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Eric Turner Captures 1st Career Lucas Oil MLRA Victory!
KANSAS CITY, KS (October 1) - Eric Turner's first night in the drivers seat
of the Pannell Motorsports 33X proved to be his best run with The Lucas Oil
MLRA. Hermitage, Missouri's hometown boy, lead all 30 laps on the dialed in,
½ mile track. Turner ran well in his heat, starting in the 5th spot and
finishing in 2nd, this earned the 33X the outside pole to start the feature.
With no hesitation taking the green flag in the A main event, Eric jumped
out to lead the first lap and never looked back. Turner's win comes on night
number one of the Clyde Ellis Late Model Showdown and Modified Shootout at
Lakeside Speedway.
Eric Turner led the 74 of Jeremy Payne around the track without much
interference. Pole sitter Matt Johnson held a steady third place for the
first few laps before the Republic, Missouri's Brad Looney closed the gap
and took over the position. Turner, Payne and Looney would remain the top
three until lap twenty when David Turner would drive around Looney for the
third spot. As Turner and Looney fought for position Al Purkey would work
his way to the front and become a late race contender. With two laps to go
Purkey rounded out the top five. Then, with only one lap remaining the 33P
of Purkey would charge around Looney, and on the final lap coming to the
checkers he would pass David Turner's 15 machine for a top three finish.
The excitement did not stop with the top five. Keith Foss started and
finished the race from the 5th position. Foss was followed by the 58E of
Dave Eckrich. Eckrichs' 6th place finish keeps him in the second point
position for the 2010 season. Coming home with a top ten finish in his first
race with the Lucas Oil MLRA was Jesse Stovall in the 8th spot. Stovall
started in the inside of row number eight for the feature in the 16th
position. Mike Collins and Kurt Kile took the checkered flag 9th and 10th in
the finishing order.
The event drew 41 late models and more than 60 modifieds. The Lakeside
Speedway fans came out in great numbers as well, with a near capacity crowd.
The Lucas Oil MLRA Championship point's race is even closer going into night
two at Lakeside Speedway. Point's leader Brad Looney finished in the 5th
spot, but was able to hold on to the top point's position. Dave Eckrich
gained a few more points on Looney, only trailing now by 14 points. Al
Purkey's third place finish kept him third in the point's race, but he was
able to nearly catch Eckrich with only 2 points separating the 33P and 58E.
Complete and updated Lucas Oil MLRA Points standings will be available at
www.MLRAracing.com.
Heat winners included, Matt Johnson, Alan Vaughan, Brad Looney and Keith
Voss.
Three cars from each of the two B Features transferred to the A Main Event.
From B Feature #1, Brantlee Gotschall, Dale McDowell and Brandon McCormick
secured feature starting positions. Dale McDowell driver the 17M of Bowyer
Dirt Motorsports flew from the outside of row four in the 8th starting
position, to finish second. In B Feature #2 Travis Dickes in the 21T was out
front early while Tony Jackson Jr. and Evan Hubert in the 9E battled for the
second spot. Kyle Berck charged by Hubert and moved into the mix for second
position. Jackson Jr. took over the lead, with Dickes and Kyle Berck close
behind. Berck and Dickes were able to charge by Jackson Jr. for the top two
spots at the checkers. In post race inspection Jackson Jr.'s 56JR was too
light, moving the third place finisher of Evan Hubert into the final
transfer position for the A Main event. Hubert is out front in the Rookie of
the Year contest for the 2010 Lucas Oil MLRA season.
Two series provisionals were awarded, one to the 77A of Justin Asplin and
the other to 7J of JD Hubert. Asplin is a Rookie of the Year contender for
the 2010 MLRA Championship season.
October 1, 2010 Contingency Awards:
Performance Bodies Nosepiece Award- Matt Johnson
KRC Product Certificate- Jason Bodenhamer
BSB Manufacturing Award- Eric Turner
Weld Wheels Certificate- Al Purkey
Out Pace Racing Products Certificate- Brantlee Gotschall
Keizer Wheels Product Certificate- Dave Eckrich
Racing Optics Certificate- Jason O'Brien
Lucas Oil Cattle Company A Feature Results: 1. Eric Turner (Hermitage, MO),
2. Jeremy Payne (Springfield, MO), 3. Al Purkey (Coffeyville, KS), 4. David
Turner (Adrian, MO), 5. Brad Looney (Republic, MO), 6. Keith Foss (Winona,
MN), 7. Dave Eckrich (Oxford, IA), 8. Jesse Stovall (Galena, MO), 9. Mike
Collins (Council Bluffs, IA), 10. Kurt Kile (Nichols, IA), 11. Alan Vaughn
(Belton, MO), 12. Dale McDowell (Welcome, NC), 13. Andrew McKay
(Minneapolis, MN), 14. Travis Dickes (Madison, NE), 15. Matt Johnson
(Archie, MO), 16. Brandon McCormick (Lebanon, MO), 17. Kevin Kile (West
Liberty, IA), 18. Billy Koons Jr. (Omaha, NE), 19. JD Hubert (Cross Timbers,
MO), 20. Evan Hubert (Cross Timbers, MO), 21. Jared Landers (Welcome, NC),
22. Brantlee Gotschall (Nevada, MO), 23. Justin Asplin (, MO), 24. Kyle
Berck (Marquette, NE)
AAA Insurance B Feature 1 Results: 1. Brantlee Gotschall (Nevada, MO), 2.
