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MOPAR .25 MIDGETS JOIN OCTOBER “GOLD CROWN” SLATE

Inagural "Road to the Gold" for Quartermidgets Every year seems to bring a new dimension to the annual “Gold Crown Nationals” at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. This year is no exception as the Mopar .25 Midgets, fresh from their busiest calendar year ever, join the activities at the track located just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Already sporting the USAC Mopar Midgets and Sprint car racing on the 3/8-mile dirt oval, Tri-City will make their debut on the Mopar .25 calendar with a Saturday, October 6 special event on an already-existing oval located on the [...]

September 5, 2012

Randy Korte, Michael Long, Scott Weber, Dave Armstrong & Jacob Rexing go to victory lane at Tri-City Speedway!

Randy Korte Michael Long Scott Weber Dave Armstrong Jacob Rexing CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (June 1st, 2012) Randy Korte claimed victory at Tri-City Speedway after a bizarre ending. Dewayne Kiefer jumped out to the early lead at the drop of the green flag, only to have Korte take over the top spot on lap two. Korte would get out to sizeable lead while Kiefer ran a solid second. Meanwhile, Bobby Pierce was charging through the field and got all the way to third when the caution flew on lap seventeen. On the restart, Korte would continue to lead [...]

June 4, 2012

Paul Bailey, Ray Walsh, Jacob Rexing, Terry McCann take feature wins while Dustin Griffin doubles up at Tri-City Speedway!

Paul Bailey Ray Walsh Dustin Griffin Terry "Fatman" McCann Jacob Rexing CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (July 1, 2011) Paul Bailey claimed his first ever UMP DIRTcar Late Model victory at Tri-City Speedway! Michael Kloos took the lead at the drop of the green flag and used the low line around Tri-City Speedway as he tried to hold off Chad Zobrist and Paul Bailey for the top spot. Zobrist would make his move on lap eleven as the leaders exited turn two and headed down the backstretch. As Zobrist [...]

July 3, 2011

Collins, Griffaw, Pierce, Ems & Suhre find Victory Lane at Tri-City Speedway!

Bryan Collins Rusty Griffaw Bobby Pierce Danny Ems Jordan Suhre CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE MARTY KOPP MEMORIAL AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (August 13th, 2010) With miserably hot temperatures near 100 degrees and the heat index over 110 degrees, Tri-City Speedway presented the Marty Kopp Memorial in honor of the fallen racer who passed away in 2009 after losing his battle with cancer. (more…)

August 15, 2010

Brian Birkhofer Remains Unstoppable in May, Takes Home Fedex 50 at Tri City Speedway

Brian Birkhofer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE FEDEX 50! PONTOON BEACH, IL (May 24, 2009) - Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA reeled off another Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win on Sunday Night as he captured the $10,000 to win FedEx 50 at Tri-City Speedway. Birkhofer battled the weather conditions and tough competition in scoring his third consecutive LOLMDS victory after starting sixth. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN rallied from his 12th starting spot to finish second followed by 17th starting Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, 14th place starter Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR [...]

May 25, 2009

Rolling Right Along: Schatz Wins Second Consecutive Race with win at Tri-City Speedway

Donny Schatz CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE WORLD OF OUTLAW SHOW! Pontoon Beach, IL June 8, 2008 In the first 12 Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series races of the 2008 season, Donny Schatz had just one A-Feature victory, but in that time, he and his team tried a number of different combinations that have recently paid off, as he has won four of the last five series events, including his second consecutive race on Sunday night at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. The two-time defending Advance Auto Parts [...]

June 9, 2008

Faust, Harrison, Walker, Gabriel & Shaw take wins at Tri-City Speedway

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (May 11, 2007) Billy Faust of Lebanon, IL claimed his second Super Late Model main event win of the young season at Tri-City Speedway. It was Mark Faust that jumped out to the early lead in the event, but after dropping back to fourth in the early laps, Billy Faust fought back to battle Mark Faust for the lead on lap seventeen. Shortly after losing the lead to Billy Faust, Mark Faust would suffer mechanical problems and have to pull off the speedway. Rick Salter found the fast line [...]

May 13, 2007

May 8, 2004 Results

Krankel Dominates Ironman Late Models at Tri-City! By Steve Birmingham May 8, 2004; Granite City, IL -Tom Krankel made a $100 roll of the dice that he could parley a front start into his first career Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series feature win and it paid off. Krankel, by winning the Dash for Cash for the top six Ironman Late Model qualifiers, opted to turn down the $100 bill and a third row starting spot and instead take the pole position for the 25-lap main event. And it turned out just right as he [...]

January 10, 2007

April 24, 2005 Results

Pontoon Beach, IL (April 24, 2005) A huge field of 152 racecars signed in to compete on a very cool evening at the Tri-City Speedway presented by the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers. Michael Kloos of Trenton, IL bested a stellar field of thirty-six UMP (United Midwestern Promoters) Late Models. Kloos started on the outside of the front row, but pole sitter Rodney Melvin took the lead on the opening lap. Randy Korte quickly moved past Kloos and took over the second position. Kloos kept it a three-way battle for the lead and soon found his way past [...]

January 9, 2007

Chris Simpson takes Tri-City Speedway’s UMP Summer Nationals win! Michael Long takes Summit Modified win & Aaron Heck takes Pro Late Model win!

Chris Simpson Michael Long Aaron Long CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway, Granite City, ILRace Results for 6/21/2013 Summer Nationals UMP Late Models - A-Main -43 CarsFinish Car No Driver Hometown1 32X Chris Simpson Oxford, IA2 2 Brady Smith Solon Springs, WI3 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA4 7B Mark Burgtorf Quincy, IL5 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL6 48X Brian Shirley Chatham, IL7 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL8 11T Tyler Reddick Corning, CA, IL9 1SS Jack Sullivan Batesville, AR10 92B Billy Faust (L) Highland, IL11 20 Dustin Griffin Camp Point, IL12 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL13 B5 Brandon Sheppard [...]

June 25, 2013