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Morris Beats the Field and the Storm
By Mike Sunken
EAST MOLINE, IL (August 11) - It was a very hot and humid night at the Quad
City Raceway, as the heat index was well over 100 degrees. All five classes
were in action Late Models, Street Stocks, Modifieds, 4 Cylinders, and Mod-Lites.
First off the Extreme Auto Glass Street Stocks were on the track. The heat
race was picked up by Greg Gill. In the feature event Greg Gill and Matt
Werner made up the front row. At the start of the race, Matt Werner jumped
out to the early race lead. Werner then went on to lead every lap, as he
captured the 15 lap feature. Greg Gill, after falling back to 4th, would
rally back to a 2nd place finish. Cary Brown finished 3rd, in his first
visit of the season. Rounding out the top five were Jimmy Simpson and Chris
Lawrence.
In the Avenue Rental IMCA Late Models, Rob Toland and David Englekens picked
up heat race wins. In the 25 lap feature event, 4th starting Rob Toland
quickly made his way to the front of the field, but Ray Guss Jr and Kevin
Blum came from deep in the field to challenge. The three drivers diced it
out amongst each other thru the final 15 laps. With about 3 laps to go Todd
Malmstrom ran down all three cars to make it a four car battle. As they came
to the checkers, the cars were four wide, and Rob Toland would be first to
the line by about a foot. Ray Guss Jr. Would finish 2nd, Kevin Blum was 3rd,
and Todd Malmstrom was 4th. Nate Buesling rounded out the top five.
In the Eastern Iowa Landscaping LLC UMP Modifieds, 22 cars were hand to do
attle for those important national points. Heat races were captured by Milo
Veloz Jr., Gary Cook Jr., and Jeff Morris. At the start of the feature event
Jeff Morris jumped out to the early lead with Cook Jr. 2nd. On Lap 5 Cook
Jr. Would get by Morris, but the caution flag waived, and Morris would get
his top spot back, since a full lap was not completed. Then 2 laps later
Veloz Jr. got into the back Cook jr. and sent him spinning, bringing out a
caution. Both drivers, who were 2nd and 3rd at the time were sent to the
back. That would open the door for Manhattan, Illinois driver Mike Spatolla.
Spatolla tried numerous times over the next 12 laps to get by Morris using
every line imaginable, but could not get by. Jeff Morris would go on take
the checkers, with Spatolla 2nd. Point leader Doug Crampton would finish
3rd, Brandon Durbin was 4th, and Nathan Balensiefen was 5th.
In The Aaron’s Affordable UMP 4 Cylinder’s, heat races were won by Amie
Woeckener and Jeremy Campbell.
In the Modlites, Shon Sanders won the heat race. Unfortunately a violent
storm was bearing down on the race track forcing the cancellation of those
two feature events. The Modlites feature will be made up on August 16th, and
the 4 Cylinders feature will be made up on August 23rd.
Racing action continues this Sunday August 16th with a full show once again.
Also it will be fan voting night for the Quad City Raceway Hall of Fame.
Gates will open at 4pm, hot laps at 530pm, and racing action will get
underway at 6pm.
Quad City Raceway Results 8-9
UMP Modifieds– 22 cars
Heat 1–
1. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.
2. 15 Brandon Durbin
3. 40 Doug Crampton
4. 77 Ray Bollinger
Heat 2–
1. 64 Gary Cook Jr.
2. 89s Mike Spatolla
3. 83 Nathan Balensiefen
4. 50 Andy Clark
Heat 3–
1. 70 Jeff Morris
2. 85 Leland Bushong
3. 29 Craig Crawford
4. 96L Dale Leuth
Feature–
1. 70 Jeff Morris
2. 89s Mike Spatolla
3. 40 Doug Crampton
4. 15 Brandon Durbin
5. 83 Nathan Balensiefen
6. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.
7. 96 Jason Bahrs
8. 29 Craig Crawford
9. 88j Jerry Bailey Jr.
10. 85 Leland Bushong
11. 89 TJ Patz
12. 19c Mark Vervynk
13. 6 Stanley Vervynk
14. 17 Todd Dykema
15. 52 Nick Hillyer
16. 1JR Floyd Jordan Jr.
17. 96L Dale Leuth
18. 77 Ray Bollinger
19. 50 Andy Clark
20. 64 Gary Cook Jr.
21. 64x Bill Klingbiel
DNS– 6J Andy Warner
IMCA Late Models–14 cars
Heat 1–
1. 39 Rob Toland
2. 46 Nate Buesling
3. 21g Cory Goldbeck
4. 29 Adam Opendike
Heat 2–
1. 165 David Englekens
2. G1 Mike Garland
3. 58 Ray Guss Jr.
4. 54 Kevin Blum
Finish–
1. 39 Rob Toland
2. 58 Ray Guss Jr.
3. 54 Kevin Blum
4. 75m Todd Malmstrom
5. 46 Nate Buesling
6. 165 David Englekens
7. 7 Stephan Kammerrer
8. 21g Cory Goldbeck
9. 95 Eric Sanders
10. 99 Doug Curless
11. 53 LeRoy Brenner
12. J28 Steve Gustaf Jr.
13. 29 Adam Opendike
14. G1 Mike Garland
UMP Street Stocks–11 cars
Heat 1–
1. 28 Greg Gill
2. 93 Matt Werner
3. 81 Cary Brown
4. 8L Chris Lawrence
Finish–
1. 93 Matt Werner
2. 28 Greg Gill
3. 81 Cary Brown
4. 88 Jimmy Simpson
5. 8L Chris Lawrence
6. 3g Jeremy Mowery
7. 39g RJ Gonzalez
8. 20b Andrew Burk
9. 68 Jason Church
DNS– 21p Ian Pavelonis and 76 Chuck Fox
Mod-lites– 8 cars
Heat 1–
1. 4 Shon Sanders
2. 77 Greg Rossell
3. 8g Dan Guss
4. 3 Eric Close
Feature–
Rained out, will be made up on August 16th.
UMP 4 Cylinders–14 cars
Heat 1–
1. 12a Amie Woeckener
2. 21c Chad Tucker
3. 39g Justin Veloz
4. 1 Taco Jones
Heat 2–
1. 01j Jeremy Campbell
2. 125 Todd Sibley
3. 88g Josh Garnhardt
4. 1b Jason Blocker
Feature–
Rained out, will be made up on August 23rd.
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