TIPTON, Iowa – IMCA’s Deery Brothers Summer Series and Hawkeye Dirt Tour travel to Cedar County Raceway for what’s become a traditional dirt track twinbill Tuesday night.
The Aug. 2 doubleheader takes both IMCA Late Models and Xtreme Motor Sports IMCA Modifieds to Tipton for a fifth consecutive year.
Late Models race for $2,000 to win and a minimum of $300 to start. Modifieds chase a $1,000 top check and a minimum of $150 to start their 2017 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier.
Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand opens at 5 p.m. Hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. with racing to follow. Spectator admission is $17 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students and six and under free. Pit passes are $30.
Ron Barker won the first HDT feature held at Tipton, in 2011. No Dirt Tour driver has been able to repeat there as Barker has been followed to victory lane by Milo Veloz Jr., Darin Duffy, Jesse Sobbing and Colt Mather.
The Deery Series returned to Cedar County in 2011, two months after the Hawkeye Dirt Tour, when Nate Beuseling was the winner.
Kevin Kile and Brian Harris won at Tipton before Justin Kay took back-to-back checkers in 2014 and 2015.
The two-division star will look to continue that streak as well as win a record third straight Hawkeye Dirt Tour main event tomorrow night. Complete information about Tuesday’s show at Cedar County is available by calling 563 889-2826 and on the track Facebook page.
Deery Brothers Summer Series top 20 point standings – 1. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, 447; 2. Tyler Bruening, Decorah, 441; 3. Ryan Dolan, Lisbon, 416; 4. Scott Fitzpatrick, Wheatland, 413; 5. Matt Ryan, Davenport, 404; 6. Joel Callahan, Dubuque, 390; 7. Andy Nezworski, Buffalo, and Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, both 373; 9. Joe Zrostlik, Long Grove, 372; 10. Chad Holladay, Muscatine, 369; 11. Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, 366; 12. Richie Gustin, Gilman, 313; 13. Tyler Droste, Waterloo, 283; 14. Denny Eckrich, Tiffin, 269; 15. Curt Schroeder, Newton, 251; 16. Ray Guss Jr., Milan, Ill., 233; 17. Andy Eckrich, Oxford, 194; 18. Eric Pollard, Peosta, 191; 19. Justin Kay, Wheatland, 161; 20. Ben Seemann, Waterloo, 143.
Hawkeye Dirt Tour top 20 point standings – 1. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, 242; 2. Joel Rust, Grundy Center, and Kelly Shryock, Fertile, both 222; 4. Corey Dripps, Reinbeck, 208; 5. Kyle Brown, State Center, 193; 6. Richie Gustin, Gilman, 162; 7. Brian Irvine, Oelwein, 149; 8. Mark Elliott, Webster City, 147; 9. David Brown, Kellogg, 132; 10. Jacob Murray, Hartford, 114; 11. Justin Kay, Wheatland, 105; 12. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, 101; 13. Kurt Kile, Nichols, 98; 14. Tim Ward, Harcourt, 94; 15. Ryan Maitland, Waterloo, 92; 16. Mike Van Genderen, Newton, 91; 17. Todd Shute, Des Moines, 90; 18. Cody Laney, Torrance, Calif., 81; 19. Shane DeMey, Denison, 80; 20. Dakota Hayden, Wilton, 78.