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Morton scores in both Late Model, B-Mod features to headline Lucas Oil Speedway weekly program

2025-05-04 15:14

WHEATLAND, MO. (May 3, 2025) - JC Morton had a night to remember Saturday at Lucas Oil Speedway, capturing victories in both the featured Hermitage Lumber Late Models and Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod divisions.

Morton's rare feat came on on Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Night at the Races. The Springfield driver took home $1,000 for the Late Model triumph, a hard-fought win over Robbe Ewing, after a rather comfortable B-Mod triumph a little earlier. Morton retained the Late Model lead by flirting with the wall coming off turn four on the final circuit.

"Man, I don't even know," Morton said of the final lap with Ewing. "I seen him down on the bottom and we raced side by side there. We exchanged some sliders. If you guys don't like that, I don't think you like racing."

Other feature winners were Kyle Slader (Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds), Jesse Stovall (USRA Modified make-up feature), Gary Clark (Hickamo Super Stocks) and Mason Beck (O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars).

Just as he did in the B-Mod feature a half-hour earlier, Morton started on the pole and set the pace, opening a one-second lead over Tucker Cox by lap five.

Ewing moved into the second spot on lap six, with the first caution appearing a lap later to take away Morton's 1.5-second lead. Ewing was able to take the lead on lap nine, taking advantage of Morton's drift high entering turn two to draw close before using a slider in turn four for the pass.

Ewing had a one-second lead over Morton when caution flew on lap 11. Morton regained the lead on the restart with a slider of his own off turn two.

By lap 15, Ewing's handing seemed to go away and Morton was able to extend the lead to 1.4 seconds. Then Ewing was able to get going again over the next few laps and worked his way back into contention by lap 22.

Morton used the high groove and Ewing the inside line the rest of the way and Morton - sailing his Moon Brothers Rocket to the cushion near the wall in turn four coming to the checkers - held on to prevail by one car length.

The second straight Hermitage Lumber Late Model win gives Morton the early season points lead in both divisions. Morton said that he and his dad, Gene, had talked about running for a double track championship prior to Gene's passing in January.

"It's still early, but before Dad passed we talked about this," Morton said. "We've never won both points. We've won both features on the same night (before) but we'll try to race all year and maintain and try to be here at the end and try to be a double-point champion. I don't think that's been done.

"We'll shoot for the stars and see what happens."

Morton leads all the way in B-Mods: The reigning track champion in the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods is proving he's the man to beat again. Morton led all 20 laps for claim the feature win by nearly two seconds over Jon Sheets.

Morton roared to the lead from his front-row inside starting spot and had a two-second lead over third-starting Sheets when the leaders caught lapped traffic on lap nine.

As the green-flag laps continued to click by, Morton's margin peaked at 2.9 seconds on lap 17 as he kept picking off slower cars without a hitch. Sheets was unable to make much of a dent over the final three laps and settled for second.

Morton said his first B-Mod feature win of the season was special as it was also his first in the car since his dad, Gene, passed away in January. Gene also was his long-time crew chief and a close friend of the Bloodline chassis owner and designer Terry Phillips.

"Man, it's huge," an emotional Morton said in victory lane, noting how he lost his dad shortly after the first of the year.

"I lost my dad back in January. Just emotional. I have to thank Yeoman Race Engines and Bloodlines Race Cars. 'TP' has worked with me all week trying some different stuff and I think we finally hit on something."

JC Newell finished third with Trevor Drake fourth and Robbe Ewing fifth.

Slader wires field in Modifieds: Kyle Slader of Muskogee, Okla., dominated from flag-to-flag, leading all 20 laps in the caution-free Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified feature.

Slader led fellow front-row starter Bidinger in the early going, with a 1.5-second margin five laps in. Even as he caught lapped traffic by lap 10, Slader continued to widen his lead and was 2.5 seconds clear of Bidinger with Jesse Stovall in third.

Bidinger cut the gap under two seconds with four to go, but that's when Slader got back at full steam. He went on to beat Stovall by 3.8 seconds with Shadren Turner third, Bidinger fading to fourth and Chase Sigg fifth.

"I started on the pole and had a clean race track until we got into lapped traffic," Slader said. "I moved around a little bit before I got into lapped traffic to know what the car was gonna do in different lanes. This is the third night out on this car and we've got a second and two wins, so it's going pretty good so far."

Stovall earns Modified make-up feature: Jesse Stovall had to wait a week, but he led all 20 laps to win the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified make-up feature rained out on April 26. The race kicked off the night's program.

