2001umpSummernationalsmore.htm
2001 UMP SUMMERNATIONAL NEWS
Beginning Saturday, 1Racenut (Dan Stewart) and I will begin to bring updates and news from the UMP Summernational scene. This was well accepted in 2000 and with the help of a lot of good race fans, it will be the place to look for results again this year. We won't be able to see them all, but most of you are in the same fix. As soon as we find out, it will be posted daily. So check the schedule below, visit the 2000 results page if you want to find out what happened last year and below the 2001 schedule we will list info as it becomes available.
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Date |
Speedway / Prize Money |
Track Description |
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Friday |
Brownstown Speedway |
1/4 Mile Semi-Banked |
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Saturday |
Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway |
3/8 Mile High Banked |
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Sunday |
Vermillion County Speedway |
1/4 Mile Semi-Banked |
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Monday |
Hales Corner Speedway |
1/3 Mile Semi-Banked |
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Thursday |
Crown Point Speedway |
3/8 Mile Semi Banked |
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Saturday |
Clarksville Speedway |
1/4 Mile High Banked |
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Sunday |
Tri-State Speedway |
1/4 Mile Semi-Banked |
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Monday |
Highland Speedway |
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Tuesday |
Peoria Speedway |
1/4 Mile Semi-Banked Oval |
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Wednesday |
Kankakee Motor Speedway |
1/4 Mile Semi Banked |
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Thursday |
Mount Vernon Speedway |
1/4 Mile High Banked |
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Friday |
Paducah Speedway |
3/8 Mile High-Banked |
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Saturday |
I-55 Speedway |
1/3 Mile High Banked |
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Sunday |
Duquoin State Fairgrounds |
One Mile Semi Banked |
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Monday |
Pecatonica IL |
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Tuesday |
LaSalle Speedway |
1/4 Mile High Banked |
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Wednesday |
Spoon River Speedway |
3/8 Mile High Banked |
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Thursday |
Macon Speedway |
1/4 Mile High Banked |
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Friday |
Farmer City Raceway |
1/4 Mile |
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Saturday |
Fairbury Speedway |
1/3 Mile |
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Sunday |
East Moline Speedway |
1/4 Mile |
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Monday |
Crawford County Speedway |
1/2 Mile |
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Tuesday |
Adams County Speedway |
1/2 Mile |
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Wednesday |
Steele County Fairgrounds |
1/2 Mile |
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Thursday |
Rain Date |
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Friday |
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3/8 Mile |
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Sunday |
Rain Date |
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Saturday |
Oakshade Speedway |
3/8 Mile |
RESULTS AND INFORMATION
2001 UMP Summernationals
***ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?***
June 15 Brownstown Speedway
$5,000 Brownstown, IN
Winner-Rained out
Heavy
Rains moved over the Brownstown Speedway and the Jackson County Fairgrounds
around 2:00 p.m. and continuing drizzle, along with sloppy pit area and track
conditions, forced track promoter Richard Bane to cancel the scheduled UMP
Summernationals event for this evening. Richard and Bob Memmer (UMP President)
said that a make-up date would be announced at a later date. We apologize for
any inconvenience and thanks to everyone for your support this year.
SOURCE: Michael Despain-Media Contact.
June 16 Kentucky Lake Motor
Spdwy. $5,000 Calvert City, KY
Winner-BILLY MOYER
(courtesy of smash the loud pedal)
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Directly from
www.racingcorner.com
Late Model Feature Event (UMP Summer Nationals Race)
There is only one phrase that can sum up the nights racing for the UMP Late
Models, "Lets Play SURVIVOR." That is exactly what the field did as the
twenty cars start and six finish. The start of the of the race saw the 21
car of Billy Moyer take an early lead over the field. By lap three the 96 of
Terry English moves up beside the 18 of Shannon Babb to challenge him for
the second spot. Then the first caution was called when track officials
spotted debris on the back straight.
On the first restart Terry English pulls up to high, Randy Sellars and Bobby
Dietz sees this and take advantage of and move up into third and fourth.
This move would be short lived however, as the third caution of the race is
called as Todd Rust avoids Babb when he stalls on the back straight, but he
doesn't quite avoid the wall. Then on the third restart Sellars and English
bump each other and Bobby Dietz moves up to the third position, then on the
next lap Sellars and English take there positions back from Dietz. Then the
fourth caution comes out when Kevin Claycomb has car trouble and slows down
on the track.
The fourt restart saw a three wide battle for the second spot between
Sellars, English, and Babb (position held by Babb). By lap ten Babb had
started to pull away, but a heated battle for the third position between
Sellars, and English still raged on. Then another caution, this yellow was
brought out when the a1 of Duck Whinesat stalls on the front straight. Then
you would think that would be a restart for this caution, there almost was,
but the complete nose piece of CJ Rayburn came loose from his CJ 1 car
calling out the sixth caution of the race. The sixth restart had another
three wide battle for the second spot, but Babb barely edges out English and
Sellars. Then the seventh caution fell onto the field when the 92 of Bobby
Dietz stall in turn two. During the caution Terry English pulls of the track
(reason unknown).
The seventh restart proved good for Sellars as quickly gets around Babb for
the second spot. By lap twelve Sellars had caught up to Billy Moyer (who has
lead the whole race) and starts to race him side by side. Then at the end of
lap thirt-teen Sellars edged out Moyer for the lead, but a little ways down
the track officials found debris, since the full field had not completed the
lap the field went back to lap twelve, this also sends Sellars back to the
second position.
The next restart saw Babb take back his second spot that Sellars had edged
him out for, but by lap sixteen Sellars took back the second position. With
the time it took for Sellars to get around Babb, Moyer had the perfect
opportunity to come out to a big lead over the field. By lap twentyone
Sellars was gaining ground on Moyer, but Babb was also gaining ground on
Sellar, and on lap twenty two Babb takes back the second position from
Sellars. Then the ninth caution of the night was called when Dietz stalls in
turn two once again. During the caution Randy Sellars pulls into the infield
due to tire damage.
The restart had Bob Pierce coming for out of nowhere and taking over the
second spot from Babb, and then Terry English takes over the second spot
(pulled back onto track during caution). For the next few laps Pierce and
English would battle for the second position, but no one could catch up to
Billy Moyer as he goes to prove to be the ultimate survivor for this night
we he wins at KLMS.
Finishing Positions:
Pos. Name Car #
1 Billy Moyer 21
2 Bob Pierce 32
3 Terry English 96
4 Shannon Babb 18
5 Rich Gardner 8g
6 Duke Whishant A1
7 Randy Sellars 3
8 Doug McCammon 92
9 Randall Sweeney 182
10 Randy Korte 00
11 Clay Baunamm 77
12 CJ Rayburn CJ 1
13 Bobby Dietz 92
15 Dale Nelson N1
16 Kevin Claycomb 28
17 John Tindal 7
18 Don Oneal 71
19 Todd Rust 9
20 Rod Reed 47
June 17 Vermilion County
Spdwy. $5,000 Danville, IL
Winner-BILLY DRAKE
Drake Nets $5,000 Summernationals Win at VCS
By Paul D. Bayne
DANVILLE, Ill. (June 17, 2001) Billy Drake of Bloomington, IL returned to his
home state Sunday night to visit victory lane in the 40-lap UMP (United
Midwestern Promoters) Summernationals event at the Vermilion County Speedway.
The win netted Drake a cool $5,000, one night after finishing third in
Jackson, MS. A race that paid $20,000-to-win. The race event at VCS was the
second completed leg of the UMP Summernationals tour, an annual series that
will visit up to 25 tracks in nine states in just a month’s time. On June
15th, the UMP Summernationals opener at Brownstown was rained out, but last
night Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR scored the win. The series has a rich
history of gathering some of the nations top late model drivers throughout its
swing.
Thirty-nine drivers were on hand at VCS on Sunday, as well as a near capacity crowd. Among the entries were seven different feature winners from a Saturday night race elsewhere. They included Roger Long (Fairbury, IL), Rodney Melvin (Mt. Vernon, IL), Dan Walden (Benton County, IN), Moyer (Kentucky Lake, KY), Scott James (Florence, KY), Dan Sturgeon (Brownstown, IN), and Ed Dixon (I-55, MO). With the track in excellent condition and the weather as perfect as one could hope for, the field was set for their qualifying runs. When all was said and done, it was El Paso’s (IL) Joe Harlan registering fast time with a lap of 14.177. Harlan was the second qualifier to take to the 1/4 –mile and withstood a late run by Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, IL (14.179), who qualified twenty-fourth.
