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Bill Martin
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (June 3) - One streak is over, but another
continues as Deery Brothers Summer Series teams make plans for the Tuesday, June 10 show at Marshalltown Speedway.
The string of consecutive first-time winners ended at four when Tom Darbyshire took the IMCA J & J Steel Late Model tour checkers at Boone Speedway on Memorial Day.
Darbyshire, however, became the sixth different driver to win the feature in as many Deery events this season, and the eighth different in as many races dating back to last September. As a bonus, the Morning Sun driver also caught Todd Cooney of Des Moines for the top spot in point standings for the 22nd annual series.
Pit gates at Marshalltown will open at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30 p.m. The feature pays $2,000 to win and Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods are also on the card.
Pit passes are $25. Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. More information is available by calling 515 432-4703 and at the www.marshalltownspeedway.com website.
Seventeen previous series events have been held at Marshalltown. Curt Martin of Independence has enjoyed the lion's share of the success there, with five wins.
Jeff Aikey of Waterloo and Jay Johnson of West Burlington have each won two Deery features at Marshalltown.
Darbyshire has a two-point advantage over Cooney heading to Marshalltown. Boone McLaughlin of Mediapolis is 10 points out of first, while Andy Nezworski of Buffalo and Justin Reed of Quincy, Ill., round out the top five.
Impact Racing adds to awards package for IMCA special events drivers
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (June 2) - Main event winners at more IMCA special events receive contingency awards from Impact Racing in 2008.
The Brownsburg, Ind., helmet and safety equipment manufacturer will award $100 product certificates to first-place finishers at 80 specials this season.
In addition to the 17 races on the Deery Brothers Summer Series for J & J Steel Late Models schedule, Impact prizes go to winners of designated specials for the Modified, IMCA KSE Racing Products Sprint Car, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod, Southern SportMod, and IMCA Sunoco Stock Car and Hobby Stock divisions.
All winners will be pooled into a post-season drawing for product awards. The grand prize package includes an SA2005 helmet and driver's suit, gloves and shoes. Also to be given by drawing are a driver's suit, gloves and shoes, and an SA2005 helmet.
Clayton Christensen of Spencer, Iowa, Cory Struckhoff of Kensington,
Kan., and Andy Gregg of Hastings, Neb., were winners of drawings held
last December.
Information about products from Impact is available by calling 317
852-3067 or at the www.impactraceproducts.com website.
"In an ongoing effort to emphasize driver safety, Impact Racing has
teamed up with IMCA once again to give significant awards packages at
season's end," said Kevin Yoder, IMCA marketing director. "In
addition to the product certificates, three more drivers will receive
an upgrade in their safety equipment from a premier manufacturer in
the industry, and for that we are very appreciative."
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