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Pontoon Beach, IL (August 17th, 2012) – Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL held off the challenges of Dewayne Kiefer for all twenty-five laps to earn the victory in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model main event. Shirley led all twenty-five laps but Kiefer was right there challenging Shirley for the lead lap after lap. Billy Laycock would have his best run of the 2012 season and moved up through the field to finish in third. Bobby Pierce would get the fourth spot with Tim Manville rounding out the top five. Brian Shirley would dedicate this win to Charles “PhotoBilly” Haffer, a regional racing photographer and overall huge racing fan, who’s life was cut short in a highway traffic accident less than two weeks ago. Shirley decided he would also donate half his feature winnings to the family of PhotoBilly.

 

Mike Harrison dominated the UMP DIRTcar Modified main event as he led all twenty laps enroute to victory. Harrison was driving his Eric Edgar Race Cars (EERC) Chassis and this was his seventh win of 2012 in that chassis in just fourteen starts. Tommie Seets, Jr. tried to challenge Harrison for the win but would have to settle for a solid second place run. Will Hicks had one of his best finishes of 2012 as he took the third spot. Kevin Graf also had his best run of the season as he took fourth. Rusty Griffaw charged up to finish fifth after problems in his heat race forced him to start near the rear of the field.

Derek Fetter won his first ever UMP DIRTcar Pro Late Model main event at Tri-City Speedway and he did it in grand fashion. Fetter would only lead one lap, but it would be the final lap. Mark Oller paced the event for most of the way but Fetter was chasing him the entire way. With two to go, Fetter would make a move under Oller but would make contact with Oller and Fetter would back off and regroup. On the final lap Fetter would make the move stick this time and beat Oller to line by a half car length to get the win. Scott Weber charged through the field to finish third after a flat tire knocked him out of his heat race and forced him to start at the tail of the feature. Bobby Martintoni would get the fourth spot while Darrell McDowell had his best run ever at Tri-City Speedway as he rounded out the top five.

The closest finish of the night came in the Street Stock feature event. Jason Worley led the entire way with Marc McClintock pressuring for the lead the entire way. With two laps remaining, McClintock would make his move on the outside and pull along side Worley for the lead. The two would race side by side for the final two laps and cross the finish line almost even. Worley would be just a few inches ahead in the photo finish and the transponders had Worley finishing 38 thousandths of a second ahead of McClintock. Creg Cannon would get the third spot with Dave Armstrong taking fourth. Cody Thornhill would complete the top five.

Jacob Rexing won his seventh feature event of 2012 at Tri-City Speedway in the UMP Sport Compact main event. Eldon Hemken would take second with Sage Thornhill finishing third. Trey Harris would get fourth and Scott Wickliffe fifth.

UMP DIRTcar Late Models – 17 Entries
Heat 1:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	3s	Brian Shirley	8	0	14.339	14.251	7
2	0	Dewayne Kiefer	8	-1.186	14.621	14.506	5
3	8	Craig Smith	8	-1.813	14.484	14.394	4
4	33f	Michael Long	8	-6.273	15.525	14.501	7
5	16	Rusty Griffaw	8	-9	15.366	14.882	5
6	82	Billy Laycock	8	-9.848	15.971	14.488	7
7	87	Jason Zobrist	8	-11.488	15.519	15.104	6
8	50	Michael Wier	7	-1	17.234	16.906	2
9	1s	Rick Salter	5	-3	17.535	15.726	4

Heat 2:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	32	Bobby Pierce	8	0	14.555	14.508	7
2	0	Randy Korte	8	-0.704	14.668	14.607	2
3	11	Gordy Gundaker	8	-1.896	15.164	14.845	3
4	78	Chad Zobrist	8	-2.141	15.089	14.618	4
5	38 L	Ryan Little	8	-3.068	15.052	14.862	3
6	5a	Paul Schrempf	7	-1	16.344	15.667	3
7	33m	Tim Manville	6	-2	14.677	14.677	7
8	2	Dan Dondero	0	-8	—	—	—

