Terry Phillips
Dean Hoffman
Scott Weber
Tommy Gegg
Jordan Suhre
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Pontoon Beach, IL (August 6, 2010) - Terry Phillips continued his winning ways as he lead all 40 laps of the MARS / UMP Clash at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL. Phillips started on the pole and held back challenges from Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, IL who finished second.
Al Purkey of Coffeyville, KS started ninth in the feature event and quickly worked his way in to the top 5 and then used a series of double file restarts to finish third.
Mark Voigt of Marine, IL started seventh and finished fourth. Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, AR started on the outside front row and finished fifth.
With the win, Phillips recorded his sixth feature victory of the 2010 campaign.
The MARS DIRTcar Series would like to thank the following sponsors: Hoosier Racing Tire, Don Babb Motorsports, Allstate Insurance, VP Race Fuels, Wrisco Aluminum, GRT Race Cars, Powertrain Industries, Supermoon Graphics, Leitle Car Quest Auto Parts Aurora, Andy's Frozen Custard, Libscomb Auto Group and IHG Hotels.
More information on the MARS DIRTcar Series and be found at www.marsracingseries.com
The UMP DIRTcar Modified feature started off as a two car run-away that saw Tommie Seets, Jr. and Mike Harrison pull away from the rest of the field as they opened up nearly a half-track lead on the third place car. Both were running the cushion up on the high side with Seets out front of Harrison for the first fifteen laps, often diving through the middle of lapped cars as they fought for the lead. On lap fifteen, disaster would strike as Seets would bobble exiting turn two allowing Harrison to reel him in down the back-stretch. Harrison would dive in low under Seets going into turn three. Harrison's car wouldn't stick in the middle of the track and he got into the side of Seets, causing Seets car to slam into the outside wall in turn four. Seets climbed from his damaged machine and showed his displeasure with Harrison as he threw his helmet at Harrison as he drove back by the crash scene under the caution. Seets car was too damaged to be able to continue and track officials sent Harrison to the pit area for the incident. That turned the lead over to third place running Dean Hoffman, who had been having a heck of a battle the entire race with Bobby Regot. Hoffman would hang on for the final five laps and take the win. Regot would get second with Steve Lach driving from a twelfth place starting spot to finish third. Steve Shive would finish fourth and Kyle Steffens completed the top five.
The UMP DIRTcar Pro Crate Late Model main event saw two teammates battle it out for the win. Matt Santel led the early laps while holding off the car nicknamed "Black Pearl" driven by Scott Weber. After patiently following Santel for several laps, Weber would put a classic slide-job on Santel for the lead in turn two on lap ten. Weber would proceed to pull away and take the victory. Santel would finish second. Gordy Gundaker and Mark Oller had their own great battle going as they fought for the third spot. The two traded slide-jobs and swapped the third position back and fourth lap after lap. Gundaker would edge Oller at the line to claim the third spot. Dustin Griffin would follow Oller across the line to finish fifth. Track and UMP DIRTcar Officials then brought the top five finishers to tech and checked valve springs. The legal valve spring pressure is 110lbs of pressure of less. Weber's car had brand new valve springs in which this was their first night on, and all of them checked at 95lbs or less. Other drivers had valve spring ratings anywhere from as low as 80lbs all the way up to 105lbs, but all five cars were determined to have legal valve springs.
Tommy Gegg took the lead at the drop of the green flag in the Street Stock feature and never looked back as he led all fifteen laps of the main event to take the win. Ricky Huebner was able to apply a little pressure on Gegg after the restarts on two caution periods, but after a couple of laps of green flag racing, Gegg would begin to pull away. Huebner would hold off Andy Beavers for the second spot with Jimmy Bell finishing fourth. Tommy Gaither rounded out the top five.
Jordan Suhre and Trevor Isaak had another classic battle in the Factory Stock division. Isaak led the early laps with Suhre running a close second. Then the two raced side by side for several laps, swapping paint all along the way. Finally Suhre took over the top spot and raced to his seventh win of 2010 at Tri-City Speedway. Isaak would take second with Jacob Rexing finishing third. Willie Myers would finish fourth and Jonathan Schulte fifth.
