Conoyer takes advantage of Becerra slip-up to win first modified feature of the season

QUINCY — Rick Conoyer said he was watching and waiting, hoping Austen Becerra might make some sort of a mistake. And he did, albeit a small one. Becerra, leading Sunday night’s modified feature for 15 consecutive laps, failed to negotiate a portion of the backstretch with less than two laps remaining. Becerra slipped up and…

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Elston captures elusive track championship following another crate late model feature win

Tommy Elston won Sunday night's crate late model feature and cemented his first track championship at Adams County Speedway. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — Finally. The long wait officially ended Sunday night for Tommy Elston, who won his first crate late model track title at Adams County Speedway. Elston has been an on-again, off-again semi-regular at the Broadway Bullring since about the mid-1990s, but had never come closer to a championship than a runner-up points finish in…

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