Scelzi wins NHRA on DIRT main event, Billy Faust & Mike Harrison take UMP victories at Tri-City

Brian Shirley (3s) & Billy Faust (92b) battle for the lead. Mike Harrison CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY By Michael Rigsby (dirtondirt.com) GRANITE CITY, Ill. (May 1) — Most drivers are smiling in victory lane, but the look on the face of Billy Faust of Lebanon, Ill., wasn't the look of your typical winner. "I'm not sure what happened there at the end," Faust said after Thursday's UMP DirtCar special at Tri-City Speedway, "but I hate to win em' like this." On a night when NHRA drag racers driving Crate Late Models was supposed [...]

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Craig Smith, Michael Long, Aaron Heck, Jason Worley, Josh Range & Mindy Wiser take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Craig Smith Michael Long Aaron Heck Jason Worley Josh Range Mindy Wiser UMP Late Models - A-MainFinish Start Car Driver Hometown1 2 8    Craig Smith (l)    Brighton , Il2 8 6K    Michael Kloos    Trenton , Il3 3 33    Tim Manville    St. Jacob, Il4 1 78    Chad Zobrist    Highland , Il5 5 82    Billy Laycock (l)    Marine , Il6 4 92W    Scott Weber (lr)    Festus , Mo7 19 81    Paul Bailey    Pocahontas , Il8 11 0    Dewayne Kiefer (l)    St. Genevieve, Mo9 12 112    Tim Ratajczyk (l)    Millstadt , Il10 14 B1    Vance Wilson    Quincy , Il11 7 27 [...]

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Smith, Griffaw, Lyons, Gaither, Pryor & Gibson take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Craig Smith Rusty Griffaw Nick Lyons Tommy Gaither Earl Pryor Kayle Gibson CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT!   Pontoon Beach, IL (May 20th, 2011) For the second straight week, Tri-City Speedway managed to avoid the forecasted thunderstorms and get in a complete program of racing. It didn’t look good early on, as the skies opened up with a brief shower right as the first session of hotlaps rolled onto the track. However, the showers were very light and lasted only a few minutes. The wind was the main weather issue as steady [...]

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Smith, Harrison, Pierce, Gegg & Suhre take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Craig Smith Mike Harrison Bobby Pierce Tommy Gegg Jordan Suhre CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (July 2, 2010) A perfect day for racing brought out a solid field of cars on this holiday weekend at Tri-City Speedway. Craig Smith of Godfrey, Illinois claimed his third consecutive Super Late Model main event win at he swept the action by winning his heat race, dash and the feature event. Smith led all twenty-five laps, but the final lap nearly got away from him. Mark Voigt made a last lap effort [...]

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Craig Smith, Joe Dresch, Aaron Heck, Jason Worley & Rickey Carriker get wins at Tri-City Speedway! – April 5th, 2013

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Craig Smith Joe Dresch Aaron Heck Jason Worley Rickey Carriker Tri City Speedway -- Granite City, IL     Race Results for 4/5/2013                         Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts - A-Main -- 18 Cars   Finish Car No Driver Hometown   1 35R Rickey Carriker (F) Wood River, IL   2 WH0 Tristen Wentler Gillespie, IL   3 WH02 Eldon Hemken (F) Sorento, IL   4 47L Christian Lee Pocahontas, IL   5 22W Scott Wickliffe (F) Fenton, MO   6 1 Tommy Bruce Mt Vernon, il   7 81 Ben Gregory Gerald, MO   8 82Q Cole Queathem (FR) Troy, MO   9 39 Jonathan Schulte (F) Caseyville, IL   10 9ER Chris Bauza Ashley, IL   11 21F Bill Burke Nashville, IL   12 61 Steve Cousins (F) South Roxana, IL   13 83 Jack Rogers (SR) Caseyville, IL   14 15 Zach Gaither Alton, IL   15 2X Andy Jackson Cahokia, IL DNS 16 6W Cody Weaver Jerseyville, IL DNS 17 22 Elizabeth Young St. Louis, MO DNS 18 96N Grace Bieser (F) Belleville, IL DNS                     Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts - Heat 1   Finish Car No Driver Hometown   1 WH0 Tristen Wentler Gillespie, IL   2 WH02 Eldon [...]

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Tri-City Junior Speedway

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE QUARTER MIDGET EVENT HELD ON JULY 15, 2012!   Tri City Junior SpeedwayPresents "The Quarter Midget Fall Fling"Sunday NightAugust 26th "Dirt Track" for Quarter Midgets COME OUT AND JOIN THE FUN!!!! Sign In ……4:30– 5:15Practice………5:15 – 5:45Racing ……….6:00 Rules QMA Car Rules Classes:Jr. NoviceSr. NoviceJr. HondaSr. HondaLight 160Jr. AnimalSr. AnimalHeavy 160 Race FormatRaces will be open Format ran by Tri CityNO additional fees- NO Membership Fee- NO Workers Fee Races run under QMA Car RulesPit Passes:Driver……………………………$15Handler…………………………$15Regular Pit Pass…………….$ 5 BBQConcessionsTrophiesGiveaways Presented by:Kevin & Tammy GundakerContact Tammy: 636-448-9111email: tricityspeedway@msn.com Tri City Junior Speedway5100 Nameoki RdGranite City, IL 62040 Directions: Hwy 270 North to Exit4 - SR203 South [...]

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Kiefer, Wilson, Bauer, Gaither & Rexing take wins at Tri-City Speedway!

Dewayne Kiefer CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT AT TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY! Pontoon Beach, IL (May 13th, 2011) Tri-City Speedway was able to dodge all the wet weather and kicked off their 2011 racing season with some great racing action. Dewayne Kiefer of St. Genevieve, MO claimed the UMP DIRTcar Late Model season opening feature event. Kiefer was able sweep the nights racing action as he also won the heat and dash events. Kiefer took the lead at the drop of the green flag in the main [...]

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