Mark Voigt

Michael Long

Scott Weber

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Pontoon Beach, IL (April 16th, 2010) Tri-City Speedway host the National All-Star Racing Association (NASRA) Late Model Series for their first ever appearance at the 3/8 mile dirt oval as they joined forces with the Monster Midwest Late Model Series which brought a stellar field of Late Models for a great shootout. It was the 2009 Tri-City Speedway Track Champion Mark Voigt out-dueling all of the travelers to claim the $3,000 top prize. Voigt jumped out to the lead at the drop of the green flag and was in control for most of the thirty laps. His only challenge came after a mid-race restart when Jason Feger was able to pull along side coming down the back stretch. However, Voigt was able to hold off the challenge and keep the lead enroute to the win. The real battle was for the second spot as Wendell Wallace, Jason Feger, Brian Shirley and Billy Laycock had a classic battle swapping around the second through fifth positions throughout much of the event. Brian Shirley took advantage of the Delware Double File restart on lap twenty-five and moved from fifth to second as he split the second and third place running Wallace and Feger to take the spot. Shirley would hold off the challenges of Wallace in the final laps to finish second. Wallace took third with Feger finishing fourth. Laycock rounded out the top five.

The American Modified Series also made the debut run at Tri-City Speedway and provided a thrilling thirty lap main event that saw Michael Long of Quincy, Illinois take the victory. Mike Harrison took command early on but after an early caution reset the field, a great battle would ensue between Harrison and Long. With the American Modified Series restart procedures, the leader choose high or low on the restart and the second place car then pulls along side for a complete side-by-side restart. Harrison and Long restarted side-by-side on several restarts throughout the event and continued to battle side-by-side for a big part of the event. However, after a caution on lap twenty-one, things wouldn’t go so well for Harrison. Long jumped out to the lead and Harrison tried the very top once again and lost several spots which allowed Donovan Lodge to move into second and Ed Shamhart to third. A few laps later, the caution would fly and this time it would be for Harrison who tangled with another car and went spinning down the front stretch. On the ensuing with just five laps remaining, the cars of Lodge, Jeff Leka and Ray Walsh would get together down the backstretch sending Walsh spinning to infield and ending his night with a broken tie rod. It would also send Leka to the infield pit area for repairs. Lodge avoided spinning and kept going to maintain his position on the next restart. That would give Shamhart one last shot at Long and Shamhart made a charge for the lead down the back stretch and slid up in front of Long going into three and four. Long would then cross-over and pull underneath Shamhart down the front stretch and make the same slide move back in front of Shamhart going into turns one and two. Long would hold on and take the win. Shamhart would take second with Shelby Miles finishing third. Marty Smith, Jr. made a big charge from the back to finish fourth and Lodge rounded out the top five.

Scott Weber dominated the Pro Crate Late Model events as he would the makeup feature from two weeks earlier and the regular night’s feature as well. The first feature went the first eighteen of twenty laps caution free and Weber had opened up almost a half-track lead on second place contender Nick Lyons. Lyons was able to pull right up on the back bumper for the restart, but Weber once again pulled away to take the win. Lyons would take second with Matt Santel finishing third. Eric Gowan would take the fourth spot and Brant Kehrer rounded out the top five.

In the regularly scheduled main event, Scott Weber once again drove away from the field and took a comfortable victory. Casey Montague held off Nick Lyons to finish second. Jason Zobrist would finish fourth behind Lyons with Brant Kehrer once again claiming the fifth spot.

Tri City Speedway – Pontoon Beach, IL
Race Results for 4/16/2010

NASRA/Monster Midwest Series Late Models — 34 Cars
Late Models – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
2 88 Wendall Wallace Batesville, AR
3 13 Dewayne Kiefer St. Genevieve, MO
4 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, IL
5 11 Tyler Reddick ,
6 30R Christian Rayburn ,
7 76 Butch Kruckeberg (L) Edwardsville, IL
8 441 Marty Smith Jr Troy, IL
9 49 Steve Leach Staunton, IL

Late Models – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 25f Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
2 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
3 81 Craig Smith Godfrey, IL
4 13K Brent Kreke Lebanon, IL
5 67 Mark Oller Highland, IL
6 01 Arnie Fields ,
7 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
8 7 Michael Jacober Highland, IL
9 14 Kerry Mathew ,

Late Models – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 30 Mark Voigt Marine, IL
2 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
3 82 Billy Laycock Marine, IL
4 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
5 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL
6 27M Rodney Melvin Benton, IL
7 81jr Jason Riggs Harrisburg, IL
8 83 Scott James ,

