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  Lucas Oil Speedway Champions Spotlight: Better-than-ever Wells repeats Late Model track title

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Dec. 12, 2024) - After successfully repeating his Lucas Oil Speedway track championship in the Hermitage Lumber Late Model division, Justin Wells said the formula to success hasn't changed with age. The 47-year-old Wells drove to 11 feature wins in once again running away with the championship in 2024, a year after posting 12 overall victories. Asked the key to his success, Wells said it's the same as when he was winning races 20 years ago. "It's hard work and effort combined, with a lot of good luck," Wells said this week. The member of the Ozarks Area Racers Foundation Hall of Fame, who won the first Late Model race at new Lucas Oil Speedway in 2006, said just like his runaway title in 2023 he didn't begin the season with a grand plan of chasing a championship. "Two years ago we won a race up there and said we weren't gonna race for points then blowed up our (open Late Model ) motor and all we had was our weekly motor," Wells said. "It worked out and we enjoyed it. "This year I told everybody 'I'm not racing for points.' Well, some of my sponsors bought some suites up there and some other sponsors had some spots on the lake. The next thing you know, we go and win the first race and we're hooked for the rest of the year." Wells joked that he's "tried quitting - well, not quitting, but slowing down - a few times" over the years but keeps coming back to the driver's seat. He was one of the creators of the Cash Money Dirt Late Model series a few years ago, but gave that up after a couple of years as it cut into his racing time. "We got to promoting races for a couple of years and my racing suffered," Wells said. "Every time I went to the track, we didn't run good. We're back to full focus and putting all our efforts and time in it and everything we've done has been good and it's been fun to run good and be competitive." Wells showed the past season that he can still run up front with the open Late Model guys on the rare instances he takes his shot with finishes of third and fourth at the MLRA Fall Nationals over Labor Day Weekend at Wheatland. He said he could have made a run at a win had a timely caution come out late in his third-place run. "I don't know how many we could win in the super Late Model stuff, but I think we've got a shot at it," Wells said. Wells said he and his son, Cole, are looking to compete in as many open Late Model shows as they can within a reasonable travel distance in 2025. He's not making any firm plans to gun for a Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series three-peat, but there's always that chance. If he does run weekly again, Wells has one big advantage. That's the car he calls "Old Faithful, a 2006 TNT chassis that he's driven to 116 feature wins. It's almost unheard of for a car nearly 20 years old to still be active, let alone finding victory lanes. "She's a good one," Wells said. "That's the same car I was winning MARS races in back in 2009, 2010. Cars have a life span that is usually 2-3 years to get a lot of good out of them and maybe a couple of years after that. This car, it doesn't matter what motor combination you put in there, it just responds to changes. I have no answer. "It's never gonna be for sale. When we quit racing, we'll probably plant flowers in it." Gift cards, season pass renewals available: Lucas Oil Speedway is offering gift cards in any amount - which can be used in various ways from tickets, to concessions to the Track Treasures Gift Shop - just in time for Christmas. Season passes for the 2025 season, good for admission to all dirt-track events, also are available at a $50 discount for renewals through Dec. 31. Those renewals are $700 for adults and $600 for seniors (ages 62 and over). After Jan. 1, 2025, renewals will be $750 for adults and $650 for seniors (62 and over). New season-pass buyers maybe purchase passes starting on Feb. 1, at $750 for adults and $650 for seniors. Meanwhile, renewals for Show-Me 100 three-day reserved passes will be Jan. 1st through 31st with new Show-Me 100 passes going on sale Feb. 1. Contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or email her at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information. Weekly racing in the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series will feature five divisions - Hermitage Lumber Late Models, Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds, O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stocks, Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B Mods and Hickamo Country Store Super Stocks. The 2025 season is scheduled to fire up March 22nd with March Full Body Madness after Open Test & Tune on March 15th. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, United States Modified Touring Series and the High Limit Sprint Racing Series, POWRi Sprint Cars and POWRi WAR Sprints. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and Super Stocks. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Henry's Towing Service, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, SMSI, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Woods Supermarkets.

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  Leftwich named Assistant GM, Competition Director for Lucas Oil Speedway

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Nov. 18, 2024) - Ernie leftwich, an Ozarks-area native who's been an avid follower of dirt-track racing his entire life, is joining Lucas Oil Speedway as Assistant General Manager. Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Danny Lorton announced Leftwich's hiring. Leftwich, 47, also will assume the role of Competition Director on race nights and supervise all race officials at the speedway. "We are pleased to welcome Ernie to our team here at Lucas Oil Speedway," Lorton said. "He has a tremendous amount of experience in the racing business and will be a valuable asset to our staff." Leftwich is a lifelong resident of Nevada, Mo., where he attended his first race at Nevada Speedway at the age of four. It's also where he had his first job in the sport, serving as flagman at the speedway in 1996 and '97 shortly after graduation from Nevada High School. It's at that time he also began helping out in various capacities with the Midwest Late Model Racing Association, then under the ownership of Allen "Cowboy" Chancellor and wife Harriett. Leftwich also served as a flagman at multiple tracks around the region, including dirt ovals South Coffeyville (Okla.), Humboldt (Kan.) and the original Wheatland Raceway when it was owned by Ron Jenkins. He helped with duties there when Lucas Oil Speedway opened in 2006. "I've loved motorsports my entire life and dirt Late Model racing, in particular, has been my passion," Leftwich said. Leftwich has served as Series Director for the Lucas Oil MLRA since 2012 and said it's sad to see his time with the series come to an end, but he's excited about what's ahead. "I am grateful for this opportunity and look forward to working with Danny and the staff at Lucas Oil Speedway," Leftwich added. "Now 2025 will be a new year and a new beginning to a career in a sport I love. I'm thankful for the opportunity and what's on the horizon at Lucas Oil Speedway." Lorton said Leftwich will begin his duties at Lucas Oil Speedway on or about Jan. 7, 2025. Weekly racing at Lucas Oil Speedway features five divisions - Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks, B Mods and Stock Cars. The 2025 season is scheduled to fire up March 22nd with March Full Body Madness. Please visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for the most up to date information about "America's New Motorsports Destination", Lucas Oil Speedway. Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, MO. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is also available. With it's entrance located just outside the pit gate this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks. Click www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for more information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, United States Modified Touring Series and the Lucas Oil MLRA,High Limit Sprint Racing Series, POWRi Sprint Cars and POWRi WAR Sprints. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and Super Stocks. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Henry's Towing Service, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, SMSI, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Woods Supermarkets.

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  INAUGURAL "MLRA FOUNDERS TRIBUTE" TO OPEN 2025 TOUR AT SPRINGFIELD RACEWAY

  Wheatland, Missouri (November 12, 2024) - The Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) has big plans on tap for their 37th season of racing in 2025, starting with a return trip to the Springfield Raceway for the Inaugural running of the "MLRA Founders Tribute" race weekend. The season opener will feature two complete nights of action on February 28th & March 1st, marking the earliest start to an MLRA season in series history. The ¼ mile semi-banked clay oval in Springfield, Missouri has hosted the MLRA on seven prior occasions, including the MLRA opener back in 2012. Friday night's opener will feature a $5,037 to win and $537 to start A-Main, while the Saturday night finale will pay $6,037 to win and $637 to start. The early season opener will honor and pay tribute to a pair of individuals who were responsible for laying the ground work to one of the nation's longest running dirt touring series. Kenny Essary and Randy Mooneyham founded the MLRA back in 1989 and operated the series through 1996, when they turned over the reins to Allen (Cowboy) and Harriett Chancellor. Springfield Raceway owner Jerry Hoffman said the idea for the event came from a discussion between himself and current racer and former MLRA winner Justin Wells. "Justin Wells and I were talking and Justin came up with the idea to do something to honor these guys. Justin really thought it would be a good idea to find a way to honor Kenny and Randy and document how the MLRA got its start." "It's going to be neat to be able to honor the two of them", continued Hoffman. "They are getting up there in age you know, and a lot of people just don't know the history of the series and how it got started and I think that is important to be able to tell the history and story of the series to people. We are going to do a little bit of a documentary via a podcast here in the next couple of weeks to talk a bit about the race and how the series got started." The full 2025 Lucas Oil MLRA schedule is nearing completion, and is expected to be released in the coming weeks. For more information on the Lucas Oil MLRA visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. About Springfield Raceway: Springfield Raceway is located just off I-44, in Springfield, Missouri and is notably known as the home of "Turkey Bowl XVIIl", which is held annually in November. The 2024 edition will be held November 14th - 16th, featuring a $6,064 to win Saturday night late model feature that will include many of the drivers expected for the "MLRA Founders Tribute" in 2025. For additional details visit www.SpringfieldRaceway.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. Highway 54, P.O. Box 8, Wheatland, MO 65779 +1 (417) 282-5984

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  Diamond Dozen: Looking back at 12 memorable Lucas Oil Speedway moments during 2024 season

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Nov. 12, 2024) - Before closing the book on the 2024 racing season at Lucas Oil Speedway, it's time to take a look back in our annual review of the "Diamond Dozen," an overview of the top 12 moments. The list is compiled by Lucas Oil Speedway public relations director Lyndal Scranton with an assist from track announcer Shane Friebe. 1 - USMTS Show-Me Shootout expands and produces classic: Jim Chisholm outdueled Terry Phillips in a USMTS race for the ages on Night One of the 15th annual Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout Presented by Foley Equipment. It was the first time the event was expanded to two nights. Chisholm, the young gun from Osage, Iowa, led six of the final eight laps, but swapped the lead with Phillips, the veteran from Springfield, Mo., three times over the final stretch of the 40-lapper. Chisholm regained the lead from Phillips on lap 38 and held on from there to win by a narrow .445 seconds for the $5,000 prize. "We could run top to bottom. We ran through the middle a lot. I have to thank Terry. I don't know if he led some of those laps, but we were running side by side through there. I was a little bit better through one and two and he would get me back in three and four," Chisholm said in victory lane. Chisholm completed the weekend sweep with another $5,000 win the next night. "This is gonna stick with me for a really, really long time," Chisholm said, adding, "again, Lucas Oil gave us a really good race track. I didn't win the race on the line I started. To me, that's huge because it keeps us drivers working really hard on where we have to run." 2 - "Superman" does it again in Show-Me 100: Living up to his nickname of "Superman," Jonathan Davenport put on another dominating performance to cap Memorial Day Weekend's 32nd annual Show-Me 100 Presented by the Missouri Division of Tourism. Davenport led every lap, with only a parade of caution flags slowing him down in rolling to a $50,000 victory, a race shortened to 80 laps due to approaching thunderstorms. The Blairsville, Ga., driver took the checkers 5.92 seconds in front of runner-up Tim McCreadie. It was Davenport's eighth feature victory at Lucas Oil Speedway since the spring of 2023 and his second Show-Me 100 triumph. He also won the crown jewel race in 2015, leading all 100 laps. Davenport's approach wasn't without some danger. His night nearly ended on lap 22 when Neil Baggett of Columbus, Miss., and Brennon Willard of Lebanon, Mo., tangled between turns three and four with Davenport charging toward them. "Oh my God, that was so close," recalled Davenport, who took evasive action to slip between the two spinning cars while making only the slightest contact with Willard's right-rear quarterpanel. "I held my breath going through there. Luckily they just kept doing what they was doing and they didn't stand on the gas and try to spin around, because I actually had to slide off the brake pedal to miss the first one and then I gassed up and went back the other way to miss the other one." 3 - Tosh edges Brown in Full Fender Thriller: Richie Tosh of Salado, Ark. edged Brown in the Full Fender Challenge, featuring a field of 12 cars split between USRA Stock Cars and POWRi Super Stocks that ran features earlier in the evening. Both Tosh and Brown came out of the Super Stocks division. Tosh, a close third after leading early in the Super Stock feature, began fifth in the Full Fender Challenge. But it was Brown who appeared on his way to a double victory most of the way. Brown grabbed the lead on lap one and opened a 2.6-second gap on Tosh by lap seven when the first caution flew.After the restart, Brown and Tosh waged a battle at the front with Brown staying in front. Sixth-starting Fennewald, meanwhile, fell back to eighth by lap 11 after climbing as high as fifth at the caution. Tosh pulled alongside Brown out of turn four on lap 15. Brown was able to fend off the challenge - until the final turn. The leaders found themselves in lapped traffic on the final cirdcuit and Tosh, diving low in turn four, beat Brown by a hood's length at the checkers, the margin listed as .074 seconds. It worked out. Lapped traffic, we diced and sliced there a little bit," Tosh said. "It was a fun race and fortunate to get to do it." 4 - Tony Jackson Jr. rolls to Jenkins Memorial MLRA win: Tony Jackson Jr. saved his best for last in the 10th annual Lucas Oil MLRA Ron Jenkins Memorial Presented by Rugged Radios over Labor Day Weekend. The veteran Late Model driver from Lebanon found speed on the high side and rocketed to the lead two laps to go, then held off Dillon McCowan and Gordy Gundaker for the $12,000 victory. Jackson never led - but also was never out of the top three - until the exciting finish when the 2021 Lucas Oil MLRA champ went from third to first seemingly in an instant. It was his second time to win a Ron Jenkins Memorial feature. "What a race track," an excited Jackson said in victory lane. "Ten thousand is a great pay day and they add an extra two thousand. Great people and a great family. We can't thank them enough. We're blessed to win it." 5 - Veteran Pursley celebrates first track championship: Jason Pursley could celebrate a Lucas Oil Speedway track championship after being runner-up multiple times — even if it wasn't exactly the way he would have planned it. Pursley spun and damaged his car on the opening lap in the feature, but by merely taking the green flag on Saturday night Pursley clinched the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified track championship in the Big Adventure RV Weekly Championship Series. Pursley was running second behind fellow front-row starter Chambers on the opening lap when he spun between turns three and four and was hit by multiple cars - including his son, Dayton. Pursley was unable to continue and credited with 20th place, but thanks to a 69-point lead to begin the night over Chad Lyle, who didn't start the feature, Pursley clinched the championship when the green flew. He didn't win a feature, but had five top-five finishes and three other top-10s this season. "It's good to finally not be the first loser," Pursley said with a laugh, thanking car owner Tom Campbell and his sponsors for the support. Other track championships for 2024 went to JC Morton (Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods), Justin Wells with a repeat in the Hermitage Lumber Late Models and William Garner (O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars). 6 - Phillips claims first Heartland Modified Tour event at Wheatland: Terry Phillips led all 30 laps, but it was a hard-fought battle to the finish as the veteran driver from Springfield captured the first USRA Heartland Modified Tour feature at Lucas Oil Speedway. Phillips earned $2,000 for the victory, which also was the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified headliner of the Big Adventure RV Weekly Championship Series. Phillips held off Gabe Hodges by .209 seconds in a close battle that came down to the final turn, pitting the old pro against a young gun. A total of 50 USRA Modified checked into the pits. Phillips, in his own Bloodline Race Car, utilized the low groove around the track from start to finish in his first added-money win at Lucas Oil Speedway in quite some time. "I love coming up here. I run pretty decent in my Modified," Phillips said, noting the extra-thrill of victory in front of fans who rarely get to see him race near home as he's moved to top-level Modified racing full time in recent years. Phillips hugged the low groove - as did the other contenders - until Hodges ducked to his inside in turn three on lap 19. Phillips was able to fend him off and Hodges moved up the track on lap 21 with Tyler Wolff putting the pressure on him. That allowed Phillips to extend his league to one second by lap 25. The leaders hit heavy traffic at the white flag and Hodges closed in for one final charge. Phillips was able to hang on by a car length at the checkers with Wolff right behind. 7 - High Limit Racing arrives with Courtney capturing win: Tyler Courtney took the lead with five laps remaining Friday night and went on to capture Night One of the Kubota High Limit Racing Diamond Classic in late June. Courtney, of Indianapolis, roared from third and into the lead after a lap 24 restart and went on to earn $10,000 with his fourth Kubota High Limit Racing feature win of the season. Courtney beat Brad Sweet at the finish with James McFadden capturing third. "The last time I ran here, I won in a Midget (in 2016) and it's pretty cool to come back in a winged car and have success," the ninth-starting Courtney said in victory lane. "That was fun, a lot of fun." Courtney, driving for Clauson Marshall Racing, finished two seconds clear at the checkers as he pulled away from Brad Sweet and the rest after taking the lead on lap 25. He was the fourth and final leader of the 30-lapper. 8 - Chris Simpson wins MLRA Fall Nationals finale and Taylor bags Big Buck 50: Chris Simpson's weekend of settling for second-best at the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals took a positive turn as the veteran Iowa driver found his way to victory lane on the third and final night of action. Simpson wrested the lead away from his older brother and MLRA points leader Chris Simpson on lap 19. He held it the rest of the way and went on to claim his second series victory of the season and second career MLRA victory at Lucas Oil Speedway. It was worth $10,000 as the co-headliner with the 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt. The return of the Big Buck 50 after a four-year break saw a familiar winner. Peyton Taylor of Batesville, Ark., grabbed the $10,000 victory to go with his Big Buck victories in 2019 and 2020. He took command on lap 15 and led the rest of the way. Taylor also earned a spot in the sold-out Whitetail Trophy Hunt next month in mid-Missouri, which pays $15,000 to win. Chris Simpson capped a weekend of perseverance after finishing runner-up to Ryan Gustin two nights in a row. He said a poor qualifying performance left him displeased and with a lot of work to do, starting the final-nigh feature in eighth. "We love coming here," Simpson said. "I just have to thank all my guys. It's a good way to end it. We've been working hard all year. Taylor, who also won the last Big Buck 50 at Wheatland, took command from Terry Schultz on lap 15 and, driving a car borrowed from Jared Neiswander after Taylor's car was plagued by motor issues on both preliminary nights, was never seriously threatened the rest of the way. "To go back to back to back, it's pretty surreal," Taylor said. "Thank you all for bringing this back. This is a special event for a lot of us grassroots racers and I think everybody here had a fun time." 9 - Bubak, Doney score first Hockett-McMillin Memorial wins: The 14th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial saw a pair of first-winners. Jake Bubak emerged from an early three-car battle, wound up leading 24 of 25 laps and held off a late charge from Scott Bogucki to capture the POWRi 410 Sprint feature. Meanwhile, Xavier Doney made the leap from race runner-up a year ago into victory lane in the POWRi WAR Sprint division. "This is really special," said Bubak, of Arvada, Colo., after earning $10,000. "The Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial is a big one, probably the biggest memorial race in sprint cars." The Hockett-McMillin Memorial pays tribute to the legacy of Jesse Hockett of Warsaw, Mo., who was a star in both the winged and non-wing sprint divisions when he lost his life in a shop accident in 2010. His cousin and crew chief, Daniel McMillin, was killed in an automobile accident in 2006. One year after finishing as the runner-up and with some other near-misses in this race, Doney of Odessa, Mo., was able to get it done in the wingless portion Doney took over the lead with 10 laps remaining and held off Jesse Vermillion of Greencastle, Ind., in a three-lap shootout after a late-race restart, to earn the $4,077 victory. 10 - Joe Chisholm takes USRA Nationals finale: Four nights of racing culminated with championship features in five divisions at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday night, with the Summit USRA Nationals hitting the finish line. The big winner was young Iowa driver Joe Chisholm, who took command late in the USRA Modified feature and went on to capture the top prize of $4,000. Other winners were Jon Sheets in USRA B-Mods, Josh Cain in USRA Stock Cars, Oliver Monson in USRA Tuners and Jeremy Crimmins for the USRA Hobby Stocks. Ninth-starting Chisholm of Osage, Iowa, seized the lead on lap 39 and drove away after a restart. He beat J.T. Wasmund and Nic Bidinger for the biggest victory of his rookie USRA Modified season. Chisholm, 18, earned $4,000 for feature win No. 12 in 2024. He took the lead when dueling with USRA Modified national points leader Tyler Wolff as Wolff spun after he drifted too high in turn two. 11 - Fennewald collects bounty in Late Models: Johnny Fennewald of Appleton City led all 20 laps to capture the Hermitage Lumber POWRi Late Model feature Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Fennewald ended Justin Wells' feature win streak at six and claimed a $500 bounty in beating the reigning track champion. Wells was involved in a lap-six incident and had to restart at the rear of the field. He wound up seventh - but the way Fennewald was on a rail throughout it probably would not have mattered. While the bounty money was nice, Fennewald said he wishes he could have won it by outrunning Wells. "Honestly, I wouldn't even care if they paid me that bounty after this week; I want to race door-to-door and outrun him," Fennewald said of Wells, who would go on to win 11 features and another track championship. 12 - Logan Smith earns first win in unique format: Logan Smith of El Dorado Springs capitalized on a unique format and captured his first career feature victory in dominating fashion Saturday night. Smith, 20, ran away from the field to capture the second Twin 20 in the Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods after veteran Jon Sheets of Nevada grabbed the first 20-lap win. Both drivers took home $1,000 in the format which saw the 18 on the lead lap to finish the opener inverted, via fan vote, for the second feature. Smith was ecstatic in victory lane after hugging the bottom line while leading all 20 laps for his landmark personal victory. "I just tried to stay smooth and not slip up," Smith said. One for the road - Sweet rolls in High Limit Racing makeup: Before the final week of action in the The Kubota High Limit Racing season arrived, Brad Sweet already had clinched the season championship. Now he's added a couple of exclamation points to his title while in the Show-Me State. Sweet followed up his Tuesday-night triumph at I-70 Speedway in Odessa with a convincing feature victory on Wednesday at Lucas Oil Speedway's Diamond Classic. The Grass Valley, Calif., Winged Sprint veteran led 31 of 35 laps to earn $25,000 in the makeup of an event rained out at Wheatland on June 29th. For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event in 2025, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. It was recently announced that Pitts Home and Realty will become the title sponsor of the Weekly Racing Series in 2025 with admission to the weekly events $5 for all grandstand general admission. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, United States Modified Touring Series and the Lucas Oil MLRA,High Limit Sprint Racing Series, POWRi Sprint Cars and POWRi WAR Sprints. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and Super Stocks. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Henry's Towing Service, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, SMSI, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Woods Supermarkets.