With qualifying completed, the grid was set for the late
model trophy dash. Nine cars going nine laps with the top six slated to start
straight up in the main event, with the three remaining cars pacing the first
three heat races. Drake scored an easy win in the dash, and was chased to the
checkers by Wisconsin’s Dan Schlieper, who made an unexpected visit to VCS,
Duke Whiseant, who also traveled quite a ways from Texas, hometown hero Bob
Pierce of Oakwood, IL, Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR, and Ed Dixon,
representing the Show-Me state. Weaver, Harlan, and Chuck Haga filled out the
order in the trophy dash.
Four heats were on tap with the top three from each
making the main event, and the rest would have to rest their hopes on a strong
consolation race run. The first heat saw Weaver, Marvin Burton, and Shane
Cottle advancing. The second heat went to Dennis Erb over Dick Phillips, and
Steve Barnett. Heat number three went to Haga over C.J. Rayburn, and Matt
Taylor, while heat four had John Gill, Shannon Babb, and Don O’Neal
transferring to the 40-lapper. In the first of two consolation races, with
the top two from each joining the rear of the twenty-two car field, it was
Rodney Melvin and Jeff Martin moving on. While in the second consolation race
it was Scott James and Steve Hillard filling out the grid.
With the field now set to go 40 laps, the drivers
saluted the fans with an appreciative four-abreast parade lap. Truly a sight
to behold for any race fan, especially on such a small bullring such as
Vermilion County. Drake jumped out to the early lead over Whiseant, and
except for lap number two would lead every lap thereafter. Drake and
Whiseant would bump and grind for position early on, making contact on several
occasions. Pierce on lap five, while fighting for position with Whiseant,
slipped high in turn three and hung on to the rim, but it cost “The Tall Cool
One” some five positions. On lap eight, Dixon brought out the only caution of
the event when he spun his mount entering turn three.
Weaver and Gill by this time had moved ahead a few spots
to sixth and seventh, respectively. By lap 11, Gill had slipped into the
fourth slot, and three laps later into the third spot behind Moyer. Moyer,
the winner at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway in Calvert City, KY one night
prior, would get to the second spot briefly and could never muster a challenge
for Drake. At the half way point Gill slipped beneath Moyer for the second
spot and set his sights on Drake, who had built about a ten car length lead.
As Drake and Gill threaded their way through the slower
lap traffic, Babb was busy working his way into the spotlight as he passed
Pierce for fifth on lap 22. As the remaining laps wound down Gill could only
get as close as one car length back on the final lap, as Drake was able to
hold off Gill to the stripe, while Moyer would go unchallenged to claim the
third spot. Babb would get around the outside of Schlieper right at the line
to take fourth away from him. Rounding out the top ten were Erb, Phillips,
Weaver, Pierce, and O’Neal.
Enough can’t be said about the preparation of the track
surface by promoter Bill Marietta and his staff. The track stayed tacky
throughout the night and provided for some great racing action.
The UMP Summernationals moves to Hales Corners Speedway
in Franklin, WI tomorrow night (June 18th) for another 40-lap
$5,000-to-win special.
Complete UMP late model results
*Note* underlined drivers transferred to feature lineup
Fast Time – Joe Harlan 14.177
Trophy Dash – Billy Drake, Duke Whiseant, Dan
Schlieper, Bob Pierce, Billy Moyer, Ed Dixon, Kevin Weaver, Joe Harlan,
Chuck Haga
Heat 1 – Kevin Weaver, Marvin Burton, Shane Cottle,
Rodney Melvin, Richie Hedrick, Jason Frankel, John Kresser Jr., Troy
Overstreet, Ed Woodard
Heat 2 – Dennis Erb, Dick Phillips, Steve Barnett,
Jeff Martin, Roger Long, Cory Hupp, Jim Curry
Heat 3 – Chuck Haga, C.J. Rayburn, Matt Taylor,
Scott James, Gary May, Steve Hillard, Dan Sturgeon, Jammie Wilson
Heat 4 – John Gill, Shannon Babb, Don O’Neal, Mark Barber, Bobby Melvin, Dan Walden, Juan Grino, B.J. McCammon
d Woodard, Richie Hedrick, Roger Long
June 18 Hales Corner $5,000
Milwaukee, WI
Winner-DAN SCHLIEPER
(courtesy of s9 Schliep 15 Francis Fan)
Worst track conditions
I've seen in thirty years!
A Main:
Schlieper
Drake
O Neal
Moyer
Babb
B Main:
Weaver
B Smith
Schlieper was fast qualifier and won the dash off the pole so the only passing
he had to do was lapped traffic.Other notables that showed. Wendall Wallace won
a heat. Pete Parker won a heat. Track was dry slick after two hot lap sessions.
An early draw for qualifying was key.Never ever will go back to Hales Corners
even though it's only a 20 min ride from home.
Courtesy of hotlaps.com
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After three stops on the UMP Summernationals tour here are your leaders in points and earnings.
(Courtesy of biglmfan)
1. Billy Moyer 161
2. Shannon Babb 135
3. Billy Drake 121
4. Dan Schlieper 112
5. Don O'Neal 96
6. Bob Pierce 82
7. Duke Whiseant 77
8. Kevin Weaver 71
9. Dennis Erb 64
10. Scott James 58
Courtesy of Sasquatch(4M)
1. Billy Moyer $7,300
2. Billy Drake $7,000
3. Dan Schlieper $6,000
4. Shannon Babb $3,200
5. Bob Pierce $2,450
6. John Gill $2,000
7. Don O'Neal $1,900
8. Duke Whiseant $1,300
9. Terry English $1,200
10.Dennis Erb $1,100
11.Rich Garner $1,000
12.Scott James $900
13.Kevin Weaver $800
14.Russ Sheffler $700
15.Dick Phillips $600
15.Randy Sellars $600
15.C.J. Rayburn $600
18.Wendell Wallace $500
18.Doug McCammon $500
20.Pete Parker $450
June 21 Crown Point Speedway
$5,000 Crown Point, IN
Winner- RAINED OUT
June 23 Clarksville Speedway
$5,000 Clarksville, TN
Winner-BOB PIERCE
THERE WERE EARLY REPORTS OF A RAINOUT, BUT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT IT IN
From 4M
by joeltonjet
Unofficial-
1-Bob Pierce
2-Chuck Proctor
3- Tony Albright
4-Don ONeal
5-Terry English
Some very strange calls by officials in this one. Cars crashing and getting
their positions back,
while cars that get loose and save it are put to the rear.
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(Courtesy of whowon.com) ‘Tall Cool One’ collects Clarksville cash
by Thomas R. Jerles |
June 24 Tri-State Speedway
$5,000 Haubstadt, IN
Winner- SHANNON BABB
(courtesy of cowboy75)
Just got off the phone with the track...only have top five
1) Shannon Babb
2) Don O'Neal
3) Billy Moyer
4) Bob Pierce
5) Billy Drake
39 cars on hand
Cowboy75 GO JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SUMMARY
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John Gill
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Here
are the Summernationals points as of 6/25.
(courtesy of biglmfan)
1. Billy Moyer 217
2. Billy Drake 200
3. Shannon Babb 199
3. Don O'Neal 199
5. Bob Pierce 189
6. Kevin Weaver 136
6. Duke Whiseant 136
8. Dan Schleiper 112
9. Terry English 96
10. John Gill 80
After Sunday evenings races at
Tri-State Speedway here are your Top 20 in earnings.
(courtesy of sasquatch)
1. Billy Drake $8,700
2. Bob Pierce $8,550
3. Billy Moyer $8,500
4. Shannon Babb $8,200
5. Dan Schlieper $6,000
6. Don O'Neal $5,000
7. John Gill $2,300
8. Terry English $2,200
9. Duke Whiseant $2,100
10. Chuck Proctor $2,000
11. Kevin Weaver $1,950
12. Tony Albright $1,200
13. Dennis Erb $1,100
14. Rich Garner $1,000
15. Doug McCammon $950
16. Scott James $900
16. Kevin Claycomb $900
18. Randall Sweeney $850
19. Russ Sheffler $700
20. Six Drivers @ $600
June 25 Highland Speedway
$5,000 Highland, IL
Winner-DON O'NEAL
(Courtesy of smash the loud pedal)
The Real Deal Don O'Neal from Martinsville, Indiana topped the U.M.P. Summer Nationals as they rolled into Highland Speedway on Monday night for stop #8 on this years summer tour. With 2 of the events previously rained out, O'Neal makes the 6th different winner in 6 events!
O'Neal began his evening by touring the track in 14.076 seconds to record the fastest qualifying lap of the evening over the other 38 cars in the pit area.
The dash was made up of the 6 fastest qualifiers who drew for starting positions in the ever important race that determines the first 3 rows starting positions for the A-main. The dash was won by The Decatur Invader, Shannon Babb over O'Neal, The Flatland Flash Kevin Weaver, The Batesville Bullet Billy Moyer, Mike Yellowbear Hammerlee, and Diamond Ed Dixon.
