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

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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 also came out to check out opening night, which turned out to be the second largest crowd in the three year ownership of the facility by G&G Motorsports.

In the Super Late Model division, Mark Voigt of Marine, IL topped a stellar thirty car field to earn the first late model feature victory on the new track. Elsberry, MO's Bryan Collins took the early lead and led a majority of the event before drive shaft problems ended his night prematurely. Voigt had to battle with Festus, MO's Rusty Griffaw in the closing laps, but Voigt used the high side to take the victory. Griffaw came home second, Mark Faust took third, Nick Baumann was fourth and Rick Salter completed the top five. Tim Ratajczyk earned the STLRacing.com Hard Charger Award as he came home in seventh place after starting in the twenty-second starting position.

One of the best modified drivers in the country just happens to reside in St. Louis, MO and he put on a spectacular show to earn the first ever modified feature win on the new track. Ray Walsh, better known as "THE SHOWSTOPPER", battled lap after lap with another of the top modified drivers in the country, Mike Harrison of Highland, IL. Brent Mullins came home in the third spot, with Marty Smith Jr taking fourth and Jeff Lebaube completing the top five.

The Crate American Racing Series (CARS) Late Models provided an exciting three way battle for the top spot throughout the feature event as Mark Oller, Nick Lyons and BJ Deal fought it out lap after lap. Oller of Highland, IL held off Lyons on the final circuit to take the win. Deal took third, Bryan McCormick was fourth and Casey Montague was fifth.

Tommy Gegg took the victory in the Street Stock division. Gegg held off the challenges of Sam Kizer to earn the win. Eric Rensing came home in the third position with Andy Beavers taking fourth and Ricky Huebner was fifth.

Ryan Eilers earned the Factory Stock main event as he battled lap after lap with Aaron Wood. Rob Shaw took the third spot with Joshua James taking fourth and Jon Ripperda completing the top five.

Tri City Speedway Results -- April 20, 2007
155 Total Entries


Super Late Models -- 30 Cars
Heat 1
1 93x Rusty Griffaw
2 8 Kyle Steffens
3 B1 Nick Bauman
4 1s Rick Salter
5 11 Mike Bryant
6 14 Reid Millard
7 99 Chip Morgan
8 22k Kenny Vandorn
9 14u Bruce Unterbrink
10 78m Kyle Monroe (dnf)

Heat 2
1 92m Mark Faust
2 30 Mark Voigt
3 13 Dewayne Kiefer
4 51 Joe Cooksey
5 35 Claude Walker
6 38l Ryan Little
7 7m Adam Mefford
8 70 Bill Williamson
9 25g Len Garson
10 112 Tim Ratajczyk (dnf)

Heat 3
1 11z Bryan Collins
2 33 Tim Manville
3 00 Rick Rhoades
4 55 Gary Wilson
5 7 Rich Lawson
6 K9 Gary Owens
7 81 Craig Smith
8 78 Chad Zobrist
9 6k Michael Kloos
10 F15 Jeremy Conaway(dq)

Dash
1 93x Rusty Griffaw
2 92 Mark Faust
3 11z Bryan Collins
4 33 Tim Manville
5 30 Mark Voigt
6 8 Kyle Steffens

Semi 1
1 78 Chad Zobrist
2 81 Craig Smith
3 70 Bill Williamson
4 112 Tim Ratajczyk
5 6k Michael Kloos
6 7m Adam Mefford (dns)
7 22k Kenny Vandorn (dns)
8 14u Bruce Unterbrink (dns)
9 25g Len Garson (dns)
10 99 Chip Morgan (dns)
11 78m Kyle Monroe (dns)

Feature
1 30 Mark Voigt
2 93x Rusty Griffaw
3 92 Mark Faust
4 B1 Nick Bauman
5 1s Rick Salter
6 13 Dewayne Keifer
7 112 Tim Ratajczyk
8 8 Kyle Steffens
9 14 Reid Millard
10 00 Rick Rhoades
11 9 Gary Owens
12 33 Tim Manville
13 35 Claude Walker
14 11z Bryan Collins
15 38 Ryan Little
16 81 Craig Smith
17 11 Mike Bryant
18 51 Joe Cooksey
19 7 Rich Lawson
20 70 Bill Williamson
21 55 Gary Wilson
22 78 Chad Zobrist
23 6k Michael Kloos

