Moyer Outduels Manville for Second Win of 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals

Billy Moyer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Moyer Outduels Manville for Second Win of 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals By Jordan Morris PONTOON BEACH, Ill. - June 20, 2014 - Billy Moyer fought hard to score his second win of the 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals season, overtaking Tim Manville on lap 30 en route to capturing the $10,000 checkered flag Friday night at Tri-City Speedway. Moyer, who started from the pole, had trouble holding the lead early. Manville, who started on the outside of row one, drove into the lead on lap two and looked to be the one to beat for [...]

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Harrison Returns to DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Victory Lane at Tri-City Speedway

Mike Harrison CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Harrison Returns to DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Victory Lane at Tri-City Speedway By Jordan Morris PONTOON BEACH, Ill. - June 20, 2014 - Mike Harrison ended a winless drought that stretched back to the 2013 season on Friday night, capturing the $1,000 checkered flag at Tri-City Speedway. Harrison, the defending DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals champion, fought his way to the front following a poor finish in heat two. Dean Hoffman, the pole-sitter, charges out to the lead on lap one and dominated the first half of the 25-lap main event. Hoffman's [...]

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Daniel Heck & Robbie Eilers take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Daniel Heck Robbie Eilers CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway Granite City, IL Race Results for 6/20/2014 UMP Pro Crate Late Models - A-Main (14)  Finish Car No Driver Hometown 1 72 Daniel Heck (C) Mount Vernon, IL 2 59 Aaron Heck (C) Mount Vernon, IL 3 15 Kolby Vandenbergh (C) Ashland, IL 4 4T Guy Taylor Springfield, IL 5 14 Paul Kuper (C) Breese, IL 6 34 Chase Porter DuQuoin, IL 7 5J Josh Jackson (C) South Roxana, IL 8 TK0 Tom Krankel (C) St. Louis, MO 9 83S Chris Stahlschmidt (C) Brighton, IL 10 52 James Edens Breese, IL 11 74H Tim Hancock (C) Granite City, IL 12 74C John [...]

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B-Mods added to UMP Summer Nationals event!

Pontoon Beach, IL - (June 10th, 2014) Tri-City Speedway has added the B-Mods division to run on June 20th during the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals. The main event for the B-Mods will pay $500 to win on this night! Tri-City Speedway will be the 9th stop on THE HELL TOUR that features 33 races in 39 days! The Summit Modified Nationals will also be part of the show featuring a $1,000 to win UMP DIRTcar Modified show! The UMP Pro Crate Late Models will also be in competition at Tri-City Speedway on June 20th. Gates open at 5pm. Grand stand [...]

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Randy Korte, Danny Ems, Aaron Heck, Jacob Rexing, Dallas Lugge & Mindy Wiser take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Randy Korte Danny Ems Aaron Heck Jacob Rexing Dallas Lugge Mindy Wiser CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (June 13th, 2014) In what had to be one of the most exciting UMP DIRTcar Modified features at Tri-City Speedway in recent years, Danny Ems of Barnhardt, MO took his first ever UMP DIRTcar Modified win. The former Street Stock ace competing in his first season in the UMP DIRTcar Modified division has been a strong competitor since his first night out. The feature event starting out with Michael Long jumping out to the lead and opening up a comfortable margin until a [...]

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Tim Manville, Rick Conoyer, Aaron Heck, Kevin Morrow & Tony Walker take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Tim Manville Rick Conoyer Aaron Heck Kevin Morrow Tony Walker CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway Granite City , IL Race Results for 6/6/2014 UMP Late Models - A-Main ( 13)  Finish Car No Driver Hometown 1 33 Tim Manville (L) St. Jacob, IL 2 17 Jim Shereck (L) St. Charles, MO 3 6K Michael Kloos (L) Trenton, IL 4 37 Kevin Cole Benton, IL 5 33F Rickey Frankel (L) Quincy, IL 6 92W Scott Weber (L) Festus, MO 7 0 Dewayne Kiefer Bloomsdale, MO 8 81 Paul Bailey (L) Pocahontas, IL 9 42 Steve Lach Brownstown, IL 10 35 Claude Walker Moro, IL 11 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL 12 3 Scott Henseler [...]

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Bud 50 Rescheduled for Friday, May 30th

(Restructured format) UMP Late Models $5,000 to Win (NO Entry FEE) Date: Friday, May 30, 2014 “Bud 40” Late Models $5000 to win – 40 Lap Feature (NO ENTRY FEE) To honor our commitment to our regular classes, all the classes scheduled to run May 30th will be running their regular weekly show: Modified, Crate LM, Street Stock, Factory Stocks and Dirt Divas Pit Passes: $35 (Kids 12 &under $10) Pit Gates open at 5:00 Late Models Group Qualifying at 7:00 Racing at 7:30 General Admission: $20 (Kids 12 & under free) Gates open at 5:30 First Responder Night ½ price Admission to all Police, EMT, Firefighters (Must show I.D.) FREE Camping (No Hook [...]

