Greenwood, NE (May 25th, 2009) Sixty-Three Super Latemodels jammed the pits at the I-80 Speedway Sunday night in Greenwood, Nebraska for the $5,000 to win, 50 lap Alphabet Soup Race, but it was the defending O'Reilly MLRA Presented by Lucas Oil Products Champion, John Anderson picking up the win in what many spectators described as "the best race they had ever watched". Marquette, Nebraska's Kyle Berck started second and finished second while 5-Time MLRA Champion Al Purkey worked his way from his 12th starting position to finish third. Another former MLRA Champion, Alan Vaughn came from 10th to finish fourth while Denny Eckrich rounded out the Top-5 with a stirring drive from his 25th starting spot.
Denny Woodworth charged from 17th to finish 6th, while Mike Wiarda captured the 7th spot in the final rundown. Jason O'Brien, Joe Kosiski, and Aaron Seabaugh rounded out the top 10. The Annual Alphabet Soup Race pits the best of the O'Reilly (Midwest Latemodel Racing Assocation) MLRA against the best of the World Dirt Racing League (WDRL) and the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA).
Anderson's Greg Junghan's owned MasterSbilt Chassis is powered by a Jay Dickens Racing Engine with sponsorship support from Shop Quik Convenience Stores, Sunoco Race Fuels, MarCorp Electric, REM Plastic Racing Products, and F.A.I.T.H. (Friends Are In The House) Youth Team.
Heat Race Winners included John Anderson, Alan Vaughn, Justin Cooper, Ronnie Wallace, Chad Simpson, Jeremy Grady, and Criag Preble.
Consolation Race Winners included Josh Most, John Kaanta, and Joe Kosiski
Lucas Oil A-Feature Results-50 Laps
Finish-Driver-Car #-Starting Position
1) John Anderson 2j (9) 2) Kyle Berck 14 (2) 3) Al Purkey 33 (12) 4) Alan Vaughn 22 (10) 5) Denny Eckrich (50) 25 6) Denny Woodworth 45DW (17) 7) Mike Wiarda 1W (4) 8) Jason O'Brien 15X (16) 9) Joe Kosiski 53 (21) 10) Aaron Seababaugh 68S (15) 11) Dave Eckrich 58 (26) 12) David Turner 15T (3) 13) Jason Friesen 1f (28) 14) Travis Dickes 21t (22) 15) Curt Martin 45 (18) 16) Shawn Harker 40 (23) 17) Bill Koons 29 (30) 18) Chad Simpson 25 (6) 19) John Kaanta 85 (20) 20) Jeremy Grady 43 (7) 21) Chris Smyser 25S (13) 22) Mike Collins 3 (1) 23) Josh Most 24m (19) 24) Bryant Goldsmith 24 (24) 25) Larry Clausen L88 (14) 26) Ronnie Wallace 3rW (8) 27) Craig Preble 22 (5) 28) Rylan Long 18 (29) 29) Jerry Warner 89 (11) 30) Kelly Boen 07 (27)
Tompkins Industries Consolation Race #1 Results
1) Josh Most 24m 2) Travis Dickes 21t 3) Chris Spieker 56 4) Rob Moss 1M 5) Andrew McKay 71 6) Chad Mahder 55c 7) Kelly Boen 07 8) Scott Daly U2 9) Mike Wallace 1L 10) Todd Bell 1MT 11) Wylan Petrie 49 12) Ted Martin 7C 13) Al Zeitner 76 14) Jason Bodenhamer 2b 15) Justin Zeitner z62
Lucas Cattle Company Consolation Race #2 Results
1) John Kaanta 85 2) Shawn Harker 40 3) Steve Kempt 90 4) Dave Eckrich 58 5) John Hampel 2h 6) Tim Isenberg 9T 7) Bo Egge 1e 8) Matt Johnson 5J 9) Denny Eckrich 50 10) Robbie Anderson 82 11) Kenny Edwards 25 12) Al Humphrey 6 13) Brett Wood 7 14) Zach Goulden 49 15) Leon Zeitner
Sunoco Race Fuels Consolation Race #3 Results
1) Joe Kosiski 53 2) Bryant Goldsmith 24 3) Gordie Seegert 4s 4) Jay Stewart 10 5) Cory Zeitner 26jr 6) Bill Koons 29 7) Shad Badder 73B 8) Jeremy Kelley 4 9) Jake Neighbors 19m 10) Rylan Long 18 11) Scott Koskovich 80 12) David Barker 88B 13) Troy Daly 44 14) Jason Friesen 1f 15) Justin Cooper 10c
