Burgtorf makes it two straight Deery wins with Quincy checkers

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Burgtorf makes it two straight Deery wins with Quincy checkers

 

QUINCY, Ill. (April 23) – A very familiar face was back in victory

lane Thursday night at Quincy Raceway.

 

Mark Burgtorf ran away from everybody in winning the rescheduled

Deery Brothers Summer Series feature, pocketing a $2,000 check and

adding to his early season lead in point standings for the IMCA Late

Model tour.

 

The victory was Burgtorf’s second straight in the series, following

his April 17 win at Davenport, Iowa, Speed way.

 

Seven of his Deery career 21 checkers have come at Quincy; Burgtorf

had only won back-to-back events once before, in 2001, when he went

on to capture the second of his three series crowns.

 

Ray Guss Jr. started outside the front row and led the first 13 laps.

The only cautions of the night came on laps seven and eight. The

third starting Burgtorf was quick to challenge as the race stayed

green, passing Terry Schlipman and then racing around Guss on the

high side for the front spot on the 14th circuit.

 

Dealing deftly with lapped traffic, Burgtorf ran away from the field

in winning the 50-lapper by a straightaway. Guss was closest at the

finish, with Jason Frankel, Jeff Aikey and Jerry Weisenberger

rounding out the top five.

 

Frankel advanced a dozen places after making the main event through

his “B” feature.

 

Forty cars were on hand for the Quincy show, postponed from April 19

because of inclement weather.

 

With IMCA’s weekly Late Model point season set to begin this weekend,

the series resumes on May 20 at Highway 3 Race way in Allison, Iowa.

 

Burgtorf will have a five point advantage over Frankel going into

that Wednesday night event. Aikey is seven points off the pace while

Guss is eight points out of first.

 

Feature results –

1. Mark Burgtorf, Quincy;

2. Ray Guss Jr., Milan;

3. Jason Frankel, Quincy;

4. Jeff Aikey, Waterloo, Iowa;

5. Jerry Weisenberger, Quincy;

6. Terry Schlipman, Mendon;

7. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, Iowa;

8. Lonnie Bailey, Quincy;

9. Joey Gower, Quincy;

10. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, Iowa;

11. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis, Iowa;

12. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa;

13. Nick Ingalls, Quincy;

14. Ron Elbe, Augusta;

15. Rob Toland, Davenport, Iowa;

16. Matt Strassheim, West Burlington, Iowa;

17. Robby Warner, Quincy;

18. Luke Goedert, Holy Cross, Iowa;

19. Bryan Klein, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;

20. Justin Kay, Wheatland, Iowa;

21. Terry Neal, Ely, Iowa;

22. Denny Woodworth, Mendon;

23. Stephan Kammerer, Blue Grass, Iowa;

24. Justin Reed, Quincy.

1st heat (top three) – 1. Goedert; 2. Darbyshire; 3. Burgtorf. 2nd

heat – 1. Weisenberger; 2. Gower; 3. In galls. 3rd heat – 1. Johnson;

2. Strassheim; 3. Guss. 4th heat – 1. Schlipman; 2. DeFrance; 3. Aikey.

1st “B” feature (top four) – 1. Bailey; 2. Frankel; 3. Kay; 4. Neal.

2nd “B feature – 1. McLaughlin; 2. Reed; 3. Elbe; 4. Woodworth.

 

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