Mike Hess & Tony Roney take POWRi “Prelude to the Gold Crown” victories at Tri-City Speedway!

Mike Hess Tony Roney CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Mike Hess of Petersburg, IL driving the Brian Holderfield owned Stealth/Mopar midget won the O’Reilly POWRi presented by Lucas Oil “Prelude to the Gold Crown” twenty five lap midget event at Tri-City Speedway. Nick Knepper, who started on the pole, would lead the first four laps followed by Brad Loyet and Hess. Knepper and Loyet would run the bottom while Hess chose the cushion. Hess would sweep around the pair and take the lead on lap five. The only caution of the race came on [...]

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Harrison takes night 1 of Modified Mania in a photo finish! Montague, Jackson & Bimson take wins!

Mike Harrison edging Kevin Weaver out at the line! Mike Harrison CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (September 18, 2008) Mike Harrison of Highland, IL just edged out Kevin Weaver to win the opening night of the UMP DIRTcar Modified Mania. Harrison started on the pole and led all thirty laps of the main event. However, Weaver, who started eighth, made a late race charge to the front by using the cushion around the top came up just short of snatching the win from Harrison. (more…)

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Erb, Martintoni, Dauderman, Jackson & Shaw take victories at Tri-City Speedway!

Dennis Erb Bobby Martintoni CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (August 29, 2008) The Northern Allstar Late Model Series rolled into Tri-City Speedway and provided one of the most exciting Super Late Model feature events hosted by Tri-City Speedway this season. Kevin Cole jumped out front at the drop of the green flag and led the first seven laps before being overtaken by Dennis Erb. Erb's lead would be short lived as Randy Korte moved in took the lead on lap ten. Korte and Erb would do battle for the next ten [...]

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Faust, Walsh, Montague, Gegg & Schmidt take victories at Tri-City Speedway!

Billy Faust Ray Walsh CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (August 22, 2008) Fans got their money's worth at Tri-City Speedway as all five feature events saw final lap battles that came down to the wire, including the closest feature finish ever recorded at Tri-City Speedway since they began using transponders four years ago. (more…)

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Korte, Weber, Dauderman, Jackson & Schmidt take victories at Tri-City Speedway!

Randy Korte Scott Weber CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (August 15, 2008) Randy Korte of Highland, IL picked up his first Super Late Model victory of the 2008 racing season at Tri-City Speedway. Korte, making on his third start at Tri-City Speedway after sitting out much of the first half of the racing season with a back injury, had his hands full with Billy Faust throughout the event. Korte jumped to the lead as the green flag waved, but Faust would get the lead from Korte just a couple of laps [...]

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Faust, Seets, Dauderman, Ems & Ripperda take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Billy Faust Tommie Seets, Jr. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (August 8, 2008) Billy Faust held off Randy Korte for all twenty-five laps of the main event to earn his fifth Super Late Model victory of 2008 at Tri-City Speedway. Faust's win allowed him to increase his already commanding point lead for the track championship, he now leads the point standings by 274 points over second place Chad Zobrist. Mark Oller would finish in the third spot behind Korte with Chris Smyser claiming fourth and Zobrist rounded out the top five. [...]

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Erb, Harrison, Dauderman, Ems & Shaw win at Tri-City Speedway!

Dennis Erb Mike Harrison picked up $2,000 for his win in the Illinois/Missouri UMP Modified Challenge! CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (August 1, 2008) Mother Nature provided some very hot and steamy weather while the racers at Tri-City Speedway provided the fans with some hot racing action. Even with the very hot weather, track crews provided a very fast, tacky and most importantly a racy race surface. Dennis Erb, Jr. of Carpentersville, IL recovered from a multi-car incident on the opening lap of his heat race to earn a clean sweep [...]

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Moyer, Mevert & Dauderman take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Billy Moyer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (July 18, 2008) Matt Mevert of Steeleville, IL withstood the challenges of Mike Harrison and Bobby Martintoni to claim his first victory of 2008 at Tri-City Speedway. Mevert and Harrison battled for the lead the entire twenty-five laps while Martintoni worked his way towards the front and joined the battle up front for the final ten laps. Harrison took the lead at the drop of the green flag using the high side while Mevert patiently worked the bottom and took the lead from Harrison after [...]

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Moyer Motors to 4th Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Win of the Year at Tri City

Billy Moyer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY'S LUCAS OIL EVENT Pontoon Beach, IL (July 18, 2008) - Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR repelled the challenges of three other drivers during the nine-lap shootout near the end of the "Budweiser 50" on Friday Night at Tri-City Speedway. The record books will show the Hall of Famer leading all 50 laps, but the fans were on the edge of the seats until the checkered flag fell, with Moyer hanging on to the lead. The win would mark his fourth already in 2008 on the [...]

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Moyer, Schrader, Medley & Ems take victories at Tri-City Speedway!

Billy Moyer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (July 4, 2008) By Kellen Burns/DIRTcar Racing P.R. - Records are meant to be broken. But when it comes to Billy Moyer, he doesn’t just break records, he shatters them. Moyer smashed the one-lap Super Late Model standard for the three-eighths-mile Tri-City Speedway in qualifying on Friday night, then backed it up by pulling off an memorable outside pass to win the 40-lap UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals A-Main. (more…)

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