Veteran John Allen captures USRA Stock Cars feature in Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Series headliner

 

WHEATLAND, MO. (June 14, 2025) – John Allen has raced sparingly over the last few years. But the 56-year-old from Chanute, Kan., who’s won dozens of championships, is showing that he still knows how to find victory lane.

Allen led all 25 laps Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway, beating Mason Beck for the O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature victory. It was the headliner of the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series and worth $750.

“When you only race a couple of times a year, it’s hard to get over here,” Allen said after driving the car normally piloted by his son, Kenton, to a second win in two attempts. John Allen also won at 81 Speedway on June 7th.

Other feature winners as 118 cars checked into the pits included Tyler Wolff (Arctic Food Equipment Modifieds), JC Morton (Hermitage Lumber Late Models), Derek Brown (Hickamo Super Stocks) and Ryan Gillmore (Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods).

Front-row starters Allen and Johnny Fennewald battled it out early with Allen leading the way. Caution flew on lap five just after Beck was challenging Fennewald for second place.

Allen was dedicated to the low groove and continued to lead the way as Fennewald and Beck battled behind him. By lap 10 of the 25-lapper, Allen led by 1.1 seconds and he gradually kept extending the margin from there with a 2.3-second command by lap 19.

But the cushion when a caution flew for Dawson Fennewald’s spin, setting the stage for a six-lap sprint to the finish.

It didn’t matter. Allen had a flawless restart and drove away, beating Beck by 1.4 seconds at the finish.

“I had a little rough go in the heat race and I want to apologize the guy we banged into,” Allen said. “It was just a bad deal all around. My guys worked until we lined up, fixing this thing and she held together.”

Track points leader William Garner rallied into third with Christopher Sawyer fourth and Johnny Fennewald fifth.

Wolff earns USRA Modifeid win: Tyler Wolff of Fayetteville, Ark., took the lead just past the halfway mark and went on to capture the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified feature, beating Chase Sigg by nearly four seconds.

The race was bogged down by four early cautions, including a five-car pileup in turn four before lap two could be completed. Points leader Nic Bidinger was involved and was only able to complete two laps.

On a lap-three restart, Williams got around early leader Ryan Middaugh in turn four before a fourth caution flew. Once action resumed and green-flag action settled in, the fourth-starting Wolff moved into second with Middaugh falling back.

Williams held a .691-second lead over Wolff at the midpoint on lap 10, but Wolff grabbed the lead on lap 13 coming off turn two. Sigg moved into second on lap 15, but Wolff was making it a runaway by then, leading by nearly two seconds.

Wolff breezed from there, with his official margin of victory 3.7 seconds.

“I’ve got to thank my dad. He’s helped me get to this point,” Wolff said. “I was hoping no one fell asleep at the beginning. Then we went single file and I was a little nervous. I was in fourth place there and stuck to the bottom and that seemed to work for us and kind of picked ’em off as we went.”

Williams settled for third with Henry Chambers fourth and Dalton Teel fifth.

Morton takes third Late Model win: Points leader JC Morton of Springfield took the lead on lap five and held it from there, beating Robbe Ewing for the Hermitage Lumber Late Model feature victory.

Pole-starting Tucker Cox led early and it quickly became a three-way battle as Morton and Tyler Wolff joined the fray. Morton went around Cox on the outside in turn two for the lead on lap five and had a one-second advantage in just two laps.

Wolff, who earlier won the USRA Modified main event, moved into second on lap eight and began to close in. The separation was .674 seconds when the first caution slowed the field on lap 12.

On the restart, Wolff’s car lost power and he rolled to the infield to end his hopes for a two-win night. That left Morton 1.3 seconds ahead of sixth-starting Ewing with Cox in third.

Morton took it home from there in the Moon Brothers-owned car, holding off the hard-charging Ewing by one second for his third Hermitage Lumber Late Model win of the season and leaving Ewing with his fourth runner-up finish.

“We kind of fell back on that start and Tucker Cox jumped out to a pretty good lead,” Morton said. “We kind of ran him back down when we got in lapped traffic. We got back to the bottom and I think that’s what made the difference.”

Bryon Allison captured fourth with Tim Petty fifth.

Super Stocks victory goes to Brown: Derek Brown of Stoutland took the lead on lap six, then held off repeated challenges the rest of the way, to score the Hickamo Super Stocks feature win.

Brown dove to the inside to pass Johnny Fennewald out of turn four to complete lap six, after Fennewald had led the opening five laps. Brown opened up a 1.1-second led by lap eight when caution slowed the action.

Donnie Miller and Anglin drove into second and third on the restart with Fennewald falling back to fourth. After a couple of cautions left eight laps to go, Fennewald rallied back into second by finding speed on the high side with Anglin in third.

