Friday

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. — Billy Moyer repelled the challenges of three other drivers during the nine-lap shootout near the end of the Budweiser 50 Friday at Tri-City Speedway. 
The record books will show the Hall of Famer leading all 50 laps, but the fans were on the edge of their seats until the checkered flag waved, with Moyer hanging on to the lead.
It was Moyer’s fourth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series triumph and his 14th overall late-model triumph of the year.
Earl Pearson, Jr., local-driver Billy Faust and Billy Drake all had a shot at stealing the win from Moyer in the closing laps, but the trio came up short in their bids to defeat Moyer.  Brian Birkhofer finished fifth, but was several car lengths behind the top-four finishers.
“If they didn’t like that, then they don’t like racing,” said Moyer about the large crowd on hand at the three-eighths-mile track. “I was all for making this track shorter, you can race anywhere on it and Kevin (Gundaker) has done a great job here,” said Moyer. “Sometimes you change things and you outsmart yourself, so Steve (Norris) and the crew kept the same setup on the car and it worked out great.”
The finish:
Billy Moyer, Earl Pearson, Jr., Billy Faust, Billy Drake, Brian Birkhofer, Brian Shirley, Scott Bloomquist, Kevin Claycomb, Bart Hartman, Freddy Smith, Dan Schlieper, Scott James, Terry Casey, Justin Rattliff, Steve Casebolt, John Mason, Mark Voigt, Mike Marlar, Wayne Chinn, Bryan Collins, Rodney Melvin, Chad Zobrist, Rusty Griffaw, Randy Korte, Kevin Cole.

Saturday

WHEATLAND, Mo. — It will be a race that everyone in attendance will remember for years to come.
A huge Lucas Oil Speedway crowd watched second-generation racer Bart Hartman romp to his first Lucas Oil Dirt Series victory of the season in Saturday night’s CMH Showdown, which was co-sanctioned by the O’Reilly MLRA Late Model Series.
Hartman became the 19th different series winner of the season as he beat Earl Pearson, Jr., Brian Birkhofer, 18th-starting Terry Phillips and Terry Casey to the finish line for the $10,000 triumph.
Hartman started from the pole for the 50-lap event, but fast-qualifier Dan Schlieper took the early lead.
Hartman made a move around Schlieper on lap 10 of the three-eighths-mile dirt track. He set the pace until Pearson took over on lap 36. Pearson paced four circuits until Hartman charged back to the front on lap 40.
Hartman pulled away from Pearson during the closing laps to record his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win since Sept. 24, 2005 at West Virginia Motor Speedway. 
“Brian was really tough after the caution. Earl was good on the bottom. We just ran our own race, and thanks to Austin (Hargrove, his crew chief). He’s worked his butt off this weekend. The car was super good up top and there’s where it worked the best,” Hartman said.
The finish:
Bart Hartman, Earl Pearson, Jr., Brian Birkhofer, Terry Phillips, Terry Casey, Steve Casebolt, Dan Schlieper, Justin Rattliff, Billy Moyer, Wayne Chinn, Billy Drake, Denny Eckrich, Scott James, Will Vaught, John Anderson, Jason Bodenhamer, John Mason, Chris Smyser, Freddy Smith, J.D. Hubert, Jeremy Payne, Eric Turner, Brantlee Gotschall, Larry Clawson, Denny Woodworth, David Turner.