Landers Dominates Spring Nationals Finale

WHEATLAND, MO (April 11th, 2015) – Saturday’s Lucas Oil MLRA finale of the 2nd Annual Spring Nationals Presented by RacingJunk.com was a commanding performance by Jared Landers. Landers, who’s schedule changed mid-week with the announcement of the postponement of a Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event in Mississippi, qualified on the DirtOnDirt.com pole. He set a torrid pace lapping up to the 12th place finisher in the feature.

The forty lap event ran caution free. Landers’ win is his first ever with the Lucas Oil MLRA and first ever at Lucas Oil Speedway. The event served as tune up for the Double L Motorsports team for the quickly approaching 23rd Annual Show Me 100 Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com.

“It was a good car,” commented Landers in Andy’s Frozen Custard Victory Lane. “It was a good car last night. This was the first time I’ve capitalized on a car that was good. Tonight we had nowhere to go but backwards, so I had to stay out there. The race track actually turned around from last night. I think they’ve got something to work with now. It’s gonna be a good race for the Show Me.”

Behind the leader there was furious scrum of three to five cars consistently jockeying for position. Once lapped traffic came into play positions were heavily contested all the way to the checkers. Will Vaught showed well in only his third race in a Rocket Chassis. He emerged with a runner up finish.

“We’re happy,” said Vaught following the race.” After last night, we struggled so bad and really didn’t have no luck. To come out and run second is alright.”

Jason Utter qualified well and started 7th. He raced up near the front and finished the evening third in his Black Diamond Chassis. Jack Sullivan and Jesse Stovall completed the night’s top five finishers.

Prior to the event, during the four wide parade lap, all of the 26 feature starters released purple balloons in honor of Autism Awareness month in April. Several cars also sported Autism Awareness stickers while competing this weekend. The traditional black and white checkered flag was replaced with a blue and white flag to further raise awareness of the disorder.

 

Next up for the series is a busy three day weekend in Iowa and Missouri in early May. Ryan Gustin holds a 22 point lead over Jeremy Payne in the season standings. Terry Phillips, Jason Utter and Tad Pospisil round out the top five.

 

Lucas Oil Speedway Contingencies 4/11/15
Andy’s Frozen Custard Victory Lane – Jared Landers
AR Bodies – Chris Brown

Casey’s General Stores Hard Charger – Chad Simpson
DirtOnDirt.com Pole Winner – Jared Landers
Hooker Harness 11th Place – Tommy Weder Jr.
KRC Hard Luck – Tad Pospisil
RacingJunk.com Hard Luck – Tad Pospisil
Landrum Springs Race Winner – Jared Landers
Fast Track Photos – Jared Landers
Performance Bodies Performer of the Race – Jared Landers
RaceNote Crew Chief of the Race – Jason Durham
Real Racing Wheels – RC Whitwell
Sunoco Rookie of the Race – Jake O’Neil
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Jason O’Brien

 

Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (40 Laps): 1. Jared Landers 2. Will Vaught 3. Jason Utter 4. Jack Sullivan 5. Jesse Stovall 6. Jeremy Payne 7. Tony Jackson Jr. 8. Ryan Gustin 9. Brad Looney 10. Chad Simpson 11. Tommy Weder Jr. 12. RC Whitwell 13. Dave Eckrich 14. Terry Phillips 15. Bill Leighton 16. Jake O’Neil 17. Kyle Beard 18. Austin Siebert 19. Shannon Scott 20. Dustin Walker 21. Scott Lewis 22. Jason O’Brien 23. Tad Pospisil 24. Matt Johnson 25. Wendell Wallace 26. Billy Moyer

HotRodProcessing.com B Feature #1 (15 Laps): 1. Bill Leighton 2. Tad Pospisil 3. Kyle Beard 4. Chris Brown 5. JC Wyman 6. Austin Rettig 7. Jake O’Neil 8. Brandon McCormick 9. Mark Dotson 10. Allen Murray 11. Jason O’Brien 12. Dustin Walker 13. Scott Lewis 14. Chris Cox

Impact Signs, Awnings, Wraps B Feature #2 (15 Laps): 1. Dave Eckrich 2. Chad Simpson 3. Austin Siebert 4. David Turner 5. Chad Wheeler 6. Brian Schutt 7. Hunter Rasdon 8. Spencer Diercks 9. Patrick Johnson 10. Dan Shepherd 11. Reid Millard 12. Jason Bodenhamer 13. Larry Jones 14. Payton Looney

Hoosier Racing Tires Heat #1 (10 Laps): 1. Will Vaught 2. Jack Sullivan 3. Jesse Stovall 4. Dave Eckrich 5. Austin Siebert 6. Chad Simpson 7. Dustin Walker 8. Brian Schutt 9. Jason O’Brien 10. Reid Millard

RacingJunk.com Heat #2 (10 Laps): 1. Jared Landers 2. Ryan Gustin 3. Matt Johnson 4. Billy Moyer 5. JC Wyman 6. Austin Rettig 7. Tad Pospisil 8. Chris Brown 9. Hunter Rasdon 10. Chris Cox

G2 Gemini Apparel Heat #3 (10 Laps): 1. Jeremy Payne 2. Terry Phillips 3. Brad Looney 4. Chad Wheeler 5. Jason Bodenhamer 6. Dan Shepherd 7. Patrick Johnson 8. Larry Jones 9. Jacob Magee (DNS)

Chix Gear Heat #4 (10 Laps): 1. Tony Jackson Jr., 2. Jason Utter 3. RC Whitwell 4. Bill Leighton 5. Scott Lewis 6. Brandon McCormick 7. Jake O’Neil 8. Mark Dotson 9. Brantlee Gotschall (DNS)

Hoosier Racing Tires Heat #5 (10 Laps): 1. Tommy Weder Jr. 2. Shannon Scott 3. Kyle Beard 4. Wendell Wallace 5. Allen Murray 6. David Turner 7. Spencer Diercks 8. Payton Looney 9. Gavin Landers

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