Dale McDowell (Welcome, NC), 3. Brandon McCormick (Lebanon, MO), 4. Delbert
Smith (Wichita, KS), 5. Jason O'Brien (Atlantic, IA), 6. Gary Christian
(Broken Bow, OK), 7. Bill Koons (Omaha, NE), 8. Justin Asplin (, MO), 9.
Tanner Mullins, 10. Dustin Vance (Cleveland, MO), 11. Joe Kosiski (Omaha,
NE), 12. Dan Henrickson (Rapid City, SD), 13. Terry Phillips (Springfield,
MO)
Powertrain B Feature 2 Results: 1. Kyle Berck (Marquette, NE), 2. Travis
Dickes (Madison, NE), 3. Evan Hubert (Cross Timbers, MO), 4. Tony Jackson
Jr. (Lebanon, MO), 5. Jason Bodenhamer (Centerview, MO), 6. JD Hubert (Cross
Timbers, MO), 7. Skip Frey (Ezy, IA), 8. Sonny Findling (Kirksville, MO), 9.
Joe Walkenhorst (Lees Summit, MO), 10. Keith Lewandowdski (McClouth, KS),
11. Mark Penticuff (Springfield, MO), 12. Al Humphrey (Giltner, NE)
AFCO Products Heat 1 Results: 1. Matt Johnson (Archie, MO), 2. David Turner
(Adrian, MO), 3. Billy Koons Jr. (Omaha, NE), 4. Mike Collins (Council
Bluffs, IA), 5. Brantlee Gotschall (Nevada, MO), 6. Evan Hubert (Cross
Timbers, MO), 7. Al Humphrey (Giltner, NE), 8. JD Hubert (Cross Timbers,
MO), 9. Dan Henrickson (Rapid City, SD), 10. Dustin Vance (Cleveland, MO),
11. Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO)
KRC Heat 2 Results: 1. Alan Vaughn (Belton, MO), 2. Dave Eckrich (Oxford,
IA), 3. Kurt Kile (Nichols, IA), 4. Brandon McCormick (Lebanon, MO), 5.
Jesse Stovall (Galena, MO), 6. Kyle Berck (Marquette, NE), 7. Bill Koons
(Omaha, NE), 8. Keith Lewandowdski (McClouth, KS), 9. Joe Walkenhorst (Lees
Summit, MO), 10. Sonny Findling (Kirksville, MO),
BSB Manufacturing Heat 3 Results: 1. Brad Looney (Republic, MO), 2. Eric
Turner (Hermitage, MO), 3. Al Purkey (Coffeyville, KS), 4. Jared Landers
(Welcome, NC), 5. Travis Dickes (Madison, NE), 6. Jason O'Brien (Atlantic,
IA), 7. Jason Bodenhamer (Centerview, MO), 8. Gary Christian (Broken Bow,
OK), 9. Tanner Mullins, 10. Joe Kosiski (Omaha, NE)
Impact Sign & Lighting Heat 4 Results: 1. Keith Foss (Winona, MN), 2. Jeremy
Payne (Springfield, MO), 3. Kevin Kile (West Liberty, IA), 4. Andrew McKay
(Minneapolis, MN), 5. Justin Asplin (, MO), 6. Tony Jackson Jr. (Lebanon,
MO), 7. Delbert Smith (Wichita, KS), 8. Dale McDowell (Welcome, NC), 9. Skip
Frey (Ezy, IA), 10. Mark Penticuff (Springfield, MO)
The Lakeside Speedway Clyde Ellis Late Model Showdown and Modified Shootout,
continues Saturday night with the $5000 to win finale. Racing action will
start at 7:30 pm. General admission adult tickets will be $25 day of event.
Children ages 8-14 $6, kids 7 and under FREE on both race nights! For more
information contact Lakeside Speedway at www.lakesidespeedway.net.
The final two season events will be October 8th & 9th at the New Thunder on
the Hill in Mayetta, Kansas and the Ingural Bud Purkey Memorial at
Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma October 21-23, 2010. For
the most up to date information on the end of season points battle and these
final two events visit www.MLRAracing.com .
For more information on the Lucas Oil MLRA please visit
www.MLRAracing.com .
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