Pontoon Beach, IL (August 21, 2005) The defending UMP Late Model National Champion and current UMP Late Model National point leader Rodney Melvin of Logan, IL put on a dominating performance as he swept the night's events. Melvin, who had to start his qualifying heat race from the back after being late to the staging area, quickly powered his machine to the front of the field and went on to win his qualifying heat. He then backed that up with a victory in the dash which gave him a front row starting position in the main event.

Melvin jumped into the lead at the start of the main event but Wisconsin's Jayme Zidar quickly moved in behind Melvin and began challenging Melvin for the top spot. Zidar was able to get the front nose of his car under Melvin several times in the early stages of the event, but each time Melvin would pull back into the lead. Randy Korte worked his way toward the front and slipped past Zidar and into the second position with just eight laps remaining. A late caution allowed Korte to restart right on the bumper of Melvin, but Melvin pulled away on the restart and went on to claim the checkered flag. Korte crossed the line in second with Zidar third. Tri-City Speedway UMP Late Model track point leader Steve Sheppard took the fourth position with Mark Oller rounding out the top five.

Tommie Seets, Jr. took the lead on lap four from pole sitter Leroy Haney and then held off Ray Walsh for the remainder of the twenty lap UMP Modified main event to earn the victory. Ricky Huebner had his best run of the 2005 racing season as he took the third spot in the finishing order. Bobby Martintoni crossed the line in fourth with Bob Stanton completing the top five.

Jimmy Cummins brought out the broom and swept the action in the Sportsman division. Cummins led every lap of his qualifying heat, every lap of the dash and every lap of the main event as he cruised to a comfortable win. Don Grimm claimed the second position and Trista Stevenson had her best finish of the season as she claimed the third spot. Bryan Slover took the fourth position and Ron Petty took the fifth spot.

Sam Kizer claimed his ninth Street Stock main event win of the 2005 season at Tri-City Speedway. Once again it was another nail biter as Kizer, Tommy Gegg and Robby Benson swapped positions lap after lap. Benson, found a fast line around the 1/4 mile oval after an early caution, took the lead from Kizer. But Kizer fought back on the low side as the two race side-by-side for several laps with Gegg right on the back bumper. The higher line that Benson was running began to go away as the race progressed, allowing Kizer to take the win and allowing Gegg to taket he second spot. Benson settled for a third place finish with Jeff Nash taking fourth and Josh Jackson fifth.

Ralph Bradford jumped out front on the opening lap of the Factory Stock main event and led wire-to-wire to pick up the victory. Ken Bell followed him across the line for the second spot with David Pulley, Jr. completing the top three.

UMP Late Models
Heat 1
1 67 Mark Oller
2 00 Randy Korte
3 6k Michael Kloos
4 77x Clay Baumann
5 1s Rick Salter
6 81 Craig Smith
7 17s Brad Sullivan
8 5 Joe Dresch

Heat 2
1 11z Bryan Collins
2 13 Brent Kreke
3 35 Claude Walker
4 27 Mike Schulte
5 11k Shannon Kuhn
6 77 Kevin Lee
7 82 Billy Laycock

Heat 3
1 27 Rodney Melvin
2 9z Jayme Zidar
3 5s Steve Sheppard
4 87 Kenny Rumble
5 16h Mike Hammerlee
6 2b Tim Brown
7 360 John Seets

Dash
1 27 Rodney Melvin
2 67 Mark Oller
3 11z Bryan Collins
4 13 Brent Kreke
5 9 Jayme Zidar
6 00 Randy Korte

Feature
1 27 Rodney Melvin
2 00 Randy Korte
3 9z Jayme Zidar
4 5s Steve Sheppard
5 67 Mark Oller
6 6k Michael Kloos
7 13 Brent Kreke
8 81 Craig Smith
9 1s Rick Salter
10 82 Billy Laycock
11 35 Claude Walker
12 5 Joe Dresch
13 87 Kenny Rumble
14 11k Shannon Kuhn
15 77l Kevin Lee
16 77x Clay Baumann
17 16h Mike Hammerle
18 2b Tim Brown
19 27s Mike Schulte
20 17 Brad Sullivan
21 11 Bryan Collins
22 360 John Seets

UMP Modifieds
Heat 1
1 1w Ray Walsh
2 51s Bob Stanton
3 20n Bobby Newberry
4 11s Scott Ripshoff
5 33 Tim Manville
6 0 Jeff Ely
7 87 Lyle Monroe
8 05 Paul Schrempf
9 6 Leon Price
10 83 Scott Barrios

Heat 2
1 14 Leroy Haney
2 Wild 1 Ricky Huebner
3 48 Bobby Martintoni
4 67 BJ Seets
5 56l Jim Lafferty
6 68 Dane Gundaker
7 11h John Stanton
8 21s Kenny Shaw
9 17v Matt Verbeck
10 P9 Dns Tom Seets, Sr

Heat 3
1 28 Tom Seets, Jr
2 1a Steve Meyer, Jr
3 23 Brian McCormick
4 27 Mike Monroe
5 20a Matt Acord
6 39 Greg Wade
7 09 Larry Brown
8 8 Roy Simmons
9 17m Mark Lund

Dash
1 14h Leroy Haney
2 1w Ray Walsh
3 28 Tommie Seets, Jr.
4 Wild1 Ricky Huebner
5 1a Steve Meyer, Jr
6 51s Bob Stanton

