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May 15, 2004 Results

Saldana Thrashes World of Outlaws at Tri-City! By Steve Birmingham May 15, 2004; Granite City, IL -Joey Saldana dominated Tri-City Speedway's quick half-mile Saturday, grabbing the $10,000 winner's check and posting his first World of Outlaws Sprint Series "A" Main of the season. Saldana started outside front row for the 25-lap headliner but just as he and pole-sitter Craig Dollansky took the green Kraig Kinser and Erin Crocker farther backinthe pack, with both cars flipping. Both drivers emerged unscathed, but during the resulting red flag Dollansky discovered a broken rear end which sent him [...]

January 10, 2007

May 1, 2005 Results

Pontoon Beach, IL (May 1, 2005) Another huge field of racecars were on hand at Tri-City Speedway Sunday night. There were 135 cars that checked in through the gates to compete. Mark Oller of Highland, IL claimed the UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) Late Model main event. Twenty-nine UMP Late Models took to the track to battle for a spot in the twenty-four car main event. (more…)

January 9, 2007

Tim Manville, Michael Long, Jim Shereck, Dan Pilkington & Christian Lee take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Tim Manville Michael Long Jim Shereck Dan Pilkington Christian Lee CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway, Granite City, ILRace Results for 6/28/2013 Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts - A-Main -- 13 Cars Finish Car No Driver Hometown1 47L Christian Lee Pocahontas, IL2 82Q Cole Queathem (FR) Troy, MO3 35R Rickey Carriker (F) Wood River, IL4 6W Jacob Rexing (SR) Brighton, IL5 55 Zach Gaither Alton, IL6 61 Steve Cousins (FR) South Roxana, IL7 6X Wayne Stipe Chastan, IL8 WH02 Eldon Hemken (F) Sorento, IL9 22 Elizabeth Young (FR) St. Louis, MO10 39 Jonathan Schulte (F) Caseyville, IL DNS11 [...]

July 1, 2013

MOPAR .25 MIDGETS JOIN OCTOBER “GOLD CROWN” SLATE

Inagural "Road to the Gold" for Quartermidgets Every year seems to bring a new dimension to the annual “Gold Crown Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. This year is no exception as the Mopar .25 Midgets, fresh from their busiest calendar year ever, join the activities at the track located just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Already sporting the USAC Mopar Midgets and Sprint car racing on the 3/8-mile dirt oval, Tri-City will make their debut on the Mopar .25 calendar with a Saturday, October 6 special event on an already-existing oval located on the [...]

September 5, 2012

Randy Korte, Michael Long, Scott Weber, Dave Armstrong & Jacob Rexing go to victory lane at Tri-City Speedway!

Randy Korte Michael Long Scott Weber Dave Armstrong Jacob Rexing CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (June 1st, 2012) Randy Korte claimed victory at Tri-City Speedway after a bizarre ending. Dewayne Kiefer jumped out to the early lead at the drop of the green flag, only to have Korte take over the top spot on lap two. Korte would get out to sizeable lead while Kiefer ran a solid second. Meanwhile, Bobby Pierce was charging through the field and got all the way to third when the caution flew on lap seventeen. On the restart, Korte would continue to lead [...]

June 4, 2012

Paul Bailey, Ray Walsh, Jacob Rexing, Terry McCann take feature wins while Dustin Griffin doubles up at Tri-City Speedway!

Paul Bailey Ray Walsh Dustin Griffin Terry "Fatman" McCann Jacob Rexing CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (July 1, 2011) Paul Bailey claimed his first ever UMP DIRTcar Late Model victory at Tri-City Speedway! Michael Kloos took the lead at the drop of the green flag and used the low line around Tri-City Speedway as he tried to hold off Chad Zobrist and Paul Bailey for the top spot. Zobrist would make his move on lap eleven as the leaders exited turn two and headed down the backstretch. As Zobrist [...]

July 3, 2011

Collins, Griffaw, Pierce, Ems & Suhre find Victory Lane at Tri-City Speedway!

Bryan Collins Rusty Griffaw Bobby Pierce Danny Ems Jordan Suhre CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE MARTY KOPP MEMORIAL AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (August 13th, 2010) With miserably hot temperatures near 100 degrees and the heat index over 110 degrees, Tri-City Speedway presented the Marty Kopp Memorial in honor of the fallen racer who passed away in 2009 after losing his battle with cancer. (more…)

August 15, 2010

Brian Birkhofer Remains Unstoppable in May, Takes Home Fedex 50 at Tri City Speedway

Brian Birkhofer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE FEDEX 50! PONTOON BEACH, IL (May 24, 2009) - Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA reeled off another Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win on Sunday Night as he captured the $10,000 to win FedEx 50 at Tri-City Speedway. Birkhofer battled the weather conditions and tough competition in scoring his third consecutive LOLMDS victory after starting sixth. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN rallied from his 12th starting spot to finish second followed by 17th starting Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, 14th place starter Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR [...]

May 25, 2009

Rolling Right Along: Schatz Wins Second Consecutive Race with win at Tri-City Speedway

Donny Schatz CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE WORLD OF OUTLAW SHOW! Pontoon Beach, IL June 8, 2008 In the first 12 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series races of the 2008 season, Donny Schatz had just one A-Feature victory, but in that time, he and his team tried a number of different combinations that have recently paid off, as he has won four of the last five series events, including his second consecutive race on Sunday night at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. The two-time defending Advance Auto Parts [...]

June 9, 2008

Faust, Harrison, Walker, Gabriel & Shaw take wins at Tri-City Speedway

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (May 11, 2007) Billy Faust of Lebanon, IL claimed his second Super Late Model main event win of the young season at Tri-City Speedway. It was Mark Faust that jumped out to the early lead in the event, but after dropping back to fourth in the early laps, Billy Faust fought back to battle Mark Faust for the lead on lap seventeen. Shortly after losing the lead to Billy Faust, Mark Faust would suffer mechanical problems and have to pull off the speedway. Rick Salter found the fast line [...]

May 13, 2007