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Independence NCRA Modified Victory to Franz!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – July 4, 2014 - Former tour champion Brian Franz took the lead on lap two and never looked back in claiming his second consecutive National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products modified victory Friday night as the tour made an Independence Day stop at 81 Speedway in Park City.
Dan Powers and Franz started on the front row for the thirty lap feature with Powers taking the lead as the green flag fell. His lead lasted only one lap as Franz took the lead on lap two and never looked back. The Halstad, Kansas veteran reached slower traffic at the races midway point but that didn’t detour him from going on to claim his second victory of the season and second in a row at the speedway.
Sixth starting Marc Hurd claimed second while Powers settled for third. Thirteenth starting Bill Seimers worked his way through the field to finish fourth while eleventh starting Jon Thompson rounded out the top five.
Heat races for the 27 car field were won by Franz, Powers and Justin Moler while Thompson claimed “B” feature honors.
Next appearance for the NCRA modfieids will be tonight, Saturday night July 5, at the Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas.
NCRA Modifieds
81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas
July 4, 2014
27 Cars
1st Heat: 1) Brian Franz, 2) Dustin Belcher, 3) Marc Hurd, 4) Jon Thompson, 5) Jason McGehee, 6) Ross Shipman, 7) Bill Seimers, 8) Kirby Robe, 9) Kevin Newell
2nd Heat: 1) Dan Powers, 2) Chris Pitts, 3) Robbie Simmons, 4) Johnny Whitmore, 5) Richard Wilson, 6) Don Hodge, 7) Clint Smith, 8) Jeremy Mahoney, 9) Dave Decker
3rd Heat: 1) Justin Moler, 2) Josh Lanterman, 3) Rodney Chaffin, 4) Carson McKeen, 5) Zach Suhr, 6) Richard Wilson, 7) Craig Crossette, 8) Clint McFadden, 9) Cuyler Calken
B Feature: 1) Jon Thompson, 2) Richard Wilson, 3) Bill Seimers, 4) Ross Shipman, 5) Zach Suhr, 6) Carson McKeen, 7) Don Hodge, 8) Kirby Robe, 9) Jason McGehee, 10) Clint Smith, 11) Clint McFadden, 12) Richie Wilson, 14) Cuyler Calkin, 15) Craig Crossette, 16) Kevin Newell, 17) Dave Decker
A Feature: 1) Brian Franz, 2) Marc Hurd, 3) Dan Powers, 4) Bill Seimers, 5) Jon Thompson, 6) Josh Lanterman, 7) Rodney Chaffin, 8) Dustin Belcher, 9) Ross Shipman, 10) Jason McGehee, 11) Justin Moler, 12) Don Hodge, 13) Robbie Simmons, 14) Clint Smith, 15) Kirby Robe, 16) Zach Suhr, 17) Chris Pitts, 18) Richard Wilson, 19) Johnny Whitmore, 20) Carson McKeen
