Quincy Raceways Releases Schedule

Quincy Raceways released their preliminary 2012 schedule today, Friday January 6. After the banquet on Jan.21, the next event will be the Quincy Mall car show on Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11. Three practice nights will be held for all six classes on March 25,27, and 29. The season and points opener is set for Sunday April 1, with racing every Sunday night through September 23. With the switch to UMP late models for 2012, the two Deery Brothers Summer Series races have been replaced by two visits of the Northern All Stars Series. Both events pay $2,000 to win, and are scheduled for April 22 and May 27. In addition the MOWA 410 sprint car series, which enjoyed a successful first season in 2011, will make a stop on July 1. This will be the only night the late models will have off in 2012. Mid season championships will be June 10, season championships on Sept. 16, and a King of the Hill/Front Row Challenge will close things out on Sept. 23. QR has made a wise decision to start racing action one hour earlier during the cooler months/school nights, with hot laps at 4:45 and racing at 5:30 during April, May, and September, while June, July, and August racing will see the action start one hour later. Six classes will compete on regular nights, including UMP late models and modifieds, IMCA stock cars, sport mods, and sport compacts, along with track rules hobby stocks. Stock cars and sport mods will be off on the Northern All Stars nights, while late models and stock cars will sit out when the sprints come to town.
The Positively Racing crew will keep you up to date as more schedules are released, and be sure and check out the special events calender on the home page. " Only " 85 days until my first planned road trip!