Wheatland, MO(September 26, 2015)-Derek Hagar made it two for two as he took the second night of the Hockett/McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway Saturday night with the Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps WAR Series presented by Next LED.

Steve Thomas took the lead from his pole starting position as he was followed by Casey Shuman and Wyatt Burks.

With one lap down, the yellow came out for Danny Smith, who stopped in turn four with front end damage.

On the restart, Thomas again took command with Shuman, Burks, and Chris Parkinson behind.

Hagar, who was fifth, would start to make his move forward as he passed Parkinson on lap four.

For the next five laps, the top five would stay the same and on lap ten Hagar moved past Burks into third.

By lap thirteen with Thomas still in command, Hagar started putting heavy pressure on Shuman for the second spot.

A lap later, Hagar got a good run coming off of turn two and moved past Shuman down the backstretch.

On lap sixteen, Hagar made the winning pass as he swept by Thomas into the top spot.

Shuman would get by Thomas for second on lap twenty and a lap later, the final yellow would come out for Riley Kreisel, who slid to a stop in turn two with damage to his car.

On the restart, Hagar took control with Shuman behind. Burks was able to move past Thomas on lap twenty one with Parkinson moving by into fourth a lap later. Another driver on the move at this point was Mitchell Moore, who moved into fifth on lap twenty three.

By the checked flag, Hagar’s lead was nearly half a straightaway in his Hockett Racing/Korte Transportation/Al and Diane’s Red Onion Lounge #75. Shuman would finish second in the Hockett Racing/Korte Transportation/Al and Diane’s Red Onion Lounge #77 and in the process he took the 2015 WAR Series championship. Burks was a strong third in the Industrial Maintenace Inc. #11W. He was followed by Parkinson in the Country Kids Daycare/54th Street Grill and Bar/Ozark Barge and Dock Service #65. Parkinson also became the inaugural WAR East champion. Rounding out the top five was Moore in his Kelly Potter owned #51. Thomas was sixth and he was followed by Korey Weyant, Craig Carroll, Brian McClelland, and Gavin Stout.

Heat race winners for the 46 car field were Thomas, Stout, Smith, McClelland, and Kreisel. TJ Muths and Chris Morgan won the two B-mains. Tommy Rockwell and Chris Desselle took hard flips in their respective B-Mains. Both were uninjured.

1st Heat-10 laps
1. 20-Steve Thomas, Ludlow, IL (4); 2. 24C-Craig Carroll, Collinsville, OK (9); 3. 99-Tony Rost, Utica, NE (1); 4. 93-Taylor Walton, Warrensburg, MO (3); 5. 42-Warren Johnson, Overland Park, KS (8); 6. 7X-Clinton Bruns, Little Rock, IA (2); 7. 1X-Jacob Davis, Strafford, MO (6); 8. 7-Rick Jansma, Sibley, IA (5); 9. 2C-Zach Clark, Olathe, KS (7)

2nd Heat- 10 laps
1. 15-Gavin Stout, Wichita, KS (1); 2. 11-Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS (2); 3. 51-Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, KS (6); 4. 77T-Tim Crawley, Benton, AR (8); 5. 55-Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, MO (7); 6. 13X-JD Black, Grain Valley, MO (5); 7. 00-Chad Shields, Grain Valley, MO (4); 8. 6-Doug Fry, Wheatland, MO (9); 9. 10-Will Register, Sedalia, MO (3)

3rd Heat- 10 laps
1. 5$-Danny Smith, Sand Springs, OK (2); 2. 99W-Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL (5); 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks, Topeka, KS (8); 4. 24L-Layne Himebaugh, Collinsville, OK (4); 5. 21-Ryan Kitchen, Lincoln, NE (6); 6. 99E-Michael Ell, Raymore, MO (9); 7. 2-Jay Mounce, Tulsa, OK (3); 8. 12-John Helm, Kearney, MO (7); 9. 13-Clyde Knipp, California, MO (1)

4th Heat- 10 laps
1. 87-Brian McClelland, Tulsa, OK (2); 2. 65M-TJ Muths, Sedalia, MO (1); 3. 8-Jeff Wingate, Centertown, MO (3); 4. 22-Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (8); 5. 7JR-Tyler Blank, California, MO (6); 6. 95-Tommy Rockwell, Towanda, IL (7); 7. 21C-Chris Desselle, Richmond, MO (4); 8. 88-Chad Tye, Independence, MO (5)

5th Heat- 10 laps
1. 90-Riley Kreisel, Warsaw, MO (1); 2. 27-Danny Thoman, Lexington, MO (4); 3. 19-Brad Ryun, Higginsville, MO (3); 4. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker, Bloomington, IL (7); 5. 70-Pete Palazzolo, Pacific, MO (2); 6. 9-Casey Baker, Lone Jack, MO (5); 7. 7s-Wade Seiler, Alton, IL (6); DNS: 17W-Harli White, Lindsay, OK

B-Main 1- 12 laps (top 3 to A)
1. 11-Chris Morgan (1); 2. 55-Kenny Potter (4); 3. 24L-Layne Himebaugh (5); 4. 21-Ryan Kitchen (6); 5. 19-Mitchell Moore (3); 6. 13-Clyde Knipp (15); 7. 7X-Clinton Bruns (9); 8. 7-Rick Jansma (13); 9. 2C-Zach Clark (14); 10. 2-Jay Mounce (12); 11. 42-Warren Johnson (2); 12. 13X-JD Black (8)-DNF; 13. 00-Chad Shields (11)-DNF; 14. 95-Tommy Rockwell (7); 15. 7s-Wade Seiler (10)

B-Main 2- 12 laps (top 3 to A)
1. 65M-TJ Muths (1); 2. 93-Taylor Walton (5); 3. 70-Pete Palazzolo (7); 4. 7JR-Tyler Blank (6); 5. 99-Tony Rost (3); 6. 88-Chad Tye (13); 7. 9-Casey Baker (8); 8. 99E-Michael Ell (4); 9. 12-John Helm (12); 10. 10-Will Register (14); 11. 1X-Jacob Davis (9); 12. 6-Doug Fry (10); 13. 21C-Chris Desselle (11)-DNF; 14. 8-Jeff Wingate (2)-DQ; DNS: 17W-Harli White

A-Main- 25 laps
1. 75-Derek Hagar (5); 2. 77-Casey Shuman (2); 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks (3); 4. 65-Chris Parkinson (4); 5. 51-Mitchell Moore (11); 6. 20-Steve Thomas (1); 7. 99W-Korey Weyant (7); 8. 24C-Craig Carroll (6); 9. 87-Brian McClelland (10); 10. 15-Gavin Stout (12); 11. 11-Chris Morgan (17); 12. 55-Kenny Potter (19); 13. 65M-TJ Muths (18); 14. 27-Danny Thoman (8); 15. 24L-Layne Himebaugh (21); 16. 70-Pete Palazzolo (22); 17. 77T-Tim Crawley (14); 18. 90-Riley Kreisel (13); 19. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker (16); 20. 93-Taylor Walton (20); 21. 5$-Danny Smith (9); 22. 22-Koby Barksdale (15)