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	ECKRICH GETS FIRST DEERY BROTHERS SUMMER SERIES WIN ON TUESDAY AT FARLEY SPEEDWAY


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Bill Martin
FARLEY, Iowa (August 3) - A first-time winner took the $2,000 checkers Tuesday night, in the first Deery Brothers Summer Series event at Farley Speedway in nearly seven years.

Andy Eckrich ran away from the rest of the IMCA Late Model tour feature field, leading the last 43 of 50 circuits. Runner-up Terry Neal was half a lap off the pace when Eckrich crossed the stripe.

Eckrich already owned a pair of second place finishes in main event starts and was the top rookie in series standings heading into the Tornado Tuesday program.

Point leader Ray Guss Jr., defending champion Jeff Aikey and Mark Preston rounded out the top five. Charlie McKenna worked his way up to sixth from the 24th starting spot to score hard charger honors and also pocketed the $250 Sunoco drawing bonus.

Aikey, winner of the last Deery race at Farley, in 2003, started on the pole and ran in front as cautions slowed the first seven laps.

Eckrich took over from the point, dealing with a myriad of cautions that finally came to an end on lap 36. The race ran green the rest of the way but Eckrich was clearly in a class by himself, winning handily.

McKenna had to start his drive toward the front twice, first from the initial green flag and then after advancing to midpack, being involved in a caution and then restarting in the rear.

Tire issues deflated the hopes of two other contenders, Kevin Blum and Jason Rauen.

Blum started outside row one, exited early with two rear flats, then raced his way back to fifth and eventually settled for seventh place pay.

Rauen made an even more impressive charge after making an early bid for the lead, then driving off with a broken left rear wheel.

He tagged the back of the back and rocketed to second before being kayoed for good by a cut tire.

McKenna, Blum and 14th place finisher T.J. Criss all piloted borrowed rides for the midweek special.

With 11 events in the books, the next Deery date is Monday, Aug. 16 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway in Des Moines.

Four races follow the end of the regular IMCA Late Model point season, on Sept. 3 at Quincy, Ill., Raceway, Sept. 4 at Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Sept. 6 on opening night of the IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals at Boone Speedway and Sept. 17-18, when 34 Raceway hosts the $10,000 to win Pepsi USA Nationals.

Feature results -
1. Andy Eckrich, Iowa City;
2. Terry Neal, Ely;
3. Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill.;
4. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo;
5. Mark Preston, Port Byron, Ill.;
6. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake;
7. Kevin Blum, Colona, Ill.;
8. Joel Callahan, Dubuque;
9. Josh Most, Red Oak;
10. Dan Shelliam, Hazel Green, Wis.;
11. Ben Nading, Ankeny;
12. Joe Zrostlik, Long Grove;
13. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown;
14. T.J. Criss, Oskaloosa;
15. Rob Petsche, Peosta;
16. Tyler Bruening, Decorah;
17. Jason Rauen, Farley;
18. Luke Goedert, Guttenberg;
19. Bryan Klein, Cedar Rapids;
20. Brian Harris, Davenport;
21. Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque;
22. Bobby Hansen, Center Point;
23. Todd Malmstrom, Silvis, Ill.;
24. Rob Toland, Davenport;
25. Cory Goldbeck, Camanche.

1st heat (top four) - 1. Blum; 2. DeFrance; 3. Neal; 4. Hurst.
2nd heat - 1. Rauen; 2. Guss; 3. Aikey; 4. Harris.
3rd heat - 1. Eckrich; 2. Bruening; 3. Preston; 4. Shelliam.
B feature - 1. Malmstrom; 2. Nading; 3. Zrostlik; 4. Hansen; 5. Callahan; 6. Klein; 7. Petsche; 8. Toland; 9. Goedert; 10. Most; 11. Criss; 12. McKenna; 13. Goldbeck.