Tri City Speedway
June 9, 2011
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Zobrist outguns Salter for Late Model win at Tri City Speedway

Pontoon Beach, IL (June 10th, 2011) A hot afternoon turned into a stormy night but Tri-City Speedway was able to get all but one feature event in before the skies opened up. Some showers early in the program delayed the show about 40 minutes during heat race action. Then thunderstorms kept missing the track just to the north until a major storm rolled in at the track during the Sport Compact feature. The Sport Compact feature was half way completed so it was considered an official finish. The UMP DIRTcar Pro Late Model feature was the only feature that didn’t get in before the rain.

There weren’t a lot of UMP DIRTcar Late Models on hand, but Chad Zobrist and Rick Salter entertained the fans with a great battle for the top spot for the first twenty laps of the main event. Zobrist and Salter fought for the lead lap after lap often side by side and swapping the lead on several occasions. As the laps were winding down, Zobrist would work lapped traffic perfectly and pull away from Salter at the end to get the win. Salter would take second with Nick Lyons finishing third. Jerry Lierly would recover from the lap two incident to finish fourth as did Walker who rounded out the top five. On lap two, Dewayne Kiefer would get sideways in turn two and Chris Streeval would tag him causing both cars to spin which would also collect Claude Walker and Jerry Lierly in the incident. Kiefer and Walker were both able to restart at the rear of the field and Lierly was able to keep going, but the contact ended the night for the Edinburgh, Indiana driver Streeval.

Scott Weber ended his night with two big wins in the UMP DIRTcar Modified division. Weber first claimed the King of the Hill Dash as he outgunned Rusty Griffaw for the $400 payday in the one on one head to head battle. Weber would then come back in the feature event and take a victory away from Tim Hancock in the closing laps. Hancock jumped to the lead on the opening lap of the main event and even though his left front tire went flat on lap one, he dominated the first 3/4 of the feature. As Hancock got into lapped traffic, Weber quickly reeled him in. On lap seventeen, Hancock would choose the low side in turns one and two but would get caught up behind the lapped cars of Larry Hull and Timmy Hancock, Jr. Meanwhile, Weber went to the high side and slipped past Hancock for the top spot. Weber would pull away at the end to take the win. Hancock would get the second spot while Rusty Griffaw and Ray Walsh battled for the third spot. Walsh would spin in turn four as he and Griffaw battled on the final lap, sending Griffaw to a third place finish. Bobby Regot III would come home fourth with Tommie Seets, Jr. rounding out the top five.

The UMP DIRTcar Factory Stock (Street Stock) feature event had its own wild finish. Buddy Love, Tommy Gaither, Randy Tyson, Jr., and Richie Gabriel were locked in a furious battle for the top spot, racing two and three wide as they worked lapped traffic. The action between Love and Tyson featured plenty of contact in the closing laps as they rubbed fenders for several laps as they swapped the lead back and fourth. On the final lap, as they went through turns one and two, Love dove under Tyson for the top spot and made contact again sending Love spinning at the exit of turn two. The huge pack of cars directly behind him took evasive action and Gaither would get collected and get his left rear tire cut off and then sent into the back stretch wall. Love showed his displeasure with Tyson under the caution as he pulled up door to door with him and the two exchanged pleasantries. On the restart, Tyson would be out front and he would go unchallenged for the win. Gabriel would cross the line second with Creg Cannon taking third. Brent Weaver would get fourth and Jason Worley rounded out the top five.

In the Sport Compact feature, Justin Suhre jumped out to the lead at the drop of the green flag, but Jacob Rexing wrestled the lead away from him on lap two. After a caution on lap three reset the field, Earl Pryor moved past Suhre and Rexing for the top spot and proceeded to the lead the next three laps when another caution flew for Tim Holt who stopped in turn four. During this caution period, the heavy rain and dangerous lightning moved in forcing officials to halt the program at that point. Pryor was declared the winner with Rexing taking second, Joey Haun third, Suhre fourth and Travis Horner fifth.

Tri City Speedway, Pontoon Beach, IL
Race Results for 6/10/2011

UMP Late Models

A-Main
1 78 Chad Zobrist
2 1s Rick Salter
3 8BALL Nick Lyons
4 7L Jerry Lierly
5 35 Claude Walker
6 0 Dewayne Kiefer
7 11K Steve Karnes
8 15 Chris Fetter
9 94 Ed Lenhardt
10 49 Steve Leach
11 30S Chris Streeval

Dash
1 1s Rick Salter
2 78 Chad Zobrist
3 0 Dewayne Kiefer
4 8BALL Nick Lyons
5 30S Chris Streeval
6 11K Steve Karnes

Heat #2
1 78 Chad Zobrist
2 0 Dewayne Kiefer
3 30S Chris Streeval
4 7L Jerry Lierly
5 15 Chris Fetter

Heat #1
1 1s Rick Salter
2 8BALL Nick Lyons
3 11K Steve Karnes
4 35 Claude Walker
5 94 Ed Lenhardt
6 49 Steve Leach

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UMP Modifieds
1 4J Scott Weber
2 1 Tim Hancock
3 16 Rusty Griffaw
4 4UW Bobby Regot III
5 86T Tommie Seets Jr
6 51 Timmy Hill
7 45 Trista Stevenson
8 56 Dane Gundaker
9 70 Josh Russell
10 10XJY James Black
11 14H Winston Haney
12 22 Tommy Gegg
13 1W Ray Walsh
14 9B Larry Brown
15 41 Larry Hull Sr.
16 71 Lynn Tidwell
17 44 Timmy Hancock Jr
18 33 Nathan Bowman
19 44K Jared Kneemiller
20 b10 Bradley White
21 23 Brian McCormick
22 87 Derek Dubree

UMP Pro Crate Late Models
1 8BALL Nick Lyons
2 87R Ken Rumble
3 7K Darron Forrest
4 14 Keaton Streeval
5 48 Bobby Martintoni
6 4 Jason Suhre
7 11S Andy Scoles
8 72 Brad Yotter
9 36 Darrell Mcdowell

Street Stocks/UMP Factory Stocks
1 36 Randy Tyson Jr.
2 63g Richie Gabriel
3 81 Creg Cannon
4 11 Brent Weaver
5 28 Jason Worley
6 11b Fred Sparks
7 55 Darin Patton
8 48x Michael Jeffries
9 29H Matt Hancock
10 93 Todd Erickson
11 19 Erik Sedlack
12 14 Tommy Gaither
13 17L Buddy Love
14 W1LD Ricky Huebner
15 83G Kevin Goodbrake
16 B11 Buddy Jeffries
17 00jr Dave Meyers
18 17C Aj Cline
19 3M Alan Dixon
20 11S Jessy Snyders
21 88 Cody Thornhill
22 17B Jimmy Bell
23 313W Jordan Warren

Factory Stk-4cyl/UMP Sport Compacts
1 57E Earl Pryor
2 17R Jacob Rexing
3 17X Joey Haun
4 24 Justin Suhre
5 9T Travis Horner
6 21M Willy Myers
7 2 Vincent Shehorn
8 60 John Jones
9 9R Randy Horner
10 3R Tim Holt
11 6W Cody Weaver
12 14B Ben Dryer
13 15G Zach Gaither