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Bill Frye wins in the 36th Annual MARS/MLRA 4-State
Championship at the Monett Speedway
By Dan Robinson
BOLIVAR, MO (Sept 3)-Greenbrier, Arkansas' Bill Frye, driving the Kuntz/GRT shot
to the lead on the third lap and never looked back as he withstood all
challengers to win the 36th Annual 4-State Championship at the Monett Speedway.
The $3,000 to win, 40 lap event was co-sanctioned by the MARS Dirtcar Series and
the O'Reilly MLRA.
With longtime flagman and honorary starter, Duane Johnson occupying the Monett
flagstand for the final time, Gary Stolba from Willow Springs, Missouri led the
field from the pole. As the field worked its way into turn 1, Darrell Mooneyham
spun in the middle of one and two collecting the 00f of Jim Fulp and the 33f of
Ricky Frankel with Mooneyham and Fulp retiring to the pits with damage. Restart
number two would once again see Stolba lead them to the green but Shane Essary
powered past to lead lap #1 with Frye, Stolba, and Peyton Taylor in tow. The
lead changed hands once again on lap #3 as Frye shot past Essary with Taylor now
occupying the third spot. Frye continued to open up the distance on Taylor as
they encountered lap traffic on lap #12, Taylor closed slightly but Frye still
held a 20 car length lead when the yellow flag flew on lap 21 as Frankel stopped
in turn four. As the field took the green flag for the restart, Frye continued
to lead with Taylor in second and Terry Phillips now occupying the third spot
from his fifth row starting position. Ken Essary brought out the caution on Lap
#28 as he stalled in turn 2. The green flag would fly once again only to see the
caution come out for debris with 31 laps now in the books. Peyton Taylor pitted
under the caution to change a flat giving up his second spot to Phillips. Jack
Sullivan also pitted under this caution for fresh rubber. The green would fly
once again with 9 laps to go but Jeremy Payne running in the seventh spot got
turned completely sideways in front of virtually the entire field blocking the
track coming out of turn four and causing a massive pileup on the front stretch.
During this lengthy caution to clear the track and get the cars in their correct
running order, Terry Phillips gave up his second spot with a flat right front
tire. Once the field was reset, the green flag flew with only 9 laps to go and
it was all Frye after that as he took the win ahead of Coffeyville, Kansas' Al
Purkey. Peyton Taylor finished third, with Shane Essary fourth, and Jeremy Payne
working his way back to the front to finish in fifth. Will Vaught was sixth,
Brian Shirley seventh, and Jason Bodenhamer eighth. Brad Looney and Jack
Sullivan rounded out the Top 10.
Heat Race winners were Alan Vaughn, Peyton Taylor, Gary Stolba, Bill Frye, and
Shane Essary. Jack Sullivan won B-Main number one with Ricky Frankel finishing
in second as both transferred to the main event. Jeremy Payne won the second
B-main with Dusty Johnston finishing in second also qualifying his way into the
40-lap A-Main. MLRA provisionals were earned by David Turner and Ken Essary
while the recipients of the MARS provisionals were Brad Looney and Larry Jones.
For the latest information on these and all events sanctioned by the O’Reilly
MLRA please visit www.mlraracing.com.
For the latest information on these and all events sanctioned by the Mid-America
Racing Series please visit www.midamericaracingseries.com.
Late Model Feature Results
1) 66 Bill Frye
2) 33p Al Purkey
3) 14jr. Peyton Taylor
4) 11 Shane Essary
5) 74 Jeremy Payne
6) 1v Will Vaught
7) 3s Brian Shirley
8) 8k Jason Bodenhamer
9) 14L Brad Looney
10) 18s Jack Sullivan
11) 75 Terry Phillips
12) 42 Brandon McCormick
13) 33s Gary Stolba
14) 60 Darrin Barton
15) 15t David Turner
16) 99 Larry Jones
17) 22 Alan Vaughn
18) 45 Denny Woodworth
19) 16 Dusty Johnston
20) 55 Ken Essary
21) 16g Rusty Griffaw
22) 33f Ricky Frankel
23) 20 Darrell Mooneyham
24) 00 Jim Fulp
Heat Race #1
1) 22 Alan Vaughn
2) 33p Al Purkey
3) 16g Rusty Griffaw
4) 1v Will Vaught
5) 99j Larry Jones
6) 5e Leslie Essary
7) 55e Ken Essary
Heat Race #2
1) 14jr. Peyton Taylor
2) 3s Brian Shirley
3) 60b Darrin Barton
4) 33f Ricky Frankel
5) L88 Larry Clawson
6) 26 Burl Woods
Heat Race #3
1) 33 Gary Stolba
2) 20 Darrell Mooneyham
3) 00f Jim Fulp
4) 41m Matt Menzie
5) 11j Steve Johnson
6) 25j Patrick Johnson
7) Jimmy Bellamy
Heat Race #4
1) 66 Bill Frye
2) 75 Terry Phillips
3) 42 Brandon McCormick
4) 18 Jack Sullivan
5) 14L Brad Looney
6) 16d Dusty Johnston
7) Z28 Randy Zimmerman
Heat Race #5
1) 11 Shane Essary
2) 8k Jason Bodenhamer
3) 45dw Denny Woodworth
4) 0 Dustin Mooneyham
5) 15t David Turner
6) Jeremy Payne
7) 11k Jon Kirby
B-Main #1
1) 18 Jack Sullivan
2) 33 Ricky Frankel
3) 5e Leslie Essary
4) 99j Larry Jones
5) Z28 Randy Zimmerman
6) 55 Ken Essary
7) 11j Steve Johnson
8) 25j Steve Johnson
B-Main #2
1) 74 Jeremy Payne
2) 16d Dusty Johnston
3) 11k Jon Kirby
4) 41 Matt Menzie
5) 26 Burl Woods
6) 15t David Turner
7) L88 Larry Clawson