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Wheatland, Missouri (April 8, 2016) – The semi-retired Billy Moyer rolled into Lucas Oil Speedway and walked away with the $2,000 top prize, Friday, in the opening round of the 3rd Annual Spring Nationals Presented by RacingJunk.com.
The win for Moyer is the 806th of his Hall of Fame career and first of the season. He led from the drop of the green and was never seriously challenged.
“It was pretty good tonight,” said Moyer in Andy’s Frozen Custard Victory Lane. “It didn’t drive how I wanted it to, but it was fast for sure. We had tons of traction, we’ve just got to maybe get it to circle the center better. If it wins, it don’t matter what it is, it just makes it a little harder to drive that way.”
Jimmy Mars made the long trek from his home in Menomonie, Wisconsin. His second place finish, marked the first time he had sat behind the wheel since racing in Arizona in January. Mars did his work early in the race moving up three spots.
“You want to win, but you get by Moyer that’s alright I guess, it’s fun beating him though too. It’s a little confusing when the track is wet and slimy. Last night we felt real good when the track was slick. Overall it went good. We got a second, so we’ll take that.”
With two of the sport’s icons occupying the top two positions, Republic, Missouri’s Payton Looney finished up third. In his first full year of Super Late Model racing the young driver looked wise beyond his years as he navigated lapped traffic and kept his car underneath him.
“We we’re pretty good there in the heat race, them mom came down with the lineup and said we started next to Moyer,” commented Looney. “We had an alright race car. The slicker it got the worse we got. Lapped traffic there killed me. We’re happy to come away with third.”
Bobby Pierce and Jason Papich completed the top five. Heat race victories went to Jason Papich, Jack Sullivan, Billy Moyer, Payton Looney and Gavin Landers.
Racing begins Saturday at 7:30 PM with another complete show for the Lucas Oil MLRA. $5,000 is up for grabs, with the extra purse money courtesy of Pitts Homes, celebrating their 45th Anniversary in business. Mary Jenkins, wife of the late Ron Jenkins, who founded the original Wheatland Raceway has also put up $500 to the winner.
LucasOilRacing.TV A Feature (30 Laps): 1. Billy Moyer 2. Jimmy Mars 3. Payton Looney 4. Bobby Pierce 5. Jason Papich 6. Brad Looney 7. Brandon McCormick 8. Chris Brown 9. Tim Manville 10. Jack Sullivan 11. Tony Jackson Jr. 12. Jesse Stovall 13. Gavin Landers 14. Austin Rettig 15. Kyle Beard 16. Kyle Berck 17. Randy Timms 18. JC Wyman 19. Dave Eckrich 20. Terry Phillips 21. Mark Dotson 22. Justin Reed 23. Jacob Magee 24. Rodney Sanders
Hoosier Racing Tires B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. Austin Rettig 2.Tony Jackson Jr. 3. Jacob Magee 4. Robert Baker 5. Jeremy Payne 6. Josh Poe 7. Mike Stadel 8. Matt Buller 9. Dustin Walker 10. Tad Pospisil 11. Allen Murray 12. Reid Millard 13. JaosnKrohn 14. Chad Richwine
HotRodProcessing.com B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. Terry Phillips 2. Justin Reed 3. Randy Timms 4. Bryon Allison 5. Brantlee Gotschall 6. Gordy Gundaker 7. Bill Leighton Jr. 8. JC Wyman 9. Curt Ackers 10. Tommy Weder Jr. 11. Darrel Moser 12. Chris Cox 13. Jesse Stovall 14. Austin Siebert
Bilstein Shocks Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1. Jason Papich2. Rodney Sanders 3. Kyle Berck 4. Jacob Magee 5. Jeremy Payne 6. Gordy Gundaker 7. Tad Pospisil 8. Allen Murray 9. Jesse Stovall
Casey’s General Stores Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. Jack Sullivan 2. Kyle Beard 3. Tim Manville 4. Austin Siebert 5. Dustin Walker 6. Chris Cox 7. JC Wyman 8. Tommy Weder Jr. 9. Chad Richwine
Chix Gear Racewear Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. Billy Moyer 2. Mark Dotson 3. Bobby Pierce 4. Terry Phillips 5. Justin Reed 6. Randy Timms 7. Darrel Moser 8. Robert Baker 9. Matt Buller
Malvern Bank Heat 4 (10 Laps): Payton Looney 2. Chris Brown 3. Brad Looney 4. Austin Rettig 5. Jason Krohn 6. Tony Jackson Jr. 7. Josh Poe 8. Brantlee Gotschall 9. Curt Ackers
Sunoco Race Fuels Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. Gavin Landers 2. Jimmy Mars 3. Brandon McCormick 4. Dave Eckrich 5. Bryon Allison 6. Mike Stadel 7. Bill Leighton Jr. 8. Reid Millard
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