Late Models – Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
2 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
3 M57 Skylar Marlar ,
4 525 Aaron Ridley ,
5 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
6 40 Charley Hess ,
7 81b Paul Bailey Pocahontas, IL
8 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO

Late Models – B-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 67 Mark Oller Highland, IL
2 11 Tyler Reddick ,
3 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
4 01 Arnie Fields ,
5 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL
6 40 Charley Hess ,
7 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
8 30R Christian Rayburn ,
9 81b Paul Bailey Pocahontas, IL
10 76 Butch Kruckeberg (L) Edwardsville, IL
11 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
12 81jr Jason Riggs Harrisburg, IL
13 14 Kerry Mathew ,
14 441 Marty Smith Jr Troy, IL
15 7 Michael Jacober Highland, IL
16 27M Rodney Melvin Benton, IL DNS
17 83 Scott James , DNS
18 49 Steve Leach Staunton, IL DNS

Late Models – A-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 30 Mark Voigt Marine, IL
2 3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
3 88 Wendall Wallace Batesville, AR
4 25f Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
5 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
6 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
7 82 Billy Laycock Marine, IL
8 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
9 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, IL
10 67 Mark Oller Highland, IL
11 01 Arnie Fields ,
12 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
13 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL
14 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
15 525 Aaron Ridley ,
16 11 Tyler Reddick ,
17 30R Christian Rayburn ,
18 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
19 13 Dewayne Kiefer St. Genevieve, MO
20 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
21 40 Charley Hess ,
22 M57 Skylar Marlar ,
23 13K Brent Kreke Lebanon, IL
24 81 Craig Smith Godfrey, IL

American Modified Series — 38 Cars
Modifieds – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 18L Michael Long Quincy, IL
2 79D John DeMoss ,
3 0 Tim Hancock Mount Olive, IL
4 76 Shelby Miles , IN
5 41G Matt Goulden Springfield, IL
6 1H Everett Bradham Olney, IL
7 75E Elliott Despain ,
8 53 Ronnie Woods ,
9 55W Gary Wilson Frankford, MO

Modifieds – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 12S Ed Shamhart Olney, IL
2 32J Terry Johnson Winfield, MO
3 31 Ricky Horton ,
4 22C Vance Wilson Frankford, MO
5 129 Rob Penny ,
6 05 David Wietholder Liberty, IL
7 5 Joe Dresch (M) Brighton, IL
8 12 Brian Rieck Troy, MO
9 2 Robby Helms Festus, MO
10 8X James Reed Saint Louis, MO DNS

Modifieds – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 24 Mike Harrison (M) Highland, IL
2 3L Jeff Leka Buffalo, IL
3 1 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
4 10B Bryan Barber Greensburg, Ky
5 22s Chad Kinder Newton, IL
6 4UW Bobby Regot III Saint Peters, MO
7 51 Timmy Hill Pacific, MO
8 b10 Bradley White (M) Bridgeton, MO
9 21 Randy Dickman O’Fallon, MO
10 41 Larry Hull Sr. (M) Saint Charles, MO

Modifieds – Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus, MO
2 182 Randall Sweeney Clifty, KY
3 21S Denny Schwartz Ashmore, IL
4 14 Rick Conoyer Saint Peters, MO
5 1W Ray Walsh Saint Louis, MO
6 55 Marty Smith Jr Troy, IL
7 241D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
8 1S Brian Shaw Robinson, IL
9 87 Derek Dubree (M) Edwardsville, IL

Modifieds – B-Main 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 41G Matt Goulden Springfield, IL
2 1H Everett Bradham Olney, IL
3 05 David Wietholder Liberty, IL
4 53 Ronnie Woods ,
5 129 Rob Penny ,
6 5 Joe Dresch (M) Brighton, IL
7 12 Brian Rieck Troy, MO
8 2 Robby Helms Festus, MO
9 75E Elliott Despain ,
10 8X James Reed Saint Louis, MO DNS
11 55W Gary Wilson Frankford, MO DNS

Modifieds – B-Main 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 22s Chad Kinder Newton, IL
2 55 Marty Smith Jr Troy, IL
3 1W Ray Walsh Saint Louis, MO
4 241D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
5 4UW Bobby Regot III Saint Peters, MO
6 1S Brian Shaw Robinson, IL
7 87 Derek Dubree (M) Edwardsville, IL
8 51 Timmy Hill Pacific, MO
9 21 Randy Dickman O’Fallon, MO
10 41 Larry Hull Sr. (M) Saint Charles, MO
11 b10 Bradley White (M) Bridgeton, MO