Dash:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	3s	Brian Shirley	6	0	14.829	14.502	3
2	0	Dewayne Kiefer	6	-1.774	14.893	14.672	3
3	8	Craig Smith	6	-2.521	14.927	14.855	4
4	32	Bobby Pierce	6	-2.745	15.135	14.723	5
5	0	Randy Korte	6	-5.097	16.501	14.734	4
6	11	Gordy Gundaker	0	-6	—	—	—

Feature:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	3s	Brian Shirley	25	0	15.776	15.101	1
2	0	Dewayne Kiefer	25	-1.022	15.826	15.262	3
3	82	Billy Laycock	25	-1.605	15.571	15.334	14
4	32	Bobby Pierce	25	-2.56	15.903	15.388	15
5	33m	Tim Manville	25	-3.743	15.935	15.609	9
6	78	Chad Zobrist	25	-5.169	16.276	15.339	4
7	1s	Rick Salter	25	-5.545	16.582	15.856	5
8	16	Rusty Griffaw	25	-7.04	16.32	16.015	2
9	38 L	Ryan Little	22	-3	16.683	16.144	13
10	0	Randy Korte	19	-6	16.306	15.335	6
11	5a	Paul Schrempf	16	-9	17.994	16.559	6
12	8	Craig Smith	6	-19	16.292	15.441	1
13	33f	Michael Long	6	-19	15.782	15.744	4
14	50	Michael Wier	3	-22	17.999	17.644	1
15	87	Jason Zobrist	1	-24	16.851	16.851	1
16	11	Gordy Gundaker	0	-25	—	—	—
17	2	Dan Dondero	0	-25	—	—	—

UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – 28 Entries
Heat 1:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	5	Joe Dresch	8	0	16.396	16.155	2
2	94k	Kevin Graf	8	-2.808	16.983	16.107	3
3	11	Donnie Grimm	8	-4.19	18.966	16.091	3
4	11s	Derek Shipman	8	-4.796	17.091	16.347	5
5	28k	Leroy Haney	8	-5.487	17.016	16.6	5
6	69x	Dave Chilton	8	-6.542	16.953	16.419	6
7	8	Mike Monnig	8	-9.094	16.875	16.866	5
8	23t	Johnny Seet III	8	-10.729	17.578	16.987	5
9	51	Timmy Hill	8	-12.274	28.513	16.05	3
10	98	Joe Walsh	4	-4	16.869	16.325	3

Heat 2:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	24h	Mike Harrsion	8	0	15.947	15.876	7
2	b10	Brad White	8	-1.897	16.249	16.237	4
3	51s	Bob Stanton	8	-8.431	18.157	17.411	4
4	24k	Derek Kellerman	8	-8.971	18.666	17.479	3
5	66j	Blake Jost	7	-1	17.915	17.756	6
6	713	Steve Gorka Jr.	4	-4	17.512	17.402	3
7	16	Rusty Griffaw	1	-7	19.541	19.541	1
8	75	Darrell Hewlett	0	-9	—	—	—
9	1a	Steve Meyer Jr	0	-9	—	—	—

Heat 3:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	15	William Hicks	8	0	16.397	16.074	1
2	86	Tommie Seets Jr	8	-0.592	15.875	15.875	8
3	0	Tim Hancock	8	-2.397	16.328	16.312	5
4	22	Matt Mevert	8	-2.749	16.544	16.053	6
5	11h	John Stanton	8	-2.929	16.047	16.047	8
6	56	Dane Gundaker	8	-3.795	16.336	16.2	6
7	0	Scott White	8	-7.203	16.638	16.274	7
8	44	Timmy Hancock	8	-9.936	16.583	16.583	8
9	51x	Chris Geisen	5	-3	18.481	17.252	1

Dash:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	24h	Mike Harrsion	6	0	16.445	15.924	1
2	15	William Hicks	6	-2.154	16.367	16.324	5
3	86	Tommie Seets Jr	6	-2.233	16.298	16.176	2
4	5	Joe Dresch	6	-2.817	16.451	16.132	5
5	94k	Kevin Graf	6	-3.946	16.751	16.414	3
6	b10	Brad White	6	-4.198	16.493	16.461	4

