Four Drivers Repeat at Quad City Speedway
by Ed Potter

EAST MOLINE, IL (July 2, 2006) - Sunday at Quad City Speedway the racing action matched the temperature--HOT. After some great heat races and a nickel toss for the youngsters the features hit the track with some real exciting racing action. The first feature to hit the track was the J & J Camper Street Stock feature. Jim Hickenbottom led the first lap with Korey Peterson taking over on lap two. Lap nine had Buck Harmening go to the front and the boys played pretty nice together until lap twelve of thes fifteen lapper. At lap twelve the caution started flying, and flew flew five times before lap fourteen got scored. During that time five cars were retired to the pit area. Harmening led the rest of the way holding off the challenges of Rob Henrey the last four laps to take his second win of the year. Henry was second with Dave Wadsager coming from eighteenth to take third. Bruce Fosdyck was fourth with Randy Exline fifth.

Heat races appeared to go to Chris Hambright, Andrew Burk and Gerald Ward, but Burk was disqualified for not going to post race tech turning the win over to Chuck Fox.

After a caution flew trying to get the first lap of the IMCA Feature in things settled down with only two more carutions in the entire twenty-five laps with Mike Murphy Jr coming from his fifth place starting spot to lead flag to flag for his second win of the season. Fred Remley moved into second from his sixth place starting spot on lap ten and held on to finish in that spot. Coming from tenth starting spot Kevin Blum was third with Mike Cothron and Jim Sandusky rounding out the top five. Leroy Brenner and Blum won the heat races.

Richie Smith charged from his fourth place starting spot to take the early lead of the IITI-Reynold's Ford Open Wheel Modified feature, with Milo Veloz Jr taking over in this caution free race on lap six. By lap eight tenth place starter and second heat winner, Jeff Morris had moved into second and was soon trying Veloz on both the bottom and the top side. At the mid-race point Morris finally moved aut front by himself and stayed there to take his fourth Quad City Speedway win of the season to match his son's record at the track. Ray Cox Jr moved in to take second with Veloz holding on for third. Doug Crampton took fourth with Smith holding on for fifth. Jim Willert won the other heat.

Outside front row started, Nathan Hall grabbed the early lead of the Best Choice-Racer's Edge B Modified feature when the caution flew four times between lap two and lap three. Hall held on to the lead until the races only other caution at lap nine. On the restart Jake Waterman got by to take the lead with a real battle going on behind him for second between Hall and second heat winner, Mitch Morris. Waterman went on for his third Quad City Speedway win of the year, with Hall hanging on for second and Morris third. Kenny Ethridge was fourth with Craig Crawford fifth.


Results from Quad City Speedway--East Moline,IL 7/2/06

Street Stock
heat one: 1. Chris Hambright--East Moline; 2. Buck Harmening--East Moline; 3. Rick Schriner--Rock Island; 4. Jim Hickenbottom--East Moline; 5. Ron Doolittle--Davenport,IA
heat two: 1. Chuck Fox--Silvis; 2. Chris Lawrence--Colona; 3. Craig Jones--Moline; 4. Bruce Fosdyck--Bettendorf,IA; 5. Rob Henry--Colona
heat three: 1. Gerald Ward--East Moline; 2. Korey Peterson--Colona; 3. Randy Exline--Stockton,IA; 4. Ron Turner--Morrison; 5. Matt Werner--Geneseo
Feature: 1. Harmening; 2. Henry; 3. Dave Wadsager--East Moline; 4. Fosdyck; 5. Exline; 6. Doolittle; 7. Toby Spicer--Rock Islanld; 8. Hambright; 9. Jake Gustaf--Hillsdale; 10. Fox; 11. Turner; 12. Andrew Burk--Eldridge;IA; 13. Hickenbottom; 14. Peterson; 15. Lawrence; 16. Ward; 17. Werner; 18. Jones; 19. Schriner

IMCA Late Model
heat one: 1. Leroy Brenner--Aledo; 2. Fred Remley--Blue Grass,IA; 3. John Freeman--Rock Island; 4. Rick Wages--Colona; 5. Jim Sandusky--Coal Valley
heat two: 1. Kevin Blum--Colona; 2. Adam Oppendike--Silvis; 3. Mike Murphy Jr--Green Rock; 4. Mike Cothron--Moline; 5. Heshel Roberts--East Moline
Feature: 1. Murphy; 2. Remley; 3. Blum; 4. Cothron; 5. Sandusky; 6. Roberts; 7. Ron Gustaf--Moline; 8. Eric Gustaf--Moline; 9. Brenner; 10. Oppendike; 11. Jason Parrish--Geneseo; 12. Nate Beuseling--Coal Valley; 13. Chad Abbott--Moline; 14. Freeman; 15. Jason Masengarb--Colona; 16. Wages; 17. Cory Goldbeck--Camanche,IA; 18. Mike Guldenpfennig--Davenport,IA

Open Wheel Modified
heat one: 1. Jim Willert--Davenport,IA; 2. Richie Smith--Davenport,IA; 3. Doug Crampton--Rock Islanld; 4. Bob Stogdell--Colona; 5. Milo Veloz Jr--Colona
heat two: 1. Jeff Morris--McCausland,IA; 2. Daron Oberbroeckling--Davenport,IA; 3. Mike Zemo Jr--Geneseo; 4. Ray Cox Jr--Maquoketa,IA; 5. Brandon Durbin--Colona
Feature: 1. Morris; 2. Cox; 3. Veloz; 4. Crampton; 5. Smith; 6. Willert; 7. Oberbroeckling; 8. Zemo; 9. Durbin; 10. Donovan Lodge--Andover; 11. Stogdell; 12. Craig Crawford--Moline; 13. Randy Christner--LeClaire,IA; 14. Steve Gustaf Jr--Moline; 15. Jerame Mowery--Moline; 16. Jason Pershy--Colona

B Modified
heat one: 1. Jake Waterman--Milan; 2. Nathan Hall--Orion; 3. Greg Durbin--Silvis; 4. Kenny Ethridge--Moline; 5. Jerry Bailey Jr--East Moline
heat two: 1. Mitch Morris--McCausland,IA; 2. Brad Pershy--Colona; 3. Kevin Dickey--Silvis; 4. Dan Hahn--Walnut; 5. Perry Gellerstedt--Cambridge
Feature: 1. Waterman; 2. Hall; 3. Morris; 4. Ethridge; 5. Craig Crawford--Moline; 6. Dickey; 7. Durbin; 8. Bailey; 9. Doug Curless--Davenport,IA; 10. Gellerstedt; 11. Jimmy Comins Jr--Silvis; 12. Kevin Spriet--Davenport,IA; 13. George Hubbard--Silvis; 14. Pershy; 15. Hahn; 16. Jasin Bielema--Colona