Hawkeye Downs Speedway
DeFrance gets asphalt victory after Spaw is DQ'd
From series reports
DeFrance inherited the victory. (K.C. Rooney)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Aug. 6) — Polesitter Darrel DeFrance of Marshalltown, Iowa, was awarded an IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series victory at Hawkeye Downs Speedway after hometown driver Johnny Spaw was disqualified because an illegal engine. DeFrance had led the first five laps before Spaw took over and crossed the finish line first at the asphalt track for the second straight year. But this time, Spaw was stripped of the victory in the tour's annual foray on asphalt. | Slideshow
DeFrance, making his 328th start in the series, won his second straight series event. Rounding out the top five was Matt Ryan, Terry Neal, Jeff Aikey and Brian Klein. Spaw, who races weekly on asphalt and dirt, was driving a mid-1990s GRT Race Car owned by Dale Stolte.
Deery Brothers @ Hawkeye Downs: (1) Darrel DeFrance, (2) Matt Ryan, (3) Terry Neal, (4) Jeff Aikey, (5) Brian Klein, (6) Boone McLaughlin, (7) Matt Strassheim, (8) Tom Darbysire, (9) Tyler Bruenig, (10) Bryan Kammerer, (11) Al Johnson, (12) Charlie McKenna, (13) Mike Klinkammer Jr., (14) T.J. Criss, (15) Joe Zrostlik, (16) Bobby Hansen, (17) Andy Nezworski, (18) Justin Reed, (19) Mike Garland, (20) Todd Cooney, (21) Marty Diercks, (22) Ray Guss Jr., (23) Ben Nading. Disqualified: Johnny Spaw. Heat race winners (among 30 cars): Klein, Bruenig, Aikey, Darbyshire. Consolation winner: Zrostlik.
