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Anderson Scores First Win of 2011!
SEDALIA, MO (August 22 , 2011) - Leading all 30 laps in Sunday evening's
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature, John Anderson earned his first Lucas Oil
MLRA win of the season. "We know our team and we know we've been
struggling the first part of the year. It's been coming around. I was
probably overdriving the last few times out. This time I just calmed
down. Anderson started 6th in his heat and won it to gain the most
passing points for the evening. "It was the perfect night for us, we
drew good, won our heat, started on the pole. You just never know,
there's so many fast cars behind you. I just tried to cut out the
mistakes. We were able to capitalize on a good car and good run.
Anderson has now won two of the last three Missouri State Fair
Championship races. "It just fits me pretty well," Anderson said of the
½ mile Speedway. "Vinny has been working really hard. Boss has been
giving us what we need, and not given up on us. He tells us to just keep
digging. This is really the fruits of our labor over the last couple
months."
With Al Purkey's 2nd place finish, Anderson gained 2 points in the
battle for the season championship. He drives for Greg Junghans in the
Shop Quik MasterSbilt. Their cars are powered by Jay Dickens Racing
Engines. Sunoco Race Fuels and Turbo Car Wash also provide sponsorship
support.
David Turner ran 2nd for the majority of the race and finished 3rd.
Brantlee Gotschall, had an excellent evening finishing 4th and Alan
Vaughn finished 5th .
The series will sit idle for the next few weeks. The next scheduled race
is Saturday September 17th at the Springfield Raceway for the Larry
Phillips Memorial.
Lucas Oil MLRA Contingeny Awards
Performance Bodies - Alan Vaughn
KRC Hard Charger - Bryon Allison
KRC Hard Luck - Bryant Goldsmith
Weld Wheels - Matt Johnson
BSB Manufacturing - Joe Kosiski
R2C Performance Filters - Justin Asplin
Keizer Wheels - Brantlee Gotschall
Saferacer.com - John Anderson
Racing Optics - Bryon Allison
Rod End Supply - Dustin Walker and Brandon Morton
Lucas Oil Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. John Anderson 2. Jason
Bodenhamer 3. Matt Johnson 4. Alan Vaughn 5. Chris Smyser 6. Dustin
Walker 7. Bryon Allison 8. Jason Sivils 9. Richard Weber
Impact Signs Awnings and Wraps Heat 2 (10 Laps) : 1. Brantlee Gotschall
2. Kelly Smith 3. Kevin Coyne 4. Joe Walkenhorst 5. Jon Binning 6. Bob
King 7. Dustin Vance 8. Bob Cummings 9. Bryant Goldsmith
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. David Turner 2. Al Purkey 3. Joe
Kosiski 4. Brandon Morton 5. Justin Asplin 6. Randy McGraw 7. Scott
Koskovich 8. David Janes
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (30 Laps): 1. John Anderson 2. Al Purkey
3. David Turner 4. Brantlee Gotschall 5. Alan Vaughn 6. Matt Johnson 7.
Joe Kosiski 8. Kevin Coyne 9. Brandon Morton 10. Chris Smyser 11. Kelly
Smith 12. Bryon Allison 13. Justin Asplin 14. Dustin Walker 15. Randy
McGraw 16. Bob King 17. David Janes 18. Bob Cummings 19. Jason
Bodenhamer 20. Jon Binning 21. Jason Sivils 22. Richard Weber 23. Joe
Walkenhorst 24. Scott Koskovich 25. Dustin Vance 26. Bryant Goldsmith
Current Lucas Oil MLRA points standings will be available on
www.MLRAracing.com .
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