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Veloz Gets First Quad City Speedway Win of Season
By Ed Potter 

EAST MOLINE (June 20) - Although the weatherman could talk about nothing but rain and thunderstorms Sunday the Racing action at Quad City Speedway went off without a hitch.  In four divisions the winners were repeaters, but in one division it was a new face in victory lane for this season.  After some good qualifying races in all divisions the first feature to hit the track was the Extreme Auto Glass Street Stock feature which went with only one caution and that was fefore a lap was scored.  Front row starter, Ron Marks Jr snatched the lead right off the bat, with fifth place starter Cary Brown in hot pursuit.  After being involved in that only caution, Matt Werner had worked his way back up to third by lap ten.  Marks went on for his third victory of the season, as Brown and Werner battled the last five laps, often side by side.  On the last lap, coming off turn four Werner edged out Brown to take second.  Brown was third with Rick Schriner fourth and Rob Nylin fifth.

Next up was the Verplaetse Excavating IMCA Modified feature.  Greg Durbin started on the outside of the front row and grabbed the early lead.  After winning the heat race Hunter Wilson became the first casualty of the race as he ran into problems in turn three on the first lap.  On the restart it was Durbin back out front with eighth place starter, Mark Vervynck in second and ninth place starter, Jake Waterman in third.  On lap four Waterman went out front with Vervynck hard on his rear bumper.  Vervynck might have been trying a little to hard as he brought out the caution on lap eleven.  Waterman went on for his third win of the year with Greg Durbin moving back in to take second.  Craig Crawford was third with Jerry Durbin fourth.  Last place starter Jim Hickenbottom rounded out the top five.

Third place starter, Doug Crampton took the early lead of the caution free twenty lap SNI of Geneseo A Modified feature on the first lap with second heat winner, Milo Veloz Jr taking over on lap four.  Soon first heat winner Thad Wilson moved into second and tried putting some pressure on, But nobody was going to have anything for Veloz as he went on to take his first trip to victory lane of the season.  Veloz became the sixth different winner in this division in six races.  Wilson was second with Crampton holding on for third.  Ninth place starter, John Bull was fourth with Ryan Dolan taking fifth on his first visit to the Quad City Speedway this year.

The first lap of the Sexton Ford IMCA Late Model first heat had some problems as a couple of cars got together on the taking of the green leaving Eric
Sanders car on it’s top.  Eric was all right and came back to start the feature later on.  In the feature Mike Garland started on the pole and took the early lead with Matt Ryan in tow.  On lap five Ryan moved out front and seventh place starter, Ray Guss Jr moved into third.  Four laps later Guss moved into second and on lap eleven he went out front.  By lap fourteen he had moved into lap traffic and lap nineteen the races only caution flew and tightened the field back up.  On the restart nothing changed up front and guss went on to take his fourth Quad City Speedway win of the year.  Ryan held on for second with Nate Beuseling taking third.  In the last five laps ninth place starter, Todd Malmstrom charged up to take fourth with Garland holding on for fifth.  Adam Oppendike and Eric Gustaf won the heat races.

After winning the heat race Chad Tucker took the lead of the Aaron’s Affordable Towing 4 Cylinder feature on lap three.  On lap four previous leader, Justin Veloz got into the wall in turn four.  An the restart Chad Tucker went back out front with Dale Tucker right on his bumper.  Soon Bryce Garnhart was giving Dale all he could handle as the two ran side by side.  A little later Dale was forced to retire with mechanical woes.  Chad went on to take his third straight feature win in a row with Bryce Garnhart second.  Scott Powell was third followed by Josh Garnhart and Chance Huston, in that order.

Results from Quad City Speedway—East Moline, Illinois   6/20/10

Extreme Auto Glass Street Stock

Heat one: 1. Chris Lawrence—Colona; 2. Ron Marks Jr—Rock Island; 3. Cary Brown—Davenport, IA; 4. Matt Werner—Geneseo; 5. Rick Schriner—Rock Island

Feature: 1. Marks; 2. Werner; 3. Brown; 4. Schriner; 5. Rob Nylin—Silvis; 6. Lawrence; 7. Jerame Mowery—Moline; 8. Mike Anderson—Moline; 9. Dwaine Hasson—Coal Valley; 10. Jeff Shadden—East Moline

Verplaetse Excavating IMCA Modified

Heat one: 1. Hunter Wilson—Moline; 2. Craig Crawford—Moline; 3. Greg Durbin—East Moline; 4. Jerry Durbin—East Moline; 5. Jim Hickenbottom—East Moline

Feature: 1. Jake Waterman—Milan; 2. Greg Durbin; 3. Crawford; 4. Jerry Durbin; 5. Hickenbottom; 6. A. J. Pappas East Moline; 7. Mark Vervynck—Kewanee; 8. Jared Coppejans—Hillsdale; 9. Ron Nylin—Silvis; 10. Wilson

SNI of Geneseo A Modified

Heat one: 1. Thad Wilson—Moline; 2. John Bull—Moline; 3. Jason Pershy—Colona; 4. Brandon Durbin—Colona; 5. Doug Crampton—Rock Island

Heat two: 1. Milo Veloz Jr—Colona; 2. Leland Bushong—Colona; 3. Jerry Bailey Jr—Moline; 4. Bob Stogdell—Colona; 5. Randall Verplaetse—Barstow

Feature: 1. Veloz; 2. Wilson; 3. Crampton; 4. Bull; 5. Ryan Dolan—Lisbon, IA; 6. Pershey; 7. Durbin; 8. Bailey; 9. Bushong; 10. Craig Crawford—Moline; 11. Verplaetse; 12. T. J. Patz—Port Byron; 13. Stogdell

Sexton Ford IMCA Late Model

Heat one: 1. Adam Oppendike—Silvis; 2. Nate Beuseling—Silvis; 3. Ray Guss Jr—Milan; 4. D. J. Burke—Davenport, IA; 5. Eric Sanders—Coal Valley

Heat two: 1. 1. Eric Gustaf—Moline; 2. Mike Murphy Jr—Colona; 3. Rob Toland—Davenport; 4. Mike Garland—Morrison; 5. Matt Ryan—Davenport, IA

Feature: 1. Guss; 2. Ryan; 3. Beuseling; 4. Todd Malmstrom—Silvis; 5. Garland; 6. Murphy; 7. Oppendike; 8. Gustaf; 9. Mike Guldenpfennig—Muscatine, IA; 10. Burke; 11. Buck Harmening—East Moline; 12. Toland; 13. Sanders

Aaron’s Affordable Towing 4 Cylinder

Heat one: 1. Chad Tucker—East Moline; 2. Jon Scott—East Moline; 3. Scott Powell—Polo; 4. Bryce Garnhart—Shannon; 5. Justin Veloz—Colona

Feature: 1. Chad Tucker; 2. Bryce Garnhart; 3. Powell; 4. Josh Garnhart—Shannon; 5. Chance Huston—East Moline; 6. Eric Stogdell—Colona; 7. Dale Tucker; 8. Veloz; 9. Wike Wisdom—East Moline; 10. Scott