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  Lucas Oil Speedway unveils tentative 2025 schedule with some new events, cheaper Weekly Racing Series tickets

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 25, 2024) - Lucas Oil Speedway has announced its tentative schedule for the 2025 season and it's highlighted by some new special events, plus an addition to the Weekly Championship Series which has expanded to five divisions. Hickamo Country Store will be the sponsor of the Super Stock division, which will join the Weekly Championship Series next season. The Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds, Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods, Hermitage Lumber Late Models and O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars return. The Super Stocks and Late Models will run under Lucas Oil Speedway class rules, posted on the track website. Meanwhile, the Modifieds, B-Mods and Stock Cars will be USRA-sanctioned and use USRA class rules. There will be points funds in all five classes. Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Danny Lorton also has announced that general admission will be $5 for the 10 Weekly Championship Series events, the first of which is set for April 5th. Championship night is scheduled for Aug. 23rd. The season begins with an Open Test and Tune on March 15th with the first racing action March 22nd for the new March Full Body Showdown, including Stock Cars, Pure Stocks, Super Stocks and Late Models. The debut of a special event at Lucas Oil Speedway is set for March 26th-29th with the King of America. The event will include USMTS Modifieds and USRA B-Mods. Another new event debuting at Lucas Oil Speedway is the Champ Off-Road Show-Me Off-Road Shootout, May 2-4. Meanwhile, six UTV Side-by-Side Short Course racing events also are scheduled - March 22nd, April 19th, July 19th, Aug. 16th, Sept. 13th and Oct. 11th - also are set for the off-road course, with a practice day on March 15. Classes, rules and more info will be announced in the near future. Some other highlights include: The 33rd annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100, May 22-24, will for the first time pay $75,000 to win the 100-lap final-night feature. Kubota High Limit Racing returns for the 2nd annual Diamond Classic June 27-28. The CMH Diamond Nationals expands to a two-night event, July 11-12th, with $15,000 going to the winner on Friday and $25,000 on Saturday. Three drag boat events are scheduled under the Kentucky Drag Boat Association banner with Summer Thunder on Lake Lucas June 13-14, KDBA Show-Me Shootout on Lake Lucas Aug. 1-2 and the 15th annual Diamond Drag Boat Nationals Aug. 29-31. The Heartland Modified Tour returns for two events - May 10th and July 3rd, the latter a headliner of Casey's Thursday Night Thunder Kids Night Plus Fireworks. Motorhead Sports Mad Dog Demolition Derby Touring Series comes to the speedway for the first time on Sept. 13th. The 14th annual Impact Signs Awning and Wraps Open Wheel Showdown has moved to Aug. 16 and the 15th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial is Sept. 18-20. The 12th annual Summit USRA Nationals is slated for Sept. 30-Oct. 4. The 9th annual Big Buck 50 and MLRA Fall Nationals again with share billing on a fall program, Oct. 9-11. Lorton said the speedway is seeking marketing partners for events at all its facilities - dirt track, off road and Lake Lucas. Call the speedway office at (417) 295-6048 for more information. The popular Kids Power Wheel Championship will resume in 2025, with competition set for April 26, May 10, June 7. July 26 and Aug. 23. 23rd. A points champion will be recognized afer the final event. RCR Design returns as the Jr Fan Club and the RCR Design Jr Fan Club Pit Tour sponsor. For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6048 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, United States Modified Touring Series and the Lucas Oil MLRA,High Limit Sprint Racing Series, POWRi Sprint Cars and POWRi WAR Sprints. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and Super Stocks. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.

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  CHRIS SIMPSON WINS FINALE AS CHAD SIMPSON COLLECTS 5TH MLRA CHAMPIONSHIP

  Wheatland, MO (October 11, 2024) - After a season of work, the 2024 Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) championship came down to the final night on Friday at the Tri-City Speedway, with not two but three drivers vying for the crown. In true championship style, all three title contenders rolled to the green of the 30 lapper from the top three positions on the grid. Chris Simpson would take the lead from the onset, with Tony Jackson Jr. riding in second. Jackson, entered the night just five points in front of Chris Simpson for the runner up position. A caution slowed the pace on lap seven when the nights MyRaceFast Time winner Kayden Clatt clipped a tire at the inside of turn four. On the restart, it would continue to be Chris Simpson showing the way over Jackson, and Midwest Sheet Metal point leader Chad Simpson riding in third. The nights final caution would wave on lap 11 when Billy Laycock came to a stop at the top of turn three. Simpson would continue to control the pace along the high line, as Jackson continued to apply heavy pressure from start to finish on the back bumper of the race leader. Simpson would make a couple of late race bobbles in turns three and four, opening the door for Jackson to charged to the bottom off the exit. Just as quick as the opportunity opened for Jackson it would close, as Simpson powered off the exit and raced to his third MLRA victory of the season over Jackson. By virtue of the $7,000 victory, Simpson would finish second in the seasons Championship standings collecting $10,000 for his efforts while Jackson takes home $7,500 for third. Chad Simpson took care of business in the finale with a third-place run, which proved to be more than enough to grab his third consecutive and fifth career Lucas Oil MLRA Championship. Both Rickey Frankel and Aaron Marrant saved their best for last, as the duo finished in 4th and 5th respectively in the Championship finale, both season best finishes. "We did what we had to do," explained Chris Simpson following his victory. "I told Chad (Simondsen/crew chief) on the way here last night after our run which was right around the top, I said we might as well rip the deck out of it tonight, we've got all winter to fix it. We were up there and I knew those guys were coming and I was struggling through those holes, but I finally moved down a little on entry and then could slide to it. I knew if I did that and hit that exit, I'd be find." "I've got to thank Tony (Jackson Jr.). He raced me clean, he could have done a dirty one on me and park me but he raced me clean, so I have to appreciate that," concluded Simpson. Jackson's runner up finish was his second consecutive podium run to end the season. "We had a really good car and I probably gave that one away, but woulda coulda shoulda," he explained. "It was definitely top dominant tonight, but we all had the same opportunity. Chris did what he needed to do and when he did mess up, he was able to stay down. All-in-all it was a good night." CHAD SIMPSON SCORES THIRD CONSECUTIVE MLRA CHAMPIONSHIP Chad Simpson and team celebrates their 3rd consecutive Lucas Oil MLRA Championship at the Tri City Speedway. Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photos For the third consecutive season Chad Simpson topped the MLRA to bring home his fifth career Lucas Oil MLRA title. Simpson came into the night having to finish 12th or better to win the title, and most importantly had to make it to the finish. "We fired off there pretty tough and got into third there right away, explained Chad Simpson. "I would just bounce so much across that top and I knew that something stupid would happen, or something would break, so I just put myself into conservative mode. I didn't want to give up that third spot you know but obviously them guys that were right in front of me were the ones that were on my heels all year long with this championship. They had good race cars and had to do everything they could do. They had to try to win the race and hope I dropped out of the race, so I just put myself in the position where I could still run strong and stay with them or at least where I can see them, but not do anything stupid." "We switch to this Longhorn car and that really helped, these last two years for sure. They are definitely getting harder and harder to get every year. They are tough and the competition is just that much tougher. We go out there in qualifying tonight and we're all within a tenth of half a tenth. Its just great race cars and great drivers and everybody is just right there on top of it." "It's definitely a lot of pressure off," noted Simpson of one of his toughest Championship battles to date. "This last month has definitely been the most pressure on me in my entire racing career. I've just got to thank everybody that helps me out, everybody that puts us here every week and allows us to do this. It's a lot of work and cost a lot of money, and I'm just fortunate to be here." Tri-City Speedway Contingencies 10/11/24 Lap Leaders - Chris Simpson (1 - 30) Cautions - 3 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" -- Kayden Clatt (14.844 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - Chad Simondsen MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Chris Simpson (30) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Ricky Frankel Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Rickey Frankel Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Aaron Marrant Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Durham Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MD3 Final Finisher: - Robbie Moore St. Louis. Screw and Bolt 30 Laps 32-Chris Simpson[2]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[1]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[12]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[10]; 6. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[5]; 7. 11-Jeff Herzog[9]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 9. 42L-Lane Ehlert[14]; 10. 7M-Allan Middendorf[17]; 11. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[8]; 12. 82-Billy Laycock[13]; 13. 22H-Dustin Hodges[11]; 14. 15-Chris Fetter[15]; 15. 50C-Kayden Clatt[4]; 16. 4E-Scott Geaschel[19]; 17. 44-Blaze Burwell[6]; 18. 4D-Doug Tye[16]; 19. 11M-Robby Moore[18]; 20. (DNS) T4-Adam Tischauser Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:59.518 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 2. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 3. 78S-Steve Stultz[3]; 4. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 5. 82-Billy Laycock[5]; 6. 4D-Doug Tye[6]; 7. 4E-Scott Geaschel[7] Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:28.404 32-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges[4]; 5. 42L-Lane Ehlert[5]; 6. 7M-Allan Middendorf[6]; 7. (DNS) T4-Adam Tischauser Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:24.136 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 2. 44-Blaze Burwell[2]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[4]; 5. 15-Chris Fetter[6]; 6. 11M-Robby Moore[5] Qualifying 1 My Race Pass 00:16:20.000 50C-Kayden Clatt, 00:14.844[15]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:14.873[18]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.894[1]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:14.931[12]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:14.949[20]; 6. 44-Blaze Burwell, 00:14.989[14]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.064[3]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:15.078[5]; 9. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:15.119[2]; 10. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:15.127[7]; 11. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:15.255[10]; 12. 33F-Rickey Frankel, 00:15.393[9]; 13. 82-Billy Laycock, 00:15.478[11]; 14. 42L-Lane Ehlert, 00:15.672[6]; 15. 11M-Robby Moore, 00:15.833[13]; 16. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:15.891[16]; 17. 7M-Allan Middendorf, 00:16.864[17]; 18. 15-Chris Fetter, 00:19.933[8]; 19. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:20.109[4]; 20. (DNS) T4-Adam Tischauser, 00:21.000 For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. 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  GUSTIN GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE FOR "K.C." CUP VICTORY AT I-70 SPEEDWAY

  Wheatland, MO (October 10, 2024) - Ryan Gustin rolled into the I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO for the first time on Thursday night, and displayed a dominate performance over the Lucas Oil MLRA field to capture his 3rd series win of the season. Having won two of the last three MLRA events, Gustin led the field to the green flag for the 30-lap main event, alongside of Dillon McCowan. The "Reaper" would jump out front at the drop of the green, and made sure to take advantage of the clean air at the super-fast I-70 and stretched out the advantage in just a matter of laps to two plus seconds. The nights first of four cautions slowed the pace on lap eight, when Daniel Hilsabeck slowed on the race track with a shredded right rear tire. Gustin led McCowan and championship leader Chad Simson back to the green, again pulling away until Jon Binning spun to the infield on lap 15 just as Gustin began to work his way through lapped traffic. Hilsabeck charged his way back through the field after his early race caution and was sitting in 6th, when he jumped the turn four cushion and made heavy contact with the turn three wall. The Earlham, Iowa driver's night came to an early end but fortunately he was able to walk away. The nights final stoppage occurred with just four laps to go for Steve Stultz who had slowed exiting turn four directly in front of the race leader Gustin. The final restart of the night would go single file, giving Chad Simpson one final shot at taking down his second win of the season. It would be all for not however, as Gustin picked up his 13th career Lucas Oil MLRA win by 2.777 seconds over Simpson. Tony Jackson Jr. would move up five positions, and in doing so earned the Swift Springs Move of the Race. McCowan and Chris Simpson would round out the nights top five. Following his $7,000 victory Gustin commented on his first ever visit to I-70 in saying, "This place is fun, I have never been here before. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it widened out there toward the end of that race. After the race I peeled to the bottom and I had traction down there too. All-in-all it was a very good night, very fast race car and an awesome place." The biggest challenge on the night for Gustin came in the form of the four restarts. "The biggest thing is just not getting over that ledge, and letting them get under you and get a run or what not. Your definitely on the edge of your seat any time you see a yellow flag. You know you have to nail your restart and especially not get slide there, especially when the top is that wide getting in like that. All-in-all this Infinity race car was awesome and our Jay Dickens Engine ran great," he concluded. Tony Jackson Jr. 3rd (Left), Ryan Gustin 1st (Center), Chad Simpson 2nd (Right). Photo Credit: Mike Ruefer Photos Chad Simpson grabbed a valuable 10 bonus points earlier in the night by grabbing the MyRacePass overall "Fast Time Award". Combined with his runner-up finish, Simpson now holds a 95-point margin over Tony Jackson Jr. heading into Friday nights finale at Tri-City Speedway. "It cleaned off pretty good tonight and made it a pretty good race," commented Simpson. "That top was still pretty much dominate up there and made it pretty fast. I passed all my cars going around the bottom, so there was definitely some grip down there and we could make it work." "This place carries so much speed, it's really really tough, and if you don't get in the corner just right to where you can get off just right you can lose a ton of ground up and off the corner. You just kind of had to cry that momentum and get rolling and Ryan was pretty dam good tonight, but we did all we could to chase him." Jackson used as second consecutive podium run to leap Chris Simpson and take over second by a mere five points. "This was the first time I've been here, and I enjoyed it," noted Jackson. "We had trouble with the motor running earlier in the night, but we worked on it and picked our way up through there." "We heard it was fast," he noted of I-70. "But it slicked off and there was a top and there was a bottom, and that's all you can ask for," concluded the two-time MLRA Champion. The 2024 Lucas Oil MLRA season will conclude on Friday night October 11th, at the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL. The series $20,000 championship battle will be on the line along with a $7,000 to win main event. Saturday nights schedule season finale was cancelled earlier in the week, putting all of the pressure on the championship drivers on "Championship Friday". I-70 Speedway Contingencies 10/10/24 Lap Leaders - Ryan Gustin (1 - 30) Cautions - 4 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" -- Chad Simpson (15.820 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - Tim Douglas MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Ryan Gustin (30) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Tony Jackson Jr. Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Dillon McCowan Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Chris Simpson Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Jay Dickens Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MD3 Final Finisher: - Jimmy Vanzandt A Feature KC Cup30 Laps | 00:27:00.892 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 25-Chad Simpson[5]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[8]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]; 5. 32-Chris Simpson[3]; 6. 11-Jeff Herzog[6]; 7. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[10]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[9]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[12]; 10. 1XK-Richard Kimberling[15]; 11. (DNF) 22H-Dustin Hodges[13]; 12. (DNF) 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 13. (DNF) 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 14. (DNF) 65-Jon Binning[11]; 15. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt Heat 18 Laps | 00:02:50.000 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 4. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 5. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[6]; 7. 1XK-Richard Kimberling[8]; 8. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[7] Heat 28 Laps | 00:03:36.769 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[5]; 6. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 7. (DNS) 22H-Dustin Hodges Qualifying 1 My Race Pass| 00:02:07.000 1. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:15.820[12]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.896[9]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.921[14]; 4. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:16.007[7]; 5. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:16.233[1]; 6. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:16.266[8]; 7. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:16.307[6]; 8. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:16.350[4]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:16.530[10]; 10. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:16.532[13]; 11. 65-Jon Binning, 00:16.826[5]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:16.874[11]; 13. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:17.524[2]; 14. (DNS) 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:18.000; 15. (DNS) 1XK-Richard Kimberling, 00:20.000 For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. 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  MLRA SET FOR THURSDAY AT I-70 SPEEDWAY & CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY AT TRI CITY SPEEDWAY

