Bahrs Finally Gets Win!!!
by: Brian Stuart

EAST MOLINE, IL (May 13) - Another 70 cars were in attendance this Sunday for a great night of racing on Mother’s Day. All the mothers received a carnation when they entered the grandstands last night too. Everyone was ready for some side by side racing action and that’s what they got Sunday night.

The Best Choice Meat Market / Racers Edge B-Modifieds kicked off the show with three heat races. The winners of those were Gary Weatherington in the 21W, Kevin Dickey in the 42, and Jimmy Comins Jr. in the 83.

The Fields of Pizza Street Stocks ran their heats next. Winning those were the 16 of Dave Wadsager and the 00 of Rob Henry.

The A-Modifieds were next with two heats. Milo Veloz Jr. in the 43 won heat one and the 1 of Kevin Blum took heat two.

The Builders World IMCA Late Models were up next with two heat races. Rob Toland in the 39 won heat one and the 12 of Ray Guss Jr. the second heat.
The Stout Distributing 4 Cylinders ran their two heats next. Todd Sibley in the 125 won the first heat and the D26 of Wade Dahl won heat two.

The Best Choice Meat Market / Racers Edge B-Modifieds were back on the track for their feature event next. Jake Waterman in the 10 draw the one spot for the feature and was not challenged all race to take home the win. Racing threw the rest of the field was fierce. The 42 of Kevin Dickey came charging up from us 11th starting spot and began running side by side with Chad Tomlinson in the 75 for second and eventually took it over. Then 15 of Brad Pershy started challenging Dickey for the second spot. They put on good show with Dickey right around the bottom and Pershy running the middle. In the end Dickey would take second with Pershy taking third.

The Fields of Pizza Street Stocks hit the track next for their feature. Chris Hambright in the 03 looked like the man to beat from his pole position at the start of the feature. The 000 of Tony VonDresky had a different idea. He came from his fifth starting spot and took over the lead running the bottom line after a few laps.

VonDresky began to pull away and checked out. Then things got interesting for second on back. Hambright slipped back and then last week’s feature Rick Schriner in the 8 and opening night’s winner Dave Wadsager in the 16 began their battler with Schriner running low and Wadsager running high. Then Hambright got back into the picture sneaking under Schriner at one point. The ended up coming across the line side by side with Schriner getting second and Hambright taking third.

Up next were the A-Modifieds. Milo Veloz Jr. jumped out to a good size lead from his outside front row starting point. Doug Crampton in the 40, Jason Pershy in the 17, and Kevin Blum in the 1 began running three wide for second. Then Jeff Morris in the 86 made his way back to the front after he went to the back after spinning out. Morris began challenging Crampton for the second with Morris running the bottom and Crampton running the high side. Behind them Brandon Durbin started running side by side with Blum. Then Durbin, Blum, and Pershy made it three wide. Back to the battle for second, as Crampton and Morris were battling they started gaining on Veloz. Before you knew it Crampton was on Veloz bumper and Morris was right next to him. They tried three wide several times during the last few laps. Veloz was able to hold them both off and take the win. Morris came home second followed by Crampton. That was one of the best A-Modified races in the Quad City Area so far this season.

Now it was time for the Builders World IMCA Late Models. At the drop of the green Adam Oppendike in the 29 and Andy Nezworski in the 7 began fighting for first with Oppendike running high and Nezworski running low. Behind them the 42 of Fred Remley was down on the bottom with Hershel Roberts in the 58 running the high side next to Remley. During those battles the 6 of Jason Bahrs, from his eighth starting spot, started making his way through the field. Nezworski took control of the lead and started to pull away. Then Remley start challenging Oppendike for second. Bahrs finally caught Remley. Remley right around the bottom and Bahrs was up high. They put on an excellent show. During all this two seasoned veterans at QCR, Rob Toland in the 39 and Ray Guss Jr. in the 12, were making their way through the field very fast. R. Toland started 10th and Guss Jr. started 11th. After a restart R. Toland, Nezworski, and Bahrs made it 3 wide. Nezworski fell back and Guss made it 3 wide with R. Toland and Bahrs. Bahrs took the lead on the high side and Guss start challenging him running right around the bottom. After another caution we were set up for a green, white, checkered. For the last two Guss and Toland were doing everything they could to get around Bahrs but in the end they couldn’t do it and after finishing second the last two weeks Jason Bahrs finally took home the feature win. Guss would come home second followed by R. Toland.
The Stout Distributing 4 Cylinders ended the show with their feature event. This feature started off with a bang. After making it three wide in turns one and two the 33B of Tyler Bivens did it again in turns three and four but the wall got him this time and even deployed his air bag. The 17M of Mike Morrow and the 125 of Todd Sibley put on the good show for first while the D26 of Wade Dahl was making his way through the field from his 10th starting spot. Finally on the last lap Dahl was able to get by Sibley and make it two in a row at QCR.

Everyone from Stuart Motorsports, Inc. would like to thank all the fans, drivers, and sponsors for making Sunday another great night of racing at the Quad City Raceway.

Don’t forget our next event is this Wednesday, May 16th. We will be running the Deery Brothers Spring Clash make-up race. The IMCA Late Models will be running a 50 lap feature, along with the make-up A-Modified feature, and a complete $200 to win B-Modified show. Bring your ticket stub or wrist band from the April 22nd show to redeem Wednesday night.

