Darron Fuqua completed a USRA Modified championship season with his eighth feature win on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

Lucas Oil Speedway's championship battles came down to the wire in both Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series divisions on Saturday night and it took feature wins to nail down two of the titles.

J.C. Morton captured the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod main event and championship on Bill Roberts Chevrolet-Buick Season Championship Night Presented by KTTS, and though he had plenty of breathing room in the USRA Modified points race, Darron Fuqua finished the weekly action in style with his eighth feature win of the season.

Morton doubled up by winning the feature and season championship as he made the winning pass of Tyler Brown with three laps remaining.

It was the second track championship in three years for the Springfield driver.

Morton began the night five points ahead of Taylor Moore, who finished third. The two battled side by side at times during the race as Morton advanced from the ninth starting position to earn his second win of the season.

"There were three or four laps we were side by side, door to door and never touched," Morton said of Moore. "I slid him, he slid me back. No big deal there.

"It was a heck of a run. Two years ago we were in a similar position and we didn't really have to worry about (winning) the race. We came down to a last-lap pass. It just feels good to be out here by yourself (in victory lane) on championship night."

The battle for the race win took a dramatic turn on lap 15 when leader Brown and second-place Kris Jackson—just as they were starting to work through lapped traffic—tangled on the front straight-away with Jackson hitting the wall.

That ended Jackson's night and bid for his fifth straight feature win. Brown was able to continue, with some front-end damage, with Morton and Moore right behind with five laps to go.

Morton sailed past Brown and into the lead coming out of turn four to complete lap 17. He held on from there, with Brown finishing second, Moore in third and Mitchell Franklin fourth.

 
J.C. Morton earned an Out-Pace USRA B-Mod championship to go with the one he captured in 2016 by winning the main event on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

Fuqua finished off a dream season in style, clinching the USRA Modified track title with his eighth feature win of the season at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Fuqua, of Mayetta, Kan., wired the field, leading all 20 laps. Seventh-starting Jason Pursley finished a season-best second with Fuqua's teammate, Lance Town, taking third.

"We've had a good year here. I hate to see it end," Fuqua said. "It's been a great year here and pretty much everywhere, we've been pretty fast."

Fuqua, the USRA Modified national points leader, had not raced at Lucas Oil Speedway prior to the 2018 season. He made the 3½-hour drive each week well worth it.

"I love racing the USRA cars and the open motors," Fuqua said. "There's some great competitors out here. They're tough to beat here. That's part of what brings us here."

Fuqua ended the run of Jeff Cutshaw, who had won the last four Lucas Oil Speedway USRA Modified championships. Cutshaw wound up second in points and fifth in the feature.

The biggest mover of the race was fourth-place Jon Sheets, who started 19th. Sheets' right-side sported one of Fuqua's No. 87 panels after a heat-race accident sheered off his sheet metal on that side.

Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is also available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks.

Click www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for more information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on Twitter, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018

Showing finishing position, car number, driver and hometown.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat #1: 1. Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton; 2. Brian Webster, Holts Summit; 3. Rusty Rickard, Shell Knob; 4. Jim Body III, Diamond; 5. Mark Long, Willard; 6. Phillip Caddy, Neosho; 7. Daniel Yocom, Ash Grove; 8. Billy Pearce, Camdenton; 9. Hannah Frazee, Cleveland; 10. Kyle Long, Walnut Grove; 11. Blake Davidson, Mokane.

Heat #2: 1. Taylor Moore, Bois D'Arc; 2. Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar; 3. Mike Shaddy, Lebanon; 4. Michael Bowers, Rogersville; 5. Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg; 6. Austin Joplin, Willard; 7. Jerry Ellis, Richland; 8. Ricky Watkins, Brookline; 9. Jake Hereford, Fort Scott, Kan.; 10. Cody Acklin, Flippin, Ark.; 11. Kenny Shaw, Joplin.

