Deery Brothers Summer Series
October 11, 2014
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Kay Completes Deery Series Title Run With Twin Wins at West Liberty



IMCA Racing
WEST LIBERTY, IA (October 11) – Justin Kay couldn’t have scripted a better finish to his career first Deery Brothers Summer Series championship campaign.

Kay won the final event of the 2014 IMCA Late Model tour Saturday during West Liberty Raceway’s Liberty 100 special.

Mike Ruefer Photos | Final 2014 Standings

He followed that victory – his sixth in 14 series events – with another $3,000 run to the checkers in the pay/no points feature that followed. Both main events were 50 laps.

Denny Eckrich, Nate Beuseling, Colby Springsteen and hard charger Ryan Dolan completed the top five in the series finale.

Ray Guss Jr. and Todd Malmstrom were the early leaders before Beuseling took over for a long run at the front. Kay finally caught up on lap 43 and beat the 10th starting Eckrich to the checkers by a couple car lengths.

Nick Marolf, Jeremy Grady and Chad Holladay split time up front before Kay worked his way from 20th starting and into the lead on lap 19 in the second feature.

He won by a straightaway despite a lap 41 restart.



Kay is the fifth different driver to win the IMCA national and Deery Series titles in the same season. Jeff Aikey accomplished the feat in 1987, Curt Martin in 1990, Mark Burgtorf in 1998 and Guss in 2010 and 2011.

Andy Eckrich topped Friday’s $1,000 to win Ideal Ready Mix Ironman Challenge, open to all former series champions and drivers with perfect series attendance this season.

Matt Ryan led the first 15 of 20 laps before Eckrich drove by and won by six car lengths. Aikey was a distant third.

Inclement weather had forced postponement of the Liberty 100 from Oct. 3-4. The rescheduled date matched the 1991 finale as the latest in the series’ 28-year history.

A-Main #1  
1 15K Justin Kay Wheatland, IA $3,000
2 50 Denny Eckrich Tiffin, IA
3 46 Nate Beuseling Silvis, IL
4 38 Colby Springsteen Wapello, IA
5 51 Ryan Dolan Lisbon, IA
6 14 Mike Murphy Jr. Colona, IL
7 58 Ray Guss Jr. Milan, IL
8 15 Kyle Hinrichs Swisher, IA
9 56 Andy Eckrich Oxford, IA
10 75 Kevin Kile West Liberty, IA
11 45 Tommy Elston Keokuk, IA
12 40 Joel Callahan Dubuque, IA
13 77 Jeff Aikey Cedar Falls, IA
14 16 Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA
15 22B Jonathan Brauns Muscatine, IA
16 32C Chad Holladay Muscatine, IA
17 75M Todd Malmstrom Silvis, IL
18 74 Ron Boyse Kalona, IA
19 1M Rob Moss Iowa City, IA
20 33 Nick Marolf Moscow, IA
21 43 Jeremy Grady Story City, IA
22 15R Brian Harris Davenport, IA
23 24 Scott Fitzpatrick Urbandale, IA
24 98 Jason Rauen Farley, IA

A-Main #2  
1 15K Justin Kay Wheatland, IA $3,000
2 51 Ryan Dolan Lisbon, IA
3 50 Denny Eckrich Tiffin, IA
4 56 Andy Eckrich Oxford, IA
5 32C Chad Holladay Muscatine, IA
6 58 Ray Guss Jr. Milan, IL
7 38 Colby Springsteen Wapello, IA
8 75 Kevin Kile West Liberty, IA
9 43 Jeremy Grady Story City, IA
10 46 Nate Beuseling Silvis, IL
11 75M Todd Malmstrom Silvis, IL
12 14 Mike Murphy Jr. Colona, IL
13 40 Joel Callahan Dubuque, IA
14 35 Curren Beckler Tiffin, IA
15 22B Jonathan Brauns Muscatine, IA
16 99D Darrel DeFrance Marshalltown, IA
17 56 Gary Webb Blue Grass, IA
18 77 Jeff Aikey Cedar Falls, IA
19 74 Ron Boyse Kalona, IA
20 33 Nick Marolf Moscow, IA
21 45 Tommy Elston Keokuk, IA
22 16 Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA
23 15 Kyle Hinrichs Swisher, IA
24 07 Matt Ryan Davenport, IA


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