Johnson takes TQ win at Macomb Raceway Pratt gets another Modified checker, Mother Nature takes two

MACOMB, Ill. (June 2, 2007) - After a pair of rainouts the week before, Mother Nature again waived her magic wand to knock out of a pair of features at Macomb Raceway Saturday night.

The Macomb Journal UMP 4-Cylinder and Late Model features will be ran at the beginning of the night this Saturday, as make-up events. The Macomb Journal UMP 4-Cylinders were on the track when the rains came Saturday.

Before the rains came, however, there was plenty great racing action the fast and smooth 1/5 racing surface.

Zach Johnson, of Monmouth, made a return to the raceway and picked up his second IMRA TQ feature win of the season. Johnson led a pair of newcomers to the track for the season across the line. Steve Foster and Randy Huddleston, both driving 600s took second and third respectively, while two-time feature winner Tracey Hull took the fourth spot.

It was Chad Pratt who continues to dominate the field in the Macomb Auto Parts Modifieds, as he picked up another victory. He led every lap, but not without a lot of pressure from second place finisher Shane Lewis. For Lewis it was his best finish of the year. Lewis appeared to be faster than Pratt in turns three and four, but slower in one and two. Todd Cummings in his first night to the raceway this season took home the third spot, while David Wietholder recovered from an early race spin to finish fourth. Russ Coultas rounded out the top five.

Randy Madsen took advantage of some late race cautions to pick up his first Casey?s General Store UMP Street Stock feature win. It was a night of season best finishes actually, as Scott Barker, in second, and Sara McGlasson, in third, each had their best finishes of the season. Rudy Olberg was fourth and Andy Gillette, in his first night out, finished fifth.

The car count for the Ron Elbe Auto Sales Dwarf Cars/Mod Lites was down a little but the racing was still solid. Justin Buchholz picked up his third win of the season, while David Norton ran a solid second place. It was first time Macomb Raceway attendee Scott Spink who too the third spot, while Jeff Norton was fourth and Rob Guss fifth. June 9 is Islands Bar and Grill Night and Beach attire night. If fans where beach attire they will receive $2 off their admission. Islands Bar and Grill will be giving away water guns and a lot of other prizes. Also, as a reminder, this week?s Macomb Journal UMP 4-Cylinder and the Late Model features will be made up at the start of the night?s racing
activities.