2 Exciting Nights of Racing & Golf plus a LaSalle IMCA Update

The heat and humid were sky high Friday night at the Davenport with yet another full pit area, the stage was set for exciting side by side action.

The 4-Stocks were up first and the action started right away. Zach Dahl gave Andy Loy everything he could handle and then Brandon Dahl made it three wide for lead and on lap eight Brandon was in the lead. Zach's night ended early on lap 10 with mechanical failure. B. Dahl would go onto to win with Loy second followed by Greg Benischek, Brandon Setser, and Allen Morris.

The Street Stocks were next and right off the bat Rick Schriner and Donnie Louck ran side by side for the lead and by lap 4 Louck had the lead. Lap 4 also saw Schriner pull his #8 machine into the pits for the night. It only took Cary Brown two more laps to find himself in the lead. Louck stayed on Brown with Perry Gellerstedt there too. Brown would take the checkered flag for the win with Louck and Gellerstedt running side by side with Gellerstedt taking second followed by Louck, Nick Claussen, and Jesse Owens.

The IMCA Late Models thundered onto the track next. Mike Zemo Jr. jumped out the lead at the drop of green with Brunson Behning on his heels. As they approached lap 10, Zemo began to pull away and Justin Kay began working on Behning for second. With the race winding down Kay began gaining ground on Zemo and with five laps to go Kay was all over Zemo. Coming to the white Kay made his move for the lead and got by Zemo. Kay would pick up yet another victory at the Davenport Speedway and Behning would get by Zemo for second. Jay Johnson would get fourth followed by Matt Ryan.

Out came the IMCA Modifieds next and by lap six, Rich Smith was in the lead. Joe Beal wouldn't let Smith get too far away though. Meanwhile, Bruce Hansford and Bob Dominacki were making their way through the field. A yellow with about four laps to go bunched the field up but that didn't matter to Smith and he would go on to grab the "W". Beal finished second followed by Beal, Dominacki, Hansford, and Matt Werner.

The IMCA Sport Mods were next and it was once again it was the Tony Olson show as he dominated the feature in his T23 machine. Austin Crear would finish second followed by Bryce Garnhart, Phil Anderson, and Jake Morris.

Thank you again to the entire Davenport Speedway for their hospitality.

Kyle and I had a busy Sunday as we took in some of the John Deere Classic PGA Tour event that Jordan Speith ended up winning. After the JDC, we ran home to cool off and then it was off to the Quad City Speedway.

The IMCA Sport Mods ran their feature first Sunday night. Second generation driver, Jake Morris, waited until about seven laps to go to take the lead. Morris, who's father Jeff as won countless times at QCS over the years, would go on to pilot the 86 to victory lane for his first QCS win. Patrick Phillips would finish after going all the way from the back after an early race incident. Rounding out the top five was Jacob Beal, David Norton, and Jarett Franzen.

The Mod Lites were next and believe it or not Shon Sanders won. No seriously, Shon Sanders won. Sanders started 10th and it only took a couple laps to get to the front. Brian Schnell took second followed by Mike Dominguez, Erik Close, and Dan Guss.

The INEX Legends were on hand Sunday night running for a $1,000 top prize. Local favorite Marty Diercks was leading early and appeared to be the man to beat but unfortunately Diercks bumper came off as he was leading and according to INEX rules if a piece of a drivers car comes off during a race that driver is disqualified. So Diercks night was over and that set up Justin Comer perfectly and he took full advantage of leading the rest of the way and taking the checkered flag. Second was Cody Apfelback, Hall Russell, Johnny Kringas, and Grayson Cox. 

The Street Stocks rolled out next for the Dwaine Hasson Memorial Race. Dwayne Smith Jr. ran a perfectly smooth race and parked his #3 Bat Mobile in victory lane. Jarett Franzen ran a solid race and looked like he might catch Smith but that didn't happen and he settled for second followed by Rob Henry, Mike Anderson, and Casey Wages.

Then the IMCA Modifieds took to the track and like every week they did not disappoint at all. After a bad roll over collected R.J. Gonzales, George Spence III, Jason Bahrs, and Leland Bushong ended their nights everyone calmed down and put on a show. Early on Eric Barnes and Tim Hamburg ran side by side for the lead with Jim Sandusky and Milo Veloz Jr. right behind them. Barnes would take control of the lead but a yellow flag with two laps to go would bring everyone to the edge of their seats. Barnes would not be denied though and in only second night out at QCS this season he put it in the winner's circle. Sandusky took second followed by Veloz, Doug Crampton, and Matt Werner.

The city of East Moline curfew prevented the 4-Cylinders from running feature Sunday night.

Thanks goes out to the Quad City Speedway for their continued hospitality.

