First Time Winners Down the Line at Quincy

Cool temperatures and lots of water and mud did not keep the Quincy Raceways crew from putting on a show Sunday night. With a lot of hard work and an expanded pit area, the show was on only about 20 minutes behind schedule. A solid count of 78 race teams signed in, led by 22 IMCA Sport Mods, dueling 27 laps for a $500 top prize. In addition, part time racer and area business man Pat Dunker offered up a back row challenge, adding $200 to the win for a driver starting in the last row. The offer was made to front row qualifiers first, then back through the first five rows until two drivers accepted. Row four qualifier Brandon Lennox and returning veteran Wes Mayfield took the bait. The sport mad feature ran first, and after a non stop event last time out, the yellow flag was out early and often. Adam Birck and Tony Dunker led the early laps, with three cautions in the first four laps. When the next stoppage came on lap nine, Lennox had advanced 15 spots to seventh, taking six on the Delaware restart using the high line on the track.  Following two more yellows, Lennox powered around Dunker on the high side on lap 15, much to the delight of the crowd. As the marathon race progressed, fans continued to approach the tower, offering up more cash should Lennox hang on for the win. Dunker was doing all he could to keep that from happening, as he shadowed the # 17 lap after lap, running a lower line on the .29 mile oval. The caution waved on laps 21,22, and lap 23 for third running Patrick Phillips. Again it came out on lap 25, then one more time on the restart for third running Birck. About 46 minutes after it began, Lennox took the checkers to the delight of the fans. Dunker was on his bumper for second, with Bobby Six and Tanner Klingele rounding out the top four. Brandon collected a cool $1,100 for his efforts in winning his first feature of the year, after losing an earlier win due to an equipment disqualification.
 The 18 lap IMCA stock car feature ran next. John Oliver Jr. made the trip from Danville,Iowa for the first time in 2015, but had problems all night, retiring early for the main event. The caution waved a couple times early, but at each green, Brandon Savage opened a big lead. Jim Lynch had trouble getting ahold of the track, doing a 360 spin on the front stretch but keep going, only to spin again in turn one. Back to green, Savage suddenly headed pitside, turning the lead over to Andrew Hustead. Michael Larsen and Abe Huls waged a door to door battle behind the # 20, and following a lap 12 caution, Huls took over the second spot. Lynch also got around Larsen for third, as Huls and Hustead crossed the line side by side with two laps to go. Abe did all he could, but Andrew held his line, taking his first stock car win. Huls, Lynch, and Larsen followed Hustead across the line.
 The UMP late model count was a solid 19, and Matt Santel turned a blistering qualifying fast lap of 13.063 in his second visit of 2015. 17 cars took the 25 lap feature green, and it took three tries to get one lap in the books. As that first lap was scored, Jamie Wilson jumped to the point, quickly opening a big lead over polesitter Jim Moon. Wilson was in slower traffic by lap five, as Moon, Justin Reed and Denny Woodworth, staged an entertaining battle for second. Reed took the runnerup slot on lap 11, but five laps later, Reed went off the top of turn four bringing out the caution and ending his run. The caution also wiped out Wilsons huge lead, but on the restart, he again rocketed to a commanding lead. Moon held second, while Woodworth and Mark Burgtorf battled for third. Mark took the spot, with Denny and Santel the only other cars on the lead lap at the checkers. It was the first feature win for Jamie in more than a decade.
 Michael Long entered the night undefeated in UMP modified action in 2015, but it was Dave Weitholder setting quick time for the night. Long picked up the first heat win over Weitholder, but rolled a " six " to set the main event invert, putting himself in row three alongside first time visitor Kelly Kovski. Again, the caution waved on lap one, and as the field began to reset, a puff of smoke spewed from the # 18L, and he rolled to a stop in turn one, ending his night and his winning streak. Back to green, front row starters Steven Delonjay, visiting Rusty Griffaw, Witholder, and Jared Schlipman all looked for racing room. Griffaw took the top spot, but after a lap three yellow, Weitholder began to apply pressure. Griffaw managed to open a small lead, but by lap 12, he was in slower traffic. Delonjay and Kovski dueled for third and began to run down Weitholder. On lpa 17 of the 25 lapper, Kovski took over second, one lap later Delonjay brought out the caution with front end suspension damage. The yellow wiped out a big lead for Griffaw. On the restart Griffaw checked up ever so slightly, and as a result Kovski and Weitholder made contact, with Dave falling to fifth before he could gather up his ride. One more caution came on lap 19, and back to racing Weitholder worked his way back to second, taking Schlipman along in third. Schlipman fell out in the closing laps, turning third over to Kovski, with Shane Lewis claiming fourth.
 IMCA Sport Compacts came to the track to complete a long night of racing. Brandon Lambert made it five for five in new winners, besting point leader Kimberly Abbott in the finale.
 Quincy Raceways will host a special Thursday night of racing this week featuring the Power I midget series, with outlaw 600's as the only support class before coming back next Sunday with the regular five class program/