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ROSSBURG, OH (Oct. 5) --A talent-lade field of 196 entrants embarked upon Eldora Speedway Friday for opening night of the UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) Nationals Friday, with Jimmy Westerfield topping the 117 Modifieds with a clocking of 18.502 seconds, while Wes Steidinger toured the one-half mile clay oval in 16.045 to pace the 79 Late Models on hand.
Steidinger’s time may have come as a surprise to many, as he bested the likes of Scott Bloomquist, last month’s World 100 winner Jimmy Owens, former World 100 winner Dan Schlieper and former Dirt Late Model Dream winner Darrell Lanigan, among others, but he backed that up with a solid win in the UMP Race of Champions.
The balance of the Late Model qualifiers will be staged Saturday night, but Steidinger’s time guarantees him a spot in the A-Main, should he fail to qualify through his heats.
Capturing Modified preliminary events were Don Adams, Kent Robinson, Lance Dehm, Scott Orr, Kyle Brown, Jerry Bowersock, Rob Williams and Shelby Miles.
Rounding out Saturday’s final night of action at Eldora for 2007 will be the Modified Race of Champions, last chance consies for each division and the headlining main events. The Modifieds will race 25 laps for a $3,000 top prize, while the Late Models will battle for 40 laps and a winner’s share of $10,000. Each main event will start 28 cars.
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UMP NATIONALS
MODIFIEDS - 117 CARS
Fast Time: Jimmy Westerfield 18.502
Heat 1: Don Adams, Jimmy Westerfield, Gabe Menser, Barney Craig, Brad McLeod, Ed Roley, Tony Molnar, Brandon Morrow, Bobby Pearson, Gary Richard, Jesse Bitterling, Mike Dirksen, Mike Free, Dave Porth, Kenny Carmichael
Heat 2: Kent Robinson, Jeff Harris, Randle Sweeney, Ryan Thomas, John Brooks, Clint Shutts, Kevin Hastings, Jimmy Hayden, Chad Rosenbeck, Craig Conyer, Rich Robinson, Jr., Chad Bauer, Brent Hole, Shane Unger, Todd Ferber, Doug Hewitt, Jr.
Heat 3: Lance Dehm, Greg Johnson, Shaun Smith, Jon Henry, Todd Sanders, Chad Begoon, Casey Schrock, Billy Palmer, Ryan Huddleston, Doug Taylor, Anthony Davis, Shawn Wildman, Steve Arpin, Mark Hotofy
Heat 4: Scott Orr, Rick Hensley, Chad Osterhoff, Brian Lynn, Jeff Wellum, Andrew Sprague, Mike Hohlbein, Denny Schwartz, Mike Chrisman, Greck Socha, Nick Rosselit, David Treon, Jr., Rick Weekly, Mike Janis, R. J. Bradford
Heat 5: Kyle Brown, Chad Evans, Davey Gantt, GeorgeCatanzano, Dave Hess, Jr., Tommy Seets, Jr., Marion Gardner, Jason Hastings, Josh Morrow, Casey Luedeke, Bradley Powley, Tom Treon, Aaron Wiebbe, Rick Stout
Heat 6: Jerry Bowersock, Todd Sherman, Jeb Friedman, Kenny Johnson, Mike Spatola, J. D. Laster, Paul DeGoey, John McCaul, Ed Haudenschild, Mike Roediger, Doug Adkins, Gary Ricketts, Jeff Babcock, Jesse Cramer
Heat 7: Rob Williams, Dean Hoffman, Jeff Leka, Chad Ruhlman, Dave Wheatley, Lee Hobbs, Justin Matson, Scott Knepley, John Taylor, Lenny Guyton, Mark Kowarsch, Jacob Poel, Steve Clark, Don Lamb
Heat 8: Shelby Miles, Clayton Miller, Rob Fuqua, Danny Schwartz, Daryl Banks, Matt Huddleston, Bob Burch, Darrell Lowe, Steve Shute, Curtis Coulter, Michael Brown, Tim Richardson, Stan Smith, Josh Scott
LATE MODELS - 79 CARS
Fast Time: Wes Steidinger 16.045
Race of Champions: Wes Steidinger, Dennis Erb, Randy Korte, Josh Richards, Rick DeLong, Jason Fegers, Richie Hedrick, Brian Ruhlman, Rusty Griffaw, Ted Loomis, Alan Vochaska, Andrew Reaume, Duane Chamberlain, Steve Shepard, Jimmy Owens
Time Trials:
Wes Steidinger (16.045), Jimmy Owens (16.095), Scott Bloomquist (16.138), Jeep Van Wormer (16.160), Frank Heckenast, Jr. (16.214), Steve Sheppard, Jr. (16.222), Michael England (16.237), Josh Richards (16.303), Eric Jacobson (16.317), Darrell Lanigan (16.390), George Lee (16.469), Jason Montgomery (16.506), Jason Feger (16.518), Ben Adkins (16.548), Wayne Chinn (16.559), Chad Ruhlman (16.608), Dan Schlieper (16.621), Dennis Erb, Jr. (16.674), Jerry Bowersock (16.681), Alan Vochaska (16.699), Billy Faust (16.703), Aaron Scott (16.747), Bobby Kitchen (16.775), Derek Chandler (16.784), Chad Zobrist (16.815), Scott James (16.820), John Blankenship (16.867), Dustin Moore (16.899), Jared Hawkins (16.916), Keith Berner (16.939), Tim Manville (16.971), Brian Ruhlman (16.979), Casey Noonan (16.982), Robbie Hensley (17.052), Richie Hedrick (17.057), John Mason (17.062), Ryan Dauber (17.067), Ted Loomis (17.139), Randy Korte (17.155), Daren Friedman (17.161), Jayme Zidar
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Larry A. Boos
Director of Operations
Eldora Speedway
office: (937) 338-3815, ext. 23
cell: (937) 459-8328 |
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