Lucas Oil Speedway
September 3, 2011
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Long secures Points Championship with feature win at Lucas Oil Speedway

WHEATLAND, Mo. (September 3) - On Saturday night two new and one returning Track Champions were crowned. The Rockstar Energy Drink Weekly Championship Series wrapped up with the final night of points racing for 2011 at Lucas Oil Speedway. Clouds and a few sprinkles did not dampen the on track excitement. Sundance Keepper put his 6 7/8's Monte Carlo in Victory Lane and took home the 2011 Factory Stock Track Championship. In the Pitts Homes A Modifieds, Paul Snyder took the checkers as Mickey Burrell finished 3rd and claimed the Modified Track Championship honors. Both Keepper and Burrell are first time Track Champions. Rylan Long already has two Lucas Oil Speedway Track Championships and reclaimed the title Saturday Night. Long also won the TNT Quick Shop ULMA Late Model A Feature in grand fashion.

Rylan Long secured the points Championship and the feature win Saturday in the TNT Quick Shop ULMA Late Models. Long adds the 2011 Championship to two previous season titles at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks. Long from Greenfield, MO started and finished the race from the top spot. Long "Big Country" drives the number 18 GRT by Phillips with a Yeoman Race Engine. Tommy Cordray from Browning, MO gave it his all Saturday night. Cordray started the feature in 11th and worked his way forward to finish second. Long and Cordray have been exciting to watch all season and it is fitting the two top contenders finish the season first and second in points. Larry Jones started the final feature of the night in 10th and had a solid fifth place finish. Jones finished the season fourth in points just behind Chris Hawkins from Neosho, MO. Andy Kennedy from Wheatland, MO finished the season fifth in the Rockstar Energy Drink Championship point standings.

In the Carson's Corner Napa Factory Stocks a solid field of 28 cars took the track. After running a B feature, 24 cars started the A Main event. Sundance Keepper of Everton, MO started and finished the race out front, securing the 2011 Track Championship. Keepper drives the Sundance Construction 6 7/8 Allen Autosports, Monte Carlo. Congrats to Sundance on a great season and on winning the title. Burl Woods from Republic, MO followed Keeper to the checkers finishing in second. Mark Carter from Warrensburg, MO finished the night in third with Wheatland's own Chip Shaddox in fourth. Shaddox also finished third in the overall points standings. Another hometown driver, Randy Gilmore recovered nicely after struggling the past two weeks. Gilmore finished the night in fifth. James Flood struggled Saturday but remained second in the points championship to finish the season.

In the Pitts Homes A-Modifieds Paul Snyder from Wellsville, KS made a return trip to Victory Lane. Snyder started the race in third and remained in contention throughout the 20 lap feature. After several cautions plagued the event, Snyder eventually took the lead and the checkers. Urbana, Missouri's Colson Kirk started and finished the feature in second place. 2011 Track Champion Mickey Burrell finished third after beginning the feature in eigth. Burrell drives the number 73, orange and white TRE by Bone Modified. Burrell claimed the Championship by 49 points over driver of the "shiny" number 13, Lyle Dietrich. Dietrich ran in the top five Saturday night and finished the feature in the fifth spot. Dennis Walrath from Clinton, MO ran consistent all night finishing the feature in fourth. Congratulations to Burrell on the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Track Championship.

ULMA Late Models
1 18 Rylan Long
2 5 Tommy Cordray
3 2P R.d. Peterson
4 7E Phil Edmondson
5 99J Larry Jones
6 17 Daniel Jessen
7 60 Chris Hawkins
8 23Z Ezekiel Langley
9 1TC Chris Cox
10 71W Trace Westling
11 55K Andy Kennedy
12 101 Harlen Kennedy
13 11M Brian Murphy
14 31J Ron Johnson
15 73M Mike Montague
16 2 Mark Penticuff

A-Modified
1 54 Paul Snyder
2 5 Colson Kirk
3 73M Mickey Burrell
4 99W Dennis Walrath
5 13 Lyle Dietrich
6 03J Chase Jones
7 5J John Fellers
8 24D Donnie Fellers
9 7X Jim Roach
10 12K Kaelie Archer
11 15R Ryan Edde
12 5X Jerry Brown
13 19P Corey Pritchard
14 14 Shawn Nations
15 25M Jordan Mccrimmon
16 21TW Tracy Wolf
17 99 Jim Cihy
18 11J Warren Johnson
19 8 Chad Neill

Factory Stock
1 6 7/8 Sundance Keepper
2 26 Burl Woods
3 10C Mark Carter
4 1 Chip Shaddox
5 93 Randy Gilmore
6 35 Michael Plummer
7 77W Keith Webster
8 11X Bradley Gideon
9 25JR Troy Reasoner Jr
10 38 Wilbur Segar
11 117 Craig Danuser
12 11 Michael Mcgilvray
13 7 Brian Thompson
14 68OU1 Dan Corum
15 25XXX Jay Prevete
16 5 Clint Hedge
17 42 James Flood
18 133 Chris Hawkins
19 22S Doug Scism
20 32M Steve Morton
21 59 Timothy Mcmurtry
22 75 Dylan Keeper
23 35C Johnny Coats
24 10 Brent Bartgis