Pontoon Beach, IL (October 9, 2005) Tri-City Speedway presented "Cheater's Night" better known as an open competition show in which many drivers and crews spent many hours creating some unique body designs on their racecars. Everything from large plexiglass sideboards to sprint car wings to spoilers mounted in all types of different configurations on all the different classes of cars.

In the late model division, two cars with huge plexiglass side panels put on a dominating performance as they ran away from the field during the first twenty-four laps of the twenty-five lap main event. But it was the final lap when disaster struck for the leader, Kyle Steffens. While battling with Dick Taylor, the other car with huge plexiglass side panels, Steffens tangled with the car of Billy Laycock as he tried to work through several cars they were putting a lap down. Laycock got out of shape in front of the leaders and was almost complete spun when Steffens made contact, completely spinning both Laycock and himself. The caution waved and Steffens was forced to restart at the rear of the field on the restart. Dick Taylor drove away on the restart and claimed the victory. Brian Dively was credited with a second place finish and Mike Hammerle was third after Mark Oller and Kyle Steffens were penalized for jumping the restart. Oller was credited with fourth and Steffens fifth, the last car on the lead lap.

Joe Dresch moved back behind the wheel of his modified after piloting a late model for most of the season and put on a dominating performance. Dresch led all twenty laps of the main event as he pretty much went unchallenged for the top spot. Tim Hancock found a fast line around the top and came on strong in the closing stages of the race and claimed the second position. Jim Shereck overcame handling problems caused by his huge plexiglass sideboards in his qualifying heat and finished third after starting seventeenth. Rusty Griffaw took the fourth spot and Bobby Martintoni completed the top five.

Two sportsman cars with big sprint car wings mounted on top proved too much for the rest of the field as they claimed the two top spots. Gary Walker made a late race pass on the ageless veteran Lenny "FIREBALL" Garson to earn the victory. Garson took the second spot and the young lady Trista Stevenson, who battled with the two front runners throughout the main event, took the third position. Jerry Kaufman took the fourth spot and Jason Keller rounded out the top five.

Kevin Lee claimed his first feature event win ever in the Street Stock division. Lee's car had the body modified with a "HALLOWEEN" look including a skull mounted on the front of the hood that actually had a light flashing in it. His car was also fast as he easily won the main event. Tommy Gegg picked up two spots in the final couple of laps and claimed the second position. Josh Jackson, Todd Erickson and Eric Skinner competed the top five.

John Leahy led wire-to-wire in the Dwarf Car division as he held off a hard charging Ron Wick in the closing laps to earn the victory and points championship. Tony Hobson took the third spot with Jim Black and Brad Paquett rounding out the top five.

Rob Shaw took the win in the Factory Stock division. Five cars battled fiercly for the lead in the closing laps but Shaw held them off at the line. Matt Hamblin took the second position with Justin Shaw third, Nick Knebel fourth and Rob Lee fifth. Trey Harris, who battled with the leaders and crossed the line fourth was disqualified for not having the minimum air pressure in his tires.

Late Models
Heat 1
1 24 Dick Taylor
2 67 Mark Oller
3 18 Ryan Little
4 16 Mike Hammerlee
5 72 Ron Mcquerry
6 17 Brad Sullivan

Heat 2
1 8 Kyle Steffens
2 77 Clay Baumann
3 11d Brian Dively
4 82 Billy Laycock
5 12 Rick Stanridge
6 11 Mike Bryant

Feature
1 24 Dick Taylor
2 11d Brian Diveley
3 16 Mike Hammerle
4 67 Mark Oller
5 8 Kyle Steffens
6 77 Clay Baumann
7 72 Ron Mcquerry
8 82 Billy Laycock
9 18 Ryan Little
10 17 Brad Sullivan
11 12 Rick Standridge
12 11b Mike Bryant

Modifieds
Heat 1
1 5 Joe Dresch
2 P0 Tim Hancock
3 11w Wes Weinman
4 01 Ricky Huebner
5 3 Mark Lueck
6 04 Glen Woolbright
7 21 Kenny Shaw
8 90 Nick Todtenhaupe
9 11s Scott Riepshoff

Heat 2
1 16g Rusty Griffaw
2 11 John Statnon
3 20n Bob Newberry
4 16h John Hobson
5 1a Steve Meyer Jr
6 17s Jim Shereck
7 8 Dan Norwalk
8 17m Mark Lund

Heat 3
1 48 Bobby Martintoni
2 74 Chad Fruenfelder
3 28 Tom Seets
4 37 Mike Monroe
5 7 Parker Williams
6 N2 Mike Null
7 99 John Watson
8 75 Terry Wagner

