The first feature up on the night was the 18 lap IMCA Stock Cars, with Nathan Hayes and Brandon Savage leading the field to the green flag. Savage took advantage of his front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Hayes and Jake Powers. While Savage set a fast pace out front, Terry Houston, who started 6th, Abe Huls, who started 7th, and Jim Lynch, who started 8th, were all trying to work there way towards the front. The two wide racing behind Savage allowed him to get out to a half a track lead, before Houston was able to climb into the second spot. But Savage had built up to big of a lead, as he went on to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Houston settled for 2nd, Beau Taylor was 3rd, Huls was 4th, with Lynch rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 18 lap IMCA SportMod feature, with Taylor Lear and Todd Reed making up the front row for the event. Reed used his front row start to grab the lead on lap 1 over Lear and Trevor Hagerbaumer, and then held it until the first caution on lap 4. Hagerbaumer would spin in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Reed moved back out front, but now had Bradley Holtmeyer, who started 6th, glued to his back bumper. One lap later, lap 5, the yellow light would come back on, as Laine VanZandt spun in turn 4 to bring out the caution. Reed would spin from the lead in turn 4 on the restart to bring the yellow light back on. Jim Gillenwater, who was behind the #6 machine usually driven by Bobby Six, inherited the lead for the following restart after starting in 10th. But another caution for Tanner Klingele's, who was running 3rd, spin in turn 4 which collected Bobby Anders, who started 9th and was running 4th, brought the caution back out. On the next restart Gillenwater jumped back out front, with Holtmeyer working to hold back Tony Dunker, who started 14th, in the battle for second.
But just as the action up front was getting good, another caution appeared on lap 7 to slow it down. Lear ended up spinning his machine in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. Gillenwater once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Holtmeyer and Dunker close behind. Another caution on lap 10, brought the action to a halt. This time Hagerbaumer and Trent Grotz were stuck together in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Gillenwater moved back out front with Holtmeyer and Dunker continuing there pursuit of the lead. But another caution on lap 11 for Lear's spin in turn 4, his second solo to end his night. Brought the time limit up on this race, which meant the final 7 laps had to run caution free or the next caution would end the race. Once again Gillenwater grabbed the lead on the restart, with Holtmeyer and Dunker battling for second. Gillenwater, who was on the bottom, Holtmeyer, who was up top, and Dunker, who was following in Gillenwater's tracks, were racing hard up front. Holtmeyer used the momentum off the top of the track in turn 4 to take the top spot away on lap 13. But Gillenwater wouldn't give up, as he tried to get back under Holtmeyer over the next 4 laps. When the final caution came out on lap 17, as Aaron Brocksieck, who started 7th and was running 4th, spun in turn 4. The caution also brought out the checkered flag, as Holtmeyer claimed his first career feature win. Dunker won the battle for 2nd, Gillenwater was 3rd, Anders recovered from his lap 5 caution to come back up to 4th, with Klingele also recovering from the lap 5 caution to come back to finish in 5th.
Justin Reed and Rickey Frankel led the field to green in the 30 lap UMP Late Model feature, with Reed jumping out front on lap 1 over Denny Woodworth and Frankel. Reed's fast pace allowed him to move out into a full straightway lead by lap 15. But he then started to enter lapped traffic, which allowed Woodworth, Frankel and Mark Burgtorf, who started 5th, to close in on him. Woodworth, who was using the bottom of the track, was able to get up beside Reed over the next 7 laps when disaster struck the top two cars on lap 22. Woodworth thought he had Reed cleared coming off turn two and tried to slid up in front of Reed. But with Reed's momentum off the top he got into the back of Woodworth, causing him to spin down the backstretch to bring out the yellow. Both driver's were sent to the back for the restart, which gave Frankel the lead. Frankel grabbed the lead on the restart, with Burgtorf and Jason Perry, who started 9th, close behind. Frankel, who was running the bottom, and Burgtorf, who was up top, ran laps 24 through 27 side-by-side. Burgtorf was able to use the momentum off the top of the track in turn 2 on lap 27 to grab the lead, only to have the caution come out to relegate the pass. Clint Kirkham would spin in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Frankel moved back out front and then held on over the final 3 laps to pick up his second win in a row at the track. Burgtorf settled for 2nd, Perry was 3rd, Jim Moon passed 8 cars from his 12th place starting spot to finish in 4th, with Jamie Wilson coming from 8th to round out the top 5.
Kenny Wallace and Steven DeLonjay made up the front row for the 25 lap UMP Modified feature, with Wallace grabbing the lead on lap 1 over DeLonjay and Jared Schlipman. The action up front was slowed for the one and only time on lap 3, as Seith Woodruff spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Wallace moved back out front, with DeLonjay close behind in second. DeLonjay, who was running the bottom, was able to get up beside Wallace on lap 10. But Wallace was able to hold him off and then went on to claim his first win of the season at the track. DeLonjay settled for 2nd, David Wietholder came from 6th to finish in 3rd, Keith Pratt was 4th, with Shawn Deering passing 8 cars from his 13th place starting spot, after loosing the drive shaft in time trials, to come home in 5th.
The final feature up on the night was the 20 lap IMCA Sport Compact $200 to win special, with Kimberly Abbott and Brandon Lambert drawing the front row for the event. Abbott would use her front row starting spot to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Austen Becerra and Lambert. But her lead only lasted one lap, as Becerra used the top of the track to take over the top spot on lap 2. Becerra then pulled away over the final 18 laps of a caution free race to earn his 10th win in a row at the track dating back to 2013 and his 11th overall in 2014. Patrick "Skipp" Dunker came home in 2nd, Abbott was 3rd, Lambert was 4th, with Bryce Baker rounding out the top 5.
Notes from Quincy: Todd Reed recovered from his spin on lap 5 in the SportMod feature to come back up to finish in 6th....Trent Grotz recovered from his lap 10 involvement in the caution to come back up to finish 7th....Jared Wiemelt started 12th and brought home a 9th place finish....Aaron Brocksieck was credited with 10th, after running 4th and bringing out the final caution on lap 17 to end the race....Charles VanZandt finished 12th after starting in 16th....Joey Gower, who started 8th and had worked his way up to 4th, pulled off under the lap 4 caution with troubles to end his night in 14th....Jon Lear had troubles in his heat race that forced him to scratch from the feature......Just Reed recovered from the lap 22 caution in the Late Model feature to come back up to finish 6th....Denny Woodworth also recovered from the lap 22 caution to come back up to finish in 7th....Trace Westling started 11th and brought home an 8th place finish....Clint Kirkham came from the rear after his lap 27 spin to finish in 9th....Michael Larsen made the jump from the Stock Car class to the Late Model ranks in 2014. He made his debut on Sunday and took home a 12th place finish......Russ Coultas came from 10th in the Modified feature to take home a 6th place finish....Robbie Reed, who was running 3rd, pulled off on lap 18 to end his night in 10th....Jared Schlipman, who was running 3rd, pulled off on lap 10 to end his night in 11th....Michael Long, who was running 4th, pulled off on lap 9 to end his night in 12th....Spencer Havermale had troubles after his heat race that forced him to scratch from the feature event......Darin Weisinger Jr. started the Sport Compact feature in 9th and passed 3 cars to finish in 6th....Alyssa Steele had troubles after the heat race that forced her to scratch from the feature.
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