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Monett, MO (May 25, 2014) – Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO picked up his third MARS win of the 2014 season and increased his career wins with the MARS DIRTcar Series to 85 at Monett Speedway for the 14th annual Tony Roper Memorial.
Phillips earned the most passing points from the heat races to sit on the pole for the 40 lap feature race. Phillips led the first 25 laps of the caution plagued feature before surrendering the lead to defending MARS champion, Tony Jackson Jr. of Lebanon, MO on a lap 25 restart. Jackson stretched out his lead over Phillips over the next 10 laps. Jackson then started entering lap traffic allowing Phillips to close the gap. After taking the white flag Phillips was right behind Jackson entering turn one and two, Jackson drove into the corner to hard, allowing Phillips to drive underneath him and take the lead. Phillips would take the checkered flag and the $3,000 payday that went with it. Jackson would settle for second.
Jack Sullivan of Greenbriar, AR; Justin Asplin of Birch Tree, MO and Jacob Magee of Caney, KS rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners were Phillips, Jackson and Brandon McCormick of Lebanon, MO.
HEAT 1
Pos No Driver
1 56 Tony Jackson, Jr.
2 43 Garrett Alberson
3 77A Justin Asplin
4 17 Jason Hughes
5 99J Larry Jones
6 26R Randy Roth
7 14R Jeff Roth
8 12 Dave Deetz
HEAT 2
Pos No Driver
1 75P Terry Phillips
2 7H Josh Hughes
3 00S Jesse Stovall
4 5G Garrett Essary
5 3W Rick Wallis
6 28J Leroy Johnson
7 20M Darrell Mooneyham
8 88 Jon Driskill
HEAT 3
Pos No Driver
1 42M Brandon McCormick
2 10M Jacob Magee
3 18 Jack Sullivan
4 10W Cole Wells
5 15J Patrick Johnson
6 0X Jason Sivils
7 7E Phil Edmondson
A – MAIN
Pos No Driver
1 75P Terry Phillips
2 56 Tony Jackson, Jr.
3 18 Jack Sullivan
4 77A Justin Asplin
5 10M Jacob Magee
6 5G Garrett Essary
7 15J Patrick Johnson
8 99J Larry Jones
9 20M Darrell Mooneyham
10 7E Phil Edmondson
11 43 Garrett Alberson
12 26R Randy Roth
13 12 Dave Deetz
14 17 Jason Hughes
15 28J Leroy Johnson
16 88 Jon Driskill
17 10W Cole Wells
18 7H Josh Hughes
19 00S Jesse Stovall
20 3W Rick Wallis
21 0X Jason Sivils
22 42M Brandon McCormick
23 14R Jeff Roth
The MARS DIRTcar Series would like to thank their sponsors for the 2014 season. Hoosier Racing Tire, Libscomb Auto Group, Andy’s Frozen Custard, Powertrain Industries, Sunoco Race Fuel, Midwest Sheet Metal, GRT Race Cars, Keizer Wheels, Hatfield Racing Engines, Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply, Supermoon Graphics, Off Axis Custom Paint and Don Babb Motorsports.