Morton captures Hermitage Lumber Late Model feature before rain cancels rest of Lucas Oil Speedway program

 

WHEATLAND, MO. (April 26, 2025) – Lucas Oil Speedway was only able to complete one of its five scheduled features on Saturday night before rain postponed the remainder of the Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series program Presented by Encounter Ministries, Inc.

J.C. Morton of Springfield rallied from sixth at the start to capture the 20-lap Hermitage Lumber Late Model feature in the Moon Brothers Racing Rocket chassis.

The Hickamo Super Stocks were to be the featured division of the night, but were only able to complete four laps before action was halted. Jared Hays had the lead over fellow front-row starter Kenny Carroll when the rain began.

The postponed features will be made up later in the season.

Morton made a mid-race pass for the lead in the Late Model feature and went on to beat Robbe Ewing for the Hermitage Lumber Late Model feature victory.

Justin Russell started on the pole and had opened a one-second lead when a caution flew on lap four. Ewing was able to wrest away the lead on the restart as the sixth-starting Morton cracked the top three by lap five.

Ewing had a half-second lead over Morton with Russell fading to fifth when a lap-seven yellow flag again slowed the field.

Morton moved to the top groove and sailed around Ewing for the lead on lap nine. It didn’t take long for Morton to open a 2.2-second lead, but that was wiped out on lap 11 with the event’s third caution.

Ewing hung close to Morton for a couple of laps after the restart, but Morton was then able to drive away as action remained caution-free. He finished 1.5 seconds clear of Ewing at the finish.

Russell rallied back into third with Jake Morris fourth and Hunter Bergen fifth.

With rain in the forecast, the Easter Bowl Enduro 150 that was scheduled to run a 150-lap feature to conclude the action was canceled earlier on Saturday.

LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (April 26, 2025)
Hermitage Lumber Late Models
A Feature – 1. 72-JC Morton[6]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[3]; 3. 12J-Justin Russell[1]; 4. 7J-Jake Morris[5]; 5. 19-Hunter Bergen[8]; 6. (DNF) 20-Alan Westling[2]; 7. (DNF) 1A-Bryon Allison[4]; 8. (DNF) 18-Scott Bergen[7]; 9. (DNF) 3K-Richard Kimberling[9]; 10. (DNS) 1T-Tucker Cox; 11. (DNS) 18E-Shawn Eggeman

Heat 1 – 1. 12J-Justin Russell[2]; 2. 32-Robbe Ewing[1]; 3. 20-Alan Westling[7]; 4. 7J-Jake Morris[4]; 5. 1A-Bryon Allison[9]; 6. 72-JC Morton[5]; 7. 18-Scott Bergen[6]; 8. 19-Hunter Bergen[10]; 9. 3K-Richard Kimberling[3]; 10. (DNF) 1T-Tucker Cox[8]; 11. (DNS) 18E-Shawn Eggeman

Hickamo Super Stocks
Heat 1 – 1. 94-Kenny Carroll[3]; 2. 127-Jay Barnett[1]; 3. 73-Francisco Escamilla[7]; 4. 21-Darin Porter[5]; 5. 16-Logan Thompson[6]; 6. 70-Patrick West[4]; 7. 2A-Ace O’Neill[2]; 8. (DNS) 21J-Johnny Fennewald

Heat 2 – 1. 4-Jared Hays[2]; 2. 8D-Darek Wiss[1]; 3. G1-Tony Anglin[4]; 4. 2-Colton Bourland[3]; 5. 164-Michael Muskrat[5]; 6. 4G-Gary Clark[7]; 7. 111B-Tim Brown[8]; 8. (DNF) 11-Derek Brown[6]

Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods
Heat 1 – 1. 8-Jon Sheets[7]; 2. 44T-Casey Thomas[1]; 3. 18-JC Morton[4]; 4. 37-Wesley Long[8]; 5. 30-Rex Harris[2]; 6. 54-Tyler Kidwell[10]; 7. 42J-Donnie Jackson[3]; 8. 28-Wesley Briggs[6]; 9. (DNF) 8S-Clayton Smith[5]; 10. (DNF) 39-Trent Rodgers[9]