Stovall started up front and stayed there, rolling to a two-second lead over Dustin Hodges seven laps into the race. Bobby Williams advanced around Hodges on lap 10 for second as the leaders navigated lapped cars.

The caution-free 20-lapper saw Stovall hold on to beat a fast-closing Williams by just .447 seconds as the runner-up made a big run on the final two laps.

"It's always good to win in the day time. I'm usually not very good when the sun's up for some reason," Stovall said. "I was kind of losing some brakes near the end."

Hodges finished third with Jason Pursley fourth and Chad Lyle fifth.

Clark takes command late in Super Stocks: Gary Clark of Walker worked his way around Tony Anglin with six laps to go and went on to grab the Hickamo Super Stocks main event.

Anglin started third and he edged past pole-starter Johnny Fennewald for the lead on lap four. He was able to open up a 1.6-second lead over Clark by the midpoint on lap 10 with Fennewald a close third.

Clark quickly cut into the margin and was on Anglin's bumper two laps later. Anglin fended him off until lap 14 when Clark snuck by on the inside at the start-finish line.

"That was awesome. The track was rough in spots, but that was a good race," said Walker, a 30-year racing veteran who last won at Lucas Oil Speedway in 2008.

Clark held on from there to take the win by a half-second over Anglin. Tim Brown wound up third with Fennewald fourth and Kenny Carroll fifth.

Stock Cars win goes to Beck: Mason Beck of Urbana took the lead from William Garner with four laps to go and captured the O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature win.

Garner, the defending track champ in the division with four feature wins in 2024, rolled to a two-second lead over Beck after just five laps. He appeared on his way to a relatively lopsided win when his 2.4-second lead went away with a lap 10 caution.

That gave new life to Beck's chances and he drew alongside Garner and made the pass on lap 16. Beck drove away from there to beat Garner by .598 seconds with Dawson Fennewald third.

"I'm lucky I got that restart. I would never have beat Will. He was just too far out front," Beck, the 2023 track champ, said after his first win of the season. "I just glad to get back here. We broke a lot of stuff last year. It feels good to win again."

LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (May 3, 2025)

Pitts Homes and Realty Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Night the Races

Hermitage Lumber Late Models

A Feature - 1. 72-JC Morton[1]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[4]; 3. 20-Alan Westling[2]; 4. 21-Johnny Fennewald[5]; 5. 1T-Tucker Cox[3]; 6. 12J-Justin Russell[7]; 7. 1A-Bryon Allison[9]; 8. 23-Chad Walter[6]; 9. 3K-Richard Kimberling[10]; 10. 18-Scott Bergen[8]; 11. 19-Hunter Bergen[12]; 12. (DNF) 6-Bob Cummings[11]

Heat 1 - 1. 20-Alan Westling[2]; 2. 1T-Tucker Cox[4]; 3. 23-Chad Walter[3]; 4. 18-Scott Bergen[1]; 5. 3K-Richard Kimberling[5]; 6. 19-Hunter Bergen[6]

Heat 2 - 1. 72-JC Morton[5]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[3]; 3. 21-Johnny Fennewald[1]; 4. 12J-Justin Russell[6]; 5. 1A-Bryon Allison[4]; 6. 6-Bob Cummings[2]

Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds

A Feature (make-up) - 1. 502-Jesse Stovall[2]; 2. 1B-Bobby Williams[9]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[7]; 4. 38C-Jason Pursley[1]; 5. 18-Chad Lyle[6]; 6. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[10]; 7. 68-Dean Wille[5]; 8. 3B-Nic Bidinger[17]; 9. 18JR-Chase Sigg[16]; 10. 17-Brent Holman[4]; 11. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[3]; 12. 96-Cody Brill[8]; 13. 21T-Troy Gudmonson[14]; 14. 73-Mickey Burrell[20]; 15. 33S-Ben Stockton[22]; 16. 24D-Donnie Fellers[13]; 17. 99-Dylan Hoover[19]; 18. 91-Hoyt Miller[21]; 19. 23-Kenny Nutter[23]; 20. 92-Tyler Grooms[18]; 21. (DNF) 5-Robbie Reed[15]; 22. (DNF) 03-Jason Sivils[11]; 23. (DNF) 88-Jimmy Dowell[12]; 24. (DNS) 16-Caleb Potter