Pits open at 5:00pm
Grandstands open at 5:00pm
Hot laps at 6:30pm
Racing at 7:00pm

Admission
Adults $10
Seniors $8
Kids 6-12 $4
Kids 6 & under free

Pit Passes $25
No entry fee

Track Phone 309-644-1977
www.quadcityraceway.com

B-Modified Heat 1
1. 21W Gary Weatherington
2. 2D Jim Hickenbottom
3. 77 George Hubbard
4. 29 Craig Crawford
5. 80 Mike Leif Jr.
6. 8 Greg Durbin
7. 3 A.J. Pappas

B-Modified Heat 2
1. 42 Kevin Dickey
2. 10 Jake Waterman
3. 21B Jason Bert
4. 16S Troy Sheldon
5. 35 Chance Hutson

B-Modified Heat 3
1. 83 Jimmy Comins Jr.
2. 75 Chad Tomlinson
3. 22 Dustin Begyn
4. 15 Brad Pershy
5. 30 Anthony Guss
6. 88J Jerry Bailey Jr.

B-Modified Feature
1. 10 Jake Waterman
2. 42 Kevin Dickey
3. 15 Brad Pershy
4. 75 Chad Tomlinson
5. 21W Gary Weatherington
6. 8 Greg Durbin
7. 29 Craig Crawford
8. 88J Jerry Bailey Jr.
9. 83 Jimmy Comins Jr.
10. 30 Anthony Guss
11. 2D Jim Hickenbottom
12. 3 A.J. Pappas
13. 35 Chance Hutson
14. 22 Dustin Begyn
15. 16S Troy Sheldon
16. 80 Mike Leif Jr.
17. 21B Jason Bert
18. 77 George Hubbard

Street Stock Heat 1
1. 16 Dave Wadsager
2. 000 Tony VonDresky
3. 8 Rick Schriner
4. 03 Chris Hambright
5. 68A Aaron Burroughs
6. 02B Mike Anderson
7. 8L Chris Lawerence
8. X42 Forrest Cook

Street Stock Heat 2
1. 00 Rob Henry
2. 67 Randy Christner
3. 47 Andy Warner
4. 44D Doug Wiatt
5. 3D Gerald Ward
6. 93 Matt Werner
7. 11M Tom Maupin

Street Stock Feature
1. 000 Tony VonDresky
2. 8 Rick Schriner
3. 03 Chris Hambright
4. 16 Dave Wadsager
5. 3D Gerald Ward
6. 93 Matt Werner
7. 47 Andy Warner
8. 8L Chris Lawerence
9. 68A Aaron Burroughs
10. 44D Doug Wiatt
11. 11M Tom Maupin
12. 67 Randy Christner
13. 00 Rob Henry
14. X42 Forrest Cook

A-Modified Heat 1
1. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.
2. 86 Jeff Morris
3. 17 Jason Pershy
4. 40 Doug Crampton
5. 92S Jordan Schram
6. 53 Matt Stein

A-Modified Heat 2
1. 1 Kevin Blum
2. 15 Brandon Durbin
3. 88 Jerry Durbin
4. Z Mike Zemo Jr.
5. 86X Jeremy Gustaf

A-Modified Feature
1. 43 Milo Veloz Jr.
2. 86 Jeff Morris
3. 40 Doug Crampton
4. 1 Kevin Blum
5. 17 Jason Pershy
6. 53 Matt Stein
7. 15 Brandon Durbin
8. 92S Jordan Schram
9. Z Mike Zemo Jr.

Late Model Heat 1
1. 39 Rob Toland
2. 7 Andy Nezworski
3. 42 Fred Remley
4. 70 Shawn Mulvany
5. 90X Ron Gustaf
6. T2 Todd Sandusky
7. 81 John Freeman
8. 46 Nate Beuseling

Late Model Heat 2
1. 12 Ray Guss Jr.
2. 6 Jason Bahrs
3. 58 Hershel Roberts
4. 29 Adam Oppendike
5. 57 Mark Preston
6. 39T Bobby Toland
7. 53 LeRoy Brenner
8. 90 Eric Gustaf
9. 91 Mike Guldenpfennig

Late Model Feature
1. 6 Jason Bahrs
2. 12 Ray Guss Jr.
3. 39 Rob Toland
4. 70 Shawn Mulvany
5. 7 Andy Nezworski
6. 58 Hershel Roberts
7. 42 Fred Remley
8. 29 Adam Oppendike
9. 57 Mark Preston
10. 91 Mike Guldenpfennig
11. 39T Bobby Toland
12. 90 Eric Gustaf
13. Nate Beuseling
14. T2 Todd Sandusky
15. 90X Ron Gustaf
16. 81 John Freeman

4 Cylinder Heat 1
1. 125 Todd Sibley
2. 72 Kevin Fix
3. 77 Robert Belonga
4. 7 Rob Harding
5. 33B Tyler Bevins
6. 11 Paul Parchert

4 Cylinder Heat 2
1. D26 Wade Dahl
2. 99 Shane Hatch
3. 0 Justin Parchert
4. 17M Mike Morrow
5. 13 Shawn Pappas

4 Cylinder Feature
1. D26 Wade Dahl
2. 125 Todd Sibley
3. 17M Mike Morrow
4. 7 Rob Harding
5. 77 Robert Belonga
6. 99 Shane Hatch
7. 0 Justin Parchert
8. 72 Kevin Fix
9. 11 Paul Parchert
10. 13 Shawn Pappas
11. 33B Tyler Bevins