Justin Kay Wins Deery Brothers Summer Series 2018 Opener – Matt Ryan Finishes Second Giving Him the First Sunoco Bonus of the Season

 (TIPTON, IA  -  April 21, 2018) – Justin Kay continued his winning streak at the Tipton Speedway, in the Deery Brothers Summer Series 2018 opener. However, Kay needed nearly all the fifty laps of the A-main to get the job done.

Ryan Dolan jumped out to the early lead from the pole. As Dolan pulled away, Kay and Andy Eckrich were locked in a fierce battle second. The pair would swap the position several times. Terry Neal used the very bottom groove to work his way into second. Unfortunately his race would end several laps later, when he coasted into the infield.

Kay finally managed to shake Eckrich with ten laps to go and started to chase down the leader. Kay drove around Dolan with five laps to go, but the yellow flag waved again a couple laps later.  On the restart, Kay pulled away with Matt Ryan riding a late race surge to finish second, making him the first Sunoco bonus of the season.   Dolan finished third, followed by Todd Cooney and Andy Eckrich.  Late Model heat wins went to Kay, Dolan, Joe Zrostlik, and Denny Eckrich. Chad Holladay and Jeremiah Hurst won the semi-features.

Edited from press release by Mike McGuire