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USAC Sprint event at Tri-City Speedway on August 31st is RAINED OUT!

PONTOON BEACH SPRINT RACE POSTPONED; A RESCHEDULE DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE! Tonight’s (Friday) USAC AMSOIL National Sprint race at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. has been postponed due to impending weather as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac. The race will be rescheduled in October. The USAC Mopar National Midgets are slated at Tri-City Thursday through Saturday October 4-6 and Sprint racing will accompany all three nights at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. “The rains have already reached the Tri-City area,” says USAC’s Jason McCord, “and the anticipated heavy rains throughout the day and night are [...]

August 31, 2012

Ryan Unzicker, Michael Long, Randy Korte, Dave Armstrong & Vincent Shehorn take wins at Tri-City Speedway

Ryan Unzicker Michael Long Randy Korte Dave Armstrong Vincent Shehorn CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL - May 25th, 2012 - A great field of UMP DIRTcar Late Models were on hand and they provided one of the most exciting nights of racing that you can ask for. Randy Korte jumped out front from his front row outside starting spot a opened up a small lead over Dewayne Kiefer in the early going while Ryan Unzicker, Mark Burgtorf and Jason Feger were trading slide jobs for the third spot. They would soon reel Kiefer in and make it a [...]

May 29, 2012

Mike Harrison claims DIRTcar Summit Modified Nationals win at Tri-City Speedway!

Mike Harrison CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEOS FROM THIS EVENT! Pontoon Beach, IL (June 24th, 2011) After pole sitter Kelby Simmons spun on the opening lap forcing a complete restart and allowing Mike Harrison to move up to the front row pole on the restart, everything was setup for Harrison to claim his second straight DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals event. Harrison took command at the drop of the green flag and led the entire event. Although Harrison’s lead was only a couple of car lengths throughout the event, he was never [...]

June 25, 2011

Frankel, Seets, Weber, McCann & Isaak take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Rickey Frankel Tommie Seets, Jr. Scott Weber Terry McCann Trevor Isaak CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (July 23rd, 2010) The temperature was hot, the action was hot and tempers were even hotter in a wild Super Late Model main event that saw Rickey Frankel get his first ever victory at Tri-City Speedway in the Super Late Model division. Craig Smith took control of the race early on as he jumped out to the lead from his front row outside starting spot and opened [...]

July 24, 2010

Faust, Harrison, Oller, Ems & Shaw take victories at Tri-City Speedway!

Billy Faust Mike Harrison Mark Oller Danny Ems Robert Shaw CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (April 24, 2009) The 2008 Tri-City Speedway Super Late Model Track Champion Billy Faust of Highland, Illinois grabbed his first Super Late Model victory of 2009 (Faust did win the UMP Pro Crate Late Model feature event last week at Tri-City Speedway). Craig Smith jumped out to the early lead in the main event and used the high side to hold off the challenges of Faust and Chad Zobrist. While leading, Smith would [...]

April 25, 2009

Burgtorf, Arpin, Dauderman, Ems & Zbinden take Tri-City Speedway victories!

Mark Burgtorf Steve Arpin CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (May 30, 2008) With severe thunderstorms forecasted to roll into the area during the early evening hours, Tri-City Speedway got the racing program rolling quickly with the first qualifying heat race taking to the track at 6:50pm and the track quickly worked through the racing program and completed the final feature event at 9:30pm. It wasn't a minute too soon as the rain came roaring in just as the final checkered flag waved. (more…)

May 31, 2008

Voigt, Walsh, Oller, Gegg & Eilers take wins on Tri-City Speedway’s opening night!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY Pontoon Beach, IL (April 20, 2007) After Mother Nature forced Tri-City Speedway to cancel the first two weeks of the racing season, the completely reworked racetrack opened to rave reviews on Friday, April 20th. Over the winter, the track was rebuilt from a 1/2 & 1/4 mile ovals to a single 3/8 mile oval banked 10 degrees. The new track also featured all new lighting and many other improvements. The racers came out in force to try out the new track, as 155 cars entered in the five divisions. A huge crowd [...]

April 22, 2007

April 3, 2004 Results

James Wins Inaugural Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series Ironman Feature!" By Steve Birmingham April 3, 2004; Granite City, IL - With 105 race cars jamming the pits for the inaugural Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Racing Series, Terry James sped to his first Ironman Late Model feature win Saturday at Tri-City Speedway. James survived an eight car pilup as the bunched steel block field raced into the first corner. No injureis resulted but four cars went to the trailer for the night. On the restart Grondski took a two inch lead over James and could only [...]

January 10, 2007

April 10, 2005 Results

Pontoon Beach, IL (April 10, 2005) A huge field of racers came out to compete in the inaguaral event under the new ownership of G&G Motorsports at the Tri-City Speedway presented by Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers in Pontoon Beach, IL. The overflowing field of racecars quickly filled up the pit area, forcing track official's to come up with an alternate plan for pit parking. A solution was quickly found and some teams were allowed to pit on the back straight-away and turns of the 1/2 mile track since it wasn't being used at this event. [...]

January 9, 2007

Shannon Babb claims Budweiser 50 at Tri-City Speedway! Matt Taylor & Ray Walsh pick up wins also!

Shannon Babb enjoying the spoils of victory lane at Tri-City Speedway! "The Show Stopper" Ray Walsh takes the UMP Modified win at Tri-City Speedway! Matt Taylor wins the UMP Pro Late Model main event! CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE BUD 50 AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Tri City Speedway -- Granite City, ILRace Results for 5/26/2013 UMP Late Models - A-Main -- 34 CarsFinish Car No Driver Hometown1 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL2 2 Brady Smith Solon Springs, WI3 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL4 11T Tyler Reddick Corning, CA, IL5 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL6 B5 Brandon Sheppard Berlin, IL7 116 Randy Weaver [...]

May 28, 2013