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All Rules for the 2012 Season are now posted.

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Quincy Raceways Announces 2012 Purse Structure 

 Quincy Raceways has added the sanctioned UMP Late Models for the 2012. The payoff will feature $1000 to Win the 30 lap main event with the 2^nd  $700.3^rd $500, 4^th $400, 5^th $300, 6^th $200, 7^th $175, 8^th $160, 9^th $150, 10^th through 18^th $125 and 19^th through 24^th $115. All non feature qualifiers will receive $75. The total purse for the UMP Late Models for a weekly event will be $5400, the highest in Quincy Raceways history.

 The IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Northern Sport Mods have also had their payoffs announced which will be the same as Lee County Speedway and 34 Raceway with $300 for 1^st, $200 for 2^nd, $150 for 3^rd, 125 for 4^th, $100 for 5^th, $80 for 6^th, $70 for 7^th, $65 for 8^th, $60 for 9^th through 12^th, $55 for 13^th through 15^th, and $50 for 16^th through 24. All non feature qualifiers will receive $40. The total purse for both the IMCA Stock Cars and IMCA Northern Sport Mods will be $1945. The payoff for the UMP Modifieds, Hobby Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts will remain the same as in 2011.

 It also being announced that all racers in any class at Quincy Raceways will be required to purchase and use RACECEIVERs during the 2012 season. RACECEIVERs are available for purchase from most racing suppliers with Pit Side Parts in Donnellson, Iowa and Griffin Performance in Quincy having special buys on them at this time. It was felt that by using the RACECEIVER system, the time it takes to realign the cars during caution flags and the on track safety of competitors and race officials would be greatly improved.

Quincy Raceways new email address is quincyraceways@gmail.com

Please use this for all email communications with the track. It will be checked at least daily if not more. There will be new phone service as well in the near future, hopefully with the same phone numbers as before.

The 2012 schedule is being worked out now with at least two late model special events possibly Northern All Stars and MARS and at least one MOWA sprint car show as well. We will be announcing more as soon as possible.

Racecievers will be required by all drivers at Quincy Raceways in 2012. More detail on that soon as well.

Quincy Raceways will be under new ownership for the 2012 season.

November 3, 2011 - The announcement came late Wednesday night when Paul Holtschlag and Bob Rhinberger announced their partnership, representing the fourth ownership group for the 37-year-old facility since 2007.

Holtschlag had been a co-owner since 2009 with Tony Rhinberger. Tony Rhinberger was bought out by Bob Rhinberger, his father. No sale price was disclosed.

In another major -- and equally important -- announcement, Holtschlag said the track's late model division, its marquee series, will be sanctioned by United Midwestern Promoters (UMP), barring any unforeseen problems with unfinished paperwork in the coming weeks.

"Quincy has a great racing fan base and racers who love to race," Holtschlag said. "We're going to get this going in the right direction, and feel the UMP sanctioning of the late models is the way to go. The economy is tough out there right now, but we're confident and we're excited about this new direction for the late model class at Quincy Raceways."

The average weekly late model car counts have dropped in each of the last five years, from a track-record 25 in 2006 to 15 last season.

Quincy Raceways sanctioned its modified class with UMP in 2009 and drew a weekly average of 25 cars, a record for a modified division at the track. The previous high had been 24 in the old "B" modified series in 2002.

The UMP late model sanctioning reverses a recent announcement made by Tony Rhinberger before he sold his half of the track operation that Quincy Raceways late models would be aligned with the Missouri-based United Late Model Association (ULMA), severing a 14-year sanctioning agreement with the International Motorsports Contest Association (IMCA), headquartered in Vinton, Iowa.

Holtschlag, Bob Rhinberger and other track officials met with late model drivers Tuesday night to let them know about the change in ownership and get their input on what sanctioning direction the track should take.

"The overwhelming majority, I would say 90 percent, was for going with UMP," said Holtschlag, a local businessman who also owns several group homes in Missouri, Kutter's Bar and Grill on the Quincy riverfont, a restaurant in southeastern Iowa and is developing the site at 18th and Broadway that once housed Prairie Farms Dairy properties.

UMP currently sanctions eight racing divisions with more than 100 tracks in 19 states and one Canadian province. UMP was created in 1984 by the late Bob Memmer, and is arguably best known for its annual Summernationals "Hell Tour" each June and July. The organization's corporate headquarters are in Concord, N.C., but much of its dirt-track operations is housed in Grayville, Ill. There are 22 UMP tracks in Illinois.

Quincy will be the only UMP track in the region with Sunday night racing, which is expected to help draw larger late model fields. Shepp's Speedway in Alexander, Ill., formerly raced on Sundays but is switching to Fridays.

Holtschlag said the overriding key to the .29-mile track's success will be its racing surface, which was much improved in 2011 over 2010. Considerable offseason work was done a year ago at this time and it paid dividends, said Holtschlag, who coordinated much of that work himself.

"Word gets around, and I feel we made progress this past season," he said. "I think most of the comments about the track last season were very positive."

Quincy Raceways was family owned and operated for the first 32 years (1975-2007) of its existence. The late Albert Scott ran the track until selling it his son, Bob Scott, in 1993. The track was purchased by Tony Rhinberger and Mike Karhoff in January 2007. Rhinberger then bought out Karhoff and operated the facility by himself through 2008 until teaming Holtschlag in 2009.

The inaugural class of the Quincy Raceways Hall of Fame included from left to right, Steve Fraise, Jan Scott, Bob Scott, Jeff Scott, Henry DeLonjay, Mark Burgtorf and Don Hummel.
Photo by Hulett Photography.

Quincy Raceways Announces First Hall of Fame Inductees
By Jack Walbring

QUINCY, IL (September 26, 2011) - The Quincy Raceways Hall of Fame committee announced the first members of the newly created Quincy Raceways Hall of Fame on Sunday September 25. Those inducted included a long time track sponsor, three drivers, a former track employee and the Quincy Raceways founders.

Joe Bliven captured the first ever IMCA Northern Sport Mod Track Championship as well as the Illinois State Championship at Quincy Raceways for the 2011 season.
Photo by Hulett Photography.

Quincy Raceways Crowns Champions on Final Night of 2011
By Jack Walbring 

(September 26, 2011) - Quincy Raceways put the crown on the 2011 season during the Tom Boland Ford/Selby Implement Company Season Championship races on Sunday September 25.

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