Feature
1 5 Joe Dresch
2 P0 Tim Hancock
3 17 Jim Shereck
4 16 Rusty Griffaw
5 48 Bobby Martintoni
6 11 John Stanton
7 20 Bob Newberry
8 74 Chad Fruenfelder
9 Wild1 Ricky Huebner
10 11 Wes Weinman
11 7 Parker Williams
12 2 Mike Null
13 99 John Watson
14 3 Mark Leuck
15 1a Steve Meyer Jr
16 75 Terry Wagner
17 04 Glen Woolbright
18 17m Mark Lund
19 8 Dan Norwalk
20 28 Tom Seets
21 37 Mike Monroe

Sportsman
Heat 1
1 1 Lenny Garson
2 58 Larry Martin
3 99 Chad Day
4 18 Pat Chalmers
5 86 Jake Robbins
6 2 Pete Cory
7 56 Kenny Shaw

Heat 2
1 77 David Walker
2 155 Jason Keller
3 3 Todd Loddeke
4 45 Trista Stevenson
5 29 Jerry Kaufman
6 7 Bryan Slover
7 28 Dan Pitti
8 38 Todd Hueden

Feature
1 77 Gary Walker
2 1 Lenny Garson
3 45 Trista Stevenson
4 29 Jerry Kaufman
5 155 Jason Keller
6 2 Cory Pete
7 3 Todd Loddeke
8 86 Jake Robbins
9 28 Dan Pitti
10 99 Chad Day
11 7 Bryan Slover
12 38 Todd Hueden
13 56 Kenny Shaw
14 58 Larry Martin
15 18 Pat Chalmers

Street Stocks
Heat 1
1 93 Todd Erickson
2 71 Eric Skinner
3 31 Kevin Lee
4 5 Josh Jackson
5 22 Tommy Gegg
6 74 Eric Reising
7 2 Larry Marsala
8 65 Justin Rode
9 10 Scott Clarey
10 1-dns Tim Driscol

Feature
1 31 Kevin Lee
2 22 Tommy Gegg
3 5 Josh Jackson
4 93 Todd Erickson
5 71 Eric Skinner
6 2 Larry Marsala
7 74 Eric Reising
8 10 Scott Clarey
9 65 Justin Rode
10 1 Tim Driscoll

Dwarf Cars
Heat 1
1 69 Ron Wick
2 10 Jim Black
3 69b Justin Buckholtz
4 47 Brad Paquett
5 98 Don Wadlow
6 32 Dave Huffman
7 3 Billy Craig
8 31 Jeff Morgan
9 60 Tyler Inboden

Heat 2
1 8 John Leahy
2 00 Wyane Arnold
3 11 Bobby Black
4 36 Jim Daly
5 96 Pam Sheppard
6 56 Danny Haynes
7 18 Tony Hobson
8 13 Gary Price
9 40-dns

Feature
1 8 John Leahy
2 69 Ron Wick
3 18 Tony Hobson
4 10 Jim Black
5 47 Brad Paquett
6 56 Danny Haynes
7 36 Jim Daly
8 96 Pam Sheppard
9 3 Billy Craig
10 00 Wayne Arnold
11 98 Don Wadlow
12 32 Dave Huffman
13 69b Justin Buckholtz
14 60 Tyler Inboden
15 31 Jeff Morgan
16 11 Bobby Black
17 13 Gary Price

Factory Stocks
Heat 1
1 18j Justin Shaw
2 52 Nick Knebel
3 13h Matt Hamblin
4 11l Rob Lee
5 5 David Pulley Jr
6 13d Mitch Denison
7 36c Rick Cross
8 96r Ted Romine
9 79 Keith Rose

Heat 2
1 18 Rob Shaw
2 36b Ralph Bradford
3 11s Joe Swip
4 50 Trey Harris
5 7d Bob Ibinden
6 20b David Betts
7 2b David Shaw
8 34 Jason Cox
9 20v Tracy Von Rohr

Feature
1 18 Rob Shaw
2 13h Matt Hamblin
3 18j Justin Shaw
4 52 Nick Knebel
5 11l Rob Lee
6 20 David Betts
7 13 Mitch Denison
8 5 David Pulley Jr
9 34 Jason Cox
10 96 Ted Romine
11 36 Rick Cross
12 36 Ralph Bradford
13 11s Joe Swip
14 7 Bob Ibinden
15 79 Keith Rose
16 50 Trey Harris