Aikey Cashes in Big During the Deery Brothers Summer Series Miller Lite 50 in Motown
By Jeremy Fox
Marshalltown, Iowa (June 24th, 2014) – As the 50th Anniversary season continues at the Marshalltown Speedway on Tuesday, it was the return of the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series fueled by Casey's. The track was in great shape for 34 Late Models, 13 Stock Cars, 27 Northern SportMods and seven Dirt Trucks to do battle on the high banked quarter mile.
The Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks opted to run two ten lap features as oppose to the normal heat and feature format. Lou Siplot took the lead and never looked back to take the win. Pat Fagen was second, Kevin Sather was third, Brad Moyer was fourth and Carl Knight was fifth.
In Feature two, AJ Nelson grabbed the early lead but got crossed up allowing Bret Moyer to get by on lap three. Bret Moyer continued to lead until his brother Brad tried to take it away on lap nine, they made contact and that allowed Kevin Sather to take the lead away. Sather took the win over Fagen, Brad Moyer, AJ Nelson and Bret Moyer. The series points awarded was determined by average finish in the two races.
Scott Pippert jumped to the race lead in the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car feature but just after the completion of lap two the caution came out when Dwayne Herb spun in turn four. On the restart, Pippert saw David Smith and Russell Damme but he was able to hold them off. The caution came out again on lap nine for Russell Damme in turn two. Pippert went on to lead the remaining laps despite a caution on lap 18 and several challenges from David Smith. Devin Smith was third, Damon Murty was fourth and Donavon Smith was fifth.
The IMCA Northern SportMods feature saw the caution flag come out before the completion of lap one when Logan Anderson spun in turn two. Andy Tiernan grabbed the lead on the restart but that was short lived as Clint Luellen worked his way from six starting spot to take the lead away. On Lap five, Luellen and the field saw the caution come out. First time was for Tony Olson spinning in turn four collecting Michael Strait, who ended upside down in turn four. Then on the restart when Matt Lettow experienced troubles collecting Brett Lowry in turn two. Luellen would not let any of that bother him as again he pulled away on the restart only to see the caution one more time this time on lap 14. Luellen led the remaining six laps to take the $1,000 prize. Sam Wieben, Taylor Musselman, Andy Tiernan and Carter VanDenBerg rounded out the top five.
Save the best feature for last as the Deery Brothers Summer Series Miller Lite 50 presented by H&F Distributing and Rumor's Bar & Grill. Tyler Bruening and Jason Hahne redrew the front row with a pair of veterans Jeff Aikey and Curt Martin right behind them. Aikey took the lead from the inside row two and pulled away however another veteran Ray Guss Jr worked his way to second by lap two. Guss tried to chase down Aikey and would just as Aikey was encountering lap traffic on lap 12.
Aikey was able to hold off Guss as they continued to tick off lap cars and just as it appeared the lap traffic was getting heavier or the feature was going to go caution free. The caution came out on lap 43 when Denny Eckrich saw something break in the front end of his race car sending towards the billboards on the front stretch. Aikey, Guss, Andy Eckrich, Bruening and Martin was the top five on the restart and when the caution came out again two laps later, on lap 45 for Joel Callahan coming to a stop in turn three. It set up an exciting five lap shootout but it was Aikey holding on to take his 62nd Deery Series win and his 4th at Motown in the series. Not only did Aikey take the $3,000 to win but he also picked up the extra $1,000 for being a veteran that raced at Marshalltown from 1985 to 1990. Andy Eckrich worked his way from 12th to finish in the runner-up spot meanwhile Guss took third. Justin Kay after starting 12th and nearly being lapped he managed the last two restarts perfectly and found his way to a fourth place finish and Curt Martin was fifth.
Speedway is back to action on Friday Night as it will be Shawn's Custom Hay Grinding Night at the races. Hot Laps at 6:45pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
Then on Friday Night July 4th, it will be Fan Appreciation Night with Fireworks, as well as the 50th Anniversary Celebration will take place. There will be activities rain or shine all day. Races will start at 7:15pm.
For additional information and to follow the season at the Marshalltown Speedway, log on at: http://www.marshalltownspeedway.com/, or follow Marshalltown Speedway on Facebook and Twitter, or call the speedway office at 515-231-5444. Home of the World Nationals September 18th through 20th.
