Post by LMR on 08/09/13 at 10:33pm
MARS/MLRA/NCRA Late Models
Junction Motor Speedway
August 9, 2013
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Vaught captures King of the Hill opener night at Junction Motor Speedway
MLRA PR
MCCOOL JUNCTION, NE (August 9) - Will Vaught was in the right place at the right time Friday night, in the Lucas Oil MLRA King of the Hill event at Junction Motor Speedway, and came away victorious. While running second with nine laps to go, Travis Dickes' engine expired and Vaught took over the top spot. He then held off Tony Jackson Jr. to score his first Lucas Oil MLRA win of the season.
Vaught fought a tight race car and carburetor issues, but overall was happy to earn the win. "It was good," stated Vaught. "We'll take a win anyway we can do it. Tony (Jackson) had a really good car. It was unfortunate for Travis (Dickes) to blow a motor there. He was probably gonna win this deal. Tomorrow night hopefully we can beat them fair and square. We've got a little tweaking to do to this thing. If it slows down, we're gonna be really good."
Dickes led the first sixteen laps after earning the pole position through heat race passing points. Once in lapped traffic Jackson closed in and briefly took the lead, however a yellow wiped out his pass. On the restart with ten laps left, Terry Phillips and Jackson made contact which allowed Vaught to slide up from third to second.
Jackson raced Vaught tough and came up just a bit short at the checkers, finishing second. The podium was rounded out by Kyle Berck, who went from eighth to third in front of a lively fan base, who cheered his move forward.
Tomorrow the grandstand opens at 5:00 PM with a special driver meet and greet. Make plans to be at the track early and check out your favorite drivers race car and get an autograph or two prior to the show.
A-Main
1 2 1V Will Vaught
2 4 56J Tony Jackson, Jr
3 8 14B Kyle Berck
4 7 00 Jesse Stovall
5 10 75P Terry Phillips
6 5 77A Justin Asplin
7 9 14L Brad Looney
8 13 15K Jase Kaser
9 14 18 Chase Junghans
10 16 3C Mike Collins
11 12 82A Robbie Andersen
12 11 4 Tad Pospisil
13 3 15W Mike Wiarda
14 17 1G Justin Gregg
15 15 24L Bill Leighton
16 20 14W Dustin Walker
17 19 10M Jacob Magee
18 6 2 John Anderson
19 1 21T Travis Dickes
20 18 3J Jimmy Seagraves
21 21 14M Dean Moore
22 22 6H Al Humphrey
23 24 22A Chris Avery
24 23 10C Junior Coover
B-Main #1
1 24L Bill Leighton
2 1G Justin Gregg
3 25D Kyle Dumpert
4 90K Steve Kempt
5 10M Jacob Magee
6 70H Kevin Hamele
7 52K Brian Kosiski
8 30V Micah Veleba
9 14W Dustin Walker
B-Main #2
1 3C Mike Collins
2 3J Jimmy Seagraves
3 81S Mike Stadel
4 10C Junior Coover
5 6H Al Humphrey
6 28J Leroy Johnson
7 14M Dean Moore
8 15B Brad Wagoner
9 22A Chris Avery
Heat #1
1 56J Tony Jackson, Jr
2 14B Kyle Berck
3 75P Terry Phillips
4 4 Tad Pospisil
5 28J Leroy Johnson
6 30V Micah Veleba
7 70H Kevin Hamele
8 90K Steve Kempt
Heat #2
1 21T Travis Dickes
2 14L Brad Looney
3 00 Jesse Stovall
4 18 Chase Junghans
5 14W Dustin Walker
6 24L Bill Leighton
7 6H Al Humphrey
8 15B Brad Wagoner
Heat #3
1 15W Mike Wiarda
2 2 John Anderson
3 82A Robbie Andersen
4 25D Kyle Dumpert
5 81S Mike Stadel
6 3J Jimmy Seagraves
7 10M Jacob Magee
8 52K Brian Kosiski
Heat #4
1 77A Justin Asplin
2 1V Will Vaught
3 15K Jase Kaser
4 1G Justin Gregg
5 3C Mike Collins
6 10C Junior Coover
7 22A Chris Avery
8 14M Dean Moore
