Series point lead accompanies Grady’s Boone Deery win
 

BOONE, Iowa (May 28) – The first two-time winner in the 2007 Deery Brothers Summer Series left Boone Speedway as the new tour point leader as well.
Jeremy Grady topped the Memorial Day feature for IMCA Sunoco Late Models, leading all 40 laps and earning $2,000 for his flag to flag efforts. Coupled with Rob Toland’s early exit, the Story City speedster moved up a notch to take over the top spot in the standings with five of 16 scheduled events in the book.
Jeff Bair chased Grady most of the night before taking runner-up honors. Defending series champion Jeff Aikey was third, ahead of Hershel Roberts and Luke Goedert.

Taking the lead from the pole, Grady kept his grip on the point following re-starts on laps eight and 10, the second of which saw previous points leader Toland head to the pits. Lapped cars figured at midway as Grady and the fourth starting Bair encountered the backrunners, allowing much of the field to make up real estate.
The front pair maneuvered through traffic, with Bair trying unsuccessfully to sneak by on the inside line.

Bair did his best to stay close, but Grady got three lapped cars ahead of him in the late going to seal the deal and win comfortably. He’ll take an eight point edge over Boone McLaughlin to the rescheduled event Wednesday at Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, where hot laps are set for 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.
Darrel DeFrance, Toland and Mark Preston round out the top five in points.

Grady had scored his first career Deery win on May 16 at Quad City Raceway in East Moline, Ill. Finishes by Bair, Roberts and Goedert were the best of their respective series careers.

Other IMCA winners during the holiday show at Boone were John Logue in the Modifieds, Brett Meyer in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, Mike VanGenderen in the Stock Cars and Luke Wanninger in the Hobby Stocks.

Feature Results –
1. Jeremy Grady, Story City;
2. Jeff Bair, Solon;
3. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls;
4. Hershel Roberts, East Moline, Ill.;
5. Luke Goedert, Holy Cross;
6. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis;
7. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown;
8. Jason Hahne, Webster City;
9. Jerry Dedrick, Vinton;
10. Matt Strassheim, Burlington;
11. Jon Merfeld, Peosta;
12. Mark Preston, Port Byron, Ill.;
13. Luke Pestka, Robins;
14. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo;
15. Cory Goldbeck, Camanche;
16. Kyle Wahlert, Des Moines;
17. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake;
18. Bobby Hansen, Center Point;
19. Terry Neal, Ely;
20. Al Johnson, Story City;
21. Craig Roberts, Des Moines;
22. Rob Toland, Bettendorf;
23. Fred Remley, Blue Grass;
24. Joe Zrostlik, Long Grove.

1st heat (top four) – 1. Pestka; 2. Goedert; 3. Strassheim; 4. McLaughlin.
2nd heat – 1. Bair; 2. Toland; 3. DeFrance; 4. Wahlert.
3rd heat – 1. Dedrick; 2. McKenna; 3. Aikey; 4. Preston.
4th heat – 1. Grady; 2. Hershel Roberts; 3. Hahne; 4. Remley.
“B” feature (top six) – 1. Craig Roberts; 2. Neal; 3. Johnson; 4. Nezworski; 5. Zrostlik; 6. Merfeld.