Burlington, IA (Saturday, April 9, 2011) - WOW!!! Couldn't have asked for better weather for the 3rd Annual "Slocum 50", featuring the Deery Brothers Summer Series for IMCA Late Models. A huge crowd came out to pay tribute to the late Brent Slocum, on a night with mid 70's temperatures.
Forty-seven IMCA Late Models signed in, with hopes of taking home the $3,000 top prize. The top 3 in each of the five heats would transfer into the A Main, with the top 3 in each of the two B Mains also moving into the A Main. Then two series provisionals for the highest in 2011 points who didn't make into the A Main through the heats and B Mains would be added. The final spot was giving to the driver who passed the most cars during the heats and B Mains combined, to make up the twenty-four starting field.
The first feature of the night was the 25 lap 305 Sprints, with Bobby Mincer and Justin Parrish drawing the front row. Parrish would take advantage of his front row start to grab the lead on the drop of the green over Mincer and Matt Krieger. The first caution of the event would appear on lap 14, when Kenneth Bragg spun off of turn 2. Parrish had built up a half a track lead over the battle for second between Mincer and Krieger. On the restart the red flag was displayed as Krieger, who was running 3rd, got sideways in turn one and was hit by Alan Ambers, who was running 6th. Causing both cars to roll off the speedway in turn 2. Both drivers climbed from there machines ok. Another red flag appeared on the restart, as Nick Guernsey got high in turn 1 and rolled off turn 2. Parrish jumped back out front on the restart, with Mincer and Jayson Ditsworth, who started 10th, close behind in 2nd and 3rd. Ditsworth would clear Mincer for 2nd on lap 18 and then went to work on Parrish for the lead. Parrish was able to hold back Ditsworth until lap 22, when he drifted to high coming off 2 allowing Ditsworth to slip under for the top spot. Ditsworth then pulled away over the final 3 laps to claim the win. Parrish held on for 2nd, Mincer was 3rd, Chad Huston was 4th, with Justin Newberry coming from 9th to round out the top 5.
Wayne Noble and Kenny Foor led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 15 lap 4 Cylinder feature, with Noble moving out front on the drop of the green. The first of two cautions of the event would come out on lap 2, for debris in turn 1. On the restart Noble jumped back into the lead and started to pull away, when he was slowed for the final time on lap 5. Mike Hornung would get into the side of Jason Delzell, with both spinning to a stop in turn 2. Once again Noble moved into the lead on the restart, but now had Nick Wilkerson, who started 10th, and Darin Smith, who started 9th, close behind in second. Noble, who was running the high side, Wilkerson, was running the middle, and Smith, down low, would run several laps three wide for the lead. On the final lap Wilkerson would slid under Noble going into turn 3 and then edged out Noble at the line to pick up the win. Smith settled for 3rd, Brad Chandler started 11th and came home in 4th, with Jacob Darbyshire coming home in 5th.
The final feature of the night was the 50 lap "Slocum 50" for the IMCA Late Models. Denny Woodworth and Billy Tuckwell drew the front row to lead the field to the drop of the green flag. Woodworth would grab the lead on lap 1 over Tuckwell, Todd Mahlstrom and Rob Toland. Toland worked the bottom of the speedway to perfection, as he slid under Woodworth on lap 6 to grab the top spot. The field was slowed for the first time on lap 7, as Dan Shelliam spun down the backstretch. On the restart Toland moved back out into the lead, with Woodworth and Boone McLaughlin, who started 6th, battling it out for second. Toland would hold the lead until lap 10, when he suddenly did a 360 spin in turn 2, giving the lead back to Woodworth. A caution on lap 11 for Terry Neal, who started 14th and was up to 10th, spun to a stop in turn 2. Meanwhile Toland excited to the pits to change a left rear flat, which may have been the cause of his 360 spin a lap earlier. Woodworth again jumped into the lead on the restart, leaving McLaughlin and Ray Guss Jr., who started 10th, battling for the running up spot. Just as Woodworth started to pull away from the field, another caution appeared on lap 15. Brian Harris, who started 11th, got into the left rear of Guss Jr., as the two where battling for 3rd, causing Harris to spin to a stop in turn 2. On the yellow, Guss Jr. went to the pits to change the left rear flat from the contact from Harris.
