Deery Brothers Summer Series
Southern Iowa Speedway
June 20, 2012
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Denny Eckrich dominant in Southern Iowa Speedway Deery win

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (June 20) – Denny Eckrich helped make the scorer’s job easier on Wednesday night at Southern Iowa Speedway. 

Eckrich led every time around the half-mile oval at Oskaloosa, winning his career second Deery Brothers Summer Series feature in dominating style.

The $2,000 victory came ahead of two-time defending series champion Ray Guss Jr., who ran second all 35 circuits.

Todd Cooney, Jeff Aikey and Andy Eckrich completed the top five for the midweek IMCA Late Model tour main event.

Point leader Mike Murphy Jr. was sixth.

Guss drew the pole with Denny Eckrich outside row one. Dialed in from the get-go, Eckrich pulled ahead from the pack and ran by himself most of the night. 

The only caution of the contest came out for a single car miscue on lap 20. Eckrich remained unchallenged after the restart, taking the checkers well ahead of Guss. 

Aikey was the hard charger, advancing eight positions from his original starting spot. Hometown driver Jeff Mitrisin pocketed the $250 Sunoco Race Fuels feature qualifier drawing. 

Eckrich had won his Deery career first feature last month at Marshalltown.

Independence Motor Speedway notes the tour’s 25th visit to that venue on Monday, July 2 with a $2,525 to win main event. Pit gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

Feature results – 1. Denny Eckrich, Tiffin; 2. Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill.; 3. Todd Cooney, Des Moines; 4. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo; 5. Andy Eckrich, Oxford; 6. Mike Murphy Jr., Colona, Ill.; 7. Kurt Kile, Nichols; 8. Jay Johnson, West Burlington; 9. Spencer Diercks, Davenport; 10. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown; 11. Kevin Kile, West Liberty; 12. Colby Springsteen, Wapello; 13. Justin Kay, Wheatland; 14. Jay Chenoweth, Wapello; 15. Joel Callahan, Dubuque; 16. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa; 17. Tyler Bruening, Decorah; 18. Justin Diercks, Davenport; 19. Paul Glendenning, Mount Ayr; 20. Kevin Sather, Ankeny; 21. Jason Utter, Columbus Junction; 22. Mike Klinkkammer, West Branch.

1st heat – 1. Andy Eckrich; 2. Kurt Kile; 3. Callahan; 4. Aikey; 5. Mitrisin; 6. Glendenning; 7. Kay; 8. Bruening.

2nd heat – 1. Murphy; 2. Johnson; 3. Guss; 4. Spencer Diercks; 5. Sather; 6. Kevin Kile; 7. Justin Diercks.

3rd heat – 1. Denny Eckrich; 2. Cooney; 3. Utter; 4. Springsteen; 5. DeFrance; 6. Chenoweth; 7. Klinkkammer.