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Karrick Wins #42 In A Thriller, Phillips Shows Domination At
The Capitol Federal Late Model Showdown & Modified Shootout
KANSAS CITY, KS (Sept 27) - Heading into Saturday night's Capitol Federal
Late Model Showdown and Modified Shootout, Tim Karrick just wanted to show
the fans in attendance that he was better than what he showed on Friday
night.
Karrick had an 'uncharacteristic' poor outing on Friday
night. He wasn't even able to get out of the C Feature. With the level of
competition at Lakeside, just racing in the event was tough enough. Saturday
night, Karrick, had a mission, have fun and race.
The night got off to a good start for Karrick in his heat race.
He didn't start in the front, but soon made his way to the front of the
field. Once at the front it was one of the best battles of the night, as he
worked on the leader, John Baker. Karrick would have to finish 2nd and it
made sure that he would be in the A main event.
Two Thousand dollars was on the line for the winner Saturday night. To win a
feature at Lakeside Speedway you have to be on your A Game! Karrick was
heading into the feature not on his A game, but he was getting there. He had
some time to work on is ride before the feature, where he would start in the
8th row.
It was a tough assignment, but after winning 41 features at Lakeside
Speedway since 2000, he knew it could be done.
Cody Owens started on the front row and blasted out to an impressive lead.
Former Lakeside Speedway Modified Track Champion, John Allen, shot his way
into 2nd and was on the tail of Owens. After a yellow on the speedway,
Allen, intensified his pursuit for the number 1 spot.
After the restart, Allen, used the high side and power to run by Owens and
take the top spot.
Back in the field several competitors were slicing and dicing their way to
the front. The top 5 were Allen, Owens, Mark Schafman, Danny Charles and
Kerry Davis.
Karrick and Dustin Boney were moving their way up to the front from the
middle of the field.
Allen would sit at the front for a while in the big race. He bagan to work
his way into lapped traffic just past the halfway point of the event.
Schafman, meanwhile, was content to run down Owens for the 2nd spot and
tried to catch up to Allen.
It didn't take long as Allen worked his way through the traffic, Schafman, a
two time feature winner, would catch him and make the pass. It was an
awesome display of driving from both drivers. Racing each other as clean as
they could. The fans were being treated to lap after lap of side by side
action. Allen would regain the lead, but a yellow would come out on lap 21.
The top 5 had shifted a bit. Davis was now in 3rd, 4th was Karrick and 5th
was Tom Charles.
At the drop of the green flag Allen took to the lead again.
Disaster struck Allen on the next lap. As he was leading the field into turn
one, it appeared that he hooked a rut and the car was upset. Compounding the
issue was a flat tire. It sent him up towards the wall and out of the race.
Schafman would now take the point.
Getting a good jump on the restart, Schafman gained a nice advantage. Davis,
Karrick & Charles were putting on a strong bid for 2nd. Another yellow would
set up a green, white, checkered finish.
Karrick would rocket into 2nd place on the restart. As he went back into
turn 1 on the white flag lap, Schafman went too low. Karrick with his
momentum would sail by Schafman out of turn number 2 and head on to his 42nd
feature win at Lakeside Speedway since 2000.
A great way to finish his weekend.
Schafman would settle for 2nd, Kerry Davis appeared to finish 3rd followed
by Dustin Boney in 4th and rounding out the top 5 was the feature winner
from night number 1, Chad Lyle.
(Official Finish Results Are Still Pending)
Heat race winners on the night were Cody Owens, Eddie Bray, John Allen, Tim
Shields, Mark Schafman, Justin Boney, John Baker and Jim Whisler.
Phillips Wins Late Models
Terry Phillips was a 'man among boys' last night at Lakeside in the O'Reilly
MLRA & WDRL Late Model portion of the show.
From his 16th starting position, he knew that with 50 laps, there was time
to work your way to the front. Whether it was low, high or in the middle on
the track, Phillips could run there. Lap after lap he worked his way to the
front.
Phillips would find his way to the front and he overhauled former O'Reilly
MLRA Champion, Alan Vaughn for the lead. As the two worked in lapped
traffic, they would swap the lead for a couple of laps. Phillips wasn't not
going to be denied on this night.
From that point he put an extension on the lead and ran away from the field.
A late race yellow would bunch the field up again and Phillips would race
away from the field one last time on the way to the win.
Chad Simpson, the points leader in the WDRL, finished in the 2nd spot.
Vaughn, the crowd and sentimental favorite, finished 3rd, 4th was John
Anderson and John Kaanta was 5th.
WDRL A-MAIN: 50-Laps
1. TERRY PHILLIPS, 2. Chad Simpson, 3. Alan Vaughn, 4. John ANderson, 5.
John Kaanta, 6. Denny Woodworth, 7. Frank Heckenast Jr, 8. Eric Pember, 9.
Andrew McKay, 10. Kurt Kile, 11. Joe Kosiski, 12. Jeremy Grady, 13. Larry
Clausen, 14. Jason Bodenhamer, 15. Bill Koons, 16. Gary Webb, 17. David
Turner, 18. Will Vaught, 19. Mark Voight, 20. Skip Frey, 21. Mark Burgtorf,
22. Al Purkey, 23. Jesse Stovall, 24. Chad Lyle, 25. Jeremy Payne, 26. Mike
Collins.
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