Marshalltown Speedway Results
Miller 50 sponsored by H&F Distributing and Rumor's Bar & Grill
June 27th, 2014
Deery Brothers Summer Series fueled by Casey’s IMCA Late Models
Feature: 1. 77 Jeff Aikey (Cedar Falls); 2. 56 Andy Eckrich (Oxford); 3. 58 Ray Guss Jr. (Milan, IL); 4. 15K Justin Kay (Wheatland); 5. 45 Curt Martin (Independence); 6. 15R Brian Harris (Davenport); 7. 16 Tyler Bruening (Decorah); 8. 78 Rick Wendling (Hazleton); 9. 76 Jason Hahne (Webster City); 10. 51 Ryan Dolan (Lisbon); 11. 98 Jason Rauen (Farley); 12. Z50 Joe Zrostlik (Long Grove); 13. 99D Darrel DeFrance (Marshalltown); 14. 88 Kevin Kile (West Liberty); 15. 74 Ron Boyse (Kalona); 16. 29 Spencer Diercks (Davenport); 17. 43 Jeremy Grady (Story City); 18. 24 Scott Fitzpatrick (Urbandale); 19. 40 Joel Callahan (Dubuque); 20. 87 John Emerson (Waterloo); 21. 50 Denny Eckrich (Tiffin); 22. 12 Ron Klein (Sherrill); 23. 07 Matt Ryan (Davenport); 24. 22 Charlie McKenna (Clear Lake)
Heat 1: 1. Guss; 2. Bruening; 3. Kile; 4. 37 Randy Foote (Stanton); 5. Rauen; 6. 99 Luke Pestka (Robins); 7. Harris; 8. Fitzpatrick; 9. 73 Greg Kastli (Waterloo)
Heat 2: 1. Dolan; 2. Kay; 3. Denny Eckrich; 4. Diercks; 5. DeFrance; 6. 15C Curt Schroeder (Ames); 7. McKenna; 8. Boyse; 9. 91 Gabe Umbarger (Garner)
Heat 3: 1. Wendling; 2. Martin; 3. Hahne; 4. Callahan; 5. Emerson; 6. 23 Paul Conrad (Colo); 7. Grady; 8. 47 Andy Nezworski (Buffalo)
Heat 4: 1. Aikey; 2. Andy Eckrich; 3. Zroslik; 4. 9 Bobby Hansen (Center Point); 5. Ron Klein; 6. 11 Lyle Klein (Sherril); 7. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 8. Ryan
B-Feature 1: 1. Callahan; 2. Rauen; 3. Harris; 4. Emerson; 5. Grady; 6. Fitzpatrick; 7. Pestka; 8. Nezworski; 9. Foote; 10. Kastli; 11. Conrad
B-Feature 2: 1. Diercks; 2. DeFrance; 3. McKenna; 4. Ron Klein; 5. Boyse; 6. Schroeder; 7. Ryan; 8. Lyle Klein; 9. Hansen; 10. Umbarger; 11. Gustin
IMCA Stock Cars
Feature: 1. 47 Scott Pippert (Elberon); 2. 8 David Smith (Lake City); 3. 81 Devin Smith (Lake City); 4. 99D Damon Murty (Chelsea); 5. 35 Donavon Smith (Lake City); 6. R31 Ryan Leeman (Roland); 7. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 8. 22R Todd Reitzler (Grinnell); 9. 50X Kevin Balmer (Garwin); 10. 23HR Rod Richards (Madrid); 11. 4JR Russell Damme Jr. (Waterloo); 12. 12 Duayne Herb (Cedar Rapids); 13. 43X Nate Thelen (Newton)
Heat 1: 1. Atcher; 2. Pippert; 3. Balmer; 4. Reitzler; 5. Richards; 6. Leeman; 7. Murty
Heat 2: 1. Devin Smith; 2. David Smith; 3. Herb; 4. Thelen; 5. Damme; 6. Donavon Smith
IMCA Northern SportMods
Feature: 1. 3L Clint Luellen (Minburn): 2. 198 Sam Wieben (Dysart); 3. 13T Taylor Musselman (Norwalk); 4. 321 Andy Tiernan (Woodward); 5. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 6. 30 Joey Schaefer (Waterloo); 7. 95J Jason Hall (Grinnell); 8. 24B Brandon Brinton (Nevada); 9. S16 Kip Siems (Cedar Falls); 10. 7SR Shawn Ritter (Keystone); 11. 32N Neil Follett (Conrad); 12. CH19 Colby Heishman (Brooklyn); 13. 21L Matt Lettow (Roland); 14. 82 Jake McBirnie (Boone); 15. 98 Bill Hildreth (Marshalltown); 16. 29B Ben Wilson (Nevada); 17. 9A Logan Anderson (Oskaloosa); 18. 6T Siraj Thomason (Montezuma); 19. 7D Dakota Sellers (Vinton); 20. 72 Brett Lowry (Montezuma); 21. 80J Jared Van Deest (Holland): 22. T23 Tony Olson (Cedar Rapids); 23. 11 Michael Strait (New Providence); 24. 57R Ryan King (Montour); 25. 4 Ryan Maitland (Waterloo); 26. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 27. 22 Matt Petrzelka (Cedar Rapids)
Heat 1: 1.VanDenBerg; 2. Lettow; 3. Siems; 4. Brinton; 5. Sellers; 6. Wilson; 7. Thomason
Heat 2: 1. Luellen; 2. McBirnie; 3. Heishman; 4. Schaefer; 5. Strait; 6. Gustin; 7. Petrzelka
Heat 3: 1. Wieben; 2. Hall; 3. Musselman; 4. Follett; 5. Lowry; 6. Van Deest; 7. Anderson
Heat 4: 1. Tiernan; 2. Ritter; 3. Olson; 4. Maitland; 5. Hildreth; DQ King
Karl Chevrolet Dirt Trucks
Feature 1: 1. 9 Lou Siplot Jr. (Altoona); 2. 25 Pat Fagen (Des Moines); 3. 51 Kevin Sather (Ankeny); 4. 21 Brad Moyer (Alleman); 5. 23K Carl Knight (Des Moines); 6. 98 Bret Moyer (Polk City); 7. 23 AJ Nelson (Des Moines)
Feature 2: 1. 51 Kevin Sather; 2. 25 Pat Fagen; 3. 21 Brad Moyer; 4. 23 AJ Nelson; 5. 98 Bret Moyer; 6. 9 Lou Siplot; 7. 23K Carl Knight
