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Deery Series title to be decided at Quad City
EAST MOLINE, Ill. (Sept. 20) – A pair of $5,000 prizes are on the line
when Quad City Speedway hosts the final event of the silver anniversary
Deery Brothers Summer Series this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24-25.
Qualifying and a Race of Champions are on the Saturday night card. The
$5,000 to win IMCA Late Model main event and the series championship,
which also pays $5,000, will be decided on Sunday.
Defending tour champion Ray Guss Jr. leads last season’s rookie of the
year Andy Eckrich by six points heading to East Moline.
Guss has used one provisional, Eckrich none so both are guaranteed to
start the main event.
Eckrich will hold the advantage should a tiebreaker be needed to
determine the championship, going into the weekend with three feature
wins this season to two by Guss. One of Guss’ wins came at Quad City’s
inaugural Herschel Roberts Memorial in July.
Twenty-one drivers are eligible to take the green flag in Saturday’s
$800 to win Race of Champions, among them Deery feature winners Guss,
Eckrich, Jeff Aikey, Matt Bailey, Nate Beuseling, Tyler Bruening, Tom
Darbyshire, Brian Harris, Mike Murphy Jr., Terry Neal, Matt Ryan and
Colby Springsteen.
2011 track champions added to the mix are Todd Cooney, Jon Passick,
Justin Reed, Jay Stewart and Denny Woodworth, along with national rookie
of the year Travis Denning, top series rookie Eric Sanders and
promoter’s provisionals Darrel DeFrance and Gary Webb.
Pit gates open at 2 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 3:30 p.m., with hot
laps at 5 p.m. and racing at 5:30 p.m. both days.
Grandstand admission on Saturday is $11 for reserved tickets, $10 for
adults and $9 for seniors. On Sunday, reserved tickets are $16, adults
$15 and seniors $14. Admission for kids 6-12 is $4 and youngsters five
and under get in free both days. Pit passes are $25.
More information is available at the
www.quadcityspeedway.net
Website or by calling 308 792-5030.
Deery Brothers Summer Series top 20 point standings –
1. Ray Guss Jr., Mi¬lan, Ill., 775;
2. Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, Iowa, 769;.
3. Terry Neal, Ely, Iowa, 733;
4. Justin Reed, Quincy, Ill., 688;
5. Nate Beuseling, Silvis, Ill., 669;
6. Colby Spring¬steen, Morning Sun, Iowa, 668;
7. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa, 649;
8. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa, 610;
9. Tom Dar¬byshire, Morn¬ing Sun, Iowa, 557;
10. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, Iowa, 538;
11. Jay John¬son, West Burlington, Iowa, 486;
12. Mike Garland, Morrison, Ill., 469;
13. Matt Strass¬heim, Morning Sun, Iowa, 468;
14. Brian Harris, Davenport, Iowa, 455;
15. T.J. Criss, Os¬kaloosa, Iowa, 433;
16. Jeff Ai¬key, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 415;
17. Mike Mur¬phy Jr., Colona, Ill., 407;
18. Sam Halstead, New London, Iowa, 395;
19. Tommy Elston, Keokuk, Iowa, 332;
20. Eric Sanders, Coal Valley, Ill., 327.
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