Pevely, MO (August 3, 2005) The M&M Night of Stars at I-55 Raceway was another huge success. A huge crowd was on hand to meet the NASCAR stars and to watch the racing action. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Martin Truex, Jr., Kenny Wallace, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Bobby Hamilton, Sr., Jimmy Spencer, Dave Blaney and Ken Schrader all signed autographs for about two hours and then participated in a match race in UMP Modifieds around the 1/3 mile high banked dirt oval. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. worked as the flagman for the special race and Jimmy Spencer made contact with the outside wall during the practice session and was unable to run the race due to damage to his car. The match race was run in two segments and Carl Edwards powered the Dirt Works Race Cars built machine normally driven by Gary Clark to victory in the first segment. The second segment was won by Kenny Wallace in his familiar Impressive Race Cars Stacker2 car.
The regular scheduled racing was headlined by the UMP Late Models and Winged Sprint Cars. Both classes featured side by side racing for the lead with the winner of each event not being decided until the final lap.
In the UMP Late Model division, Billy Faust and Tim Ratajczyk raced side by side for most of the twenty-five laps. Faust racing around the very top of the track while Ratajczyk hugged the very bottom of the track. They swapped the lead lap after lap but it was Billy Faust crossing the line first at the checkered flag. Ratajczyk took the second spot. Randy Korte drove through the field after starting sixteenth to a third place finish. Matt Taylor took the fourth spot and Billy Laycock claimed the fifth position.
Tommy Worley, Jr. made the pass for the win coming off of turn four to claim the victory in the Winged Sprint Car division. Tim Montgomery had led the first twenty-four laps of the main event before Worley slipped by on the low side on the final lap. Jimmy Hurley took third with Robbie Standridge fourth and Bryan Matthews rounded out the top five.
UMP Late Models – 36 Entries
Heat 1
1. 82 Billy Laycock
2. 87 Ken Rumble
3. 76 Butch Kruckeburg
4. 30 Mark Voigt
5. 20 Mark Gansmann
6. 41 Shawn Granderson
7. 1w Gary Wilson
8. 13 Dwayne Kiefer
9. 1 Len Garson
Heat 2
1. 26 Billy Faust
2. 50 Ed Dixon
3. 5JR Billy James
4. 00 Randy Korte
5. 75 Bert Cheatham
6. 17 Todd Rehg
7. 85 Lee Thomason
8. g22 Steve Grotz
9. 4e Scott Geashel
Heat 3
1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
2. 11z Bryan Collins
3. 45 Denny Woodworth
4. 23 Kenny Wallace
5. 67 Mark Oller
6. 3s Brian Shirley
7. 47 Danny Haynes
8. 44 Dean Motsinger
9. 18r Shawn Rayfield
Heat 4
1. 8 Kyle Steffens
2. 27 Rodney Melvin
3. 3L Matt Taylor
4. 99 Ken Schrader
5. 78 Chad Zobrist
6. 23 Ron McQuerry
7. 77 Clay Baumann
8. 16 Mike Hammerle
9. 7 Rich Lawson
Dash
1. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
2. 26 Billy Faust
3. 11z Bryan Collins
4. 8 Kyle Steffens
5. 50 Ed Dixon
6. 3L Matt Taylor
7. 27 Rodney Melvin
8. 82 Billy Laycock
9. 87 Ken Rumble
Semi 1
1. 3s Brian Shirley
2. 77 Clay Baumann
3. 20 Mark Gansmann
4. 85 Lee Thomason
5. 44 Dean Motsinger
6. 41 Shawn Granderson
7. 18R Shawn Rayfield
8. 13 Dewayne Kiefer
9. 1G Len Garson
Semi 2
1. 47 Danny Haynes
2. 75 Bert Cheatham
3. 23 Ron McQuerry
4. 22G Steve Grotz
5. 1W Vance Wilson
6. 7 Rich Lawson
7. 16 Mike Hammerle
8. 17W Todd Rehg
DNS. 4E Scott Geaschel
Feature
1. 26 Billy Faust
2. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
3. 00 Randy Korte
4. 3L Matt Taylor
5. 82 Billy Laycock
6. 30 Mark Voigt
7. 11z Bryan Collins
8. 50 Ed Dixon
9. 5JR Billy James
10. 99 Ken Schrader
11. 47 Danny Haynes
12. 78 Chad Zobrist
13. 23 Kenny Wallace
14. 75 Bert Cheatham
15. 45DW Denny Woodworth
16. 77 Clay Baumann
17. 23 Ron McQuerry
18. 8 Kyle Steffens
19. 76 Butch Kruckeberg
20. 3S Brian Shirley
21. 87 Ken Rumble
22. 27 Rodney Melvin
23. 20 Mark Gansmann
24. 67 Mark Oller
Winged Springs – 20 Entries
Heat 1:
1. 97 Tommy Worley, Jr.
2. 88 Jason Evans
3. 50 Daniel Adler
4. 98 Bryan Matthews
Heat 2:
1. 28 Jason Keith
2. 32 Tim Montgomery
3. 22 Robbie Standridge
4. 3G Lance Gullo
Heat 3:
1. 8 Steve Short
2. 88 Terry Babb
3. 35 Jimmy Hurley
4. 1* Kent Buckley
Feature:
1. 97 Tommy Worley, Jr.
2. 32 Tim Montgomery
3. 35 Jimmy Hurley
4. 22 Robbie Standridge
5. 98 Bryan Matthews
6. 88 Terry Babb
7. 1A Vinne Sansone
8. 8 Steve Short
9. 50 Daniel Adler
10. 27 Bob Thoman
11. 1* Kent Buckley
12. 19 Jason Hunt
13. 3G Lance Gullo
14. 28 Jason Keith
15. D12 Doc Sloan
16. 11 Damon Kronk
17. 88 Jason Evans
18. 29 Tim Moss
DNS. 21C Joey Montgomery
DNS. 21S Jay Landolt
NASCAR Allstar Modified
Race 1
1. 4 Carl Edwards
2. 11 Dave Blaney
3. 11g Casey Mears
4. 36 Kenny Wallace
5. 9w Bobby Hamilton Sr.
6. 44 Kenny Schrader
7. 10 Martin Truex Jr.
8. 3L Jimmy Spencer DNS Crash in hot laps
Race 2
1. 36 Kenny Wallace
2. 11 Dave Blaney
3. 4 Carl Edwards
4. 10 Martin Truex Jr.
5. 44 Ken Schrader
6. 11g Casey Mears
7. 9w Bobby Hamilton Sr.