Quincy, IL (Sunday, May 9, 2010) - The Quincy Raceways finally got back into the swing of the 2010 racing season on Sunday, after two weeks of being rained out. Taking home feature wins on the night were Mark Burgtorf (IMCA Late Models), Jared Schlipman (UMP Modifieds), Andrew Griffin (IMCA Stock Cars) and Tanner Klingele (Hobby Stocks).
The first feature of the night was the 20 lap IMCA Stock Cars, with Wesley Mayfield and and Andrew Griffin leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Griffin would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1. Griffin then had to work to hold off Aaron Brocksieck, until the caution came out on lap 8 for a spin in turn two by Steve Steinkuhler. On the restart Mayfield would spin in turn two to bring the caution back out. Then Terry Houston got sideways down the front stretch and collected the car of Jeff Mueller to bring the caution back out on the following restart. Griffin jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Brocksieck and Abe Huls battling it out for second. The final caution of the event came out on lap 13, as Mayfield and Mueller got together coming off turn four. Once again Griffin would grab the lead on the restart and then held off a charging Houston, who came back from a lap 8 wreck, to claim the win. Huls would finish in third, Steinkuhler came back from a lap 2 spin to finish in fourth, with Jerry Jansen rounding out the top five.
Up next was the 25 lap UMP Modified feature, with Jared Schlipman and Tony Dunker making up the front row for the event. Todd Reed and Jerry Lierly got together in turn two on the drop of the green, with Reed spinning to a stop to bring the caution out. Schlipman grabbed the top spot on the restart, only to be slowed after the completion of lap 1 for a spin in turn two by Joe Kindhart. Once again Schlipman would jump out front on the restart, with Steve Grotz and David Wietholder battling for second. The field would be slowed on lap 3, when Derek Hamm spun to a stop in turn two. Schlipman moved back out front on the restart and then worked to hold off Grotz. Grotz would try to get by Schlipman, but his challenges would be slowed on lap 12, when Hamm spun in two, his second solo to end his night. Again Schlipman grabbed the lead on the restart, with Grotz putting pressure on him for the top spot. Ryan Morrison would slow the battle for the lead on lap 20, when he spun in turn four. Justin Reed, who was running 6th, would get into Dunker, who was running fourth, on the restart, with Dunker spinning to a stop in four to bring the caution back out. The time limit had expired on the event, so the next caution or the checkers would finish the race. On the restart Schlipman jumped back out front, with Grotz close behind. Grotz's great run up front ended on lap 21, when he came to a stop off turn four to bring the yellow and checkers out. Schlipman would pick up his first career Modified feature win, Wietholder was second, Shawn Deering came from 10th to finish in third, Wyatt Lantz passed 12 cars from his 16th starting spot to finish in fourth, with Troy Grotz coming home in fifth.
Jason Perry and Mark Burgtorf drew the front row for the 30 lap IMCA Late Model feature, with Perry grabbing the lead on the drop of the green flag. The first caution of the event would come out on lap 4, as Tony Dunker spun in turn two. On the restart Perry jumped back out front, with Matt Bailey and Burgtorf battling for second. Perry would hold the top spot until lap 18, when Burgtorf slid under him coming off four to take the top spot. The caution would come out after the completion of the lap for Justin Jennings, who spun off the track in turn two. On the restart Burgtorf again grabbed the lead, with Bailey getting by Perry for second. Burgtorf, Bailey and Perry would run nose-to-tail over the next 10 laps, when the final caution coming out on lap 29. Dunker would spin in turn four for his second solo, ending his night. Again Burgtorf moved out into the lead on the restart, with Perry getting by Bailey for second. Burgtorf would hold on to claim the win. Perry held on for second, Bailey was third, Robby Warner came from 9th to finish in fourth, with Dustin Griffin coming home in fifth.
The final feature of the night was the 20 lap Hobby Stocks, with Tanner Klingele and Nathan Hayes on the front row. The first and only caution of the event would come out after the completion of lap 1, as Nathan Anders came to a stop on the front stretch. On the restart Klingele jumped back out front and started to pull away from the field. But the man on the move was Travis Booher, who started 9th. Booher quickly moved up to take chase of Klingele for the top spot. But Klingele was up to the challenge and held him off for the win. Booher would cross the line in second, but a protest on his car found it to be illegal. Jim Powell came from 6th to be moved to second, Mike Wiley started 7th and was moved to third, Steve Carlin came from 10th to be moved to fourth, with Jake Powers getting moved to fifth.
Notes from Quincy: 25 UMP Modifieds, 21 IMCA Late Models, 16 Hobby Stocks and 12 IMCA Stock Cars signed in after a two week layoff to due battle......Aaron Brocksieck would run second for much of the Stock Car feature, when he drifted to high in turn two on the last lap to fall all the way back to finish in 7th.... Andrew Griffin, won the Stock Car feature, and Steve Steinkuhler, who finished fourth, were disqualified after tech inspection for illegal rear control arms. But both disqualifications were over turned after a call to IMCA on Monday morning found a typo error in the measures printed in the rule book to be wrong......Ryan Meyer started 14th in the Modified feature and passed 8 cars to finish in 6th....Dunker recovered from the lap 20 spin to come back to finish 9th.... Todd Reed started 18th and passed 8 cars to finish in 10th....Jake Griffin came from 22nd and passed 11 cars to finish in 11th....Robbie Reed was running in 5th, when the lap 3 caution put an end to his night. As the front of the field slowed for the caution, the back half didn't and piled into Reed to end his night......Jason Frankel came from 18th and passed 11 cars to finish 7th in the Late Model feature....Rookie driver Justin Jennings started 16th and had worked his way up to 12th by lap 18. But his run to the front would end after the completion of that lap, as he went over the track in turn two to bring the caution out.
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