MLRA Late Models
Outlaw Motorsports Park
May 16, 2014
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Vaught Holds off Phillips and Moyer for First MLRA Win of the Season



MLRA PR
MUSKOGEE, OK (May 16) - The first visit to Outlaw Motorsports Park by the Lucas Oil MLRA in seven years was a good one. Three heat races set the field for an exciting feature, led to wire to wire by Will Vaught. Firing from the outside pole, Vaught jumped to lead over Billy Moyer, and navigated a swarm of lapped cars to hold on for the $2,000 payday.

"Jumping out in the lead there early, I didn't really know the distance," said Vaught, in RACEceiver Victory Lane, regarding his initial advantage. "Gary Winger has been working on my shock package and we're trying to dial this thing in. We actually won with the other car, and been running good with the other car. Obviously we found something on the old car and put it on this one. This one has been pretty good tonight."

Phillips rolled from the outside of row three and steadily pushed forward. During the middle portion of the race he worked to third, and moved around Moyer in lapped traffic to slide into the runner up spot.

"The car was pretty good," commented Phillips. "It came on there at the end. He (Moyer) was getting tight getting in, and my car would turn good. He was a little better than me off. Out in the open with lap cars out of your way, it seemed like I was gaining ground on Will, but he got gone. He had a good car."

Moyer looked early on like he might be the car to beat as he ran down and passed Phillips in his heat race. It was still a quality showing for Moyer, who continues to fine tune his new Longhorn Chassis.

"We started on the front row and run third, so that isn't very good," said Moyer. "Them guys done a good job. We just gotta pick our game up a little bit. It's a different tire package, what they run here. So we're just trying to work on the car a little for that."

The race was only slowed by one yellow flag for a spinning Brian Parker in the middle of turns three and four. The lapped cars made racing up front intense. Chad Simpson and Ryan Gustin also jockeyed for positions in the front portion of the field, adding to the overall excitement of the race.

Saturday the Lucas Oil MLRA will wrap up its weekend with a $3,000 to win show at Outlaw Motorsports Park. Racing will begin at 7:00 PM. It will be the final points race prior to next weekend's 22nd Annual Lucas Oil Show Me 100.

A-Main
1 2 1V Will Vaught
2 6 75P Terry Phillips
3 1 21M Billy Moyer
4 4 25C Chad Simpson
5 3 19R Ryan Gustin
6 10 6T Travis Dickes
7 12 21X John Anderson
8 15 186 Jeremy Payne
9 13 02 Tommy Weder Jr.
10 8 42M Brandon McCormick
11 7 58E Dave Eckrich
12 11 12M Raymond Merrill
13 21 16A Austin Siebert
14 14 99L Scott Lewis
15 20 10M Jacob Magee
16 23 11M Brandon Morton
17 16 29K Bill Koons
18 22 52R Dillon Rupe
19 18 13P Kevin Patrick
20 9 00S Jesse Stovall
21 19 22R Dalton Ragsdale
22 5 2B Jason Bodenhamer
23 17 10P James Parker
24 26 1S Jason Sperry
25 24 7H Brett Hansen
26 25 9G Joseph Gorby
27 27 99M Cliff Morrow

Heat #1
1 25C Chad Simpson
2 2B Jason Bodenhamer
3 00S Jesse Stovall
4 6T Travis Dickes
5 99L Scott Lewis
6 10P James Parker
7 22R Dalton Ragsdale
8 16A Austin Siebert
9 11M Brandon Morton

Heat #2
1 21M Billy Moyer
2 75P Terry Phillips
3 58E Dave Eckrich
4 42M Brandon McCormick
5 186 Jeremy Payne
6 02 Tommy Weder Jr.
7 10M Jacob Magee
8 52R Dillon Rupe
9 99M Cliff Morrow

Heat #3
1 1V Will Vaught
2 19R Ryan Gustin
3 12M Raymond Merrill
4 21X John Anderson
5 29K Bill Koons
6 13P Kevin Patrick
7 9G Joseph Gorby
8 1S Jason Sperry
9 7H Brett Hansen