Heat races were won by Billy Drake over Mark Faust and Jr. Schickel, Duke Whiseant over Lumpy Lowery and Aaron Klein and Rodney Melvin over Kevin Gundaker and Bobby Melvin, and Steve Sheppard, Jr. over Dan Sturgeon and Chad Zobrist.
In the 40 lap A-main O'Neal jumped out to an early lead over Babb with Moyer taking over 2nd from Babb on Lap 3. The first caution fell over the field on Lap 6 as Schickel, Jr. spun.
With the green displayed and the race under way again O'Neal would jump out to a near straightaway lead over Moyer by lap 10. At the 15 lap marker O'Neal began lapping slower cars and the pace of the race seemed to pick up a bit. Lap 16 saw Weaver work his way into 3rd place. On lap 21 the first somewhat controversial call of the evening came as a lapped car dropped in front of Weaver forcing him to check up a bit, Babb who was running behind Weaver attempted to slow and was hit from behind by Whiseant who was also trying to slow, Weaver spun and did a complete 360 without stopping, however; the caution was displayed and the decision was made that the caution was for Babb who spun Weaver. Weaver was given his spot back and Babb was relegated to the rear of the field. Unhappy with the officials decision, Babb left the track.
With the race back under way for a restart it was Billy Drake spinning in turns 1 and 2. Stevie Sheppard is sent to the rear of the pack and charged with spinning Drake and Drake is returned to his original running position. Sheppard also unhappy with the decision takes his place at the rear of the field and tells the flagman the next time by that he thinks he is #1 with a 1 digit salute.
Again the race is restarted and I'm not sure what happened actually but when I looked all I saw was Whiseant underneath Weaver and they both spin on the frontstretch bringing caution back out on the raceway...both drivers are returned to their previous running position.
Now we are back under green and several laps later Ed Dixon and Drake spin in turn 3. Dixon suffers a flat tire and is unable to return to his original running position, Billy Drake is put back into his original running position.
That would be the last caution and the race remained for most of the way to be the all Don O'Neal show until the last 2 laps when Billy Moyer seemed to get a second wind and made several valiant charges at O'Neal but with no luck
When the checkered cloth fell over the field it was O'Neal adding $5,000 to his fold driving the Ware Funeral Homes, Hoosier Tire, C.J. Rayburn #71.
Following O'Neal at the checkered was Moyer, Weaver, Whiseant, Rodney Melvin,
Drake, Mark Faust, Sheppard, Jr., Gundaker, Aaron Klein, Zobrist, Hammerlee and
Lowery.
From here its on to the Peoria Speedway on Tuesday night for scheduled stop #9
of the U.M.P. Summer National tour across the heartland!
The event will be a 40 lap A-main and will see the winner take
home a $5,000
SUMMARY
(COURTESY OF JACK PUGH)
Fast time
1. Don O'Neal 2. Lumpy Loughary 3. Kevin Weaver
4. Shannon Babb 5. Mike Hemmerle 6. Jim Morrison
Dash
Shannon Babb Don O'Neal Kevin Weaver Billy Moyer Mike Hammerle
Ed Dixon Jim Morrison Lumpy Loughary Ron Sensel
Heat 1
1. Billy Drake 2. Mark Faust 3. Jr. Shickel 4. Jimmy Burwell 5. Michael Kloos
Heat 2
1. Duke Whiseant 2. Lumpy Loughary 3. Aaron Kleine 4. Billy Faust 5. Tom Carson
Heat 3
1. Rodney Melvin 2. Kevin Gundaker 3. Bobby Melvin 4. Ron Sensel 5. Rick
Stevenson
Heat 4
1. Steve Sheppard 2. Dan Sturgeon 3. Chad Zobrist 4. Jeff Leka 5. Tommy Boggs
Consi 1
1. Micheal Kloos 2. Jimmy Burwell 3. Ron Sensel 4. Kerry Gauntley 5. Rick
Stevenson
Consi 2
1. Billy Faust 2. Jeff Leka 3. Tom Carson 4. Frank Martin 5. Chris Hanna
Feature
1. Don O'Neal 2. Billy Moyer 3. Kevin Weaver 4. Duke Whiseant 5. Rodney Melvin
6. Billy Drake 7. Mark Faust 8. Steve Sheppard 9. Kevin Gundaker 10. Aaron Klein
Some interesting calls, but that will be debated. O'Neil had the car. On the
last several laps, Moyer came on to O'Neal, but the last turn was interesting
with Moyer under O'Neil. O'Neil held on for the win after leading the whole
race.
June 26 Peoria Speedway
$5,000 Peoria, IL
Winner-BILLY MOYER
Moyer, Babb, Drake, Hedrick or Pierce
was 4th and 5th.
45 late models , 1 groove through all heats then during the semis the track
became multi grooved with some passing, very dusty and slick.
[This message has been edited by Murph (edited 06-26-2001).]
Thanks Murph. More will follow
(Courtesy of Smash the Loud Pedal)
Billy Moyer of Batesville Arkansas wheeled his Petroff Towing, J&J Steel, Karl Chevrolet, Hoosier Tire, Clement Automotive powered C.J. Rayburn chassis to a $5,000 payday tonight as 45 cars invaded the Peoria Speedway for the annual stopover on the U.M.P. Summer Nationals.
The dash was probably the closest racing of the night and the most interest provoking as local hometown hotshoe Charlie Hess beat Shannon Babb to the line on the last lap. However, from the score stand the view looked different and the win was awarded to Babb who had led the first 9 laps from his pole starting position. This caused a great deal of anxiety and displeasure amongst the Peoria local contingent who felt that their guy had been robbed of a win. In talking with Babb, he concurred that he did in fact feel he ran second and he stopped at the judges stand after the race and as a true gentleman tried to convinve the officials that he ran second. However, the tracks decision stood and Babb was awarded the dash win. Following Babb and Hess in the scoring were Richie Hedrick, Ed Dixon, Billy Drake and Todd Bennett.
The heats were won by Mike Cothrron over Kevin Weaver and Mark Faust, Billy Moyer over Bob Pierce and Jim Curry, Don O'Neal over Duke Whiseant and Darren Miller and the final heat went to Kevin Gundaker over Tom Rients and Steve Casebolt.
The consis were topped by Roger Long and Mike Mullvain.
With the field set for the 40 lap main event it was Shannon Babb from his pole starting position jumping out to command an early lead over Hedrick, Ed Dixon, Billy Drake and Moyer.
With a very dusty track condition and most all of the cars hugging the hub in a follow the leader fashion, the race would prove to get exciting as the laps progressed and the leaders closed in on lapped traffic. By lap 15 Moyer had worked from his 8th starting position into the runner up spot. On lap 29 Moyer had severely closed in on his team- mate Babb as Babb had his hands full with lapped traffic in the fashion of Todd Bennett. As Babb followed Bennett hoping to try to get underneath him to pass, Moyer tried the high line and rolled around Babb to take over the point.
The running order was Moyer, Babb, Drake, Hedrick and Dixon when the caution
flag flew on lap 35 for that infamous frenchman Francois Debris. For the layfolk,
that would be debris on the racetrack!
On the restart, Moyer was the class of the field as he pulled to the lead and would lead the final 5 laps without threat. When the checkered flew over the field it was Moyer, Babb, Drake, Bob Pierce from the 12th starting position, Hedrick, Dixon, Weaver, O'Neal, Hess and Gundaker.
The next stop for the UMP Summer Nationals will take place on Wednesday night
at the O'Connor Family's Kankakee Speedway as the UMP cast of players go in
search of a $5,000
payday on the 40 lap main event. For further information or details phone (815)
937-1733 or (815) 935-5122.
See ya all in the Winners Circle!!
(courtesy of Sasqautch)
After Tuesday evenings races at Peoria Speedway here are your Top 20 in earnings.
1.Billy Moyer $15,500
2.Billy Drake $10,600
3.Don O'neal $10,500
3.Shannon Babb $10,500
5.Bob Pierce $9,650
6.Dan Schlieper $6,000
7.Kevin Weaver $3,750
8.Duke Whiseant $3,500
9.John Gill $2,300
10.Terry English $2,200
11.Chuck Proctor $2,000
12.Rodney Melvin $1,600
12.Ed Dixon $1,600
14.Mark Faust $1,400
15.Tony Albright $1,200
16.Dennis Erb $1,100
17.Rich Garner $1,000
17.Richie Hedrick $1,000
19.Doug McCammon $950
20.Scott James $900
20.Kevin Claycomb $900
June 27 Kankakee Motor
Speedway $5,000 Kankakee, IL
Winner-BOB PIERCE
(courtesy of 2drace)
1 32 pierce
2 28 erb jr
3 71 oneil
4 21 moyer
5 b12 weaver
6 9 drake
18 babb running 10 laps to go flew over bank
schrader about 10th or 11th
Summer Nationals June
27th Kankakee Motor Speedway, Kankakee Illinois.
