Quincy, IL (Sunday, August 24, 2014) - Even though the temperatures outside were 95+ degrees, with heat indexes over 100, Quincy Raceways in Quincy, Illinois put on another Sunday night of racing. At the end of the night two drivers, Mark Burgtorf (UMP Late Models) and Brian Lynn (UMP Modifieds) earned their first wins of the season at the track. While Brandon Savage (IMCA Stock Cars), Joey Gower (IMCA SportMods) and Kimberly Abbott (IMCA Sport Compacts) visited victory lane for repeat wins.
The first feature to take to the track was the 18 lap IMCA Stock Cars, with Troy Brierton and Jerry Jansen leading the field to the drop of the green flag. But just as the green was waved the caution light would come on, as Abe Huls and Jake Powers spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Brandon Savage, who started 4th, used the very top of the track to grab the lead on lap 1 over Jansen and Huls, who started 5th. The action up front was slowed for the second and final time on lap 4, when Nathan Hayes spun in turn 4 and collected Powers to bring out the yellow. Savage once again jumped out front on the restart, with Huls glued to his back bumper. Huls tried to look under Savage over the next several laps, even pulling up alongside of Savage a few times. Only to have Savage use the momentum off the top of the track to edge him at the line every lap. Coming to the white flag Huls went low in turn 1 and exited turn 2 side-by-side with Savage. The two would enter turn 3 side-by-side, with Huls trying to slid up in front of Savage. But Savage again used the momentum off the top to edge Huls at the line by inches to pick up his third win in a row and fifth overall at the track this season. Huls settled for 2nd, Terry Houston was 3rd, Jansen was 4th, with Brierton rounding out the top 5.
Up next was the 30 lap UMP Late Model feature, with Gordy Gundaker and Mark Burgtorf, who was behind the wheel of Rick Frankel's number 33F Late Model, making up the front row for the event. Burgtorf would take advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Gundaker and Justin Reed. The fast pace set by Burgtorf allowed him to pull out to a straight-away lead by the half way point, in which he started to lap cars. Without a caution there was no stopping Burgtorf on this night, as he cruised to his first win of the season at the track. Gundaker held on for 2nd, Denny Woodworth was 3rd, Jason Perry was 4th, with Sheffield, Illinois' Rich Bell passing 6 cars from his 11th place starting spot to come home 5th (the final car on the lead lap).
Alex Costigan and Spencer Coats made up the front row for the 15 lap IMCA Sport Compact feature. But just as the green flag was waved the red light would come on, as Bryce Baker and Adam Scott shot off the track in turn four and went through the protective fence to bring out the red. Both drivers climbed from their cars okay, with Scott going to the hot pits to have his car looked at before rejoining the field for the restart. On the restart Coats moved out front on lap 1 over Kimberly Abbott, who started 8th and Seith Woodruff, who started 9th. Abbot jumped to the top of the track off turn 4 on lap 3 to take over the top spot from Coats, leaving Coats to battle Woodruff for the runner up spot. The action up front was slowed for the second time on lap 10, when Austin McClean got into the guardrail off turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Abbott jumped back out front, with Coats holding off Woodruff for second. Coats run up front would come to an end on lap 11, as he slowed to a stop in turn 2 with a right front flat to bring out the third caution of the race. Abbott once again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Woodruff and Rachall Reger, who started 11th, close behind. Despite a few challenges from Woodruff over the final 4 laps Abbott was able to hold on to claim her third win of the season at the track. Woodruff settled for 2nd, Reger was 3rd, Scott recovered from the red on the start to come back up to finish 4th, with Darin Weisinger Jr. coming home in 5th.
Up next was the 25 lap UMP Modified feature, with Brian Lynn and Steven DeLonjay leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Lynn took advantage of his starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over DeLonjay and Michael Long. The action up front was slowed for the first time on lap 5, when Dylan Hoover spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Lynn moved back out front, with Long over taking DeLonjay for the runner up spot. Three laps later, lap 8, Hoover spun in turn 1 to bring out his second solo caution and ending his night. Lynn once again jumped out front on the restart, with Long and DeLonjay close behind. While Lynn worked to hold off Long, DeLonjay's car started to show sparks under the rear end on lap 14. Those sparks finally ended DeLonjay's run up front, third to be exact, on lap 17 when he blew a tire and had flames under the rear end to bring out the caution. On the restart Lynn moved back out front, with Long and Kenny Wallace following. Lynn, who was working the top of the track, worked to hold off Long, who tried the bottom, over the next 3 laps. Long would go into turn 3 on lap 20 on the bottom and then slid up in front of Lynn for the top spot, only to have Lynn do a cross over move out of turn 4 to keep the lead. Lynn then held on over the final 5 laps to pick up his first win of the season at the track. Long settled for 2nd, Wallace was 3rd, Shawn Deering passed 7 cars from his 11th place starting spot to come home in 4th, with Rusty Griffaw rounding out the top 5.
The final feature to take to the track on the night was the 18 lap IMCA SportMods, with Adam Birck, driving Charles VanZandt's #80v, and Charles VanZandt, behind the wheel of the 21v, on the front row. Birck would take advantage of his starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Joey Gower, who started 7th, and Brandon Lennox, who started 5th. Birck then held the top spot until lap 3, when Gower slid under him to take over the lead. While Gower and Birck paced the field out front, Bobby Anders, who started 9th, Tony Dunker, who started 10th, and Tanner Klingele, who started 8th, were working there way towards the front. But the 18 lap race went caution free, which allowed Gower to claim his fourth win of the season at the track. Birck held on for 2nd, Dunker took 3rd on the last lap, Anders was 4th, with Klingele 5th.
Notes from Quincy: Richard VanderMaiden started the Sport Compact feature in 12th and finished in 7th....Casey Lambert, who was running 3rd, pulled off the track on the lap 10 restart with a right front flat to end his night in 9th....Austen Becerra broke on the parade lap and pulled into the infield to end his night in 13th......Randy Lines, who made the pull over from Marion, Indiana, was running 7th in the Modified feature when he slipped off the track in turn 3 on lap 11 and fell clear back to 11th. He would recover to come home in 7th....Spencer Havermale came from 12th to finish in 9th....Kale Foster rolled in turn 3 during his heat race and was a scratch from the feature......Todd Reed passed 7 cars from his 13th place starting spot in the SportMod feature to come up to finish in 6th....Bradley Holtmeyer came from 12th to finish in 7th....Mike Goodwin made his first start of his career and came home in 12th.
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