Semi:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	51	Timmy Hill	10	0	16.418	16.233	5
2	16	Rusty Griffaw	10	-1.066	17.121	16.65	1
3	98	Joe Walsh	10	-2.554	16.599	16.56	7
4	8	Mike Monnig	10	-3.554	01:10.1	15.145	4
5	0	Scott White	8	-2	20.804	16.753	5
6	23t	Johnny Seet III	2	-8	18.047	17.701	1
7	44	Timmy Hancock	2	-8	17.328	17.328	2
8	75	Darrell Hewlett	0	-10	—	—	—
9	51x	Chris Geisen	0	-10	—	—	—
10	1a	Steve Meyer Jr	0	-10	—	—	—

Feature:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	24h	Mike Harrsion	20	0	17.057	16.377	13
2	86	Tommie Seets Jr	20	-2.344	17.039	16.649	5
3	15	William Hicks	20	-6.268	17.635	17.144	18
4	94k	Kevin Graf	20	-7.039	17.385	17.176	9
5	16	Rusty Griffaw	20	-7.247	17.052	16.837	18
6	69x	Dave Chilton	20	-7.865	17.246	16.952	9
7	0	Tim Hancock	20	-8.546	17.198	16.85	19
8	11h	John Stanton	20	-10.891	17.608	17.353	19
9	51s	Bob Stanton	20	-12.391	17.862	17.655	9
10	5	Joe Dresch	20	-13.063	17.745	17.205	7
11	28k	Leroy Haney	20	-13.253	18.444	17.659	16
12	8	Mike Monnig	20	-15.775	18.436	17.787	16
13	98	Joe Walsh	10	-10	17.463	17.446	7
14	56	Dane Gundaker	10	-10	17.807	17.459	7
15	24k	Derek Kellerman	10	-10	20.273	18.018	4
16	22	Matt Mevert	7	-13	19.171	17.375	1
17	11s	Derek Shipman	5	-15	35.904	17.893	3
18	51	Timmy Hill	5	-15	39.31	17.639	3
19	11	Donnie Grimm	3	-17	18.138	17.439	2
20	b10	Brad White	3	-17	18.19	17.75	1
21	66j	Blake Jost	1	-19	19.531	19.531	1
22	713	Steve Gorka Jr.	1	-19	18.986	18.986	1

UMP Pro Late Models -22 Entries
Heat 1:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	6k	Daniel Heck	8	0	16.043	15.808	1
2	55	Charlie Heck	8	-1.812	16.132	15.983	4
3	48	Bobby Martintoni	8	-2.13	16.196	15.755	6
4	15	Kolby Vandenburgh	8	-5.074	16.206	16.206	8
5	33h	Roben Huffman	8	-6.225	16.154	16.154	8
6	9	Paul Humphrey	8	-8.626	16.356	16.356	8
7	83s	Chris Stahlschmidt	8	-9.921	16.747	16.747	8
8	59	Aaron Heck	6	-2	16.861	16.459	3

Heat 2:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	67	Mark Oller	8	0	16.285	15.776	7
2	72	Brad Yotter	8	-1.246	16.496	16.352	3
3	74c	John Crenshaw	8	-2.053	16.514	16.085	7
4	17uw	Jim Shereck	8	-2.075	16.201	16.01	3
5	74h	Tim Hancock	8	-4.323	16.367	16.149	3
6	8 Ball	Scott Weber	1	-7	16.745	16.745	1
7	3	Craig Bessinger	0	-8	—	—	—

Heat 3:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	32	Derek Fetter	8	0	16.009	15.833	7
2	22	Darrell McDowell	8	-1.176	16.067	16.045	7
3	18	Bobby Dauderman	8	-1.275	15.629	15.629	8
4	24	Dick Taylor	8	-3.749	16.885	16.206	5
5	11s	Andy Scoles	8	-4.346	16.646	16.217	6
6	5j	Josh Jackson	8	-4.501	17.669	16.096	2
7	21	Andy Beavers	8	-7.308	16.661	16.661	8

