Posts Tagged ‘Adams County Speedway’
Wallace considers Adams County Speedway to have ‘best modified drivers in the U.S.’
QUINCY — Kenny Wallace has long had a love affair with Quincy in general and Adams County Speedway in particular. That relationship was never more evident than Sunday night. Not long after he had outdueled four-time modified track champion Dave Wietholder for a hard-earned checkered flag in an 18-lap midseason championship feature, Wallace wanted the…
Read MoreRacing Notebook: Becerra new No. 1 in modified rankings; Grossman takes over top spot in 4-Cylinders
QUINCY — Two new drivers top the Muddy River News Dirty Thirty dirt-track racing rankings. Carthage’s Austen Becerra has unseated Liberty’s Dave Wietholder atop the modified rankings, while Iowa driver Michael Grossman of Keokuk is now entrenched at No. 1 in the 4-Cylinder listing. Becerra has won the last two points features at Adams County…
Read MorePierce cements Hell Tour lead with convincing win at Broadway Bullring
Bobby “The Smooth Operator” Pierce, the 25-year-old dirt-track wunderkind from Oakwood, Ill., further cemented his status as one of the nation’s premier super late model drivers when he ran away from the UMP Summer Nationals Hell Tour field at Adams County Speedway. Pierce’s 43rd career Hell Tour victory came in resounding fashion when he hugged the low line for most of the final 27 circuits of the 40-lap feature in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Broadway Bullring.
Read MorePhoto Gallery: UMP Summer Nationals Hell Tour
The 37th annual UMP Summer Nationals Hell Tour landed in Quincy on Wednesday night. Photographer Lisa Wigoda caught the action at Adams County Speedway.
Read More‘I grew up watching all of those guys’ Becerra beats loaded field; Hell Tour arrives at Adams County Speedway on Wednesday night
Becerra won his second straight modified feature Sunday night at Adams County Speedway. This triumph, however, was not so much how he accomplished the feat (like he did June 5), but rather who he did it against. Becerra led the final 14 laps, finishing with a relatively comfortable advantage over the likes of track legend Mark Burgtorf, former NASCAR hotshoe Kenny Wallace and four-time defending series champ Dave Wietholder.
Read MoreRacing Notebook: Five memorable events highlight first third of Adams County Speedway season
QUNCY — We’ve reached the equivalent of the one-third mark in the dirt-track season at Adams County Speedway. With no racing scheduled Sunday — the track is off to allow race fans to attend the Grand Prix of Karting at South Park — it’s a good time to sit back and reflect. Here’s one man’s…
Read MoreAdams County Speedway rankings and stats
Here is the Muddy River Sports Leaderboard for the second week of June: Stevie Dirt DIRTY THIRTY rankings Sport Mods 1. Adam Birck: He’s established himself as the steadiest driver in the series. He leads in both track points and Muddy River Performance Points. 2. Tanner Klingele: There are two sport mod drivers with five…
Read MoreWith borrowed ride, Becerra drives to modified feature victory at Speedway
QUINCY — So, how in the world did Austen Becerra win that race? Becerra, with his modified trailored for the night after a series of mechanical issues earlier Sunday evening, asked a friend if he could borrow his ride for the feature at Adams County Speedway. But Becerra wasn’t just asking to borrow another modified.…
Read MoreRacing notebook: Long’s stretch of feature wins stands out among track’s legendary feats
QUINCY — The most fascinating accomplishments in the long and storied history of Adams County Speedway? That, of course, is a topic that might earn a hundred different answers from a hundred different dirt-track fans — myself included. While you contemplate your own responses, here are a few of mine from the 24-plus years I…
Read MoreLast-lap pass allows Cottom to run main-event win streak to four at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — The streak lives. Robert Cottom continued his early season domination at Adams County Speedway with a scintillating Sunday night street stock feature win. Cottom claimed his fourth straight main-event victory, fueled by a last-lap pass of Jake Powers. Cottom had been the pursuer the first 17 laps of the feature before turning the…
Read MoreRacing notebook: Quincy’s dirt track holds special memories for super late model driver
QUINCY — The Reaper will always remember Quincy quite well, specifically the dirt track at 8000 Broadway. McKay “The Reaper” Wenger smiles when his No. 42 super late model approaches the flagman’s stand at Adams County Speedway. After winning a feature in Quincy in 2016, and moments after accepting the checkered flag in victory lane,…
Read MoreAdams County Speedway leaderboards, including the Stevie Dirt Dirty Thirty rankings
QUINCY — Here is a look at this week’s Adams County Speedway leaderboards: Stevie Dirt Dirty Thirty rankings Sport Mods 1. Logan Cumby: That second dominating feature win catapulted him back to the top spot. 2. Adam Birck: He’s the only Missouri sport mod driver in the rankings. Birck also extended his string of consecutive…
Read MoreLate-race charge carries Sheppard to checkered flag in super late model special
QUINCY — Tommy Sheppard Jr. saved his best for last. Actually, the last four laps. Sheppard dazzled Sunday night’s big turnout at Adams County Speedway with a late-race charge that admittedly stunned frontrunners Ryan Unzicker and Jason Feger. Sheppard, who had been a bottom feeder throughout the 40-lap MARS super late model special, spent most…
Read MoreRacing notebook: Mealy back behind microphone at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — That friendly, almost folksy voice that permeates the grounds of Adams County Speedway is always a welcome greeting for fans and drivers alike. When the deep, baritone sounds of announcer Doug Mealy are first heard Sunday evenings, everyone knows racing is not far behind at the dirt track tucked away off the entrance…
Read MoreKlingele shows high way can be right way to victory at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — Tanner Klingele was living the high life. Literally. Normally, the 27-year-old driver prefers to work his way around the low groove at Adams County Speedway, but Sunday night saw Klingele take to the high line to eventually outlast Adam Birck, Joe Bliven and Nicholas Profeta in a dandy four-car battle for the checkered…
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Eighinger’s Adams County Speedway update
The Bard of the Bullring, the Twain of the Track, the Dickens of the Dirt…Steve Eighinger, updates us on trackburgers and who’s hot at the Adams County Speedway.
