Guss Wins Quad City Modified Special
by Ed Potter

EAST MOLINE ,Ill (April 23, 2006) - Pole sitter, Marty Thompson grabbed the early lead of the twenty-five lap Open Wheel Modified feature Sunday at Quad City Speedway, but wasn't able to hold it long as Ray Guss Jr. moved out front on a fourth lap restart. Jim Willert moved into second on lap ten and started putting some pressure on Guss, as Guss ran high and Willert ran low. Willert actually got his nose out front to lead lap twelve, but Guss came right back on lap thirteen. Guss led the rest of athe way to claim the victory. Willert held on for second with thiard heat winner, Doug Crampton third, Jerry Durbin fourth and Thompson fifth. The other two heat wins went to Thad Wilson and Jeff Morris.

Street Stock first heat winner, Rob Henry led athe first lap of athe feataure with Korey Peterson taking over on lap two. An eighth lap restart saw Buck Harmening take over the point. Harmening held on to go the rest of the way for the win. Henry was second with Arthur Carle third, Rick Schraner fourth and Gerald Ward fifth. Dustin Spicer won the othear heat but suffered Mechanical problems in the feature.

On the drop of the green flag Jim Sandusky took the lead of the Late Model feature, but Mechanical problems brought him to halt on lap three. On the restart Ron Gustaf took over the point with second heat winner, Rob Toland taking over on lap seven. Toland went on for the win with Kevin Blum second and Mike Murphy Jr. third. Doing double duty Ray Guss Jr. won the first heat and took fourth in the feature with Gustaf holding on for fifth.

Results from Quad City Speedway--East Moline,Ill 4/23/06
Open Wheel Modified
first heat: 1. Thad Wilson--Moline; 2. Ray Guss Jr--Milan; 3. Marty Thompson--Mineral; 4. Jim Willert--Davenport,Ia; 5. Brandon Durbin--Colona

second heat: 1. Jeff Morris--McCausland,Ia; 2. Ray Cox Jr--Maquoketa,Ia; 3. John Schultz--Coal Valley; 4. Jordan Schram--Sterling; 5. Scott Mabeus--Colona

third heat: 1. Doug Crampton--Rock Island; 2. Daron Oberbroeckling--Davenport,Ia; 3. Milo Veloz Jr--Colona; 4. Donovan Lodge--Moline; 5. Jeremy Gustaf--East Moline

Feature: 1. Guss; 2. Willert; 3. Crampton; 4. Jerry Durbin--Colona; 5. Thompson; 6. Brandon Durbin; 7. Lodge; 8. Veloz; 9. Cox; 10. Schram; 11. Oberbroeckling; 12. Schultz; 13. Craig Crawford--Moline; 14. Mabeus; 15. Wilson; 16. Morris
Street Stock

first heatL 1, Rob Henry--Colona; 2. Buck Harmening--East Moline; 3. Rick Schriner--Rock Island; 4. Chuck Fox--Silvis; 5. Gerald Ward--East Moline

second heat: 1. Dustin Spicer--Silvis; 2. Chris Hambright--East Moline; 3. Korey Peterson--Colona; 4. Arthur Carle--Calamus,Ia; 5. Jim Hickenbottom--East Moline

Feature: 1. Harmening; 2. Henry; 3. Carle; 4. Schriner; 5. Ward; 6. Fox; 7. Hambright; 8. Nick McCready--Davenport,Ia; 9. Hickenbottem; 10. Peterson; 11. Spicer

Late Model
first heat: 1. Ray Guss Jr--Milan; 2. Mike Murphy Jr--Green Rock; 3. Kevin Blum--Colona; 4. Eric Gustaf--Moline; 5. Jason Parrish--Geneseo;

second heat: 1. Rob Toland--Bettendorf,Ia; 2. Bobby Toland--Milan; 3. Jim Sandusky--Coal Valley: 4. Ron Gustaf--Moline; 5. John Freeman--Rock Island

Feature: 1. Rob Toland; 2. Blum; 3. Murphy; 4. Guss; 5. Ron Gustaf; 6. Eric Gustaf; 7. Bobby Toland; 8. Freeman; 9. Parrish; 10. Nate Beuseling--Coal Valley; 11. Hershel Roberts--East Moline; 12. Mike Cothron--Moline; 13. Adam Oppendike--Silvis; 14. Jason Masengarb--Colona; 15. Shon Sanders--Colona; 16. Sandusky; 17. Bob Miller--Silvis