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Sunday night racing at Quincy Raceways proved to be too
much our and tear on some racing machines and driven . A
dry slick track mode ordinary racing impossible and cautious
racing a must. Even after Promoter Albert Scan bladed the
track . it still refused to hold.
Several hord .running Lose Models of the Quincy track suf .
tared extensive damage in heat races and were unable to
repair for the features . Among them were John Miller . Keokuk,
Sonny Findling, Kirksville, and Bart Allen, Novinger . No injuries
were recorded .
Those late models who slipped and slid their way to victory
in the heats were Terry Gallaher, Hannibal ; Dick Crane .
Palmyra ; and Dick Schilt . Waterloo (la .) . Crone also powered
his '83 Camaro to the checkers in the Hard"s Trophy Dash,
Steve Froiso of Montrose came from behind to win the feature
event as he was lined up in the 3rd row and steadily moved for
word on the competition . Schiltz . a top NASCAR competitor
from the Iowa area, snatched the 2nd spot away from Crane,
while Ron Elbe of Augusta pursued and passed Terry Gallaher
of Hannibal for 3rd spot . Harley Harrelson of Brashear survived
to take 6th . Ivan Long of Pittsfield took a long awaited win in
the semi .
The Sportsman races were filled with fender-bender action
and several yeliow.lightt but Jim Roach . Keokuk made it o clean
sweep as he won-his heat, the TNT Trophy Dash . and the
feature event . Other heat winner were Henry Delonlay and
Mike Bowen, both of Quincy . Ron Monroe of Hamilton gained
the advantage on Bowen to take 2nd and Bob Ellis of Limo out .
distanced Charlie Baker, Hannibal for 4th .
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Rollover action in the Roadrunner class consisted of Mark
Holtmeyer and Andy Dittmar both of Quincy . Tony Warner .
Caincy George Morgan . Shelbina: and Rod Webster,
Lewistown won hoots and Hal Roach of Canton grabbed the win
in the feature over Lonnie Bailey of Qcy . John Bringer of
LaGrange made a comeback this weak taking 3rd spot away
from Jeff Klingele of Quincy .
Street Stock winners of heats were Orville Owsley, Qcy .,
and Mike Newberry of Canton . Newberry also won the feature
with Scott Bore of Quincy taking 2nd in the hometown favorite
- little green Mazda rotary engine . Ed Huddleston and Randy
Reed both of Quincy diced it up, but Huddleston nailed 3rd .
Memorial Day Racing (May 20 )
At 5 :30 p .m . Monday night, as cars were in the process of
checking-in and the grandstand was filling up . a cold front mov .
ed in from the north and deposited a bucket full of rom on Quin .
cy Raceways . Within a half hour, however, the rain had stopped
and the skies returned to blue . Track personnel went to work
binding the track and than using the "dragon' on LP gas burner
which enabled them to dry the track sufficiently for the
Memorial Day races to get underway .
The track was in excellent condition - the best to date and
Late Models whirred around in record time . Heat winners were
Roger Dolan . Lisbon, to . : Dan Dickey . Packwood, Ia . . and Dick
Crane, Palmyra . Mo . Crane also took the checkers in the hard .
fought Hard" 's Trophy Dash . Steve Froise of Montrose, having
had bad luck in the heat did win the semi from Dick Schiln of
Waterloo, Ia . Dolan made his bid in the first Late Model 35 lop
feature, but suffered a flat tire in the second feature . Schiltz
powered his race machine to a 2nd place in the first event and
top spot in the second . Sonny Findling of Kirksville snagged two
thirds char having extensive damage done to his race car last
night . Steve Praise of Montrose pulled from behind in 'soth
features to take 4th in both, while Ron Elbe of Augusta and
Terry Gol ier of Hannibal split the 5th spots . Dickey took a 6th
in the first and 2nd in the second feature . Crone was the 6th
place winner in the 2nd feature .
Henry Dekonjoy and Ron Arnold of Quincy both were heat
winners in the Sportsman class . Jim Roach of Canton on the
TNT Trophy Dash, DeLonjay led the feature event for all but the
lost 4 lops when Ron Monroe of Hamilton swept by and maim
,aimed his lend to the checkers . Roach took 3rd in a hair raising
battle with Dennis McCoy of Hannibal ,
Lonnie Bailey . 18 year aid Quincy driver continues his bid to
dominate the Roadrunner class by capturing his heat race and
the feature in that class . Rod Webster of Lewistown also was a
heat winner . Second spot fell to Jeff Klingele of Quincy . and 3rd
went to Webster .
Bruce Felker and Orville Owsley both of Quincy were heat
winners in the Street Stock class . New driver 8ill Taylor of Ew'
ing scored his first feature win . while Dave Daniels and Owsley
fell into 2nd and 3rd .
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