Quincy, IL (Sunday, April 23, 2017) - After taking last Sunday off for Easter, the Quincy Raceways in Quincy, Illinois returned to action on Sunday, April 23rd. A beautiful evening in late April helped to produce some great racing action.
On this night the UMP Modifieds and IMCA Stock Cars were given the night off, with the 305 Sprints replacing one of the classes. Only five 305 Sprints showed up, which was narrowed to 4 by feature time when Chris Campbell had motor troubles in his heat. Jeff Wilke and Jarrod Schneiderman, driving Roger Grant's #27, led the field to green in the 12 lap feature, with Schneiderman grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Wilke and Justin Standridge. The race would caution free, with Schneiderman pulling away to an easy win. Wilke was 2nd, Standridge was 3rd, with Dylon Tuxhorn 4th, and Campbell credited with 5th.
The UMP Pro (Crate) Late Models returned for the second time in 2017 at Quincy Raceways, with Tommy Elston and Denny Woodworth leading the field to the green in the 20 lap feature. Elston would take advantage of his starting spot to jump out front on lap 1 over Tommy Sheppard Jr. and Woodworth. The action up front was slowed for the first and only time on lap 2, when Derek Sammons spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Elston moved back out front, with Sheppard Jr. and Woodworth battling for second. Woodworth, who was working the top of the track, slipped past Sheppard Jr. for second on lap 6 and then went to work on Elston for the lead. With two laps to go Woodworth was able to close on Elston's back bumper. Then coming off turn 4 to the checkered Woodworth used the momentum off the top to edge Elston at the line by inches to claim the win. Elston settled for 2nd, Sheppard Jr. was 3rd, Vance Wilson was 4th, with Sam Halstead coming home in 5th.
Jeffrey DeLonjay and Darin Weisinger Jr. led the field to green in the 15 lap IMCA Sport Compact feature, with DeLonjay leading lap 1 over Weisinger Jr. and David Prim. DeLonjay then held the top spot until lap 3, when Weisinger Jr. slipped under him to take over the lead. While the battle was happening out front, Daniel Fellows, who started 10th, was working his way towards the front. By lap 7 Fellows had worked his way into second. Three laps latter, lap 10, Fellows went to the top to take the lead away from Weisinger Jr. Fellows then held off Jake Dietrich, who started 7th, over the final laps to pick up his second career win (with his first coming on Saturday at the Eldon Raceway in Eldon, Iowa) in only his fourth start of the season. Dietrich was 2nd, Weisinger Jr. was 3rd, Prim was 4th, with Barry Taft coming from 9th to finish in 5th.
Up next was the 25 lap UMP Super Late Model feature, with Jamie Wilson and Rickey Frankel making up the front row. Wilson jumped out front on lap 1 over Denny Woodworth and Frankel. Just as Wilson started to pull away the first and only caution of the race appeared time on lap 9. Justin Reed got into the turn 2 guardrail and ripped the right rear tire off to bring out the yellow. On the restart Wilson moved back out front, with Woodworth and Frankel close behind. Woodwoth, who was working the top of the track, jumped the cushion in turn 1 on lap 13 and fell back to 3rd behind Frankel. This would allow Wilson to put some distance on the battle for second. Three laps later, lap 16, Woodworth was able to get back by Frankel for second, but was a straight-away behind Wilson for the lead. By lap 20 Woodworth had cut the lead in half, and by lap 22 he was on Wilson's back bumper. Going into turn 3 on the final lap Woodworth was able to get up beside Wilson, who was working the bottom. But Wilson was able to hold off Woodworth at the line to claim the win. Woodworth was 2nd, Frankel was 3rd, Alan Westling was 4th, with Dustin Hodges rounding out the top 5.
To say they saved the best for last can be true on this night, as the 18 lap IMCA SportMod took to the track. Tanner Klingele and Justin Bartz made up the front row, with Klingele grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Joey Gower and Austen Becerra. Klingele worked the bottom of the track to hold off Gower, until the first caution on lap 6 slowed the action. Mike Goodwin stopped down the front stretch to bring out the caution. On the restart Klingele moved back out front, with Gower and Becerra still close behind. The second and final caution appeared on lap 10, when Dakota Anderson spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. Klingele again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Tony Dunker, who started 8th, using the top of the track to get past Gower for second. While Klingele worked the bottom of the track, Dunker worked the top to pull even with Klingele coming off turn 2 on lap 13. But Klingele was able to pull away coming off the bottom to keep the lead. Then coming off turn 4 to take the white flag Dunker was able to edge Klingele at the line to take over the top spot. The two would race around the track side-by-side on the final lap, with Dunker using the momentum off turn 4 to edge Klingele at the line by .13 seconds to claim the win. Klingele settled for a close 2nd, Gower was 3rd, Justin Ebbing was 4th, with Austin Howes coming from 9th to finish in 5th.
Notes from Quincy: The final checkered flag waved just before 8:30 PM, which helped to get everyone home at a decent time on a Sunday evening. This was helped with only 4 cautions in 90 feature laps.....Rudy Zaragoza made his debut in the UMP Pro Late Model class. He didn't make it to the track in time to run his heat, so he had to start the feature in 11th. He would stay out of trouble to come home in 9th....Brianna Sheppard called the track to check in, in hopes of making it in time to race. But they never made it......The Sport Compact feature went CAUTION FREE!!!....Brandon Lambert was going for the lead in his heat race, when he rolled in turn 4. They were able to fix the car good enough to race the feature, where he finished 10th......Brandon Lennox, who started 7th in the SportMod feature and was up to 3rd by lap 10, pulled out under the caution on lap 10 with front end troubles to end his night in 9th....Bobby Anders, Nathan Anders and Tim Anders all had troubles in their heat races that forced them to scratch from the feature.
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