A Feature (regular) - 1. 19K-Kyle Slader[1]; 2. 502-Jesse Stovall[4]; 3. 56-Shadren Turner[5]; 4. 3B-Nic Bidinger[2]; 5. 18JR-Chase Sigg[7]; 6. 38C-Jason Pursley[3]; 7. 68-Dean Wille[8]; 8. 22H-Dustin Hodges[17]; 9. 21-Troy Gudmonson[9]; 10. 18-Chad Lyle[10]; 11. 73-Mickey Burrell[6]; 12. 33S-Ben Stockton[19]; 13. 25-Scotty Roberts[11]; 14. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[13]; 15. 17-Brent Holman[20]; 16. 34-Weston Holman[12]; 17. 23N-Kenny Nutter[22]; 18. 91-Hoyt Miller[14]; 19. 5W-Derek Watson[18]; 20. 92-Tyler Grooms[21]; 21. 155-Terry Kirk[23]; 22. 99-Dylan Hoover[24]; 23. 34D-Aaron Moss[15]; 24. 96-Cody Brill[16]

Heat 1 - 1. 502-Jesse Stovall[1]; 2. 38C-Jason Pursley[5]; 3. 18JR-Chase Sigg[7]; 4. 21-Troy Gudmonson[9]; 5. 96-Cody Brill[4]; 6. 91-Hoyt Miller[10]; 7. 92-Tyler Grooms[8]; 8. (DNF) 33S-Ben Stockton[3]; 9. (DNF) 22H-Dustin Hodges[2]; 10. (DNS) 21M-Ryan Middaugh

Heat 2 - 1. 3B-Nic Bidinger[4]; 2. 19K-Kyle Slader[8]; 3. 25-Scotty Roberts[2]; 4. 34-Weston Holman[5]; 5. 34D-Aaron Moss[6]; 6. 88-Jimmy Dowell[1]; 7. 24D-Donnie Fellers[7]; 8. 03-Jason Sivils[10]; 9. 155-Terry Kirk[9]; 10. (DNS) 5-Robbie Reed

Heat 3 - 1. 56-Shadren Turner[1]; 2. 73-Mickey Burrell[4]; 3. 68-Dean Wille[7]; 4. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[3]; 5. 18-Chad Lyle[10]; 6. 5W-Derek Watson[8]; 7. 23N-Kenny Nutter[2]; 8. 99-Dylan Hoover[6]; 9. (DNF) 17-Brent Holman[5]; 10. (DQ) 1B-Bobby Williams[9]

Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods

A Feature - 1. 18M-JC Morton[1]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[3]; 3. 83-JC Newell[2]; 4. 7L-Trevor Drake[4]; 5. 32-Robbe Ewing[11]; 6. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[5]; 7. 18-Jace Boney[6]; 8. 214-Eric Spreer[24]; 9. 17L-Londen McClure[7]; 10. F1-Mitchell Franklin[12]; 11. 18C-Carter Harrison[16]; 12. 37-Wesley Long[23]; 13. 3W-BJ Deal[10]; 14. 15-Ryan Edde[19]; 15. 80-TJ Yount[13]; 16. 0K-Tracy Killian[18]; 17. 82N-Keith Nutter[15]; 18. 219-Dalton Keith[17]; 19. 98-Christopher Watts[21]; 20. (DNF) 55-Colson Kirk[9]; 21. (DNF) 12-Parker Smith[14]; 22. (DNF) 66-Ryan Gillmore[8]; 23. (DNF) 27L-Clifford Lean[22]; 24. (DNS) 39-Trent Rogers

Heat 1 - 1. 7L-Trevor Drake[3]; 2. 66-Ryan Gillmore[2]; 3. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[8]; 4. F1-Mitchell Franklin[6]; 5. 80-TJ Yount[1]; 6. 18C-Carter Harrison[4]; 7. 15-Ryan Edde[5]; 8. (DNF) 98-Christopher Watts[7]

Heat 2 - 1. 18M-JC Morton[6]; 2. 8-Jon Sheets[7]; 3. 32-Robbe Ewing[3]; 4. 55-Colson Kirk[8]; 5. 82N-Keith Nutter[5]; 6. 219-Dalton Keith[4]; 7. (DNF) 39-Trent Rogers[1]; 8. (DQ) 37-Wesley Long[2]

Heat 3 - 1. 83-JC Newell[6]; 2. 17L-Londen McClure[4]; 3. 18-Jace Boney[8]; 4. 3W-BJ Deal[7]; 5. 12-Parker Smith[3]; 6. 0K-Tracy Killian[5]; 7. (DNS) 27L-Clifford Lean; 8. (DQ) 214-Eric Spreer[2]

