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Chris Dolack
PEVELY, Mo. (October 18) - Brian Shirley, Randy Korte and Will Vaught put on a show in the finale of the UMP DIRTcar Roundup By MyRaceLife.com that nobody in attendance at I-55 Raceway will soon forget.
In the last race of the inaugural event dubbed as the Party in Pevely, Shirely came out on top of a breathtaking three-wide Super Late Model battle with Thursday feature winner Vaught and Friday feature winner Korte. The three drivers raced three-wide for the final 10 laps before Shirley used the momentum on the top side of the 1/3-mile high-banked oval to grab the checkered flag.
That feature was the culmination of a night -- and week -- of thrilling races. Bobby Bittle challenged Modified star Steve Arpin and came out on top, Bobby Dauderman took home the Roundup belt buckle trophy and silver plate for his Pro Late Model victory, two-time national champion Troy Naeger grabbed the checkered flag in the Sportsman division, Ken Rumble rumbled to a Limited Modified victory and Steve Maisel charged to victory in the Street Stock class. On Friday night, Jason Crump won the 4-Cylinder main event while Danny Ems won the Factory Stock crown.
The first UMP DIRTcar Roundup By MyRaceLife.com proved to be quite a success, whether it was on the track, in the pits or in the campground. The four-day festival of speed included everything from wheel-to-wheel racing to meet-and-greets with drivers to wienie roasts and chili feeds.
UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models -- Brian Shirley knows how to get around I-55 Raceway, and the native of Chatham, Ill., needed every bit of that experience to claim the inaugural UMP DIRTcar Roundup Late Model championship. Starting on the outside of Row 4, Shirley battled early with young shoe Kyle Steffens and Tim Manville. "I had a good feeling coming back tonight, I don't know what it was," said Shirley, who locked himself into the feature with at top-five run in Thursday's preliminary feature. Shirley used the high line to quickly move into third place. A little patience paid off as he tailed the lead duo of preliminary feature winners Will Vaught and Randy Korte. Shirley stalked the leaders through traffic as they swapped positions repeatedly. Shirley would eventually make a move to the lead around the outside of Vaught only to have a late caution drop him back to second. "I knew if I ran my own race we'd be ok," he said. "It's just nice to be winning." On the final restart, Vaught used the low line, his strong suit throughout the race, but it wasn't enough as Shirley built momentum on the lightning fast cushion and shot past Vaught. "It's different than what we win most of the time," Shirley said of the Roundup Silver Plaque and Buckle awarded to him in victory lane. "I thought it would be really neat to win one of these."
UMP DIRTcar Roundup By MyRaceLife.com Statistical Summary; Oct. 18, 2008; I-55 Raceway; Pevely, Mo.
UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models
Heat 1 (10 laps)
1. 6K-Michael Kloos 2. 16-Rusty Griffaw 3. 0-Tim Hancock 4. 78-Chad Zobrist 5. 12-Rick Standridge 6. 16H-Mike Hammerle 7. 2J-Dave Jumper
8. 30-Mike Voigt 9. 28-Dave Bennett
Heat 2 (10 laps)
1. 1HR-Ron McQuerry 2. 4S-Bruce Unterbrink 3. 59-Frankie Martin 4. 76-Jim Durbin 5. 22-Darrell Moser 6. 31-Brent Helmkamp 7. 27-Mike Schulte 8. 49-Jeremy Hines 9. 1-Dustin Brown
B-main (12 laps)
1. 12-Rick Standridge 2. 22-Darrell Moser 3. 16H-Mike Hammerle 4. 27-Mike Schulte 5. 31-Brent Helmkamp 6. 28-Dallas Bennett 7. 2J-Dave Jumper 8. 49-Jeremy Hines 9. 30-Mark Voigt 10. 1-Dustin Brown
A-Main (30 laps)
1. 3S-Brian Shirley
2. 00-Randy Korte
3. 1-Will Vaught
4. 33-Tim Manville
5. 25-Jason Feger
6. 92B-Billy Faust
7. 11-Bryan Collins
8. 6K-Michael Kloos
9. 8-Kyle Steffens
10. 27X-Jeff Beyers
11. 95-Jeff Johns
12. 78-Chad Zobrist
13. 45-Denny Woodworth
14 22-Darrell Moser
15. 7B-Mark Burgtorf
16. 16H-Mike Hammerle
17. 28B-John Beck
18. 59-Frankie Martin
19. 1HR-Ron McCuerry
20. 4S-Bruce Unterbrink
21. 16-Rusty Griffaw
22. 27-Mike Schulte
23. 12-Rick Standridge
24. 47-Danny Haynes
25. 81-Craig Smith
26. 0-Tim Hancock
27. 1S-Rick Salter
28. 76-Jim Durbin
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds
Heat 1 (10 laps)
1. 88-Joe Puricelli 2. 22C-Brandon Lennox 3. 22M-Darrell Moser 4. 21J-Jeff Vernier 5. C4-Chris Soutiea 6. 29-Chris Spalding 7. 18S-Terry Scurlock
Heat 2 (10 laps)
1. 41G-Matt Goulden 2. 59-Rich Whaley 3. Kenny Wallace 4. 10X-Jim Black 5. 21-Randy Dickman 6. 22-Chucky Milam 7. 1A-James Reed 8. 6N-Leo Kiefer
A-Main (25 laps)
1. 89-Bobby Bittle
2. 0-Tim Hancock
3. 7-Mark Miner
4. 36-Kenny Wallace
5. 1W-Ray Walsh
6. 00-Steve Arpin
7. 4J-Scott Weber
8. 24-Paul Bauman
9. 67-Ken Rumble
10. 7W-Tommie Seets Jr.
11. 72-Brian Lynn
12. 14-Rick Conoyer
13. 36X-Conrad Miner
14. C4-Chris Soutiea
15. 7Z-Matt Zimmerly
16. 41G-Matt Goulden
17. 22M-Darrell Moser
18. 21J-Jeff Vernier
19. 22C-Brandon Lennox
20. 1A-James Reed
21. 29-Chris Spalding
22. 21-Randy Dickman
23. 22-Chucky Milam
24. 88-Joe Puricelli
25. 59-Rich Whaley
26. 10X-Jim Black
27. 1D-Dean Hoffman
28. 17V-Michael VanderRiet Jr.
29. 31-Rick Horton
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