Semi
1 05 Paul Schrempf
2 11h John Stanton
3 21s Kenny Shaw
4 17v Matt Verbeck
5 09 Larry Brown
6 6 Leon Price
7 87 Lyle Monroe
8 83 Scott Barrios
9 17m Mark Lund
10 8 Dns / Roy Simmons
11 P9 Dns / Tommy Seets, Sr

Feature
1 28 Tommie Seets, Jr
2 1w Ray Walsh
3 Wild 1 Ricky Huebner
4 48 Bobby Martintoni
5 51s Bob Stanton
6 20n Bobby Newberry
7 68 Dane Gundaker
8 67 BJ Seets
9 05 Paul Schrempf
10 20a Matt Acord
11 37 Mike Monroe
12 17v Matt Verbeck
13 21s Kenny Shaw
14 39 Greg Wade
15 14 Leroy Haney
16 1a Steve Meyer, Jr
17 56 Jim Lafferty
18 33 Tim Manville
19 23 Brian McCormick
20 11s Scott Ripshoff
21 11h John Stanton
22 0 Jeff Ely

Sportsman
Heat 1
1 23 Dennis Wernle
2 4 Mark Schnurbusch
3 41 Ron Petty
4 93 Paul Nash
5 11 Don Grimm
6 51 Rick Jones
7 29 Chris Spaulding
8 5 Kaleb Chester
9 9s Jeremy Nash

Heat 2
1 19 Jimmy Cummins
2 S32 David Walker
3 77 Brandon Hogenson
4 45t Trista Stevenson
5 7 Bryan Slover
6 33 Nathan Bowman
7 86 Jake Robbins
8 56m Charlie McCaleb
9 186 Jeff Robbins

Dash
1 19 Jimmy Cummins
2 S32 David Walker
3 41 Ron Petty
4 77 Brandon Hogenson
5 4 Mark Schnurbusch
6 23 Dennis Wernle

Feature
1 19 Jimmy Cummins
2 11 Don Grimm
3 45t Trista Stevenson
4 7 Bryan Slover
5 41 Ron Petty
6 51 Rick Jones
7 32 David Walker
8 86 Jake Robbins
9 186 Jeff Robbins
10 77 Brandon Hogenson
11 56 Charlie McCaleb
12 33 Nathan Bowman
13 4 Mark Schnurbusch
14 93 Paul Nash
15 29 Chris Spaulding
16 5 Kaleb Chester
17 23 Dns / Dennis Wernle
18 95 Dns / Jeremy Nash

Street Stocks
Heat 1
1 22 Tommy Gegg
2 74 Eric Rensing
3 25 Don McDowell
4 71 Eric Skinner
5 07 Steve Stonecipher
6 10 Scott Clarey
7 44 Pat Harper

Heat 2
1 69 Sam Kizer
2 95 Jeff Nash
3 72 Brad Yotter
4 51 Jason Stanton
5 2 Larry Marsala
6 12 Bobby Henson
7 50 Scott Goodman
8 14 Kyle Watson

Heat 3
1 69b Robby Benson
2 00 Tony King
3 5j Josh Jackson
4 2j Greg Jones
5 64 Brian Crawford
6 87 Gary Wyman
7 93 Todd Erickson

Feature
1 69 Sam Kizer
2 22 Tommy Gegg
3 69b Robby Benson
4 95 Jeff Nash
5 5j Josh Jackson
6 72 Brad Yotter
7 00 Tony King
8 51 Jason Stanton
9 74 Eric Rensing
10 2 Larry Marsala
11 12 Bobby Hinson
12 71 Eric Skinner
13 2j Greg Jones
14 07 Steve Stonecipher
15 87 Gary Wyman
16 64 Brian Crawford
17 44 Todd Erickson
18 14 Kyle Watson
19 50 Scott Goodman
20 10 Scott Clarey
21 25 Don McDowell
22 dns / 44 Pat Harper

Factory Stocks
Heat 1
1 36 Ralph Bradford
2 11l Rob Lee
3 83 Ken Bell
4 8 David Pulley, Jr
5 96r Ted Romind
6 12 Jeff Simms
7 41 Nancy Petty Smith
8 66 Ryan Kress
9 10 Nick Knebel
10 2x Arron Wood

Heat 2
1 111 Rodney Bailey
2 211 Jeff Ferguson
3 191 Lenoard Naeger
4 21 Steve Jens
5 46 Robert Crawford, Jr
6 12p Scott Parker
7 2 Robert Bussen
8 03 Jonathan Schulte
9 79 Black Flag / Keith Rose
10 66 Dns Richard Hay

Feature
1 36 Ralph Bradford
2 83 Ken Bell
3 8 David Pulley, Jr
4 211 Jeffrey Ferguson
5 111 Rodney Bailey
6 79 Keith Rose
7 96r Ted Romino
8 21j Steve Jens
9 2x Aaron Wood
10 191 Lenard Naeger
11 41 Nancy Petty Smith
12 12 Jeff Simms
13 66 Ryan Kress
14 03 Jonathan Shulte
15 46 Robert Crawford, Jr
16 11l Rob Lee
17 12p Scott Parker
18 10 Nick Knebel
19 2 Dns/ Robert Bossen
20 66l Dns / Richard Day