Brown stayed on the low groove and held a half-second lead when action was slowed on lap 17 as Fennewald spun in turn three and Johnny Coats, with nowhere to go, piled into him.

That left Anglin to try and run down Brown and he was not able to. Brown held on to beat Anglin by .789 seconds. Miller was third with Michael Muskrat fourth and Kenny Carroll fifth.

Brown said he didn’t mind the flurry of cautions because he had some bolts that were loose in his steering wheel.

“That’s the only time I had to tighten them,” Brown said in victory lane, adding that “this has been a lot of work to get this (car) together in about a week and a half.”

Gillmore rallies from 13th for USRA B-Mod win: Ryan Gillmore of Springfield drove from 13th at the start to the front by lap 15 and went on to capture the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature win.

The night’s final feature saw Sheets, Trevor Drake and JC Morton in a three-car breakaway early. Caution after lap two saw Morton hit the big tractor tire guarding the inside of turn one, damaging the front of his car and ending his hopes for a two-win night.

When action resumed, Sheets maintained his led with Drake and Cole Campbell applying heavy pressure. By lap 13, the trio were into lapped cars and Gillmore, who had been picking off cars one by one, suddenly was a factor.

Just two laps later, it was Gillmore driving into the lead with Sheets falling back to third behind Drake. Gillmore appeared to be on his way to taking full command, opening a 1.7-second lead by lap 17 when a caution wiped out his margin and set it up for a three-lap race to the finish.

Gillmore held on from there for his second win of the Lucas Oil Speedway season and seventh overall, beating Sheets by .486 seconds.

“The last two or three laps we had, I kind of missed the corner once and I heard Jon,” noting that he “had to throw him off and do what I could” to hold him off.

Gillmore, after using the low groove most of the way, went to the high side into turn one of the ifnal lap. It worked, just enough, to get the win.

“As usual, Jon races me really clean,” Gillmore said.

Drake finished third with Campbell fourth and Robbe Ewing fifth.

LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (June 14, 2025)
Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series
O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars
A Feature – 1. 98-John Allen[1]; 2. 0F-Mason Beck[3]; 3. 7-William Garner[11]; 4. 12-Christopher Sawyer[4]; 5. 21-Johnny Fennewald[2]; 6. 34-Blake Bolton[7]; 7. 22-Dawson Fennewald[6]; 8. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[5]; 9. L23-Allen Luttjohann[12]; 10. 83-James Ellis[8]; 11. 54G-Gage Test[9]; 12. (DNF) 18-Kameron Stoddard[10]; 13. (DNS) 19-jett stovall

Heat 1 – 1. 21-Johnny Fennewald[1]; 2. 12-Christopher Sawyer[2]; 3. 22-Dawson Fennewald[4]; 4. 34-Blake Bolton[3]; 5. 83-James Ellis[5]; 6. 54G-Gage Test[6]; 7. 18-Kameron Stoddard[7]

Heat 2 – 1. 98-John Allen[6]; 2. 0F-Mason Beck[3]; 3. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[5]; 4. (DNF) 7-William Garner[2]; 5. (DNF) L23-Allen Luttjohann[4]; 6. (DNF) 19-jett stovall[1]

Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds
A Feature – 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 2. 18JR-Chase Sigg[7]; 3. 1B-Bobby Williams[5]; 4. 17-Henry Chambers[6]; 5. 99T-Dalton Teel[2]; 6. 38C-Jason Pursley[3]; 7. 56-Shadren Turner[21]; 8. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[19]; 9. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[1]; 10. 21T-Troy Gudmonson[24]; 11. 24D-Donnie Fellers[12]; 12. 73-Mickey Burrell[11]; 13. 25-Scotty Roberts[16]; 14. 23N-Kenny Nutter[13]; 15. 88-Jimmy Dowell[8]; 16. 155-Terry Kirk[15]; 17. (DNF) 91-Hoyt Miller[9]; 18. (DNF) 73B-Shad Badder[18]; 19. (DNF) 21J-Jacob Potter[14]; 20. (DNF) 3B-Nic Bidinger[17]; 21. (DNF) 23-Lucas Dobbs[10]; 22. (DNF) 22-Dustin Hodges[20]; 23. (DNF) 33S-Ben Stockton[22]; 24. (DNF) 21-Greg Scheffler[23]

