No drama this time as Neal dominates Boone Deery

BOONE, Ia (May 29, 2006) ­ Terry Neal made a last lap pass to win last year¹s Deery Brothers Summer Series Memorial Day feature at Boone Speedway.

There was far less drama involved this time around.

Neal started on the pole and led from green to checkered in Monday evening¹s 40 lap Super Nationals Warm-up special for IMCA Sunoco Late Models. The win paid $2,000 and made the defending tour champion the first two time visitor to victory lane this season. He¹d also won April 15 at Jackson County Speedway in Maquoketa.

Jeff Aikey maintained his spot atop the point standings after six events with a second place showing. Rob Toland, runner-up in the points race, was third and series rookie Kevin Tomlinson was fourth.

Mike Smith rounded out the top five.

Neal pulled away from the rest of the 24 car field from the start. The only caution of the night came on lap seven and Neal caught up with the back of the pack by midway.

Steering his way through lapped traffic that often ran three wide, Neal gradually padded his advantage over Aikey as the laps counted down, scoring his ninth career Deery win by half a straightaway.

Toland, Smith and sixth place finisher Darin Duffy each moved up five positions from their spots on the starting grid. Darrel DeFrance, ³B² feature winner Greg Kastli and Tom Darbyshire each advanced nine places, finishing seventh through ninth, respectively.

Mike Murphy Jr. took a provisional start, lining up last and ending 13th.

Next up on the Deery Series slate is the Wednesday, June 14 show at Buena Vista Raceway in Alta. Pit gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m.

Feature Results ­
1. Terry Neal, Ely;
2. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo;
3. Rob Toland, Bettendorf;
4. Kevin Tomlinson, New London, Mo.;
5. Mike Smith, Jewell;
6. Darin Duffy, Hazleton;
7. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown;
8. Greg Kastli, Waterloo;
9. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun;
10. Jeremy Grady, Story City;
11. Al Johnson, Story City;
12. Sam Halstead, New London;
13. Mike Murphy Jr., Colona, Ill.;
14. Jason Hahne, Webster City;
15. Colby Springsteen, Morning Sun;
16. Craig Roberts, Des Moines;
17. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo;
18. Justin Reed, Quincy, Ill.;
19. Mark Preston, Port Byron, Ill.;
20. Ryan Griffith, Webster City;
21. Eric Gustaf, Moline, Ill.;
22. Matt Ryan, Davenport;
23. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis;
24. Ron Gustaf, Moline, Ill.
1st heat (top four) ­ 1. Aikey; 2. Smith; 3. Neal; 4. Reed. 2nd heat ­ 1. Grady; 2. Eric Gustaf; 3. McLaughlin; 4. Hal-stead. 3rd heat ­ 1. Toland; 2. Duffy; 3. Johnson; 4. Nezworski. 4th heat ­ 1. Hahne; 2. Tomlinson; 3. Preston; 4. De-France. ³B² feature (top six) ­ 1. Kastli; 2. Darbyshire; 3. Griffith; 4. Springsteen; 5. Ryan; 6. Roberts.

Deery Brothers Top 20 Point Standings
1. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo, Iowa 292
2. Rob Toland, Bettendorf, Iowa 289
3. Terry Neal, Ely, Iowa 265
4. Greg Kastli, Waterloo, Iowa 250
5. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, Iowa 243
6. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis, Iowa 241
7. Mark Preston, Port Byron, Ill. 233
8. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa 230
9. Justin Reed, Quincy, Ill. 222
10. Sam Halstead, New London, Iowa 217
11. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, Iowa 215
12. Eric Gustaf, Moline, Ill. 205
13. Matt Ryan, Davenport, Iowa 202
14. Mike Smith, Jewell, Iowa 201
15. Darin Duffy, Hazleton, Iowa 197
16. Lonnie Bailey, Quincy, Ill. 170
17. Ron Gustaf, Moline, Ill. 168
18. Kevin Tomlinson, New London, Mo. 164
19. Mike Murphy Jr., Colona, Ill. 160
Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa 160