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By Trenton Berry – Mayetta, KS (June 21, 2014) – Saturday evening the Lucas Oil MLRA series made its way to Thunder Hill Speedway for the first time in the 2014 season. Tony Jackson Jr. set quick time overall and redrew the pole for the 40 lap feature. Terry Phillips fired from the outside pole and led every lap for the $3,000 victory.
“The car was good tonight,” said Phillips following the race. “I didn’t have much of a tire there at the end. I was trying to pass ’em (lapped cars) without using my tires up. This track’s pretty wide and eventually they got out of the way.”
Lapped traffic made the show interesting. At one point Phillips had five lapped cars squarely in front of him. Payne narrowed the gap during that portion of the event. He closed to Phillips’ rear bumper, but no closer.
Jason Krohn made the lengthy trip south from his home in Slayton, Minnesota. He had only one race on his brand new Club 29 Race Car prior to this weekend. He picked off a few cars, and held off both Chad Simpson and Ryan Gustin to run third.
Next weekend the Lucas Oil MLRA will run another pair of shows. Friday night the show is at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska, and Saturday it is back to the state of Iowa for the annual stop at Adams County Speedway.
6/21/14 Thunder Hill Speedway Contingency Awards
AR Bodies $50 Certificate for non-qualifier – Brantlee Gotschall
Casey’s General Stores Hard Charger – Shannon Scott
Chix Gear $25 Certificate for 7th Place Finisher – Tony Jackson Jr.
DirtOnDirt.com Pole Award – Tony Jackson Jr.
Fast Track Photos – Terry Phillips
GRT Heat Race Winners – Tony Jackson Jr., Terry Phillips
Hooker Harness Gift Certificate for 11th Place Finish – Kyle Beard
Landrum Springs Product Certificate – Terry Phillips
Out Pace Certificate – John Anderson
Peformance Bodies Certificate – Terry Phillips
RacingJunk.com Hard Luck Award – Dave Eckrich
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (40 Laps): 1. Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO), 2. Jeremy Payne (Springfield, MO), 3. Jason Krohn (Slayton, MN), 4. Chad Simpson (Mt Vernon, IA), 5. Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown, IA), 6. John Anderson (Omaha, NE), 7. Tony Jackson, Jr (Lebanon, MO), 8. Shannon Scott (Henryetta, OK), 9. Dave Eckrich (Oxford, IA), 10. Scott Lewis (Henderson, Co), 11. Kyle Beard (Truman, AR), 12. Travis Dickes (Madison, NE), 13. Scott Phillips (Salina, KS), 14. Austin Siebert (Grandview, MO), 15. Bill Koons (Omaha, NE), 16. Dustin Walker (Peculiar, MO), 17. Brantlee Gotschall (Nevada, MO)
Lucas Oil Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. Tony Jackson, Jr (Lebanon, MO), 2. Jeremy Payne (Springfield, MO), 3. Jason Krohn (Slayton, MN), 4. Travis Dickes (Madison, NE), 5. Dave Eckrich (Oxford, IA), 6. Bill Koons (Omaha, NE), 7. John Anderson (Omaha, NE), 8. Scott Lewis (Henderson, Co), 9. Brantlee Gotschall (Nevada, MO)
ProtectTheHarvert.com Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO), 2. Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown, IA), 3. Chad Simpson (Mt Vernon, IA), 4. Kyle Beard (Truman, AR), 5. Austin Siebert (Grandview, MO), 6. Dustin Walker (Peculiar, MO), 7. Scott Phillips (Salina, KS), 8. Shannon Scott (Henryetta, OK)