Highway 3 Raceway
Neal outruns Cooney for victory at Highway 3
From series reports
Neal celebrates in victory lane. (K.C. Rooney)
ALLISON, Iowa (July 30) — A late-race collision knocked Terry Neal and Todd Cooney out of the recent Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Oskaloosa. Just one week later, Neal saddled up a new ride and held off Cooney at the finish in the tour event at Highway 3 Raceway. The midweek victory paid $2,000 and was Neal’s second of the season and series career 17th. Point leader Boone McLaughlin, Rob Toland and 17th-starting Charlie McKenna completed the top five. | Slideshow
Pole starter Ben Nading led the first three circuits before Neal moved to the front. He opened a comfortable advantage and had caught up with the back of the field before the first caution of the contest came out just before midway through the 35-lapper.
Cooney made his move from the 11th starting spot and went three-wide with McLaughlin and Toland in the fight for second. With that position secured, Cooney tracked down Neal and the front pair ran side-by-side down the backstretch on the white flag lap. Neal found a bit more bite in the final set of turns, pulling ahead to beat Cooney across the finish line by less than two lengths. The win was also his career second at the Allison speedplant.
Deery Brothers @ Highway 3: (1) Terry Neal, (2) Todd Cooney, (3) Boone McLaughlin, (4) Rob Toland, (5) Charlie McKenna, (6) Matt Strassheim, (7) Tom Darbyshire, (8) Darrel DeFrance, (9) Ryan Griffith, (10) Stephan Kammerer, (11) Jason Hahne, (12) Ben Nading, (13) Travis Smock, (14) Justin Reed, (15) Andy Nezworski, (16) Luke Pestka, (17) T.J. Criss, (18) Al Johnson, (19) Bryan Klein, (20) Jeff Bair, (21) Jeff Aikey, (22) Joe Zrostlik, (23) Clint Wendel, (24) Greg Kastli. Heat race winners: McLaughlin, Cooney, Toland, Reed. Consolation winner: McKenna.