  Wheatland, Missouri (October 7th, 2024) - The 2024 season for the Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) will see the final curtain call this weekend, but not before drivers take to the track at the I-70 Speedway and the Tri-City Speedway in a pair of highly critical $7,000 to win showdowns. Friday night's action will culminate with the crowning of the Sunoco Race Fuel Rookie of the year and the $20,000 MLRA Series Champion. I-70 Speedway to host "K.C." Cup: I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO will open the gates for a special Thursday night event on October 10th, to get the weekend started. The $7,000 to win inaugural running of the "K.C. Cup" Presented by Mid American Automation Services, comes about because of a late summer rain out for the second consecutive year. The super-fast ½ mile high banked facility last hosted the MLRA in 2022 as part of a co-sanctioned event with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS), which was won by Hudson O'Neal. After sitting idle for many years, the track located just east of the Kansas City metro area reopened in 2021 after an extensive renovation project which included many updates to the fan experience along with removal of its former asphalt surface and a return to the dirt. Tri-City Speedway Championship Moves to Friday Night: The MLRA "Championship Weekend" will once again return on the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL on Friday night October 11th for the crowning of the series champion. Originally scheduled as a two-night affair for Friday and Saturday, speedway officials have made the difficult decision to cancel the Saturday portion due to a family commitment which requires them to be out of state. This scheduling change will now move the Saturday purse up one day, making Friday night now worth $7,000 to win and $700 to start. This will mark the fifth consecutive season with the 3/8-mile facility playing host to the series championship. "My mom is currently residing in Florida, and due to unfortunate circumstances with her health we need to move her back to the St. Louis area to be closer to family, so we can provide additional care for her. With the incoming hurricane it is going to prevent us from safely getting to her mid-week as we had hoped," explained promotor Tammy Gundaker. "We do not want to cancel Saturdays planned finale, but we also have to do best for our family, and that means being there and helping to make this move as soon as we can get into Florida which we believe will be Saturday. We are looking forward to making Friday special for the teams and we are excited to be the finale of what looks to be a great championship battle between Chad, Chris, and Tony." The annual "Trunk or Treat" for the kids to cruise the pits and visit drivers will now be moved to Saturday, October 26th from 2 - 4 pm, and held in conjunction with the speedways B-Mod Bash. LUCAS OIL MLRA "CHAMPIONSHIP OUTLOOK" With just two nights to decide the $20,000 to win MLRA Championship, the intensity should be tight when drivers make their way into the I-70 Speedway on Thursday night. Three drivers will have a legitimate mathematical shot at taking home the title, making every single position on the track as important as ever. Chad Simpson (Points Leader): The four-time Lucas Oil MLRA Champion will enter the weekend with a 65-point advantage, as he looks to capture his third consecutive series crown. Simpson's margin stood at 160 points just six races ago, but has slowly dwindled down with pressure coming from brother Chris Simpson and Tony Jackson Jr. Of the top three drivers only, Chad Simpson competed in the MLRA's last bout at I-70 in 2022, finishing in 10th and giving himself a bit of an edge when it comes to experience on the highbanks. Simpson's championship chasing experience will likely come into play down the stretch as well. Not only is he a 20-time MLRA winner, but he also has six Corn Belt Clash Series Championships to his name. A championship for Simpson would put him in elite company, surpassing Terry Phillips (4) and joining Alan Vaughn as the only five-time MLRA champions. Only Al Purkey has more titles, as the 2024 Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductee has seven titles to his credit. He would also tie Vaughn as the only driver in series history to win three consecutive championships. Chris Simpson ( -65 points): Last year's MLRA runner-up told fans following a Labor Day weekend victory that they would be in for a treat over the remaining races, as he expected his brother and himself to put on a great battle for the championship. 24 hours later it looked like that would be all for not, as he recorded a 24th place showing after a power steering line failure. Following a 26th place run at the Davenport Speedway it looked even more unlikely, until this past weekend when he erased 135 points in three nights off what was a 200-point deficit. Two runner-up finishes and a $10,000 victory in Saturday's MLRA Fall Nationals has Chris Simpson entering the weekend as the hottest of the title contenders. Tony Jackson Jr. ( -75 points): Jackson came out of the box strong in 2024, as the only MLRA regular to secure a top five in the MLRA Spring Nationals season opener. The next three events however found Jackson with finishes outside of the top ten and in a hole. Turn the page to August, and with the help of a new Longhorn Chassis the two-time MLRA Champion has found his stride once again, finishing no worse than 9th with a series leading 5.11 average finishing position since. If it comes down to a battle on Friday at Tri City Speedway don't count out "Prime Time". Jackson has found his way to victory lane at Tri City Speedway 4 of the past 5 seasons, proving he knows his way around the 3/8-mile race track and is capable of capturing his third career MLRA Championship. SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR- Aaron Marrant has all but wrapped up the 2024 Sunoco Rookie of The Year title, which will be made official following Friday nights feature event at Tri City. Marrant and car owners Michael and Misty Meise have collected three top tens on the season including a 6th place at Lakeside Speedway. Thursday night will serve as another home game for Marrant, who lives just about 30 minutes from I-70. Marrant currently sits 8th in the season championship standings as well, and only 105 behind Dustin Hodges for 7th in the final rundown. I-70 Speedway: Odessa, MO "K.C. Cup": (Race Day Info) Thursday 10/10/24 Pit Gates: 2:30 PM, Grandstand: 4:30 pm Racing: Hot Laps/Practice - 6:30 PM, Racing 7:00 PM Admission: Adults $25, Seniors/Military $22, Kids (ages 4-12) $5 Support Classes: USRA Stock Cars Website: www.i70motorsportspark.com Tri-City Speedway: Pontoon Beach, IL: (Race Day Info)--Friday 10/11/24 Pit Gates: 3:00 PM, Grandstands 5:30 PM Racing: Hot Laps - 6:30 PM, Racing to follow Admission: Adults $30, Kids (12 & Under) FREE Support Classes: UMP Modifieds $1,000 to Win--Time Trial Qualifying Format Website: www.tricityspeedway.net For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. 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  Chris Simpson earns MLRA Fall Nationals feature as Peyton Taylor bags Super Stocks Big Buck 50 triumph

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 5, 2024) - Chris Simpson's weekend of settling for second-best at the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals took a positive turn as the veteran Iowa driver found his way to victory lane Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Simpson wrested the lead away from his older brother and MLRA points leader Chris Simpson on lap 19. He held it the rest of the way and went on to claim his second series victory of the season and second career MLRA victory at Lucas Oil Speedway. It was worth $10,000 as the co-headliner with the 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt. The return of the Big Buck 50 after a four-year break saw a familiar winner. Peyton Taylor of Batesville, Ark., grabbed the $10,000 victory to go with his Big Buck victories in 2019 and 2020. He took command on lap 15 and led the rest of the way. Taylor also earned a spot in the sold-out Whitetail Trophy Hunt next month in mid-Missouri, which pays $15,000 to win. Chris Simpson capped a weekend of perseverance after finishing runner-up to Ryan Gustin two nights in a row. He said a poor qualifying performance left him displeased and with a lot of work to do, starting the final-nigh feature in eighth. "We love coming here," Simpson said. "I just have to thank all my guys. It's a good way to end it. We've been working hard all year. "I'm missing my daughter's homecoming tonight, but at least I'm bringing 10 grand home," Simpson added. Chad Simpson led in the early going, with a 1.7-second margin by lap 10 over Dustin Hodges and eighth-starting Chris Simpson. Chad Simpson caught lapped traffic by lap 14 and Chris Simpson closed in on his back bumper with Scott third and Tony Jackson Jr. fourth. The first and what would be the only lead change came on lap 19 as Chris Simpson, charging from eighth at the start, took over the top spot coming off turn four. Chris Simpson's lead was 1.2 seconds over Scott when the race's lone caution flew on lap 30 as Gustin - the feature winner the previous two nights - slowed on the front stretch while running 10th. "I don't know what happened to Ryan," Chris Simpson said. "I figured if he finished, he's probably in the top three. It would have been fun to battle it out with him. We both were good all weekend, but to top it off with the $10,000, I'll take it." With a clear track ahead, Chris Simpson took off after the restart to a one-second lead lead over Scott with Chad Simpson another two seconds behind the top duo. Scott rallied to within a half-second with seven to go, with Jackson moving into third. As the race closed under a long green-flag run, Simpson held on and beat Scott by one second. "We feel like we have qualifying figured out, we're trying now what we need on these new cars when the race track dries out on a longer race," Scott said. "Congrats to Chris and them. Hopefully we can come do this agan and get into victory lane." Jackson wound up third with Urbana's Dillon McCowan fourth after starting 16th. Chad Simpson, after leading the first 18 laps, settled for fifth. "We had a good car all weekend, I just can't qualify well here for whatever reason," Jackson said. "A good race track and a fun race track and we had a really good race car." Jackson made some gains in the MLRA championship chase by finishing two spots ahead of Chad Simpson. Jackson now trails Simpson by 75, with Chris Simpson 65 behind his brother, as three series races remain. Hodges set the fast qualifying time with a 14.479-second lap to lead Group A. That was near the track record of 14.443 set by Garrett Alberson on May 23, 2024 on Night 1 of the Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 weekend. Taylor earns another Big Buck 50: A four-year break in between renditions of the Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt didn't alter who went to victory lane, but the route to get there was unique. Peyton Taylor, who won the race in 2019 and 2020, had to use a provisional to get into the field. He drove from 25th and last to start all the way to the lead well before the halfway mark of the 50-lapper. Taylor took command from Terry Schultz on lap 15 and, driving a car borrowed from Jared Neiswander after Taylor's car was plagued by motor issues on both preliminary nights, was never seriously threatened the rest of the way. "To go back to back to back, it's pretty surreal," Taylor said. "Thank you all for bringing this back. This is a special event for a lot of us grassroots racers and I think everybody here had a fun time. "Jared is one of my good buddies and he said, 'man, I ain't racing it, you're racing it.' Thanks to him, his dad, his family and all these great sponsors on this car." Pole-starting Gary Clark led the first three laps before fellow front-row starter Schultz grabbed the top spot on lap four. Tosh moved into second on lap five as Schultz led by 1.6 seconds. Schultz, winner of the inaugural Big Buck 50 in 2014, had a 1.65-second lead over Tosh when action was slowed by a caution on lap nine as Colton Bourland's car caught fire under the rear end. After the restart, Schultz rolled to a 2.3-second lead by lap 14, when another caution flew. But the big news at that point was Taylor's charge from 25th to third. Taylor needed only one more lap to complete his last-to-first run, taking over the lead on lap 15 as Schultz slid all the way back to fourth. As the race continued into its longest green-flag run, Taylor's lead was 2.2 seconds by lap 40 with Tony Anglin running behind J.T. Carroll. As the laps dwindled, Taylor's lead started to shrink until Carroll got hung up in lapped traffic. That helped Taylor increase his margin to 4.7 seconds with two remaining. But the comfortable drive to the checkers became a bit more dramatic when a caution flew just before the white flag was ready to appear. "I talked to God on about every caution, but we had a couple of good conversations on that last yellow," Taylor said. "I've got to give all the glory to God. We're all blessed beyond what we're worth and I can't give enough glory to Him." It didn't matter as Taylor had a flawless restart and went on to finish clear of Carroll by 1.7 seconds. Carroll was disqualified in post-race technical inspection, elevating Derek Brown to second. Anglin was third with Josh Jones fourth and Richie Tosh fifth. Some of the specialty awards for the Big Buck 50 included: Hard Luck Award - Dean Willie, an additional $200, courtesy of Beach Dirtworks. Farthest Tow Award - Taylor Carver. Lockesburg, Ark., 395 miles, an additional $250, courtesy of Location Freight. First Non-Transfer Award - Jeremy Russell, an additional $500, courtesy of Hickamo. Big Buck 50 winners: 2024 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark. 2020 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark. 2019 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark. 2018 - Rained out 2017 - Tony Anglin, Walnut Ridge, Ark. 2016 - Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo. 2015 - Jeremy Russell, Jonesboro, Ark. 2014 - Terry Schultz, Warrensburg, Mo. LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Oct. 5, 2024) MLRA Fall Nationals/Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt MLRA Late Models A Feature - 1. 32-Chris Simpson[8]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[5]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[16]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 6. 50C-Kayden Clatt[7]; 7. 36M-Logan Martin[13]; 8. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[6]; 9. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[14]; 10. 2T-Tyler Stevens[10]; 11. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 12. 31C-Cole Henson[9]; 13. 78S-Steve Stultz[15]; 14. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[18]; 15. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[21]; 16. 11-Jeff Herzog[19]; 17. 65-Jon Binning[22]; 18. (DNF) 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[20]; 19. (DNF) 9G-Joseph Gorby[17]; 20. (DNF) 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 21. (DNF) 29-Keith Hammett[11]; 22. (DNF) 93-Mason Oberkramer[12]; 23. (DNF) 1XM-Aaron Marrant[23]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[24] Fast Shafts B Feature - 1. 9G-Joseph Gorby[3]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[1]; 4. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[12]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[6]; 7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[8]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[10]; 9. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[5]; 10. (DNF) 1XM-Aaron Marrant[9]; 11. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]; 12. (DNS) 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain; 13. (DNS) 16-Rusty Griffaw; 14. (DNS) 1S-Shawn Knuckles Flo Sports Heat 1 - 1. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 3. 31C-Cole Henson[3]; 4. 36M-Logan Martin[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[8]; 7. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[7]; 8. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[4] Simpson Racing Products Heat 2 - 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 3. 29-Keith Hammett[3]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 5. 9G-Joseph Gorby[4]; 6. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[8]; 7. (DNF) 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 8. (DNF) 16-Rusty Griffaw[7] Earnhardt Technologies Heat 3 - 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 3. 2T-Tyler Stevens[3]; 4. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[6]; 5. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[7]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[5]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[2]; 8. (DNS) 49W-Justin Wells Lucas Oil Heat 4 - 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[5]; 3. 93-Mason Oberkramer[2]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 7. (DNF) 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[3] Group A My Race Pass Qualifying - 1. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:14.479[8]; 2. 50C-Kayden Clatt, 00:14.569[9]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:14.875[14]; 4. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.879[4]; 5. 31C-Cole Henson, 00:15.124[12]; 6. 29-Keith Hammett, 00:15.176[11]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles, 00:15.228[13]; 8. 9G-Joseph Gorby, 00:15.251[15]; 9. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:15.270[6]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:15.281[10]; 11. 36M-Logan Martin, 00:15.282[2]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.288[16]; 13. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:15.435[1]; 14. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:15.469[5]; 15. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:15.885[7]; 16. 7M-Allan Middendorf, 00:16.802[3] Group B My Race Pass Qualifying - 1. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.623[10]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.822[8]; 3. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:14.996[3]; 4. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:15.045[6]; 5. 2T-Tyler Stevens, 00:15.064[5]; 6. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson, 00:15.072[1]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:15.074[12]; 8. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.143[15]; 9. 65-Jon Binning, 00:15.163[7]; 10. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:15.190[2]; 11. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:15.190[14]; 12. 15S-Clayton Stuckey, 00:15.224[11]; 13. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall, 00:15.235[13]; 14. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.278[9]; 15. (DNS) 49W-Justin Wells, 00:20.000 Hickamo Super Stocks A Feature - 1. 219P-Peyton Taylor[25]; 2. 11-Derek Brown[12]; 3. G1-Tony Anglin[8]; 4. 1J-Josh Jones[5]; 5. 11T-Richie Tosh[4]; 6. C5-CLAUDIE COOK[15]; 7. 4G-Gary Clark[1]; 8. B4-Terry Schultz[2]; 9. 216-Chris Junkersfeld[14]; 10. 44-James Nighswonger[23]; 11. 69-Brian Brown[7]; 12. 251-Brian Schutt[17]; 13. 164-Michael Muskrat[24]; 14. 30C-Clayton Campbell[11]; 15. 21-Darin Porter[16]; 16. (DNF) 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[10]; 17. (DNF) 12A-Scotty Allen[9]; 18. (DNF) 73-Daniel Deason[19]; 19. (DNF) 59R-Jacob Rexing[3]; 20. (DNF) 10K-Kyle Davis[22]; 21. (DNF) 88-Jason Winkle[21]; 22. (DNF) 40-Taylor Carver[6]; 23. (DNF) 4-Jared Hays[18]; 24. (DNF) 2-Colton Bourland[20]; 25. (DQ) 94C-JT Carroll[13] B Feature 1 - 1. 251-Brian Schutt[1]; 2. 88-Jason Winkle[4]; 3. KEG1-Jeremy Russell[11]; 4. 94K-Kenny Carroll[6]; 5. 23N-Jase Nelson[9]; 6. 56-Mark Davis[5]; 7. 88R-Alex Reddmann[10]; 8. 18-Jon Hays[3]; 9. (DNF) CU2-Jeremy Creasey[7]; 10. (DNS) 1-Nick Gibson; 11. (DNS) 83-James Ellis; 12. (DNS) 116-Zack Smith B Feature 2 - 1. 73-Daniel Deason[2]; 2. 44-James Nighswonger[6]; 3. 77-Jeff Douty[8]; 4. 18K-Kyle Cotter[9]; 5. 67-Devin Irvin[5]; 6. 43-Kevin Koontz[10]; 7. 219P-Peyton Taylor[7]; 8. (DNF) 2X-Whitney Nunally[3]; 9. (DNF) 27D-Derek Henson[1]; 10. (DNF) 12J-Justin Jarrett[11]; 11. (DNF) 99W-Edwin Wells[4]; 12. (DNF) 1T-Bradley Tucker[12] B Feature 3 - 1. 4-Jared Hays[5]; 2. 10K-Kyle Davis[2]; 3. 66-Matthew Kay[4]; 4. 04-Blaine Ewing[6]; 5. 35-Johnny Coats[7]; 6. 26M-Donnie Miller[1]; 7. 27S-Will Smart[3]; 8. 94-Elmo Floyd[8]; 9. 10-Steve Beach[10]; 10. (DNF) 16-Logan Thompson[9]; 11. (DNF) 89-Josh Harris[13]; 12. (DNF) 28K-Chris Kircher[11]; 13. (DNF) 27B-Jerett Evans[12] B Feature 4 - 1. 2-Colton Bourland[10]; 2. 164-Michael Muskrat[4]; 3. 15M-Michael Matthews[3]; 4. 53-Danny O'Neal[7]; 5. 12V-Nathan Vaughn[1]; 6. 70-Patrick West[11]; 7. (DNF) 68-Dean Wille[2]; 8. (DNF) X221-Jerry Brown[9]; 9. (DNF) 3-Dale Douty III[8]; 10. (DNF) 00-Cory Flamm[6]; 11. (DNF) 69C-Caleb Brown[5]; 12. (DNS) 219-Jared Neiswander; 13. (DNS) GO-Jimmy Ngo Kubota High Limit Diamond Classic next: The final racing event of the season at Lucas Oil Speedway is set for Wednesday, Oct. 9 as the Kubota High Limit Racing Diamond Classic returns for a makeup of a June 29th rainout. The rescheduled $25,000-to-win Diamond Classic brings the 410 Sprints back to the Midwest, one night after the series stops at I-70 Speedway in Odessa. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. Wednesday with grandstands at 5, hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow opening ceremonies. Fans with tickets from the June 29th rainout or wristbands from the pits that night can use those for admission. Spectator Admission: Adults (13 and up) - $40 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $37 Youth (age 6 to 12) - $10 Kids (age 5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $90 Pit Pass - $45 For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. 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  CHRIS SIMPSON ROLLS TO $10,000 VICTORY IN MLRA FALL NATIONALS FINALE

