Quincy Raceways
Daily Dirt for Friday, May 16, 2025 There will be some hilarious nicknames to accompany the high-powered, ground-pounding behemoths that be visiting Quincy Raceways … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,284 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Tonight’s a big night for local race fans. The MARS cars bring their touring dirt-track…
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QUINCY – Spencer Havermale took a deep breath and slowly nodded his head in a positive fashion. “I think there’s a lot of hope,” he said. “There’s a lot of good vibes about the track and what they’re trying to do. I support them 110 percent.” Havermale, 30, a second-year crate late model driver at…
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QUINCY — Jeff DeLonjay is confident that all the hard work and expense will soon start paying dividends. DeLonjay, 43, the first-year owner of Quincy Raceways, has had a busy fall, winter and early spring. Along with managing his own personal business, Be Dry Roofing, DeLonjay has overseen a number of major improvements to the…
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Looking back, I realize how much I enjoyed the years I was able to call Bob Scott a friend. When I moved to Quincy late in the summer of 1998, Bob, who died Monday at age 78, was one of my first contacts. At the time, Bob owned and operated the local dirt track, Quincy…
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QUINCY — Quincy dirt-track owner Jeff DeLonjay said Monday he hopes to have a new promoter in place in the near future and that the facility has officially returned to its former name of Quincy Raceways. The track at 8000 Broadway had been known as Adams County Speedway since it reopened in 2022 following a…
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J. Robert Gough talks to the man who is leading the charge to re-open Quincy’s local dirt track as Quincy Raceways becomes Adams County Speedway. Muddy River News is furnished by Harvey’s.
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QUINCY — Jim Lieurance admits he found the outpouring of support to be a rather emotional experience. If pressed, he will admit to probably wiping away a tear or two. When Lieurance, 62, took control of the Adams County Speedway of Illinois — formerly known as Quincy Raceways — in the fall, he knew he…
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As we wrap up 2021, Muddy River News looks back at its most read stories. These are the rankings according to our analytics, not personal preferences. The Enterprise Reporting category consists of stories our team broke. It is our most popular original content. WGEM anchor removed for refusing COVID vaccine — Gray Television purchased Quincy…
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QUINCY – The track is back! And it has a new name. Owner Paul Holtschlag announced Wednesday that Jimmy Lieurance will be taking over as director of operations at Adams County Speedway, formerly known as Quincy Raceways, and that the .29-mile track at 8000 Broadway will reopen in spring 2022. Lieurance will be leasing the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Kim Abbott wears her feelings on her sleeve, especially when it comes to dirt-track racing. “It is sad … and it’s also pretty depressing,” said Abbott, the only female track champion in the long and storied history of Quincy Raceways, which for the second straight year sits idle at its familiar 8000 Broadway…
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