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Quincy Raceways Looking Forward to 2008 Racing Season By Jack Walbring QUINCY, IL (Mar 23) - Quincy Raceways is looking forward to an exciting 2008 racing season with lots of great weekly racing action and several Special Events to spice up the year. The partnership of Mike Karhoff and Tony Rhinberger that operated the Quincy Raceways quarter mile during the 2008 season has officially ended with Tony Rhinberger completing the buyout of Mike Karhoff’s portion of the partnership on Friday, March 14. Rhinberger said in a Quincy Herald Whig interview that the 2007 season was a learning experience and that the coming season will continue to be that as well. Rhinberger says that he is excited to see the 2008 season approach and believes that Quincy Raceways is well on its way to providing a great Motorsports entertainment value. Rhinberger expects the 2008 weekly racing season to start at Quincy Raceways with opening night on March 30 depending upon how Mother Nature acts. The opening night on March 30 will not be a points race night for any of the classes competing, including the Budweiser IMCA Late Models, the Miller Lite Modifieds, the newly sanctioned Triple R Performance IMCA Stock Cars and the Hobby Stocks. Practice nights have been scheduled for Tuesday March 25 and Thursday March 27 pending weather conditions. Racers should call the Quincy Raceways Hotline at 217-224-4100 to check the status of any scheduled event or check out the newly redesigned Quincy Raceways Website at www.quincyraceways.com for information. The points racing season will start for the Triple R Performance Engines IMCA Stock Cars on Sunday, April 6 with the rest of the Quincy Raceways divisions points seasons beginning on April 27. The points season is scheduled to end with the Season Championship events on August 24 along with the Summy Tire and Auto Center Trophy Dash Shootout for the Budweiser IMCA Late Models and the Advance Trading Miller Lite Modified Trophy Dash Shootout on that same night. The Special Event schedule shows a health amount of events featuring two appearances of the Deery Brothers Summer Series for the IMCA Late Models on April 13 and again on August 31. The O'Reilly Midwest All Star Sprint Series will appear on Memorial Day, May 26 along with a Modified $2500 to win event on the same night, watch for more details coming soon. NASCAR Night at the Races featuring Kenny Schrader and Kenny Wallace competing in UMP Late Models and Quincy Modifieds is scheduled for Tuesday June 10. The annual Titan Wheel $3000 to Win Budweiser IMCA Late Model Shootout will be on June 29 followed by the 3rd Annual appearance of the UMP Summer Nationals featuring a $6000 to Win main event for the followers of the “Hell Tour” on Tuesday, July 8. The Sunday, July 20 regular race night will feature the IMCA Stock Cars in a $1000 to Win Shootout. Labor Day Monday on September 1 will bring a $5000 to Win Demolition Derby in the highest paying Demo Derby in West Central Illinois history, details will be released soon on payoffs and rules. Sunday, September 7 will bring the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders back to Quincy Raceways. Details of any and all of these special events are being worked out and will be released soon. The addition of the Triple R Performance Engines IMCA Stock Division is new for the 2008 season. The drivers will compete for local, Jet Racing Northern Region standings and IMCA National Points. Triple R Performance Engines has signed on to provide a $1000 season end points fund which will be supplemented by IMCA point fund contributions. The IMCA Stock Cars will now have three track in the immediate are to compete and earn points at with Lee County Speedway on Friday nights and 34 Raceway in Burlington on Saturday nights. The addition of the IMCA Stock Cars to the Quincy Raceways lineup brought about the end of the four cylinder Hornet class that never caught on. The Quincy Raceways Miller Lite Modified division sees a few rules changes for the 2008 season to help bring in more cars to compete. The tire rule has been opened up to allow two of the three UMP legal tires, the A-40 and the H-40 as well as the IMCA Hoosier G60 – 15 or the American Racer G60 OR KK 704. Also the Quincy Raceways Modifieds may now use a steel tube quick change rear-end which is now legal for UMP Modifieds. The Quincy Raceways quarter mile racetrack saw some serious changes over the off season as the track was reshaped to widen the track corners and push them out to lengthen the track to just shy of three tenths of a mile. A new Pit Gate Building has been constructed and will be ready for use by opening night. The track lighting situation will be improved immediately with the addition of portable lights to increase the amount of light on the track surface. A complete overhaul of the lighting at Quincy Raceways is in the planning stages with improvements being planned for the track, pit and staging area, grandstands and parking areas. The complete overhaul of the lighting may not happen during the 2008 season but should be in place by 2009. Ticket prices will remain the same for the 2008 Sunday night racing season at Quincy Raceways with an addition of a new money saving Family Ticket that will cost $25 for a family of two adults, two teens(11-15) and two children(6-10) which would cost $30 if purchased separately. Adult(16 and over) tickets will be $10, Teens(11-15) $4 and Kids(6-10) $1, Senior Citizen tickets(65+) are $7. The Quincy Raceways Website has seen a complete redesign by Ben Miller and can be accessed at www.quincyraceways.com . Additional information is being added on a daily basis with the site being more informational and fan friendly. The Quincy Raceways Hotline for race night information is available at 217-224-4100 and the track office phone is still 217-224-3843. Watch for more information on all events as soon as it becomes available on the website or in the news media. |