Tri City Speedway -- Pontoon Beach, IL
Race Results for 8/6/2010
Factory Stocks - A-Main -- 12 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 26 Jordan Suhre (F) Alhambra, IL
2 9X Trevor Isaak (F) Highland, IL
3 17R Jacob Rexing (FR) Brighton, IL
4 21M Willie Myers (F) Collinsville, IL
5 39 Jonathan Schulte (F) Caseyville, IL
6 28J Justin Hall South Roxana, IL
7 77 Chad Burgess (F) Nashville, IL
8 9T Travis Horner (F) Alhambra, IL
9 81 Levi Cannon East Alton, IL STLRacing.com Hard Charger Started 12th Passes 3
10 16Z Marc Ziebold Red Bud, IL
11 14G Rodney George Troy, MO
12 4B Casey Burns Edwardsville, IL
Factory Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 9X Trevor Isaak (F) Highland, IL
2 21M Willie Myers (F) Collinsville, IL
3 17R Jacob Rexing (FR) Brighton, IL
4 39 Jonathan Schulte (F) Caseyville, IL
5 16Z Marc Ziebold Red Bud, IL
6 14G Rodney George Troy, MO
Factory Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 26 Jordan Suhre (F) Alhambra, IL
2 28J Justin Hall South Roxana, IL
3 4B Casey Burns Edwardsville, IL
4 77 Chad Burgess (F) Nashville, IL
5 9T Travis Horner (F) Alhambra, IL
6 81 Levi Cannon East Alton, IL
Late Models - A-Main -- 34 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 75 Terry Phillips Springfield, MO
2 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
3 33P Al Purkey ,
4 30 Mark Voigt (L) Marine, IL
5 21JR Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
6 48 Tim Lance Peoria, IL
7 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
8 00 Frank Heckenast, Jr. University Park, IL
9 78 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
10 99 Todd Hall ,
11 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL
12 99T Eric Turner ,
13 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
14 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL
15 42 Brandon McCormick Lebanon, MO
16 18L Rylan Long ,
17 58X Gary Christian ,
18 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
19 88 Wendall Wallace Grayson, KY, AR
20 58 Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA
21 74 Jeremy Payne Springfield, MO
22 28J Leroy Johnson ,
Late Models - B-Main 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
2 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL
3 50e Denny Eckrich Tiffin, IA
4 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
5 99J Jimmy Dehm ,
6 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
7 51 Matt Furman ,
8 77A Justin Asplin ,
9 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
10 22 Dan Jacober Highland, IL DNS
Late Models - B-Main 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 00 Frank Heckenast, Jr. University Park, IL
2 18L Rylan Long ,
3 58X Gary Christian ,
4 C7 Matt Weidner Highland, IL
5 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
6 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
7 28J Leroy Johnson ,
8 11X Shannon Kuhn Highland, IL
9 13 Dewayne Kiefer (L) St. Genevieve, MO
Late Models - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 21JR Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
2 58 Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA
3 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
4 88 Wendall Wallace Grayson, KY, AR
5 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
6 50e Denny Eckrich Tiffin, IA
7 13 Dewayne Kiefer (L) St. Genevieve, MO
8 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
9 28J Leroy Johnson ,
Late Models - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
2 33P Al Purkey ,
3 99 Todd Hall ,
4 48 Tim Lance Peoria, IL
5 42 Brandon McCormick Lebanon, MO
6 00 Frank Heckenast, Jr. University Park, IL
7 51 Matt Furman ,
8 77A Justin Asplin ,
9 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
Late Models - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 74 Jeremy Payne Springfield, MO
