David Smith, Jr.
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Phillips Masters I-80 in NCRA Late Model Spectacular
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 2, 2010 - Greenwood, Nebraska - Terry Phillips of Springfield, Missouri was the class of the field as he took the lead with six laps remaining and never looked back to win his second O'Reilly/NCRA late model feature of the season on Friday night at I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska. The race was a co-sanctioned affair with the Lucas Oil MLRA and the MARS DirtCar series.
Chad Simpson started on the pole for the thirty lap feature and quickly jumped out into the lead. Two time and defending O'Reilly/NCRA series champion Kyle Berck started third and by lap three had moved himself passed Simpson to take the lead.
Berck continued out in front but behind him all eyes were on Phillips as he moved his Andy's Frozen Custard sponsored super late model up from his eighteenth starting position and into the top five.
Phillips was on the leaders bumper after a late race caution and on the restart on lap twenty-four, took over the top spot from Berck and would go on to take the victory. Alan Vaughn finished third while former two-time series champion Al Purkey worked his way up from his twenty-third starting position to finish fourth. Jason Utter rounded out the top five.
Heat races for the 44 car field were won by Evan Hubert, Cory Zeitner, Denny Eckrich, Chad Simspon and Vaughn while Phillips and Joe Kosiski took home the two "B" features.
A Feature: 1. Terry Phillips, 2. Kyle Berck, 3. Alan Vaughn, 4. Al Purkey, 5. Jason Utter 6. Kelly Boen, 7. Brad Looney, 8. Denny Eckrich, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Evan Hubert, 11. Jeremy Payne, 12. Matt Johnson, 13. Mike Wiarda, 14. Joe Kosiski, 15. Jason O'Brien, 16. Justin Asplin, 17. JD Hubert, 18. Bill Koons, 19. Brian Kenkel, 20. Chris Simpson, 21. Corey Zeitner, 22. Travis Dickes, 23. Chad Simpson, 24. Eric Turner, 25. Dylan Smith, 26. Leroy Johnson, 27. Wylan Petrie, 28. Andrew Kosiski, 29. Gary Christian, 30. Greg Larson
1st B Feature: 1. Joe Kosiski, 2. Jeremy Payne, 3. Greg Larson 4. Scott Koskovich 5. Rob Moss, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. Ron Tex Jr., 8. Dwane Pospisil, 9. Leroy Johnson, 10. Brian Kenkel, 11. Wylan Petrie, 12. Mike Wallace, 13. Kurt Kile, 14. Jase Kaser
2nd B Feature: 1. Terry Phillips, 2. Jason Utter, 3. Dylan Smith, 4. Al Purkey, 5. Delbert Smith, 6. Jason O'Brien, 7. Bill Koons, 8. Bo Egge, 9. Zac Simmons, 10. Mollee Collins, 11. Alonzo Grosse, 12. JD Hubert, 13. Bryant Goldsmith, 14. Gary Christian
1st Heat: 1. Evan Hubert, 2. Dave Eckrich, 3. Travis Dickes, 4. Al Purkey, 5. Joe Kosiski, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. JD Hubert, 8. Zac Simmons, 9. Mike Wallace
2nd Heat: 1. Corey Zeitner, 2. Justin Asplin, 3. Matt Johnson, 4. Rob Moss, 5. Greg Larson, 6. Leroy Johnson, 7. Kurt Kile, 8. Mollee Collins, 9. Gary Christian
3rd Heat: 1. Denny Eckrich, 2. Kyle Berck, 3. Brad Looney, 4. Chris Simpson, 5. Jason O'Brien, 6. Jason Utter, 7. Bill Koons, 8. Wylan Petrie, 9. Jase Kaser
4th Heat: 1. Chad Simpson, 2. Eric Turner, 3. Scott Koskovich, 4. Andrew Kosiski, 5. Ron Tex Jr., 6. Bo Egge, 7. Brian Kenkel, 8. Dwane Pospisil, 9. Alonzo Grosse
5th Heat: 1. Alan Vaughn, 2. Kelly Boen, 3. Mike Wiarda, 4. Terry Phillips, 5. Dylan Smith, 6. Bryant Goldsmith, 7. Jeremy Payne, 8. Delbert Smith
