QUINCY – Austen Becerra provided the perfect ending to his third consecutive victory.

Becerra caught up in the closing laps, passing and beating off three of his challengers in Sunday night’s modified feature race, and capped his latest attempt at the track title with a clear victory in the Championship Night feature race at Adams County Speedway.

Becerra pulled ahead — and yes, he lost a little paint — before crossing the finish line ahead of Rick Conoyer, Dave Wietholder and Trevor Neville. Both Wietholder and Neville led the main race at different times.

Becerra’s sixth feature race win, a series-best, gave him a 20-point lead (806-788) over Wietholder in the drivers’ standings. Becerra has won the modified championship three times in a row and five overall championships at the track. Only five drivers have won six or more titles at 8000 Broadway, a track whose history dates back to 1975.

Becerra battled Wietholder and then Neville for most of the race.

“It was an insane race,” Becerra said. “I thought Neville was the car to beat.”

Admittedly, Becerra struggled in the first half of the 20-lap race, but stayed close enough to the front to be in position for a late charge.

“At first I didn’t know what to think, but then I kind of figured it out,” Becerra said. “This (division) had one of the closest points races. Pretty cool.”

Becerra’s win was worth $800, bringing his season earnings to a series-record $13,170, which is also the fourth-highest total of any series in track history. Recent driver Mark Burgtorf has the three highest earnings of $17,510 (2006), $15,030 (2009) and $13,715 (2007).

For Wietholder, who has four titles on modified tracks (and five overall) to his credit, it was the fourth time he finished second in the Mod points standings and the second time in three years.

Other track champions crowned Sunday night were Jason Perry in Crate Late Models, Tanner Klingele in Sport Mods, Rexing in Stock Cars, Jaden DeLonjay in 4-cylinders and Jacob Jones in Crown Vics.

The other highlights were Tommy Elston in Crate Lates, Klingele in Sport Mods, Rexing in Stock Cars, Matthew Mackey in 4-cylinders and Glen Wiley in Crown Vics.

Klingele’s title on the track came after finishing second in the points standings four times in recent years, leading the final 11 laps and outpacing Reed Wolfmeyer, AJ Tournear and Logan Cumby to the checkered flag.

The victory also ended a winless streak that had lasted until mid-May. Klingele won the first two sports features of the season, but despite one consistent result after another, he had not managed to score another victory since then – until Sunday evening.

“It was kind of annoying not to have won since May 19, but I guess tonight was the right night for it,” Klingele said.

After Klingele reached the top, he kept the rest of the field at a distance.

“The first few laps were a little shaky,” he said of his performance at the start of the main race.

Klingele and Wolfmeyer, who finished second in the points standings for the second year in a row, each scored three points-earning main event victories. Klingele was four points ahead of Wolfmeyer (384-380). Defending champion Cumby (373) was third and Tournear (365) fourth.

Klingele’s $600 salary brings his season total to $4,885, the highest in the sport.

Perry’s title was his first since 2012. He finished second in the main race behind Elston, who won the crown in 2023 and led all 25 laps on Sunday night.

“The track had character tonight,” said Elston. “It was fast paced. We’ve had a lot of fun racing in this class all year and congratulations to Jason.”

Perry was the dominant figure in the Crate Lates during the second half of the season. He finished the season with four feature race wins, a series-best effort, and his first-place finishes on August 11 and 18 solidified his prospects of winning his first championship title in 12 years. Perry’s first title came in the first year the track was under UMP sanction.

Perry finished with a 10-point lead (723-713) over Elston. Denny Woodworth (693) and Jamie Wilson (620) finished third and fourth, respectively.

Perry is also the leading money winner among the Crate Late Drivers with $6,170 after earning $800 on Sunday night. Elston ($5,970) and Woodworth ($5,445) are next in line.

Rexing’s stock car title is his first at the track, and his championship-deciding main event victory brought his season total to 20 (including both stock car and modified main events and heats).

Rexing prevailed over Rudy Zaragoza, Levi Long and Rickey Frankel III to win the main race with ease. Rexing (458), Frankel III (430) and Cottom (419) led the points table.

“It feels really good to have done it,” said Rexing. “Once the tires were in, the car was really good. This wouldn’t have been possible without my guys busting their asses every week to build me an amazing hot rod.”

“We really wanted this championship.”

Rexing’s $375 salary brought his season total to $3,975. He is followed by Robert Cottom ($2,950) and Zaragoza ($2,470).

Mackey’s main event win was his second in a row in the 4-cylinder class and his fourth of the season, but the night still belonged to DeLonjay, who despite a fourth-place finish in the main event was able to celebrate his first title on the track. DeLonjay had already wrapped up the championship before Sunday night’s race.

DeLoinjay (802), Kim Abbott (647) and Landon Neisen (598) were the top three in the points standings. DeLoinjay also leads the series’ money winners with $2,440.

Wiley’s appearance in the Crown Vics class was his first of the season and worth $200, but the most important finisher was second-place finisher Jacob Jones, who secured the series title with that finish. Jones (291) finished three points ahead of fourth-place finisher Brian Kaylor (288) for the track title. Jones is also the leading money earner with $1,020.

Notes

• Veteran Sportmod driver Jim Powell of Hannibal, Missouri, announced Sunday that this would be his final season.

• Eddie Dieker, who won four Bomber titles before retiring after the 2005 season, came out of retirement (again) to drive a modified car on Sunday night. Dieker had competed in a stock car earlier in the season.

• The stock car series has now produced nine different champions in the last nine seasons.

• Abbott’s second-place finish in the 4-cylinder standings was the fourth runner-up of her career. In the last 11 seasons, the Camp Point cosmetologist has finished first or second in the standings seven times since 2012.

• Wolfmeyer’s second consecutive second-place finish in the Sport Mods points standings puts him in position to set an unusual track record. The only drivers in track history to finish second in the points standings three consecutive seasons were Brandon Lambert (2015-17, Sport Compact), Abbott (2012-14, Sport Compact) and Adam Birck (2004-06, Bomber).