Read MoreRacing notebook: Tournear shares excitement over rebirth of Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — A.J. Tournear mirrors the feelings of most drivers and fans alike who have found their way back to Adams County Speedway, which in its former lifetime was known as Quincy Raceways. Tournear’s emotions can be felt through his responses. “Dirt-track racing is everything to me,” said the driver behind the wheel of the…
Read MorePushin’ the cushion: Birck takes high road to victory at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — Adam Birck will readily admit the top groove at Adams County Speedway is not necessarily his pursuit of choice. Sunday night, however, was different. Birck found the fastest way around the track — and to catch Logan Cumby — was by pushin’ the cushion. Birck took to the top relatively early in the…
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown Podcast: Stevie Mud and the return of the Broadway Bullring
Muddy River Sports Publisher Bob Gough talks to the Bard of the Bullring about the roaring return of dirt track racing to Quincy with the Adams County Speedway.
Read MoreStevie Mud: The Broadway Bullring is back, baby!
Muddy River Sports Publisher Bob Gough talks to the Bard of the Bullring about the roaring return of dirt track racing to Quincy with the Adams County Speedway.
Read MoreRacing notebook: Cumby making his rookie season at Adams County Speedway look easy
QUINCY — Obviously, the kid is a natural. Actually, Logan Cumby is only a “kid” in a dirt-track racing sense, but the 26-year-old is rapidly opening eyes in his sport mod rookie season at Adams County Speedway. Cumby won his first feature in just his second try at the Broadway Bullring, warding off a deep…
Read MoreWallace’s return another boon for Adams County Speedway’s rebirth
QUINCY — The comeback track has another fan. Former NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace, a St. Louis native who these days keeps himself busy driving a dirt-track modified, showed up unannounced Sunday night at Adams County Speedway. Wallace knew of the track’s recent troubled past — it had been shuttered since late 2019 — and felt…
Read MoreRacing notebook: Interest in Adams County Speedway grows after successful opening night
QUINCY — Jimmy Lieurance is the first to admit there were some hiccups. But not many. “I was totally blown away by the community’s response,” said Lieurance, who with his wife, Tammy, are one week into their first year of operating Adams County Speedway, the .29-mile dirt track that had been shut down for two…
Read More‘I love racing here’: Entertaining races, joy and support of fans highlight Adams County Speedway’s opening night
QUINCY — The man they call “Superman” provided the perfect punctuation for a perfect night. Moments after “Superman Sam” Halstead outdueled Denny Woodworth to win the season-opening late model feature at Adams County Speedway — formerly known as Quincy Raceways — he delivered a loud and oh-so-clear message Sunday night to the raucous crowd of…
Read MoreRain, rain, stay away: Adams County Speedway proprietors hoping to drop flag Sunday night
QUINCY — Jimmy Lieurance has his fingers crossed. And so do about 100 racers and a few thousand dirt-track fans. “If we don’t get any more rain, we’ll be able to race Sunday,” said Lieurance, the 62-year-old first-year promoter at Adams County Speedway. Realistically, that might be a big “if.” “There’s a 38-percent chance of…
Read MoreSoggy conditions force Adams County Speedway operators to delay flag dropping on new season
QUINCY — The much-anticipated reopening of Adams County Speedway will have to wait. Sunday’s scheduled season opener at 8000 Broadway has been postponed until April 24, according to first-year operator Jimmy Lieurance. The track was originally scheduled to open Sunday and then take off April 17, which is Easter Sunday. The entire 28.5-acre site is…
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