Posts Tagged ‘Austen Becerra’
Becerra completes three-peat with modified track championship, Klingele wins first sport mod crown
QUINCY — Austen Becerra provided the perfect punctuation for his three-peat. Becerra rallied in the closing laps to both get past and turn back a trio of challengers in Sunday night’s modified feature, capping his latest run to a track title with a slam-bang win in the main event on Championship Night at Adams County…
Read MoreRacing notebook: Adams County Speedway to crown track champions in all six classes Sunday
QUINCY — In his position as co-promoter of the Adams County Speedway, Jim Lieurance is constantly thinking about the future and planning ahead. But he’s currently trying to put the brakes on that mindset and simply enjoy the final weeks of the 2024 season. “It’s been a good year, and I’m trying not to think…
Read MoreRacing notebook: Becerra’s dominance in modified series shows in victories and money won
QUINCY — There are two ways to examine Austen Becerra’s overall dominance in the modified series at Adams County Speedway. Since the track reopened for the 2022 season, Becerra has won 20 features. The rest of the modified drivers have won a combined 27 in that same span. Those two numbers, more than anything else,…
Read MoreBecerra cashes in on daring last-lap move to win Chad McCoy Memorial Race
QUINCY — For a chance to win some big cash, Austen Becerra felt he had to take a chance on a big crash. The Carthage modified driver pulled off a successful kamikaze-like maneuver coming out of turn four on the 45th and final lap of Friday night’s fourth annual Chad McCoy Memorial Race at Adams…
Read MoreBecerra captures third modified feature victory of season at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — Austen Becerra was able to withstand a number of charges from rival Dave Wietholder during the latter stages of the modified feature en route to collecting his third checkered flag of the season Sunday night at Adams County Speedway. Wietholder, who led all 20 laps, crossed the finish line 0.655 of a second…
Read MoreBecerra continues to drive past modified field at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — Austen Becerra is approaching the homestretch of what has been a breakout summer as a modified driver. Becerra further accented his ascent to dirt-track nobility with a scintillating feature win Sunday night at Adams County Speedway. The 29-year-old Bowen resident, who has won 24 overall features this season while racing at tracks sprinkled…
Read MoreBecerra continues piling up checkered flags at Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — It’s getting to the point that Austen Becerra has won so many modified features this season it’s becoming difficult for him to remember the exact number. Such was the case Sunday night at Adams County Speedway. “This was No. 21 … or maybe it’s No. 22,” he said, trying to add up the…
Read More‘You only get to live once’: Becerra’s time invested in dirt-track racing pays off in victory lane
QUINCY — Austen Becerra is a busy guy, but he has no complaints. Along with working full time, the reigning modified track champ at Adams County Speedway races three nights per week and works on his ride for three hours or so on each of the remaining four evenings. Oh, he’s married, too. “You only…
Read MoreDefending track champions Becerra, Birck back in Victory Lane after dominant Sunday night drives
QUINCY — Now that’s more like it. Both Austen Becerra and Adam Birck looked more like defending track champions Sunday night, rolling to dominant feature victories at Adams County Speedway. Becerra and Birck stumbled out of the gate on opening night back on April 23, having to drop out of their respective main events with…
Read MoreImprovements on agenda for 2023 as Adams County Speedway closes remarkable season in return to racing
QUINCY — The curtain had barely fallen late Sunday night on the 2022 dirt-track season at Adams County Speedway when talk began about what lies ahead in 2023. “We have a busy offseason planned,” said Jim Lieurance, who along with his wife, Tammy, had just completed their first year of operating Adams County Speedway. The…
Read MoreBecerra outduels Burgtorf to grab checkered flag in memorable modified feature race
QUINCY — This may have been Austen Becerra’s signature victory at Adams County Speedway. The 28-year-old driver from Carthage, who already has two track titles to his credit in the old sport compact class and appears headed toward a third in this year’s loaded modified division, literally brought most of the Sunday night crowd to…
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.…
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