Deery Series headlines July 3 show at Independence Motor Speedway

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (June 26) – The Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Sunoco Late Models will headline the early holiday special on Tuesday, July 3 at Independence Motor Speedway.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m., hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Top prize is $2,000, with a minimum of $250 paid to make the 24-car starting field. Sanctioned Modifieds are also on the card, racing for $375 to win along with national, regional and Smiley’s Racing Products state points.

Hometown hotshoe Curt Martin has won six of the previous 19 Deery events held at Independence. Five-time and defending series champion Jeff Aikey of Waterloo and Gary Webb of Blue Grass have both won twice.

One-time winners include Darin Duffy and Rick Wendling, both of Hazleton, Rollie Frink of Davenport, Terry Gallaher of New London, Mo., Craig Jacobs of Des Moines, Johnny Johnson of West Burlington, Denny Osborn of Cedar Falls, Rob Toland of Bettendorf and most recently Terry Neal of Ely.

The race at Independence is the 10th of 16 on the 2007 Deery schedule. The series is at 34 Raceway in West Burlington on July 17 before traveling to Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids for its annual outing on asphalt on Aug. 8.