Vaughn grabs Valley Speedway Loot

GRAIN VALLEY, MO (June 9) - Belton, MO's Alan Vaughn raced to the front of the field and never looked back as he picked up the O'Reilly MLRA win on Saturday night at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, MO. The win broke a dry spell for Vaughn that dated back to August of 2005 and also moved his O'Reilly MLRA win total to 27 - just one win shy of fourth on the all time wins list.

As the field took the green flag front row starters Jason Bodenhamer and Vaughn flew into turn one side by side with Vaughn powering off the high side of the track to take the top spot. Once out front Vaughn quickly began to separate himself from the field and had opened an eight car length lead over the next handful of laps. A couple of early yellow flags slowed the pace, but each time Vaughn was able to open up the gap once again and hold off any challenges. Even a late race caution was not enough to slow Vaughn's progress and he raced across the line by nearly a full straight away holding off a sixth starting Al Purkey for the win after forty laps of fast and furious action. Gary Stolba came across the line with a solid third place run with Chris Smyser and fifteenth starting Kyle Berck rounding out the top five at the finish.

Vaughn made a sweep of the action as he joined Chris Smyser, Jason Bodenhamer, and Eric Turner in topping the heat race action. The other big winner of the evening was Larry D. Clawson as he picked up the $1,000 check for taking home the Midwest Walnut Lucky Stars Award.

The O'Reilly MLRA will take a short break in the action and return to the track on June 30 as they travel to the north and Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, MO.

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Full Results
Valley Speedway
June 9, 2007

Heat 1
1) Chris Smyser, 2) Randy Zimmerman, 3) Denny Woodworth, 4) Will Vaught, 5) Larry Clawson, 6) Chad Frewaldt

Heat 2
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Jeremy Payne, 4) Brian Kenning, 5) Larry D. Clawson, DNS - Rick Leigh

Heat 3
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Corey Zeitner, 3) David Turner, 4) Kyle Berck, 5) Bob Miller, 6) PJ Haskins

Heat 4
1) Eric Turner, 2) Gary Stolba, 3) Shad Badder, 4) David Barker, 5) Ricky Frankel

A Feature
1) Vaughn, 2) Purkey, 3) Stolba, 4) Smyser, 5) Berck, 6) Payne, 7) Vaught,
8) E. Turner, 9) D. Turner, 10) Zimmerman, 11) Woodworth, 12) Badder, 13) Bodenhamer, 14) Barker, 15) Zeitner, 16) Frankel, 17) Larry Clawson, 18) Haskins, 19) Frewaldt, 20) Kenning, 21) Larry D. Clawson, 22) Miller, DNS - Leigh

Midwest Walnut Lucky Stars Award: Larry D. Clawson