Monday, August 29, 2011

A New Track and A New Champion

Well after considerable time covering this past weekends races, I have discovered that my blog is lost in cyber space. as there is not time tonight to attempt to recreate, I will just recap quickly. Darryl, Fred and I made our first ever visit on Friday to Callaway Raceway in Fulton,Mo. for the ULMA late model, and Don Trammell Pro Mod Memorial races. Visiting racer Jason Bodenhammer rolled in with his # 88 late model to try and take a win away from track and ULMA association points leader Jake Griffin, the 12 year old from Quincy,Il. Griffin managed a second place finish ahead of Terry Gallaher, Alan Westling and Travis Coffman. The Pro Mod 30 lapper was a runaway for Jason Russell, with Danny Crane and Richard Foster staging an epic battle for the runner up spot, finishing in that order ahead of Gary Blackburn Jr and Robbie Reed.
On Sunday, Quincy Raceways crowned an IMCA late model champion, and Justin Reed led all 30 laps to capture the feature race. He had come into the night tied for the top spot with Lonnie Bailey. Bailey entered the feature with a two point lead after a second place heat race run. A runner up spot in the main event would have given Lonnie the crown, but a lap 20 pass by 34 Raceway points champion Denny Woodworth sealed the deal for Reed, who held the feature wins tie breaker over the veteran Bailey.
The 360 CI Sprint Invaders will be on the card this Sunday at QR along with the five regular classes, while 34 Raceway hosts the annual Pepsi USA late model Nationals. See you at both these big events!

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