  Wheatland, MO (October 5, 2024) - After playing the role of bridesmaid the prior two nights, Chris Simpson proved to be the man to beat on Saturday night in winning the $10,000 finale of the 2024 MLRA "Fall Nationals" at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. The Oxford, IA driver was buried deep in the field following MyRacePass qualifying, but managed to race from fifth to the runner up position in his heat race, good enough to put him into the 8th starting position for the feature. Dustin Hodges grabbed his second MRP Fast Time award of the season and started from the pole, alongside of Stormy Scott for the 50 lap feature event. On the initial start, Scott jumped before entering the Nutrien Ag Solutions Start Zone, resulting in a one row penalty that moved point leader Chad Simpson to the outside front row. Chad Simpson would capitalize, and took control on the opening lap with Hodges in tow. By lap 12 Chad Simpson had to begin working his way through lapped traffic, all the while Chris Simpson was methodically working his way toward the front along the low line. The brotherly battle would heat up with Chris making his way into second on lap 11 setting up a battle between them as they navigated lapped traffic. Chris Simpson made the Swift Springs Move of the race on lap 18 when he charged to the inside of Chad Simpson and took the lead exiting turn four. The lone caution of the night waved on lap 30, when Ryan Gustin slowed on the front stretch. Gustin would exit the track under his own power, retiring from the main event where he would be scored in 20th in the final run down after winning the first two nights of the Fall Nationals. After dropping to as low as 6th on lap 12, Stormy Scott was the only driver in the closing laps to apply pressure to the back bumper of Chris Simpson. After restarting in second, Scott was able to close to within a couple of car lengths in the closing laps, but Chris Simpson would go on to capture his second MLRA win of the season by 1.008 seconds over Scott. Tony Jackson Jr. grabbed his first podium finish of the weekend with a third-place run, ahead of Dillon McCowan and Chad Simpson. Stormy Scott 2rd (Left), Chris Simpson 1st (Center), Tony Jackson Jr. 3rd (Right). Photo Credit: Todd Boyd Chris Simpson added the MD3 Most Laps Led contingency to his portfolio in the dominating performance that found him to be unbeatable on Saturday night. "If you would have told me that (being unbeatable) after we qualified, I would say you were nuts, we timed really bad." "This was a good way to end it," Simpson said of his weekend. "We have been working hard all year and had speed, just kind of stupid stuff happened like last time we were here, we broke the power steering line during our warm up lap and kind of ruined our points deal." Chad Simpson now holds a 65-point advantage heading into the final three races of the season, while Chris Simpson moves to second after entering the weekend with a 200 point deficit. Tony Jackson Jr. also made-up ground, after entering the weekend 100 points behind Chad Simpson he now rests just 75 points from a third career MLRA championship. Scott's runner up was his second top five finish of the weekend, finishing no worse than 7th in the three night affair. "We feel like we have qualifying figured out, we're just trying to work on figuring out what we need on these new cars for when the race track starts to dry out and in these longer races. We were definitely better tonight, there was more moisture in it for sure but I think we found some gains. Hopefully we can come do this again and put it in victory lane." Jackson's podium run marked his 9th top five finish of the season. "We had a good car all weekend, I just can't qualify here for whatever reason. I should probably work on that for as many times as we come here," exclaimed Jackson. "It was a good race track, a fun race track, and we had a great car tonight," he concluded. Lucas Oil MLRA action will resume this Thursday October 10th, when the series makes a visit to the I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO for a $7,000 to win feature event. The 2024 season will then close out with two big nights of racing on Friday and Saturday at the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL for the annual "MLRA Championship Weekend". Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 10/5/24 Lap Leaders - Chad Simpson (1 - 18), Chad Simpson (19 - 50) Cautions - 1 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" - Dustin Hodges (14.479 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - Chad Simondsen MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Chris Simpson (32) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Chris Simpson Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Dillon McCowan Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Chad Simpson Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Durham Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MSD Performance Holley: "1st B-Main NON-Qualifier" - Earl Pearson Jr. MD3 Final Finisher: - Jimmy Vanzndt Fall Nationals Night #350 Laps | 00:25:35.083 1. 32-Chris Simpson[8]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[5]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[16]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 6. 50C-Kayden Clatt[7]; 7. 36M-Logan Martin[13]; 8. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[6]; 9. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[14]; 10. 2T-Tyler Stevens[10]; 11. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 12. 31C-Cole Henson[9]; 13. 78S-Steve Stultz[15]; 14. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[18]; 15. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[21]; 16. 11-Jeff Herzog[19]; 17. 65-Jon Binning[22]; 18. (DNF) 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[20]; 19. (DNF) 9G-Joseph Gorby[17]; 20. (DNF) 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 21. (DNF) 29-Keith Hammett[11]; 22. (DNF) 93-Mason Oberkramer[12]; 23. (DNF) 1XM-Aaron Marrant[23]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[24] B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:07:37.811 1. 9G-Joseph Gorby[3]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 3. 11-Jeff Herzog[1]; 4. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[12]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[6]; 7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[8]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[10]; 9. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[5]; 10. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[9]; 11. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]; 12. (DNS) 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain; 13. (DNS) 16-Rusty Griffaw; 14. (DNS) 1S-Shawn Knuckles H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:07:46.278 1. 22H-Dustin Hodges[1]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 3. 31C-Cole Henson[3]; 4. 36M-Logan Martin[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[8]; 7. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[7]; 8. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[4] H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:10:06.836 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 50C-Kayden Clatt[1]; 3. 29-Keith Hammett[3]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 5. 9G-Joseph Gorby[4]; 6. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[8]; 7. (DNF) 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 8. (DNF) 16-Rusty Griffaw[7] H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:03:54.012 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[4]; 3. 2T-Tyler Stevens[3]; 4. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[6]; 5. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[7]; 6. 65-Jon Binning[5]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[2]; 8. (DNS) 49W-Justin Wells H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:02:41.429 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[5]; 3. 93-Mason Oberkramer[2]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 7. (DNF) 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[3] For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. 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  REAPER DOMINATION--RYAN GUSTIN RUNS AWAY WITH MLRA FALLS NATIONALS NIGHT #2 WIN

  Wheatland, MO (October 4, 2024) - For the second consecutive night, the "Reaper" Ryan Gustin proved to be too tough to tame, as the Marshalltown, Iowa driver cruised to his 12th career Lucas Oil MLRA victory in the second of three nights for the MLRA Fall Nationals at the Lucas Oil Speedway. Gustin started the 30 lapper from the outside of row two after winning the nights fourth heat race. MLRA point leader Chad Simpson started the race from the pole alongside of MyRacePass Fast Time award winner Stormy Scott. Simpson jumped to the race lead from the onset with Scott running in second, until giving way to Gustin on lap three for the runner up spot. With Simpson maintaining the race lead, the nights only caution slowed the pace on lap seven when Payton Looney made hard contact with the turn four wall, bringing his night to an early ending. With Simpson and Gustin showing the way, all eyes were on up & coming driver Tyler Kuykendall who had raced from his sixth starting position to third at the time of the caution, and was testing Gustin for second. On the restart Simpson moved back to the point, but it was only a matter of laps before Gustin found a rhythm along the top side of the Lucas Oil Speedway. Chad Simpson would slip up in turn 1 and 2, opening the door for Gustin to have a monster run off the exit of turn two, putting the Todd Cooney Motorsports 19r out front for the first time on the night. Gustin would stretch out the advantage through lapped traffic in the closing laps to cash in on another $5,000 pay day by a margin of 5.379 seconds. "He was good there," Gustin commented of the early race battle with Chad Simpson. "I thought I about put him through the fence there when I through that slider, I didn't know if it was going to stick or not but it did." Chad Simpson 3rd (Left), Ryan Gustin 1st (Center), Chris Simpson 2nd (Right). Photo Credit: Todd Boyd Chris Simpson raced his way from tenth into a podium position and eventually into the second spot for the second night in a row after passing brother Chad with just five laps to go. "We felt good," explained Chris Simpson. "We just didn't qualify where we needed. We had to work our way up through there, and got up there pretty good. The felt good, we had to do a little more to it today than we did yesterday and it felt good. It's just when Ryan starts up front you ain't going to catch him. This would be two wins for us if Ryan would've stay home, but we'll take it," joked Simpson. "He's a hell of a racer and he has proven this year that they are the best of the best, so to come out here and run second to him twice, we'll take it." Chad Simpson completed the nights podium in third while Justin Wells finished in fourth, his second straight top four run. Kuykendall would manage to hold onto 5th for his first career top five run with the Lucas Oil MLRA in just his first full year of open late model racing. "Tonight was probably better than the last five races we've had so we're getting our stride back and getting closer, we're just still a tick off," noted Chad Simpson. "I think them guys found something a little better on the bottom than I did. I tried to go down there but I just felt like I had to whoa up so much to run down there. We definitely need to get a little better to run the bottom here and get around here just a little better. Hopefully I fixed my entry and we will get better." Saturday night will put a cap on the MLRA "Fall Nationals" weekend. Action will include another complete show, culminating with a $10,000 to win and $700 to start 50 lap main event. Also on the card will be the $10,000 to win feature for the "Big Buck 50" Super Stocks. Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 10/4/24 Lap Leaders - Chad Simpson (1 -12 ), Todd Cooney (13 - 30) Cautions - 1 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" -- Stormy Scott (15.318 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - Tim Douglas MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Ryan Gustin (18) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Ryan Gustin Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Justin Wells Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Tyler Kuykendall Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Jay Dickens Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MSD Performance Holley: "1st B-Main NON-Qualifier" - Rickey Frankel MD3 Final Finisher: - Jimmy Vanzandt Fall Nationals Night #230 Laps | 00:04:28.223 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[10]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 4. 49W-Justin Wells[8]; 5. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 8. 93-Mason Oberkramer[5]; 9. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[15]; 10. 8-Dillon McCowan[11]; 11. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[9]; 12. 22H-Dustin Hodges[12]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[21]; 14. 11-Jeff Herzog[18]; 15. 2T-Tyler Stevens[13]; 16. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[20]; 17. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 18. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[16]; 19. 29-Keith Hammett[22]; 20. 78S-Steve Stultz[23]; 21. (DNF) 36M-Logan Martin[14]; 22. (DNF) 31C-Cole Henson[19]; 23. (DNF) 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[24] B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:10:36.132 1. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[1]; 2. 31C-Cole Henson[2]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[5]; 5. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 6. 7W-Cole Wells[4]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 9. (DNF) 26G-Glen Powell[9] B Feature 2 Wieland10 Laps | 00:09:02.495 1. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 3. 29-Keith Hammett[3]; 4. 50C-Kayden Clatt[6]; 5. 9G-Joseph Gorby[5]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 7. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[9]; 8. (DNF) 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 9. (DNS) 7M-Allan Middendorf H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:03:30.433 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 93-Mason Oberkramer[1]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[4]; 4. 2T-Tyler Stevens[3]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[5]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 7. 33F-Rickey Frankel[7]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 9. 26G-Glen Powell[9] H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:03:33.216 1. 15L-Payton Looney[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 3. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[7]; 5. 31C-Cole Henson[2]; 6. 7W-Cole Wells[4]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8] H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:02:45.315 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 3. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 4. 36M-Logan Martin[3]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 6. 29-Keith Hammett[6]; 7. 9G-Joseph Gorby[5]; 8. 16-Rusty Griffaw[8]; 9. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:01:17.756 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 49W-Justin Wells[3]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[4]; 4. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[8]; 7. 50C-Kayden Clatt[2]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[7] For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. Highway 54, P.O. Box 8, Wheatland, MO 65779 +1 (417) 282-5984

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  Gustin does it again at Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals as front of Big Buck 50 field set

