Father and Son Team Both Win Caution Filled Features at Quad City Speedway
by Ed Potter

EAST MOLINE, IL. (July 16, 2006) - Not all the features were filled with cautions Sunday night at Quad City Speedway. The fifteen lap Street Stock ffeature only had three and one of them was for debris, and the twenty-five lap IMCA Late Model feature only had two with the last one ending the race. But, the Open Wheel Modified feature took eight cautions to run twenty laps while the fifteen lap B Modified feature took eight to get through. It was not the first night of the racing season that Jeff Moris and son, Mitch Morris both won thier respective features, but I bet they didn't think it would take so long to do on such a hot night. Front row starter, Donovan Lodge led the first lap of the IITI-Reynold's Ford Open Wheel Modified feature after two cautions flew before a lap was scored. On lap two eighth place starter, and first heat winner, Jeff Morris took over the lead and then two more cautions flew. Morris led the field off on the restart and things seemed to settle down until the mid-race point. At lap ten fourth place runner, Daron Oberbroeckling brought out another caution The seventh caution came before another lap could be scored involving early leader, Lodge and second place runner Shaune Lewis. One lap later the last caution flew with Morris still in control. On the restart Morris had Milo Veloz Jr and third heat winner, Jim Willert right on his tail. With four laps to go Willert moved into second and held on to take the spot behind Morris until the checkers flew. It was Morris' fifth feature win at Quad City Speedway this season. Willert was second with Veoloz third and Brandon Durbin fourth. Oberbroeckling was fifth. Ray Cox Jr won the other heat.

Pole Sitter, Jason Bielema grabbed the early lead of the Best Choice-Racer's Edge B Modified feature until lap three when cautions started falling after a fifth caution Mitch Morris took over the point on the fifth lap restart. Despite three more cautions Morris held on to the lead the rest of the way to take his sixth win of the season. Craig Crawford was second with Greg Durbin third, Doug Curless fourth and Jerry Bailey Jr fifth. Morris and Brad Pershy won the heats.

On a fourth lap restart Rob Henry took the lead of the J & J Camper Street Stock feature from Toby Sharp and soon had Randy Exline and Korey Peterson putting the pressure on. On lap eight Exline had moved out front when the race's last caution flew putting Henry back out front for the restart. The rest of the race was a true three car battle with the last lap seeing Henry, Exline and Peterson coming off turn four in a pack on the last lap. Exline took his second win of the year bringing Peterson by Henry with him. Buck Harmening took fourth with Dave Wadsager fifth. Sharp, Peterson and Chris Hambright took the heat wins.

Third place starter, Andy Nexworski grabbed the early lead of the IMCA feature, but a fourth lap restart put Ray Guss Jr right on his tail. For the next twelve circuits of the speedway this is the way they ran. On lap nineteen Guss moved out front and held on for the victory. The race ended on the white flag lap as the race's only other caution flew. It was Guss' first Quad City feature win of the year. Nezworski held on for second with Rob Toland third, Hershel Roberts fourth and Jim Sandusky fifth. Heat wins went to Jason Parrish, John Freeman and Toland.

Results from Quad City Speedway--East Moline,IL 7/16/06
Street Stock
heat one: 1. Toby Spicer--Rock Island; 2. Randy Exline--Stockton,IA; 3. Rob Henry--Colona; 4. Andrew Burk--Eldridge,IA; 5. Dave Wadsager--EastMoline
heat two: 1. Korey Peterson--Colona; 2. Buck Harmening--East Moline; 3. Chuck Fox--Silvis; 4. Chance Huston--East Moline; 5. Gerald Ward--East Moline
heat three: 1. Chris Hambright--East Moline; 2. Dustin Spicer--Silvis; 3. Bruce Fosdyck--Bettendorf,IA; 4. Matt Werner--Geneseo; 5. Chris Lawrence--Colona
Feature: 1. Exline; 2. Peterson; 3. Henry; 4. Harmening; 5. Wadsager; 6. Fosdyck; 7. Werner; 8. Lawrence; 9. Hambright; 10. Fox; 11. Burk; 12. Huston; 13. Ron Doolittle--Davenport,IA; 14. Mike Anderson--Colona; 15. Toby Spicer; 16. Dustin Spicer; 17. Ward

IMCA Late Model
heat one: 1. Jason Parrish--Geneseo; 2. Ray Guss Jr--Milan; 3. Jim Sandusky--Coal Valley; 4. Kevin Blum--Colona; 5. Mike Cothron--Moline
heat two: 1. John Freeman--Rock Island; 2. Hershel Roberts--East Moline; 3. Eric Gustaf--Moline; 4. Andy Nezworski--Buffalo,IA; 5. Ron Gustaf--Moline
heat three: 1. Rob Toland--Bettendorf,IA; 2. Rick Wages--Colona; 3. Fred Remley--Blue Grass,IA; 4. Mike Murphy Jr--Colona; 5. Chad Abbott--Moline
Feature: 1. Guss; 2. Nezworski; 3. Toland; 4. Roberts; 5. Sandusky; 6. Murphy; 7. Ron Gustaf; 8. Wages; 9. Remley; 10. Cothron; 11. Abbott; 12. Blum; 13. Freeman; 14. Nate Beuseling--Coal Valley; 15. Parrish; 16. Adam Oppendike--Silvis; 17. Eric Gustaf; 18. Bob Miller--Silvis; 19. Cory Goldbeck--Camanche, IA

Open Wheel Modified
heat one: 1. Jeff Morris--McCausland,IA; 2. Doug Crampton--Rock Island; 3. Donovan Lodge--Andover; 4. Ray GussJr--Milan; 5. Chad Goff--Galesburg
heat two: 1. Ray Cox Jrt--Maquoketa,IA; 2. Brandon Durbin--Colona; 3. John Bull--Davenport,IA; 4. Jason Pershy--Colona; 5. Milo Veloz Jr--Colona
heat three: 1. Jim Willert--Davenport,IA; 2. Daron Oberbroeckling--Davenport,IA; 3. Craig Crawford--Moline; 4. Shaune Lewis--Kewanee; 5. Mike Zemo Jr--Geneseo

Feature: 1. Morris; 2. Willert; 3. Veloz; 4. Durbin; 5. Oberbroeckling; 6. Crampton; 7. Guss; 8. Troy Emerick--Geneseo; 9. Zemo; 10. Cox; 11. Marty Thompson--Mineral; 12. Crawford; 13. Goff; 14. Steve Gustaf Jr--Moline; 15. Pershy; 16. Lodge; 17. Lewis; 18. Bull; 19 Bob Stogdell--Colona

B Modified
heat one: 1. Mitch Morris--McCausland,IA; 2. Nathan Hall--Orion; 3. Dan Hahn--Walnut; 4. Jason Bert--Moline; 5. Jason Bielema--Colona
heat two: 1. Brad Pershy--Colona; 2. Doug Curless--Davenport,IA; 3. Gary Weatherington Jr--Carbon Cliff; 4. Greg Durbin--Silvis; 5. Kevin Spriet--Davenport,IA
Feature: 1. Morris; 2. Doug Crawford--Moline; 3. Durbin; 4. Curless; 5. Jerry Bailey Jr--East Moline; 6. Perry Gellerstedt--Cambridge; 7. Bert; 8. Bielema; 9. Hahn; 10. Weatherington; 11. Hall; 12. Pershy; 13. Spriet; 14. Jimmy Comins Jr--Silvis