Long Finishes Second,Gets A Win

There are always a few folks who head for the gate at Quincy Raceways as soon as the late model feature checkers waves. Those who did so last night missed out on some post race drama. Clint Kirkham came from row two to win the ten lap dash, earning the pole for the 30 lap finale. Clint then led the drag race to turn one and kept his # 28 out front for all 30 laps of green flag racing. But despite crossing the scales three times, Clint failed to register the minimum 2300 pounds mandated by UMP. Perhaps most troubling was that he reportedly recorded different weights each time across. Never the less, the other top five cars all hit the 2300 pound mark, and Kirkham saw his first win of 2013 go down the drain. Michael Long had started inside row two, grabbed the second spot on lap one and trailed Kirkham for the distance. Michael was awarded his fourth late model win of the season in the Jennings Racing # 56J. Denny Woodworth passed outside row one starter Jason Perry on lap three, and wound up second after the DQ. The lap three pass by Woodworth was the final position change of the race, as the hot afternoon sun left us with pretty much a one lane track around the bottom groove. Following Perry with top fives runs was Ron Elbe and Jared Schlipman. Perry had set quick time at 14.415 seconds. Mark Burgtorf was a no show as he blew his engine while winning the feature Saturday night at 34 Raceway. Rickey Frankel also suffered engines woes Saturday at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., and was unable to race on Sunday.
The UMP modified division turned out a solid 22 car field, but when the checkers waved, it was Steven Delonjay once again in victory lane. Yellow flags slowed the event, but the patient Delonjay held on to lead the distance. He had set quick time at 15.437 seconds, rolled a " one " to start up front in the dash, with that win putting him on the feature pole. Dave Weitholder took the second spot from Shawn Deering early, holding on for a runnerup finish. Deering picked up his first ever win the week prior, but retired to the pits while running third on lap 24 of the 25 lapper. Adam Birck, driving a Jody Woods owned # 51 started in row four and came home third, while Keith Pratt ran a steady fourth ahead of Tony Patterson. Derrick Carlson was the only non starter after blowing an engine in his heat race. The rebuilt engine had only four races on it, and this was not the early birthday present the "Murrayville Madman " was hoping for.
  Abe Huls picked up his third IMCA stock car feature win of the weekend, coming to the front from a row three start in two laps. Tuning up for the IMCA Supernationals, Abe led the remainder of the event, while various challengers swapped positions behind him. Brandon Savage advance to second following a lap five restart, but lost the spot while trying the high line to get around Huls. Terry Houston claimed the spot on lap 11, but a flat tire knocked him from contention. Stock car rookie Jake Powers took the second spot, with Dave Weitholder outdueling Savage and Jerry Jansen for third.
  Tony Dunker made it six wins in a row in the IMCA sport mod finale. 12 cars signed in, but only ten made the feature call. Charles Vanzandt led lap one, Jeff Delonjay took over on lap five, as Dunker moved to third. One lap later, Dunker was second, and he grabbed the lead on lap 11 of the 15 lapper. Delonjay crossed in second, with Tanner Klingele third. Brad Holtmeyer recovered from an early spin to take fourth ahead of  Trevor Hagerbaumer.
 As always, the final race of the night was the 12 lap IMCA sport compact feature. Alex Baker led lap one, but a fuel leak was discovered on his ride during a caution period. Austen Becerra then nabbed the lead, picking up the win and taking sole possession of the points lead. Skip Dunker rebounded from last weeks crash to finish second, while Kevin Morgan made the long tow from St Peters,Mo to outgun Kimberly Abbott for third.
  This coming Sunday, September 1, the MOWA 410 sprints will make an appearance at Quincy. The were scheduled to race the .29 mile oval in May, but that show was rained out. The UMP late models and UMP modifieds will also be on the card, as well as the IMCA sport comapcts. The IMCA stock cars and IMCA sport mods will be off, as the Supernationals begin on Monday. Hot laps will begin at 4:45. There is just over a month of racing left here in the midwest, so be sure and visit a track over the holiday weekend, and say " Hi " if you see me there!