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BOONE, Iowa (May 31)
Another holiday event at Boone Speedway resulted in another Deery Brothers
Summer Series feature victory for Ray Guss Jr. Guss cruised to the
$2,000 checkers at Boone on Memorial Day while adding to his lead in the
IMCA Late Model tour point standings. Terry Neal, the driver Guss passed to
win the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals Labor Day event last fall, was
rewarded for his Herculean effort just to get a car ready to race with a
second place finish. Joel Callahan, Mark
Burgtorf and Matt Strassheim rounded out the top five. The 40-lap contest
was interrupted by caution just once, on the second circuit. After a mishap in
weekly action, Neal and his crew had spent the day getting a backup car
ready for its first action since the series show on the asphalt at Hawkeye
Downs in August of 2009. Neal started outside
front row and led the first 16 laps. Guss had taken the green from outside
row two and was on Neals back bumper for most of the early going before
slipping inside for the lead. The front pair caught
up to the back of the field shortly after midway and changed lines adroitly
to work their way through. Mark Burgtorf raced his way up to second before
Neal and Callahan passed him back with two laps left. The Monday night win
was the career 18th for Guss, tying him with Neal and Rob Toland
for fifth on the all-time tour victory list. Provisional starter
Kevin Blum made the most progress toward the front, advancing 10 places
after starting 24th. Callahan was the winner
of the $250 Sunoco bonus. The eighth of 16 events
on the 2010 schedule is Sunday, June 13 when the $3,000 to win, minimum $300
to start Titan Wheel and Tire Shootout at Quincy, Ill., Raceway becomes part
of the tour. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 4 p.m. Hot
laps are at 5 p.m. and racing starts at 5:30 p.m. Feature
results
1. Ray Guss Jr., Milan,
Ill.;
2. Terry Neal, Ely;
3. Joel Callahan,
Dubuque;
4. Mark Burgtorf,
Quincy, Ill.;
5. Matt Strassheim,
Burlington;
6. Boone McLaughlin,
Mediapolis;
7. Jeremiah Hurst,
Dubuque;
8. Andy Eckrich, Iowa
City;
9. Kyle Wahlert, Des
Moines;
10. Jeff Aikey,
Waterloo;
11. Jay Johnson, West
Burlington;
12. Tom Darbyshire,
Morning Sun;
13. Tom Goble,
Burlington;
14. Kevin Blum, Colona,
Ill.;
15. Mark Preston, Port
Byron, Ill.;
16. Josh Most, Red Oak;
17. T.J. Criss,
Oskaloosa;
18. Jason Rauen,
Farley;
19. Tyler Bruening,
Decorah;
20. Craig Roberts, Des
Moines;
21. Darrel DeFrance,
Marshalltown;
22. Todd Malmstrom,
Silvis, Ill.;
23. Robby Warner,
Quincy, Ill.;
24. Brian Klein, Cedar
Rapids. 1st heat (top three) 1. Wahlert; 2. Strassheim; 3. Hurst. 2nd heat 1. Burgtorf; 2. Guss; 3. Callahan. 3rd heat 1. Darbyshire; 2. Gobel; 3. Neal. 4th heat
1. Warner; 2. Klein; 3. DeFrance. 1st B feature (top four) 1. Johnson; 2. Eckrich; 3. Aikey; 4. Malmstrom. 2nd B
feature 1. McLaughlin; 2. Preston; 3. Criss; 4. Rauen.
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