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Davenport, Maquoketa, Quincy dates next in Deery Series
tripleheader for IMCA Late Models
DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 13) – The first Deery Brothers Summer Series
tripleheader in five years comes up early in the 2009 IMCA Late Model tour
schedule, with April 17-19 race dates at Davenport Speedway, Jackson County
Speedway in Maquoketa and Quincy, Ill., Raceway.
All three main events pay $2,000 to win and a minimum of $250 to start.
Non-qualifiers will get $100.
Pit gates at Davenport open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m.
Friday, April 17. Hot laps are at 5:45 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m.
More information is available by calling 563 326-5338 or 563 652-5302.
Jackson County opens the pit gates at 4 p.m. and the grandstand at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 18. Hot laps are at 5:30 p.m. and racing is at 6 p.m.; 563
652-5302 is also the number to call for additional information about that
event.
Grandstand admission at both Davenport and Maquoketa is $14 for adults, $12
for seniors and teens, $6 for kids ages 7-12, and six and under get in free.
Pit gates open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19
at Quincy. Hot laps are at 6 p.m. and racing gets underway at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $7 for teens and 10 and under
get in free. More information is available by calling 217
224-3843 or 217 224-4100.
Pit passes at all Deery events are $25.
Davenport has hosted 14 previous series races. Jeff Aikey is the only
multiple winner there, with four visits to victory lane.
Wet weather has been the only thing that has slowed down Terry Neal at
Jackson County. He’d won three straight tour features there before the 2008
show was KO’d by rain.
Hometown hotshoe Jason Frankel became the latest winner at Quincy Raceway
when the series made its 20th visit there last August.
Another local, Mark Burgtorf, has an impressive six career wins to his Deery
credit at Quincy.
Davenport, Maquoketa and Quincy were also sites for the last series
tripleheader, April 16-18, 2004. Rob Toland won all three of those events,
setting the stage for his tour championship that season.
Sixty-six Late Models were in the pits when the 23rd annual series opened
April 11 at 34 Raceway in West Burlington. Frankel led from start to finish
of the evening’s Slocum 50 Memorial.
In addition to the Deery Brothers Automotive Group, contingency award
sponsors for the tour include Brodix, BSB Manufacturing, Champion Brands,
Classic Trophy, Design 500 Racewear, Dominator Race Products, Flow Design,
Howards Cams, Hyperco, Intercomp, Isky Racing Cams, JC Dubil, J & J Steel
Race Shop, Justice Brothers/Gillund Enterprises, KSE Racing Products,
Performance Bodies, Performance Engineering and Manufacturing, Petersen
Aluminum, Probe Industries, Quarter Master, Racing Optics, Real Racing
Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Speedway Graphics and The Joie of Seating.
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