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 4, 2024) - Ryan Gustin's domination of the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals continued on Friday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Gustin, of Marshalltown, Iowa, beat Chris Simpson - just as did on Thursday - to pick up another $5,000 prize. Gustin will go for the sweep on Saturday night with $10,000 at stake while Simpson, and others, try to turn the tables. "This would have been two wins for us if Ryan would have stayed home," 10th-starting Chris Simpson said with a chuckle. "But we'll take it. He's a hell of a racer and he's proven this year that he's the best of the best." Gustin earned his 12th overall feature win of the season and his 12th career Lucas Oil MLRA victory. Half of those MLRA wins have come at Lucas Oil Speedway. Gustin took over the lead from Chad Simpson on lap 13 and dominated the 30-lapper from there, winning by 5.37 seconds over Chris Simpson in a race that had only one caution, on lap seven. "Hats off to everybody that helps out on this deal," Gustin said. "We did some things tonight that we'd never done before and didn't know if it was going to work or not. We figured we might as well see if it works tonight versus trying for $10,000 tomorrow. "We might have went a little bit too far and might back off it just a little bit. The car was good. The Infinity Chassis is on rails the Jay Dickens motor is running smooth." Meanwhile, in the 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt portion of the program, heat races and dash races were held to determine the first 16 starting positions for Saturday night's main event. Both the MLRA Late Models and Super Stocks will hold 50-lap, $10,000-to-win features. The Late Models will have a full program with time trials, heat races and B Mains leading into the main event; Super Stocks will run last-chance qualifiers prior to its feature. Pits gates will open at 4 p.m. Saturday with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. The fourth-starting Gustin took over second from Stormy Scott on lap three and was a half-second behind early leader, pole-starting Chad Simpson as the Late Model action got going. Sailing around the oval on the high side, Simpson led by .425 seconds over Gustin when caution flew on lap seven after Payton Looney walloped the wall in turn four while running fifth. As action resumed, Chad Simpson regained his modest margin over Gustin with sixth-starting Tyler Kuykendall up to third. Gustin nearly took the lead on lap 11 with a daring slider in turns three and four, but wound up having to regroup. "He was good," Gustin said of Chad Simpson. "I about put it through the fence there with that slider. I didn't know if it was gonna stick or not, but it did." Gustin finally took over the lead on lap 13, going past Simpson on the inside of turn two when the race-long leader slipped a bit high. Once in front, it didn't take Gustin long to drive away. He opened a three-second lead by lap 18 and, with the race remaining caution-free, was clear by 4.059 seconds by lap 25. Gustin kept pouring it on to outdistance Chris Simpson by nearly a straightaway by the finish with Chad Simpson falling back to third. "When your car is that good, it makes it easy as the driver," Gustin said. Chad Simpson enjoyed a solid points night with his third-place finish. Justin Wells was fourth and Kuykendall fifth. "It's way better than probably the last five races we've had," Chad Simpson said. "We're getting our stride back. We're getting closer, but still just a tick off. Ryan comes in here and he's one of the best out there right now. We're close. We're not far off." Chad Simpson was able to increase his points lead from 55 points to 90 in the MLRA title chase over Tony Jackson Jr., who was ninth. There are four series races remaining as Chad Simpson seeks his third straight championship and fifth overall. Stormy Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., set fast overall qualifying time for the second straight night. He led Group B with a time of 15.318 seconds. Scott would up seventh in the feature. Clark, Schultz earn front-row spots for Big Buck 50 feature: Gary Clark of Walker, Mo., and Terry Schultz of Sedalia nailed down front-row starting positions for the Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt main event. Clark captured the Steve Scott Concrete Dash, featuring first and second-place finishers from the first four heat races held on Friday. Clark's win over Jacob Rexing earned him the inside starting spot on row one. In the Lucas Oil Speedway Dash, with the top two finishers from heats 5-through-8, Schultz outran Richie Tosh to the win to nail down the outside spot of row one. Schultz won the inaugural Big Buck 50 in 2014. All 16 of the dash drivers clinched spots in the starting field of the $10,000-to-win, 50-lap feature on Saturday. Four B-Features will determine the final starters in the Big Buck main event. Past Big Buck 50 winners: 2020 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark. 2019 - Peyton Taylor, Batesville, Ark. 2018 - Rained out 2017 - Tony Anglin, Walnut Ridge, Ark. 2016 - Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo. 2015 - Jeremy Russell, Jonesboro, Ark. 2014 - Terry Schultz, Warrensburg, Mo. LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Oct. 5, 2024) MLRA Fall Nationals/Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt MLRA Late Models A Feature - 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[10]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 4. 49W-Justin Wells[8]; 5. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 8. 93-Mason Oberkramer[5]; 9. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[15]; 10. 8-Dillon McCowan[11]; 11. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[9]; 12. 22H-Dustin Hodges[12]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[21]; 14. 11-Jeff Herzog[18]; 15. 2T-Tyler Stevens[13]; 16. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[20]; 17. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 18. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[16]; 19. 29-Keith Hammett[22]; 20. 78S-Steve Stultz[23]; 21. (DNF) 36M-Logan Martin[14]; 22. (DNF) 31C-Cole Henson[19]; 23. (DNF) 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 24. (DNF) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[24] Fast Shafts B Feature 1 - 1. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[1]; 2. 31C-Cole Henson[2]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 4. 33F-Rickey Frankel[5]; 5. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 6. 7W-Cole Wells[4]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 9. (DNF) 26G-Glen Powell[9] Wieland B Feature 2 - 1. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[1]; 3. 29-Keith Hammett[3]; 4. 50C-Kayden Clatt[6]; 5. 9G-Joseph Gorby[5]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 7. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt[9]; 8. (DNF) 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 9. (DNS) 7M-Allan Middendorf Flo Sports Heat 1 - 1. 25-Chad Simpson[2]; 2. 93-Mason Oberkramer[1]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[4]; 4. 2T-Tyler Stevens[3]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[5]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 7. 33F-Rickey Frankel[7]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 9. 26G-Glen Powell[9] Simpson Racing Products Heat 2 - 1. 15L-Payton Looney[1]; 2. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[3]; 3. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[7]; 5. 31C-Cole Henson[2]; 6. 7W-Cole Wells[4]; 7. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[6]; 8. 10M-Jacob Magee[8] Earnhardt Technologies Heat 3 - 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 3. 32-Chris Simpson[4]; 4. 36M-Logan Martin[3]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[7]; 6. 29-Keith Hammett[6]; 7. 9G-Joseph Gorby[5]; 8. 16-Rusty Griffaw[8]; 9. (DNS) 67-Jimmy Vanzandt Lucas Oil Heat 4 - 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 49W-Justin Wells[3]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[4]; 4. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[6]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[8]; 7. 50C-Kayden Clatt[2]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Allan Middendorf[7] Group A My Race Pass Qualifying - 1. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:15.560[5]; 2. 15L-Payton Looney, 00:15.615[6]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:15.623[12]; 4. 31C-Cole Henson, 00:15.641[7]; 5. 2T-Tyler Stevens, 00:15.661[2]; 6. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:15.685[8]; 7. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:15.732[17]; 8. 7W-Cole Wells, 00:15.815[4]; 9. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:15.834[13]; 10. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.898[1]; 11. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.938[15]; 12. 1S-Shawn Knuckles, 00:15.970[14]; 13. 33F-Rickey Frankel, 00:16.035[3]; 14. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:16.172[9]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:16.197[16]; 16. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:16.319[10]; 17. 26G-Glen Powell, 00:16.518[11] Group B My Race Pass Qualifying - 1. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:15.318[11]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.545[3]; 3. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall, 00:15.778[2]; 4. 50C-Kayden Clatt, 00:15.833[15]; 5. 36M-Logan Martin, 00:15.884[8]; 6. 49W-Justin Wells, 00:15.954[7]; 7. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:15.975[9]; 8. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:15.980[4]; 9. 9G-Joseph Gorby, 00:16.007[6]; 10. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:16.097[17]; 11. 29-Keith Hammett, 00:16.102[12]; 12. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson, 00:16.106[5]; 13. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:16.208[13]; 14. 7M-Allan Middendorf, 00:16.605[1]; 15. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:16.714[10]; 16. 15S-Clayton Stuckey, 00:16.816[14]; 17. 67-Jimmy Vanzandt, 00:20.000[16] Hickamo Super Stocks Steve Scott Concrete Dash 1 - 1. 4G-Gary Clark[2]; 2. 59R-Jacob Rexing[1]; 3. 1J-Josh Jones[3]; 4. 69-Brian Brown[4]; 5. 12A-Scotty Allen[8]; 6. 30C-Clayton Campbell[5]; 7. 94C-JT Carroll[7]; 8. C5-CLAUDIE COOK[6] Lucas Oil Speedway Dash 2 - 1. B4-Terry Schultz[2]; 2. 11T-Richie Tosh[3]; 3. 40-Taylor Carver[1]; 4. G1-Tony Anglin[5]; 5. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer[4]; 6. 11-Derek Brown[7]; 7. 216-Chris Junkersfeld[8]; 8. 21-Darin Porter[6] Heat 1 - 1. 59R-Jacob Rexing[3]; 2. 30C-Clayton Campbell[4]; 3. 251-Brian Schutt[2]; 4. 18-Jon Hays[5]; 5. 56-Mark Davis[6]; 6. CU2-Jeremy Creasey[8]; 7. 23N-Jase Nelson[7]; 8. KEG1-Jeremy Russell[1] Heat 2 - 1. 4G-Gary Clark[1]; 2. C5-CLAUDIE COOK[3]; 3. 1-Nick Gibson[5]; 4. 88-Jason Winkle[4]; 5. 94K-Kenny Carroll[2]; 6. 83-James Ellis[6]; 7. 88R-Alex Reddmann[7]; 8. (DNS) 116-Zack Smith Heat 3 - 1. 1J-Josh Jones[4]; 2. 94C-JT Carroll[1]; 3. 27D-Derek Henson[2]; 4. 2X-Whitney Nunally[3]; 5. 67-Devin Irvin[5]; 6. 219P-Peyton Taylor[8]; 7. 18K-Kyle Cotter[7]; 8. (DNF) 12J-Justin Jarrett[6] Heat 4 - 1. 69-Brian Brown[2]; 2. 12A-Scotty Allen[3]; 3. 73-Daniel Deason[1]; 4. 99W-Edwin Wells[8]; 5. 44-James Nighswonger[4]; 6. 77-Jeff Douty[6]; 7. 43-Kevin Koontz[7]; 8. (DNF) 1T-Bradley Tucker[5] Heat 5 - 1. 40-Taylor Carver[2]; 2. G1-Tony Anglin[4]; 3. 26M-Donnie Miller[3]; 4. 27S-Will Smart[6]; 5. 4-Jared Hays[1]; 6. 35-Johnny Coats[5]; 7. 16-Logan Thompson[8]; 8. 28K-Chris Kircher[7] Heat 6 - 1. B4-Terry Schultz[2]; 2. 21-Darin Porter[1]; 3. 10K-Kyle Davis[5]; 4. 66-Matthew Kay[3]; 5. 04-Blaine Ewing[4]; 6. 94-Elmo Floyd[8]; 7. 10-Steve Beach[6]; 8. 27B-Jerett Evans[7]; 9. (DNS) 89-Josh Harris Heat 7 - 1. 11T-Richie Tosh[2]; 2. 11-Derek Brown[3]; 3. 12V-Nathan Vaughn[4]; 4. 15M-Michael Matthews[7]; 5. 69C-Caleb Brown[1]; 6. 53-Danny O'Neal[6]; 7. X221-Jerry Brown[8]; 8. 70-Patrick West[9]; 9. 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  Gustin outduels Chris Simpson for Night 1 victory at MLRA Fall Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 3, 2024) - Ryan Gustin regained the lead for good on lap 21 and held off Chris Simpson over the final nine laps to find victory lane Thursday night in the Lucas Oil Speedway Fall Nationals opener at Lucas Oil Speedway. Gustin, of Marshalltown, Iowa, picked up $5,000 for his 11th career MLRA feature win, five of which have come at Lucas Oil Speedway. He beat Simpson, of Oxford, Iowa, by half a second with local weekly track champion Justin Wells of Aurora improving 10 positions to capture third. "It's a love-hate relationship here," Gustin said of his Lucas Oil Speedway MLRA history. "Sometimes we're almost unstoppable here and other times we don't make the show. Hopefully, we can just keep it rolling and be here the rest of the weekend." The 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt also got going Thursday night with practice and time trials to set the lineup for heat races and two dash races on Friday night. The MLRA also will have another full program on Friday, paying $5,000 to win. Both divisions will wrap things up Saturday night with 50-lap, $10,000-to-win main events. From the start of the MLRA feature, it was a battle between Gustin and Simpson. As the green flag flefw, Simpson led the opening lap, but inside front-row starter Jon Binning spun in turn two of lap two for the race's first caution. Several cars dodged Binning in what could have been a multi-car incident. The restart saw Simpson off and running to a 1.1-second lead over Gustin by lap five with Stormy Scott third. The fourth-starting Gustin started to cut into the margin and was right behind Simpson by lap eight when the second caution appeared for a Jeff Herzog spin. Gustin fired strong on the restart and took to the high side and was able to clear Simpson for the lead coming off turn two on lap 11. Simpson battled back on the inside and the two raced side by side for the next three laps before Gustin edged out to a three-car-length lead. Simpson trailed by a half-second when the third caution waved on lap 16 as Chad Simpson, the MLRA championship leader, spun in turn two as he was running eighth. Chris Simpson regained the top spot on lap 20, but Gustin went right back around him on the outside the next time around. That would be the final lead change as those two pulled away from the field as action remained green the rest of the way. "I seen (Simpson's) signal guy move him down, so I figured we were just gonna crack the whip and run the cushion and hope for the best," Gustin said. "It all worked out." "Ryan was below me and I was like if Ryan's good down there then I can be really good down there," Simpson said. "I moved down on that restart, but I probably should have run that top one lap, just to stop him from getting a run." Gustin desperately held on as the duo dealt with lapped cars on the final lap. Simpson's momentum was stopped entering turn three by a slower car. "Either way it was a good race," Simpson said. "I was a little better than him in (turns) three and four. I think we might have had something on that last lap, but (a car) was in the way. But we'll take it. It's a three-night weekend. To get second tonight is still a good night for us." Gustin prevailed by two car lengths as the pivotal weekend in the MLRA championship chase began. Chris Simpson began the action third in points, 200 behind the leader, his brother Chad Simpson who settled for 14th after his spin. Chad Simpson unofficially leads Tony Jackson Jr. by 55 and Chris Simpson by 130 with five series races remaining. Wells, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Series Late Model champ, finished four seconds back in third. Wells beat Stormy Scott and Jackson, who were fourth and fifth. Afterward, Wells told a story about running an MLRA race at Lucas Oil Speedway shortly after the track opened nearly 20 years ago. He led most of it before being passed late by Rex McCroskey, a two-time MLRA series champ, who died over the weekend. "I led that thing almost to the end and No. 64 passed me," said Wells, who had a small No. 64 in blue over his larger, yellow No. 49 on his race car as a tribute to McCroskey. "I just want to say, 'Rex, thanks for being a good guy. We're gonna miss you.' He was a good racer." Stormy Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., set fast overall qualifying time with a 14.793 on Group A. Chris Simpson's 15.155 paced Group B. In the Super Stocks qualifying, both top qualifiers in the respective groups hail from Jonesboro, Ark. Jeremy Russell paced Group A with a lap time of 19.478 seconds and Jared Hays led Group B with the fast time overall at 19.130. Sixty-three Super Stocks posted qualifying laps on Thursday night in the renewal of the Big Buck, which last was held in 2020. LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Oct. 3, 2024) MLRA Fall Nationals/Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt MLRA Late Models A Feature - 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[2]; 3. 49W-Justin Wells[13]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 5. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 6. 22H-Dustin Hodges[15]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[24]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[21]; 10. 15L-Payton Looney[8]; 11. 8-Dillon McCowan[23]; 12. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 13. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[22]; 14. 25-Chad Simpson[9]; 15. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[19]; 16. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[12]; 17. 50C-Kayden Clatt[10]; 18. (DNF) 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 19. (DNF) 36M-Logan Martin[6]; 20. (DNF) 2T-Tyler Stevens[14]; 21. (DNF) 9G-Joseph Gorby[18]; 22. (DNF) 93-Brandon Overton[7]; 23. (DNF) 11-Jeff Herzog[20]; 24. (DNF) 65-Jon Binning[1] Fast Shafts B Feature 1 - 1. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[2]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[4]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[9]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 6. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[7]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[5]; 8. (DNF) 1T-Tucker Cox[8]; 9. (DNF) 7W-Cole Wells[6] Wieland B Feature 2 - 1. 9G-Joseph Gorby[8]; 2. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw[1]; 5. 29-Keith Hammett[6]; 6. 5V-Austin Vincent[3]; 7. 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]; 8. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson; 9. (DNS) 15S-Clayton Stuckey Flo Sports Heat 1 - 1. 65-Jon Binning[2]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 4. 49W-Justin Wells[4]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[7]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[6]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 8. (DNF) 1S-Shawn Knuckles[9]; 9. (DNS) 8-Dillon McCowan Simpson Racing Products Heat 2 - 1. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 2. 93-Brandon Overton[5]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges[7]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[3]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[6]; 7. 7W-Cole Wells[8]; 8. 1T-Tucker Cox[4] Earnhardt Technologies Heat 3 - 1. 32-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 36M-Logan Martin[2]; 3. 50C-Kayden Clatt[3]; 4. 2T-Tyler Stevens[6]; 5. 16-Rusty Griffaw[5]; 6. 5V-Austin Vincent[4]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. 7M-Allan Middendorf[8]; 9. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson Lucas Oil Heat 4 - 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 3. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[1]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[7]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 7. 29-Keith Hammett[8]; 8. 9G-Joseph Gorby[4] Group A My Race Pass Qualifying - 1. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.793[6]; 2. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall, 00:14.890[15]; 3. 65-Jon Binning, 00:15.144[4]; 4. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:15.178[9]; 5. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:15.247[12]; 6. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:15.310[14]; 7. 49W-Justin Wells, 00:15.339[17]; 8. 1T-Tucker Cox, 00:15.410[5]; 9. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.454[13]; 10. 93-Brandon Overton, 00:15.464[11]; 11. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:15.560[16]; 12. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:15.594[1]; 13. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:15.645[8]; 14. 22H-Dustin Hodges, 00:15.651[2]; 15. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:15.740[3]; 16. 7W-Cole Wells, 00:15.740[7]; 17. 1S-Shawn Knuckles, 00:16.341[10] Group B My Race Pass Qualifying - 1. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:15.155[7]; 2. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson, 00:15.231[2]; 3. 36M-Logan Martin, 00:15.283[10]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.352[6]; 5. 50C-Kayden Clatt, 00:15.455[9]; 6. 15L-Payton Looney, 00:15.463[11]; 7. 5V-Austin Vincent, 00:15.484[3]; 8. 9G-Joseph Gorby, 00:15.507[13]; 9. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 00:15.579[5]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:15.631[1]; 11. 2T-Tyler Stevens, 00:15.711[8]; 12. 15S-Clayton Stuckey, 00:15.750[12]; 13. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:15.818[14]; 14. 11-Jeff Herzog, 00:15.891[17]; 15. 7M-Allan Middendorf, 00:17.012[15]; 16. (DNS) 29-Keith Hammett, 00:18.000; 17. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson, 00:18.000 Hickamo Super Stocks Qualifying Group A - 1. KEG1-Jeremy Russell, 00:19.478[5]; 2. 4G-Gary Clark, 00:19.536[4]; 3. 94C-JT Carroll, 00:19.613[16]; 4. 73-Daniel Deason, 00:19.671[28]; 5. 251-Brian Schutt, 00:19.694[7]; 6. 94K-Kenny Carroll, 00:19.771[11]; 7. 27D-Derek Henson, 00:19.784[20]; 8. 69-Brian Brown, 00:19.879[25]; 9. 59R-Jacob Rexing, 00:19.898[9]; 10. C5-CLAUDIE COOK, 00:19.923[1]; 11. 2X-Whitney Nunally, 00:19.966[21]; 12. 12A-Scotty Allen, 00:19.971[17]; 13. 30C-Clayton Campbell, 00:19.989[12]; 14. 88-Jason Winkle, 00:20.051[19]; 15. 1J-Josh Jones, 00:20.070[31]; 16. 44-James Nighswonger, 00:20.106[10]; 17. 18-Jon Hays, 00:20.120[15]; 18. 1-Nick Gibson, 00:20.200[29]; 19. 67-Devin Irvin, 00:20.274[13]; 20. 1T-Bradley Tucker, 00:20.342[6]; 21. 56-Mark Davis, 00:20.376[3]; 22. 83-James Ellis, 00:20.432[27]; 23. 12J-Justin Jarrett, 00:20.440[18]; 24. 77-Jeff Douty, 00:20.533[8]; 25. 23N-Jase Nelson, 00:20.538[23]; 26. 88R-Alex Reddmann, 00:20.693[24]; 27. 18K-Kyle Cotter, 00:20.892[32]; 28. 43-Kevin Koontz, 00:21.700[14]; 29. 07-Peyton Taylor, 00:25.000[2]; 30. 116-Zack Smith, 00:25.000[22]; 31. 99W-Edwin Wells, 00:25.000[26]; 32. CU2-Jeremy Creasey, 00:25.000[30] Qualifying Group B - 1. 4-Jared Hays, 00:19.130[21]; 2. 21-Darin Porter, 00:19.594[12]; 3. 69C-Caleb Brown, 00:19.693[19]; 4. 2-Colton Bourland, 00:19.739[8]; 5. 40-Taylor Carver, 00:19.769[5]; 6. B4-Terry Schultz, 00:19.775[6]; 7. 11T-Richie Tosh, 00:19.848[4]; 8. 216-Chris Junkersfeld, 00:19.880[27]; 9. 26M-Donnie Miller, 00:19.890[9]; 10. 66-Matthew Kay, 00:19.924[10]; 11. 11-Derek Brown, 00:19.967[17]; 12. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer, 00:19.999[11]; 13. G1-Tony Anglin, 00:20.014[1]; 14. 04-Blaine Ewing, 00:20.049[14]; 15. 12V-Nathan Vaughn, 00:20.096[30]; 16. GO-Jimmy Ngo, 00:20.122[31]; 17. 35-Johnny Coats, 00:20.138[15]; 18. 10K-Kyle Davis, 00:20.164[26]; 19. 219-Jared Neiswander, 00:20.173[18]; 20. 68-Dean Wille, 00:20.176[20]; 21. 27S-Will Smart, 00:20.187[3]; 22. 10-Steve Beach, 00:20.218[13]; 23. 53-Danny O'Neal, 00:20.297[2]; 24. 164-Michael Muskrat, 00:20.372[16]; 25. 28K-Chris Kircher, 00:20.398[25]; 26. 27B-Jerett Evans, 00:20.412[29]; 27. 15M-Michael Matthews, 00:20.635[7]; 28. 3-Dale Douty III, 00:20.730[28]; 29. 16-Logan Thompson, 00:20.739[24]; 30. 94-Elmo Floyd, 00:20.818[22]; 31. X221-Jerry Brown, 00:20.971[23] Pits will open at 4 p.m. Friday with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. Friday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $40 Saturday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Reserved with Electric and Water - $40/Night (Limited Availability) Reserved Dry Spots - $25/Night (Limited Availability) Dry Camping - $15/Night For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. 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  RYAN GUSTIN TOPS MLRA FALL NATIONALS OPENER AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY

