Pontoon Beach, IL (September 23rd, 2010) Jason Feger only led one lap of the thirty lap Monster Midwest Late Model Series main event at Tri-City Speedway, but it was the most important lap! Feger took advantage of a two lap shootout at the end to rocket past Ryan Unzicker to earn the win. Feger appeared to be a fourth or fifth place car in the closing laps, but when second place running Brian Shirley broke with two laps remaining and collected third place running Dennis Erb, Jr., that was all Feger needed as he restarted in the second spot and used the high side to move past Unzicker on the final lap.
Rusty Schlenk led the early laps and appeared to be on his way to a dominating win, but after the event was slowed by a couple of cautions, Unzicker found a faster line on the very bottom and moved past Schlenk for the lead. Schlenk then found himself racing with Frank Heckenast, Jr., Erb and Feger for the second spot. Schlenk and Heckenast would make contact down the backstretch which would damage the right front suspension on Schlenk’s car and end his night. Heckenast would suffer problems later as he found the outside wall on several occasions while running up on the cushion. He would finally break as well and fall from competition.
Unzicker would lead all the way to the final lap, sometimes even enjoying as much as a ten car length lead. But he would have to settle for second at the end. Bobby Pierce would finish in the third spot with Rick Salter taking fourth. Michael Kloos completed the top five.
Jason Feger
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Tri City Speedway — Pontoon Beach, IL
Race Results for 9/23/2010
Late Models – A-Main — 32 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 25f Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
2 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
3 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
4 1s Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
5 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
6 78 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL Fast Time:15.270
7 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, MO
8 00 Scott Weber (C) Festus, MO
9 20G Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
10 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
11 1 Jim Moon Zionsville, IN
12 3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
13 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
14 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr. University Park, IL
15 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, IL
16 48 Tim Lance Brimfield, IL
17 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
18 53C Kevin Cole Buckner, IL
19 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson, MI
20 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
21 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
Late Models – B-Main
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 20G Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
2 48 Tim Lance Brimfield, IL
3 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
4 53C Kevin Cole Buckner, IL
5 33 Tim Manville (L) Troy, IL
6 441 Ken Rumble House Springs, MO
7 7JL Jerry Lierly Camp Point, IL
8 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, IL
9 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
10 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
11 117 Chuck Mitchell Jacksonville, IL
12 53 Lee Thomason Marion, IL
13 7L Rich Lawson House Springs, MO
14 27M Rodney Melvin Benton, IL DNS
15 13 Dewayne Kiefer (L) St. Genevieve, MO DNS
16 28X Jason Keith Fredericktown, MO DNS
Late Models – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 78 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
2 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr. University Park, IL
3 3S Brian Shirley Chatham, IL
4 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
5 48 Tim Lance Brimfield, IL
6 53 Lee Thomason Marion, IL
7 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
8 15 Chris Fetter (L) Troy, MO
Late Models – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson, MI
2 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, IL
3 00 Scott Weber (C) Festus, MO
4 1s Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
5 20G Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
6 33 Tim Manville (L) Troy, IL
7 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, IL
8 13 Dewayne Kiefer (L) St. Genevieve, MO
Late Models – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
2 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL
3 25f Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
4 1 Jim Moon Zionsville, IN
5 53C Kevin Cole Buckner, IL
6 7JL Jerry Lierly Camp Point, IL
7 441 Ken Rumble House Springs, MO
8 117 Chuck Mitchell Jacksonville, IL
Late Models – Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 81 Craig Smith (L) Godfrey, IL
2 24U Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
3 11z Bryan Collins Elsberry, MO
4 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
5 27M Rodney Melvin Benton, IL
6 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
7 7L Rich Lawson House Springs, MO
8 28X Jason Keith Fredericktown, MO