(courtesy of flatlandflashB12)
Fast Time goes to Bob Pierce with a 15.096.
53 Late Models on hand
10 Lap Trophy Dash
1. 27 Bob Pohlman
2. 32 Pierce
3. 18 Shannon Babb
4. 28 Dennis Erb Jr.
5. 21 Billy Moyer Jr.
6. 71 Don Oneal
7. 1A Duke Whiseant
8. 16M Ed Dixon
9. 7 Frank Reaber
10 Lap Heats
Heat 1
1. B 12 Kevin Weaver
2. 15 Jeff Martin
3. 1A Whiseant
4. 7 Jim Curry
5. 0 Richie Hedrick
Heat 2
1. 16M Dixon
2. 00 Randy Korte
3. 11 Kevin Gundaker
4. 99 Steve Tyne
5. Z Joe Harlan
Heat 3
1. 9 Billy Drake
2. 7 Reaber
3. 23 Ted Loomis
4. 19 Garrett Slager
5. 33 Jeff Riblet
Heat 4
1. 83 Scott James
2. 36 Roger Long
3. 99 Kenny Schrader
4. C9 Steve Casebolt Jr
5. 99 Frank Heckenast
Heat 5
1. 1 Ronnie Fisher Jr.
2. 17 Corey Turner
3. 6M Wendall Wallace
4. 56 Gary Webb
5. 9S Curtis Roberts
12 Lap Consys
Consy 1
1. 1A Whiseant
2. 7 Curry
3. 6M Wallace
Consy 2
1. 99 Schrader
2. C9 Casebolt
3. 11 Gundaker
50 Lap Feature- 3 cautions
1. 32 Pierce
2. 28 Erb Jr
3. 71 Oneal
4. 21 Moyer Jr
5. B12 Weaver
6. 9 Drake
7. 00 Korte
8. 16M Dixon
9. 1A Whiseant
10. 99 Schrader
11. 17 Turner
12. 11 Gundaker
13. 18 Babb
14. 83 James DNF lap 38
15. 1 Fisher DNF lap 38
16. 27 Pohlman DNF lap 38
17. 7 Curry DNF lap 34
18. 15 Martin DNF lap 29
19. C9 Casebolt DNF lap 24
20. 6M Wallace DNF lap 20
21. 36 Long DNF lap 20
22. 7 Reaber DNF lap 20
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June 28 Mt. Vernon Speedway
$5,000 Mt. Vernon, IL
Winner-BILLY MOYER
(courtesy of Cowboy75)
Just got off the phone with the track......
1) Billy Moyer 2) Rodney Melvin 3) Ed Dixon 4) Kevin Claycomb 5) Don O'Neal
Other notables.......Weaver - 11th
Babb - 9th
Cowboy75
GO JOHNNY!!!!!!!!
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(courtesy of smash the loud pedal)
Billy Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas became the first THREE TIME WINNER tonight at the Mt. Vernon Raceway when he topped the 40 lap A-main on stop #9 of the first 11 scheduled events on the 2001 edition of the travelling show! 2 of the events were cancelled due to an uncooperative mother nature!
Moyer took his Petroff Towing, Karl Chevrolet, Hoosier Tire, B Auto Parts, Clement powered C.J. Rayburn Taurus from the second row outside starting spot to the checkered in the ultra exciting feature event.
Hometown hero and local favorite Rodney Melvin who has been on a terror in the UMP battle for the national championship gave Moyer all he wanted in the fight for the win, and ended up second in a fight that was too close for comfort for Moyer. Melvin started his Rick's Towing Rayburn from the 9th starting spot and came up just short at the stripe in his bid for the win.
Following Moyer and Melvin were Ed Dixon, Kevin Claycomb, Donnie O'Neal, Joe Morris, Mark Faust, Donnie Tudor, Shannon Babb, Billy Drake, Kevin Weaver, Duke Whiseant, Kevin Gundaker and Ron Sensel.
Preliminary action saw Joe Morris capture the dash over Dixon, Faust, Moyer, Claycomb, Bobby Melvin, O'Neal, Tudor and Rodney Melvin.
The heats were won by Randy Korte over O'Neal and Babb, Donnie Tudor over Terry English and Drake, Rodney Melvin over Weaver and Sensel and Doug McCammon over Gundaker and Jimmy Burwell.
The consi's were topped by Duke Whiseant and Curtis Roberts.
The next stop on the Summer Nationals series will see the UMP contingent
invade the Paducah International Raceway tomorrow night for a 40 lap A-main
event with a $5,000.00 payday awaiting the winner! For info. or details contact
the track by calling (207)
898-7469
After Thursday evenings races at Mt. Vernon Speedway here are your Top 20 in
earnings.
(courtesy of sasquatch)
1.Billy Moyer $21,600
2.Bob Pierce $14,650
3.Don O'Neal $12,700
4.Billy Drake $11,700
5.Shannon Babb $11,250
6.Dan Schlieper $6,000
7.Kevin Weaver $5,050
8.Duke Whiseant $4,250
9.Rodney Melvin $3,600
10.Ed Dixon $3,300
11.Dennis Erb $3,100
12.Terry English $2,500
13.John Gill $2,300
14.Chuck Proctor $2,000
14.Mark Faust $2,000
14.Kevin Claycomb $2,000
17.Doug McCammon $1,250
18.Tony Albright $1,200
19.Rich Garner $1,000
19.Richie Hedrick $1,000
19.Randy Korte $1,000
19.Joe Morris $1,000
June 29 Paducah Int'l
Speedway $5,000 Paducah, KY
Winner-TERRY ENGLISH
(courtesy of kentuckyLMlady)
1 English
2 Drake
3 Babb
4 Oneal
5 Moyer
6 Tudor
7 Sweeney
I think this is correct
June 30 I-55 Raceway $10,000
Pevely, MO
Winner- BILLY MOYER
I-55 Raceways
Pevely, MO
June 30, 2001
(1Racenut)
Stop number 13 on the UMP Summernationals series was at I-55 Raceways in Pevely,
MO. Billy Moyer came to town with
a vengeance, as he swept the 33 car field, setting fast time at 13.310, winning
the trophy dash and dusting the field in the 40
lap, $10,000 to win feature. After besting Ed Dixon, Don O'Neal, Tim Ratajczyk,
Shannon Babb and Clay Bauman in the trophy
dash, Moyer was set to take the feature from the pole position. Ed Dixon lined
up on the outside front row, and led the first
six laps, but sliding up against the wall let Moyer get underneath him for the
lead, and Moyer never looked back.
(Courtesy of St.LouisRacing.com)
Late Model Dash
Lineup
66-71-112-77- 15B-21- 16-50-18
Results:
1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 50 Ed Dixon 3. 71 Don O'Neal 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk
5. 18 Shannon Babb 6. 77 Clay Bauman 7. 66 Bill Frye 8. 15B Brian Birkhofer
9. 16 Mike Hammerle
HEAT 1:
1. 66 Bill Frye 2. 99 Ken Schrader 3. B12 Kevin Weaver 4. 51 Steve Shive
5. 5 Eddie Scheckel 6. 441 Jeff Leka 7. 47 Danny Haynes 8. 7 Mark Burgtorf
9. 71 John Bohn
HEAT 2:
1. 15B Brian Birkhofer 2. 11 Kevin Gundaker 3. 33 Jason Frankel 4. 28 Don
Klein
5. 9B Chuck Baird 6. 10 Rodney Pense 7. B1 Bobby Brown 8. 56 Worley
9. 87 Ken Rumble
HEAT 3: (Final Heat)
1. 27 Rodney Melvin 2. 1A Justin Allgaier 3. 16 Mike Hammerle 4. A1 Duke
Whiseant
5. 67 Mark Oller 6. 95 Jeff Johns 7. 2J Dave Jumper 8. 23 Garner
SEMI:
1. 441 Jeff Leka 2. 95 Jeff Johns 3. 2J Dave Jumper 4. 47 Danny Haynes
5. 10 Rodney Pense 6. 87 Ken Rumble 7. 7 Mark Burgtorf
8. 23 Garner 9. 56 Worley 10. B1 Bob Brown
FEATURE
1. 21 Billy Moyer 2. 66 Bill Frye 3. 18 Shannon Babb
4. 15 Brian Birkhofer 5. 50 Ed Dixon 6. 71 Don O'Neal
ILLINOIS IS THE PLACE TO BE
JULY 1 THRU 8
Eight straight days in July beginning on
the first, a race fan can get an ultimate fix of Summernational racing in
Illinois. Many miles will be traveled that week as the length of the State is
covered night after night.
