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| Ray Guss, Jr. at Davenport Speedway with Dirt Racer Magazine presenter Stacy Vander Heiden after his $3,000 Deery Brothers Summer Series win. (Chris Damitz) | |
DAVENPORT, Ia. – Sept. 11. Snow, then rain were to blame for postponing the first two attempts at getting in the Deery Brothers Summer Series event at Davenport Speedway.
There was nothing to keep Ray Guss Jr. from winning the twice-rescheduled IMCA Late Model tour feature on Sunday night, however.
Guss sped to the lead when front-running Colby Springsteen and Denny Eckrich got together on the 16th of 40 laps. He pulled away from the rest of the pack from that point, beating Eckrich to the finish line by half a straightaway.
Along with a $3,000 check, Guss upped his advantage in the silver anniversary series point race by four over fifth-finishing Andy Eckrich. Guss will have to hold off his challenger for two more events, the Sept. 16-17 Yankee Dirt Track Classic at Farley Speedway and the Sept. 24-25 finale at Quad City Speedway, before he can claim a second straight Deery crown.
Nate Beuseling was third and Mike Klinkhammer fourth in the All-Star Classic headliner.
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| Andy Eckrich picked up fast time honors at Davenport. (Chris Damitz) | |
He opened a big lead and was into lapped traffic before the caution flag came out. After the restart, the fifth-starting Denny Eckrich applied heavy pressure from the outside. The front pair came together, giving Guss the opportunity to drive by.
The win was his second this season and career 23rd. He’s now alone in fourth place on the all-time list for the tour, behind Jeff Aikey with 55, Mark Burgtorf with 26 and Curt Martin with 25. Gary Webb, who was 13th at Davenport, owns 22 Deery checkers.
Andy Eckrich won the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing.Winter hadn’t quite given up its grip on the Davenport area when the original Deery date was postponed from April 15. Rain right about the time hot laps were to begin kiboshed the first rescheduled date of Sept. 9.
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IMCA Deery Bros. at Davenport Speedway 1) Ray Guss, Jr., 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Nate Beuseling, 4) Mike Klinkhammer, 5) Andy Eckrich, 6) Brian Harris, 7) Justin Reed, 8) Tommy Elston, 9) Terry Neal, 10) Colby Springsteen, 11) Stephan Kammerer, 12) Darrel DeFrance, 13) Gary Webb, 14) Mike Garland, 15) Spencer Diercks, 16) Joe Ross, 17) Todd Malmstrom, 18) Charlie McKenna, 19) Chad Patch, 20) Marty Diercks, 21) Justin Kay, 22) Travis Denning, 23) Eric Sanders, 24) Doug Nigh. Heat winners: Eckrich, Diercks, Harris. |
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Scott James battles #13 Barry Doss in heat race action at Florence (Ky.) Speedway, but in the $2,000-to-win feature, the only thing anyone saw was the tail end of James' #81 car. (Roy Walker)
After plenty of trash-talking via the electronic media between Jeff Matthews and Ivedent Lloyd last week, it was #21 Lloyd who got the final word as he reeled in #33 Matthews to win Friday's LM feature at Oclala, Fla.'s Bubba Raceway Park. (R.E. Wing)
Fans at Markleysburg, Pa.'s Roaring Knob Motorsports Comlex were treated to dual LM features Saturday - one a makeup from a May 5th rainout. (Above) Tim Senic challenges eventual regular feature winner Chuck Harper, while Jared Hawkins (below) claimed the makeup race. (Tommy Micheals)
Henley, Missouri's Jason Russell leads the way to Victory Lane in the ULMS Late Model feature at Lucas Oil Speedway Saturday. (Chris Bork)
Some fierce racing action at Lucas Oil speedway. (Chris Bork)
Dalton, Ga.'s Craig Reece returned to Dixie Speedway Saturday and led all the way to win the Crate LM victory. (Steve Hixson)
Ray Guss Jr. races last week's Quad City Speedway winner, Mike Murphy, Jr. This time, it was advantage Guss. (Chris Damitz)
With a strong motor back into his mount, Veteran Lamar Scoggins claimed last Friday's Crate LM victory at Boyd's Speedway. (Steve Hixson)
Veteran racer Lance Matthees navigates Spring Lake, Minnesota's Deer Creek Speedway before taking Saturday's WISSOTA Late Model checkers. (Jason Durst)
Racing hard at mid-pack, it's the dueling 55s of Cory Mahder (inside) and Greg Nippoldt at Deer Creek. (Jason Durst)
Ryan King (above and below) swept both the Ltd. Late Model and Crate Late Model features Saturday at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. (Chad Wells)
Still riding his wave in Iowa, Mike Murphy, Jr. in early action before taking the main event win at Davenport last Friday. (Chris Damitz)
Jason Jameson ran a gauntlet to finally capture another win Friday night at Moler
Raceway Park (see main page). (Roy
Walker)
After holding back a charge from Alex Ferree, Chub Frank drove home with a Friday night win at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (John Stivason)
Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn race in a tight pack in Kankakee (Ill.) Speedway's "Crosstown Cup", but (below) it was ultimately Shawn Toczek (42) here racing the high side of Mike Provenzano, who sailed to the win. (Dan Simpson)
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