BILLY MOYER JR. CLAIMS LUCAS OIL MLRA CHECKERS AT 300 RACEWAY
Farley, IA (July 2, 2021) – Billy Moyer Jr. turned in a picture perfect performance from start to finished on Friday night, capturing the 2nd Annual “Independence Day Shootout” Presented by DiscountShopTowels.com at the 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa. The win was the first of the season for Moyer Jr., and first since his win at the 2020 Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals last October.
The Batesville, Arkansas driver started off his night by dropping a quick lap of 15.150 seconds during Illini Racing & Supply Qualifying and soon followed that up with a win in his respective heat race. Mason Oberkramer and Jesse Stovall also laid claim to heat race wins on the night.
Moyer Jr. took control of the 40 lap affair at the drop of the green from the DirtonDirt.com pole position. Moyer Jr. quickly began to put separation between himself and Oberkramer as the race went green for the first 14 laps before a pair of quick back-to-back StopTech Brakes cautions slowed the action. The second of those cautions involved a number of cars when Jason Rauen got sideways in turns three and four, collecting Jason Papich, Blair Nothdurft, and Terry Phillips. Only Papich would be able to continue on.
After another caution on lap 16 for debris, the race would go back green with Moyer Jr. again holding the advantage in his Clements powered Capital Chassis. Lapped traffic would come into play this time around, as Jesse Stovall would quickly close ground on Moyer Jr. However, on lap 29 Stovall would make contact with Tegan Evans at the entry of turn one resulting in Evans going around and collecting the likes of Jeremiah Hurst and others.
On the events final restart Moyer Jr. was once again able to quickly separate himself from Stovall and powered to the big $5,000 MLRA pay day. Jesse Stovall would continue his MLRA hot streak coming home in the runner-up position, while Garrett Alberson took advantage of the restart opportunities to finish in third while also collecting the nights Swift Springs “Move of the Race”. Oberkramer, the series leading Sunoco Race Fuel Rookie of the year candidate finished in fourth while Chris Simpson finished in fifth.
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Category: Iowa