J.C. Morton won the USRA B-Mod main event.

J.C. Morton made it two straight Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature wins at Lucas Oil Speedway, capturing the headliner of Saturday night's Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series action.

Morton, of Springfield, led all 25 wins to take home the $750 victory, holding off Andy Bryant throughout.

Other feature winners on Veterans and Military Appreciation Night presented by Townsquare Media and KIX 105.7 FM were Mason Beck (O'Reilly Auto Parts Medieval USRA Stock Cars) and Matt Johnson (Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modifieds).

Morton jumped to the lead from the pole position, but third-starting Bryant quickly pulled alongside on lap two and those two dueled it out for the first portion of the race.

Sticking to the high groove, Morton repelled Bryant until finally securing near a one-second lead by lap 10 with Terry Schultz running third and Jon Sheets fourth.

As Morton led the faster cars into lapped traffic, he was able to widen the lead to 1.3 seconds in just three laps with Bryant a similar amount in front of Schultz. Morton was cruising with the lead still 1.3 seconds when the first caution flew on lap 18 due to a four-car pileup in turn two.

That set up a single-file restart with seven laps left to decide the outcome. Morton executed a flawless restart and drove away for the victory, finishing 1.1 seconds in front of Bryant with Sheets third, Schultz fourth and Brian Bolin fifth.

"I got the jump on Schultz early and got to the top. I figured that's where those Stock Cars were," Morton said. "Then it looked like me and Andy raced side by side for the first 12 or 15 laps. I kept seeing his nose down there and finally, with the long green run, I got away from him right before lapped traffic."

Morton said he didn't really mind the caution because he was fighting to get around a lapped car at the time.

"The caution gave me fresh, clean air and I just had to hit my marks at that point," Morton said.

Beck earns fourth USRA Stock Car victory: O'Reilly Auto Parts Medieval USRA Stock Car points leader Mason Beck of Urbana made the winning pass coming to the white flag and held on to beat Ed Griggs for his fourth feature win of the Lucas Oil Speedway season.

Griggs started on the pole and opened up 1.2-second lead over Colton Bourland six laps into the race with Beck in third. By lap 10, Beck pulled alongside Bourland as the leader maintained his margin entering lapped traffic.

The third-starting Beck made the pass for second on lap 15, but in a caution-free race he still trailed Griggs by 1.5 seconds. He quickly cut into the deficit and pulled right behind the leader with two to go.

As the duo came to the white flag, Beck used the inside groove to take the lead out of turn four. Beck held on from there to win by three car lengths over Griggs, with Bourland finishing third, Waylon Dimmitt fourth and Johnny Fennewald fifth.

"I was kind of worried at the beginning, but when I got up to third I knew if I could get around the 2 car (Bourland) that I'd have a good shot at catching him," Beck said.

Johnson cruises to USRA Modified win: Matt Johnson of Archie took over the lead on lap five and dominated from there, outdistancing Ryan Middaugh for his third Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modified feature win at Luca Oil Speedway.

"We unloaded hot tonight, right off the trailer and I couldn't be any happier," Johnson said.

Dylan Hoover led the opening four laps before Johnson got around him on the inside for the lead to conclude lap five.

"I knew Ryan was right on my tail and that I needed to get up there and get around Dylan," Johnson said. "The track was perfect, the car was good and we're tickled to death."

Johnson rolled to a 2.3-second lead by the midpoint of the 20-lapper over season points leader Middaugh, who made his way around Hoover for the runner-up spot.

The margin up front went to 3.2 seconds on lap 14 and, with action remaining caution-free, Johnson cruised from there. He finished 2.3 seconds in front of Middaugh with Hoover taking third, Jason Pursley fourth and Chad Staus fifth.

CMH Diamond Nationals next: Coming up next Saturday night, July 15th at Lucas Oil Speedway is the 17th annual CMH Diamond Nationals featuring co-sanctioned Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Lucas Oil MLRA. The Late Model stars will pursue a $15,000 winner's share plus a prestigious diamond ring.

The USRA Modifieds will be in action gunning for a top prize of $1,000 to win and the Medieval USRA Stock Cars will chase a $750 first prize.

For information about any event at Lucas Oil Speedway in 2023 contact admissions director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-5984 or email her at nichole@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, July 8, 2023

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
2. (1) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
3. (5) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (4) 17 Richard Kimberling, Slater, Mo.
5. (3) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 1X Matt Johnson, Archie, Mo.
2. (1) 99 Dylan Hoover, Columbia, Mo.
3. (3) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
4. (4) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (5) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 1X Matt Johnson, Archie, Mo.
2. (6) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
3. (2) 99 Dylan Hoover, Columbia, Mo.
4. (8) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (4) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
6. (1) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
7. (5) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
8. (10) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
9. (9) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
10. (7) 17 Richard Kimberling, Slater, Mo.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 47 Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
2. (3) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.
3. (4) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (5) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
5. (1) 1DER Maverick Wunder, Freeman, Mo.
6. (6) 24 Noah Long, Preston, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (3) 91 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
3. (5) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (4) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (2) 24M Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (1) 47 Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
3. (2) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.
4. (8) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (4) 91 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
6. (6) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (5) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
8. (7) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
9. (10) 24M Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
10. (9) 1DER Maverick Wunder, Freeman, Mo.
11. (11) 24 Noah Long, Preston, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (7) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
3. (3) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (8) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (2) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (6) 19B Kaleb Bray, Archie, Mo.
7. (4) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
8. (5) 2X Cole Hamilton, Archie, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (4) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
3. (5) X2 Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
4. (6) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
5. (1) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
6. (7) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
7. (8) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (3) 29 Bronson Wicker, Sedalia, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (3) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
3. (2) X1 Caden Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
5. (6) 33 Dustin Daniels, Chanute, Kan.
6. (7) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.
7. (5) 03 T.C. Hambrick, Warsaw, Mo.
DNS – 08 Chad Neill, Dunnegan, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (5) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
4. (2) 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
5. (7) X2 Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (4) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (13) 33 Dustin Daniels, Chanute, Kan.
8. (6) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
9. (10) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
10. (11) 96 Cody Brill, Bates City, Mo.
11. (14) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
12. (12) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
13. (21) 29 Bronson Wicker, Sedalia, Mo.
14. (15) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
15. (19) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
16. (23) 2X Cole Hamilton, Archie, Mo.
17. (16) 15S Kody Bray, Archie, Mo.
18. (20) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
19. (8) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
20. (18) 19B Kaleb Bray, Archie, Mo.
21. (17) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
22. (9) X1 Caden Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
23. (22) 03 T.C. Hambrick, Warsaw, Mo.
24. (24) 08 Chad Neill, Dunnegan, Mo.

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