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Bill Martin
ALLISON, Iowa (May 21) - Justin Reed added his name to the growing list of first-time tour winners, with his Wednesday night run to the checkers in the Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Highway 3 Raceway.
Reed led all 40 laps around the half-mile oval in taking the $2,000 IMCA J & J Steel Late Model tour victory at Allison. Clint Wendel followed with a career-best showing of his own in second while Rob Toland, Boone McLaughlin and Matt Strassheim completed the top five.
The series' fourth straight first-time winner, Reed joins Mike Collins, Andy Nezworski and Denny Woodworth in taking turns atop the podium after Todd Cooney topped the opening night show in early April. The streak of consecutive new winners is the longest since 1987, when the series saw different drivers in victory lane following each of its first six events.
Reed won the first of five heat races, drew the pole start and was not challenged, pulling away from the fast field after both re-starts. The last half of the contest ran caution-free and Reed built an advantage of more than 10 car lengths, catching up to the back of the pack on the white flag circuit.
Two lapped cars separated Reed and Wendel at the checkers. Toland worked his way up from the 14th starting spot and bested McLaughlin and Strassheim in the tussle for third.
Reed's previous best Deery finish had been second, in the April 29 show at 34 Raceway. Wendel's best run had been fourth, in the tour event at Allison last May.
The sixth of 17 stops on the 2008 schedule takes the Deery Series to Boone Speedway for its traditional Memorial Day show.
Pit gates open at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 26. Hot laps are at 4 p.m. and racing gets underway at 5 p.m. IMCA Modifieds, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks are also on the holiday card.
Cooney finished 15th at Allison and will take a two-point edge over McLaughlin and Tom Darbyshire to Boone.
Feature Results -
1. Justin Reed, Quincy, Ill.;
2. Clint Wendel, Mason City;
3. Rob Toland, Davenport;
4. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis;
5. Matt Strassheim, West Burlington;
6. Jason Frankel, Quincy, Ill.;
7. Mike Garland, Morrison, Ill.;
8. Ryan Griffith, Webster City;
9. Jason Hahne, Webster City;
10. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo;
11. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun;
12. Terry Neal, Ely;
13. Al Johnson, Story City;
14. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo;
15. Todd Cooney, Des Moines;
16. Rick Dralle, Waterloo;
17. Travis Smock, Independence;
18. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown;
19. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake;
20. Jeff Bair, Solon;
21. Bryan Klein, Cedar Rapids;
22. Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn;
23. Cory Goldbeck, Camanche;
24. Mike Klinkkammer, West Liberty.
1st heat (top three) - 1. Reed; 2. Smock; 3. McKenna. 2nd heat - 1. Garland; 2. Bair; 3. Johnson. 3rd heat - 1. Griffith; 2. Hahne; 3.
Aikey. 4th heat - 1. Wendel; 2. Frankel; 3. Toland. 5th heat - 1.
McLaughlin; 2. Strassheim; 3. Darbyshire.
1st "B" feature (top three) - 1. Nezworski; 2. Hackwell; 3.
Klinkkammer. 2nd "B" feature - 1. Dralle; 2. DeFrance; 3. Klein.
Deery, IMCA Sunoco Stock Car drivers
In line for Intercomp contingency awards
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (May 21) - Drivers following the Deery Brothers Summer Series and competitors in both regions for IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars receive contingency awards from Intercomp again this season.
The Minneapolis company, manufacturer of the official scales for
IMCA, will give $100 product certificates to a designated place
finisher at each event in the 22nd annual tour for J & J Steel Late
Models, and to top 10 drivers in final point standings for both the
Destroyer Chassis Southern Region and Jet Racing Northern Region for Stock Cars.
Drivers in both divisions are required to display two Intercomp
decals on their race car to be eligible.
Intercomp manufactures high-performance products for use in the shop or at the track including alignment equipment, tire and shock gauges and lap timers.
More information about those products is available by calling 800
328-3336 or at the www.intercompracing.com website.
"Intercomp remains the most trusted name in scales and advanced weighing technology," said IMCA Marketing Director Kevin Yoder, "and their product line is extremely diverse to offer IMCA racers a variety of tools to improve the setup of their race car."
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