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Larry Phillips Memorial to John Anderson
SPRINGFIELD, MO (October 1, 2011) - John Anderson swapped the top spot with
RC Whitwell three times Saturday night en route to his first ever win at the
Springfield Raceway in Lucas Oil MLRA competition. The win is Anderson's
third in the last four series races. "I had to get up there on the wheel a
little bit," Anderson said of his battle with Whitwell. "This is a fast racy
little joint." Anderson gained a few points on Al Purkey who finished 4th.
"We're having a great time with Al trying to race this thing out. We're
doing really well right now."
For RC Whitwell, his runner up finsh it was his best Lucas Oil MLRA finish
of the season. "I had a good battle with John Anderson there," stated
Whitwell. "I wish I would have had it a little tick faster, he ended up
pulling away."
Jeremy Payne was the evening's hard charger. After winning the B Feature,
Payne raced to as high as 2nd, before finishing 3rd. "It was a good night,"
commented Payne. He started the 40 lap Lucas Cattle Company A Feature from
15th. "We just started so far back, with this competition, it's hard to get
up there and win." The evening's final yellow came out with 10 laps to go.
"I was really good the longer we ran. I hated to see that yellow at the end,
my car just wouldn't take off."
Justin Wells, RC Whitwell, Jesse Stovall, Michael Kloos and Justin Asplin
all secured heat race wins. Jeremy Payne and Evan Hubert won B Features.
Lucas Oil MLRA Contingency Awards
Performance Bodies - Jesse Stovall
KRC Hard Charger - Jeremy Payne
KRC Hard Luck - Joe Walkenhorst
BSB Manufacturing - Bryon Allison
R2C Performance Filters - Justin Asplin
Weld Wheels - Joe Kosiski
Racing Optics - Billy Koons Jr.
Rod End Supply - Bill Koons and Shane Essary
The Lucas Oil MLRA will race again this Thursday and Friday night at
Heartland Park in Topeka, KS. The event will be ran in conjunction with the
NASCAR weekend in Kansas City. The normal home of this race has been
Lakeside Speedway, but flooding forced it to close for the remainder of the
season. The Lucas Oil MLRA wanted to keep the event alive, so it has been
moved for this year only to the 3/8 mile track in Topeka.
Lucas Oil Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. Justin Wells 2. Tony Jackson Jr. 3.
Al Purkey 4. Jeremy Payne 5. Rick Lebow 6. Bryon Allison 7. Patrick Johnson
8. Jason Pursley
Fast Track Photos Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. RC Whitwell 2. John Anderson 3. Bill
Koons 4. Shane Essary 5. Steve Johnson 6. Brandon Morton 7. Chris Morelock
8. Don Cloyd
Hatfield Racing Engines Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. Jesse Stovall 2. Terry Phillips
3. Dustin Walker 4. Brad Looney 5. Leroy Johnson 6. Joe Walkenhorst 7. Ken
Essary 8. Eric Tinderholt
ATL Fuel Cells Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. Michael Kloos 2. Dustin Mooneyham 3. Rex
Merritt 4. Evan Hubert 5. Andrew Kosiski 6. Don Miers 7. Shawn Lee 8. Chris
Hawkins
Larry Shaw Race Cars Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. Justin Asplin 2. Joe Kosiski 3.
Larry Jones 4. Billy Koons Jr. 5. JD Hubert 6. Chuck Comer 7. Pat Cox
Sunoco Race Fuels B Main 1 (12 laps): 1. Jeremy Payne 2. Leroy Johnson 3.
Ken Essary 4. JD Hubert 5. Shane Essary 6. Patrick Johnson 7. Joe
Walkenhorst 8. Pat Cox 9. Dustin Mooneyhoam 10. Chuck Comer 11. Don Cloyd
12. Steve Johnson 13. Chris Hawkins
Hoosier Racing Tires B Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. Evan Hubert 2. Rick Lebow 3.
Larry Jones 4. Brandon Morton 5. Billy Koons Jr. 6. Jason Pursley 7. Andrew
Kosiski 8. Shawn Lee 9. Chris Morelock 10. Bryon Allison 11. Don Mires 12.
Eric Tinderholt
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (40 Laps): 1. John Anderson 2. RC Whitwell 3.
Jeremy Payne 4. Al Purkey 5. Tony Jackson Jr. 6. Michael Kloos 7. Jesse
Stovall 8. Shane Essary 9. Brad Looney 10. Joe Kosiski 11. Bill Koons 12.
Terry Phillips 13. Evan Hubert 14. Justin Asplin 15. Dustin Walker 16. Billy
Koons Jr. 17. Rex Merritt 18. Dustin Mooneyham 19. Bryon Allison 20. Leroy
Johnson 21. Rick Lebow 22. Justin Wells
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