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Tri-City Speedway
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (June 18) - With rain showers dotting the radar around the St. Louis area once again, Tri-City Speedway was completely spared of the precipitation allowing a nice field of cars in all five divisions.
In the Super Late Model division, Craig Smith of Godfrey, IL had a dominating performance as he led the main event's entire twenty-five lap distance and put all but the top seven finishers of the twenty-five starter at least one lap down. While Smith was out front roaring through lapped traffic, a terrific battle was raging for the second through fifth positions. Tim Ratajczyk and Bryan Collins were fighting for the second spot while right behind them, Rick Salter and Kenny Schrader were battling for the fourth spot all while dicing through lapped traffic. As Ratajczyk and Collins battled for the second spot on lap fourteen, they came upon Dewayne Keifer to put him a lap down as they raced down the backstretch. As the cars banged doors down the backstretch, Keifer's car would climb the backstretch wall and then flip violently end over end down the backstretch. Keifer would fortunately walk away from the incident unscathed. On the restart, Smith would once again pull away and let the others battle over the second spot. Another late race caution with three laps remaining would allow Ratajczyk and Collins to pull right up to the rear bumper of Smith on the restart. However, Smith once again would power away and take the victory. Collins would squeeze past Ratajczyk and take the second spot. Ratajczyk would be third, while Salter would get by Schrader for fourth leaving Schrader in the fifth spot.
A-Main
1 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
2 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, MO
3 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
4 1s Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
5 9 Ken Schrader Concord, NC
6 78 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
7 38L Ryan Little Springfield, IL
8 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
9 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
10 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
11 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
12 28b John Beck Springfield, IL
13 94R Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
14 56 Jeff Walston Paducah, KY
15 66 Chris Hall Sikeston, MO
16 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL
17 13 Dewayne Kiefer (L) St. Genevieve, MO
18 4S Steven Unterbrink Greenville, IL
19 441 Marty Smith Jr (M) Troy, IL
20 33 Tim Manville (L) Troy, IL
21 2X Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
22 7 Michael Jacober (L) Highland, IL
23 67 Mark Oller (L) Highland, IL
24 76 Butch Kruckeberg (L) Edwardsville, IL
25 11X Shannon Kuhn Highland, IL
B-Main
1 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
2 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
3 94R Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
4 4S Steven Unterbrink Greenville, IL
5 33 Tim Manville (L) Troy, IL DQ
6 7 Michael Jacober (L) Highland, IL DQ
7 11X Shannon Kuhn Highland, IL DQ
Dash
1 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
2 56 Jeff Walston Paducah, KY
3 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
4 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, MO
5 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL
6 1s Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
Heat #1
1 56 Jeff Walston Paducah, KY
2 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
3 78 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
4 2X Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
5 76 Butch Kruckeberg (L) Edwardsville, IL
6 35 Claude Walker (L) Moro, IL
7 33 Tim Manville (L) Troy, IL
8 7 Michael Jacober (L) Highland, IL
Heat #2
1 1s Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
2 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
3 67 Mark Oller (L) Highland, IL
4 38L Ryan Little Springfield, IL
5 13 Dewayne Kiefer (L) St. Genevieve, MO
6 66 Chris Hall Sikeston, MO
7 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
8 33F Rickey Frankel, (L) Quincy, IL
Heat #3
1 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, MO
2 82 Billy Laycock (L) Marine, IL
3 9 Ken Schrader Concord, NC
4 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
5 28b John Beck Springfield, IL
6 441 Marty Smith Jr (M) Troy, IL
7 94R Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
8 11X Shannon Kuhn Highland, IL
9 4S Steven Unterbrink Greenville, IL DNS
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