Well it was the first real hot evening Sunday night at the Quad City Speedway and by the end of the night tempering would be heating up as well.
An impressive field of 24 IMCA Modifieds checked in to try and capture one of the Quad City area's most prestigious races, the Gary Reinhart Memorial. After the heats were completed the field was set for the 22nd annual running of the event. After winning his heat, Milo Veloz Jr. drew the pole position and almost everyone thought it was a sure thing that Veloz would win his second Reinhart Memorial in three years.
Moline, Illinois', R.J. Gonzales had other plans though. After several good runs at QCS in the past few weeks, Gonzales took full advantage of his outside front row starting spot. Gonzales and Veloz battled for the lead with Gonzales coming out on top. Gonzales would maintain the lead through lapped traffic, lap after lap, in the caution free main event. The winner of the Davenport Speedway's $2,000 to win, Modified Madness 50, Tyler Droste would run down Gonzales and make several attempts at the lead with no success.
Then as the white flag flew with nearly every fan standing, the drama began. Droste got by Gonzales as they entered turn one, Gonzales drove it in as hard as I've seen and made contact with Droste and after that Gonzales was able to get by Droste and take the checkered flag. Droste would cross the line second followed by Veloz, Doug Curless, and Brandon Durbin.
Then more drama ensued as the 39G of Gonzales did not pass post race inspections. The ruling by the track tech was a disqualification but the parts in question have been sent to IMCA for a final ruling. If Gonzales is in fact disqualified then Droste will collect the $1,500 payday, bringing his total to $3,500 from racing his IMCA Modified in the Quad City area in 2015.
Another solid field of IMCA Late Models competed in their 25 lap feature with Andy Nezworski picking up his second win in as many nights. Nezworski also won the feature Saturday night at the Jackson County Speedway in Maquoketa, Iowa. Matt Ryan and Ray Guss Jr. charged through the field to finish second and third respectively with Todd Malmstrom forth and Mike Zemo Jr. fifth. Zemo brought out an early caution and powered through the field to collect his top five.
Better late then never for Rob Henry in the Street Stock feature. Henry would pick up his second victory in a row at QCS after passing Rob Nylin in dramatic fashion on the white flag lap. Nylin would finish second followed by Mike Anderson, Jarett Franzen, and Korey Peterson.
Starting ninth didn't seem to bother Shon Sanders in the Mod Lites. Sander was like a rocket getting to the front. Once he was up front it was clearing sailing for the former track champion. Mike Pershing came home second followed by Bob Miller, Erik Close, and A.J. Pappas.
Joe Grant parked his #44 machine in victory lane after holding off Jarett Franzen early on in the race. Franzen held on to second followed by Dave Engelkins, Gary Weatherington Jr. and David Norton.
Cameron Poci ran down a strong Brandon Setser in the 4-Cylinder feature and after several second place finishes, came home victorious. Setser crossed the line second followed by Zach Dahl, Ken Stogdell, and Mike Leathers.
Like always, thank you Quad City Speedway and K&S Promotions for your hospitality.
Kyle and I added several new stickers to our garage racing fridge so overall it was a great weekend for us.
We'll be heading to the Jackson County Speedway tonight for the Deery Brothers/Hawkeye Dirt Tour races and more then likely the Davenport Speedway on Friday and the Quad City Speedway on Sunday.
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