Muskogee, OK (September 23, 2011) – Will Vaught of Crane, MO picked up his first MARS win of the 2011 season at night #1 of the Topless Thunderfest at the historic Thunderbird Speedway. Vaught led every lap of the fifteen lap feature that was slowed by two cautions. The feature was originally scheduled for 20 laps, however a multi-car crash on lap 10 forced race officials to reduce the amount of feature laps due to only eight cars being able to continue on, and a rougher than normal race track from heavy soaking rains during the week. Vaught earned $2,500 for the win, his first with the MARS series since August 29, 2009.

Current MARS point leader Brad Looney of Republic, MO finished second and was able to increase his point lead over third place finisher Jesse Stovall of Galena, MO. Justin Asplin of Birch Tree, MO and R.C. Whitwell of Tucson, AZ rounded out the top five.

The MARS Series will return to action Saturday September 24th at the Thunderbird Speedway for the second and final night of the Topless Thunderfest Late Model Shootout.

The MARS DIRTcar Series would like to thank their sponsors for the 2011 season. Hoosier Racing Tire, Libscomb Auto Group, Wrisco Industries, Leitle Car Quest Auto Parts, VP Race Fuels, Powertrain Industries, Ron Mitchell Racing Photos, Hatfield Racing Engines, Andy’s Frozen Custard, COMP Cams, Arsenal Racing Graphics, Don Babb Motorsports, Rod End Supply, Larry Shaw Race Cars, GRT Race Cars, Supermoon Graphics and Vicci.

Heat 1
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 1V Will Vaught 4
2 99T Eric Turner 16
3 1 Jack Sullivan 12
4 56 Tony Jackson, Jr. 20
5 98 Justin Wells 7
6 43 Garrett Alberson 1
7 26R Randy Roth 2
8 11 Brandon Morton 3

Heat 2
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 58X Gary Christian 7
2 42 Brandon McCormick 22
3 30 Don Cloyd 7
4 12 Jon Driskill 6
5 37 Dave Deetz 1
6 36 Jason Redman 5
7 20 Darrell Mooneyham 3
8 14R Jeff Roth 7

Heat 3
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 88M Raymond Merrill 6
2 14L Brad Looney 22
3 77 Justin Asplin 15
4 96T RC Whitwell 20
5 71 Jay Rierson 2
6 75S Brooklin Stephens 1
7 9T Frank Tindle 2

Heat 4
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 00 Jesse Stovall 23
2 55 Ken Essary 6
3 11S Steve Johnson 4
4 0OX Chance Bishop 1
5 31P Ray Peacock 1
6 99CM Cliff Morrow 3
7 28 Leroy Johnson 20

B – Main » 1
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 98 Justin Wells Transfar to Feature 0
2 71 Jay Rierson Transfer to Feature 0
3 11 Brandon Morton 35
4 26R Randy Roth 35
5 9T Frank Tindle 35
6 75S Brooklin Stephens 35
7 36 Jason Redman 35

B – Main » 2
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 43 Garrett Alberson Transfer to Feature 0
2 20 Darrell Mooneyham Tranfser to Feature 0
3 37 Dave Deetz 35
4 99CM Cliff Morrow 35
5 31P Ray Peacock 35
6 28 Leroy Johnson MARS Provisional 35
7 14R Jeff Roth MARS Provisional 35

A – Main
Pos No Driver Performance Points
1 1V Will Vaught 70
2 14L Brad Looney 67
3 00 Jesse Stovall 65
4 77 Justin Asplin 63
5 96T RC Whitwell 61
6 43 Garrett Alberson 59
7 11S Steve Johnson 57
8 28 Leroy Johnson 55
9 58X Gary Christian 53
10 88M Raymond Merrill 51
11 99T Eric Turner 49
12 1 Jack Sullivan 47
13 56 Tony Jackson, Jr. 46
14 42 Brandon McCormick 45
15 98 Justin Wells 44
16 55 Ken Essary 43
17 71 Jay Rierson 42
18 30 Don Cloyd 41
19 14R Jeff Roth 40
20 12 Jon Driskill 39
21 0OX Chance Bishop 38
22 20 Darrell Mooneyham 37