  Wheatland, MO (October 3, 2024) - Ryan Gustin survived a back-and-forth battle for the lead and a late race charge from Chris Simpson to score the opening night win in the MLRA "Fall Nationals" on Thursday at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. Not only was the action intense at the top, the drama also continued in the Championship Chase throughout the night, with multiple top five drivers having their struggles while others found a way to capitalize with just five races remaining on the 2024 season. Jon Binning brought the field to the green for the 30-lap main event along side of Chris Simpson. Simpson grab the lead on the initial circuit, and as the field completed lap one it was Binning losing grip and spinning in turns one and two to bring out the nights first of three cautions. Simpson again grabbed control and was able to maintain the advantage over fourth stating Gustin and Stormy Scott, before a Jeff Herzog spin slowed the pace again on lap 8. With Gustin closing ground just prior to the caution, he picked up where he left off and took his first lead of the night on lap 11. Trouble next struck MLRA point leader Chad Simpson on lap 16 when he spun to the infield with 14 laps to go while running in 8th. Simpson would visit the hot pit before returning and finishing in 15th. Gustin again jumped back to the point on the final restart of the night, but it was Chris Simpson finding his way back out front on lap twenty for the second time on the night. That lead would be short lived as Gustin once again raced back by for the top spot just one lap later. Simpson would continue to pressure Gustin for the lead in the closing laps, circling the low line while Gustin moved to the top side. Lap traffic on the final lap would block any advances by Simpson, as Gustin drove to his 11th career Lucas Oil MLRA victory, and 5th all-time in Wheatland. Simpson's second place run, allowed him to close back in on the championship battle taking a 200-point deficit down to just 120 heading into Friday night. Lucas Oil Speedway champion Justin Wells raced from 13th to round out the podium in third. Stormy Scott would hold on for 4th while Tony Jackson Jr. finished in 5th, closing to within just 55 points of Midwest Sheet Metal Point Leader Chad Simpson. Justin Wells 3rd (Left), Ryan Gustin 1st (Center), Chris Simpson 2nd (Right). Photo Credit: Todd Boyd "This is a different tire combination than what we normally run here with the four on the right rear and twos everywhere else ," explained Gustin. "It's definitely a different ballgame compared to what were used to running on, but we'll go to work on it and make it better for tomorrow." For Gustin, the advantage may have been running in second which allowed him to watch the moves of Simpson early in the going. "I seen his (Chris Simpson) signal guy move him down there and I figured we were just going to crack the whip and run the cushion and hope for the best, and tonight it all worked out," he concluded. As for his success at the Lucas Oil Speedway he continued, "it's a love hate relationship here I guess. Sometimes where almost unstoppable here and other times we don't even make the show, so hopefully we can keep it rolling and be standing here again tomorrow night." Simpson's runner up finish marked his third MLRA podium of the season and second at the Lucas Oil Speedway. "You get out in the lead there and then I seen Ryan below me and I knew if Ryan was good down there I could be really good down there," noted Simpson. "I moved down there on that restart, and I probably should have ran the top one lap to stop him from getting a run, but either way it was a good race. We were a little better down here in three and four than he was and I think we might have had something there on that las lap but Kayden was in the way, so we'll take it. It's a three-night weekend, so to get second tonight you know is still a good night for us." The MLRA Fall Nationals continues on Friday night with another complete $5,000 to win main event. Action for the weekend will conclude at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks on Saturday night with the $10,000 MLRA finale, along with the $10,000 to win feature event for the "Big Buck 50" Super Stocks. Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 10/3/24 Lap Leaders - Chris Simpson (1 - 10), Ryan Gustin (11 - 19), Chris Simpson (20), Ryan Gustin (21 - 30) Cautions - 3 MyRacePass "Overall Fast Time Award" - Stormy Scott (14.793 sec.) Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race - Tim Douglas MD3 "Most Laps Led" - Ryan Gustin (19) Swift Springs "Move of the Race" - Earl Pearson Jr. Sunoco Race Fuel "Rookie of the Race" - Aaron Marrant PEM Racing "4th Place Finisher" - Stormy Scott Fluidyne: "5th Place Finisher: - Tony Jackson Jr. Sunoco "Engine Builders Challenge" - Jay Dickens Midwest Sheet Metal "Points Leader Spoiler Challenge" - Chad Simpson MSD Performance Holley: "1st B-Main NON-Qualifier" - Shawn Knuckles MD3 Final Finisher: - Jon Binning Fall Nationals Night #130 Laps | 00:24:13.811 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 2. 32-Chris Simpson[2]; 3. 49W-Justin Wells[13]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 5. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[11]; 6. 22H-Dustin Hodges[15]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 8. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[24]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[21]; 10. 15L-Payton Looney[8]; 11. 8-Dillon McCowan[23]; 12. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 13. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[22]; 14. 25-Chad Simpson[9]; 15. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[19]; 16. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[12]; 17. 50C-Kayden Clatt[10]; 18. (DNF) 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 19. (DNF) 36M-Logan Martin[6]; 20. (DNF) 2T-Tyler Stevens[14]; 21. (DNF) 9G-Joseph Gorby[18]; 22. (DNF) 93-Brandon Overton[7]; 23. (DNF) 11-Jeff Herzog[20]; 24. (DNF) 65-Jon Binning[1] B Feature 1 Fast Shafts10 Laps | 00:03:30.889 1. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[2]; 2. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[4]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[9]; 5. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[3]; 6. 1S-Shawn Knuckles[7]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[5]; 8. (DNF) 1T-Tucker Cox[8]; 9. (DNF) 7W-Cole Wells[6] B Feature 2 Wieland10 Laps | 00:06:21.283 1. 9G-Joseph Gorby[8]; 2. 11-Jeff Herzog[2]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[5]; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw[1]; 5. 29-Keith Hammett[6]; 6. 5V-Austin Vincent[3]; 7. 7M-Allan Middendorf[7]; 8. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson; 9. (DNS) 15S-Clayton Stuckey H1-Flo Sports8 Laps | 00:03:21.760 1. 65-Jon Binning[2]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[1]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson[3]; 4. 49W-Justin Wells[4]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[7]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[6]; 7. 10M-Jacob Magee[8]; 8. (DNF) 1S-Shawn Knuckles[9]; 9. (DNS) 8-Dillon McCowan H2-Simpson Race Products8 Laps | 00:02:36.832 1. 15T-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 2. 93-Brandon Overton[5]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 4. 22H-Dustin Hodges[7]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[3]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[6]; 7. 7W-Cole Wells[8]; 8. 1T-Tucker Cox[4] H3-Earnhardt Technologies8 Laps | 00:02:45.728 1. 32-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 36M-Logan Martin[2]; 3. 50C-Kayden Clatt[3]; 4. 2T-Tyler Stevens[6]; 5. 16-Rusty Griffaw[5]; 6. 5V-Austin Vincent[4]; 7. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. 7M-Allan Middendorf[8]; 9. (DNS) 7J-Ryan Johnson H4- Lucas Oil8 Laps | 00:04:17.941 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 15L-Payton Looney[3]; 3. 1XMJ-Matt Johnson[1]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 5. 11-Jeff Herzog[7]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 7. 29-Keith Hammett[8]; 8. 9G-Joseph Gorby[4] For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. 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  Lucas Oil Speedway Spotlight: Army vet Welschmeyer hitting his stride as Big Buck 50 renewal arrives

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 1, 2024) - Ted Welschmeyer got a later start on his racing career than most, sitting behind the wheel of his first race car at the age of 28 after a stint in the United States Army. "Growing up as a kid … I always wanted to do it. It just took me a long time to get there," Welschmeyer said of driving a race car. "I didn't have the money or backing. I finally just decided that I was gonna go racing. "We started at California (Double X Speedway) and we had to borrow a truck and trailer every weekend to go. But you either decide to do it or you don't." Now a quarter of a century later, Welschmeyer is having the best season of his career. The residence of Tebbetts in central Missouri, near Jefferson City, recently clinched the POWRi Super Stocks points championship with a second straight track championship at Callaway Raceway. "I"m very blessed over the last 24 years to have a lot of people help me and a wife (Vickie) who's every understanding, who lets me put a lot of time and money into this," Welschmeyer said. "I'm just a very blessed guy." Welschmeyer, 53, will be one to keep an eye on this week at the 8th annual Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt returns to Lucas Oil Speedway. The Big Buck will be run Thursday through Saturday, in conjunction with the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals. Both divisions will wrap things up Saturday night with 50-lap, $10,000-to-win main events. Like others, Welschmeyer was thrilled with the announcement that the Big Buck 50 was returning after its popular run ended in 2020. Since that time, Welschmeyer had made tremendous strides, especially the last two years, with him home-built Super Stock chassis. While he had a pair of top-10 finishes in past Big Buck 50s, Welschmeyer said a key to his recent success in the division has been from the research and development side. "We've gone to some chassis seminars with KR Promotions and Scotty Allen," he said. "We've learned a lot. We're running the car we built three years ago and applied some of the stuff we've learned, just trying to educate ourselves better and it's paid off tremendously." At the Full Fender Challenge at Lucas Oil Speedway in mid-August, Welschmeyer didn't have the run he wanted, finishing 12th in the feature that combined the Super Stocks with USRA Stock Cars. He had a 10th-place run in the Super Stocks main event. Neither finish was anything to brag about, but Welschmeyer came away with some knowledge of how to improve in October. "We had a different motor and we geared it a little different," Welschmeyer said of the August event. "This motor doesn't make quite the torque that the other one did. We learned that we have to change our gearing. It was every educational. We ended up making both features, so it was good. There was some stiff competition there that weekend." While he's raced most seasons since 2000, Welschmeyer was taken off track by a couple of tours in Iraq while he remained in the Army Reserves after retiring from full-time Army duty. But now he's not only racing, but succeeding with 10 overall feature wins this season. He's helped in his racing pursuits by by long-time crew members Madison Oligschlaegar and Matt Oliver. Sponsors and supporters include AFCO Shocks, Allen Autosports, Bronze Star Truck and Trailer Repair, Bryke Racing, Engine Connection of Boonville and engine builder Chris Zeller, Elite Performance Parts, Luebbering Oil Company, Superior Steering Wheels and Graphics, Toebbens Towing, Winning Technologies and Champion High Tech Lubricants. The Big Buck 50, which will kick off with practice sessions Thursday along with time trial qualifying for their Friday heat and dash races for their Saturday $10,000-to-win finale. Super Stock pre-tech will open at noon Thursday and Friday. All Super Stocks must go through pre-tech before Friday heat races begin. A star-studded field of Super Stocks is expected for the event with Whitetail Trophy owner Craig Danuser stepping up as the title sponsor as he was in previous renditions of the event. In the Late Model portion, Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, will be looking to move closer to his third straight MLRA championship. He brings a 100-point lead over Tony Jackson Jr. of Lebanon into the Fall Nationals. Jackson and Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, captured feature wins at the MLRA Ron Jenkins Memorial in Wheatland one month ago. Drivers can find the Big Buck 50 entry form on the drivers' dashboard portion of lucasoilspeedway.com. With the races scheduled to be live on FloRacing and on MAVTV at a later date, drivers are encouraged to fill out their profile on MyRacePass with information that can be used by announcers. Drivers planning on running can use this link to for the driver profile. Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. with grandstands at 4, hot laps/practice at 6 and racing to follow on Thursday. Along with a full MLRA program, Super Stocks will run several practice sessions and then will run a special qualifying session to set their heat races for Friday night. On Friday, Super Stocks will hold heat races and two dash races to determine the top 12 or 16 (based on car count) that advance to the Saturday main event. Last-chance qualifier races on Saturday will finalized the field for 50-Lap, $10,000 to win main event. The Late Models again have a full program on Friday, kicking of with time trials. Pits will open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. The final night on Saturday will find another full MLRA program along with last-chance qualifiers for the Super Stocks and a Pole Dash prior to the 50-lap Super Stocks main event. Pit gates open at 4 with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. Thursday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22 Adults (13 and up) - $25 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $60 Pit Pass - $40 Friday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $40 Saturday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Reserved with Electric and Water - $40/Night (Limited Availability) Reserved Dry Spots - $25/Night (Limited Availability) Dry Camping - $15/Night For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.

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  Lucas Oil Speedway Spotlight: Army vet Welschmeyer hitting his stride as Big Buck 50 renewal arrives

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Oct. 1, 2024) - Ted Welschmeyer got a later start on his racing career than most, sitting behind the wheel of his first race car at the age of 28 after a stint in the United States Army. "Growing up as a kid … I always wanted to do it. It just took me a long time to get there," Welschmeyer said of driving a race car. "I didn't have the money or backing. I finally just decided that I was gonna go racing. "We started at California (Double X Speedway) and we had to borrow a truck and trailer every weekend to go. But you either decide to do it or you don't." Now a quarter of a century later, Welschmeyer is having the best season of his career. The residence of Tebbetts in central Missouri, near Jefferson City, recently clinched the POWRi Super Stocks points championship with a second straight track championship at Callaway Raceway. "I"m very blessed over the last 24 years to have a lot of people help me and a wife (Vickie) who's every understanding, who lets me put a lot of time and money into this," Welschmeyer said. "I'm just a very blessed guy." Welschmeyer, 53, will be one to keep an eye on this week at the 8th annual Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt returns to Lucas Oil Speedway. The Big Buck will be run Thursday through Saturday, in conjunction with the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals. Both divisions will wrap things up Saturday night with 50-lap, $10,000-to-win main events. Like others, Welschmeyer was thrilled with the announcement that the Big Buck 50 was returning after its popular run ended in 2020. Since that time, Welschmeyer had made tremendous strides, especially the last two years, with him home-built Super Stock chassis. While he had a pair of top-10 finishes in past Big Buck 50s, Welschmeyer said a key to his recent success in the division has been from the research and development side. "We've gone to some chassis seminars with KR Promotions and Scotty Allen," he said. "We've learned a lot. We're running the car we built three years ago and applied some of the stuff we've learned, just trying to educate ourselves better and it's paid off tremendously." At the Full Fender Challenge at Lucas Oil Speedway in mid-August, Welschmeyer didn't have the run he wanted, finishing 12th in the feature that combined the Super Stocks with USRA Stock Cars. He had a 10th-place run in the Super Stocks main event. Neither finish was anything to brag about, but Welschmeyer came away with some knowledge of how to improve in October. "We had a different motor and we geared it a little different," Welschmeyer said of the August event. "This motor doesn't make quite the torque that the other one did. We learned that we have to change our gearing. It was every educational. We ended up making both features, so it was good. There was some stiff competition there that weekend." While he's raced most seasons since 2000, Welschmeyer was taken off track by a couple of tours in Iraq while he remained in the Army Reserves after retiring from full-time Army duty. But now he's not only racing, but succeeding with 10 overall feature wins this season. He's helped in his racing pursuits by by long-time crew members Madison Oligschlaegar and Matt Oliver. Sponsors and supporters include AFCO Shocks, Allen Autosports, Bronze Star Truck and Trailer Repair, Bryke Racing, Engine Connection of Boonville and engine builder Chris Zeller, Elite Performance Parts, Luebbering Oil Company, Superior Steering Wheels and Graphics, Toebbens Towing, Winning Technologies and Champion High Tech Lubricants. The Big Buck 50, which will kick off with practice sessions Thursday along with time trial qualifying for their Friday heat and dash races for their Saturday $10,000-to-win finale. Super Stock pre-tech will open at noon Thursday and Friday. All Super Stocks must go through pre-tech before Friday heat races begin. A star-studded field of Super Stocks is expected for the event with Whitetail Trophy owner Craig Danuser stepping up as the title sponsor as he was in previous renditions of the event. In the Late Model portion, Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, will be looking to move closer to his third straight MLRA championship. He brings a 100-point lead over Tony Jackson Jr. of Lebanon into the Fall Nationals. Jackson and Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, captured feature wins at the MLRA Ron Jenkins Memorial in Wheatland one month ago. Drivers can find the Big Buck 50 entry form on the drivers' dashboard portion of lucasoilspeedway.com. With the races scheduled to be live on FloRacing and on MAVTV at a later date, drivers are encouraged to fill out their profile on MyRacePass with information that can be used by announcers. Drivers planning on running can use this link to for the driver profile. Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. with grandstands at 4, hot laps/practice at 6 and racing to follow on Thursday. Along with a full MLRA program, Super Stocks will run several practice sessions and then will run a special qualifying session to set their heat races for Friday night. On Friday, Super Stocks will hold a special qualifying session followed by 10-lap qualifying heats for Saturday night's 50-Lap, $10,000 to win main event. The Late Models again have a full program, kicking of with time trials. Pits will open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. The final night on Saturday will find another full MLRA program along with B Features and a Pole Dash prior to the 50-lap Super Stocks main event. Pit gates open at 4 with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. Thursday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22 Adults (13 and up) - $25 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $60 Pit Pass - $40 Friday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $40 Saturday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Reserved with Electric and Water - $40/Night (Limited Availability) Reserved Dry Spots - $25/Night (Limited Availability) Dry Camping - $15/Night For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.