2 78 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
3 30 Mark Voigt (L) Marine, IL
4 77 Jason McBride Carbondale, IL
5 58X Gary Christian ,
6 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
7 11X Shannon Kuhn Highland, IL
8 C7 Matt Weidner Highland, IL
Late Models - Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 75 Terry Phillips Springfield, MO
2 99T Eric Turner ,
3 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL
4 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
5 99J Jimmy Dehm ,
6 18L Rylan Long ,
7 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
8 22 Dan Jacober Highland, IL
Modifieds - A-Main -- 21 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 241D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
2 4UW Bobby Regot III (M) Saint Peters, MO
3 42 Steve Lach Brownstown, IL STLRacing.com Hard Charger Started 12th Passed 9
4 86 Steve Shive St. Peters, MO
5 000 Kyle Steffens Saint Charles, MO
6 14 Rick Conoyer (M) Saint Peters, MO
7 45 Trista Stevenson Pocahontas, IL
8 41 Larry Hull Sr. (M) Saint Charles, MO
9 7S Bryan Singleton Saint Charles, MO
10 5 Joe Dresch (M) Brighton, IL
11 98 JD Rottler Troy, MO
12 87 Derek Dubree (M) Edwardsville, IL
13 32J Terry Johnson Winfield, MO
14 8JR Larry Hull Jr. (MR) O'Fallon, MO
15 1 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
16 24H Mike Harrison (M) Highland, IL
17 B4 David Holder Clarence, MO
18 C28 Corey Carriker Maryland Heights, MO
19 00s Cody Stilwell Godfrey, IL
20 38 Stephen Flannery Jr Wood River, IL
21 1T Tim Hancock Mount Olive, IL DNS
Modifieds - Dash
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 24H Mike Harrison (M) Highland, IL
2 1 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
3 5 Joe Dresch (M) Brighton, IL
4 4UW Bobby Regot III (M) Saint Peters, MO
5 14 Rick Conoyer (M) Saint Peters, MO
6 1T Tim Hancock Mount Olive, IL
Modifieds - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 24H Mike Harrison (M) Highland, IL
2 14 Rick Conoyer (M) Saint Peters, MO
3 B4 David Holder Clarence, MO
4 86 Steve Shive St. Peters, MO
5 000 Kyle Steffens Saint Charles, MO
6 00s Cody Stilwell Godfrey, IL
7 C28 Corey Carriker Maryland Heights, MO
Modifieds - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 1 Tommie Seets Jr Alton, IL
2 5 Joe Dresch (M) Brighton, IL
3 241D Dean Hoffman Troy, IL
4 41 Larry Hull Sr. (M) Saint Charles, MO
5 98 JD Rottler Troy, MO
6 7S Bryan Singleton Saint Charles, MO
7 32J Terry Johnson Winfield, MO
Modifieds - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 1T Tim Hancock Mount Olive, IL
2 4UW Bobby Regot III (M) Saint Peters, MO
3 87 Derek Dubree (M) Edwardsville, IL
4 42 Steve Lach Brownstown, IL
5 45 Trista Stevenson Pocahontas, IL
6 38 Stephen Flannery Jr Wood River, IL
7 8JR Larry Hull Jr. (MR) O'Fallon, MO
Pro (Crate) Late Models - A-Main -- 25 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 8BALL Scott Weber (C) Festus, MO
2 92s Matt Santel (C) New Memphis, IL
3 11 Gordy Gundaker (C) St. Charles, MO
4 67 Mark Oller (L) Highland, IL
5 20G Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
6 7L Jerry Lierly Camp Point, IL
7 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
8 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
9 01 Casey Montague (C) Lebanon, IL
10 87 Jason Zobrist (C) Highland, IL
11 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL STLRacing.com Hard Charger Started 21st Passed 10
12 95 Jeremy Nash (C) Marine, IL
13 74 Tim Hancock (CR) Granite City, IL
14 36 Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
15 2 Brandon Moss Highland, IL
16 11S Andy Scoles (CR) St. Charles, MO
17 32 Derek Fetter Troy, MO
18 18L Brent Lewis Harrisburg, IL
19 59R Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL
20 4 Jason Suhre (CR) Alhambra, IL
