Pontoon Beach, IL (September 24, 2005) Ed Shamhart of Olney, IL topped a stellar field of UMP Modifieds at Tri-City Speedway and claimed the largest payday ever for a modified race at the track. Thirty-three UMP Modifieds checked in the gate to compete on the big flat 1/2 mile dirt oval that would pay the winner $5,000.

The night's action was kicked off with the thirty-three competitors taking to the track for two laps of qualifying. Scott Weber of Festus, MO turned in the fastest qualifying lap as he circled the speedplant in 22.856 seconds.

Weber would back up his qualifying effort by cruising to victory in the first qualifying heat race. Shane Cockrum roared to victory in the second qualifying heat race with Ed Shamhart taking the third heat and Mike Harrison picked up the victory in the fourth qualifying heat race. Weber would come back and claim the win in the dash as well.

Weber and Shamhart made up the front row of the twenty-four car starting grid by virtue of finishing first and second in the dash. The two would race side-by-side for the first two and half laps before Weber put his machine out front. The caution would wave on lap four as Brent Keyes spun in turn one. Weber reassumed the lead on the restart and opened up about a ten car length lead. Then, as the race neared the halfway point, disaster nearly struck for Weber as Everett Bradham spun in turn one as Weber was closing in on him to put him a lap down. Weber was able to get his car locked down and missed the spun car of Bradham but in doing so, Weber made significant contact with the outside guardrail with the right rear of his machine. Weber was able to continue and reassumed the lead on the restart. The race would see one last caution when Matt Mevert spun in turn one. Mevert, at the time of the spin, was racing for the second spot with Shamhart when Mevert, Shamhart and Matt Goulden all made contact getting into turn one. Weber once again led the field to the green flag on the restart but the handling began to go away on his machine as the laps wound down. With just five laps remaining, Shamhart moved past Weber and pulled away to take the victory. Jeff Leka also worked his way past Weber in the closing laps to take a second place finish. Weber held on and claimed the third spot. Matt Goulden crossed the line in fourth and Jim Shereck charged through the field after starting seventeenth to take the fifth position.

Persistant rain showers ended up forcing a postponement of the Sportsman and Street Stock main events. The details on rescheduling those events will be released at a later date.

PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY

Mod Qualifying:
Order of Qualifying First Name Last Name 1st Lap 2nd Lap Better Lap
4J SCOTT WEBER 23.136 22.856 22.856
3L JEFF LEKA 22.977 22.975 22.975
12S ED SHAMHART 23.087 23.001 23.001
24 MIKE HARRISON 23.044 23.034 23.034
41 MATT GOULDEN 23.166 23.061 23.061
6M TERRY MCCLINTOCK 23.285 23.122 23.122
22 MATT MEVERT 23.469 23.196 23.196
1A STEVE MEYER JR 23.208 23.506 23.208
21S DENNY SCHWARTZ 23.336 23.225 23.225
21M STEVE MYERS 23.318 23.251 23.251
41M BRENT MULLINS 23.253 23.291 23.253
1W RAY WALSH 23.353 23.370 23.353
17 JIM SHERECK 23.430 23.528 23.430
33 SHANE COCKRUM 23.467 23.592 23.467
1HJR EVERETT BRADHAM 23.944 23.482 23.482
P0 TIM HANCOCK 23.499 23.634 23.499
40 MICHAEL O'HAIR 23.527 23.657 23.527
444 MATT SIMPSON 23.598 23.542 23.542
P9 TOM SEETS SR 23.695 23.556 23.556
2N MIKE NULL 27.090 23.584 23.584
5 MARTY SMITH JR 23.671 23.757 23.671
25 BRETT KORVES 24.137 23.689 23.689
68 DANE GUNDAKER 23.907 23.720 23.720
05 PAUL SCHREMPF 24.176 23.728 23.738
89 BOBBY BITTLE 24.044 23.781 23.781
25K BRENT KEYES 23.815 23.816 23.815
94 ED LENHARDT 23.843 23.981 23.843
10 CURT RHODES 23.869 24.012 23.869
1J FLOYD JORDON JR 23.683 23.948 23.948
67 JOHN SEETS 24.571 24.063 24.063
11 STEVE STEVENSON 24.503 24.433 24.433
97 CHIP MORGAN 25.416 25.450 25.416
7 RICK RHOADES 99.999 99.999 99.999

Mod Heat 1
1 4j Scott Weber
2 41 Matt Goulden
3 21s Denny Schwartz
4 5 Marty Smith Jr
5 17 Jim Shereck
6 10 Curt Rhoades
7 05 Paul Schrempf
8 40 Mike O'hair

Mod Heat 2
1 33 Shane Cockrum
2 21m Steve Myers
3 3l Jeff Leka
4 89 Bobby Bittle
5 444 Matt Simpson
6 1 Floyd Jordan Jr
7 67 John Seets
8 6 Terry Mcclintock

Mod Heat 3
1 12s Ed Shamhart
2 22 Matt Mevert
3 41m Brent Mullins
4 P9 Tom Seets
5 25 Brent Keyes
6 25 Brett Korves
7 11 Steve Stevenson
8 1hjr Everett Bradham