AFCO Racing Products Heat Race #1 Results
1) John Anderson 2) Aaron Seabaugh 3) Joe Kosiski 4) Curt Martin 5) Scott Koskovich 6) Tim Isenberg 7) Matt Johnson 8) Kenny Edwards 9) Shad Badder
Hoosier Race Tires Heat Race #2 Results
1) Alan Vaughn 2) Al Purkey 3) Chris Smyser 4) Steve Kempts 5) Al Zeitner 6) Dave Eckrich 7) Jeremy Kelley 8) Rylan Long 9) Mike Wallace
Country Mart Heat Race #3 Results
1) Justin Cooper 2) Jerry Warner 3) Mike Collins 4) Larry Clausen 5) Jay Stewart 6) Brett Wood 7) Andrew McKay 8) Justin Zeitner 9) Wylan Petrie
Powertrain Industries Heat Race #4 Results
1) Ronnie Wallace 2) Kyle Berck 3) Chad Mahder 4) Josh Most 5) Travis Dickes 6) Jason Friesen 7) Kelly Boen 8) Leon Zeitner 9) Denny Eckrich
Hatfield Racing Engines Heat Race #5 Results
1) Chad Simspon 2) David Turner 3) Rob Moss 4) John Hampel 5) Jason Bodenhamer 6) Bo Egge 7) Al Humphrey 8) Jake Neighbors 9) Troy Daly
Duralite Racing Wheels Heat Race #6 Results
1) Jeremy Grady 2) Jason O'Brien 3) Shawn Harker 4) Gordie Seegert 5) John Kaanta 6) Cory Zeitner 7) David Barker 8) Scott Daly 9) Todd Bell
Shoenfeld Headers Heat Race #7 Results
1) Craig Preble 2) Mike Wiarda 3) Denny Woodworth 4) Bryant Goldsmith 5) Bill Koons 6) Ted Martin 7) Chris Spieker 8) Robbie Anderson 9) Zach Goulden
Contingency Award Winners
Tanner Racing Products by MB "Hark Luck Award"-Bryant Goldsmith
Performance Bodies Nosepiece Award-Denny Woodworth
BSB Manufacturing Product Certificate-Mike Collins
KRC Product Award-Shawn Harker
Lap Leaders-(1-16) Mike Collins, (17-44) Chad Simpson, (45-50) John Anderson.
The O'Reilly MLRA (Midwest Latemodel Racing Association) presented by Lucas Oil sanctions regional Super Dirt Late Model touring series events in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA please visit us on the web at www.MLRAracing.com or by calling the series office at (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
The O'Reilly MLRA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2009 Thunder Tour including O'Reilly Auto Parts, Midwest Walnut, Lucas Oil Products, Tompkins Industries, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Company, Hatfield Racing Engines, Country Mart, Larry Shaw Race Cars, AFCO Racing Products, GRT Race Cars, The Driveline Shop, Taylor Cable Products, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bodee's Race Bodies, Outpace Racing Products, Duralite Racing Wheels, Impact Signs and Lighting, Rod End Supply, Racing Optics, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Bilstein Shocks, BSB Manufacturing, Tanner Racing Products by MB
Denny Woodworth charged from 17th to finish 6th, while Mike Wiarda captured the 7th spot in the final rundown. Jason O'Brien, Joe Kosiski, and Aaron Seabaugh rounded out the top 10. The Annual Alphabet Soup Race pits the best of the O'Reilly (Midwest Latemodel Racing Assocation) MLRA against the best of the World Dirt Racing League (WDRL) and the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA).
Anderson's Greg Junghan's owned MasterSbilt Chassis is powered by a Jay Dickens Racing Engine with sponsorship support from Shop Quik Convenience Stores, Sunoco Race Fuels, MarCorp Electric, REM Plastic Racing Products, and F.A.I.T.H. (Friends Are In The House) Youth Team.
Heat Race Winners included John Anderson, Alan Vaughn, Justin Cooper, Ronnie Wallace, Chad Simpson, Jeremy Grady, and Criag Preble.
