FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2010

Davenport Speedway Season Championships this Friday

DAVENPORT, Iowa (August 23, 2010) – After the Great Mississippi Valley Fair and a pair of rained out events, the 2010 Davenport Speedway regular season will draw to a close this Friday, August 27th.

The 2010 season has been a wet one at the Davenport Speedway, as seven rainouts has shortened the season down to nine races, including Friday’s Season Championships.

The Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model season has seen seven different drivers capture feature wins in the eight races held this season. Ray Guss Jr. (Milan, Ill.) has one feature win and leads the point standings with 306 points. Mike Garland of Morrison, Ill., is currently second and heads a list of five drivers that are within 13 points of one another. Garland is followed by Matt Ryan, defending national champion Kevin Blum, Mark Preston, and Stephan Kammerer.

Guss is also holding on to a slim lead in the IMCA Late Model National point standings as well. Eight of the top twenty drivers in IMCA National Late Model Points have competed in weekly action at the Davenport Speedway this season.

In the Goacher Towing Service Pro Mod division, Doug Crampton of Rock Island, has four victories, but holds only a four point lead over John Bull in the standings. Bull has one feature win and third place in points Bob Dominacki, has two feature wins this season. Thad Wilson has one feature win and is fourth in points.

The Koehler Electric Street Stock class is led by Matt Werner of Geneseo, Ill., with five feature wins. Davenport’s Cary Brown is second in points, eight back, and has two feature wins.

Jerry Pratt of Blue Grass, has put up the big numbers this season in the Engineering Maintenance Service IMCA Modifieds. Pratt has four victories in 2010, and holds a 34-point lead over second place Andrew Burk. Mike Fluegel and Todd Dykema, third and fourth in points respectively, are within 9 points of second place Burk.

In the 4 Stock class, the top three drivers have recorded all eight feature wins and are separated by only 10 points. Kevin Haury has two victories and leads the points, second place Luke Thurness and third place Mike Morrow each have three wins.

Pit gates at Davenport open at 4 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5pm. Hot laps are at 6pm and racing starts at 6:30pm.

The Davenport Speedway is located at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, on West Locust Street, in Davenport.

For more information on events at the Davenport Speedway, visit our website at www.drttrak.com, or call (563) 249-1387.

Davenport Speedway
Point Standings
As of Fri. August 20, 2010
(* - denotes feature wins)
pos car # driver's name points hometown
Petersen Plumbing & Heating IMCA Late Model
1 58 Ray Guss Jr.* 306 Milan, IL
2 G1 Mike Garland* 286 Morrison, IL
3 O7 Matt Ryan 283 Davenport, IA
4 54 Kevin Blum 282 Colona, IL
5 57 Mark Preston* 276 Port Byron, IL
6 77 Stephan Kammerer 273 Blue Grass, IA
7 29d Bret Diercks* 243 Davenport, IA
8 4d Marty Diercks 219 Bettendorf, IA
9 7w Matt Winslow 190 LeClaire, IA
10 z Mike Zemo Jr. 188 Davenport, IA