On the restart Woodworth once again grabbed the lead, with McLaughlin and Matt Ryan, who started 7th, battling it out for 2nd. Woodworth's lead was erased on lap 18, as Keith Pratt, who started 18th and had work his way up to 7th, slowed to a stop off of turn 2 to bring caution to the speedway. Once again Woodworth moved into the lead on the restart, with McLaughlin trying to hold back Ryan for 2nd. Woodworth had built up a straight away lead over McLaughlin over the next 13 laps, when the final caution of the event came out on lap 31. Toland, who had come from the rear after his lap 11 flat to get back to 6th, slowed to a stop in turn 2. On the restart Woodworth jumped back out into the lead, with Ryan getting by McLaughlin for 2nd. Woodworth looked to be heading for victory when disaster struck him on lap 34, when he excited the track in turn 2 with a right rear flat. Ryan would inherit the lead, with McLaughlin close behind in 2nd. Ryan, was working the bottom of the speedway, with McLaughlin, working the top, as the two battled side-by-side for the lead. McLaughlin would try a last lap pass of Ryan coming off turn four, but would come up a half a car length short. Ryan would claim his first career Deery Brothers Summer Series win and the $3,000 top prize. Mark Burgtorf charged from 22nd to finish in 3rd, Neal recovered from his lap 11 spin to come back to finish 4th, with Tom Darbyshire taking a provisional and passing 18 cars to round out the top 5.
Notes from 34: 47 Late Models, 26 4 Cylinders and 17 305 Sprints made up the 90 cars signed in to battle in front of the huge crowd......Brian Harris, who started 10th, made a last lap pass of Keith Pratt to take the final transfer spot in heat 1...Tom Goble came from 7th to grab the final transfer spot in heat 2....Justin Reed came from 6th to hold off Colby Springsteen, who started 7th, for the final transfer spot in heat 3....Ray Guss Jr came from 6th to win heat 5....Jason Cook held off Jeff Aikey to take the final transfer spot in heat 5, to make his first career Deery Brothers Summer Series start....Matt Bailey held off a charge from Mark Burgtorf, who started 12th, to get the final transfer spot in B Main 1....Joey Gower held off Matt Strassheim for the final transfer spot in B Main 2. But was disqualified in tech to give Strassheim the transfer spot....Burgtorf would get the most cars passed provisional and started 22nd in the A Main. He would pass 19 cars to claim 3rd and the hard charger of the race....Terry Neal, who started 14th, recovered from his lap 11 spin to come back to finish in 4th....Tom Darbyshire took a series provisional and started 23rd, he would pass 18 cars to come home in 5th....Strassheim came from 21st and passed 15 cars to come home in 6th....Colby Springsteen started 16th and passed 9 cars to finish in 7th....Tyler Bruening also took a series provisional and started 24th. He would pass 16 cars to take home an 8th place finish....Jason Cook would finish in 10th in his first career Deery Summer Series A Main start....Denny Woodowrth, who dominated much of the race, was credited with 11th....Brian Harris had worked his way back to 5th after a lap 15 spin, but excited on lap 33 to finish in 13th....Any Eckrich was running 6th and also excited to the speedway on lap 33 to end the night in 14th....Toland was credited with 14th, after his flat on lap 11 and then move back up to 6th before his troubles on lap 31....Tom Goble, who started 12th, had worked his way to 3rd when he pulled off on the lap 18 yellow to be credited with 21st......Tony Davis started the 305 Sprint in 13th and passed 7 cars to finish in 6th....Daniel Bergquist came from 14th to also pass 7 cars to finish in 7th....John Draper passed 8 cars from his 16th starting spot to come home in 8th....Defending track champion Kevin Hetrick struggled on the night and came home in 10th....Jason Gingerich started 17th and passed 6 cars to finish 11th in his first 305 Sprint Car start......Nathan Chandler passed 8 cars from his 14th starting spot in the 4 Cylinder feature to come home in 6th....Todd Nelson, who owns the Late Model of Mark Burgtorf, started the feature in 13th and passed 5 cars to finish in 8th....Gabe Schrader came from 18th to pass 9 cars to take home a 9th place finish....CJ Loring came from 15th to round out the top 10....Mike Hornung recover the the lap 5 spin to finish in 15th....David Helenthal started 26th and passed 8 cars to come home in 18th.
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