Joe Duvall celebrates after winning the USRA Modified feature on Saturday, June 15, at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.

Joe Duvall of Claremore, Okla., roared from his 14th-starting position and into the lead before the mid-point en route to the USRA Modified feature win Saturday night at the Lucas Oil Speedway during Mid-Season Championships presented by the Bolivar Herald-Free Press.

Duvall, a frequent United States Modified Touring Series competitor, was dominant in finishing ahead of second-place Robbie Reed with Paden Phillips third and Jason Pursley fourth.

"The last month has just been brutal," Duvall said, noting he cut short a USMTS weekend after two tough nights in Wisconsin. He said he wanted to find a place to race to race "to just get our head back on straight on the way home. What better place to come than Wheatland, Missouri?"

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Joe Duvall won the USRA Modified feature.

Phillips' run was good enough to vault him past Jon Sheets for the mid-season championship. The points race was thrown into a jumble on lap two when Sheets—who led by six points at the start of the night—spun and hit the wall in turn three. He was unable to continue.

"We've been working real hard this year," said Phillips, of Chanute, Kan. "We're needing to break through and get a win. I hated to see Sheets get into the wall. We were having a good race."

Reed started fourth and passed pole-starting Pursley for the lead on lap 2. Meanwhile, Duvall scooted from 14th and into third by lap 5 as the race's third caution came out.

Duvall slid past Reed in turn 4 to finish lap 9 to take the lead and pulled away from there.

Mid-season Out-Pace USRA B-Mod track champion Kris Jackson continued his roll, picking up his third straight feature win at Lucas Oil Speedway. He led all 20 laps and finished 0.608-second ahead of runner-up Taylor Moore.

It also was his third feature win of the week. Jackson won in Iowa on Wednesday and at Midway Speedway in his hometown of Lebanon on Friday.

Jackson had nearly a two-second lead wiped out when the race's lone caution waved with four laps to go. He handled the restart without any issues and opened a comfortable lead when another yellow, as he was taking the white flag, forced him to endure one more restart.

"Before that (caution) I looked up at the jumbo tron and saw that (Moore) was within a tenth (of a second) of me. I thought I was setting a pretty good pace," Jackson said. "I realized that it wasn't quite comfortable enough."

No problem. The reigning Out-Pace USRA B-Mod National Champion locked down the win and celebrated that, plus the mid-season points title. Moore finished ahead of third-place J.C. Morton, who rallied from 11th, and Eric Turner was fourth.

Kris Jackson won the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature.

Each mid-season champion received a $500 bonus. Victory Lane Track Action Race Review contributed $1,000 toward the bonus and Lucas Oil Speedway management matched the contribution with another $1,000. The total of $2,000 was split among the points leaders in the four divisions.

Racing resumes on Saturday, June 29, as the National Wild Turkey Federation along with OnMedia/DISH/DirecTV presents the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series featuring Out-Pace USRA B-Mods and USRA Modifieds, which will be the featured class with a 25-lap, $1,000-to-win main event.

For questions about tickets or camping for any event at Lucas Oil Speedway, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-5984 or via email at nichole@lucasoilspeedway.com.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lufas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 15, 2019

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (4) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
3. (3) 9D8 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
4. (9) 53R Ronnie Woods, Mexico, Mo.
5. (6) 51G Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
6. (5) 12M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
7. (8) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
8. (2) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
9. (7) 74J Claude Miller, Branson, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
2. (1) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
3. (7) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
4. (6) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (8) 227 Chase Domer, Nevada, Mo.
6. (4) 17 Mike Striegel, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (3) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
8. (5) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.

Feature:
1. (14) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
2. (4) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
3. (6) 9D8 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
4. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (11) 17 Mike Striegel, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (5) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
7. (10) 51G Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
8. (13) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
9. (8) 227 Chase Domer, Nevada, Mo.
10. (7) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
11. (12) 12M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
12. (15) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
13. (9) 53R Ronnie Woods, Mexico, Mo.
14. (1) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
15. (17) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.
16. (3) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
17. (16) 74J Claude Miller, Branson, Mo.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
2. (7) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (2) 18 Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
4. (4) 91 Brian Webster, Holts Summit, Mo.
5. (5) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
6. (10) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (6) 21F Hannah Frazee, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
8. (9) 07 Gary Fain, Lone Jack, Mo.
9. (1) 0K Jeffrey McNew, Blue Springs, Mo.
10. (8) 88R Robin Showers, Eldon, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 00T Taylor Moore, Bois D'Arc, Mo.
2. (3) 30 Mark Long, Willard, Mo.
3. (5) 22 Brian McGowen, Pittsburg, Kan.
4. (6) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
5. (9) 18M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
6. (10) 68 Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
7. (7) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
8. (8) 22K Ashley Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.
9. (4) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
10. (2) 21 Gregory Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (4) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (2) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
3. (3) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
4. (1) 66 Cale Turner, Fulton, Mo.
5. (5) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (6) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (7) 46 Brice Gotschall, Nevada, Mo.
8. (8) 77 Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
9. (9) 57J John Fellers, Flemington, Mo.

"B" Feature:
1. (2) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (5) 46 Brice Gotschall, Nevada, Mo.
3. (1) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (3) 21F Hannah Frazee, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
5. (4) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
6. (8) 77 Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
7. (7) 22K Ashley Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.
8. (12) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
9. (6) 07 Gary Fain, Lone Jack, Mo.
10. (9) 0K Jeffrey McNew, Blue Springs, Mo.
11. (13) 21 Gregory Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
12. (11) 88R Robin Showers, Eldon, Mo.
13. (10) 57J John Fellers, Flemington, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (4) 00T Taylor Moore, Bois D'Arc, Mo.
3. (11) 18M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
4. (2) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (10) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (6) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
7. (9) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
8. (3) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
9. (8) 18 Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
10. (14) 68 Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
11. (17) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
12. (13) 91 Brian Webster, Holts Summit, Mo.
13. (18) 46 Brice Gotschall, Nevada, Mo.
14. (12) 66 Cale Turner, Fulton, Mo.
15. (5) 30 Mark Long, Willard, Mo.
16. (20) 21F Hannah Frazee, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
17. (22) 77 Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
18. (15) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
19. (23) 22K Ashley Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.
20. (16) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
21. (21) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
22. (7) 22 Brian McGowen, Pittsburg, Kan.
23. (19) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
24. (24) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.