Guss hangs on for Deery victory at Davenport
by Mike McGuireDAVENPORT, IA. (July 22) - Ray Guss Jr. captured the Deery
Brothers Summer Series race held at the Davenport Speedway, Tuesday night.
The IMCA Late Model victory was Guss' second Deery win at Davenport. The
previous win came in 1999.
While Guss led 49 of the 50 laps, the finish was closer than the
statistics would show. Justin Reed of Quincy, Ill., led the first lap after
starting on the pole. Guss took control on lap two and immediately began to
stretch the gap.
After cautions on laps 16 and 34, Guss would rocket out a sizeable lead.
By the time the race's final caution flew on lap 44, Ray had company. Marty
Diercks had been flying around the top edge of the track and went from
seventh to second, in just 10 laps.
In the final laps the two would run side-by-side down the straightaways,
with Guss going to the bottom in the corners and Diercks rim-riding the top.
On the final lap, Diercks would find the crumbs and give Guss several
car-lengths at the checkers.
Diercks took second, well ahead of third place Justin Reed. Darrell
DeFrance and Andy Nezworski rounded out the top five.
Deery heats went to Matt Strasshiem, Guss, DeFrance, and Eric Gustaf. Joe
rostlik and Kevin williams won the B-Mains.
In other racing action, Pat Fennelly won a spirited B-Mod main. Fennelly
held off both Chris Stein and Kelly Meyer for the win. Stein would take
second, followed by Meyer, Mike Fluegel, and Doug Burkhead, in that order.
Jeremy Marquette won the Street Stocks feature and Ricky Kay the 4
Stocks.
Davenport Speedway
July 22, 2008
Results -
Deery Brothers Summer Series
IMCA Late Model
Heat 1: 1. Matt Strasshiem; 2. Tom Darbyshire; 3. Bobby Hansen; 4. Shawn
Mulvany; 5. Joe Zrostlik;
Heat 2: 1. Darrell DeFrance; 2. Nate Buesling; 3. Hershel Roberts; 4. Matt
Ryan; 5. Dustin Edwards;
Heat 3: 1. Ray Guss Jr; 2. Andy Nezworski; 3. Justin Reed; 4. Todd Malmstrom;
5. Kevin Williams;
Heat 4: 1. Eric Gustaf; 2. Justin Kay; 3. Ron Gustaf; 4. Marty Diercks; 5.
Sam Halstead;
B-Main 1: 1. Joe Zrostlik; 2. Mike Murphy Jr; 3. Terry Neal; 4. Ben Nading;
5. Mike Garland;
B-Main 2: 1. Kevin Williams; 2. Sam Halstead; 3. Todd Cooney; 4. Adam
Oppendike; 5. Mike Klinkhammer;
Feature: 1. Ray Guss Jr; 2. Marty Diercks; 3. Justin Reed; 4. Darrell
DeFrance; 5. Andy Nezworski; 6. Todd Cooney; 7. Tom Darbyshire; 8. Boone
McLaughlin; 9. Terry Neal; 10. Matt Ryan; 11. Mike Murphy Jr; 12. Bobby
Hansen; 13. Joe Zrostlik; 14. Ron Gustaf; 15. Eric Gustaf; 16. Kevin
Williams; 17. Sam Halstead; 18. Todd Malmstrom; 19. Matt Strasshiem; 20.
Hershel Roberts; 21. Shawn Mulvany; 22. Nate Buesling; 23. Mike Garland; 24.
Justin Kay;
Street Stock
Heat 1: 1. Jeremy Marquette; 2. Andrew Burk; 3. Cary Brown; 4. Rob Henry; 5.
Donnie Louck;
Feature: 1. Jeremy Marquette; 2. Cary Brown; 3. Donnie Louck; 4. Andrew
Burk; 5. Rob Henry; 6. Rob Nylin; 7. Bruce Fosdyck; 8. Tom Riggs Jr;
B-Mod
Heat 1: 1. Dan Anderson; 2. Craig Crawford; 3. Doug Burkhead; 4. Rick
Schriner; 5. Keith Silvers;
Heat 2: 1. Joe Jones Jr; 2. Mike Fluegel; 3. Chris Stein; 4. Matt Wilson; 5.
Perry Mitchell;
Heat 3: 1. Kelly Meyer; 2. Pat Fennelly; 3. Tod Stickler; 4. Kevin
Fitzgibbon; 5. Terry Rentfro;
Feature: 1. Pat Fennelly; 2. Chris Stein; 3. Kelly Meyer; 4. Mike Fluegel;
5. Doug Burkhead; 6. Kevin Fitzgibbon; 7. Perry Mitchell; 8. Craig Crawford;
9. Dan Hahn; 10. Dustin Schram; 11. Brad Rhoads; 12. Joe Jones Jr; 13. Terry
Rentfro; 14. Bill Kretschmer; 15. Nick Hixson; 16. Keith Silvers; 17. Matt
Wilson; 18. Tod Stickler; 19. Dan Anderson; 20. Rick Schriner; 21. Jared
Coppejans;
4 Stock
Heat 1: 1. Ricky Kay; 2. Chris Holmlund; 3. Matt Montoya; 4. Jake Montoya;
5. Jim McKinney;
Heat 2: 1. Wade Dahl; 2. Bryan Ritter; 3. Joe Zrostlik; 4. Josh Hazen; 5.
Brad McDermott;
Feature: 1. Ricky Kay; 2. Chris Holmlund; 3. Wade Dahl; 4. Bryan Ritter; 5.
Jim McKinney; 6. Kris Vohringer; 7. Josh Hazen; 8. Shawn James; 9. Stacy
Nall; 10. Matt Montoya; 11. Brad McDermott; 12. Matt Proctor; 13. Jake
Montoya;
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