Hickamo Super Stocks

A Feature - 1. 4G-Gary Clark[4]; 2. G1-Tony Anglin[3]; 3. 111-Tim Brown[5]; 4. 21-Johnny Fennewald[1]; 5. 94-Kenny Carroll[8]; 6. 11-Derek Brown[9]; 7. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[10]; 8. 164-Michael Muskrat[2]; 9. 69-Brian Brown[6]; 10. 127-Jay Barnett[12]; 11. 16-Logan Thompson[11]; 12. 35-Johnny Coats[7]; 13. 112-Kevin Brown[15]; 14. 69C-Caleb Brown[17]; 15. 70-Patrick West[16]; 16. (DNF) 2-Colton Bourland[13]; 17. (DNF) 73-Francisco Escamilla[14]

Heat 1 - 1. 21-Johnny Fennewald[7]; 2. G1-Tony Anglin[5]; 3. 111-Tim Brown[6]; 4. 94-Kenny Carroll[1]; 5. 11-Derek Brown[4]; 6. 127-Jay Barnett[3]; 7. 2-Colton Bourland[8]; 8. 112-Kevin Brown[9]; 9. (DNF) 69C-Caleb Brown[2]

Heat 2 - 1. 164-Michael Muskrat[3]; 2. 4G-Gary Clark[5]; 3. 35-Johnny Coats[1]; 4. 69-Brian Brown[8]; 5. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[4]; 6. 16-Logan Thompson[7]; 7. 73-Francisco Escamilla[2]; 8. 70-Patrick West[6]

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O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars

A Feature - 1. 0F-Mason Beck[3]; 2. 7-William Garner[1]; 3. 22-Dawson Fennewald[6]; 4. 8M-James McMillin[4]; 5. 24-Blayne McMillin[8]; 6. 111-Butch Bailey[5]; 7. L23-Allen Luttjohann[9]; 8. 83-James Ellis[2]; 9. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[10]; 10. 18-Kameron Stoddard[11]; 11. (DQ) 34-Blake Bolton[7]

Heat 1 - 1. 83-James Ellis[2]; 2. 7-William Garner[9]; 3. 0F-Mason Beck[4]; 4. 8M-James McMillin[6]; 5. 111-Butch Bailey[3]; 6. 22-Dawson Fennewald[5]; 7. 34-Blake Bolton[8]; 8. 24-Blayne McMillin[7]; 9. L23-Allen Luttjohann[1]; 10. 35Z-Zach Zeugin[10]; 11. 18-Kameron Stoddard[11]

Show-Me Off Road Shootout concludes Sunday: The Champ Off-Road Series Show-Me Shootout concludes on Sunday at Lucas Oil Speedway's off-road course with 13 sportsman and seven pro divisions running features.

Sunday's schedule

8:45 a.m. - Sportsman opening ceremonies

8:50 - Sportsman SxS race

9:20 - Pro Am Turbo SxS race

9:50 - Stock Truck race

10:20 - Mod Kart race

10:45 - 1600 Light Buggy race

11:10 - Youth SxS race

11:25 - Short Course Karts race

11:50 - 170/200 SxS race

12:15 p.m. - 1600 Single Buggy race

12:40 - Super Stock Truck race

1:10 - 570 SxS race

1:30 - Pro Am SxS race

2:30 p.m. - Opening ceremonies

2:45 - Pro Buggy race

3:15 - Pro Spec race

3:45 - Pro Stock SxS race

4:15 - Pro Lite race

4:45 - Amsoil Pro SxS race

5:15 - Pro 2 race

5:45 - Pro 4 race

Sunday Off-Road Spectator Admission:

Adults (13 and up) - $30 (Day of Event)

Adults (13 and up) - $25 (Advance Online)

Seniors (62 and up)/Military (62 and up) - $27 (Day of Event)

Seniors (62 and up)/Military (62 and up) - $22 (Advance Online)

Youth (age 6 to 12) - $10 (Day of Event and Advance Online)

Kids (age 5 and under) - FREE

Family $70 (Includes admission for 2 adults and up to 3 Kids ages 6-12. can only be purchased day of event at the gate

(All tickets include access to Off Road pit area)

Go to cchampoffroad.com for more info on the series.

For information on tickets or camping for any Lucas Oil Speedway event in 2025, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or email her at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.

CONTACT:

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Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager

Office: (417) 282-5984

DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com



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