Collins collects top Deery cash Sunday at Eagle

EAGLE, Neb. (April 6) – A first-time winner emerged from night two of
the Deery Brothers Summer Series doubleheader during Eagle Raceway’s
Ice Breaker Challenge weekend.

Mike Collins led all 35 times around the track to top Sunday’s IMCA J
& J Steel Late Model tour event, earning the $2,000 checkers ahead of
Saturday victor Todd Cooney.

After taking the initial green from outside row one, Collins edged
inside pole starter Ben Nading and set sail, sticking to the low
groove and bringing Cooney along into lapped traffic.

Scattered cautions flew throughout the race, with Collins holding
Cooney at bay after each re-start.

Mike Klinkhammer was third across the finish line, chased by 10th
starting Boone McLaughlin and Darrel DeFrance.

Andy Nezworski made the most progress through the field, from 22nd to
10th, after qualifying through his “B” feature.

After making its first-ever visits to Eagle, the series returns to
more familiar venues next weekend with an April 12-13 doubleheader at
34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, and at Quincy, Ill., Raceway.

Gates at 34 open at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, with hot laps at 6:30 p.m.
and racing at 7 p.m.

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars are also on the Sunday program at Quincy,
where gates open at 4 p.m., hot laps start at 6 p.m. and racing is at
6:30 p.m.

Feature Results –
1. Mike Collins, Council Bluffs, Iowa;
2. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, Iowa;
3. Mike Klinkhammer, West Liberty, Iowa;
4. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis, Iowa;
5. Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, Iowa;
6. Cory Goldbeck, Camanche, Iowa;
7. Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, Iowa;
8. Corey Zeitner, Omaha;
9. Stephan Kammerer, Blue Grass, Iowa;
10. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, Iowa;
11. Mike Garland, Morrison, Ill.;
12. J.D. Auringer, Waterloo, Iowa;
13. Jason Frankel, Quincy, Ill.;
14. Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, Iowa;
15. Al Johnson, Story City, Iowa;
16. T.J. Criss, Oskaloosa, Iowa;
17. Clint Wendel, Mason City, Iowa;
18. Matt Strassheim, Burlington, Iowa;
19. Craig Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa;
20. Luke Pestka, Robins, Iowa;
21. Jason Hahne, Webster City, Iowa;
22. Terry Neal, Ely, Iowa;
23. Ben Nading, Ankeny, Iowa;
24. Jay Johnson, West Burlington, Iowa.
1st heat (top four) – 1. Neal; 2. McKenna; 3. Strassheim; 4.
Kammerer. 2nd heat – 1. Collins; 2. Goldbeck; 3. Cooney; 4. Al
Johnson. 3rd heat – 1. DeFrance; 2. McLaughlin; 3. Criss; 4. Garland.
4th heat – 1. Klink hammer; 2. Nading; 3. Zeitner; 4. Hahne.
1st “B” feature (top three) – 1. Darbyshire; 2. Frankel; 3.
Nezworski. 2nd “B” – 1. Jay Johnson; 2. Aur inger; 3. Pestka.