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David
Smith, Jr.
NCRA
Press and Contingencies
(405)
740-4769
[email protected]
Phillips Wires
NCRA/MARS Field in Showdown Opener
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – May 6, 2010 Terry Phillips of
Springfield, Missouri kicked off “Showdown in the Heartland II” in grand style
as he wired the field as the O’Reilly/National Championship Racing Association
and MARS DIRTCar Series late model divisions opened their four race weekend
Thursday night at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas.
By
virtue of picking up the most passing points in his second heat race, which had
the second generation driver starting ninth and finish second, Phillips started
on the poll for the thirty lap feature with Omaha, Nebraska’s Bill Koons along
side. Phillips quickly jumped to the point but the start was waved off as five
time NCRA late model champion Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colorado spun the Terry
Pannell owned #33x late model stock car in turns one and two, also collecting
several other drivers.
On the
complete restart Phillips darted out front and quickly opened a ten car length
advantage over Eric Turner of Hermitage, Missouri, who moved into the runner up
position from his third starting position.
By lap
five it was Phillips, followed by Turner, Wendall Wallace and Jack Sullivan as
the top five began distancing themselves from the rest of the field.
The
leaders were approaching heavy lapped traffic by lap eleven with Turner now
within three car lengths of the leader. Turner, who won the inaugural race at
the track just one year ago, was right on Phillips’ bumper when the caution
would wave on lap thirteen for a Zac Simmons spin in turns one and two.
Phillips, a five-time series champion with the MARS DIRTCar Series, would
pick up where he left off on the restart and quickly opened a ten car length
lead. That would come to an end just three laps later as a flurry of activity
with the caution coming out for a Darrell Mooneyham spin. The restart wasn’t any
better as Leroy Johnson and Brian Bolster made contact with the infield tractor
tire in turn three to bring out the red flag because of the blocked
track.
The
caution would wave one final time on lap 22 when Shawn Harker spun in turns one
and two.
The
final restart saw Phillips and Turner pull away from the rest of the field and
with three laps to go Turner made one final push to the front. He was unable to
get close enough for a serious challenge and in the end fell just two car
lengths short at the checkered flag.
For
Phillips, aboard the Andy’s Frozen Custard/Don Baab Motorsports #75 GRT late
model stock car, it was career win number 68 on the MARS DIRTCar series trail
and 14th with NCRA.
Turner
would finish a strong second followed by Wallace, Sullivan and Jeremy Payne, who
started tenth.
Boen
would pick up The Brake Man tough break award for his spin to start the
feature.
The
eight lap heat races for the thirty-five car field were won by Al Purkey,
Turner, Koons and Eddie Kirchoff while Will Vaught and Harker picked up the two,
ten lap “B” features.
The
next event for both series will be night number two of “Showdown in the
Heartland II” on Friday night at Creek County Speedway in Kellyville, Oklahoma
for the tracks first ever hosting of a late model event.
The National Championship Racing Association would like to thank
the following contributors for their involvement with the late model division
for the 2010 race season:
Official Sponsors: O’Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tires,
Sunoco Race Fuels
Official Contingency Partners: Arizona Sports Shirts, Bernheisel
Racing Components, Hatfield Racing Engines, Hooker Harness, Keizer Aluminum
Wheels, Lazer Chassis, Peterson Fluid Systems, Pro Shocks, Racing Optics, Real
Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers,
Taylor Cable Products, The Joie of Seating, Ultra-Shield Race Products, Vertex
Magnetos, Winters Performance Products
To learn more about the MARS DIRTCar series, you webmanators can
check them out at http://www.dlra.net.
HEAT
1:
1, Al Purkey. 2, Jack Sullivan. 3, Wendell Wallace. 4, Will Vaught. 5, Brad
Looney. 6, Corey Zeitner. 7, Delbert Smith. 8, Jerry Warner. 9, Brad Fortney.
HEAT
2:
1, Eric Turner. 2, Kelly Boen. 3, Dean Moore. 4, Shawn Harker. 5, Brian Bolster.
6, Leroy Johnson. 7, Rylan Long. 8, Scott Koskovich. 9, Ronnie Warman.
HEAT
3:
1, Bill Koons. 2, Terry Phillips. 3, Darrell Moneyham. 4, Justin Asplin. 5,
Dustin Mooneyham. 6, Zac Simmons. 7, Don Clayd. 8, Mike Furthmyer. 9, Raymond
Merrill.
HEAT
4:
1, Eddid Kirchoff. 2, Jeremy Payne. 3, Justin Wells. 4, Jason Obrien. 5, Jase
Kaser. 6, Gary Christian. 7, Rick Leatherman. 8, Waylan Petrie.
B
FEATURE:
1, Will Vaught. 2, Gary Christian. 3, Raymond Merrill. 4, Dustin Mooneyham. 5,
Delbert Smith. 6, Jerry Warner. 7, Justin Asplin. 8, Corey Zeitner. 9, Brad
Fortney. 10, Waylan Petrie. 11, Don Clayd.
B
FEATURE:
1, Shawn Harker. 2, Brad Looney. 3, Zac Simmons. 4, Ronnie Warman. 5, Rylan
Long. 6, Leroy Johnson. 7, Rick Leatherman. 8, Scott Koskovich. 9, Mike
Furthmyer. 10, Jase Kaser.
A
FEATURE:
1, Terry Phillips. 2, Eric Turner. 3, Wendell Wallace. 4, Jack Sullivan. 5,
Jeremy Payne. 6, Al Purkey. 7, Brad Looney. 8, Will Vaught. 9, Dean Moore. 10,
Kelly Boen. 11, Raymond Merrill. 12, Scott Koskovich. 13, Corey Zeitner. 14,
Gary Christian. 15, Jason Obrien. 16, Dustin Mooneyham. 17, Bill Koons. 18,
Brian Bolster. 19, Shawn Harker. 20, Darrell Moneyham. 21, Leroy Johnson. 22,
Justin Wells. 23, Zac Simmons. 24, Eddid Kirchoff. 25, Rylan Long.
Contingencies
The
Brake Man – Kelly Boen
Peterson Fluid Systems Half Way Leader – Terry Phillips
Saldana Racing Products Runner Up – Eric
Turner
The
Joie of Seating Runner up – Eric Turner
Rod
End Supply 3rd Place – Wendell
Wallace
Real
Wheels 5th Place – Jeremy Payne
Hooker Harness 8th Place Finisher – Will
Vaught
David Smith Jr.
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