Heat #3: 1. Kris Jackson, Lebanon; 2. Tyler Brown, Richland; 3. J.C. Morton, Springfield; 4. Dayton Pursley, Hermitage; 5. Dillon McCowan, Urbana; 6. Greg Woodcock, Neosho; 7. Timothy West, West Fork, Ark.; 8. Rich Reynolds, Ash Grove; 9. Mike Striegel, Hermitage; 10. Quentin Taylor, Wheatland; DNS – Brian Williams, Fayetteville, Ark.

"B" Feature: 1. Mike Striegel, Hermitage; 2. Ricky Watkins, Brookline; 3. Blake Davidson, Mokane; 4. Phillip Caddy, Neosho; 5. Hannah Frazee, Cleveland; 6. Timothy West, West Fork, Ark.; 7. Jerry Ellis, Richland; 8. Dillon McCowan, Urbana; 9. Cody Acklin, Flippin, Ark.; 10. Rich Reynolds, Ash Grove; 11. Daniel Yocom, Ash Grove; 12. Kenny Shaw, Joplin; 13. Quentin Taylor, Wheatland; DNS – Billy Pearce, Camdenton; Kyle Long, Walnut Grove; Jake Hereford, Fort Scott, Kan.; Brian Williams, Fayetteville, Ark.

"A" Feature: 1. J.C. Morton, Springfield; 2. Tyler Brown, Richland; 3. Taylor Moore, Bois D'Arc; 4. Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton; 5. Brian Webster, Holts Summit; 6. Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar; 7. Rusty Rickard, Shell Knob; 8. Mike Striegel, Hermitage; 9. Michael Bowers, Rogersville; 10. Greg Woodcock, Neosho; 11. Mark Long, Willard; 12. Jim Body III, Diamond; 13. Mike Shaddy, Lebanon; 14. Austin Joplin, Willard; 15. Dillon McCowan, Urbana; 16. Phillip Caddy, Neosho; 17. Dayton Pursley, Hermitage; 18. Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg; 19. Hannah Frazee, Cleveland; 20. Jerry Ellis, Richland; 21. Ricky Watkins, Brookline; 22. Kris Jackson, Lebanon; 23. Blake Davidson, Mokane; 24. Timothy West, West Fork, Ark.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1: 1. Lance Town, Wellsville, Kan.; 2. Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.; 3. Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.; 4. Jason Pursley, Hermitage; 5. Jason Payton, Fort Smith, Ark.; 6. Jim Body, Diamond; 7. Daniel Franklin, Berryville, Ark.; 8. Skip Miller, Branson; 9. Scotty Bough, Nevada; DNS – Lucas Gibbs Udall, Kan.

Heat #2: 1. Tracy Wolf, Buffalo; 2. Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar; 3. Brian Green, Pierce City; 4. Brian Williams, Fayetteville, Ark.; 5. Dalton McKenney, Clarksville; 6. Mike Hines, Van Buren, Ark.; 7. Donnie Fellers, Wheatland; 8. Chase Jones, Eldorado Springs; 9. Mike Striegel, Hermitage; 10. Jon Sheets, Liberal.

Feature: 1. Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.; 2. Jason Pursley, Hermitage; 3. Lance Town, Wellsville, Kan.; 4. Jon Sheets, Liberal; 5. Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar; 6. Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.; 7. Tracy Wolf, Buffalo; 8. Mike Striegel, Hermitage; 9. Jim Body, Diamond; 10. Daniel Franklin, Berryville, Ark.; 11. Scotty Bough, Nevada; 12. Donnie Fellers, Wheatland; 13. Skip Miller, Branson; 14. Brian Williams, Fayetteville, Ark.; 15. Dalton McKenney, Clarksville; 16. Brian Green, Pierce City; 17. Mike Hines, Van Buren, Ark.; 18. Chase Jones, Eldorado Springs; 19. Jason Payton, Fort Smith, Ark.; DNS – Lucas Gibbs Udall, Kan.