Reed Keeps Streak Alive at Quincy

Justin Reed used a lap 20 pass of Mark Burgtorf to capture the win in the 30 lap UMP late model feature Sunday night at Quincy Raceways. Justin also kept a fun streak going as there has now been five different late model winners in five nights of racing.
 A strange combination of strong storms to the north, dry, windy conditions at the track and a lot of as yet unplanted fields combined to hold down both the car and fan count at the Broadway Bullring. A season low 62 cars signed in, and amazingly the late model count was the lowest of all at ten. Still the 30 lap finale was probably the best race of the night. Burgtorf, now reportedly in a Victory Circle chassis, set quick time at 14.418 seconds, then rolled a " one " to put himself on the pole of the ten lap fast car dash. Mark picked up the win, earning the pole for the feature, and a shot at a sweep. When the green flag waved, he won the drag race to turn one over outside polesitter Jason Perry, and quickly moved to the low groove, which has been the quick way around the .29 mile oval all season. The third starting Reed moved into second, but soon realized Mark was not likely to make a mistake . Justin has been trying to work the top side in the last couple of features, and he soon headed to the high groove. As he ran up top basically by himself, he soon found some bite out of turn two. He was able to pull alongside Burgtorf several times, but would lose momentum in the super slick turn four. But 20 laps in, he was able to clear the #7B on the backstretch to grab the lead.
 Perry also tried to move up the track, but could not overtake Burgtorf, and in the closing laps, point leader Denny Woodworth muscled his way around to nab third. Heat race winner Robby Warner completed the first five.
 The UMP modifieds have enjoyed no such parity, as Steven Delonjay picked up his fourth main event win in five nights of action. He outgunned fast qualifier Michael Long at the start, and withstood a challenge from Dave Weitholder to pick up the win. Robbie Reed, Long, and Shawn Deering turned in top five runs.
  The IMCA stock cars had more than there usual number of cautions, and the action was slam, bam, entertaining action. Terry Houston found the top spot and stayed ahead of the back and forth action. Five time hobby stock champion Steve Carlin enjoyed his best stock car finish in the runner up slot, with Brandon Savage fighting overheating issues to come home third.
  The IMCA Sport Mods were on good behavior on Sunday, but the outcome was the same. Jim Gillenwater snagged the early lead and held on until lap 12, when Tony Dunker moved past for the lead and the win. Bobby Anders trailed Gillenwater in third.
 The IMCA Sport Compacts finished up the evenings events, with 13 of 14 cars taking the green. Much improved Laine VanZandt followed up a heat race win with his first feature win of the season. Austen Becerra fough through a smoking car to finish second. Kimberly Abbott was running third with two laps to go when a mixup with a lapped car sent her spinning. However, she continued on without stopping, and her fifth place finish was good enough to put her atop the points. Pat Dunker completed the top three.
 Racing action was completed before darkness set in!
 This coming Sunday, the UMP late models will have the night off, as the MOWA 410 sprint cars will headline the five division holiday program.