Page 67 – Tri City Speedway

Voigt, Walsh, Oller, Gegg & Eilers take wins on Tri-City Speedway’s opening night!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (April 20, 2007) After Mother Nature forced Tri-City Speedway to cancel the first two weeks of the racing season, the completely reworked racetrack opened to rave reviews on Friday, April 20th. Over the winter, the track was rebuilt from a 1/2 & 1/4 mile ovals to a single 3/8 mile oval banked 10 degrees. The new track also featured all new lighting and many other improvements. The racers came out in force to try out the new track, as 155 cars entered in the five divisions. A huge crowd [...]

April 22, 2007

April 3, 2004 Results

James Wins Inaugural Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series Ironman Feature!" By Steve Birmingham April 3, 2004; Granite City, IL - With 105 race cars jamming the pits for the inaugural Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series, Terry James sped to his first Ironman Late Model feature win Saturday at Tri-City Speedway. James survived an eight car pilup as the bunched steel block field raced into the first corner. No injureis resulted but four cars went to the trailer for the night. On the restart Grondski took a two inch lead over James and could only [...]

January 10, 2007

April 10, 2005 Results

Pontoon Beach, IL (April 10, 2005) A huge field of racers came out to compete in the inaguaral event under the new ownership of G&G Motorsports at the Tri-City Speedway presented by Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers in Pontoon Beach, IL. The overflowing field of racecars quickly filled up the pit area, forcing track official's to come up with an alternate plan for pit parking. A solution was quickly found and some teams were allowed to pit on the back straight-away and turns of the 1/2 mile track since it wasn't being used at this event. [...]

January 9, 2007

Shannon Babb claims Budweiser 50 at Tri-City Speedway! Matt Taylor & Ray Walsh pick up wins also!

Shannon Babb enjoying the spoils of victory lane at Tri-City Speedway! "The Show Stopper" Ray Walsh takes the UMP Modified win at Tri-City Speedway! Matt Taylor wins the UMP Pro Late Model main event! CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE BUD 50 AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway -- Granite City, ILRace Results for 5/26/2013 UMP Late Models - A-Main -- 34 CarsFinish Car No Driver Hometown1 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL2 2 Brady Smith Solon Springs, WI3 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL4 11T Tyler Reddick Corning, CA, IL5 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL6 B5 Brandon Sheppard Berlin, IL7 116 Randy Weaver [...]

May 28, 2013

Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 13th!

August 21, 2012

Scott Weber takes PCRA win! Mike Harrison, Jon Ripperda, Jason Worley & Jacob Rexing take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Scott Weber Mike Harrison Jon Ripperda Jason Worley Jacob Rexing CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (May 18) — Pole-starting Scott Weber of Festus, Mo., won Friday night’s Scott Credit Union Pro Crate Racers of America event at Tri-City Speedway, earning $1,000 for his second victory of the season on the Crate Late Model tour.Bobby Dauderman of Alhambra, Ill., outdueled Tim Ratajczk of Millstadt, Ill., after a race-long duel in the 25-lapper to score a runner-up finish. Mark Oller of Highland, Ill., and Aaron Heck of Mount Vernon, Ill., rounded out the top five.Two cautions slowed the [...]

May 22, 2012

Dan Schlieper takes Tri-City Speedway’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals win!

Dan Schlieper CLICK HERE FOR MORE SUMMER NATIONALS PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEOS FROM THIS EVENT! Pontoon Beach, IL (June 24, 2011) Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wisconsin claimed his third career UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory at Tri-City Speedway and claimed the $10,000 payday. The race got off to an odd beginning when one of the favorites to win, Brian Birkhofer, lost his left front tire as the cars rolled out onto the racetrack to lineup for the main event. Birkhofer would have to go to the pit area and replace the tire, which ruined his chances for [...]

June 25, 2011

Earl Pearson, Jr. takes Budweiser 50 win; Mark Oller & Michael Long also take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Earl Pearson, Jr. Mark Oller Michael Long CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY PONTOON BEACH, IL (July 16th, 2010)- Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL won a series record, fourth straight Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event, tonight at Tri-City Speedway. He took home the $10,000 payday in winning the "Budweiser 50". Pearson withstood a mid-race challenge from several drivers as he went on to lead all 50 laps of the event. It was his seventh series win of the year. (more…)

July 18, 2010

Birkhofer wins Frostbuster 50; Kinder storms to Modified win and Faust claims Pro Late Model victory

Brian Birkhofer Chad Kinder Billy Faust CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE FROSTBUSTER 50! Pontoon Beach, IL (April 17, 2009) Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa claimed the $10,000 Frostbuster 50 victory at Tri-City Speedway! Birkhofer started on the outside of the front row but fell back to third at the drop of the green flag while third place starting Will Vaught took the lead on lap one and led the first seven laps. However, Birkhofer soon found a fast line around the 3/8 mile speedway and moved past Vaught for the lead and dominated the [...]

April 19, 2009

Collins, Walsh, Dauderman, Jackson & Zbinden take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Bryan Collins CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (May 23, 2008) Two time and defending Tri-City Speedway Super Late Model Champion Bryan Collins led only two laps of the main event, but they were the most important two laps, the last two! Collins, driving a borrowed machine from Randy Korte, started sixth in the main event and fought lap after lap with Rusty Griffaw and Billy Faust. Griffaw jumped out to the lead on the opening lap from his front row outside starting position and battled with pole sitter Faust for the lead lap [...]

May 25, 2008