BAILEY BANKS $2,000 FOR CAREER FIRST DEERY SUMMER SERIES VICTORY AT QUINCY RACEWAY

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QUINCY, Ill. (April 10) - Fans at Quincy Raceway got to applaud the exploits of another hometown hero in Sunday night's IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series feature.

Event Photos - Deery at Quincy Raceways

Matt Bailey won for the first time in his IMCA Late Model tour career, taking the $2,000 victory ahead of series heavyweight Mark Burgtorf and new point leader Terry Neal.

Burgtorf came into the night with a record nine Deery wins at Quincy to his credit and became an even better bet to get number 10 when he drew the pole start.

He was running at the front of the field when the only yellow flag Late Models saw all night came out on lap 10. The fourth starting Bailey went low to take the front spot away on lap 12, lost the point briefly as the two came to the flagstand on lap 16, then regained the advantage during a side-by-side tussle that continued past halfway.

Bailey got some distance on Burgtorf as the two encountered backrunners with 10 laps to go. Slower cars weren't a factor, however, as Bailey collected the checkers by most of four car lengths over Burgtorf.

Neal posted his third top five finish of the early season in taking over the point lead. Justin Reed and Tyler Bruening rounded out the top five. Defending series champion Ray Guss Jr. was sixth.

Bailey follows Brian Harris and fellow first-time winner Matt Ryan to victory lane this season. His previous best finish, in half a dozen main event starts, had been sixth at Quincy in 2006.

The last eight Deery events, going back to Aug. 3 of 2010, have resulted in as many different winners.

T.J. Criss cashed in on the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing.

Three more events are on the schedule for the 25th anniversary tour before the start of IMCA's weekly Late Model point season.

The series is at Davenport Speedway on Friday, April 15; at Jackson County Speedway on Satur­day, April 16; and at Quad City Speedway on Sunday, April 17.

Feature Results
1. Matt Bailey, Quincy;
2. Mark Burgtorf, Quincy;
3. Terry Neal, Ely, Iowa;
4. Justin Reed, Quincy;
5. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, Iowa;
6. Ray Guss Jr., Milan;
7. Jason Perry, Payson;
8. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa;
9. Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, Iowa;
10. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, Iowa;
11. Mike Murphy Jr., Colona;
12. Nate Beuseling, Silvis;
13. Denny Woodworth, Mendon;
14. Matt Strassheim, Burlington, Iowa;
15. Joey Gower, Quincy;
16. Colby Springsteen, Morning Sun, Iowa;
17. Mike Garland, Morrison;
18. Tommy Elston, Keokuk, Iowa;
19. T.J. Criss, Oskaloosa, Iowa;
20. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis, Iowa;
21. Keith Pratt, Quincy;
22. Sam Halstead, New London, Iowa;
23. Todd Malmstrom, Silvis;
24. Jason Frankel, Quincy.

1st heat (top three qualify) - 1. Strassheim; 2. Burgtorf; 3. Woodworth; 4. Neal; 5. Halstead; 6. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, Iowa; 7. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, Iowa; 8. Travis Smock, Independ­ence, Iowa; 9. Eric Sanders, Moline.

2nd heat - 1. Bruening; 2. Guss; 3. Matt Bailey; 4. DeFrance; 5. Perry; 6. Lonnie Bailey, Quincy; 7. Elston; 8. Malmstrom; 9. McLaughlin.

3rd heat - 1. Gower; 2. Criss; 3. Eckrich; 4. Billy Tuckwell, Spring Bay; 5. Beuseling; 6. Spring­steen; 7. Joe Zrostlik, Long Grove, Iowa; 8. Clint Kirkham, Camden; 9. Nick Ingalls, Quincy.

4th heat - 1. Darbyshire; 2. Reed; 3. Murphy; 4. Pratt; 5. Frankel; 6. Jon Merfeld, Peosta, Iowa; 7. Gar­land; 8. Dale Hackwell Jr., Washburn, Iowa.

1st "B" feature (top four qualify) - 1. Neal; 2. Perry; 3. DeFrance; 4. Halstead; 5. Lonnie Bailey; 6. Elston; 7. McKenna; 8. Johnson; 9. Smock; 10. McLaughlin; 11. Sanders; 12. Malmstrom.

2nd "B" feature - 1. Beuseling; 2. Frankel; 3. Pratt; 4. Garland; 5. Tuckwell; 6. Springsteen; 7. Zrostlik; 8. Hackwell; 9. Ingalls; 10. Merfeld; 11. Kirkham.
Hard charger start - Elston. Provisional starters - Springsteen, McLaughlin and Malmstrom.