MLRA Late Models
Park Jefferson International Speedway
May 30, 2015
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Stovall Wires Field in Carlson Clash Finale at Park Jefferson



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JEFFERSON, SD (May 30) - Jesse Stovall bettered his Friday Carlson Clash finishing position, by one spot, Saturday, at Park Jefferson International Speedway. He wired the field and was never seriously challenged in winning his 6th career Lucas Oil MLRA feature event.

"It's just awesome to be racing this well right now," commented Stovall after the race. "We have these Black Diamond Race Cars rolling. It kind of brought my energy back up about racing. I know how hard it is to run good and win races and also how easy it is to fall down. Racing now on several different surfaces has proven to me how versatile this car is. I'm so glad we decided to make the trip here to race."

Behind Stovall, Terry Phillips locked up second early. However, behind Phillips it was a complete free for all. With so many different fast lines on the speedway, drivers were able to maneuver where their particular car worked well and the racing was intense.

Kyle Berck made a host of changes during the afternoon to his Longhorn Chassis and advanced throughout the feature. Late in the running, he rolled to the bottom of Jason Utter and took control of third.

Utter, Rodney Sanders and Stormy Scott all raced in close quarters late. Utter had another good night running fourth. Rodney Sanders was the evening's Casey's General Stores Hard Charger with a 13 position gain to fifth.



Overall five drivers in the feature moved forward nine or more positions. Stovall's margin of victory was 3.179 seconds. The race was slowed by only one yellow. It was a single car caution thrown for Dan Shepherd. 13 cars finished on the lead lap, and 19 were running at the end.

The three qualifying heats were won by Jesse Stovall, Jason Utter and Stormy Scott.

Saturday's event at Park Jefferson International Speedway marked the 600th feature contested by the Lucas Oil MLRA. The first race took place on April 21, 1989, at the now closed Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Oklahoma. It was won by Larry Phillips

A-Main
1 2 00JS Jesse Stovall Billings, MO
2 4 75P Terry Phillips Sprinfield, MO
3 12 14B Kyle Berck Marquette, NE
4 1 31 Jason Utter Columbus Junction, IA
5 18 20S Rodney Sanders Happy, TX
6 3 2SS Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM
7 19 6W RC Whitwell Tucson, AZ
8 17 25 Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA
9 10 56S Chris Spieker Corning, IA
10 8 58 Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA
11 14 186 Jeremy Payne Springfield, MO
12 21 3X Skip Frey Swisher, IA
13 7 4 JC Wyman Griswold, IA
14 5 24B Bill Leighton Omaha, NE
15 11 0 Jake O'Neil Tucson, AZ
16 13 16A Austin Siebert Grandview, MO
17 15 15OB Jason O'Brien Atlantic, IA
18 9 81S Mike Stadel Rapid City, SD
19 6 14W Dustin Walker Peculiar, MO
20 16 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA
21 24 28R Mark Rose Elcho, WI
22 20 99 Scott Lewis Henderson, CO
23 22 68 Dan Shepherd Grand Junction, CO
24 23 10C Junior Coover Norfolk, NE

B-Main
1 1 25 Chad Simpson
2 3 20S Rodney Sanders
3 4 6W RC Whitwell
4 2 99 Scott Lewis
5 9 3X Skip Frey
6 6 68 Dan Shepherd
7 10 101 Ben Sukup
8 5 71 Michall Benson
9 11 1V2 Gale Vogt
10 13 10T John Hoefert
11 12 10C Junior Coover
12 8 28R Mark Rose
13 7 95N Keesa Nordquest

Heat #1
1 2 00JS Jesse Stovall
2 1 75P Terry Phillips
3 3 81S Mike Stadel
4 5 14B Kyle Berck
5 6 186 Jeremy Payne
6 9 19R Ryan Gustin
7 10 20S Rodney Sanders
8 7 95N Keesa Nordquest
9 8 3X Skip Frey
10 4 10T John Hoefert

Heat #2
1 4 31 Jason Utter
2 2 24B Bill Leighton
3 1 56S Chris Spieker
4 8 4 JC Wyman
5 6 15OB Jason O’Brien
6 10 16A Auston Siebert
7 9 6W RC Whitwell
8 5 28R Mark Rose
9 7 101 Ben Sukup
10 3 10C Junior Coover

Heat #3
1 1 2SS Stormy Scott
2 2 14W Dustin Walker
3 4 58 Dave Eckrich
4 6 0 Jake O’Neil
5 5 25 Chad Simpson
6 8 99 Scott Lewis
7 7 71 Michall Benson
8 9 68 Dan Shepherd
9 3 1V2 Gale Vogt


Event Photos courtesy of Lloyd Collins














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