Tommy Elston grabs first O'Reilly MLRA win

BUCKNER, MO (July 4, 2007) - Tommy Elston rolled into 24 Raceway in Moberly, MO looking for a strong run and when the night had ended he found himself picking up the big check for his first O'Reilly MLRA victory.

Mark Voigt grabbed the top spot from his outside row one starting position and lead the first two laps until the caution flag flew. On the ensuing restart Elston powered to the front and held on for the remainder of the event to pick up the checkered flag ahead of Denny Eckrich, Voigt, Chris Simpson, and Weld Wheels Hard Charger Award winner Gary Stolba.

Thirty-six cars signed in on the evening with Denny Eckrich, Jason Bodenhamer, Chris Simpson, and Larry Clawson topping heat race action. The two B Features contested saw Brett Rollert and Gary Stolba notch the wins to advance to the evenings feature event. The event also saw Larry Clawson pick up the Midwest Walnut Lucky Stars Award after his 18th place finish in the A Feature.

Up next for the O'Reilly MLRA is a trip to Eldon, MO and Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday, July 7. During their lone trip to the facility in 2006 Jeff Taylor picked up the win in the event co-sanctioned with the Mid American Racing Series.

For more information on Lake Ozark Speedway visit them on the web at www.lakeozarkspeedway.com or give them a call at 573-392-9977.

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Full Results
24 Raceway
July 3, 2007

Heat 1
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Mark Voigt, 3) Mark Burgtorf, 4) Trace Westling, 5) Bob Hiller, 6) Bob Cummings, 7) Russell Jeffries, 8) Steve Grotz, 9) JD Hubert

Heat 2
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Scott Drake, 3) Dave Eckrich, 4) Chris Smyser, 5) Gary Stolba, 6) Ricky Frankel, 7) Sonny Findling, 8) Bob King, DNS - Gary Wilson

Heat 3
1) Chris Simpson, 2) Eric Turner, 3) Matt Furman, 4) David Turner, 5) Brett Rollert, 6) David Barker, 7) Danny Lorton, 8) Larry D. Clawson, 9) Leslie Essary

Heat 4
1) Larry Clawson, 2) Tommy Elston, 3) Nick Ingalls, 4) Billy Moyer Jr., 5) Randy McGraw, 6) Alan Vaughn, 7) Bob Miller, 8) Steven Clancy, DNS - Justin Reed

B Feature #1
1) Rollert, 2) Grotz, 3) Barker, 4) Lorton, 5) Hiller, 6) Cummings, 7) Jefferies, DNS - Clancy

B Feature #2
1) Stolba, 2) Frankel, 3) King, 4) McGraw, 5) Vaughn, 6) Hubert, 7) Miller

A Feature
1) Elston, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Voigt, 4) Simpson, 5) Stolba, 6) Dave Eckrich, 7) Drake, 8) Burgtorf, 9) Eric Turner, 10) Grotz, 11) Vaughn, 12) Bodenhamer, 13) Smyser, 14) Moyer, 15) Ingalls, 16) David Turner, 17) Rollert, 18) Clawson, 19) Furman, 20) Barker, 21) Westling, 22) Frankel

Midwest Walnut Lucky Stars Award Winner: Larry Clawson
Weld Wheels Hard Charger: Gary Stolba