Pontoon Beach, IL (April 1, 2011) Tri-City Speedway took on a huge off season task of completely rebuilding all of their concessions, bathrooms and offices over the off season and Mother Nature has done her best to slow these projects down.

Therefore, Tri-City Speedway will have to push back the start of their 2011 racing season two weeks. Tri-City Speedway will hold their Test & Tune on Sunday, April 17th and will open the 2011 season with a Thursday-Friday, April 21st-22nd double header featuring the Monster Midwest Dirt Late Model Series. The UMP DIRTcar Modifieds and Factory Stocks will join the Monster Midwest & UMP DIRTcar Late Models for Thursday’s action. Then on Friday, the UMP Pro Late Models and Street Stocks will also join the Monster Midwest & UMP DIRTcar Late Models and UMP DIRTcar Modifieds for spectacular event. The Monster Midwest-UMP DIRTcar Late Models will pay $2,000 to win each night and the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds will pay $1,500 to win each night.

Tri-City Speedway would like to apologize to their racers and fans for the delay to the start of the 2011 season. These upgrades needed to be done to get Tri-City Speedway’s facilities up to a greater standard and all the upgrades will be well worth waiting for! Tri-City Speedway still has over 30 nights of racing scheduled for the 2011 racing season.
For more information on Tri-City Speedway, visit www.tricityspeedway.net or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TriCitySpeedway.

Below is the 2011 racing schedule at Tri-City Speedway:

Wed. Apr 20^th Open Practice 6:00 – 9:00 All Classes Welcome!

Thu   Apr. 21^st UMP Monster Midwest Late Models $2,000 & UMP Modifieds $1,500

Fri.    Apr 22^nd UMP Monster Midwest Late Models $2,000, UMP Mods $1,500, UMP Crate L/M & St. Stocks

Fri.    Apr. 29^th *Regular Program*

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Fri.    May 6^th ASCS “360” National Winged Sprint Cars /ASCS Warrior Region plus UMP Mods & Street Stocks

Wed. May 11^th Open Practice 6:00 to 9:00 All Classes Welcome!

Fri.    May 13^th *Regular Program* plus “King of the Hill” for Late Models

Fri.    May 20^th $1 HOT DOG NIGHT! Box Car Races for the Kids & Kids Bike Races (2 age groups 2-8 & 9-12)

Fri.    May 27^th *Regular Program*

Sun.  May 29^th UMP Late Models “BUDWEISER 50” $10,000 to Win! plus UMP Modifieds $1,000 to Win

& UMP Pro-Crate Late Models $750 to Win

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Fri.    June 3^rd * Regular Program*

Fri.    June 10^th *Regular Program* plus “King of the Hill” for Modifieds

Wed  June 15^th Open Practice 6:00 to 9:00 All Classes Welcome!

Fri.    June 17^th $1 Beer Night! – *Regular Program* “NAPA Night at the Races”

Fri.    June 24^th UMP SummerNationals $10,000 to Win! plus UMP Summit Mods $1,000, UMP Crates & Street Stocks

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Fri.    July 1^st “MILITARY NIGHT” – *Regular Program*

Sun.  July 3rd “TAKIN IT TO THE STREETS” Street Stocks $3,000 to Win!

plus UMP Modifieds, UMP Pro-Crate Late Models & Factory Stocks $500 to Win!

Fri.    July 8^th *Regular Program*

Thu.  July 14^th 2 Days – Lucas Oil Late Models $20K “Battle at the Beach 100” (Classes Thursday TBD)

Fri.    July 15^th “Lucas Oil” Late Models $20,000 to Win! (2 Days) “Battle at the Beach 100”

plus UMP Modifieds $1,000 to Win! & UMP Pro-Crate Late Models $750 to Win!

Fri.    July 22^nd *Regular Program*

Fri.    July 29^th “MARTY KOPP MEMORIAL” – *Regular Program*

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Fri.    Aug 5^th “Topless Night” UMP/ MARS L/M $3,000 to Win! (NO Roofs LM/Mods/Crates) plus all classes

Fri.    Aug 12^th *Regular Program*

Fri.    Aug 19^th “Fan Appreciation Night” $6 Adult Admission!–plus Kid’s Nickel & Bike Races

Fri.    Aug 26^th *Regular Program*

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Fri.    Sept 2^nd *Regular Program* plus “King of the Hill” for Pro-Crate Late Models

Fri.    Sept 9^th **Season Championship** (All Classes!) plus Ladies “Powder Puff” races!

Fri.    Sept 16^th *Regular Program* (Rain Date for Season Championship)

Thu.  Sept 22^nd “UMP Modified Dirt Nationals” $3,000 to Win! & UMP Monster Midwest Late Models $2,000

Fri.    Sept 23^rd “UMP Modified Dirt Nationals” $3,000 to Win! & UMP Monster Midwest Late Models $2,000

plus UMP Pro-Crate Late Models

Sat.    Sept 24^th “UMP Modified Dirt Nationals” $3,000 to Win! & UMP Monster Midwest Late Models $2,000

plus UMP Pro-Crate Late Models & Street Stocks

Fri.     Sept 30th           *Regular Program*

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Thur. Oct 6^th “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” – Midgets $1500 to Win,”410” Non-Wing Sprint Cars $2,000

Fri.    Oct 7^th “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” – Midgets $1500 to Win,”410” Non-Wing Sprint Cars $2,000

Sat.    Oct 8^th Dupont Presents 3^rd Annual “Gold Crown Midget Nationals”

USAC Midgets $15,000 to Win! $1,000 to Start “A” Main

“410” Non-Wing Sprint Cars $2,000 to Win

Sat.   Oct 15^th “Bud Light 40” UMP Pro-Crate Late Model Championship $2,500 to Win!

plus UMP Factory Stocks $1,000 to Win!, Modifieds $700 to Win! & Street Stocks $300 to Win!

Weekly Classes: UMP Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Pro-Crate Late Models, Street Stocks & UMP Factory Stocks