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WHEATLAND, Missouri (January 2, 2020) – The winningest driver in Lucas Oil MLRA history is among a class of eight people set for induction at Saturday’s 33rd annual Ozarks Area Racers Foundation Reunion and Hall of Fame ceremony in Springfield. Terry Phillips, with a record 116 MLRA feature victories and four championships in the regional Late Model series, will enter ...

Justin Duty to Embark on Lucas Oil MLRA Campaign in 2020 Oregon Driver Looks to Chase Rookie of the Year Title MULINO, Ore. (12/10/19) – Justin Duty has emerged as one of dirt late model racing’s talented young up and coming drivers.  With the 2020 season rapidly approaching, the Oregon racer is excited to announce his plans to tackle the ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Wheatland, Missouri (November 18, 2019) – With the final chapter of the 2019 Lucas Oil MLRA season firmly in the record books, series officials have hit the ground running and are excited to release their upcoming schedule for the 2020 racing season.  Comprised of twenty-three events the series will tackle a total of eleven different venues ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (November 7, 2019) – Lucas Oil Speedway has released its 2020 tentative schedule and it includes something for everyone with motorsports events planned on three different venues at the complex – and even a professional bull ride.Along with the 13-week Weekly Racing Series, which General Manager Danny Lorton calls “the backbone of our schedule,” there’s at least one special ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 24, 2019) – One of the lasting memories of the 2019 season at Lucas Oil Speedway always will be the severe storm that blew into Wheatland late at night on May 20th, ripping apart the grandstands at the Off Road track and leaving damage throughout the complex. Two of the season’s major events – the 27th annual ...

Photos by Lloyd Collins

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 13, 2019) – Tony Jackson Jr. earned redemption and Will Vaught got a championship on Sunday night as the 6th annual Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals concluded at Lucas Oil Speedway.   Jackson bounced back from a poor first night of the doubleheader by leading all 40 laps to take the $3,000 winner’s check, finishing 4.3 seconds ...

Photos by Lloyd Collins

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 12, 2019) – As Ryan Gustin sat idle in the midst of a nine-car pileup that resulted in a lap-one red flag, little did he dream a trip to victory lane awaited.   But Gustin, driving a new Late Model after spending much of his year campaigning his Modified, achieved just that Saturday night. Gustin took the ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 10, 2019) – Kris Jackson knows he will have that proverbial target on his back as the man to beat at this weekend’s B-Mod Clash of Champions II at Lucas Oil Speedway. There might even be a good amount of boos from the grandstand when the announcers call his name. That’s simply part of the territory when ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 9, 2019) – One year later, Will Vaught finds himself in the opposite position entering the final weekend of the Lucas Oil MLRA championship chase. Instead of chasing, he is the one being chased and that’s a good feeling. “I’d a lot rather be in the situation we’re in this year, rather than last year when we ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 7, 2019) – With rainy and cold weather expected later this week, the schedule for the 6th annual Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals and B-Mod Clash of Champions II at Lucas Oil Speedway has been adjusted.   Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Danny Lorton announced that the races will be pushed back a day, with action now ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (October 5, 2019) – Peyton Taylor said his path to victory in the 6th annual Big Buck 50 Presented by Whitetail Trophy Hunt at Lucas Oil Speedway was anything but easy. “We’ve overcome a lot this week,” Taylor said. “We qualified and had a bad engine. We changed it and wound up changing the gears, four shocks, four ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (September 24, 2019) – Following a memorable three-day weekend of open-wheel action at the 9th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial, Lucas Oil Speedway will remain quiet this week before heading into the home stretch of the 2019 season. Here are eight things to know before the engines fire again: Big bucks at the Big Buck for Street Stocks: ...

WHEATLAND, Missouri (September 18, 2019) – Lucas Oil Speedway’s biggest race for Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods is quickly approaching with the B-Mod Clash of Champions II set for Oct. 10-12.   Running in conjunction with the Lucas Oil MLRA Fall Nationals for Late Models, the B-Mod Clash of Champions will pay $3,000-to-win and $400 to start the 24-car, 40-lap ...

Media Contact: Billy Rock Quincy, IL (September 1, 2019) – Bobby Pierce survived late race motor woes and a mid-race exchange of slide jobs for the race lead on Sunday night to capture his fifth Lucas Oil MLRA win of the year, and second at the Quincy Raceways. The victory for Pierce netted him $5,000 in the 1st annual “Scottie ...

Photos by Lloyd Collins

  WHEATLAND, Missouri (September 1, 2019) – Jesse Stovall grabbed the lead on lap 12 and held it the rest of the way to win Saturday night’s 50-lap Lucas Oil MLRA Larry Phillips Memorial Presented by Rugged Radios at Lucas Oil Speedway. Stovall held off MLRA points leader Will Vaught to earn $5,075 for capturing a race that honors the ...