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TERRY PHILLIPS TAKES LATE MODEL SHOOTOUT NIGHT TWO WIN AT
LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY
WDRL points battle tightens up
By Bucky Doren
WORLD Dirt Racing League
KANSAS CITY, KS (Sept. 27, 2008) -- Terry Phillips took the win on Night Two
of the Late Model Shootout Saturday night here at Lakeside Speedway. The
event was co-sanctioned by the WORLD Dirt Racing League and the O'Reilly
MLRA Series.
As a result of the weekend racing action, the WDRL points battle tightened
between John Kaanta and Chad Simpson. The top two are separated by a single
point with only one night points racing, during a two-night show, left on
the 2008 schedule.
Phillips, of Springfield, Mo., started 16th in the $5,000-to-win feature
event Saturday. He worked the low side of the speedway and made his way
toward the front. He caught race leader Alan Vaughn and battled through
lapped traffic with him. The two swapped the lead a few times before
Phillips would come out on top and repeat as the winner of the Saturday
version of the Late Model Shootout at Lakeside Speedway.
Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, rolled out of staging in the seventh
starting spot and found himself racing in the back half of the top 10
through the early portion of the feature. As the race wound down, Simpson
was moving toward the front.
Working the high side to perfection, he was able to move up to second place.
But the race ended before Simpson was able to track down the leader for a
showdown.
Vaughn, of Belton, Mo., ran in the top five all night. Vaughn worked past
early race leader Frank Heckenast Jr., Orland Park, Ill., but was passed by
eventual race winner Phillips. With Simpson also getting by in the closing
laps, Vaughn held on for third.
John Anderson of Omaha, Neb., spent most of his 50 laps in heavy traffic
just outside the top five. He finally worked his way through the pack of
cars to post a fourth-place finish.
WORLD Dirt Racing League points leader John Kaanta of Elk Mound, Wis., came
from an 11th-place start Saturday to a fifth-place finish. Friday night's
winner, Denny Woodworth of Mendon, Ill., was sixth Saturday.
Leaving Lakeside, Kaanta holds on to a one-point lead over Chad Simpson. The
2008 series champion will be determined during the $10,000 Iowa Governor's
Cup race Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, at Davenport (Iowa) Speedway.
Friday night will feature Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Group Qualifying,
CrashedToys.com Heat Races and the IITI Pole Dash.
On Saturday night, racing fans will view the last-chance races and the
60-Lap Governor's Cup feature event.
The WORLD Dirt Racing League wishes to thank these series sponsors: Hoosier
Racing Tires, Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, CrashedToys.com, Chase Signs
and Graphics, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Hooker Harness, Fast Shafts,
Lincoln Electric, Performance Bodies, QA1 Motorsports, The Brake Man and
Wyman Ford. For more information on the WORLD Dirt Racing League or the
latest WDRL Late Model Series schedule, check out the WORLD Dirt Racing
League's Web site, www.worldraceleague.com.
RACE REPORT
LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY
KANSAS CITY, KAN.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 2008
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 1:
1. Eric Pember, 2. Alan Vaughn, 3. Terry Phillips, 4. Reid Millard, 5. Al
Purkey, 6. John Kuchar, 7. Kelly Dunn, 8. Eric Anderson, 9. Shad Badder, 10.
Todd Bell.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 2:
1. Frank Heckenast Jr., 2. Andrew McKay, 3. Jeremy Grady, 4. John Kaanta, 5.
Jeremy Payne, 6. Kevin Kile, 7. Tommy Elston, 8. Bryant Goldsmith, 9. Kenny
Edwards, 10. Brantlee Gotschall.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 3:
1. Mark Voight, 2. Larry Clausen, 3. Mark Burgtorf, 4. Mike Collins, 5.
Jason Bodenhamer, 6. Cale Gottschalk, 7. Bill Koons, 8. Kyle Berck, 9. Jason
O'Brien, 10. Mike Walker.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 4:
1. Jesse Stovall, 2. John Anderson, 3. Chad Simpson, 4. Al Humphrey, 5. Kurt
Kile, 6. Kelly Boen, 7. Tony Jackson, 8. Trent Jackson, 9. Gary Webb, 10.
P.J. Haskins.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 5:
Will Vaught, 2. Skip Frey, 3. David Turner, 4. Chad Lyle, 5. Denny
Woodworth, 6. Delbert Smith, 7. Joe Kosiski, 8. Shawn Harker, 9. Dustin
Heuhl, 10. Molly Collins.
WDRL B-MAIN 1: (Top 3 transfer)
1. Grady, 2. Lyle, 3. Kurt Kile 4. Bodenhamer, 5. Humphrey, 6. Badder, 7.
Dunn, 8. Gotschall, 9. Kuchar, 10. Eric Anderson, 11. Kosiski, 12. Kevin
Kile, 13. Heuhl, 14. Tony Jackson, 15. Berck, 16. O'Brien, 17. Haskins.
WDRL B-MAIN 2: (Top 3 transfer)
1. Turner, 2. Payne, 3. Woodworth, 4. Boen, 5. Trent Jackson, 6. Smith, 7.
Webb, 8. Millard, 9. Koons, 10. Harker, 11. Bell, 12. Collins, 13. Walker,
14. Goldsmith, 15. Gottschalk.
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULATION POLE DASH:
1. Heckenast, 2. Clausen, 3. Voight, 4. Vaughn, 5. Pember, 6. Vaught, 7.
Simpson, 8. Stovall.
WDRL FEATURE: 50-Laps
1. Terry Phillips, 2. Chad Simpson, 3. Alan Vaughn, 4. John Anderson, 5.
John Kaanta, 6. Denny Woodworth, 7. Frank Heckenast Jr., 8. Eric Pember, 9.
Andrew McKay, 10. Kurt Kile, 11. Joe Kosiski, 12. Jeremy Grady, 13. Larry
Clausen, 14. Jason Bodenhamer, 15. Bill Koons, 16. Gary Webb, 17. David
Turner, 18. Will Vaught, 19. Mark Voight, 20. Skip Frey, 21. Mark Burgtorf,
22. Al Purkey, 23. Jesse Stovall, 24. Chad Lyle, 25. Jeremy Payne, 26. Mike
Collins.
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