LATE MODELS
Tri City Speedway
May 13, 2011
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Kiefer tops UMP DIRTcar Late Model season opener at Tri City



PONTOON BEACH, IL (May 13) 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 event and it appeared that he was going to run away with the win, but Billy Laycock worked his way to the second spot and then ran down Kiefer in the closing laps to challenge Kiefer for the top spot. Laycock tried all kinds of moves to get the lead from Kiefer, but Kiefer held him off to take the win. Rick Salter would cross the line in third with Craig Smith taking fourth. Chad Zobrist rounded out the top five.

Vance Wilson of Frankford, MO put on a dominating performance enroute to winning the UMP DIRTcar Modified main event. Wilson started in the seventh position in main event quickly charged toward the front. On lap seven, Wilson drove past early leader Scott Weber and pulled away to a big lead. The only thing that could slow Wilson down were a couple of late cautions. However, Wilson would take command on each of the restarts and would go to victory. Weber would take the second spot with Mike Harrison finishing third. Tim Hancock took the fourth spot and Bobby Regot III rounded out the top five.

Jordan Bauer claimed his first event UMP DIRTcar Pro Late Model feature event. Bauer took the lead at the drop of the green flag and held off the challenges of Matt Santel to pick up the win. Jason Zobrist finished third with Bobby Martintoni taking fourth. Ed Lenhardt would come home in fifth.

Tommy Gaither raced to victory in the Street Stock division. Gaither, piloting the only pickup truck in the Street Stock division, used the outside lane to power past early leader Todd Erickson to get the win. Erickson would finish in the second spot with Stephen Fohne taking third. Buddy Love would cross the line in fourth with Fred Sparks taking fifth.

Jacob Rexing continued his hot streak of winning UMP DIRTcar Sport Compact feature events. Rexing, who had won two features at other tracks within the last week, jumped out front at the drop of the green flag and held off Earl Pryor for the win. Willy Myers would finish third with Travis Horner taking fourth and Justin Suhre fifth.


A-Main
1 1 0 Dewayne Kiefer St. Genevieve, Mo
2 5 82 Billy Laycock Marine, Il
3 4 1s Rick Salter Albers, Il
4 2 81 Craig Smith Godfrey, Il
5 7 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, Il
6 6 81X Kevin Cole Benton, Il
7 3 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, Mo
8 9 81JR Jason Riggs Harrisburg, Il
9 8 35 Claude Walker (l) Bethalto, Il
10 10 53 Allen Christy Carbondale, Il

Dash
1 1 0 Dewayne Kiefer St. Genevieve, Mo
2 3 81 Craig Smith Godfrey, Il
3 2 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, Mo  
4 5 1s Rick Salter Albers, Il
5 4 82 Billy Laycock Marine, Il
6 6 81X Kevin Cole Benton, Il

Heat
1 2 0 Dewayne Kiefer St. Genevieve, Mo
2 3 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, Mo
3 5 81 Craig Smith Godfrey, Il
4 7 82 Billy Laycock Marine, Il
5 1 1s Rick Salter Albers, Il
6 9 81X Kevin Cole Benton, Il
7 6 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, Il
8 8 35 Claude Walker (l) Bethalto, Il
9 10 81JR Jason Riggs Harrisburg, Il
10 4 53 Allen Christy Carbondale, Il


Modifieds
1 7 B1 Vance Wilson
2 1 4J Scott Weber
3 3 24H Mike Harrison
4 4 1 Tim Hancock
5 11 4UW Bobby Regot Iii
6 8 24J Brett Korves
7 2 16 Rusty Griffaw
8 10 56 Dane Gundaker
9 14 84 Tyler Deibert
10 6 45 Trista Stevenson
11 13 44K Jared Kneemiller
12 18 87 Derek Dubree (m)
13 12 23 Brian Mccormick
14 15 51 Timmy Hill
15 5 86 Steve Shive
16 21 41 Larry Hull Sr.
17 16 14 Rick Conoyer
18 9 10XJY James (jim) Black
19 17 11H John Stanton
20 19 7 Jeff Asher
21 22 5 Joe Dresch (m)
22 20 b10 Bradley White

Pro (Crate) Late Models
1 2 9STAR Jordan Bauer
2 4 17X Matt Santel
3 1 87 Jason Zobrist
4 8 48 Bobby Martintoni (c)
5 10 94 Ed Lenhardt
6 3 72 Brad Yotter
7 5 11S Andy Scoles
8 9 7K Darron Forrest
9 15 74H Tim Hancock (c)
10 14 3 Craig Bessinger
11 12 74C John Crenshaw
12 6 20G Dustin Griffin
13 7 1 Chip Morgan
14 16 V50 Justin Vosholler
15 13 1 Casey Montague
16 11 5J Josh Jackson ©

Street Stocks
1 4 14 Tommy Gaither (s)
2 1 93 Todd Erickson (s)
3 2 29 Stephen Fohne
4 7 17L Buddy Love
5 6 11b Fred Sparks
6 16 81 Creg Cannon
7 9 21 Andy Beavers
8 11 W1LD Ricky Huebner
9 10 29H Matt Hancock
10 13 B11W Brent Weaver
11 5 83G Kevin Goodbrake
12 12 99 Jeffrey (jeff) Martin
13 3 19 Erik Sedlack (s)
14 15 84 Michael Leichsenring
15 17 B11 Buddy Jeffries (s)
16 8 17C Aj Cline
17 19 00jr Dave Meyers (s)
18 14 48x Michael Jeffries (s)
19 18 55 Darin Patton

Factory Stocks
1 1 17R Jacob Rexing (f)
2 2 57E Earl Pryor
3 4 21M Willy Myers (f)
4 9 9T Travis Horner
5 3 24 Justin Suhre
6 7 9X Trevor Isaak
7 8 6W Cody Weaver (fr)
8 6 3RT Tim Holt
9 11 1 William (billy) Lapaglia
10 13 70 Mark Crady
11 12 60 John Jones (fr)
12 14 9R Randall Horner
13 10 71 Joe Merritt
14 5 17X Joey Haun
15 15 81 Levi Cannon
16 16 15 Zach Gaither (sr)