Starting at DuQuoin in the far south with a $10,000 to win race on the one mile track, and heading north to Pecatonica the next night (a 275 mile trek) for another $10,000 to win show, the UMP Late Models kick off July with a big bang. The next four nights are somewhat closer in driving distance as LaSalle, Spoon River, Macon, and Farmer City tracks play host for $5,000 to win shows.
Then, on Saturday night, the always popular stop in the summer trip arrives at Fairbury Speedway for another $10,000 to win show. This event at Fairbury is usually one of the largest of the Summer Series and should draw 50 plus cars for the racing action. As the series prepares to depart the Illini state for Hawkeye territory, one last stop in East Moline on Sunday night caps off an eight day run through Illinois.
Five other races were held in
Illinois prior to this eight day run, making the Land of Lincoln the King of
Dirt in UMP Summernational racing.
July 01 DuQuoin MILE $10,000
DuQuoin, IL
Winner-BILLY MOYER
July 02 Winnebago County
$10,000 Pecatonica, IL
Winner-KEVIN WEAVER
Winnebago Co
Fairgrounds
Pecatonica IL
July 2nd, 2001
Kevin Weaver pocketed $10,000 for his efforts at the Winnebago Co Fairgrounds in Pecatonica IL on Monday July 2nd, capturing the 40-lap UMP Summernationals Late Model feature event.
Starting the race on the outside front row, the Flatland Flash fell in behind pole sitter Don O’Neal through a series of early cautions, the first of which saw UMP Summernationals points leader Billy Moyer make contact with the turn four wall. Moyer pitted for repairs, returning to action in 23rd spot only after a mishap on the ensuing restart required a stoppage of the race to separate two machines. Weaver took the lead following an additional restart on the second lap, securing his position at the top when Bill Frye’s evening ended in the turn three wall. Brian Birkhofer shadowed Weaver during the opening laps, while Steve Boley advanced up to third from his sixth place start. Boley used the next caution on lap 26 to swap positions with Birkhofer, closing in on the leader by running a half of a car width lower on the racetrack. Using the next eleven laps to setup an opportunity to pass, Boley made his move on lap 37, diving underneath Weaver for the lead just as the red flag was waving for an injured spectator in the infield. With the pass negated, Boley lined up for the double file restart in the second position, with Birkhofer alongside. Finding some moisture in the cushion, Birkhofer rocketed ahead of both Boley and Weaver on the restart, leading the pair off of the second corner but falling back in line after the same piece of real estate in turn 3 failed to provide similar traction. Boley was able to mount only a last corner challenge, pulling underneath but unable to hold the lead as the cars crossed the checkers. Birkhofer had his excellent third place showing nullified when his car failed to make post-race weight, handing third to Darren Miller ahead of Don O’Neal. Moyer used the caution flags and double file restarts to claw his way back into fifth at the checkers, ahead of Dennis Erb Jr and Shannon Babb. Ryan Dolan and Gary Webb rounded out the top ten after spending the final stages battling each other while negotiating slower traffic.
The next event on the huge half mile will be the UDTRA Pro Dirt Cars, running for $10,000 to win on Wednesday August 8th. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:15 with time trials and racing to follow. For more information, contact Simmons Promotions INC at 563-744-3620 or online at www.simmonspromotionsinc.com
(courtesy of Speedbump)
1. b12 Kevin Weaver
Gibson City IL
2. 26 Steve Boley West Liberty IA
3. 32d Darren Miller Chadwick IL
4. 71 Don O’Neal Martinsville IN
5. 21 Billy Moyer Batesville AR
6. 28 Dennis Erb Jr Carpentersville IL
7. 18 Shannon Babb Decatur IL
8. 54 Ryan Dolan Lisbon IA
9. 56 Gary Webb Blue Grass IA
10. 7 Frank Reaber Bensonville IL
11. 45 Mike Busch Wasko IL
12. 33 Ron Stroika
13. 10r Russ Scheffler Waukesha WI
14. 16m Ed Dixon Washington MO
15. 36 Matt Schultz Muskego WI
16. 9 Billy Drake Bloomington IL
17. 87 Clint Hines Taylor Ridge IL
18. a9 Mark VanHouten Ionia MI
19. 5s Bret Sievert New Berlin WI
20. 66 Bill Frye Green Briar AR
21. 5d Denny Falkos Aurora IL
22. 5 Jay Johnson West Burlington IA
23. 45k John Kresser Bridgeview IL
24. 45p John Provenzano Aurora IL
DQ
15 Brian Birkhofer Muscatine IA
DNS
55 Jeep Van Wormer Penco MI
Here are the Summernationals points after Pecatonica 7/2
(courtesy of biglmfan)
1. Billy Moyer 669
2. Don O'Neal 598
3. Shannon Babb 533
4. Kevin Weaver 447
5. Billy Drake 446
6. Duke Whisenant 324
7. Bob Pierce 296
8. Ed Dixon 290
9. Terry English 190
10. Dennis Erb Jr. 186
July 03 LaSalle Speedway
$5,000 LaSalle, IL
Winner-RAINED OUT
July 04 Spoon River Speedway
$5,000 Canton, IL
Winner-BOB PIERCE
Spoon River Speedway
Canton, IL
July 4, 2001
Stop number 17 on the UMP Summernationals tour was held at the ever-popular
Spoon River
Speedway in west-central Illinois. With 46 late models in the pits, Gibson
City's Kevin Weaver
took fast time at 14.424 seconds. The trophy dash, setting up the feature
line-up went to
Bob Pierce over Don O'Neal, Weaver, Billy Drake, Ed Dixon
and Billy Moyer.
Heat races -top 3 transfer
heat #1
75 John Gill
4f Bobby Foster
47 Steve Hillard
heat #2
4 Mike Mullvain
7 Jim Curry
18 Shannon Babb
heat #3
55 Jeep Van Wormer
28 Dennis Erb
M40 Brad Denney
heat #4
117 Matt Taylor
B12 Buck Bainter
33 Jason Frankel
1st 12 lap semi- top 2 transfer
5s Steve Sheppard, Jr
T2 Todd Bennett
2nd semi
87 Clint Hines
75 Billy Tuckwell
40 lap feature - $5,000 to win $300 to start
32 Bob Pierce
9 Billy Drake
B12 Kevin Weaver
16M Ed Dixon
17 Don O'Neal
21 Billy Moyer
28 Dennis Erb, Jr
47 Steve Hillard
39 laps
55 Jeep Van Wormer
18 Shannon Babb
M40 Brad Denney
87 Clint Hines
75 John Gill
33 Jason Frankel
8 drivers did not finish
At the start of the feature, Pierce took the lead with Weaver challenging for
the first 10 laps.
At that point, Pierce started pulling away, and Drake soon mounted a successful
charge into
second place, but could get no closer than about 3 car lengths from Pierce.
MACON SPEEDWAY
Herald & Review 100
(by 1racenut)
This is definitely the 'crown jewel' of the UMP Summernationals, and at one point, before the summernationals, before UMP, this was the premier event in the state of Illinois. USAC even sanctioned the event in 1986.....
former winners:
1981 #23 Butch Garner
1982 7 Pete Willoughby-1st timer at Macon
1983 32 Bob Pierce
1984 36 Roger Long
1985 32 Bob Pierce
1986 40 Jim Leka-USAC sanctioned
1987 28 Rick Standridge-led all 100 laps- no yellow flags
1988 24 Dick Taylor 25 lbs light-no UMP points
1989 40 Jim Leka
1990 18 Scott Blomquist-1st timer at Macon
1991 B12 Kevin Weaver
1992 B12 Kevin Weaver-Pierce took checkered- light at scale-DQ'd
1993 21 Billy Moyer
1994 rat1 Bob Pierce
1995 25 Joe Ross, Jr.
1996 9 Billy Drake
1997 99 Ed Bauman-Shannon Babb, In Bilbrey's car, from last to 1st- light at
scale-DQ'd
1998 1B Ed Bauman
1999 9 Billy Drake-no yellow flags
2000 117 Matt Taylor
2001 32 Bob Pierce
The good news is that of all these
drivers, only Pete Willoughby and Dick Taylor are not currently still driving.
Willoughby is from Indiana, had a back injury the following year, and is still
involved in midgets as a car owner - at one time for some guy named Tony
Stewart, I believe. Taylor is still very much involved in helping his son Matt,
the only son of a former winner to win the race.
Garner and Leka both still race modifieds at Macon, and are always still a
threat when the checkered flag is unfurled. ALL of the other names on this list
of former winners are a definite threat to win any time, anywhere.
The last two issues of Dirt Late Model magazine have had featured articles on
two of these drivers, Matt Taylor and Joe Ross, Jr.