Feature:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	32	Derek Fetter	20	0	16.802	16.166	10
2	67	Mark Oller	20	-0.084	16.791	16.012	6
3	8 Ball	Scott Weber	20	-1.974	16.387	15.806	8
4	48	Bobby Martintoni	20	-5.757	16.781	16.466	3
5	22	Darrell McDowell	20	-6.252	17.244	16.45	7
6	6k	Daniel Heck	20	-6.881	17.221	16.368	4
7	15	Kolby Vandenburgh	20	-8.318	17.149	16.531	8
8	17uw	Jim Shereck	20	-8.897	17.213	16.568	12
9	33h	Roben Huffman	20	-10.541	17.456	16.514	13
10	55	Aaron Heck	20	-12.645	17.398	16.423	11
11	5j	Josh Jackson	20	-13.232	17.779	16.35	16
12	74c	John Crenshaw	20	-13.451	17.611	16.738	16
13	11s	Andy Scoles	20	-14.193	17.277	16.831	8
14	74h	Tim Hancock	20	-15.355	17.307	16.685	5
15	72	Brad Yotter	19	-1	18.392	17.001	2
16	3	Craig Bessinger	19	-1	17.87	17.038	12
17	24	Dick Taylor	19	-1	18.088	16.809	16
18	9	Paul Humphrey	19	-1	18.442	17.297	8
19	21	Andy Beavers	19	-1	18.736	17.308	6
20	83s	Chris Stahlschmidt	19	-1	18.358	17.214	6
21	18	Bobby Dauderman	16	-4	17.287	16.214	7
22	59	Charlie Heck	0	-21	—	—	—

UMP DIRTcar Factory Stocks / Tri-City Street Stocks – 29 Entries
Heat 1:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	66	Jason Worley	6	0	18.775	18.592	2
2	63g	Richie Gabriel	6	-0.33	18.492	18.476	4
3	88	Cody Thornhill	6	-0.713	18.485	18.279	4
4	81	Creg Cannon	6	-2.833	18.68	18.68	6
5	82	Morris Booth	6	-3.824	19.464	18.931	2
6	3	Wade Glover	6	-4.433	19.157	18.942	5
7	19	Erik Sedlack	6	-5.753	19.069	19.026	3
8	11b	Fred Sparks	6	-6.099	18.887	18.887	6
9	51$	Justin Stanton	6	-11.276	20.154	20.017	3
10	30	Kasey Govero	6	-11.332	20.25	19.923	3

Heat 2:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	70	Marc McClintock	6	0	18.194	18.156	5
2	22	Tommy Gegg	6	-2.005	18.977	18.854	5
3	99g	Jimmy Glover	6	-4.874	19.586	19.344	3
4	61s	Ricky Smith	6	-5.43	19.709	19.642	2
5	7	Steve Stonecipher	6	-8.108	20.51	20.304	2
6	313w	Jerry Warren	6	-9.203	19.628	19.628	6
7	68b	Ron Hartmann	6	-9.238	20.096	20.096	6
8	84	Mike Leichsenring	6	-10.409	20.188	20.188	6
9	72	Dustin McClintock	1	-5	19.139	19.139	1
10	84d	Danny O’Dell	0	-7	—	—	—

Heat 3:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	57p	Bobby Silkwood	6	0	18.812	18.601	5
2	17	Dan Pilkington	6	-0.181	18.752	18.482	5
3	29f	Stephen Fohne	6	-0.579	18.671	18.378	4
4	34	Dave Armstrong	6	-1.577	18.517	18.517	6
5	17L	Buddy Love	6	-2.162	18.708	18.44	4
6	93	Todd Erickson	6	-4.089	19.449	19.333	3
7	59r	Jacob Rexing	6	-5.888	19.344	19.234	4
8	Wild 1 Jr	Ricky Huebner	3	-3	19.296	19.162	2
9	81c	Joe Benton	2	-4	20.237	20.237	2

Semi:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	19	Erik Sedlack	8	0	19.091	18.859	3
2	11b	Fred Sparks	8	-0.566	19.141	18.858	4
3	Wild 1 Jr	Ricky Huebner	8	-0.912	18.907	18.907	8
4	59r	Jacob Rexing	8	-4.949	19.794	19.352	4
5	51$	Justin Stanton	8	-9.891	19.942	19.804	4
6	30	Kasey Govero	8	-11.013	20.421	19.504	7
7	68b	Ron Hartmann	8	-11.128	20.627	20.075	3
8	81c	Joe Benton	8	-11.564	19.92	19.891	4
9	84	Mike Leichsenring	2	-6	22.292	21.473	1
10	72	Dustin McClintock	1	-7	19.98	19.98	1
11	84d	Danny O’Dell	0	-9	—	—	—

