by Jody Spear –
MASON CITY – The IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series held it’s special Sports Mod and Late Model races at the I-35 Speedway at the North Iowa Events Center Wednesday night.
The evening started at 6:46 with a Pit Meeting with Hot Laps starting at 7:00. The Heat Laps followed with Sport Mods doing a six lap race and the Late Models doing ten laps. The Feature had Sport Mods doing fifteen laps and the Late Models doing thirty-five.
(PHOTO: Travis Greenfield rounds the corner at the I-35 Speedway Wednesday night.)
The Sports Mod race consisted of the racers that frequent the I-35 Speedway on a regular basis. There were nineteen cars in the Feature racing after the $750 payout. With a fifteen lap race ahead of him, Dan Tenold, started in pole position. He started in the lead and stayed there throughout every lap and took the checked flag and big payday. Nate Chodur and George Nordman finished in a respectful second and third position.
“Late Models is just a name of the Class that these cars race in. There’s Fords and Chevys, just like all Classes, but they have to stay within a certain set of rules. There are special specifications that goes with racing a Late Model Sports Mod,” said Jason Uttler’s Team. They were driving through, and decided to race. “We’re from Columbus Junction, Iowa, and got signed up late because we didn’t know for sure if we were going to compete. The top payout is $1500, so we decided to stay”.
Uttler, #31, started in Twelfth position, right in the middle of the twenty-four car Feature battle and finished in eighth.
Ray Guss Jr., #58, would be the man of the hour, taking First Place, Victory Land and $1500. Guss came to Mason City from Milan, Illinios. Jeff Aikey, # 77, from Cedar Falls, Iowa came in second and Justin Kay, #15K, from Wheatland, Iowa, came in third.
Most of the Late Model racers were from Iowa, except for nine from Illinios and one from Wisconson.
SportMods – Dan Tenold (pictured), Nate Chodur, George Nordman, Alex Zwanziger, Ben Schultze, Shane Swanson, Nick Meyer, Nick West, Tad Reutzel, Cody Knecht, Nate Whitehurst, Kip Siems, Coby Bangasser, Daryl Ruter, Zac Smith, Kurt Moeding, Dustin Enabnit, Adam Ackerman, Travis Greenfield.
IMCA Late Models – Ray Guss Jr. (pictured), Jeff Aikey, Justin Kay, Denny Eckrich, Mike Murphy Jr., Darrel DeFrance, Andy Eckrich, Jason Utter, Jay Johnson, Tyler Bruening, Ryan Griffith, Al Johnson, Joel Callahan, Doug Yates, Joe Zrostlik, Ben Nading, Riley Larson, Nick Bedersen, Carey Umbarger, Jeff Mitrisin, Kevin Sather, Dean Wagner, Jason Hahne, Charlie McKenna
You can read more on the IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series at http://www.imca.com/. Their upcoming races will be Dubuque Fairgounds Speedway on Sunday July 15th and Quad City Speedway in East Moline, Illinois, Wednesday, July 18th.
