Phillips sweeps Junction Motor Speedway weekend
Photo by Lloyd Collins
McCool Junction, Nebraska (August 13, 2016) – Austin Siebert led the field to the green tonight for the finale of the Lucas Oil MLRA King of the Hill event held this weekend at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska.
Friday’s winner Terry Phillips started on the outside pole and immediately jumped to the lead. For the second straight night he wired the field. Saturday’s $5,000 victory is the 111th of Phillips’ career with the MLRA.
“We always got confidence,” stated Phillips. “We just had a little bad luck and just wasn’t as good as double zero sometimes. I’ve been around this long enough to know if you get rolling and hopefully get a little luck on our side, we can get these cars a little faster.”
Tad Pospisil, in front of many of his fans put together his best finish with the MLRA this season in second. He moved ahead of Jesse Stovall for second, on a restart with 21 laps to go, in the main event. He hung there for the remainder of the race. Four out of his five finishes finishes were in the top ten, and of those, none were worse than seventh over the past week.
“It’s fun to race around our fans here in Nebraska, I’m wore out,” commented Pospisil following the feature. “I beat Jesse going down into one. We just had a good drive after that. I didn’t have anything for Phillips. I think my tire was going flat there at the end.”
Jesse Stovall ran third and wrapped up the week with four top three finishes. Ryan Gustin and Kyle Berck were fourth and fifth.
The series sill now sit idle the rest of the month prior to racing again over labor day weekend. It all fires back up Friday, September 2, at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas and Saturday, September 3, at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.
Junction Motor Speedway Contingencies 8/13/16
Hooker Harness “11th Place” – Austin Siebert
Andy’s Frozen Custard Victory Lane – Terry Phillips
Fasttrack Photos – Terry Phillips
Crew Chief of the Race – Tim Gott “Stickman”
Casey’s General Stores “Hard Charger of the Race” – Ryan Gustin
Sunoco “Rookie of the Race” – Tad Pospisil
Real Racing Wheels – Brantlee Gotschall
Wehrs Machine – Brent Larson
DirtonDirt.com “Pole Award”- Austin Siebert
Malvern Bank & Trust “Most Laps Led” – Terry Phillips
AR Bodies – Tommy Weder Jr.
KRC – Dave Eckrich
RacingJunk.com “Hard Luck Award” – Randy Timms
Landrum Springs “Top Performer” – Tad Pospisil
Performance Bodies “Performer of the Race” – Terry Phillips
LucasOilRacing.TV A Feature (40 laps): 1. Teryr Phillips 2. Tad Pospisil 3. Jesse Stovall 4. Ryan Gustin 5. Kyle Berck 6. Tommy Weder Jr. 7. Brad Looney 8. Brent Larson 9. Dave Eckrich 10. Payton Looney 11. Austin Siebert 12. Sterling Perkins 13. Tony Jackson Jr. 14. Brantlee Gotschall 15. Jeff Roth 16. Randy Timms 17. Rece Vaught 18. Jon Mitchell 19. Randy Roth 20. Justin Asplin 21. Andrew Kosiski 22. Mike Wiarda
Impact Signs, Awnings, Wraps, B Feature (12 laps): 1. Jon Mitchell 2. Andrew Kosiski 3. Mike Wiarda 4. Rece Vaught 5. Jeff Roth 6. Alex Humphrey 7. Randy Roth 8. Cliff Morrow 9. Tyler Smith 10. Bill Leighton Jr. 11. Cale Osborn 12. JC Wyman 13. Matt Buller
Bilstein Shocks Heat 1 (10 laps): 1. Justin Asplin 2. Kyle Berck 3. Brent Larson 4. Tommy Weder Jr. 5. Ryan Gusitn 6. Payton Looney 7. Mike Wiarda 8. Rece Vaught 9. Cliff Morrow 10. JC Wyman
Casey’s General Stores Heat 2 (10 laps): 1. Jesse Stovall 2. Tad Pospisil 3. Tony Jackson Jr. 4. Brad Looney 5. Dave Eckrich 6. Jon Mitchell 7. Andrew Kosiski 8. Randy Roth 9. Tyler Smith
Chix Gear Racewear Heat 3 (10 laps): 1. Terry Phillips 2. Austin Siebert 3. Brantlee Gotschall 4. Randy Timms 5. Sterling Perkins 6. Alex Humphrey 7. Jeff Roth 8. Bill Leighton Jr. 9. Cale Osborn
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