MLRA Late Models
Lee County Speedway
June 13, 2014
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Phillips wins a thriller in MLRA action at Lee County Speedway 
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DONNELLSON, IA (June 13) - In a heavyweight slugfest Friday night at Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA, Terry Phillips threw the haymaker just shy of the checkers en route to his Lucas Oil MLRA series leading 107th victory. Phillips hung around the top five for the duration of the main event and gradually worked forward. Early in the race he went toe to toe with Chad Simpson. Then when a lapped car slowed race leader Ryan Gustin's pace, Phillips jumped all over the young driver and slid in front of him exiting turn two. He had the momentum and kept Gustin at bay to roll on to victory in a fantastic feature event.
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John Vass Photos "They done a heck of a job here," stated Phillips in RACEceiver Victory Lane. "This is a race track here now. You can race all over it. Hats off to them. Thanks to all the fans for coming out. I haven't seen this many fans in a long time. That's quite a race there."
Early in the evening the drivers all took two laps on the clock to align the heat races. The top three heat race finishers then redrew for feature starting positions. Friday's winner, John Anderson, redrew the number one "Lucas Oil Super Coolant" bottle and set the pace. Andy Eckrich drew the outside pole for the 40 lap feature.
Anderson quickly assumed the lead and was holding his own, until Gustin came to life, inches from the wall. Once he carved out his line, the #19r began picking off front of the pack cars with ease. Anderson was committed to the bottom, but abruptly changed his line once Gustin rolled both the third and fourth place cars in one turn.
Anderson held on a little longer, but Gustin passed him several laps later in turns one and two. Ultimately Gustin held off all but Phillips to run a strong second. Chad Simpson still searching for his first Lucas Oil MLRA win of the season, scored his ninth top five finish in the series first 12 races. Those runs have him out front in the championship standings.
Friday's race was the first ever appearance by the Lucas Oil MLRA at the Lee County Speedway. Saturday will wrap up the three day run, with an event at Randolph County Raceway in Moberly, Missouri.
June 13, 2014
Race Results
A-Main
1 5 75P Terry Phillips Springfield, MO
2 7 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA
3 4 25C Chad Simpson Mt Vernon, IA
4 1 21X John Anderson Omaha, NE
5 10 2 Tommy Weder Jr. Woodward, OK
6 6 6T Travis Dickes Madison, NE
7 3 31U Jason Utter Columbus Junction, IA
8 11 51F Matt Furman Columbus, OH
9 9 7B Mark Burgtorf Quincy, IL
10 8 58E Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA
11 13 32S Chris Simpson Oxford, IA
12 12 186 Jeremy Payne Springfield, MO
13 15 16A Austin Siebert Grandview, MO
14 16 1ST Justin Reed Camp Point, IL
15 18 15R Brian Harris Davenport, IA
16 19 2B Jason Bodenhamer Centerview, MO
17 24 20J Jake Meier Tipton, IA
18 20 45E Tommy Elston Keokuk, IA
19 22 29D Spencer Diercks Davenport, IA
20 23 99L Scott Lewis Henderson, CO
21 21 93J Jay Johnson Burlington, IA
22 25 29K Bill Koons Omaha, NE
23 2 56E Andy Eckrich Oxford, IA
24 26 8C Robert Cullen Chilton, WI
25 17 33F Ricky Frankel Quincy, IL
26 14 3X Skip Frey Swisher, IA
B-Main
1 33F Ricky Frankel
2 15R Brian Harris
3 2B Jason Bodenhamer
4 45E Tommy Elston
5 93J Jay Johnson
6 29D Spencer Diercks
7 99L Scott Lewis
8 8C Robert Cullen
9 20J Jake Meier
10 4W J.C. Wyman
11 45DW Denny Woodworth
12 155 Jamie Wilson
13 6C Jay Chenoweth
14 29K Bill Koons
15 21F Todd Frank
Heat #1
1 25C Chad Simpson
2 19R Ryan Gustin
3 2 Tommy Weder Jr.
4 32S Chris Simpson
5 33F Ricky Frankel
6 99L Scott Lewis
7 8C Robert Cullen
8 45DW Denny Woodworth
Heat #2
1 31U Jason Utter
2 6T Travis Dickes
3 51F Matt Furman
4 3X Skip Frey
5 45E Tommy Elston
6 6C Jay Chenoweth
7 155 Jamie Wilson
8 21F Todd Frank
Heat #3
1 21X John Anderson
2 58E Dave Eckrich
3 7B Mark Burgtorf
4 16A Austin Siebert
5 2B Jason Bodenhamer
6 93J Jay Johnson
7 4W J.C. Wyman
8 29K Bill Koons
Heat #4
1 56E Andy Eckrich
2 75P Terry Phillips
3 186 Jeremy Payne
4 1ST Justin Reed
5 15R Brian Harris
6 20J Jake Meier
7 29D Spencer Diercks
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