Lucas Oil Speedway
August 27, 2011
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Long scored another win at Lucas Oil Speedway in the TNT Quick Shop ULMA Late Models

Wheatland, MO (August 28th, 2011)- Fan Appreciation night at Lucas Oil Speedway presented by Midwest LOW-E Insulation brought a new winner and familiar faces to victory lane. Topeka, KS driver Kyle Covert in his 7D7 Modified started second in the feature and topped the field. Sundance Keepper widened his points lead with another victory, and Rylan Long won the TNT Quick Shop ULMA Late Model feature. Fans enjoyed free mylar shopping totes courtesy of Midwest LOW-E as well as give-a-ways all night long. Drivers from all three Rockstar Energy Drink Weekly Championship Series classes, displayed their cars prior to the race for an autograph session. NHRA Top Fuel Driver, Morgan Lucas also signed autographs and posed for photos with fans. Batman took a break from fighting villians in Gotham City, to meet with Frog's Sign Jr. Fan Club members. All the off track excitement was just a highlight to an awesome night of on track racing action at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks.

Rylan Long did it again! Long scored another win at Lucas Oil Speedway in the TNT Quick Shop ULMA Late Models. Long remains out front in points standings by 91 points over Tommy Cordray. Long from Greenfield, MO started and finished the race from the front. Cordray came from 6th to finish behind Long in second. Long and Cordray had an exciting battle as the laps wound down. Phil Edmondson of Marionville, MO started in second and remained a top contender finishing in third. Christopher Morelock from Springfield, MO came from 8th to finish the race behind Edmondson in fourth. Larry Jones in his blue and white 99 machine finished in fifth. Saturday will be the final battle for points and a feature win as the season wraps up. All drivers will be on their game for the crowning of the Rockstar Energy Drink Championship Series Class Champions.

Sundance Keepper of Everton, MO started the Carson's Corner Napa Factory Stocks feature in the second position with James Flood from Billings, MO on the pole. The two have a history of great on track battles and Saturday was no different. Keepper ended up in Victory Lane, with Flood in second. Double points night added valuable points to both drivers. Keepper remains out front with only one race to go and is now 25 championship points ahead of Flood. The battle is not over. Saturday September 3rd is the Rockstar Energy Drink Weekly Championship Series points finale. Mark Carter from Warrensburg, MO finished the feature in third. Chip Shaddox started the feature in seventh and was able to work the field for a fourth place finish. Shaddox sits third in points. Steve Morton from Clever, MO finished fifth on Saturday night.

In the Pitts Homes A-Modifieds Urbana, MO native Lyle Dietrich won his heat and started on the pole of the feature. Dietrich jumped out front for the first 10 laps and held a fairly comfortable lead. On lap 10 cautions plagued the field and after a couple restarts, Dietrich would lose the lead. Kyle Covert from Topeka, KS started behind Dietrich in second and took the lead before the midway point. Jamie Ragland worked his way from fifth to battle with Dietrich for second and eventually took the position. Covert went on to finish the race out front for his first ever victory at Lucas Oil Speedway. Justin Johnson from Gardner, KS finished in fourth after a great battle with Dietrich for third. Mickey Burrell started the feature from ninth and got a top five finish. Dietrich surpassed Chase Jones in points with his third place finish. Jones is now third in Rockstar Energy Drink Weekly Championship Series points, with Dietrich now 12 points ahead in second. Mickey Burrell remains the points leader with a 46 point advantage.

ULMA Late Models
1 18 Rylan Long
2 5 Tommy Cordray
3 7E Phil Edmondson
4 25B Christopher Morelock
5 99J Larry Jones
6 60 Chris Hawkins
7 1TC Chris Cox
8 55K Andy Kennedy
9 71W Trace Westling
10 23Z Ezekiel Langley
11 20 Alan Westling
12 101 Harlen Kennedy
13 2 Mark Penticuff
14 2P R.d. Peterson

A-Modified
1 7D7 Kyle Covert
2 15R Jamie Ragland
3 13 Lyle Dietrich
4 7J Justin Johnson
5 73M Mickey Burrell
6 21TW Tracy Wolf
7 03J Chase Jones
8 25M Jordan McCrimmon
9 12K Kaelie Archer
10 5J John Fellers
11 99 Jim Cihy
12 55 Terry Kirk
13 5 Colson Kirk
14 21W Josh Woody
15 73 Clinton Gann
16 71 Chris Tonoli
17 54 Paul Snyder
18 38C Jason Pursley

Factory Stock
1 6 7/8 Sundance Keepper
2 42 James Flood
3 10C Mark Carter
4 1 Chip Shaddox
5 32M Steve Morton
6 77W Keith Webster
7 117 Craig Danuser
8 25JR Troy Reasoner Jr
9 11 Michael Mcgilvray
10 133 Chris Hawkins
11 68OU1 Dan Corum
12 7K Jeff Pipala
13 60C Thomas Curnett
14 77B Greg Borden
15 75S Bill Schoen
16 33 Mike Bitner
17 18 Marcus Madewell
18 11X Bradley Gideon