Modifieds --- 37 Cars
Heat 1
1 29 Jeff Lebaube
2 24 Mike Harrison
3 41m Brent Mullins
4 56 Jim Lafferty Jr
5 27x Joe Pendergrass
6 18s Fred Stotler
7 19p Mark Pflueger
8 5m Chris England
9 22 Charles Milam
10 T0 Tim Hancock

Heat 2
1 1w Ray Walsh
2 74 Chad Fraunfelder
3 01 Anthony Lach
4 10x Rob Pendergrass
5 20 Matt Acord
6 75 Doug Blair
7 68 Jeff Beck
8 00s Cory Stilwell
9 31 Cory Williams

Heat 3
1 19 Chris Simmerman
2 55 Marty Smith Jr
3 10 Todd Mcgraw
4 37 Mike Monroe
5 40 Bobby Regot III
6 94 Ed Lenhardt
7 42 Steve Lach
8 0 Jeff Ely
9 00jr Dave Myers

Heat 4
1 98 JD Rottler
2 11 Don Grimm
3 48 Bobby Martintoni
4 1a Steve Meyers Jr
5 98 David Barker
6 3 Mark Leuck
7 34 Casey Morris
8 33 Sean Choat
9 16 Steve Stotler

Dash
1 1w Ray Walsh
2 24 Mike Harrison
3 55 Marty Smith Jr
4 74 Chad Fraunfelder
5 19 Chris Simmerman
6 98 JD Rottler
7 11 Don Grimm
8 29 Jeff Lebaube

Semi 1
1 40 Bobby Regot III
2 0 Jeff Ely
3 27x Joe Pendergrass
4 42 Steve Lach
5 18s Fred Stotler
6 19p Mark Pflueger
7 00jr Dave Myers
8 22 Charles Milam
9 94 Ed Lenhardt
10 5m Chris England (dns)
11 T0 Tim Hancock (dns)

Semi 2
1 3 Mark Leuck
2 68 Jeff Beck
3 75 Doug Blair
4 34 Casey Morris
5 98b David Barker
6 33 Sean Choat
7 16s Steve Stotler
8 00s Cody Stilwell
9 20 Matt Acord
10 31 Cory Williams (dns)

Feature
1 1w Ray Walsh
2 24 Mike Harrison
3 41m Brent Mullins
4 55 Marty Smith Jr
5 29 Jeff Lebaube
6 48 Bobby Martintoni
7 74 Chad Fraunfelder
8 40 Bobby Regot III
9 1a Steve Meyers Jr
10 0 Jeff Ely
11 01 Anthony Lach
12 68 Jeff Beck
13 37 Michael Monroe
14 42 Steve Lach
15 75 Doug Blair
16 27x Joe Pendergrass
17 10 Todd Mcgraw
18 10x Rob Pendergrass
19 19 Chris Simmerman
20 3 Mark Leuck
21 56 Jim Lafferty Jr
22 98 JD Rottler

C.A.R.S. Late Models --- 25 Cars
Heat 1
1 23 Bryan McCormick
2 01 Casey Montague
3 10 DJ Cygan
4 99 Chuck Adam
5 59 Aaron Heck
6 316 Garrett Russell
7 9 Terry James
8 55 Daniel Heck
9 28b Wesley Briggs

Heat 2
1 51 BJ Deal
2 67 Mark Oller
3 71 Louie Baker Jr
4 15 Will Hicks
5 R52 Rylan Dagg
6 92s Matt Santel
7 62 Mark Sanders
8 88 Chris Bolyard

Heat 3
1 84 Tyler Diebert
2 2x Nick Lyons
3 316 Garrett Britton
4 36 Ron Sensel
5 15 Rick Squires
6 6 Ray Emling
7 5s Chuck Still
8 14c Shane Cockrum

Semi 1
1 14c Shane Cockrum
2 5s Chuck Still
3 62 Mark Sanders
4 28b Wesley Briggs
5 9 Terry James
6 55 Daniel Heck
7 88 Chris Bolyard