Heat 2 – 1. 55-Colson Kirk[3]; 2. 5-Robert White[6]; 3. 18C-Carter Harrison[1]; 4. 7L-Trevor Drake[7]; 5. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[2]; 6. 32-Robbe Ewing[8]; 7. 19-Curt Drake[9]; 8. 15R-Oakley Ragland[4]; 9. (DNF) 83-Ryan Smythe[10]; 10. (DNF) 27L-Clifford Lean[5]

Heat 3 – 1. 20D-Dawson David[1]; 2. 66-Ryan Gillmore[9]; 3. F1-Mitchell Franklin[3]; 4. 94C-JT Carroll[7]; 5. ZEE28-Randy Zimmerman[4]; 6. 15-Ryan Edde[8]; 7. 80-TJ Yount[5]; 8. 0K-Tracy Killian[6]; 9. 15S-Ryan Smith[2]

O’Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars
Heat 1 – 1. 83-James Ellis[5]; 2. 39JR-Robert Southerland[7]; 3. 12-Christopher Sawyer[1]; 4. L23-Allen Luttjohann[6]; 5. (DNF) 35Z-Zach Zeugin[2]; 6. (DNF) 21J-Jacob Ellison[4]; 7. (DNF) 18-Kameron Stoddard[8]; 8. (DQ) 34-Blake Bolton[3]

Heat 2 – 1. 7-William Garner[1]; 2. 8M-James McMillin[3]; 3. 111-Butch Bailey[4]; 4. 24-Blayne McMillin[2]; 5. 22-Dawson Fennewald[6]; 6. 0F-Mason Beck[5]; 7. (DNF) 74-Rodney Schweizer[7]

Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds
Heat 1 – 1. 502-Jesse Stovall[3]; 2. 18-Chad Lyle[2]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[4]; 4. 98-Jeff Cutshaw[1]; 5. 88-Jimmy Dowell[6]; 6. 24D-Donnie Fellers[8]; 7. 92-Tyler Grooms[5]; 8. 91-Hoyt Miller[7]; 9. 33S-Ben Stockton[9]; 10. 21W-Tracy Wolf[10]

Heat 2 – 1. 75-Terry Phillips[3]; 2. 99T-Dalton Teel[2]; 3. 96-Cody Brill[1]; 4. 68-Dean Wille[9]; 5. L75-Lane Whitney[4]; 6. 21T-Troy Gudmonson[8]; 7. 18JR-Chase Sigg[10]; 8. 99-Dylan Hoover[5]; 9. 27-Greg Skaggs[6]; 10. 23-Kenny Nutter[7]

Heat 3 – 1. 38C-Jason Pursley[4]; 2. 21M-Ryan Middaugh[3]; 3. 17-Brent Holman[6]; 4. 03-Jason Sivils[1]; 5. 1B-Bobby Williams[8]; 6. 5-Robbie Reed[7]; 7. 3B-Nic Bidinger[9]; 8. 73-Mickey Burrell[5]; 9. 21-Greg Scheffler[2]; 10. 16-Caleb Potter[10]

Champ Off Road coming May 2-4: Pro 2 and Pro 4 trucks headline the action on the Off Road Course as the Champ Off Road Racing Series visits for the first time next Friday through Sunday. Classes in action include Pro 4, Pro 2, Pro Lite, Pro Buggy, Pro Spec, Pro Stock SxS, Amsoil Pro SxS, Mod Kart, 170/200 SxS, Short Course Karts, 570 SxS, 1600 Light Buggy, Stock Truck, 1600 Single Buggy, Super Stock Trucks, Sportsman SxS, PRO AM SxS, Youth SxS, Pro AM Turbo SxS.

Go to champoffroad.com for more info on the series.

Dirt Track Weekly Series set for May 3: Next up on the dirt track will be Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Series Presents Ozark Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Night at the Races next Saturday, May 3rd. Featured will be the Hermitage Lumber Late Models with a special 25-lap, $1,000-to-win feature. The Arctic Food Equipment Modifieds, O’Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars, Clear Creek Golf Car B-Mods and the Hickamo Super Stocks also on the schedule

Grandstands open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and opening ceremonies at 7.

 

Category: Lucas Oil Speedway, Missouri