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PHILLIPS GRABS 1ST DLRA WIN MONETT, MO (May 25) - Despite late afternoon showers fans and drivers alike pulled into the Monett Speedway Sunday night for the 8th annual Tony Roper Memorial. 31 DLRA late models took to the track for the 2nd appearance of the newly formed series. Jesse Stovall, Shane Essary, Will Vaught, and Terry Phillips took the heat race honors. Stovall, and Phillips were 1st to the green, with the duo, side by side into the 1st corner, Phillips gets a slight advantage coming out of 4 to lead the 1st circuit Jeremy Payne moves into the 3rd position with his nose on Stovall's bumper. Will Vaught, 4th, Justin Wells, 5th. Phillips stretches out his lead, only to have the caution wave on lap 15 for Billy Moyer Jr, slow on the back stretch. During the caution Vaught had to give up his 4th spot for a flat tire, sending him to the rear. When the green waved again, Phillips again pulled out to take the lead, as Stovall was trying to hang on to 2nd. Wells, Payne and Looney all fighting for the 3rd spot. Caution again waved on lap 27 as Looney pulled to the inside, having a flat right rear. Looney would have to retire his 14 machine for the night, also having mechanical trouble. With 13 laps to go, Phillips would again pull out to take the lead, and go unchallenged to bring home his 1st DLRA win. Stovall 2nd, Payne 3rd, Wells 4th, Vaught 5th. Eric Turner dominated the modified event followed by Stovall, and Rex Merritt. Chris Darnell, Jody Tillman, and Burl Woods, were side by side for 20 laps in the factory stock division. At the checkers it was Darnell, picking up his 1st win of the season. Tillman 2nd, Woods 3rd. Danny Boyd won the bomber division over Corey Pope, and Ryan Johnson took the rookie class win, followed by Shawn Price DLRA Late Models Heat 1 Jesse Stovall 2 Dustin Mooneyham 3 Leroy Johnson 4 Larry Jones 5 Chance Hines 6 John Kirby 7 Chris Morelock 8 Jeffrey Davis Heat 2 1 Shane Essary 2 Tony Jackson Jr. 3 Brad Looney 4 Billy Moyer Jr. 5 Jordan Holloway 6 Chris Hawkins 7 Gary Gorby 8 Ron Johnson Heat 3 1 Will Vaught 2 Jeremy Payne 3 Ken Essary 4 Darrin Barton 5 Jimmy Bellamy 6 Patrick Johnson 7 Randy Galloway 8 Adam Brown Heat 4 1 Terry Phillips 2 Justin Wells 3 Brandon McCormick 4 Darrell Mooneyham 5 Leslie Essary 6 Dewaine Hottinger 7 Gary Huckinball B Main 1 1 Darrell Mooneyham 2 Kirby 3 Hawkins 4 Bellamy 5 Galloway 6 Morelock 7 Brown B Main 2 1 L Essary 2 Holloway 3 Gorby 4 Johnson 5 Hottinger 6 Huckinball 7 R. Johnson A Feature 1 Phillips 2 Stovall 3 Payne 4 Wells 5 Vaught 6 L Essary 7 Jackson 8 McCormick 9 K. Essary 10 Darrell Mooneyham 11 Dustin Mooneyham 12 Hawkins 13 Kirby 14 P. Johnson 15 Barton 16 Holloway 17 Looney 18 S. Essary 19 Hines 20 L Johnson 21 Jones 22 Moyer jr. Factory Heat 1 1 George Meyer 2 Kelly Bremer 3 Billy Smith 4 Mike Casteel 5 Ray Pitts 6 Mark Bourey 7 Brent Manning Heat 2 1 Chris Darnell 2 Jody Tillman 3 Burl Woods 4 Kris Jackson 5 Jeremy Huffman 6 Carl Davis A Feature 1 Darnell 2 Tillman 3 Woods 4 Meyer 5 Bremer 6 Huffman 7 Bourey 8 Manning 9 Casteel 10 DAvis 11 Pitts 12 Smith Modified Rookie Bomber |