Wadsager Picks Up His First Ever Feature as Wilson Gets His First of the Season
by Ed Potter

EAST MOLINE, ILL. (Aug. 20, 2006) - It was great to have co-announcer Shane Davis back at the Quad City Speedway Sunday after his recent heart attack. and he was kept busy on a great night for racing. During intermission the class sponsors were honored in a short ceremony by Kevin Feller. The J&J Camper Street Stock feature had Rick Schriner use his pole starting spot to take the early lead with Toby Spicer taking over on lap three. Lap seven the caution flew as three cars piled up between turns one and two with Andrew Burk getting up on the wall and rolling his car. Burk was OK and the race continiud on with four more cautions before it was over. On the white flag lap Dave Wadsager edged out front and the caution flew before the cars could get around for the checkers for a car spun in turn four. The race was called over with Wadsager getting his first ever feature win. Spicer was a close second with Schriner holding on for third. Last weeks winner, Matt Werner took fourth with Rob Henry fifth. Randy Exline and Spicer took the heat wins.

Pole sitter, Bob Stogdell led the first lap of the IITI-Reynolds Ford A Modifed feature with second heat winner, Jordan Schram taking over on lap two. On lap three Milo Veloz Jr charged out front with Donovan Lodge, Thad Wilson and Doug Crampton in hot pursuit. An eighteenth lap caution for a car against the wall in turn four saw Veloz coast to a stop on the front chute with engine probllems. With two laps to go the restart was double file with Wilson and Lodge on the front row. First heat winner, Wilson led the final two laps for his first win of the ever shortening season. Lodge was second with Crampton third. Shaune Lewis took fourth over Brandon Durbin. Jim Willert won the other heat.

After the caution flew before a lap was scored in the Best Choice-Racer's Edge B Modified feature fourth place starter and third heat winner, Natan Hll took the point and held it until lap six when eleventh place starter and first heat winner, Jake Waterman took over. This race was also called over after the white flag lap due to a cautin involving four cars in turns three and four. Waterman took his sixth Quad City win of the season with Hall holding on for second. Jason Bielema was third followed by Kevin Dickey and Doug Curless, In that order. George Hubbard won the other heat.

The IMCA Late Model twenty-five lap feature had only one caution after lap one, that sent the point leader, Eric Gustaf to the pits, with third place starter, Mark Preston leading. Preston held off all comers until lap nineteen when Ray Guss Jr took over the point. Guss went on for his third Quad City Speedway victory of the year with Mike Cothron taking second over twelth place starter, Fred Remley's third. Preston held on for fourth with Rick Wages fifth. The heat wins went to Jeff Morris, Mike Murphy Jr and Kevin Blum.

Results from Quad City Speedway--East Moline,IL 8/20/06
 

B Modified
heat one: 1. Jake Waterman--Milan; 2. Greg Durbin--Silvis; 3. Jerry Bailey Jr--East Moline; 4. Dan Hahn--Walnut; 5. Jason Bert--Moline
heat two: 1. George Hubbard--Silvis; 2. Brad Pershy--Colona; 3. Kevin Dickey--Silvis; 4. Jason Bielema--Colona; 5. Mitch Morris--McCausland,IA
heat three: 1. Nathan Hall--Orion; 2. Craig Crawford--Moline; 3. Jimmy Comins Jr--Silvis; 4. Doug Curless--Davenport,IA; 5. Tom Patz--Port Byron
Feature: 1. Waterman; 2. Hall; 3. Comins; 4. Dickey; 5. Curless; 6. Bailey; 7. Crawford; 8. Pershy; 9. Durbin; 10. Hahn; 11. Morris; 12. Bielema; 13. Bert; 14. Jared Coppejans--Annawan; 15. Hubbard; 16. Chance Huston--East Moline
 

A Modifed
heat one: 1. Thad Wilson--Moline; 2. Milo Veloz Jr--Colona; 3. Jeff Morris--McCausland,IA; 4. Donovan Lodge--Andover; 5. Jason Pershy--Colona
heat two: 1. Jordan Schram--Sterling; 2. Doug Crampton--Rock Island; 3. Shaune Lewis--Kewanee; 4. Matt Stein--Davenport,IA; 5. Craig Crawford--Moline
heat three: 1. Jim Willert--Davenport,IA; 2. Bob Stogdell--Colona; 3. Troy Emerick--Geneseo; 4. Keith Blum--Rapid City; 5. Mike Zemo Jr--Geneseo
Feature: 1. Wilson; 2. Lodge; 3. Crampton; 4. Lewis; 5. Brandon Durbin--Colona; 6. Morris; 7. Stogdell; 8. Willert; 9. Blum; 10. Pershy; 11. Zemo; 12. Stein; 13. Crawford; 14. Schram; 15. Bobby Toland III--Milan; 16. Veloz; 17. Emerick; 18. Randy Christner--LeClaire,IA; 19. Bob Helm--Milan; 20. Chad Goff--Galesburg; 21. Scott Mabeus--Colona
 

IMCA Late Model
heat one: 1. Jeff Morris--McCausland,IA; 2. Adam Oppendike--Silvis; 3. Mark Preston--Port Byron; 4. Ron Gustaf--Moline; 5. Fred Remley--Blue Grass,IA
heat two: 1. Mike Murphy Jr--Colona; 2. Leroy Brenner--Aledo; 3. Rick Wages--Colona; 4. Bob Miller--Silvis; 5. Jason Masengarb--Colona
heat three: 1. Kevin Blum--Colona; 2. Rob Tolalnd--Bettendorf,IA: 3. Ray Guss Jr--Milan; 4. Mike Cothron--Moline; 5. Mike Guldenpfennig--Davenport,IA
Feature: 1. Guss; 2. Cothron; 3. Remley; 4. Preston; 5. Wages; 6. Murphy; 7. Toland; 8. Blum; 9. Brenner; 10. Oppendike; 11. Ron Gustaf; 12. Hershel Roberts--East Moline; 13. Andy Nezworski--Buffalo,IA; 14. Morris; 15. Masengarb; 16. Billy Tuckwell--Peoria; 17. Guldenpfennig; 18. Jason Parrish--Geneseo; 19. Tim Marsden--Hillsdale; 20. Nate Beuseling--Coal Valley; 21. Joe Zrostlik--Long Grove,IA; 22. Jeremy Gustaf--Moline; 23. Eric Gustaf--Moline
 

Street Stock
heat one: 1. Randy Exline--Stockton,IA; 2. Matt Werner--Geneseo; 3. Korey Peterson--Colona; 4. Rick Schriner--Rock Island; 5. Chris Hambright--East Moline
heat two: 1. Toby Spicer--Rock Island; 2. Dave Wadsager--East Moline; 3. Rob Henry--Colona; 4. Buck Harmening--East Moline; 5. Gerald Ward--East Moline
Feature: 1. Wadsager; 2. Toby Spicer; 3. Schriner; 4. Werner; 5. Henry; 6. Exline; 7. Hambright; 8. Harmening; 9. Ron Doolittle--Davenport,IA; 10. Ward; 11. Bruce Fosdyck--Bettendorf; 12. Andy Werner--Silvis; 13. Tom Maupin--Galesburg; 14. Peterson; 15. Andrew Burk--Eldridge,IA; 16. Mike Anderson--Colona; 17. Gary Spicer--Silvis