See last nights complete results here: Deery Brothers Summer Series at Quincy Raceways
4/30/2008
Quincy Raceways
Quincy, Illinois
Denny Woodworth Takes First Deery Brothers Summer Series Late Model Win
By Jack Walbring
The Racing Lawyer, Denny Woodworth of Quincy showed up at Quincy Raceways to sign in for the evenings events dressed just the way he was when he left court on Wednesday afternoon. He may just want to show up that way to all his race nights as he had the winning argument in the fifty lap Deery Brothers Summer Series main event for the J&J Steel IMCA Late Models sponsored by Sullivan Auctioneers..
Mike Garland jumped into the early lead of the fifty lapper and looked like he might just be the man to beat, but Woodworth ran Garland down and passed for the lead on the sixth lap. Woodworth then held Garland at bay as he was not going to surrender the top spot easily to Woodworth. Garland stayed within striking distance until Tom Darbyshire worked his way to Garland’s back bumper and Garland had to concentrate on keeping Darbyshire behind him. Darbyshire worked Garland high and low and finally slipped past for the second spot on the thirty eighth lap when Garland found the turn three hole that gave most of the field fits. Darbyshire then pulled away from the fading Garland and set his sights on Woodworth and the lead. Darbyshire closed the gap on Woodworth to even with three laps to go but Woodworth picked up the pace and had a .693 of a second lead when the checkered flag fell on lap fifty. Darbyshire held on for the second spot followed by Mark Burgtorf in third, Garland in fourth and Robby Warner in fifth.
Matt Strassheim, Burgtorf, Garland, Ben Nading and Robby Warner took the heat race wins in a field of forty two IMCA Late Models. Terry Neal and Lonnie Bailey grabbed the B-Main wins while Robby Warner claimed the Summy Tire and Auto Center Trophy Dash win.
The pits were astir as the final modified entry showed up for the nights festivities as Nextel Cup Star Carl Edwards climbed from the tow vehicle to help a young protégé, Darrell Jones of Columbia, Mo. The pit area seemed to respect Edwards presence and let the famous driver enjoy his rare night at the dirt track.
Michael Long continued his dominance of the Miller Lite Modified division by taking the lead of the thirty lap main event on the second lap and cruising to a full straight lead at the checkered flag. Brandon Lennox settled for second followed by David Holder in third, Vance Wilson in fourth and Jeff Waterman in fifth. Long and Holder took the checkered flags in the heat races and Lennox scored the win in the Advance Trading Trophy Dash.
Up next at Quincy Raceways will be Mark Twain Casino Night at the Races on Sunday, May 4. The pit gates open at 4, grandstands at 5 with Hot Laps at 6:00 and racing at 6:30pm Visit Quincy Raceways online at www.quincyraceways.com or call the Hotline at 217-224-4100 for more information.
April 6, 2008
Quincy Raceways
Quincy, Illinois
Quincy Raceways Opens 2008 Season With New and Old Winners
By Jack Walbring
Quincy Raceways opened the 2008 racing season with some of the old and some of the new as Mark Burgtorf, David Wietholder, Jeff Mueller and Steve Carlin all picked up feature event wins in the first event of the year.
Mark Burgtorf picked up where he left off last season by taking the victory in the Budweiser IMCA J&J Steel Late Model division feature event. Burgtorf started the main event from the inside of row two and had the lead by turn three of the first lap. The fourteen time track champion then held off the challenges of Jason Perry until the pair entered lapped traffic midway through the thirty lapper. Burgtorf made good use of the back markers to increase his lead and pull away for the win. Keith Pratt also made good use of the traffic and managed to get by Perry on the last lap for the second spot. Perry settled for third followed by Denny Woodworth in fourth and Billy Genenbacher in fifth. Burgtorf and Pratt took the heat race wins with Clint Kirkham grabbing the win in the Summy Tire and Auto Center Trophy Dash.
The Miller Lite Modified main event got off to a rough start as three caution flags in the first two laps slowed the action but when the event finally went green for more than a lap, it got a lot better. David Wietholder managed to take the early lead and was not seriously challenged for the most event until the closing laps of the twenty five circuits. Michael Long, who won sixteen feature events last year worked his way through the field from his ninth row starting spot and by the twenty second lap Long was closing in to put pressure on Wietholder but a pair of caution flags on the twenty second and twenty third laps slowed the final laps of the event. Wietholder held Long at bay and even increased his lead at the checkered flag to take an impressive feature event win. Long settled for second followed by Danny Lake in third, Joe Hooper in fourth and Wyatt Lance in fifth. Robbie Reed, Wietholder and Brandon Lennox took the heat race wins while rookie modified driver, Steven DeLonjay took his first checkered flag in only his second race in his father’s Henry DeLonjay’s famous number 35.
The new for the evening was the premier of the much anticipated arrival of the Triple R Performance Engines IMCA Sunoco Stock Car division. Fourteen cars checked in to race at Quincy Raceways for the first time, this was also the first appearance of the IMCA sanctioned Stock Car class in the state of Illinois since the division raced at Jacksonville and Peoria during the 1987 season. Six veteran drivers in the division showed up to do battle with the rookie Quincy Raceways drivers and they put on quite a show as Jeff Mueller took home the feature event win a dominating performance. Muller would battle through the field from his fifth row starting spot and take the lead on the ninth lap from early leader Doug Huls. Mueller would then pull away from the field to take his first ever Quincy Raceways feature event win. Abe Huls would hold off a determined John Oliver Jr. for the second spot with Oliver settling for third over Chris Wibbell in fourth and Chris Webb in fifth. Oliver and Mueller both took heat race victories.
Steve Carlin took the win in the Tim’s Machine Shop Hobby Stock main event. Carlin grabbed the lead on the second lap and held off all challengers to take his first win of the season. Bobby Anders tried in vain to catch Carlin but had to settle for the second spot at the checkered flag over Chad Cannady in third, Aaron Brocksieck in fourth and James Leffew in fifth. Aaron Brocksieck took he lone heat race win.
