Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series May 3rd Tri City Speedway (IL) Event Canceled

PONTOON BEACH, IL (May 2, 2013) - Tomorrow's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL has been canceled. With the upcoming predicted Thursday Night & Friday forecasts, an agreement between Tri-City Speedway and LOLMDS officials were left with no option but to cancel the event.   "One to three inches of rain are forecasted over the next 48 hours, followed by extreme low temperatures," said Promoter Kevin Gundaker. "Our concerns for our fans and teams traveling to this event and incurring costs over the next couple of days while being subjected [...]

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Brian Shirley, Mike Harrison, Derek Fetter, Jason Worley & Jacob Rexing take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Brian Shirley Mike Harrison Derek Fetter Jason Worley Jacob Rexing CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (August 17th, 2012) - Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL held off the challenges of Dewayne Kiefer for all twenty-five laps to earn the victory in the UMP DIRTcar Late Model main event. Shirley led all twenty-five laps but Kiefer was right there challenging Shirley for the lead lap after lap. Billy Laycock would have his best run of the 2012 season and moved up through the field to finish in third. Bobby Pierce would get the fourth spot with Tim Manville rounding out the [...]

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McBride, Long, Griffin, Ems & Shehorn take wins at Tri-City Speedway

Jason McBride Michael Long Dustin Griffin Danny Ems Vincent Shehorn CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway — Pontoon Beach, ILRace Results for 8/19/2011 Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts – A-Main — 12 CarsFinish Car No Driver Hometown1 2 Vincent Shehorn Mt. Vernon, il2 6W Cody Weaver (FR) Jerseyville, IL3 17R Jacob Rexing (F) Brighton, IL4 21M Willy Myers (F) Collinsville, IL5 9T Travis Horner (F) Alhambra, IL6 35C Rickey Carriker Wood River, IL7 21CC Bill Burke Nashville, IL8 60 John Jones (FR) Florissant, MO9 9R Randy Horner (FR) Alhambra, IL10 15G Zach Gaither (F) Alton, IL11 17 [...]

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Jared Landers takes second leg of Modified Mania at Tri-City Speedway!

Jared Landers CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! September 24th, 2010 Modifieds - A-Main -- 61 Cars Finish Car No Driver Hometown 1 777 Jared Landers Blackwell, AR 2 22s Chad Kinder Newton, IL 3 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus, MO 4 41M Brent Mullins Litchfield, IL 5 128 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL (more…)

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New Car Propels Don O’Neal to Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Budweiser 50!

Don O'Neal CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! PONTOON BEACH, IL (July 17, 2009) - Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN powered himself to victory in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned Budweiser 50 on Friday Night at Tri-City Speedway. He earned $10,000 for his second series win in the last three events. Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA finished second followed by Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, IL; 11th starting Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA; and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI. (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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Billy Moyer wins Miller Lite 50; Harrison & Sensel also get big wins at Tri-City Speedway!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (July 20, 2007) Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR picked up the $10,000 victory at Tri-City Speedway's Lucas Oils Series Miller Lite 50. Don O'Neal took the lead at the drop of the green flag from his front row pole starting position and led the first fifteen circuits. Moyer, who started third, slipped back to fifth in the first stages of the event but found the fast line around the 3/8 mile oval after about ten laps and started moving back toward the front. Once Moyer got to the lead, [...]

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July 9, 2006 Results

PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY'S UMP SUMMER NATIONALS Pontoon Beach, IL (July 9, 2006) Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA rolled into Tri-City Speedway and put on one of the most dominating performances that has been seen in several years at the track. Birkhofer hit the setup perfectly in the main event and left the other twenty-one competitors wondering where he went. Before the end of the forty lap main event, Birkhofer had lapped all but four cars and had all four of those cars in his sights and probably would of came close to putting the entire [...]

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July 11, 2004 Results

Babb Blasts to $10,000 Summer Nationals Win at Tri-City! By Steve Birmingham   July 11, 2004; Granite City, IL -Records tumbled as Shanonb Babb set fast time and new Dash and Feature records enroute to a green to checker victory in the UMP Summer Nationals at Tri-City Speedway. Babb blistered the half-mile with a New Track Record for UMP Super Late Models with a 20.570-second tour of the flat half-mile dirt. He then blasted to the front and never let go to win the opening nine-car Dash. Terry Phillips went flag to flag to [...]

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July 10, 2005 Results

Pontoon Beach, IL (July 10, 2005) Mark Oller earned his second straight UMP Late Model victory at the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealer's Tri-City Speedway. Jayme Zidar took the early lead from the pole position and led the main event until Steve Sheppard slipped past him on the low side on lap five. A good three-way battle for the lead shaped up as Oller, Sheppard and Zidar battled through lapped traffic. Oller was able to find a fast line around the top side about mid-way through the event and move past Sheppard for the lead. Sheppard would cut a right front [...]

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