
- 60 Jesse Carson
- 29C John Campbell
- X1 Dave Sandage
- 59 Rich Whaley
- 377 Casey Pearson
- 99 Brian Wolfmeier
- 21 Dennis Richards
AARA SPORTSMAN
HEAT 1:
- 105 Matt Hancock
- 10 Todd McGraw
- 9 Doug Wood
- 166 Brian Worley
HEAT 2:
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 28 Sam Worley
- 51 John Hoffman
- 17H Dave Heimos
HEAT 3:
- 91 Dave Blanc
- 00 Scott Stuppy
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 87 Gary Haynes
HEAT 4:
- 46 Paul Belken
- 23 Mark Schnurbusch
- 75 Ron Imm, Jr.
- 15 Jim Troutman
DASH:
- 46 Paul Belken
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 91 Dave Blanc
- 10 Todd McGraw
SEMI #1:
- 92 Jim Abshier
- 80 Steve Borgetti
- 7J Jason Quirin
- F16 Frank Melton
- 70 Paul Aubuchon
- 61 Mike Whitter
- 12 Troy Naeger
- 8 Eddie Lowry
- 111 Zac Parks
FEATURE:
- 46 Paul Belken
- 9 Doug Wood
- 118 Scott Haynes
- 166 Brian Worley
- 15 Jim Troutman
- 38D Mark Blanke
- 10 Todd McGraw
- 92 Jim Abshier
- 105 Matt Hancock
- 23 Mark Schnurbusch
- 7J Jason Quirin
- 75 Ron Imm, Jr.
- 18 Daryl Dodge
- 28 Sam Worley
- 80 Steve Borgetti
- F16 Frank Melton
- 91 Dave Blanc
- D5 Dave Jenkins
- 87 Gary Haynes
- 175 Peggy Baur
- 70 Paul Aubuchon
- 27 Dan Walsh
- 51 John Hoffman
- 17H Dave Heimos
Other Cars Present
79 Travis Tilley
43 Bobby Dees, Jr.
42 Nathan Walsh
97 Gary McKinnon
Cruisers
Heat
- 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson
- 26 Paul Bauman/Gary Klein
- 44 Don Eaton/Dwight Bradley
- 33 Jack Moser/Dan Moser
Feature
- 26 Paul Bauman/Gary Klein
- 77 Troy Conway/Chase Patterson
- 33 Jack Moser/Dan Moser
- 54 Rob Inman/Todd Bockoff
- 21 David Heinricks/Terry Walters
- 07 Eric Straight/Todd Carlock
- 65 Jerry Titezel/Oscar Buchanon
- 44 Don Eaton/Dwight Bradley
