Posts Tagged ‘Chad McCoy Memorial Race’
Becerra 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 MoreRacing notebook: Weekend weather biggest concern ahead of Chad McCoy Memorial Race
QUINCY — Those rumors about Jim Lieurance looking for a four-leaf clover, rabbit’s foot or some other good-luck charm have not been exaggerated. The fate of Sunday night’s fourth annual Chad McCoy Memorial modified race at Adams County Speedway will likely depend on not only whether it rains, which is in the forecast, but how…
Read More‘Best track in the state’: Neville’s appreciation for Adams County Speedway leads to big payday
QUINCY — Earlier this season, Trevor Neville said he had heard a lot of good things about Adams County Speedway. So the modified driver from Mackinaw, Ill., which is close to three hours away from Quincy and sits between Bloomington and Peoria, made the journey to Adams County for what he felt would be some…
Read MoreAbbott’s caution-to-the-wind approach pays major dividends with 4-Cylinder victory
QUINCY — Camp Point driver Kim Abbott knew her left rear tire was flat and that her car was overheating. Oh, and she was also pretty sure that her rattling hood was about to fly off. So what did Abbott do? “Well, first I had some choice words,” she said. And after that little inner-car…
Read MoreCaptain Kirk: Missouri hotshoe takes checkered flag in first trip to Adams County Speedway
QUINCY — Finding any fault with Colson Kirk’s assessment of the night would have been difficult. “It was a tough start,” he said, pausing to take a deep breath, “but it all worked out.” Yes it did. And it was not so much that Kirk, who made the 4-hour haul from Urbana, Mo., won Friday…
Read MoreRacing extravaganza coming to Adams County Speedway this weekend
QUINCY — It’s safe to say this will be the biggest weekend in the long and storied history of the dirt track 8000 Broadway. Adams County Speedway will be hosting the Chad McCoy Memorial, which is rapidly becoming known as the Quincy Nationals, on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is being saved as a rain date,…
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