B Feature – 1. 3B-Nic Bidinger[1]; 2. 73B-Shad Badder[8]; 3. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[2]; 4. 22-Dustin Hodges[5]; 5. 56-Shadren Turner[6]; 6. 33S-Ben Stockton[16]; 7. 21-Greg Scheffler[10]; 8. 21T-Troy Gudmonson[7]; 9. 92-Daniel Scrogham[13]; 10. 88S-Sam Osman[11]; 11. 16-Caleb Potter[9]; 12. 88K-Kooper Breshears[12]; 13. (DNF) 21W-Tracy Wolf[3]; 14. (DNF) 75L-Lane Whitney[4]; 15. (DNF) 34-Weston Holman[14]; 16. (DNF) 10P-Dayton Pursley[15]; 17. (DNS) 18-Chad Lyle; 18. (DNS) 99-Dylan Hoover

Heat 1 – 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[1]; 2. 38C-Jason Pursley[5]; 3. 88-Jimmy Dowell[6]; 4. 3B-Nic Bidinger[2]; 5. 21J-Jacob Potter[8]; 6. 75L-Lane Whitney[9]; 7. 21-Greg Scheffler[7]; 8. (DNF) 33S-Ben Stockton[4]; 9. (DNS) 99-Dylan Hoover

Heat 2 – 1. 1B-Bobby Williams[1]; 2. 18JR-Chase Sigg[3]; 3. 73-Mickey Burrell[4]; 4. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[2]; 5. 22-Dustin Hodges[5]; 6. 56-Shadren Turner[7]; 7. 73B-Shad Badder[9]; 8. 88S-Sam Osman[6]; 9. 92-Daniel Scrogham[8]

Heat 3 – 1. 17-Henry Chambers[1]; 2. 91-Hoyt Miller[2]; 3. 24D-Donnie Fellers[4]; 4. 23-Lucas Dobbs[8]; 5. 21W-Tracy Wolf[7]; 6. 21T-Troy Gudmonson[5]; 7. 16-Caleb Potter[3]; 8. 88K-Kooper Breshears[6]

Heat 4 – 1. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[4]; 2. 99T-Dalton Teel[6]; 3. 23N-Kenny Nutter[3]; 4. 25-Scotty Roberts[1]; 5. 155-Terry Kirk[8]; 6. (DNF) 34-Weston Holman[2]; 7. (DNF) 10P-Dayton Pursley[5]; 8. (DNF) 18-Chad Lyle[7]

Hermitage Lumber Late Models
A Feature – 1. 72-JC Morton[2]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[6]; 3. 1T-Tucker Cox[1]; 4. 1A-Bryon Allison[7]; 5. 22-Tim Petty[15]; 6. 15-Trent Wynn[8]; 7. 99-Larry Jones[10]; 8. 20-Alan Westling[11]; 9. 10-Tracy Melloway[16]; 10. 5D-Josh Dunn[9]; 11. (DNF) 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 12. (DNF) 28-Jim Greenway[5]; 13. (DNF) 3K-Richard Kimberling[12]; 14. (DNF) 18-Scott Bergen[13]; 15. (DNF) 6-Bob Cummings[14]; 16. (DQ) 99D-Dylan Hoover[3]

Heat 1 – 1. 72-JC Morton[2]; 2. 1T-Tucker Cox[8]; 3. 32-Robbe Ewing[5]; 4. 1A-Bryon Allison[7]; 5. 5D-Josh Dunn[1]; 6. 3K-Richard Kimberling[4]; 7. (DNF) 22-Tim Petty[6]; 8. (DQ) 10-Tracy Melloway[3]

Heat 2 – 1. 99D-Dylan Hoover[1]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[4]; 3. 28-Jim Greenway[6]; 4. 15-Trent Wynn[2]; 5. 99-Larry Jones[3]; 6. 20-Alan Westling[7]; 7. 18-Scott Bergen[8]; 8. 6-Bob Cummings[5]

Hickamo Super Stocks
A Feature – 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[13]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[2]; 3. 7L-Trevor Drake[1]; 4. 22C-Cole Campbell[5]; 5. 32-Robbe Ewing[4]; 6. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[17]; 7. 55-Colson Kirk[6]; 8. 54-Tyler Kidwell[11]; 9. F1-Mitchell Franklin[8]; 10. 37-Wesley Long[9]; 11. 90-Terry Schultz[18]; 12. 20D-Dawson David[12]; 13. 86J-Travis Johnson[15]; 14. 30-Rex Harris[10]; 15. 15R-Ryan Smith[19]; 16. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[16]; 17. 42J-Donnie Jackson[23]; 18. 17L-Londen McClure[21]; 19. 82N-Keith Nutter[20]; 20. 80-TJ Yount[24]; 21. 0K-Tracy Killian[14]; 22. (DNF) 8S-Clayton Smith[22]; 23. (DNF) 18-JC Morton[3]; 24. (DNF) 83-JC Newell[7]