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Randy Korte, Ray Walsh, Kolby Vandenbergh, Matt Hancock, Travis Bittle & Ryan Hamilton take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Randy Korte Ray Walsh Kolby Vandenbergh Matt Hancock Travis Bittle Ryan Hamilton CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway Granite City, IL Race Results for 5/23/2014 UMP Late Models - A-Main (18) Car No Driver Hometown 1 00 Randy Korte Highland, IL 2 B5 Brandon Sheppard Berlin, IL 3 81JR Jason Riggs Harrisburg, IL 4 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL 5 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL 6 33F Rickey Frankel (L) Quincy, IL 7 17 Jim Shereck St. Charles, MO 8 92W Scott Weber (L) Festus, MO 9 30 Mark Voigt Marine, IL 10 1ST Justin Reed Camp Point, IL 11 17V Michael VandeRiet Jr. Mexico, MO 12 32 Derek Fetter (L) Troy, MO 13 5A [...]

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#88 Cody Thornhill

Driver Hometown:St.louis mo Car Owner:Thornhill Crew Members:Sage blake ricky baby james doug dude ronald and many others Years In Racing:4 years Sponsors: Turner lawn Brocks auto salvage Fox roofing Pavement maint kbc graphics emmendorfers service station Family:baby james jessica sage matthew mom & mama Job Info:lawn barber & a heavy hauler Racing Accomplishments:7 heat wins 1 feature win Website: Twitter Page URL: Facebook Page URL:cody.thornhill.39@facebook.com

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61s Ricky smith

              Driver Hometown: Godfrey,IL Car Owner:Rick Gabriel Crew Members:BObby Trevor Mom Randy Willie Hank Jerry Caylee Shelia Richie Grandpa Rick Years In Racing:3 Sponsors:Willies tire shop, advanced auto parts, Springman electric Family:Richie Gabriel Marilyn Gabriel Rick Job Info:Andy's tire and auto Racing Accomplishments:2012 rookie of the year Website: Twitter Page URL: Facebook Page URL:

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RAIN FORCES “HUT HUNDRED” CANCELLATION

By Dick Jordan - Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in the St. Louis area expected tonight and continuing into Friday have forced cancellation of Friday night’s scheduled “Hut Hundred” Honda USAC National Midget race at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill. It marks the second consecutive rainout for the traditional event which dates back to 1954. Saturday night’s “Belleville Bash” at Belle Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., co-sanctioned by POWRi, remains on tap at the spectacular high-banked quarter-mile dirt oval. The Honda USAC National Midgets return to Tri-City Speedway in Granite City for the October-2-3-4 “Gold Crown Midget Nationals.” Rico Abreu of [...]

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94K Kevin Graf

          Driver Hometown: Hazelwood, MO Car Owner: Kevin Graf Crew Members: Franke Bruno, Eric Holt, Mike Vaughn Years In Racing: Been racing since 1991, but have not raced every year. Sponsors: 4anOffice.com, Complete Auto Body, Mason Signs, Metro Shooting Supplies, Mile 277 Bar and Grill, McGrath Environmental Associates, Schaeffer Oil, The Biking Life, The Neon Cycle, The Graf Group Insurance Services Family: Wife- Kimberley, Daughters- Kara Lippmann and son in law Nick Lippmann and Krystal Diamond. Job Info: Mixer driver for Raineri Building and Materials Racing Accomplishments: Have raced off and on since 1991, but only three years for points. Ran for points in 1995 with a [...]

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14 Tommy Gaither

Driver Hometown: Bunker hill, IL Car Owner: Alan Wheeler Crew Members: Grandpa Alan, Grandpa Bob, Dad (Bill), Mom (Jamey), Grandma T, Josh, Zach, Caylee Years In Racing: 7 Sponsors: Willies Tire Shop, L&T Construction, Kinder Auto Repair Family: Job Info: Engineer Racing Accomplishments: 2009 TCS SS 5th place in points, 2011 TCS SS track champion Website: Twitter Page URL: Facebook Page URL:

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Scott Bloomquist Blasts to Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Win at Tri-City Speedway

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! PONTOON BEACH, IL (May 2, 2014) - Scott Bloomquist led all 100 laps to win tonight's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Spring Classic at Tri-City Speedway. Bloomquist was only challenged a few times by runner-up Jimmy Owens as he won for the second time in the last three LOLMDS races. Trailing Bloomquist and Owens to the finish line were Randy Korte, Don O'Neal, and John Blankenship. "Our Sweet-Bloomquist car has been strong all year long, we struggled a little last night, but tonight was a different story. It has been awhile since we [...]

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Michael Long & Aaron Heck pick up big wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Michael Long Aaron Heck CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (May 2, 2014) A stout field of UMP DIRTcar Modifieds were on hand for the $1,000 to win event. Michael Long moved past early leader Danny Ems on lap eight and then held off a tough challenge in the closing laps from Chad Kinder to pick up the win. Matt Mevert worked his way through traffic to finish in the third spot. Kenny Wallace would finish fourth with Rick Conoyer rounding out the top five. Defending Tri-City Speedway Pro Late Model Champion Aaron Heck would get the UMP [...]

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69x superdave

Driver Hometown: Farmington, MO Car Owner: David Chilton Crew Members: a few Years In Racing: 7 / ran multis for 4 and mods for 3 Sponsors: Jenkins racing, show me rent to own, ladies first oby/gn, denoyers taxidermy, Missouri land company, axaltra/cromax, lucas oil products, crc automotive, kempin automotive, 3m, Family: wife mary jo, daughter alexis, son domonick Job Info: firefighter Racing Accomplishments: 2 track champions in the multis / was in November issue of dirt modified mag. Website: Twitter Page URL: Facebook Page URL: team excitment

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