Tri-City Speedway
4/18/14

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Pontoon Beach, IL (April 18th, 2014) Beautiful weather brought out a huge crowd for the Dueces Wild event at Tri-City Speedway and they witnessed some spectacular racing including a late model feature that was one for the ages.

In the UMP Late Model main event, Tim Manville jumped out to the early lead and then faced a barrage of challenges from Brian Shirley and Dennis Erb, Jr. early on in the event. Then Bobby Pierce would get through traffic to join the battle for the top spot. Those four drivers would swap the lead around for several laps before Erb and Pierce would get away from the others and settle it between themselves. Pierce would get the lead exiting turn two from Erb on lap twenty five, but Erb would fight back and regain the lead in turns three and four. Erb would get a little distance between him and Pierce at that point, but Pierce would reel Erb back in swipe the lead again on lap twenty eight and wouldn’t relinquish it again. Erb would finish a close second with Shannon Babb taking third. Randy Korte came on strong in the later laps to finish fourth from his eleventh place starting spot. Brian Shirley would round out the top five.

The UMP Modified shaped up early on to be spectacular battle for the lead and Dean Hoffman and Ray Walsh battled side by side for the lead for the first eight laps with Matt Mevert all over their rear bumpers. Mevert would take Hoffman and Walsh three-wide on lap nine and drive past both of them using the high side to take the lead. Mevert would then pull away to win the thirty lap feature that went caution free by nearly a half track lead. The battle for second would continue as Timmy Hill and Michael Long moved in to battle Hoffman in the last half of the feature event. Hoffman would hang on for second with Hill taking third, Long fourth and Ray Walsh fifth.

UMP Late Models – A-Main – 18 CARS
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
2 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
3 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
4 00 Randy Korte Highland, IL
5 81S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
6 33 Tim Manville (L) St. Jacob, IL
7 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
8 17 Jim Shereck St. Charles, MO
9 30 Mark Voigt Marine, IL
10 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
11 42 Steve Lach Brownstown, IL
12 35 Claude Walker Moro, IL
13 3 Scott Henseler (L) South Roxana, IL
14 81 Paul Bailey (L) Pocahontas, IL
15 92W Scott Weber (L) Festus, MO
16 2 Dan Dondero (L) Highland, IL
17 B5 Brandon Sheppard Berlin, IL
18 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL

UMP Late Models – Dash
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 33 Tim Manville (L) St. Jacob, IL
2 81S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
3 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
4 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
5 81 Paul Bailey (L) Pocahontas, IL
6 92W Scott Weber (L) Festus, MO

UMP Late Models – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 33 Tim Manville (L) St. Jacob, IL
2 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
3 81S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
4 B5 Brandon Sheppard Berlin, IL
5 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
6 00 Randy Korte Highland, IL
7 17 Jim Shereck St. Charles, MO
8 42 Steve Lach Brownstown, IL
9 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO

UMP Late Models – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 81 Paul Bailey (L) Pocahontas, IL
2 92W Scott Weber (L) Festus, MO
3 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
4 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
5 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL
6 30 Mark Voigt Marine, IL
7 35 Claude Walker Moro, IL
8 3 Scott Henseler (L) South Roxana, IL
9 2 Dan Dondero (L) Highland, IL

Matt Mevert

UMP Modifieds – A-Main – 33 CARS
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 22V Matt Mevert (M) Steeleville, IL
2 1D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
3 51 Timmy Hill (M) House Springs, MO
4 18L Michael Long (M) Fowler, IL
5 1W Ray Walsh (M) Saint Louis, MO
6 36W Kenny Wallace Concord, NC
7 22s Chad Kinder Newton, IL
8 45 Matt Dotson Farmington, MO
9 3C Cody Conner DeSoto, MO
10 77 Rick Strevenson ,
11 98 Joe Walsh (M) Fenton, MO
12 70 Josh Russell (M) Festus, MO
13 10X Jim Black Bonne Terre, MO
14 14 Rick Conoyer (M) Saint Peters, MO
15 18 Jake Seets III Brighton, IL
16 777 Jeff Asher Park Hills, MO
17 1A Steve Meyer Jr Staunton, IL
18 3D Kevin Lee Granite City, IL
19 37 Everett Bradham Olney, IL
20 9X Kenny Schrader Concord, NC
21 360 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
22 05 David Wietholder (M) Liberty, IL

UMP Modifieds – B-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 10X Jim Black Bonne Terre, MO
2 70 Josh Russell (M) Festus, MO
3 9X Kenny Schrader Concord, NC
4 18 Jake Seets III Brighton, IL
5 14 Rick Conoyer (M) Saint Peters, MO
6 11H John Stanton (M) East Alton, IL
7 1F Mike Francis (M) Fredericktown, MO
8 3D Kevin Lee Granite City, IL
9 51S Bob Stanton (M) Godfrey, IL
10 94K Kevin Graf (M) Hazelwood, MO
11 A1 Gary Bentley (M) St. Peters, MO
12 07 Tony Hunter Collinsvile, IL
13 11K Keith Rose Hartford, IL
14 10XX Tim Hancock Sr Mount Olive, IL
15 82 Jacob Poel Spring Lake, MI
16 27 John Seets III (M) Brighton, IL
17 41M Brent Mullins Litchfield, IL

UMP Modifieds – Dash
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 1D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
2 1W Ray Walsh (M) Saint Louis, MO
3 18L Michael Long (M) Fowler, IL
4 22V Matt Mevert (M) Steeleville, IL
5 36W Kenny Wallace Concord, NC
6 51 Timmy Hill (M) House Springs, MO
7 45 Matt Dotson Farmington, MO
8 360 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL

UMP Modifieds – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 18L Michael Long (M) Fowler, IL
2 51 Timmy Hill (M) House Springs, MO
3 1A Steve Meyer Jr Staunton, IL
4 98 Joe Walsh (M) Fenton, MO
5 27 John Seets III (M) Brighton, IL
6 94K Kevin Graf (M) Hazelwood, MO
7 18 Jake Seets III Brighton, IL
8 A1 Gary Bentley (M) St. Peters, MO
9 07 Tony Hunter Collinsvile, IL

UMP Modifieds – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 1W Ray Walsh (M) Saint Louis, MO
2 360 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
3 05 David Wietholder (M) Liberty, IL
4 37 Everett Bradham Olney, IL
5 10X Jim Black Bonne Terre, MO
6 82 Jacob Poel Spring Lake, MI
7 1F Mike Francis (M) Fredericktown, MO
8 3D Kevin Lee Granite City, IL

UMP Modifieds – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 22V Matt Mevert (M) Steeleville, IL
2 36W Kenny Wallace Concord, NC
3 777 Jeff Asher Park Hills, MO
4 22s Chad Kinder Newton, IL
5 10XX Tim Hancock Sr Mount Olive, IL
6 70 Josh Russell (M) Festus, MO
7 51S Bob Stanton (M) Godfrey, IL
8 14 Rick Conoyer (M) Saint Peters, MO DNS

UMP Modifieds – Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 1D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
2 45 Matt Dotson Farmington, MO
3 77 Rick Strevenson ,
4 3C Cody Conner DeSoto, MO
5 9X Kenny Schrader Concord, NC
6 11H John Stanton (M) East Alton, IL
7 41M Brent Mullins Litchfield, IL
8 11K Keith Rose Hartford, IL