Modifieds – A-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 18L Michael Long Quincy, IL
2 12S Ed Shamhart Olney, IL
3 76 Shelby Miles , IN
4 55 Marty Smith Jr Troy, IL
5 32 Donovan Lodge Moline, IL
6 1 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
7 79D John DeMoss ,
8 41G Matt Goulden Springfield, IL
9 3L Jeff Leka Buffalo, IL
10 1H Everett Bradham Olney, IL
11 05 David Wietholder Liberty, IL
12 0 Tim Hancock Mount Olive, IL
13 31 Ricky Horton ,
14 21S Denny Schwartz Ashmore, IL
15 10B Bryan Barber Greensburg, Ky
16 14 Rick Conoyer Saint Peters, MO
17 24 Mike Harrison (M) Highland, IL
18 1W Ray Walsh Saint Louis, MO
19 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus, MO
20 53 Ronnie Woods ,
21 4UW Bobby Regot III Saint Peters, MO
22 241D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
23 22C Vance Wilson Frankford, MO
24 182 Randall Sweeney Clifty, KY
25 22s Chad Kinder Newton, IL

Pro (Crate) Late Models — 25 Cars
Pro (Crate) Late Models – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, IL
2 55 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
3 87 Jason Zobrist Highland, IL
4 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
5 11 Gordy Gundaker (C) St. Charles, MO
6 11S Andy Scoles (C) St. Charles, MO
7 74 Tim Hancock (C) Granite City, IL
8 3 Craig Bessinger Pacific, MO

Pro (Crate) Late Models – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 8BALL Scott Weber Festus, MO
2 10B Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
3 58 Charlie Heck Mt. Vernon, IL
4 36 Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
5 95 Jeremy Nash Marine, IL
6 92s Matt Santel (C) New Memphis, IL
7 59 Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL
8 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra, IL
9 r52 Rylan Dagg (C) Wayne City, IL

Pro (Crate) Late Models – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 01 Casey Montague Lebanon, IL
2 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
3 20G Dustin Griffin Quincy, IL
4 20 John Cory Summerfield, IL
5 5J Josh Jackson (C) South Roxana, IL
6 V50 Justin Vosholler Highland, IL
7 32 Derek Fetter Troy, MO
8 1A Steve Meyer Jr South Roxana, IL DNS

Pro (Crate) Late Models – A-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 8BALL Scott Weber Festus, MO
2 01 Casey Montague Lebanon, IL
3 10B Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
4 87 Jason Zobrist Highland, IL
5 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, IL
6 20G Dustin Griffin Quincy, IL
7 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
8 92s Matt Santel (C) New Memphis, IL
9 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
10 59 Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL STLRacing Hard Charger – Started 20th, passed 10 cars
11 95 Jeremy Nash Marine, IL
12 58 Charlie Heck Mt. Vernon, IL
13 20 John Cory Summerfield, IL
14 11 Gordy Gundaker (C) St. Charles, MO
15 r52 Rylan Dagg (C) Wayne City, IL
16 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra, IL
17 3 Craig Bessinger Pacific, MO
18 32 Derek Fetter Troy, MO
19 55 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
20 5J Josh Jackson (C) South Roxana, IL
21 11S Andy Scoles (C) St. Charles, MO
22 36 Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
23 74 Tim Hancock (C) Granite City, IL
24 V50 Justin Vosholler Highland, IL
25 1A Steve Meyer Jr South Roxana, IL

Pro (Crate) Late Models – A-Main – Make up Feature from 4/2/10
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 8BALL Scott Weber Festus, MO
2 10B Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
3 92s Matt Santel (C) New Memphis, IL
4 36 Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
5 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, IL
6 55 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL STLRacing Hard Charger – Started 15th, passed 9 cars
7 11 Gordy Gundaker (C) St. Charles, MO
8 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
9 74 Tim Hancock (C) Granite City, IL
10 r52 Rylan Dagg (C) Wayne City, IL
11 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
12 58 Charlie Heck Mt. Vernon, IL
13 20 John Cory Summerfield, IL
14 5J Josh Jackson (C) South Roxana, IL
15 59 Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL
16 3 Craig Bessinger Pacific, MO
17 11S Andy Scoles (C) St. Charles, MO
18 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra, IL
19 V50 Justin Vosholler Highland, IL
20 01 Casey Montague Lebanon, IL
21 1A Steve Meyer Jr South Roxana, IL
22 32 Derek Fetter Troy, MO
23 9W Brad Willis, Sr. East Peoria, IL
24 4G Bob Gardner Germantown, IL
25 30 Ryan Seger Saint Jacob, IL
26 6W Brad Willis Jr Morton, IL