Pontoon Beach, IL (July 3, 2005) Mark Oller of Highland, IL grabbed the $2,000 victory at Tri-City Speedway by winning the UMP Late Model portion of the Freedom 30s. Oller, who started on the outside of the front row, took the lead on the opening lap from pole sitter Bryan Collins. Oller's lead was short lived as Steve Sheppard moved in to challenge for the lead from his third row starting position on lap seven. Sheppard and Oller battled side by side for several laps before Sheppard took command of the race in lapped traffic. A caution with just eight laps remaining in the event tightened the field. On the restart Sheppard was out front with the lapped car of Mike Hammerle between him and the second place running Oller. Sheppard was able to open up a five car length lead on the restart as Oller negotiated past Hammerle. Oller moved to the high side and began to chase down Sheppard. Oller closed in and took the lead with just three laps remaining and went on to victory. Sheppard claimed the second spot with Bryan Collins finishing third. Ed Dixon moved up from the twelfth starting position to claim the fourth spot with Craig Smith rounding out the top five.

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