This will be a GREAT race, as always, looking forward to seeing everyone there!
If you see the racenut, give me a
holler!
SUMMERNATIONALS POINTS AS OF 7/5
after Spoon River
1. Billy Moyer 704
2. Don O'Neal 653
3. Shannon Babb 559
4. Kevin Weaver 511
5. Billy Drake 501
6. Bob Pierce 363
7. ED Dixon 333
8. Duke Whisenant 324
9. Dennis Erb Jr. 221
10. Terry English 190
[This message has been edited by biglmfan (edited 07-03-2001).]
July 05 Macon Speedway
$5,000 Macon, IL
Winner-BOB PIERCE
(courtesy of smash the loud pedal)
While the car count was slightly down, the action was doled out in heaping portions tonight as the UMP Summer National Tour rolled into the Macon Speedway for the 21st running of the Herald Review 100.
When the scoreboard displayed lap 100 it was The Tall Cool One Bob Pierce visiting victory lane for the second time in as many nights and adding another $5,000.00 paycheck to his war chest!
The evening started off with 25 cars taking time around the always exciting Macon Speedway and when qualifying commenced it was previous Herald Review winner Billy Drake posting the fastest lap of the night with a time of 11.184 seconds. The remainder of the dash would be comprised of Shannon Babb, Ed Dixon, Don O'Neal, Matt Taylor and Pierce with Billy Moyer, Joe Ross, Jr. and Mark Faust added to the dash. The dash was won by O'Neal which earned him the pole starting berth for the 100 lap A-main. O'Neal was followed by Dixon, Pierce, Taylor, Babb and Drake.
The heat races were won by Kevin Weaver over Mark Faust, Marc McClintock and Shane Cottle and Steve Sheppard, Jr. over Moyer, Marvin Burton and Cory Daugherty and Ed Bauman over Ross, Jr., Jeff Leka and Todd Rehg.
The consi which would transfer the final 2 starting positions to the A-main was won by Kerby Damery over 15 year old Justin Allgaier. When Allgaier moved into the second and final transfer spot, there was hardly a person sitting as the entire stands stood in applause of the young mans efforts!
The feature got underway and saw O'Neal jump out to an early lead over Ed
Dixon, Bob Pierce, Shannon Babb, Kevin Weaver and Billy Drake. On lap 6 the
caution flew as Matt Taylor looped his car in turn 1 and 2.
On the restart Pierce moved to second and watched as the caution flew again on
lap 11 when Taylor again spun in turn 1 and 2.
By lap 25 it was O'Neal over Pierce, Babb, Weaver and Drake. After several more
cautions the running order remained O'Neal, Pierce, Babb, and Drake. After
playing it safe for the biggest part of the race it seemed that there might be
several cars that could have something for O'neal late in the race as Babb and
Moyer both jumped to the top and started to get their momentum rolling, while
Pierce and Drake both chose the bottom of the track to try their march forward.
Pierce who took the lead from O'neal on lap 81 as his tires began to fade had
the field under control and was never seriously challenged. On lap 85 Drake
moved to 2nd and when the checker flag fell over the field it was Bob Pierce at
the helm ahead of Drake, Babb, Moyer, O'Neal, Ross, Jr. Shane Cottle, Rehg,
Allgaier, Damery, Sheppard, Jr. and Taylor.
Congratulations to Bob and the crew on their win tonight as Bob made this his 4th Herald Review 100 title!
Also congrats to 1st year promoter Richie Webb and his crew on a great race!
See ya all at Farmer City tomorrow night for stop #19 of the 2001 UMP Summer Nationals tour. For information or directions etc. contact Track Enterprises at (217)764-3200 or at the track (309)928-9110.
See ya in the Winners Circle!
Fast Time: Billy Drake 11.184
Dash:
1. Don O'Neal
2. Ed Dixon
3. Bob Pierce
4. Matt Taylor
5. Shannon Babb
6. Billy Drake
Heat #1
1. Kevin Weaver
2. Mark Faust
3. Mark McClintock
4. Shane Cottle
Heat #2
1. Steve Sheppard, Jr.
2. Billy Moyer
3. Marvin Burton
4. Cory Dougherty
Heat #3
1. Ed Bauman
2. Joe Ross, Jr.
3. Jeff Leka
4. Todd Ray
Consi
1. Kerby Damery
2. Justin Algair
Feature Finish: (Unofficial)
1. Bob Pierce
2. Billy Drake
3. Shannon Babb
4. Billy Moyer
5. Don O'Neal
6. Joe Ross, Jr.
7. Shane Cottle
8. Todd Ray
9. Justin Algair
10. Kerby Damery
11. Steve Shepperd, Jr.
12. Matt Taylor
13. Mark Faust
14. Cory Dougherty
15. Jeff Leka
16. Marvin Burton
17. Kevin Weaver
18. Ed Dixon
19. Mark McClintock
20. Ed Bauman
July 06 Farmer City Raceway
$5,000 Farmer City, IL
Winner-DON O'NEAL
Farmer City Raceway
Farmer City, IL
July 6, 2001
(courtesy of 1Racenut)
UMP Summernationals stop #19 on one of the oldest Summernationals tracks. 44
Late Models
showed up to do battle on this lightning fast quarter mile track on Friday
night. Local track frontrunner
Mike Mullvain set fast time of 13.052 seconds with the rest of the top six being
tour regulars,
Billy Moyer, Shannon Babb, Billy Drake, Ed Dixon and Don O'Neal. Ed Dixon won
the dash, setting
himself up for pole position in the feature, followed by O'Neal, Babb, Moyer,
Bob Pierce and Kevin
Weaver. The start of the 40 lap, $5,000 to win feature event had O'Neal jumping
out in front
with Dixon in tow. By the second lap, however, Babb, Moyer, Pierce and Weaver
all decided to
challenge Dixon for second, all at once. This made for some very exciting
four-wide racing
down the backstretch and through turns three and four. This was typical of the
feature, which is
how a couple of the heats were also run. O'Neal led every lap, but withstood a
lot of heavy pressure
from Babb, then later from Pierce, who tried in vain to use the lapped traffic
to get around O'Neal.
finish:
71 Don O'Neal 32 Bob Pierce 18 Shannon Babb 21 Billy Moyer 9 Billy Drake 7 Jim
Curry
16M Ed Dixon B12 Kevin Weaver 28 Dennis Erb 36 Roger Long
39 laps
25 Joe Ross, Jr. 45 Gary May 117 Matt Taylor 3c Shane Cottle 47 Steve Hillard 53
Bryan Clendenen
1A Justin Allgaier 5 Bret Sievert
dnf (not sure of order)
441 Jeff Leka 15j Jeff Martin 4 Mike Mullvain Z Joe Harlan
dash top 6 advance
7-9 go to front row of heats
16M Dixon 71 O'Neal 18 Babb 21 Moyer 32 Pierce (series) B12 Weaver (UMP) 25 Ross
(track)
4 Mullvain 9 Drake
heat #1 top 3 advance
25 Ross 45 May 28 Erb 5 Sievert
heat #2
441 Jeff Leka 4 Mullvain 15j Jeff Martin Z Joe Harlan
heat #3
1A Justin Allgaier(fine drive by the 15 year old) 9 Billy Drake 7 Jim Curry 47
Steve Hillard
heat #4
36 Roger Long 3c Shane Cottle 117 Matt Taylor 53 Bryan Clendenen
semi #1 top 2 advance
47 Hillard 5 Sievert 29 Lanigan S10 Jr. Shickel 30 Mike Glasscock 10 Kirby
Damery
semi #2
53 Clendenen Z Harlan 55 Jeep Van Wormer 64 Ryan Dauber B97 Marvin Burton
From the keyboard of Pal-U
| DON
O’NEAL took his frustration of Thursday’s choice of a soft Hoosier out on
the field going flag to flag in the UMP Summer Nationals main event at the
Farmer City Raceway.