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  LUCAS OIL MLRA SET TO TACKLE "FALL NATIONALS" TRIPLE HEADER WEEKEND  

  Wheatland, Missouri (September 30, 2024) - The Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) is headed towards one of the biggest weekends of the year, as the series returns to the Lucas Oil Speedway for one final round of action this upcoming weekend. For the first time since 2020 the MLRA "Fall Nationals" returns to the Diamond of Dirt Tracks, and for the first time in series history it comes in the form of a triple header weekend. With just two weekends remaining on the 2024 schedule for the Lucas Oil MLRA, one thing is for certain—a wide open points battle still looms for the top spot. This weekends action will kick off two consecutive 3-day weekends of racing, breaking the season down into a six-race battle to the championship. The MLRA "Falls Nationals" will take center stage at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO October 3rd, 4th, & 5th with three complete shows on tap. Thursday nights portion was originally slated as only a practice night for the MLRA teams, but after a long list of early season rain outs track and series officials decided to turn Thursday into a full $5,000 to win feature event to get the weekend started a day early. Friday night will again showcase the MLRA in another $5,000 to win 30 lap main event, before drivers tighten the belts one notch tighter for a $10,000 to win and $700 to start 50 lap finale on Saturday night. This weekend will mark the 8th time since 2014 that the Lucas Oil Speedway has hosted the October race weekend for the MLRA. Only Jesse Stovall (4) and Ryan Gustin (3) have multiple wins during the fall classic event. Both current Championship point leaders Chad Simpson (2018) and Tony Jackson Jr. (2019) are former event winners, along with the likes of Randy Timms, Billy Moyer Jr. and Bobby Pierce who scored his first ever MLRA win in the final night in 2016. Adding to the excitement of the weekend will be the return of the 8th Annual "Big Buck 50" featuring the Lucas Oil Super Stocks. Drivers will practice as well as qualify on Thursday night between late model action, run qualifying events on Friday night, and compete in their own 50 lap $10,000 to win main event on Saturday night. Turn Four News & Notes: MLRA "FALL NATIONALS" MyRacePass "Fast Time" BOUNS POINTS: The opening two laps of each night can play a large role in determining the season Championship, with the top driver in both Group "A" and "B" qualifying, or the overall fast time driver receiving 10 Championship Bonus Points. Thru 12 points events thus far Chad Simpson has managed to put 40 MRP Fast Time Bonus Points in his bank account, helping him to his current 100-point advantage over Tony Jackson Jr. 1,560 Up For Grabs—Championship Points That Is: Exactly 1/3 of the MLRA season will be contested over the final two weekends, leaving lots of room to climb to the top or find heartbreak depending on where your driver is sitting. It is possible to gain (or lose) 135 pts a night assuming all championship contenders start the "A" main, leaving a number of sleepless nights yet to come for the series top drivers. "Mr. Consistent.": Prior to the MLRA's last outing at the Davenport Speedway on September 14th, current Midwest Sheet Metal point leader Chad Simpson had not recorded a series finish outside of the top 12 in a non co-sanctioned event since an 18th place run on October 16, 2021. Crunching the numbers that's a remarkable span of 1,063 consecutive trips around the sun. 7-8-9-10 The Battle Continues: While a championship may be a mathematical stretch for the drivers currently sitting 7th thru 10th, they too are deep in a points battle of their own as the season draws to a close. After 12 rounds these drivers are separated by just 75 markers, or a point fund difference of $1,500 come seasons end. Gordy Gundaker leads this group by 55 over leading Sunoco Rookie driver Aaron Marrant. From there it's only 10 back to Dustin Hodges and another 10 back to Steve Stultz. For these drivers, every position truly does matter from here on out.  MIDWEST SHEET METAL POINTS LEADER CHALLENGE STANDINGS: 1. Chad Simpson--- Mt. Vernon, IA 2. Tony Jackson Jr.--- Lebanon, MO -100 pts 3. Chris Simpson--- Oxford, IA -200 pts 4. Dillon McCowan--- Urbana, MO -225 pts 5. Trevor Gundaker--- St. Charles, MO -380 pts 6. Jeff Herzog--- Festus, MO -450 pts 7. Gordy Gundaker--- St. Charles, MO -635 pts 8. Aaron Marrant--- Richmond, MO -690 pts 9. Dustin Hodges--- Centralia, MO -700 pts 10. Steve Stultz--- Peoria, AZ -710 pts Lucas Oil Speedway: Wheatland, MO (MLRA Fall Nationals) -- Thursday 10/3/24 Pits Open: 3:30 PM, Grandstands Open: 4:00 PM Hot Laps - 6:00 PM, Racing - 7:05 PM Admission: Adults(13+) $25, Seniors (62+)/Military $22, Youth (6-12) $10, Kids (5 & Under) FREE, Family Pass $60, Pit Pass $40 Support Classes: Lucas Oil Super Stocks "Big Buck 50" Nite # 1 Website: www.LucasOilSpeedway.com Lucas Oil Speedway: Wheatland, MO (MLRA Fall Nationals) -- Friday 10/4/24 Pits Open: 4:00 PM, Grandstands Open: 4:30 PM Hot Laps - 6:30 PM, Racing - 7:05 PM Admission: Adults(13+) $30, Seniors (62+)/Military $27, Youth (6-12) $10, Kids (5 & Under) FREE, Family Pass $70, Pit Pass $40 Support Classes: Lucas Oil Super Stocks "Big Buck 50" Nite # 2 Lucas Oil Speedway: Wheatland, MO (MLRA Fall Nationals) -- Saturday 10/5/24 Pits Open: 4:00 PM, Grandstands Open: 4:30 PM Hot Laps - 6:30 PM, Racing - 7:05 PM Admission: Adults(13+) $30, Seniors (62+)/Military $27, Youth (6-12) $10, Kids (5 & Under) FREE, Family Pass $70, Pit Pass $45 Support Classes: Lucas Oil Super Stocks "Big Buck 50" Nite # 3 $10,000/WIN For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA FLO Sports "The Official Broadcast Partner" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fluidyne, Fox Shocks, Hellraizer Jacks, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance/Holly, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Outerwears, PEM, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson Race Products, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Thermo Tech, Wieland, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. Highway 54, P.O. Box 8, Wheatland, MO 65779 +1 (417) 282-5984

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  hree nights of action coming up this week for MLRA Fall Nationals, Big Buck 50 at Lucas Oil Speedway

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 30, 2024) - The last, big multi-night program of the 2024 season at Lucas Oil Speedway arrives this Thursday through Saturday with stars of Late Model and Super Stock racing joining forces in south-central Missouri. The 8th annual MLRA Fall Nationals kicks off a sprint toward determining a season champion with full programs set for Thursday and Friday, paying $5,000-to-win the features, and $10,000 awaiting the winner of the finale on Saturday. Meanwhile, the 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt returns to Lucas Oil Speedway for the first time since 2020. The full-fender division also will reward the Saturday-night feature winner with a $10,000 check. "It's a big weekend with the MLRA Late Models and Super Stocks coming together one the same nights," Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Danny Lorton said, noting that the Late Models full program on Thursday having originally been a test and tune night for the MLRA Series. But after the series was hit by so many rainouts during the first half of the schedule, Lorton and MLRA Series Director Ernie Leftwich added the Thursday action to give drivers an extra opportunity to earn points toward the championship. The best news is there is little or no chance for rain this week. Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, will be looking to move closer to his third straight MLRA championship. He brings a 100-point lead over Tony Jackson Jr. of Lebanon into the Fall Nationals. Jackson and Chris Simpson of Oxford, Iowa, captured feature wins at the MLRA Ron Jenkins Memorial in Wheatland one month ago. Three MLRA races will remain following this weekend - Oct. 10 at I-70 Speedway and Oct. 11-12 at Tri-City Speedway. Meanwhile, there has been much anticipation about the return of the Big Buck 50, which will kick off with practice sessions Thursday along with time trial qualifying for their Friday heat and dash races for their Saturday $10,000-to-win finale. Super Stock pre-tech will open at noon Thursday and Friday. All Super Stocks must go through pre-tech before Friday heat races begin. A star-studded field of Super Stocks is expected for the event with Whitetail Trophy owner Craig Danuser stepping up as the title sponsor as he was in previous renditions of the event. This year marks the 36th anniversary of the Whitetail Trophy Hunt at Lake of the Ozarks. The sold-out dates are Nov. 16-18. Entries are received on a first come, first served basis and limited to a maximum of 220 hunters. Over $5 million in cash and prizes has been awarded over the years to many fortunate whitetail hunters. Plus, the five year Show-me Showdown is in its fifth year for the 2024 hunt. This promotion will provide an additional cash bonus prize fund that can go up to $35,000. For more information on the Whitetail Trophy Hunt, visit whitetail.net. Other sponsors for special awards for the race also have been announced. Those include: Chip Shaddox and HICKAMO Country Store is sponsoring the Big Buck 50 Fast time Award and First Non-Transfer Qualifier. HICKAMO Country Store will pay $500 for the Big Buck 50 Fast Time Qualifier and $500 to First Non-Transfer Qualifier. Steve Beach with Beach Dirtworks of Eldon is sponsoring the Big Buck 50 Hard Luck Award, giving $200 to the Hard Luck driver of the event. Francisco Escamilla owner of Location Freight in Nianqua for sponsoring the Big Buck 50 Farthest Tow Award: Location Freight Big Buck 50 Farthest Tow Award: $250 bonus to the driver who tow's the farthest for the event. Steve Scott with Steve Scott Concrete LLC is sponsor of the Big Buck 50 Friday Dash 1 race. Jaren Hamilton with J2H Excavating of Niangua is sponsor of another Friday Night Dash races, with $100 to the driver who finishes 5th in the first dash and $100 to the driver who finishes 5th in the second dash. Drivers can find the Big Buck 50 entry form on the drivers' dashboard portion of lucasoilspeedway.com. With the race scheduled to be live on FloRacing both nights and on MAVTV at a later date, drivers are encouraged to fill out their profile on MyRacePass with information that can be used by announcers. Drivers planning on running can use this link to for the driver profile. Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. with grandstands at 4, hot laps/practice at 6 and racing to follow on Oct. 3. Along with a full MLRA program, Super Stocks will run several practice sessions and then will run a special qualifying session to set their heat races for Friday night. On Oct. 4, Super Stocks will hold a special qualifying session followed by 10-lap qualifying heats for Saturday night's 50-Lap, $10,000 to win main event. The Late Models again have a full program, kicking of with time trials. Pits will open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. The final night on Oct. 5 will find another full MLRA program along with B Features and a Pole Dash prior to the 50-lap Super Stocks main event. Pit gates open at 4 with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. Thursday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22 Adults (13 and up) - $25 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $60 Pit Pass - $40 Friday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $40 Saturday admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Reserved with Electric and Water - $40/Night (Limited Availability) Reserved Dry Spots - $25/Night (Limited Availability) Dry Camping - $15/Night For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.

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  Kubota High Limit Racing Diamond Classic makeup event two weeks away

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 26, 2024) - It's less than two weeks until the stars of Kubota High Limit Racing return to Lucas Oil Speedway for the makeup of the second half of the Kubota High Limit Racing Diamond Classic. The makeup is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 9 with a full program for the 410 winged sprints set as a makeup from a June 29th postponement when rain and severe weather struck Lucas Oil Speedway shortly after qualifying. Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif., set a new track record prior to the rain with a lap of 12.829 seconds. The makeup will include a new round of time trials prior to the heat races, last-chance qualifiers and $25,000-to-win A Feature. Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 5, hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow opening ceremonies. Tickets will be available at the gate, or fans can use their tickets or pit wristbands from the rainout. The Kubota High Limit Sprint Car Series is co-owned by Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson and features top 410 sprint car drivers from around the country. Tyler Courtney of Indianapolis won the opener of the two-night Diamond Classic in June, beating series points leader Sweet. Sweet leads Abreu by 258 points in the Kubota High Limit Racing championship race with Courtney third in points, followed by Brent Marks and Corey Day. For more information on Kubota High Limit Racing, visit highlimitracing.com. Kubota High Limit Diamond Classic Spectator Admission: Adults (13 and up) - $40 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $37 Youth (age 6 to 12) - $10 Kids (age 5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $90 Pit Pass - $45 Big Buck 50/MLRA Fall Nationals next: The 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt and the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals are next up at Lucas Oil Speedway, Oct. 3-5. An additional night of Late Model racing was added as Thursday, Oct. 3, was originally scheduled as a practice night for the MLRA series as Super Stocks had practice sessions along with time trial qualifying for their Friday heat and dash races for their Saturday $10,000-to-win finale. The MLRA feature winners will collect $5,000 on Thursday and Friday and $10,000 on Saturday in full programs each night. Drivers can find the Big Buck 50 entry form on the drivers' dashboard portion of lucasoilspeedway.com. With the race scheduled to be live on FloRacing both nights and on MAVTV at a later date, drivers are encouraged to fill out their profile on MyRacePass with information that can be used by announcers. Drivers planning on running can use this link to for the driver profile. Thursday, Oct. 3 admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22 Adults (13 and up) - $25 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $60 Pit Pass - $40 Friday, Oct. 4 admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $40 Saturday, Oct. 5 admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Reserved with Electric and Water - $40/Night (Limited Availability) Reserved Dry Spots - $25/Night (Limited Availability) Dry Camping - $15/Night For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.

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  Lucas Oil Speedway quiet this week before Big Buck 50/MLRA Fall Nationals three-day show Oct. 3-5

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 23, 2024) - After back-to-back weeks of multiple-night special events, Lucas Oil Speedway will remain quiet this week before another three-day program rolls into south-central Missouri. The 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt and the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals are next up at Lucas Oil Speedway, Oct. 3-5. An additional night of Late Model racing was added as Thursday, Oct. 3, was originally scheduled as a practice night for the MLRA series as Super Stocks had practice sessions along with time trial qualifying for their Friday heat and dash races for their Saturday $10,000-to-win finale. The MLRA feature winners will collect $5,000 on Thursday and Friday and $10,000 on Saturday in full programs each night. This year marks the return of the always-popular Big Buck 50 for the first time since 2020. A star-studded field of POWRi Super Stocks is expected for the event with Whitetail Trophy owner Craig Danuser stepping up as the title sponsor as he was in previous runnings of the event. Other sponsors for special awards for the race also have been announced. Those include: Chip Shaddox and HICKAMO Country Store is sponsoring the Big Buck 50 Fast time Award and First Non-Transfer Qualifier. HICKAMO Country Store will pay $500 for the Big Buck 50 Fast Time Qualifier and $500 to First Non-Transfer Qualifier. Steve Beach with Beach Dirtworks of Eldon is sponsoring the Big Buck 50 Hard Luck Award, giving $200 to the Hard Luck driver of the event. Francisco Escamilla owner of Location Freight in Nianqua for sponsoring the Big Buck 50 Farthest Tow Award: Location Freight Big Buck 50 Farthest Tow Award: $250 bonus to the driver who tow's the farthest for the event. "We want to thank all of those who have come on board to sponsor those awards for the Big Buck 50, along with Whitetail Trophy Hunt for its support as the presenting sponsor," Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Danny Lorton said. Drivers can find the Big Buck 50 entry form on the drivers' dashboard portion of lucasoilspeedway.com. With the race scheduled to be live on FloRacing both nights and on MAVTV at a later date, drivers are encouraged to fill out their profile on MyRacePass with information that can be used by announcers. Drivers planning on running can use this link to for the driver profile. Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. with grandstands at 4, hot laps/practice at 6 and racing to follow on Oct. 3. Along with a full MLRA program, Super Stocks will run several practice sessions and then will run a special qualifying session to set their heat races for Friday night. On Oct. 4, Super Stocks will hold a special qualifying session followed by 10-lap qualifying heats for Saturday night's 50-Lap, $10,000 to win main event. The Late Models again have a full program, kicking of with time trials. Pits will open at 4 p.m. with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. The final night on Oct. 5 will find another full MLRA program along with B Features and a Pole Dash prior to the 50-lap Super Stocks main event. Pit gates open at 4 with grandstands at 4:30, hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05. Thursday, Oct. 3 admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $22 Adults (13 and up) - $25 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $60 Pit Pass - $40 Friday, Oct. 4 admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $40 Saturday, Oct. 5 admission: Advance Discount Tickets online only (13 and up) - $27 Adults (13 and up) - $30 Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $27 Youth (6-12) - $10 Kids (5 and under) - FREE Family Pass - $70 Pit Pass - $45 Camping: Reserved with Electric and Water - $40/Night (Limited Availability) Reserved Dry Spots - $25/Night (Limited Availability) Dry Camping - $15/Night For ticket or camping information on any Lucas Oil Speedway event, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 295-6043 or via email at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. For information about Lucas Oil Speedway, including schedules, point standings and other news, please visit LucasOilSpeedway.com. CONTACT: Danny Lorton Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com  # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri, and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods. 2024 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Dixie Chopper "The Official Mowers of Lucas Oil Speedway" General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway MAVTV "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2024 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Arizona Sport Shirts, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boone's BBQ Barn, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Farmers Insurance Agent Kristy Reynolds, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, KC Bobcat, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozark Golf Cars, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, Pomme de Terre Resort, Proboat, ProThings Apparel, RACEceiver, Racinboys.com, RacinDirt.com, Rains Ice Company, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Ron Jenkins Accounting & Tax Service, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, Simpson Racing Products, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Stillwater Resort, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Turn 1 Bar & Grill, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Wild Animal Safari, Woods Supermarkets.

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  Joe Chisholm captures top prize as Summit USRA Nationals conclude at Lucas Oil Speedway

  WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 21, 2024) - Four nights of racing culminated with championship features in five divisions at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday night, with the Summit USRA Nationals hitting the finish line. The big winner was young Iowa driver Joe Chisholm, who took command late in the USRA Modified feature and went on to capture the top prize of $4,000. Other winners were Jon Sheets in USRA B-Mods, Josh Cain in USRA Stock Cars, Oliver Monson in USRA Tuners and Jeremy Crimmins for the USRA Hobby Stocks. Ninth-starting Chisholm of Osage, Iowa, seized the lead on lap 39 and drove away after a restart. He beat J.T. Wasmund and Nic Bidinger for the biggest victory of his rookie USRA Modified season. Chisholm, 18, earned $4,000 for feature win No. 12 in 2024. He took the lead when dueling with USRA Modified national points leader Tyler Wolff as Wolff spun after he drifted too high in turn two. Patience was a game plan for Chisholm, in his first season driving Modifieds. He hoped to save tire wear by running the low side of the track and gradually advance toward the front. "In my mind I was like 'I've got to save' and I knew people were gonna start losing tires up top and it was gonna eat 'em hard," Chisholm said. "I just had to keep running the bottom and told myself 'just be patient, just be patient.' I started running lower than everybody else and I could keep (passing) one car at a time." Bidinger took the lead on lap two and Wolff was dueling with him for the spot by lap five. Two laps later, Wolff roared to the front with a high-side pass around turn four. It didn't take long for Wolff to open up a 1.3-second lead just 10 circuits into the 50-lapper. The leaders caught lapped traffic by lap 12 and Wolff was able to keep his lead at just over a second as a lengthy green-flag run continued. Caution on lap 16 would wipe out Wolff's 1.28-second lead over Bidinger, with Kyle Brown third and Joe Chisholm fourth. Wolff blasted away on the restart to lead by more than a second in just two laps over Bidinger with Chisholm taking over third. Chisholm's charge continued as he sailed around the outside of Bidinger on lap 22, but Wolff was still well ahead with a 1.4-second command at the halfway point on lap 25. As the top duo navigated lapped traffic, Chisholm cut the deficit to one-half second by lap 35, while it was another five seconds back to third-running Bidinger. Wolff took to the high side in an effort to fend off Chisholm, but that's when disaster struck the man who led 35 laps. Wolff spun in turn two when he got over the cushion and headed for the pits for a tire change. That gave Chisholm the top spot over Bidinger and J.T. Wasmund with 11 to go. "I started hitting my marks and was slowly reeling him in," Chisholm said. "I drove a little hard to show my nose just to fluster him a little bit. I'm not sure what happened in turn two, but it was fixing to be a good race," Chisholm said. "It's been a really good year. Win or lose, I'm happy to be standing here. I've had some terrible luck here and I've brought that on myself. I forced some issues the past couple of nights and put myself in a position I shouldn't have been. Starting ninth wasn't too bad. You just have to look at the positive." Chisholm dominated after the restart, opening a three-second command by lap 45. He took it home from there, finishing 4.45 seconds over Wasmund with Bidinger third, Henry Chambers fourth and Al Hejna fifth. Sheets captures USRA B-Mods feature: Jon Sheets of Nevada made the decisive pass with 11 laps remaining and went on to beat Cody King for the $2,500 USRA B-Mod feature win. Sheets tracked King for most of the first 20 laps before making the inside groove work to take over on lap 24. King took the lead away from Franklin on lap two and rolled out to a 1.2-second lead by lap five. The first caution came out on lap nine, with King maintaining a one-second margin over Sheets with Morton up to third. As green-flag action resumed, Sheets closed in on King but was not able to pull alongside. Meanwhile, Colson Kirk moved into third, 2.3 seconds behind the leader. Sheets moved to the low side at about lap 20 and was able to pull alongside the lead and then make a pass coming to the start-finish line on lap 24. Those two drivers, who won preliminary night features, were well clear of the rest of the field. Sheets soon began to pull away during the long green-flag run. He opened a 1.5-second command by lap 30 and held on over the final five laps and beat King by 1.6 seconds as the checkers flew. Sheets said patience and taking care of tires was a key to the outcome. "That's a 35-lap race. I didn't cut up a right-rear too aggressive because it was a longer race and this place is hard on tires," Sheets said. "I didn't fire that great, but I knew if we could keep him in check we could probably reel him back in because that tire was gonna fire mid-race. Boy, it did. I could feel it come in and the car was really good." Morton finished third with Kirk fourth and Bobby Williams fifth. Cain hangs on in USRA Stock Cars: Josh Cain of Rio Rancho, N.M., took the lead five laps into the USRA Stock Cars feature and held it the rest of the way, claiming the $3,000 victory with his 34th feature win of the season. "It's been a great year. It's one of those years," said Cain, the USRA Stock Cars national points leader. "Some people don't ever get the opportunity to win a race, let alone do what we do every weekend. We're very fortunate. It's just one of those years." Cain grabbed the lead away from Jaylen Wettengel on lap five, diving to the inside for the pass out of turn four. It didn't take him long to open a 1.2-second lead, but a lap-eight caution took away his advantage. Jeremy Vaughn took second away from Wettengel on lap 10 and Cain led by 1.4 seconds when action slowed again on lap 11 with a yellow flag. With the race finally getting into some rhythm with green-flag action, Cain stretched his lead to 1.8 seconds by the midway point on lap 20. Cain was trying to turn the race into a runaway, extending his lead to 2.77 seconds by lap 23. That's when Jaylen Wettengel and Johnny Fennewald, batting in the top five, got together and spun entering turn three. Five more laps were run after the restart before another caution. This time, Cain had a 1.6-second lead over Vaughn with Waylon Dimmitt, Brandon Hare and Wettengel dueling for third. Vaughn made a run at Cain on lap 30, but Cain was able to hold on as he continued the drive the extreme low groove. Debris brought out a lap-33 caution, with Cain holding a .887-second lead. Cain handled the restart and held on the rest of the way, beating Dimmitt and Vaughn. The hard-charging Doug Keller advanced from 22nd to fourth and Pat Graham was fifth. "I didn't feel very good," Cain said. "I just got to the lead early enough and once I got there I kind of just stomped on the bottom. I could get off the corner a little bit better. They were out there in the rubber pushing hard, but I think they may have done it too early and got their tires burned up. Mine still look brand new." USRA Tuners win goes to Monson: Oliver Monson of Thornton, Iowa, dominated from start to finish in capturing the USRA Tuners feature. Monson earned $500 for the win. Monson led from the start and had a commanding three-second lead over Leasure when caution flew on lap 13. When action resumed, Monson was able to re-establish his comfortable margin as the laps dwindled. Monson took the checkers 3.3 seconds in front of Leasure with Cale Hancock third, Dustin Reeves fourth and Shawn Brownlee fifth. "Down here I always have good runs and 90 percent of the time I screw it up myself," Monson said. "I felt comfortable. I saw on the board that I had a good lead and just tried to keep calm and it worked out." Crimmins takes USRA Hobby Stocks victory: Jeremy Crimmins of Fort Dodge, Iowa, led the final 28 laps, holding off Bryce Sommerfeld over the final five laps, for the USRA Hobby Stocks feature win. Crimmins, who earned $1,200, moved to the lead on lap three after Kolby Goepel showed the way the first two times around. Crimmins opened a two-second lead by lap nine with Scott Dobel having taken over second. The leader's margin was up to 3.2 seconds when a caution appeared on lap 14. Gulbrandson advanced into second on lap 16 and started to give chase of Crimmins. The leader was cruising with a 1.9-second command when a debris caution flew on lap 25, leaving Gulbrandson and others five laps to chase down Crimmins. No one could catch him and Crimmins held off Sommerfeld for a .282-second victory. Gulbrandson finished third with Dobel fourth and Chris Hovden fifth. "I love the jumbo tron. Every once in a while I'd catch my car going down the backstretch and see the lead," Crimmins said. "The quality of cars here, the top 10 of these guys, if you can run with these guys - it was a pretty good week." LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 21, 2024) Summit USRA Nationals USRA Modifieds A Feature - 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[9]; 2. 51W-JT Wasmund[2]; 3. 3B-Nic Bidinger[1]; 4. 17-Henry Chambers[11]; 5. 7-Al Hejna[24]; 6. 98C-Jeff Cutshaw[16]; 7. 21K-Kyle Brown[6]; 8. 98-Kevin Stoa[18]; 9. 38C-Jason Pursley[8]; 10. 4W-Tyler Wolff[3]; 11. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[5]; 12. 8L-Lyle Sathoff[12]; 13. 127-Paden Phillips[32]; 14. 151-Lucas Gibbs[22]; 15. 88-Sam Osman[23]; 16. 55-Nathan Hagar[25]; 17. 32-Derek Green[13]; 18. 10P-Dayton Pursley[14]; 19. 747-Colton Eck[26]; 20. 00S-Chris Spalding[29]; 21. 92-Tyler Grooms[31]; 22. 89-Tyler Hibner[30]; 23. 6-Jason Payton[20]; 24. 24-Donnie Fellers[21]; 25. (DNF) 97-Houston Johnson[4]; 26. (DNF) 9L-Vince Lucas[19]; 27. (DNF) 5D-Devon Havlik[17]; 28. (DNF) 21M-Ryan Middaugh[15]; 29. (DNF) 34-Weston Holman[28]; 30. (DNF) 7D-Davis Givens[27]; 31. (DNF) 68-Dean Wille[10]; 32. (DQ) 10B-Brandon Givens[7] B Feature 1 - 1. 98-Kevin Stoa[2]; 2. 6-Jason Payton[4]; 3. 151-Lucas Gibbs[6]; 4. 7-Al Hejna[10]; 5. 747-Colton Eck[1]; 6. 34-Weston Holman[15]; 7. 21N-Ben Nading[8]; 8. 98K-Kenton Allen[5]; 9. 89-Tyler Hibner[14]; 10. 17B-Lee Beemer[7]; 11. 18-Brad Johnson[9]; 12. 12-Andrew Thomas[11]; 13. 33S-Ben Stockton[3]; 14. (DNS) 5*-John Briggs; 15. (DNS) 51-Eddie Martin B Feature 2 - 1. 9L-Vince Lucas[1]; 2. 24-Donnie Fellers[5]; 3. 88-Sam Osman[13]; 4. 55-Nathan Hagar[4]; 5. 7D-Davis Givens[2]; 6. 00S-Chris Spalding[12]; 7. 92-Tyler Grooms[7]; 8. 03-Jason Sivils[8]; 9. 12JR-Jory Stotts[10]; 10. 718-Terry Beckham II[14]; 11. 21-Greg Scheffler[9]; 12. 9*-Troy Martin Jr[11]; 13. (DNS) 21D-Daniel Drury; 14. (DNS) 17JR-Drake Long USRA B-Mods A Feature - 1. 8S-Jon Sheets[5]; 2. 510-Cody King[2]; 3. 18-JC Morton[6]; 4. 55-Colson Kirk[4]; 5. 1B-Bobby Williams[13]; 6. 56-Shadren Turner[7]; 7. 52-Mitch Keeter[9]; 8. 56G-Ty Griffith[16]; 9. 7J-Jake Richards[10]; 10. F1-Mitchell Franklin[1]; 11. 57C-Chad Clancy[8]; 12. 6T-Michael Taylor III[14]; 13. 87H-Harley Dais[23]; 14. 11L-Logan Smith[12]; 15. 54-Tyler Kidwell[18]; 16. 211-Tim Eaton[22]; 17. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[21]; 18. 53-Tianna Mithun[19]; 19. 12C-Stephen Clancy[24]; 20. 6-Dustin Kruse[11]; 21. 2X-Cole Hamilton[15]; 22. 457-Boone Evans[17]; 23. 94C-JT Carroll[27]; 24. 16D-Dan Hovden[31]; 25. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[25]; 26. 57-Duke Erickson[28]; 27. 1-Kyle Henning[26]; 28. 23N-Kenny Nutter[20]; 29. 00-Cason Harris[32]; 30. (DNF) 32-Lane New[30]; 31. (DNF) 3A-Taylor Ausrud[3]; 32. (DNF) RED1-Dan Wheeler[29] B Feature 1 - 1. 53-Tianna Mithun[3]; 2. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[2]; 3. 87H-Harley Dais[4]; 4. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[10]; 5. 94C-JT Carroll[6]; 6. RED1-Dan Wheeler[1]; 7. 17-Klay Beemer[8]; 8. 56H-Hoyt Miller[14]; 9. 214-Eric Spreer[13]; 10. 58-Chad Reid[12]; 11. 33D-Adam Dunwoodie[17]; 12. 21K-Dave Kennedy[7]; 13. 171-Jacob Toepper[9]; 14. 18P-Shaine Paxston[15]; 15. (DNF) 15-Cayden Stacye[11]; 16. (DNF) 45-Shayne Bailey[5]; 17. (DNS) 345-Jimmy Downs B Feature 2 - 1. 23N-Kenny Nutter[1]; 2. 211-Tim Eaton[3]; 3. 12C-Stephen Clancy[4]; 4. 1-Kyle Henning[2]; 5. 57-Duke Erickson[7]; 6. 32-Lane New[11]; 7. 00-Cason Harris[13]; 8. 30-Rex Harris[6]; 9. 87-Randy Smith Jr[16]; 10. 66X-Chris Wright[10]; 11. 31M-Michael Hascall[14]; 12. 01B-Brett Holman[17]; 13. 12B-Mike Monnig[12]; 14. (DNF) 76-KC Mullin[8]; 15. (DNF) 16D-Dan Hovden[5]; 16. (DNS) 24L-Patrick Lewis; 17. (DNS) 73-Blake Wimmer USRA Stock Cars A Feature - 1. 3J-Josh Cain[4]; 2. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[13]; 3. 25-Jeremy Vaughn[6]; 4. 7-Doug Keller[23]; 5. 1G-Pat Graham[9]; 6. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[2]; 7. 50B-Brock Badger[15]; 8. 56H-Brandon Hare[16]; 9. 74S-Rodney Schweizer[3]; 10. 7G-William Garner[22]; 11. 41-Bryan White[8]; 12. 32G-Derek Green[10]; 13. 21M-Myles Michehl[14]; 14. 9H-Nic Hanes[5]; 15. 14-Todd Staley[18]; 16. 7K-Kyle Hamby[11]; 17. 17N-Jeff Metcalf[26]; 18. 88-Jeff Dixon[17]; 19. 106-Christopher Theodore[24]; 20. 95-Chance Larson[28]; 21. 27-Jeff Tennant[20]; 22. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[30]; 23. (DNF) 0-Mason Beck[21]; 24. (DNF) 3-Brandon Dixon[25]; 25. (DNF) 21-Johnny Fennewald[7]; 26. (DNF) 10-Bryan Bennett[29]; 27. (DNF) 34-Donald Fetty; 28. (DNF) 35-Johnny Coats[12]; 29. (DNF) 18X-Jason Purvis[27]; 30. (DNF) 33-Kevin Donlan[1]; 31. (DNF) 131-Mason Martin[19] B Feature 1 - 1. 131-Mason Martin[1]; 2. 0-Mason Beck[3]; 3. 7-Doug Keller[2]; 4. 3-Brandon Dixon[4]; 5. 18X-Jason Purvis[12]; 6. 10-Bryan Bennett[8]; 7. 31-Gene Parvin[9]; 8. 22F-Dawson Fennewald[14]; 9. 9X-Anthony Manley[15]; 10. 11W-Graci Williams[16]; 11. (DNF) 77-Josh Monthei[11]; 12. (DNF) 34B-Blake Bolton[7]; 13. (DNF) 20J-Jayden Bears[13]; 14. (DNF) 20X-Jon Boller Jr[10]; 15. (DNF) 14C-Bill Carter[5]; 16. (DNS) 19-Jesse Stovall B Feature 2 - 1. 27-Jeff Tennant[6]; 2. 7G-William Garner[1]; 3. 106-Christopher Theodore[4]; 4. 17N-Jeff Metcalf[2]; 5. 95-Chance Larson[7]; 6. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[12]; 7. 83-James Ellis[3]; 8. 52W-Weston Koop[9]; 9. 81-Devon Jobin[11]; 10. 3X-Tony Manley[8]; 11. 34X-Mich Ross[13]; 12. 47X-Connor Masoner[14]; 13. 2J-Steve Jackson[10]; 14. 22-David Davis[15]; 15. (DNS) 54-David Hendrix; 16. (DNS) 15J-Jaymee McGarrah C Feature 1 - 1. 77-Josh Monthei[4]; 2. 18X-Jason Purvis[3]; 3. 20J-Jayden Bears[10]; 4. 22F-Dawson Fennewald[9]; 5. 9X-Anthony Manley[8]; 6. 11W-Graci Williams[7]; 7. 34-Donald Fetty[6]; 8. (DNS) X-Roy Long; 9. (DNS) 15X-Corey Myers; 10. (DQ) 39JR-Robert Southerland[2] C Feature 2 - 1. 81-Devon Jobin[2]; 2. 16M-Jimmy McGarrah[3]; 3. 34X-Mich Ross[1]; 4. 47X-Connor Masoner[4]; 5. (DNF) 22-David Davis[7]; 6. (DNF) 15J-Jaymee McGarrah[6]; 7. (DNS) 8B-Ashlee Buck; 8. (DNS) 99-Daniel Drury; 9. (DNS) 4JR-Boone Evans USRA Hobby Stocks A Feature - 1. 15-Jeremy Crimmins[5]; 2. 50-Bryce Sommerfeld[2]; 3. 6-Dustin Gulbrandson[4]; 4. 83-Scott Dobel[3]; 5. 07-Chris Hovden[8]; 6. 37-Casey Colsch[9]; 7. 50K-Kolby Goepel[1]; 8. 25$-Joshua Monson[6]; 9. 81-Joshua Ludeking[10]; 10. 18Z-Zac Smith[11]; 11. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[17]; 12. 20B-Josh Bradley[13]; 13. 25-Jacob Monson[16]; 14. 122-Cory Stone[14]; 15. 54-Chris Spear[15]; 16. 16-Shaun Wright[19]; 17. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[20]; 18. (DNF) 17J-Jason Bradley[18]; 19. (DNF) 46-Craig Walker[21]; 20. (DNF) 02F-Samuel Fitterer[22]; 21. (DNF) 18JR-Gavin Bartel[12]; 22. (DNF) 14-Kevin Lacy[7]; 23. (DNS) 61N-Nick Brady; 24. (DNS) 20-Brad Chumbly; 25. (DNS) 15R-Ryan Crooks B Feature - 1. 20B-Josh Bradley[1]; 2. 122-Cory Stone[2]; 3. 54-Chris Spear[4]; 4. 25-Jacob Monson[3]; 5. 33JR-Taylor Donlan[7]; 6. 17J-Jason Bradley[8]; 7. 17-Shaun Wright[9]; 8. 48X-Jim Masoner Jr[10]; 9. 46-Craig Walker[6]; 10. 02F-Samuel Fitterer[5]; 11. (DNS) 61N-Nick Brady; 12. (DNS) 20-Brad Chumbly; 13. (DNS) 15R-Ryan Crooks USRA Tuners A Feature - 1. 5-Oliver Monson[1]; 2. 81C-Sean Leasure[7]; 3. 91-Cale Hancock[5]; 4. 6-Dustin Reeves[2]; 5. 41S-Shawn Brownlee[3]; 6. 64-Grant Sheetz[22]; 7. 28-Braiden Schaufenbuel[15]; 8. 7-Allen Thompson[18]; 9. 15-Tyler Crimmins[4]; 10. 41-Connar Brownlee[17]; 11. 17H-Clint Haigler[9]; 12. 0-Michael E McEachern[8]; 13. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr[19]; 14. 75-Steven Seay[11]; 15. 80-Jim Cook[13]; 16. 9H-Payton Hanes[20]; 17. (DNF) 2-Derryl Aeillo[21]; 18. (DNF) 4W-David Kirkpatrick[6]; 19. (DNF) 41B-Braxton Brownlee[14]; 20. (DNF) 57-Josh Clark[12]; 21. (DNF) 93S-Stephanie Sharp[16]; 22. (DNS) 93-Daniel Barton; 23. (DNS) 27-Corey Howell; 24. (DNS) 32S-Alex Scarlett B Feature - 1. 64-Grant Sheetz[12]; 2. 57-Josh Clark[1]; 3. 80-Jim Cook[4]; 4. 41B-Braxton Brownlee[11]; 5. 28-Braiden Schaufenbuel[10]; 6. 93S-Stephanie Sharp[2]; 7. 41-Connar Brownlee[13]; 8. 7-Allen Thompson[3]; 9. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr[6]; 10. 9H-Payton Hanes[5]; 11. 2-Derryl Aeillo[7]; 12. (DNS) 27-Corey Howell; 13. (DNS) 32S-Alex Scarlett Big Buck 50-MLRA Fall Nationals next: Lucas Oil Speedway will remain silent next weekend, but three nights of action await Oct. 3-5 with the 8th annual Super Stocks Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt and the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals. An additional night of Late Model racing was added on Thursday, Oct. 3, in what had originally been a practice night for the MLRA series as Super Stocks had practice sessions along with time trial qualifying for their Friday heat and dash races for their Saturday $10,000-to-win finale. 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