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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Feature victory puts Elston in position for final drive to late model track championship

Tommy Elston, front, is in position to win the late model track championship after winning Sunday night's feature — his sixth feature victory of the season. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — Tommy Elston has moved another step closer to his first late model track title at Adams County Speedway. Elston rolled to his sixth feature win of the season Sunday night — his fourth in the last six shows — to take a five-point series lead over Denny Woodworth into the final night of…

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Elston continues push to win his first Adams County Speedway track championship

Tommy Elston won the crate late model feature race Sunday night at Adams County Speedway and is tied with Denny Woodworth for the lead in track points. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — Tommy Elston’s late-season surge appears to have put him in the catbird’s seat when it comes to the pursuit of the Adams County Speedway crate late model championship. The veteran driver from Keokuk, Iowa, who has been a late model mainstay at the dirt track at 8000 Broadway for much of a career…

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Success of sprint cars could lead to more dates at Adams County Speedway on future schedules

Adams County Speedway track promoters will look at adding more dates for sprint cars on future schedules. | Photo courtesy Gregg Teel

QUINCY — Paul Nienhiser’s comment might wind up proving prophetic. Nienhiser, one of the Midwest’s more accomplished sprint-car drivers, won Sunday night’s Sprint Invaders feature at Adams County Speedway. “Hopefully, we can race more in Quincy,” Nienhiser said after his relatively easy flag-to-flag dominance in the 25-lap main event. Nienhiser, who has been racing in…

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