 

Some exciting news to report for the IMCA One Night Stand at the LaSalle Speedway on Saturday, August 1st. The three IMCA divisions racing, Late Models, Modifieds, and Sport Mods, will be sanctioned by IMCA for National, Regional, and State points. It was also decided that the Late Models and Modifieds will have one lap group qualifying and the IMCA Sport Mods will use passing points. Group qualifying meaning you'll do a one lap time trial by yourself on the track but your time will be against the drivers in your group. Your group will time against each other and heat race against each other. The heats will be lined straight up from the time trials and then depending on how many heats we have, three heats the top two from each heat will redraw (heat winners draw first then second place finishers) and if we have four heats then the heat winners will redraw.

 

I want to thank everyone for their support of this event. Seems like it will be an historic night.

 



Family, Fun, & (of course) Racing

Its been pretty hectic around the Hines household and finding time to do the blog has been nearly impossible but with Bennett napping and Kyle playing with his cousins in the basement I figured I better take advantage of the opportunity.

Last Thursday, July 2nd, I took in my first UMP Summer National race of 2015 and it was at the LaSalle Speedway. The Izzo family did a wonderful job with the track, the program, and the fireworks.

After watching the UMP Modified feature that night and reading the UMP Modifieds results following Thursday night I think Mike Harrison is well on his way to a UMP Modified National Championship. Harrison started on the outside of the front row and immediately grabbed the lead and never looked back. Steven Brooks, Jacob Poel, Ray Bollinger, and Kenny Wallace rounded out the top 5.

I hitched a ride out to LaSalle with the famed announcer, Mike Sunken, and on the way there we were talking about some of the favorites to win and Chris Simpson's name came up. He tried to put Simpson's name into an online contest and replace his previous pick but he couldn't get it to work so he stayed with his original pick. Mike should of kept trying to change.

Simpson would battle with Jason Feger early on but couldn't quite get the momentum to get by Feger until the reached lapped traffic. Simpson used a lapped car to get by Feger and would set it on cruise control after that en route to his second career Summer National win. Shannon Babb would take third followed by Michael Kloos, and Ryan Unzicker.

After a lot of fun with family and friends on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoon Kyle and myself found ourselves back at the Quad City Speedway on Sunday night.

A full grandstand and full pits set the stage for an entertaining night of racing. The Street Stocks were up first and Cary Brown looked to be the man to beat for a good majority of the race but Chad Coyne, in his IMCA Stock Car with a 4 barrel on it, had other ideas. Coyne would run Brown down and get by him with four laps to go. Dwayne Smith Jr. would take second followed by Brown, Jeremy Gustaf, and Rick Schriner.

An impressive field of 21 Mod Lites checked in Sunday night. More cars did not generate a new results though and Shon Sanders once again took the checkered flag for the win. Cory Sauerman finished second followed by Jared Miller, Mike Dominguez, and Erik Close.

It was a "long time no see" deal in the IMCA Sport Mods. Jake "The Snake" Waterman hopped in Jacob Beal's car to help figure out the handling issues he'd been having. I think he figured out the problem. It only took Waterman the first three laps to get to the front. Once he got the lead, he checked out. Jarett Franzen, in a borrowed ride, took second followed by Dave Engelkins, Phil Anderson, and Gary Weatherington Jr.

I think "The Shoe" Jim Sandusky is ready to defend his Ronnie Weedon Memorial crown in August. Sandusky dominated the 20 lap IMCA Modified feature, leading it wire to wire. Doug Crampton had second place locked down has Jason Bahrs come from the back, on his first night out in 2015, to take third followed by Brandon Durbin and Craig Crawford.

In the IMCA Late Model it looked like Jonathan Brauns was going to pick up his frist career QCS victory but Matt Ryan had other plans. Brauns led early on but Ryan would chase down Brauns, make the pass, and then pull away from the pack for the win. Brauns would still finish a strong second followed by Mike Garland, Andy Nezworksi, and Brunson Behning.

It was again the Dahl and Dahl show in the 4-Cylinders. Brandon would stay on Zach's bumper until Brandon suffered a flat tire. Zach would go pretty much untouched the rest of the way with Dustin Forbes taking second followed by Cameron Poci, Eric Stogdell and Ken Stogdell.

Thank you as always to the Quad City Speedway and K&S Promotions for their continued hospitality. Visit www.qcspeedwayracing.com for everything regarding the Quad City Speedway.

In other news and notes the Inaugural One Night Stand at the LaSalle Speedway on Saturday, August 1st, featuring the IMCA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, UMP Street Stocks, and UMP Hornets is progressing nicely. If you have any questions regarding the race please feel free to contact me at bradhines81@yahoo.com.

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I've also released the 10th Annual Ronnie Weedon Memorial t-shirts. They are $10 for size youth medium to adult XL, $12 for 2XL, $13 for 3XL, and $14 for 4XL. The deadline to pre-order money is July 15th. You can order them via PayPal at the top of this blog or make arrangements with me to pay before July 15th. There will be a limited selection of shirts available Sunday, July 27th, at the Quad City Speedway and Sunday, August 2nd, at the 10th Annual Ronnie Weedon Memorial night.

This week I will be at the Davenport Speedway Friday night and the Quad City Speedway with my side kick, Kyle. See you at the races!