Highland, IL (August 25, 2011) – Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, IL takes night one of the Tri-State Trifecta at Highland Speedway Thursday night. Babb led every lap from his outside pole starting position and earned $5,000 for his efforts. Babb also picked up his second career win with the MARS series.
Scott James of Greendale, IL started eighth in the feature, but was unable to catch Babb in the closing laps and settled for second. Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR was the races Rod End Supply Hard Charger as he rallied from his fourteenth starting position to finish third. Jason Feger of Bloomington, IL and Brandon Sheppard from Berlin, IL rounded out the top five.
Steve Schmitt Modifieds:
Mike Harrison of Highland IL led from green to checker to add another win to a very dominating season, Chris Smith from also from Highland just caught Tyler Diebert at the line for second. NASCAR star Kenny Schrader was fourth and the 42 of Steve Lach was fifth.
Sport Compacts:
Rob Shaw led from the start and took home the honors in the UMP Sport Compact division
Information:
Up next for the MARS vs. UMP Tri State $15,000 Trifecta will be Friday night at the Paducah International Raceway, and the “mini” series concludes Saturday at I-55 Raceway in Pevely MO.
The Highland Speedway resumes Saturday September 10 with a season ending Championship night, also on the agenda will be make up features for the UMP Factory Stocks and UMP Sport Compacts.
For more information about the MARS Racing Series visit their web site marsracingseries.com, for more information about the Highland Speedway visit their web site at highlandspeedway.com or on Facebook. You can also get up to date race information on your phone by texting highland to 91011.
MARS / UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models – Feature
1 18B Shannon Babb
2 81 Scott James
3 21 Billy Moyer
4 25F Jason Feger
5 B5 Brandon Sheppard
6 14 Brad Looney
7 21jr Billy Moyer, Jr
8 33M Tim Manville
9 00S Jesse Stovall
10 27S Mike Schulte
11 75 Terry Phillips
12 96T R. C. Whitewell
13 27M Rodney Melvin
14 81C Kevin Cole
15 56 Tony Jackson
16 B12 Kevin Weaver
17 24 Ryan Unzicker
18 78 Chad Zobrist
19 81X Matt Miller
20 00K Randy Korte
21 1RS Rick Salter
22 25L Steve Lance, Jr
UMP Steve Schmitt Modified – Feature
1 24H Mike Harrison
2 15 Chris Smith
3 84 Tyler Deibert
4 9 Ken Schrader
5 42 Steve Lach
UMP Sport Compact – Feature
1 18R Robert Shaw
2 24 Sage Thornhill
3 9X Trevor Isaak
4 6 Ryan Emig
5 63 Bret Eilerman
