One of the things that we as race fans here in the Midwest take for granted is the wide variety of racing action that is within an easy travel distance from our respective home bases. This was evidenced by my weekend travels that took me from a premier sprint car show on the big half-mile of Knoxville on Saturday night to a first class weekly show with four divisions of stock cars on the quick quarter of Quincy on Sunday.The weather could not have been more perfect with temperatures in the mid-seventies and while race fans in other parts of the country, where Saturday night is race night and that’s it, might have played golf, did yardwork, or any number of other things, I went racing! And so did many more race fans here at Quincy Raceway!
Jason Frankel and Justin Reed left of the rest of the field far behind in the Late Model feature as Frankel went flag-to-flag for the victory. Reed was able to stick a nose under him on two occasions late in the thirty-lapper, but had to settle for second. Robby Warner came home a distant third with Billy Genenbacher and Ron Elbe next in line.
The Modified feature had some intrigue as Michael Long, who has dominated the division here the past two years, was forced to qualify out of the B-Main after spinning out in his heat race and having to pitside with the "spin you’re in" rule. Long started sixteenth and was picking off a car a lap as he was in ninth when the caution flew on lap seven, but during that caution he pulled to the infield with mechanical issues. Former track champion Robbie Reed continued to lead on the restart while Vance Wilson was the man on the move coming the tenth starting spot to take second with less than ten laps remaining. Wilson put the heat on Reed and even tried a couple of aggressive slidejobs that came up short. A caution flag with four laps remaining was exactly what Reed needed as it gave him a clear track ahead of him and put Wilson behind him rather than beside him allowing Reed to complete the flag-to-flag victory. Justin Reed followed Wilson in for third with Tony Dunker and David Wietholder completing the top five.
It was family affair in both the Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks. Abe Huls slipped by Andrew Griffin on lap seven and then held off Doug Huls to win his second IMCA Stock Car feature of the weekend. And in the Hobby Stock headliner Jim Powell muscled past Larry W. Powell mid-race to win his third straight feature at the Bullring on Broadway.
Q Notes…..For the third race night in a row here a Late Model jumped the cushion and got upside down. Keith Pratt did it during the Thursday night Deery show, Terry Gallaher went over hard the next Sunday night and tonight it was Dustin Neese. Dustin was able to make repairs to come back and start the feature. ….The Late Model field also took a hit from.mechanical issues as Terry Schlipman scratched after hot laps and Mark Burgtorf called it a night after dropping from his heat race. For Burgtorf this was the third straight night of mechanical gremlins that followed three straight victories....The six car Modified dash was fun to watch as there was never more than a six car length spread from first to last during the six lap race. Dave Wietholder picked up the win…...Terry Houston was running second in the Stock Car main before a flat tire put him on the sidelines just past the mid-race point.
Weekly racing action continues on Sunday nights here and open wheel fans have a couple of treats coming up at Quincy as the Midwest All Stars 410 Sprint Cars will be here on May 24th and the POWRi Midgets come calling on June 7th.
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