Mod Heat 4
1 24 Mike Harrison
2 P0 Tim Hancock
3 1a Steve Meyer Jr
4 1w Ray Walsh
5 94 Ed Lenhardt
6 68 Dane Gundaker
7 97 Chip Morgan
8 7 Rick Rhoades
9 2 Mike Null

Mod Dash
1 4j Scott Weber
2 12s Ed Shamhart
3 24 Mike Harrison
4 22 Matt Mevert
5 21m Steve Myers
6 P0 Tim Hancock
7 41 Matt Goulden
8 33 Shane Cockrum

Mod Semi
1 67 John Seets
2 68 Dane Gundaker
3 1b Everett Bradham
4 10 Curt Rhoades
5 1j Floyd Jordan Jr
6 05 Paul Schrempf
7 2n Mike Null
8 25 Brett Korves
9 40 Mike O'hair
10 11 Steve Stevenson
11 97 Chip Morgan
12 7 Rick Rhoades

Mod Feature
1 12 Ed Shamhart
2 3l Jeff Leka
3 4j Scott Weber
4 41 Matt Goulden
5 17 Jim Shereck
6 24 Mike Harrison
7 5 Marty Smith Jr
8 21s Dennis Schwartz
9 P0 Tim Hancock
10 25k Brent Keyes
11 94 Ed Lenhardt
12 33 Shane Cockrum
13 89 Bobby Bittle
14 41m Brent Mullins
15 22 Matt Mevert
16 10 Curt Rhoades
17 21m Steve Myers
18 67 John Seets
19 1h Everett Bradham
20 P9 Tom Seets
21 1a Steve Meyer Jr
22 1w Ray Walsh
23 444 Matt Simpson
24 68 Dane Gundaker

Ss Heat 1
1 00 Justin Ketrow
2 69 Sam Kizer
3 29 Kris Fohne
4 82 Morris Booth
5 4 Larry Smith
6 22 Tommy Gegg
7 2 Larry Marsala
8 20 John Cory
9 5150 Darin Wilson
10 17m Buddy Love- Dnf

Ss Heat 2
1 5 Josh Jackson
2 00 Tony King
3 19s Nathan Schmidt
4 01 Leo Dublo
5 11 Adam Pate
6 3 Kevin Dunham
7 51 Jason Stanton
8 28 Justin Durbin
9 86 Jimmy Miller
10 30 Ricky Cross

Ss Heat 3
1 71 Rick Huebner
2 93 Todd Erickson
3 74 Eric Rensing
4 X70 Keith Jackson
5 1 Tim Driscoll
6 63 Richie Gabriel
7 5w Matt Workman
8 44 Pat Harper
9 13 Ronald Houser

Ss Heat 4
1 77 Rick Rhoades
2 111 John Burns
3 04 Greg Schumacher
4 72 Pat Yotter
5 64 Brian Crawford
6 X22 Mark Heigen
7 441s Shannon Hilmes
8 95 Jeff Nash
9 48 Corey Perigo

Sports Heat 1
1 2 Chuck Adams
2 3 Todd Loddeke
3 31 Kevin Lee
4 4 Mark Schnurbusch
5 93 Paul Nash
6 33 Nathan Bowman
7 70 Tony Hunter
8 56b Marty Kopp
9 88s Scott Drew

Sports Heat 2
1 23 Dennis Wernle
2 155 Jason Kellar
3 441 Aaron Melton
4 86 Jake Robbins
5 41 Ron Petty
6 31s Brian Shubirg
7 2c Pete Cory
8 186 Jeff Robbins
9 7 Brian Slover

Sports Heat 3
1 M41 Steve Maisel
2 32 Jr Jr Benton
3 32 David Walker
4 29 Jeff Lebaube
5 18 Mike Newton
6 51 Rick Jones
7 00 Dave Meyers
8 21 Andy Beavers
9 27 Keith Petty

Sports Heat 4
1 45t Trista Stevenson
2 19 Jimmy Cummins
3 115 Tim England
4 55 Chris Smith
5 5 Terry Chester
6 53 Lawerence Schafer
7 7m Jj Miller
8 88h Matt Hartnett
9 28 Bert Jacoby

Ss Dash
1 5 Josh Jackson
2 77d Rick Rhoades
3 69 Sam Kizer
4 71 Ricky Huebner
5 00 Tony King
6 93 Todd Erickson
7 111 John Burns
8 00x Justin Ketrow

Sports Dash
1 23 Dennis Wernle
2 2 Chuck Adams
3 M41 Steve Maisel
4 32 Jr Jr Benton
5 45t Trista Stevenson
6 19 Jimmy Cummins
7 3 Todd Loddeke
8 155 Jason Kellar

Ss Semi 1
1 1 Tim Driscoll
2 5 Matt Workman
3 22 Tommy Gegg
4 63 Richie Gabriel
5 4 Larry Smith
6 20 John Cory
7 2 Larry Marsala
8 5150 Darin Wilson

Street Stock Feature Rained Out

Sportsman Feature Rained Out