August 22 , 2011 (Sedalia, Missouri)
Leading all 30 laps in Sunday evening’s Lucas Cattle Company A Feature, John Anderson earned his first Lucas Oil MLRA win of the season. “We know our team and we know we’ve been struggling the first part of the year. It’s been coming around. I was probably overdriving the last few times out. This time I just calmed down. Anderson started 6th in his heat and won it to gain the most passing points for the evening. “It was the perfect night for us, we drew good, won our heat, started on the pole. You just never know, there’s so many fast cars behind you. I just tried to cut out the mistakes. We were able to capitalize on a good car and good run.
Anderson has now won two of the last three Missouri State Fair Championship races. “It just fits me pretty well,” Anderson said of the ½ mile Speedway. “Vinny has been working really hard. Boss has been giving us what we need, and not given up on us. He tells us to just keep digging. This is really the fruits of our labor over the last couple months.”
With Al Purkey’s 2nd place finish, Anderson gained 2 points in the battle for the season championship. He drives for Greg Junghans in the Shop Quik MasterSbilt. Their cars are powered by Jay Dickens Racing Engines. Sunoco Race Fuels and Turbo Car Wash also provide sponsorship support.
David Turner ran 2nd for the majority of the race and finished 3rd. Brantlee Gotschall, had an excellent evening finishing 4th and Alan Vaughn finished 5th .
The series will sit idle for the next few weeks. The next scheduled race is Saturday September 17th at the Springfield Raceway for the Larry Phillips Memorial.
Lucas Oil MLRA Contingeny Awards
Performance Bodies – Alan Vaughn
KRC Hard Charger – Bryon Allison
KRC Hard Luck – Bryant Goldsmith
Weld Wheels – Matt Johnson
BSB Manufacturing – Joe Kosiski
R2C Performance Filters – Justin Asplin
Keizer Wheels – Brantlee Gotschall
Saferacer.com – John Anderson
Racing Optics – Bryon Allison
Rod End Supply – Dustin Walker and Brandon Morton
Lucas Oil Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. John Anderson 2. Jason Bodenhamer 3. Matt Johnson 4. Alan Vaughn 5. Chris Smyser 6. Dustin Walker 7. Bryon Allison 8. Jason Sivils 9. Richard Weber
Impact Signs Awnings and Wraps Heat 2 (10 Laps) : 1. Brantlee Gotschall 2. Kelly Smith 3. Kevin Coyne 4. Joe Walkenhorst 5. Jon Binning 6. Bob King 7. Dustin Vance 8. Bob Cummings 9. Bryant Goldsmith
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. David Turner 2. Al Purkey 3. Joe Kosiski 4. Brandon Morton 5. Justin Asplin 6. Randy McGraw 7. Scott Koskovich 8. David Janes
Lucas Cattle Company A Feature (30 Laps): 1. John Anderson 2. Al Purkey 3. David Turner 4. Brantlee Gotschall 5. Alan Vaughn 6. Matt Johnson 7. Joe Kosiski 8. Kevin Coyne 9. Brandon Morton 10. Chris Smyser 11. Kelly Smith 12. Bryon Allison 13. Justin Asplin 14. Dustin Walker 15. Randy McGraw 16. Bob King 17. David Janes 18. Bob Cummings 19. Jason Bodenhamer 20. Jon Binning 21. Jason Sivils 22. Richard Weber 23. Joe Walkenhorst 24. Scott Koskovich 25. Dustin Vance 26. Bryant Goldsmith
Current Lucas Oil MLRA points standings will be available on www.MLRAracing.com.
The Lucas Oil MLRA (Midwest Latemodel Racing Association) sanctions regional Super Dirt Late Model touring series events in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Iowa.
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The Lucas Oil MLRA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2011 Tour including Lucas Oil Products, AAA Missouri, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Company, Hatfield Racing Engines, Larry Shaw Race Cars, AFCO Racing Products, GRT Race Cars, Powertrain Industries, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bodee’s Race Bodies, Outpace Racing Products,Fast Track Photos, Weld Racing Wheels, Impact Signs and Lighting, Rod End Supply, Racing Optics, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Bilstein Shocks, RacinDirt.com, BSB Manufacturing, MasterSbilt, R2C Performance Products, SAFERACER, Keizer Wheels,