For the first time in nearly a month, Quincy Raceways came alive on Sunday night. For the rescheduling of the rained out Quincy Auto Supply event, a huge crowd turned out on a beautiful fall like evening. In addition, a nice field of seventy one race teams signed in to do battle. The track was ready to go in near perfect condition, with hot laps/qualifying kicking off right the 5;30 advertised time.
The racing took an interesting turn early when UMP Pro Crate Late Model National points leader Denny Woodworth could not keep his car running to record a qualifying time trial, which would relegate him to the back of his heat race. Meanwhile, it was Jamie Wilson topping the fourteen car field with a lap of 14.436 seconds, while Success, Mississippi hot shoe Chase Holland bested a dozen UMP Modifieds at 14.518 seconds.First time visitor Tyler Brown smacked the wall in his sharp looking #2 Modified, bringing his night to an early end.
Ten heat races clicked off quickly, and following a timely intermission we seemed on track for a quick program. And then...
Crown Vics were up first in the feature order, eleven strong for a dozen laps. Dakota Damron would lead the first half of the race, surviving one yellow flag before Jacob Jones moved to the front on lap six. Just as Jones took over, a second and final yellow came when rim riding Braxton Dieker smacked the turn three concrete, ripping off a wheel and also putting a hole in his radiator. Following a rather lengthy delay for clean up, tenth starting Jake Etter came roaring through the pack, taking over the runner up position on lap nine. That was as far as the track points leader could go, as Jones drove on for the win. Damron, Alex Hatfield and Isaac Little also collected top fives.
Nine of the eleven DirtCar 4 Cylinders were able to line up for fifteen laps. This race ran non stop, with third starting Spencer Coats leading from start to finish. Jay Kunce chased the #7C after moving to second on lap three, but was unable to mount a serious challenge. Matthew Mackey and Dyllan Bonk came next. Landon Neisen was a late arrival after competing in the $100,000 to win event at Kokomo, Indiana, and he rolled home in fifth.
The program was still moving along rather quickly as the Late Models came to the track. Darin Weisinger Jr. paced lap one before his front row mate Jamie Wilson edged ahead on lap two ahead of a yellow flag for Frankie Wellman. Jason Oenning took advantage of the Delaware Style restart to drive to second, and another caution came with four scored for Rickey Frankel III. With his issues fixed, sixth starting Woodworth was on the move, powering to third on lap six. A third stoppage came at lap nine for a slowing Bill Berghaus, and on the restart disaster struck! Second generation rookie Aiden Perry may have contacted the concrete in turn two, vaulting high in the air, clearing the wall and landing on the pit road gravel. All I saw was the car high above the wall as he then disappeared from sight. After a while it was determined that Perry would not need the quickly on the scene EMT's. Unfortunately, the Kryptonite #27 was not as fortunate as the driver. Following cleanup Woodworth outran teammate Oenning from the Delaware start to take over second. Three more times the yellow flag would fly before staying green for the final five circuits. Woodworth would make several attempts at Wilson, and as they came to the white flag Denny made the winning pass. It would be the second victory in two nights for the Late Model Lawyer. Wilson would settle for second. Oenning, Christian Miles, Jackson Frankel, Weisinger Jr. and Kruze Miles would survive the carnage, while Spencer Havermale, Ryan Aden Jr. and Jeffery Delonjay would be credited with top tens.
As it turned out, I would have plenty of time to check on the Perry team during the Modified twenty lapper. First heat winner Dave Weitholder jumped to the early lead ahead of Holland, with the first caution two laps in. Back to racing, double duty Jacob Rexing charged from third to the lead before Weitholder regained the position ahead of a lap three stoppage. The green flag again waved, and exiting turn two Weitholder suddenly appeared to lose power, creating a pile up of epic proportions. In total five cars were eliminated, with Justin Reed perhaps receiving the worst damage. The #B4 was hit multiple times while sideways and knocked perpendicular to the track, nearly going upside down. As might be expected the clean up was quite a lengthy one, although again thankfully the medical team was not needed. Only five cars remained when racing resumed, with the yellow flag waving one more time. Rexing was now the leader as Holland stayed in his shadow. Finally with three laps to go Holland used a diamond move off turn and gained enough momentum to drive past Rexing for the lead and the win. Shawn Deering and Michael Vanderiet Jr. were the only other survivors, with rookie Jonoth Nelson credited with fifth.
Only six cars started the Street Stock fifteen lap feature, and order was restored for a bit as this race went non stop. Levi Long set the early pace while Rexing moved past Chris Spalding for second on lap four. On the next trip around Rexing moved to the front as Long, Spalding and Jake Powers ran side by side and nose to tail for second. Rexing would pull well ahead, cruising to the win. Long made a white flag pass of Powers for second, as only those three remained at the checkers. Spalding and Rudy Zaragoza received credit for fourth and fifth.
B Mods had the top car count at sixteen, and they all came to the track for twenty laps. Tanner Klingele led A. J. Tournear early, with Reed Wolfmeyer using a Delaware restart to power to second. The lead duo raced in tight formation before Klingele finally managed to break away. But as the race stayed green, Tanner caught slower traffic near the mid point allowing Wolfmeyer to close the gap. With just three laps remaining Klingele was caught behind a slower car while Reed was able to thread the needle to take over the lead. The yellow flag then waved and it was determined that Wolfmeyer was in fact the leader. The final restart was single file, and Wolfmeyer drove home to the win. Klingele came next, with Bobby Anders third in a Dave Weitholder #05. Double duty Spalding and Tournear also recorded top fives.
Even with the considerable carnage, the well run program still wrapped up just after 9:30. Thanks to the QR team for their hospitality. A couple of important notes, although the schedule shows no racing next Sunday, August 10, the decision was made to host a non points event with the six regular classes. I am sure the unusual number of rain outs made this an easy call. And in case you missed it, the call has also been made to switch to weekly Friday racing in 2026 with Sundays being a rain date.
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