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O'Neal Wins Inaugural Silver Dollar Nationals
GREENWOOD, NE (July 23, 2011) - Saturday night wrapped up the Inaugural
Silver Dollar Nationals weekend at I-80 Speedway. Don O'Neal, driving
the Moring Motorsports #1 MasterSbilt slid past Chad Simpson on a lap 32
restart to take the lead. O'Neal never looked back, leading the final 48
laps to score the $25,000 payday. "I got a good run on that restart and
got close to him," said O'Neal in AAA Missouri Victory Lane . "He was
going in high. He had to slow down a little bit getting high, when I got
a good run there across the middle, and give him a good slide job."
For O'Neal, a regular with the Lucas Oil late Model Dirt Series, this
was a time for him to get out of the MasterSbilt house car and into the
Moring owned #1. "We haven't raced this car in a while, and to come over
here a win this deal is a big thing. I've got to thank Larry Moring and
Ronnie Stuckey and everybody involved with this racing deal."
The Silver Dollar Nationals is O'Neal's 6th victory of the season. He
made headlines earlier in the year by winning the Dirt Late Model Dream
at Eldora Speedway, paying him $100,000.
Dale McDowell, one of 10 MalvernBank.com heat race winners on Friday,
finished 2nd in the 80 lap race. Brian Birkhofer advanced from his 20th
starting position to finish 3rd.
Earlier in the evening, two seventeen lap, last chance qualifiers were
contested. Kelly Boen and Jason McBride each earned victories. Al
Humphrey, Dan Schlieper, RC Whitwell, and Denny Eckrich all transferred
as well.
Lucas Oil MLRA Contingency Awards July 23, 2011
Performance Bodies: Chad Simpson
KRC Hard Charger: Al Purkey
KRC Hard Luck: Kyle Berck
Weld Wheels: Dave Eckrich
BSB Manufacturing: Mike Wiarda
R2C Performance Filters: Al Humphrey
Keizer Wheels: Bill Koons
Saferacer.com: Bryant Goldsmith
Racing Optics: David Turner
Rod End Supply: Shawn Harker and Jase Kaser
The Lucas Oil MLRA would like to again thank MalvernBank.com and Al Belt
Custom Homes for their support of this unique event. The series will be
in action this coming Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway. The Diamond Drag
Boat Nationals will also be taking place Friday-Sunday, at the recently
completed liquid quarter mile strip. For more information on the 3-Day
event visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com .
Silver Dollar Nationals Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (80 laps): 1. Don
O'Neal 2. Dale McDowell 3. Brian Birkhofer 4. Austin Hubbard 5. Jimmy
Mars 6. Chris Simpson 7. Tim McCreadie 8. Chad Simpson 9. Jesse Stovall
10. Kelly Boen 11. Clint Smith 12. Al Purkey 13. Billy Moyer Jr. 14. Al
Humphrey 15. John Anderson 16. Denny Eckrich 17. Brad Looney 18. Jason
Utter 19. Dan Schlieper 20. Tommy Weder Jr. 21. Jason McBride 22. Mike
Wiarda 23. Bill Koons 24. Billy Moyer 25. David Turner 26. Travis Dickes
27. Steve Kempt 28. Kyle Berck 29. RC Whitwell 30. Joe Kosiski 31. Terry
Phillips 32. Bryant Goldsmith 33. Leon Zeitner 34. Wendell Wallace
Visit the series website www.MLRAracing.com for the most up to date
information on the Lucas Oil MLRA.
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