FINISH:
-DON O’NEAL timed in sixth then trailed Dixon in the dash. At the start of the main event the Real Deal wrestled the lead away from the polesitter then motored away. When traffic slowed Donnie O’s roll on lap 16, O’Neal was forced to move off the rim in three and four to pass the back markers allowing Babb and Pierce to close. Once the back markers were shelved, O’Neal pulled away. In the last ten laps, traffic again drew Babb and Pierce close, but a battle among the two let O’Neal drive off to the win. -BOB PIERCE looked to be in line to repeat early on when the Tall Cool One went to the hub running three wide with Babb and Moyer on lap two for third. A couple of trips later, the trio became a quartet marching four wide off four. When Babb went to second, Pierce slayed Moyer and Dixon for third. From there, the pair of Illinois’ finest slugged it out while chasing the leader. When traffic entered the picture, the two made them an added bonus of obstacles for the droves in attendance. With four laps to go, Pierce used JOE ROSS, JR. as a pick off two to take second. In the final laps Bob was able to make larger circles and chip into O’Neal’s lead but never mount a serious charge. -SHANNON BABB came out of the four wide tango with second in the opening laps then chased O’Neal. While O’Neal rode the rim in three and four and the hub on the other end, young Shannon was all over the black dirt searching for more. When Pierce rolled up, the Babbster hung around the top and worked the traffic well enough to keep Pierce at bay. After dropping back in the final few, Shannon finished third solidly. -BILLY MOYER was quiet all night making the most noise early when he joined Pierce and Babb in the race for third. After passing Dixon for 4th, Billy could only get close enough to Babb and Pierce to be the best spectator in the race for second. -BILLY DRAKE and JIM CURRY charged from deep in the field to finish fifth and sixth. Drake broke through quicker picking off May, Long, Allgaier and Ross. Curry circled the same drivers to run down Drake at the finish. -ED DIXON and KEVIN WEAVER each faded from their dash worthy starts. Dixon finished running alone working lapped traffic while Weaver lead DENNIS ERB, JR. and ROGER LONG to the checkered. Some of the drivers who watched the feature go 40 laps with no yellows were… Darrell Lanigan (who was dumped by Erb in his heat then rolled from the tail of the consi to be the first car out), Jeep Van Wormer (who too was the first car to miss from his consi), Eddy Shickel, Ryan Dauber, Marvin Burton, Sherry Heckenast, and Chuck Baird. Off to Fairbury Saturday night to see more of the Memmerpalooza 2k1 Tour. With Thursday’s hard core, early ECW type action, and Friday’s sheer competition and hard racing, Saturday’s happenings are expected to be off the charts. One thing’s for sure. Unless things go bad in a major way, the PAL-U crew will definitely be making a return appearance in the Land of Lincoln in the future. So until next time, we’ll be directing sending potential customers from Curry’s camp for kids to the infamous Smash, and rollin’ em around! |
(courtesy of biglmfan)
Here are the Summernationals points after Farmer City 7/6
1. Billy Moyer 797
2. Don O'Neal 761
3. Shannon Babb 662
4. Billy Drake 602
5. Kevin Weaver 562
6. Bob Pierce 478
7. Ed Dixon 392
8. Duke Whisenant 324
9. Dennis Erb Jr. 249
10. Terry English 190
July 07 American Legion
Speedway $10,000 Fairbury, IL
Winner-BILLY MOYER
(courtesy of PAL-U)
BILLY MOYER rolled of the outside front row and cruised along the rim to go flag to flag in the UMP Summernationals main event at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway.
FINISH:
1 Billy Moyer
2 Don O’Neal
3 Bob Pierce
4 Dennis Erb, Jr.
5 Billy Drake
6 Darrell Lanigan
7 Kevin Weaver
8 Brian Clendenen
9 Mike Glasscock
10 Gary May
RACE NOTES…
-BILLY MOYER steadily finished second to fast qualifier MIKE MULLVAIN in the
dash to start on the front row of the main event. When the green flew Moyer flew
by Mullvain down the back chute to take the lead. Ten laps later a straightaway
separated himself from the field. On lap 16 a caution allowed O’Neal to close
and keep the lead to a half straightaway before once again Moyer rolled out to a
straightaway. Late in the race, while the traffic was picked off the biggest
problem was a cushion that forced him out of the gas a little longer than
necessary. In the final five trip, Billy nursed his Rayburn along the ledge to
the finish in a bit of a yawner.
-DON O’NEAL’s wildest moments of the night came in the dash he made on Summernationals points. While racing with Weaver for the final transfer spot, Donnie O snuck under off two. After a spin by May, Weaver attempted to go through an imaginary hole on the bottom on the restart. The result was Weaver getting into O’Neal. When Weaver didn’t lift, O’Neal did the same and the pair went through the infield. When the duo came back onto the track down the back chute, Weaver stopped in three brining out a yellow that sent O’Neal to the pits with a flat. When Pierce, Erb and May jammed up in the restart sending May spinning, O’Neal returned to claim the final transfer spot from the dash. In the main event, the Real Deal followed Erb around the outside early to go to third. When the Hoosiers warmed up, O’Neal went to the hub to work by Erb. After Clendenen went by then faded, O’Neal lead the parade of Pierce and Erm along the bottom to finish second.
-BOB PIERCE dropped out of the dash on the last lap forcing him to run the heats. After a second to Drake, the Tall Cool One rolled from the 11th hole to charge through the field along the bottom. While Clendenen drew the eyes of the fans, Pierce quietly picked off car after car. Even a jump of the cushion while running 5th didn’t allow anyone to go by. When the bobble gave Erb more of a cushion, Pierce sat up taller in the seat and ran down Erb and O’Neal. With 12 to go Erb left enough room off two for Bob to slide under and take 4th. As Clendenen slipped, the trio each took advantage and stepped up one spot.
-DENNIS ERB, JR. looked very impressive early on when he jumped to 2nd after starting 4th. Even as Moyer inched away, Erb hung tough fighting off O’Neal for 15 laps. After O’Neal took the spot, Dennis got going late in the race and worked on the left rear quarter panel of Pierce who in turn did the same to O’Neal at the finish.
-BILLY DRAKE marched to a heat win in front of Pierce to start 7th. While most of the night was spent in combat with Lanigan and May, Billy was able to break loose late in the race and slip by Clendenen to go to the pay window for 5th place money.
-DARRELL LANIGAN started 14th in his first feature at Fairbury. Quick from the start, highlights of Lanigan’s charge to 6th were when he, Clendenen and BOB POHLMAN danced three wide for a couple of laps while racing for 9th. After shaking the previous duo, Lanigan rolled up to May and Weaver where a bent right rear quarter panel was the remnants of tight racing in the Land of Lincoln.
-KEVIN WEAVER raced in the top five early on before a jump of the cushion in two dropped the Flatland Flash to 10th. From there Weaver was forced to play catch up going back to the rim dancing with Lanigan for 7th. As Clendenen faded, Weaver was the last to cabbage on the slip again going to the high side to get the spot on the last lap.
-BRIAN CLENDENEN looked like he was about to pull off the impossible when the rookie got rolling from 13th at the start. Coming to 7th in the first 16 trips (including taking part in a 6 car duel for 8th) , Clendenen’s flash of brilliance came when he rolled through the basement while the rest of the field chased the top. On the lap 17 restart, Clendenen wheeled his Bob Pierce creation under Weaver. Two laps later, May was just another victim. Erb fell just before Pohlman jumped the cushion in two. One lap before half way, O’Neal was sent to third down the back chute. While Moyer slowed up for traffic, Clendenen crept closer. With second virtually in sight, a yuke tire in two denied Brian’s date with destiny as a clip of the heavy rubber, sent him nearly spinning. From there the rookie was forced to swallow the bitter pill and slip to 8th.
-MIKE GLASSCOCK quietly put together a solid top ten performance after starting 15th.
-GARY MAY marched to a second heat win and ran in the top five early before dropping to 10th at the finish.
-SHANNON BABB dropped out after a tire swap on lap 16 didn’t help his cause.
-JEEP VAN WORMER pulled in with a flat when the track denied him of a yellow after a tussle with ROGER LONG.
Some of those who watched the main event were: Shane Cottle, Richey Hedrick, Sherry Heckenast, Reese O’Conner, Bob Freberg and Sam Epling.
As a whole, all three nights of racing in Illinois have been a great experience. The great fans, nice facilities and fantastic racing have made the experience of the PAL-U crew one worthy enough of a return in the future.
Off to Tri State Sunday night for a NALMS $5000 gig that conveniently comes off on the way home.
Until then, we’ll be more careful at the ice machines and rollin’ em around!
July 08 East Moline Speedway
$5,000 East Moline, IL
Winner-RAINED OUT
July 09 Crawford County
Speedway $10,000 Dennison, IA
Winner-BILLY MOYER
(courtesy of chaven)
26 cars on hand. 32D
Darren Miller broke during hot laps and headed out. 00 Mitch Johnson broke on
his 2nd qualifying lap and did not return to race. B12 Kevin Weaver broke during
his heat and did not start the A-Main. 0 Scott Bloomquist set fast time and 21
Billy Moyer won the dash. 23 cars started the 40 lap feature.
1. 21 Moyer (led all 40 laps and was never seriously threatened)
2. 0 Bloomquist (started 3rd)
3. 66 Bill Frye (started 7th)
4. 71 Don O'Neal (started 2nd)
5. 53 Joe Kosiski (started 6th and nipped VanWormer at the line.)