Consolation Race Winners included Josh Most, John Kaanta, and Joe Kosiski
Lucas Oil A-Feature Results-50 Laps
Finish-Driver-Car #-Starting Position
1) John Anderson 2j (9) 2) Kyle Berck 14 (2) 3) Al Purkey 33 (12) 4) Alan Vaughn 22 (10) 5) Denny Eckrich (50) 25 6) Denny Woodworth 45DW (17) 7) Mike Wiarda 1W (4) 8) Jason O'Brien 15X (16) 9) Joe Kosiski 53 (21) 10) Aaron Seababaugh 68S (15) 11) Dave Eckrich 58 (26) 12) David Turner 15T (3) 13) Jason Friesen 1f (28) 14) Travis Dickes 21t (22) 15) Curt Martin 45 (18) 16) Shawn Harker 40 (23) 17) Bill Koons 29 (30) 18) Chad Simpson 25 (6) 19) John Kaanta 85 (20) 20) Jeremy Grady 43 (7) 21) Chris Smyser 25S (13) 22) Mike Collins 3 (1) 23) Josh Most 24m (19) 24) Bryant Goldsmith 24 (24) 25) Larry Clausen L88 (14) 26) Ronnie Wallace 3rW (8) 27) Craig Preble 22 (5) 28) Rylan Long 18 (29) 29) Jerry Warner 89 (11) 30) Kelly Boen 07 (27)
Tompkins Industries Consolation Race #1 Results
1) Josh Most 24m 2) Travis Dickes 21t 3) Chris Spieker 56 4) Rob Moss 1M 5) Andrew McKay 71 6) Chad Mahder 55c 7) Kelly Boen 07 8) Scott Daly U2 9) Mike Wallace 1L 10) Todd Bell 1MT 11) Wylan Petrie 49 12) Ted Martin 7C 13) Al Zeitner 76 14) Jason Bodenhamer 2b 15) Justin Zeitner z62
Lucas Cattle Company Consolation Race #2 Results
1) John Kaanta 85 2) Shawn Harker 40 3) Steve Kempt 90 4) Dave Eckrich 58 5) John Hampel 2h 6) Tim Isenberg 9T 7) Bo Egge 1e 8) Matt Johnson 5J 9) Denny Eckrich 50 10) Robbie Anderson 82 11) Kenny Edwards 25 12) Al Humphrey 6 13) Brett Wood 7 14) Zach Goulden 49 15) Leon Zeitner
Sunoco Race Fuels Consolation Race #3 Results
1) Joe Kosiski 53 2) Bryant Goldsmith 24 3) Gordie Seegert 4s 4) Jay Stewart 10 5) Cory Zeitner 26jr 6) Bill Koons 29 7) Shad Badder 73B 8) Jeremy Kelley 4 9) Jake Neighbors 19m 10) Rylan Long 18 11) Scott Koskovich 80 12) David Barker 88B 13) Troy Daly 44 14) Jason Friesen 1f 15) Justin Cooper 10c
AFCO Racing Products Heat Race #1 Results
1) John Anderson 2) Aaron Seabaugh 3) Joe Kosiski 4) Curt Martin 5) Scott Koskovich 6) Tim Isenberg 7) Matt Johnson 8) Kenny Edwards 9) Shad Badder
Hoosier Race Tires Heat Race #2 Results
1) Alan Vaughn 2) Al Purkey 3) Chris Smyser 4) Steve Kempts 5) Al Zeitner 6) Dave Eckrich 7) Jeremy Kelley 8) Rylan Long 9) Mike Wallace
Country Mart Heat Race #3 Results
1) Justin Cooper 2) Jerry Warner 3) Mike Collins 4) Larry Clausen 5) Jay Stewart 6) Brett Wood 7) Andrew McKay 8) Justin Zeitner 9) Wylan Petrie
Powertrain Industries Heat Race #4 Results
1) Ronnie Wallace 2) Kyle Berck 3) Chad Mahder 4) Josh Most 5) Travis Dickes 6) Jason Friesen 7) Kelly Boen 8) Leon Zeitner 9) Denny Eckrich
Hatfield Racing Engines Heat Race #5 Results
1) Chad Simspon 2) David Turner 3) Rob Moss 4) John Hampel 5) Jason Bodenhamer 6) Bo Egge 7) Al Humphrey 8) Jake Neighbors 9) Troy Daly
Duralite Racing Wheels Heat Race #6 Results
1) Jeremy Grady 2) Jason O'Brien 3) Shawn Harker 4) Gordie Seegert 5) John Kaanta 6) Cory Zeitner 7) David Barker 8) Scott Daly 9) Todd Bell
Shoenfeld Headers Heat Race #7 Results
1) Craig Preble 2) Mike Wiarda 3) Denny Woodworth 4) Bryant Goldsmith 5) Bill Koons 6) Ted Martin 7) Chris Spieker 8) Robbie Anderson 9) Zach Goulden
Contingency Award Winners
Tanner Racing Products by MB "Hark Luck Award"-Bryant Goldsmith
Performance Bodies Nosepiece Award-Denny Woodworth
BSB Manufacturing Product Certificate-Mike Collins
KRC Product Award-Shawn Harker
Lap Leaders-(1-16) Mike Collins, (17-44) Chad Simpson, (45-50) John Anderson.
The O'Reilly MLRA (Midwest Latemodel Racing Association) presented by Lucas Oil sanctions regional Super Dirt Late Model touring series events in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA please visit us on the web at www.MLRAracing.com or by calling the series office at (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
The O'Reilly MLRA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2009 Thunder Tour including O'Reilly Auto Parts, Midwest Walnut, Lucas Oil Products, Tompkins Industries, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Company, Hatfield Racing Engines, Country Mart, Larry Shaw Race Cars, AFCO Racing Products, GRT Race Cars, The Driveline Shop, Taylor Cable Products, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bodee's Race Bodies, Outpace Racing Products, Duralite Racing Wheels, Impact Signs and Lighting, Rod End Supply, Racing Optics, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Bilstein Shocks, BSB Manufacturing, Tanner Racing Products by MB