Heat 1 – 1. 35-Johnny Coats[1]; 2. 11-Derek Brown[5]; 3. 04-Blaine Ewing[3]; 4. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[2]; 5. 10K-Kyle Davis[7]; 6. 3-Aaron Poe[6]; 7. (DNF) 80-Darek Wiss[8]; 8. (DNF) 73-Francisco Escamilla[4]

Heat 2 – 1. 21-Johnny Fennewald[6]; 2. 94-Kenny Carroll[4]; 3. 94C-JT Carroll[3]; 4. 164-Michael Muskrat[5]; 5. 08-Scott Pullen[7]; 6. 41-Cragar Harris[1]; 7. 69T-Tony Bowman[2]; 8. (DNS) 61R-Randi Goins

Heat 3 – 1. G1-Tony Anglin[1]; 2. 4G-Gary Clark[5]; 3. 111-Tim Brown[7]; 4. 26M-Donnie Miller[8]; 5. 16-Logan Thompson[6]; 6. 27B-Jerett Evans[3]; 7. 70-Patrick West[2]; 8. 54-William Gillette[4]

Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods
A Feature – 1. 11-Derek Brown[2]; 2. G1-Tony Anglin[5]; 3. 26M-Donnie Miller[8]; 4. 164-Michael Muskrat[11]; 5. 94-Kenny Carroll[6]; 6. 10K-Kyle Davis[13]; 7. 111-Tim Brown[7]; 8. 3-Aaron Poe[18]; 9. 04-Blaine Ewing[9]; 10. 08-Scott Pullen[14]; 11. 16-Logan Thompson[15]; 12. 27B-Jerett Evans[17]; 13. 61R-Randi Goins[24]; 14. 69T-Tony Bowman[19]; 15. 70-Patrick West[20]; 16. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[12]; 17. (DNF) 41-Cragar Harris[16]; 18. (DNF) 21-Johnny Fennewald[1]; 19. (DNF) 35-Johnny Coats[4]; 20. (DNF) 4G-Gary Clark[3]; 21. (DNF) 54-William Gillette[21]; 22. (DNF) 8D-Darek Wiss[22]; 23. (DNS) 73-Francisco Escamilla; 24. (DQ) 94C-JT Carroll[10]

B Feature – 1. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[3]; 2. 90-Terry Schultz[6]; 3. 15R-Ryan Smith[1]; 4. 82N-Keith Nutter[2]; 5. 17L-Londen McClure[5]; 6. 8S-Clayton Smith[9]; 7. 42J-Donnie Jackson[7]; 8. 80-TJ Yount[4]; 9. 57J-John Fellers[12]; 10. (DNF) 29-Bronson Wicker[10]; 11. (DNF) 380-Jacob Long[15]; 12. (DNF) 6T-Austin Tredway[14]; 13. (DNF) 77-Jeremy Hazel[11]; 14. (DNF) 39-Trent Rogers[8]; 15. (DNS) 03-Chase Jones

Heat 1 – 1. 37-Wesley Long[1]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[7]; 3. 83-JC Newell[8]; 4. 1R-Rylan Gibbs[6]; 5. 82N-Keith Nutter[3]; 6. 17L-Londen McClure[2]; 7. (BF) 39-Trent Rogers[4]; 8. (DNF) 6T-Austin Tredway[5]

Heat 2 – 1. 18-JC Morton[3]; 2. 30-Rex Harris[4]; 3. F1-Mitchell Franklin[8]; 4. 20D-Dawson David[7]; 5. 15R-Ryan Smith[2]; 6. 90-Terry Schultz[5]; 7. 29-Bronson Wicker[6]; 8. (DNF) 57J-John Fellers[1]

Heat 3 – 1. 32-Robbe Ewing[3]; 2. 7L-Trevor Drake[8]; 3. 86J-Travis Johnson[1]; 4. 66-Ryan Gillmore[7]; 5. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[4]; 6. 42J-Donnie Jackson[6]; 7. 8S-Clayton Smith[5]; 8. (DNF) 03-Chase Jones[2]

Heat 4 – 1. 22C-Cole Campbell[2]; 2. 55-Colson Kirk[5]; 3. 54-Tyler Kidwell[6]; 4. 0K-Tracy Killian[7]; 5. 80-TJ Yount[4]; 6. (DNF) 77-Jeremy Hazel[1]; 7. (DQ) 380-Jacob Long[3]

Ozarks Food Harvest Food Drive Night next: The annual Ozarks Food Harvest Food Drive Night is set for next Saturday, June 21. Fans bringing four non-perishable food items to the front gate will be admitted free to the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series program.

The Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds will have a special 25-lap, $1,000-to-win feature. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars, Hermitage Lumber Late Models, Clear Creek Golf Car B-Mods and and Hickamo Super Stocks also will be in action. Gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and opening ceremonies at 7.

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