21 63 Andrew Johns Belleville, IL
22 58 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
Pro (Crate) Late Models - B-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 18L Brent Lewis Harrisburg, IL
2 11S Andy Scoles (CR) St. Charles, MO
3 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
4 32 Derek Fetter Troy, MO
5 1A Steve Meyer Jr South Roxana, IL
6 72 Brad Yotter Bethalto, IL
7 5J Josh Jackson (CR) South Roxana, IL
Pro (Crate) Late Models - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 63 Andrew Johns Belleville, IL
2 7L Jerry Lierly Camp Point, IL
3 2 Brandon Moss Highland, IL
4 74 Tim Hancock (CR) Granite City, IL
5 01 Casey Montague (C) Lebanon, IL
6 95 Jeremy Nash (C) Marine, IL
7 72 Brad Yotter Bethalto, IL
8 11S Andy Scoles (CR) St. Charles, MO
9 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
Pro (Crate) Late Models - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 92s Matt Santel (C) New Memphis, IL
2 8BALL Scott Weber (C) Festus, MO
3 11 Gordy Gundaker (C) St. Charles, MO
4 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
5 4 Jason Suhre (CR) Alhambra, IL
6 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
7 1A Steve Meyer Jr South Roxana, IL
8 32 Derek Fetter Troy, MO
Pro (Crate) Late Models - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 20G Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
2 67 Mark Oller (L) Highland, IL
3 58 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
4 87 Jason Zobrist (C) Highland, IL
5 36 Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
6 59R Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL
7 18L Brent Lewis Harrisburg, IL
8 5J Josh Jackson (CR) South Roxana, IL
Street Stocks - A-Main -- 25 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 22g Tommy Gegg (S) Alton, IL
2 W1LD Ricky Huebner Bethalto, IL
3 21 Elza (Andy) Beavers (S) Alton, IL
4 17B Jimmy Bell (S) Godfrey, IL
5 14 Tommy Gaither (S) Alton, IL
6 48x Michael Jeffries (S) Godfrey, IL
7 01 Fred Dublo Jr (S) Alton, IL
8 11b Fred Sparks (S) Roxana, IL
9 27C Josh Case (SR) Bethalto, IL
10 B11 Brent Weaver (SR) Jerseyville, IL
11 93 Todd Erickson (S) Madison, IL
12 68 Terry McCann (S) Cottage Hills, IL
13 19 Erik Sedlack (SR) Alton, IL STLRacing.com Hard Charger Started 24th Passed 11
14 13 Jodi Parker (SR) Granite City, IL
15 99 Jeffrey (Jeff) Martin (SR) Salem, IL
16 88 Cody Thornhill St. Louis, MO
17 17L Buddy Love (S) Wood River, IL
18 83G Kevin Goodbrake Brighton, IL
19 81 Creg Cannon (S) Cottage Hills, IL
20 30 Kasey Govero Bethalto, IL
21 313W James Warren Wood River, IL
22 29H Matt Hancock Bunker Hill, IL
23 97 Carson (Denny) Bell (S) Alton, IL
24 22X Max Morrison (SR) Bunker Hill, IL DNS
25 63g Richie Gabriel (S) Jerseyville, IL DNS
Street Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 17L Buddy Love (S) Wood River, IL
2 27C Josh Case (SR) Bethalto, IL
3 48x Michael Jeffries (S) Godfrey, IL
4 81 Creg Cannon (S) Cottage Hills, IL
5 99 Jeffrey (Jeff) Martin (SR) Salem, IL
6 22X Max Morrison (SR) Bunker Hill, IL
7 29H Matt Hancock Bunker Hill, IL
8 88 Cody Thornhill St. Louis, MO
9 63g Richie Gabriel (S) Jerseyville, IL
Street Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 22g Tommy Gegg (S) Alton, IL
2 21 Elza (Andy) Beavers (S) Alton, IL
3 01 Fred Dublo Jr (S) Alton, IL
4 11b Fred Sparks (S) Roxana, IL
5 68 Terry McCann (S) Cottage Hills, IL
6 83G Kevin Goodbrake Brighton, IL
7 13 Jodi Parker (SR) Granite City, IL
8 313W James Warren Wood River, IL
Street Stocks - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 W1LD Ricky Huebner Bethalto, IL
2 14 Tommy Gaither (S) Alton, IL
3 17B Jimmy Bell (S) Godfrey, IL
4 93 Todd Erickson (S) Madison, IL
5 B11 Brent Weaver (SR) Jerseyville, IL
6 97 Carson (Denny) Bell (S) Alton, IL
7 30 Kasey Govero Bethalto, IL
8 19 Erik Sedlack (SR) Alton, IL
