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DES MOINES, Iowa (August 10) – A $2,000 check
and a hefty trophy – but no blue ribbon – await the winner of the Deery
Brothers Summer Series feature during the Iowa State Fair. The 12th of 16
events on the 2010 tour schedule takes IMCA Late Models to the Iowa State
Fairgrounds Speedway in Des Moines next Monday, Aug. 16. Pit gates open at 3 p.m.
and the grandstand opens at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. with
racing to follow. Admission to the
grandstand is $15 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-12 and free for youngsters
five and under. Pit passes are $25. IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco
Hobby Stocks are also on the fair program, along with Karl Chevrolet dirt
trucks.
More information is
available from promoter Mick Trier at 515 201-5526 or at the
www.jjamracing.net website. Eighteen previous Deery
Series races have been held at Des Moines since 1990, all but one of them in
August. Six-time and defending
tour champion Jeff Aikey of Waterloo owns five of his all-time best 54 Deery
wins in the Capitol City. Marshalltown’s Darrel DeFrance, a three-time
winner at Des Moines, will extend his streak of series perfection to 364
consecutive events next week. Four feature wins have
helped Ray Guss Jr. of Milan, Ill., build a sizable lead in the point race
heading to Des Moines. Mark Burgtorf of Quincy, Ill., has three wins to go
with no shortage of bad mechanical luck this season, while Aikey has won
twice and Rob Toland of Davenport and Andy Eckrich of Iowa City once each. Eckrich is the leading
rookie campaigner, is second in the point standings and also the most recent
visitor to victory lane, on Aug. 3 at Farley. Deery
Brothers Summer Series top 20 point standings –
1. Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill., 528; 2. Andy
Eckrich, Iowa City, 459; 3. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo, 451; 4. Terry Neal, Ely,
449; 5. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, 412; 6. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, 411;
7. Kevin Blum, Colona, Ill., 384; 8. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, 383; 9. Mark
Burgtorf, Quincy, Ill., 375; 10. Josh Most, Red Oak, 372; 11. Tom Darbyshire,
Morning Sun, 359; 12. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, 354; 13. Mark Preston,
Port Byron, Ill., 331; 14. Tom Goble, Burlington, 324; 15. Jason Rauen,
Farley, 322; 16. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, 321; 17. Todd Malmstrom,
Silvis, Ill., 317; 18. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, 313; 19. Rob Toland,
Davenport, 308; 20. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis, 300.
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