Feature
1 67 Mark Oller
2 2x Nick Lyons
3 51 BJ Deal
4 23 Bryan McCormick
5 01 Casey Montague
6 99 Chuck Adams
7 52 Rylan Dagg
8 14c Shane Cockrum
9 84 Tyler Diebert
10 59 Aaron Heck
11 16 Garrett Britton
12 5s Chuck Still
13 62 Mark Sanders
14 10 DJ Cygan
15 71 Louise Baker Jr
16 28b Wesley Briggs
17 92s Matt Santel
18 316 Garrett Russell
19 6 Ray Emling
20 15s Rick Squires
21 15 Will Hicks
22 9 Terry James (dns)

Street Stocks --- 30 Cars
Heat 1
1 63g Richie Gabriel
2 41 Ron Petty
3 74 Eric Rensing
4 18b Rocky Berliew
5 81 Greg Cannon
6 00 Tony King
7 49 Steve Leach
8 21 Andy Beavers
9 31 David Parker
10 55b Steve Brach

Heat 2
1 22g Tommy Gegg
2 Wild1 Rickey Huebner
3 07 Steve Stonecipher
4 2 Larry Marsala
5 04 Greg Schumacher
6 2j Greg Jones
7 27 Gene Crain
8 34 Scott Clarey
9 92 Brant Kehrer
10 43 Jerry Harris

Heat 3
1 69 Sam Kizer
2 5j Josh Jackson
3 19m Ryan Meuth
4 18 Ben Davis
5 11b Kasey Govero
6 30 Brian Crawford
7 64 Fred Sparks
8 81a Michael Austin
9 22 Josh Shrum
10 1 Tim Driscoll

Semi 1
1 21 Andy Beavers
2 31 David Parker
3 34 Scott Clarey
4 55b Steve Brach
5 43 Jerry Harris
6 22 Josh Shurm
7 81a Michael Austin
8 64 Brian Crawford
9 92b Brant Kehrer
10 27 Gene Crain
11 49 Steve Leach (dns)
12 1 Tim Driscoll (dns)

Feature
1 22 Tommy Gegg
2 69 Sam Kizer
3 74 Eric Rensing
4 21 Andy Beavers
5 1 Ricky Huebner
6 81 Creg Cannon
7 5 Josh Jackson
8 41 Ron Petty
9 "00 Tony King
10 31 David Parker
11 30 Kasey Govero
12 2j Greg Jones
13 2 Larry Marsala
14 34 Scott Clarey
15 11 Fred Sparks
16 55 Steve Brach
17 19 Ryan Meuth
18 18 Ben Davis
19 O4 Greg Schumacher
20 O7 Steve Stonecipher
21 63 Richie Gabriel
22 18 Rocky Berliew

U.M.P. 4 Cylinders - Factory Stocks --- 33 Cars
Heat 1
1 3 Ryan Eilers
2 9 Jason Schmidt
3 75 Riley Warren
4 12 Bryant Garrett
5 662 Ryan Kress
6 99z Bob Zbinden
7 8 David Pulley Jr
8 1j Andy Jackson
9 22 David Stlin
10 41 Carl Smith

Heat 2
1 2x Aaron Wood
2 Vfw Rob Shaw
3 196 Jon Ripperda
4 77d Charlie Durbin
5 20 Tracy Vonrohr
6 03 Jonathan Schulte
7 99h Mike Hopkins
8 41b Tim Brown
9 3w Chris Warren
10 42 Shawn Mccall

Heat 3
1 2b David Shaw
2 22j Evan Johnson
3 8t Tj Eilers
4 52 Nick Knebel
5 188 Gary Price
6 01 Joshua James
7 13 Matt Hamblin
8 2d Todd Dailey
9 8s Shae Gagne
10 14 Tommy Roady

Feature
1 3 Ryan Eilers
2 2x Aaron Wood
3 Vfw Rob Shaw
4 01 Joshua James
5 196 Jon Ripperda
6 9 Jason Schmidt
7 22j Evan Johnson
8 2b David Shaw
9 8t Tj Eilers
10 20 Tracy Vonrohr
11 77d Charlie Durbin
12 52 Nick Knebel
13 8 David Pulley Jr
14 42 Shawn Mccall
15 03 Jonathan Schulte
16 3w Chris Warren
17 13 Matt Hamblin
18 12 Bryant Garrett
19 99h Mike Hopkins
20 662 Ryan Kress
21 99z Bob Zbinden
22 75 Riley Warren
23 188 Dns Gary Price
 




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