Feature:

Place	No.	Name	Laps	Lag	Last Time	Fast Time	Fast Lap
1	66	Jason Worley	15	0	19.113	18.538	4
2	70	Marc McClintock	15	-0.038	19.101	18.677	3
3	81	Creg Cannon	15	-2.739	19.825	18.856	13
4	34	Dave Armstrong	15	-3.018	19.306	19.03	11
5	88	Cody Thornhill	15	-3.313	19.501	18.874	1
6	17	Dan Pilkington	15	-3.631	19.633	18.9	3
7	57p	Bobby Silkwood	15	-4.948	19.52	19.25	1
8	3	Wade Glover	15	-5.56	19.744	19.316	11
9	11b	Fred Sparks	15	-5.624	19.684	19.139	3
10	Wild 1 Jr	Ricky Huebner	15	-7.744	19.629	19.213	6
11	17L	Buddy Love	15	-7.995	19.32	19.233	10
12	99g	Jimmy Glover	15	-8.315	19.846	19.369	2
13	61s	Ricky Smith	15	-8.927	19.748	19.431	5
14	22	Tommy Gegg	15	-9.72	19.263	18.697	2
15	19	Erik Sedlack	15	-10.015	19.444	19.444	15
16	59r	Jacob Rexing	15	-11.102	19.758	19.235	3
17	7	Steve Stonecipher	14	-1	22.265	20.589	8
18	313w	Jerry Warren	14	-1	21.646	20.005	4
19	63g	Richie Gabriel	8	-7	19.754	18.846	2
20	29f	Stephen Fohne	8	-7	19.392	18.774	2
21	82	Morris Booth	7	-8	19.929	19.227	2
22	93	Todd Erickson	0	-15	—	—	—

Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts – Heat 1
Finish	Car No	Driver	Hometown
1	98	Trey Harris	Imperial, MO
2	17R	Jacob Rexing (F)	Brighton, IL
3	22W	Scott Wickliffe (F)	Fenton, MO
4	35	Ben Gregory	Gerald, MO
5	39	Jonathan Schulte (F)	Caseyville, IL
6	R8	Jack Rogers (FR)	Caseyville, IL
7	61C	Jeremy Pride	South Roxana, IL
8	367M	Jeff Meador	Roxana, IL
9	71C	Rebecca Harding	Caseyville, IL
Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts – Heat 2
Finish	Car No	Driver	Hometown
1	35R	Rickey Carriker (F)	Wood River, IL
2	WH02	Eldon Hemken (F)	Gillespie, IL
3	24T	Sage Thornhill (F)	St. Louis, MO
4	28J	Justin Hall (MR)	South Roxana, IL
5	121V	Rick Viviano	Breese, IL
6	25	Gerrot Jacobson	Concord, MO
7	96N	Grace Bieser	Belleville, IL
8	81	Bill Kidman	Edwardsville, IL

Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts – A-Main
Finish	Car No	Driver	Hometown
1	17R	Jacob Rexing (F)	Brighton, IL
2	WH02	Eldon Hemken (F)	Gillespie, IL
3	24T	Sage Thornhill (F)	St. Louis, MO
4	98	Trey Harris	Imperial, MO
5	22W	Scott Wickliffe (F)	Fenton, MO
6	28J	Justin Hall (MR)	South Roxana, IL
7	39	Jonathan Schulte (F)	Caseyville, IL
8	R8	Jack Rogers (FR)	Caseyville, IL
9	96N	Grace Bieser	Belleville, IL
10	61C	Jeremy Pride	South Roxana, IL
11	71C	Rebecca Harding	Caseyville, IL
12	35	Ben Gregory	Gerald, MO
13	35R	Rickey Carriker (F)	Wood River, IL
14	367M	Jeff Meador	Roxana, IL
15	121V	Rick Viviano	Breese, IL
16	25	Gerrot Jacobson	Concord, MO
17	81	Bill Kidman	Edwardsville, IL