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Wietholder Doubles Up at Quincy Raceways By Jack Walbring QUINCY, IL (July 13) - Mark Burgtorf, David Wietholder twice and James Leffew all took feature event wins during Tom Boland Ford/Hannibal Night at the Races on Sunday, July 13 at Quincy Raceways. Kevin Tomlinson took the early lead at the drop of the green flag in the Budweiser J&J Steel Late Model main event with Matt Bailey hounding his every move. Bailey pulled past Tomlinson on the sixth circuit to take the lead but it was to be short lived as tenth place started Mark Burgtorf was blasting his way through the field on his patented high groove. Burgtorf took over the top spot on the ninth lap and pulled out to a decided advantage with Bailey in tow. Burgtorf worked his lead out to over four seconds at the checkered flag to pick up his third points paying feature win of the season. Matt Bailey settled for the second spot followed by Jason Frankel in third, Lonnie Bailey in fourth and Justin Reed in fifth. Matt Bailey and Joey Gower were the heat race winners with Jason Frankel claiming the win in the Summy Tire and Auto Center Trophy Dash. Jason Frankel now holds a nine point margin over Justin Reed. Jared Schlipman led the first twelve laps of the Miller Lite Modified main event but David Wietholder had other ideas about who was going to lead the pack to the checkered flag. Wietholder charged through the field from his eighth starting spot and pressured Schlipman until making the pass for the lead on the thirteenth lap. Wietholder then had to hold off a huge charge from Joe Hooper who was using the very top line to close to within striking distance on the final couple of laps. Hooper had to settle for the second spot followed by Schlipman in third, Shawn Deering in fourth and Justin Reed in fifth. Deering and Rob Carter were the heat race winners with Tony Dunker scoring the win in the Advance Trading Trophy Dash. Michael Long decided to race elsewhere Sunday night and it cost him to points lead but that points battle now is a four way event with Rookie Steven DeLonjay in the lead with 336 to Tony Dunker in second with 331, Long in third with 328 and David Wietholder in fourth with 325. David Wietholder doubled up on his feature event wins by capturing a wild and wooly Triple R Performance Engines Sunoco IMCA Stock Car main event. Wietholder took the lead on the third circuit and held off multiple pass attempts by Jeff Mueller to take the feature event win by less than a second. Mueller held on for second with Steve Steinkuhler in third, Doug Huls in fourth and Abe Huls in fifth. Wietholder and Rusty Tobias were the heat race winners. John Oliver Jr’s sixteenth place finish dropped him into the second spot in the points chase behind Chris Wibbell by eight markers. James Leffew picked up his third feature event win of the points season in the Tim’s Machine Shop Hobby Stocks by holding off Steven Watkins Jr. the entire twenty laps. Watkins settled for second followed by Aaron Brocksieck in third, Wes Mayfield in fourth and Steve Carlin in fifth. Leffew and Mayfield were the heat race winners. Aaron Brocksieck now had an eleven point lead over Steve Carlin in his quest for his first Track Points Championship. Up next at Quincy Raceways in the highly anticipated Tri State Triple R Performance Engines Sunoco IMCA Stock Car Shootout paying $1000 to win, $150 to start and $75 to all non-qualifiers in the 24 car feature event field. IMCA National, Regional, State and Local points will be awarded for this special event. The draw/redraw event for the first year IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing Series division will be a thirty five lapper with a twenty dollar entry fee. All other Quincy Raceways divisions, the Budweiser J&J Steel IMCA Late Models, the Miller Lite Modifieds and the Tim’s Machine Shop Hobby Stocks will be also on the racing card. Gates open at 3 with the draw ending at 5:45, Hot Laps at 6 and racing action at 6:30pm on Sunday, July 13 during Miller Beer/Mississippi Belle Distributing Night at the Races. Quincy Raceways in an attempt to help out race fans from out of the
immediate Quincy are will be offering a half price ticket deal for residents
of Carthage, Hamilton, Keokuk, Donnellson and Burlington with proof of
residence. Pit Passes are $20, Adults are $10, Seniors (65+) $7, Teens (11
to 15) $4 and Kids 10 and under free and the Quincy Raceways Family Ticket
for 2 Adults and 2 Teens is still just $25. Visit Quincy Raceways online at
www.quincyraceways.com or
call the Track Hotline at 217-224-4100 for more information. Miller Lite Modifieds |