6. 55 Jeep VanWormer (started 15th)
7. 5 Jay Johnson (started 11th)
8. 28 Dennis Erb Jr. (started 8th)
9. 1K John Anderson (started 14th)
10. 1 Jeff French (started 13th and last car on lead lap)
11. 77 Kurt Kile (started 17th and was 1 lap down and last car running)
56 Gary Webb dropped out late after starting 21st and moving up to fifth.
Appeared to have motor problems.
32 Bob Pierce also dropped out late after getting a flat. Had started 12th and
moved up to 5th at one point and was running 7th when the flat occurred.
Other drivers in the field were:
18 Shannon Babb (started 4th and looked strong early running 3rd with Bloomquist
behind him. Once Bloomquist and Frye got by him he started to fade, spinning out
in turn 4 and eventually dropping out.
99 Johnny Johnson (started 9th after tying Moyer for 2nd quick time.)
9 Billy Drake (started 10th and was the first car out of the main event when he
stopped in turn 4.)
22M Donnie McClellan (started 16th and dropped out after he and Ed Kosiski got
together coming out of turn 2)
15 Brian Birkhofer (started 18th and did not have one of his better nights.)
2H John Hampel (started 19th)
35 Ed Kosiski (started 20th and dropped out after getting together with
McClellan.)
3 Mike Collins (started 22nd after B12 Weaver scratched)
80 Gary Hopp started 23rd instead of 24th after Weaver scratched)
Just got off the phone with the track....
1) Moyer
2) Bloomquist
3) Frye
4) O'Neal
5) Van Wormer
GO JOHNNY!!!!!!! (AND JEEP!!!!!)
Cowboy75
July 10 Adams County
Speedway $10,000 Corning, IA
Winner-DON O'NEAL
(courtesy of icecore)
Whowon.com
 Late Model Final Results: Started Finish 71 O'Neal, Don 1 1 15B Birkhofer, Brian 2 2 53 Kosiski, Joe 3 3 18 Babb, Shannon 4 4 21 Moyer, Billy 6 5 66 Frye, Bill 10 6 0 Bloomquist, Scott 5 7 32D Miller, Darren 8 8 50 Dixon, Ed 9 9 28 Erb, Dennis 15 10 2H Hampel, John 7 11 35 Kosiski, Ed 16 12 A1 Whiseant, Duke 11 13 32 Pierce, Bob 14 14 1K Anderson, John 12 15 11 Barnhardt, Donnie 22 16 22 McClellan, Donnie 25 17 55 Van Wormer, Jeep 20 18 9 Drake, Billy 13 19 99 Johnson, Johnny 24 20 5 Johnson, Jay 17 21 52 Kosiski, Steve 18 22 B12 Weaver, Kevin 19 23 56 Webb, Gary 21 24 1 French, Jeff 23 25 The race was called after 27 laps due to rain. The margin of victory was less than a car length, but it was about 10 car lengths back to third. 55 was the only car running at the end that wasn't on the lead lap and he had only been lapped on about lap 23. The only yellow flag in the race was on lap 7 due to a spin by 55. Birkhofer was able to pull up along side O'Neal for a moment or two, but never really made a serious threat to lead. |
July 11 Steele County
Fairgrounds $20,000 Owatonna, MN
Winner-BILLY MOYER
I just typed everything in and it dissappeared on me here is the short version.
21 (3) Moyer
28m (2) Mars
15b (7) Birkhofer
0x that was Bloomers # tonight (12)
28 Erb (16)
74 (1)
50 (6) Diixon
71 O'Neal (9)
18 (13) Babb
32d (8)
71m (5)
1k (18)
b12 (15)Weaver
1a (19) Whisenant
66 (28) Frye
11 Barnhart (21)
77 (11)
55 (20) VanWormer
85 (22)
dnf
56 99
53
52
27
17
2x steuding
9 Drake
14a
0 scott
July 12 Raindate
Prior to the start of tonight's
Brownstown action the point standing looked as follows:
(courtesy of Smash The Loud Pedal)
1. Billy Moyer 1042 -----8 wins
2. Don O'Neal 957----- 3 wins
3. Shannon Babb 789 ----1 win
4. Billy Drake 714 ----1 win
5. Kevin Weaver 639 ----1 win
6. Bob Pierce 570 ----4 wins
7. Ed Dixon 454
8. Dennis Erb 394
9. Duke Whiseant369
10 Bill Frye 218
July 13 Brownstown Speedway
$10,000 Brownstown, IN
Winner-BILLY MOYER
(courtesy of Smash The Loud Pedal)
The Batesville Bandit rolled his Petroff Towing, Hoosier Tire, Watters Autoland, Clement Engine powered CJ Rayburn chassis into the Brownstown Speedway this evening and left with $10,000 and never donned a mask! Just like Jesse James used to do when he rode into town with his band of outlaws Moyer made the loot gathering look easy!!
Doug McCammon began the evening by touring the track with the fastest lap of 15.117.
The dash was won by The Flatland Flash, Kevin Weaver over Kevin Claycomb,
Moyer (from his 9th starting position), McCammon,
Jeep Van Wormer and Duke Whiseant.
Heat race action saw Billy Drake claim the first heat over Greg Johnson and Gentleman Jim Curry.
The second heat laurels went to The Decatur Invader Shannon Babb as he won over Stevie Smith, and Steven Godsey.
The third heat was The Tall Cool One Bob Pierce debuting a new Pierceburn chassis as he went to the checkers ahead of The Modern Day Cowboy John Gill and Dan Sturgeon.
The fourth and final heat was claimed by The Frye Daddy Bill Frye over Steve Barnett and Donnie Barnhart.
The first consi which would add 2 of the final four starters to the field for the big show was called with only 5 laps completed after several cautions in the beginning of the race delayed the running. Brownstown Speedway rules dictate that consi's are 12 laps or 12 minutes whichever occurs first. When the final caution was displayed to end the race the two transfer positions would go to The Real Deal Don O'Neal and Doug Ault.
The second consi was topped by Ernie Barrow in a convincing win over Terry English.
With the field set the feature would start as follows:
Weaver Claycomb
Moyer McCammon
Van Wormer Whiseant
Drake Babb
Pierce Frye
Johnson Smith
Gill Barnett
Curry Godsey
Sturgeon Barnhart
O'Neal Barrow
Ault English
When the chekered flag fell over the field in the A-main $10,000 to win event
it was
Moyer followed by Pierce, Weaver, Drake, Curry, Frye, Claycomb, McCammon,
Whiseant, Babb, O'Neal, Johnson and Barnhart.
The UMP contingent rolls on from Brownstown for the UMP Summer Nationals Series ending gala at the Oaksahde Speedway in Wauseon, Ohio tomorrow evening for the $10,000 to win 60 lap A-main event, as well as the crowning of the 2K1 series titleist Billy Moyer who will ad an additional $10,000 bankroll compliments of U.M.P. to his account for winning the series points!
For information or weather on Oakshade Speedway contact the track at (419)335-2668 or (419)337-6850.
Prior to the start of tonights Brownstown action the point standing looked as follows:
1. Billy Moyer 1042 8 wins
2. Don O'Neal 957 3 wins
3. Shannon Babb 789 1 win
4. Billy Drake 714 1 win
5. Kevin Weaver 639 1 win
6. Bob Pierce 570 4 wins
7. Ed Dixon 454
8. Dennis Erb 394
9. Duke Whiseant369
10 Bill Frye 218
July 14 Oakshade Speedway
$10,000 Wauseon, OH
Winner-BILLY MOYER
Moyer takes another summer nationals victory!
1) Moyer
2) Shane Yoder
3) Don O'Neal
I believe Kevin Weaver was 4th, Bily Drake 5th (though I might have mixed those two up), Jeep Van Wormer 6th and Justin Paxton 7th.
Pierce didn't come for this one, which I was bummed about. But Moyer ran a great race and Yoder made it exciting, leading during most of the first half of the A feature. 65 late models on hand, so no problems in terms of car count. Just that there were a few people I'd been hoping to see who didn't choose to run it -- Greg Johnson, Steve Casebolt, and among the guys who've been running many of the summer national races Claycomb and Aukland.
It was a great evening, though, made all the better by the hospitality of Toxicmoe! Always fun to meet other 4Mers in person (or in this case, to realize that we already HAD met, but I didn't connect with the 4M name until tonight).
[This message has been edited by Tao of Zero
2001 SUMMERNATIONAL CHAMPION
BILLY MOYER
Here are the Final top 10 from the Summernationals. Just got off the phone with Mr. Memmer.
1. Billy Moyer 1165
2. Don O'Neal 1049
3. Shannon Babb 838
4. Billy Drake 809
5. Kevin Weaver 752
6. Bob Pierce 627
7. Ed Dixon 454
8. Dennis Erb Jr. 404
9. Duke Whisenant 395
10. Bill Frye 257
(courtesy of biglmfan)