The USRA B-Mod Clash of Champions III presented by RacinDirt.com went to a Jackson, but not the Jackson many might have picked.

Tony Jackson Jr. outran his cousin Kris Jackson to win Saturday night's feture race at the Lucas Oil Speedway in action that capped the oval track season at the track.

Jackson Jr., who earlier finished 10th in the Lucas Oil MLRA Late Model feature, made the most of a rare appearance behind the wheel of a USRA B-Mod.

He rallied from his 10th starting position, took over the lead on lap 27 and beat Kris Jackson—the defending Clash of Champions winner—by 2.8 seconds. Both drivers are from Lebanon.

Dillon McCowan of Urbana charged from 13th at the start to finish third. Like the top two, McCowan was driving a Rage Chassis.

"It's a lot of fun," Tony Jackson Jr. said, holding an oversized check for $3,000 and a championship belt. "Kris does all the stuff to these cars. I don't touch this thing. It just shows you what kind of work he puts in. This thing drove itself."

A trio of current or past USRA B-Mod national champions set sail from the start with J.C. Morton leading Kris Jackson and Andy Bryant through the first four laps. Bryant got past Jackson and into second on lap four.

Morton opened a 1.3-second lead when Jerry Ellis spun on lap 14 to bring out the first caution.

Before another lap could be completed, Bryant and fourth-running Mike Striegel spun in turn four to bring out another yellow and send those two contenders to the back of the pack.

Two ensuing attempts to restart were foiled, first by a single-car spin and then a multi-car pile-up among cars running outside the top 10.

Once the race had a prolonged green flag run, Morton opened up a commanding 2.9-second lead by lap 26 over Tony Jackson Jr., Kris Jackson and McCowan.

But that lead was wiped away when Wesley Briggs spun to bring out the event's fifth caution.

Heartbreak struck Morton after the restart as he slowed suddenly, smoke pouring from the motor, in turn two on lap 27.

Tony Jackson Jr. inherited the lead and held on from there with Kris Jackson second, McCowan third and Bryant, rallying from his early spin and another near spinout that set him back several positions, winding up fourth.

"Like I tell everybody—Late Models, B Mods, A Mods—everybody in the Midwest here, they're good race car drivers," Tony Jackson Jr. said. "We travel all over and the best is right here."

Kris Jackson, who's battling for a third straight USRA B-Mod national championship, said he was probably fortunate to finish as high as he did.

"He was much better than us in the center of the turn," Kris Jackson said of tjhe winner. "He could get his traction coming off a little better than we could. We're pretty luck to be in second really. We kind of missed it tonight. We just weren't very good tonight.

"Second is pretty stellar with this field of cars. We'll take it. Congratulations to Tony."

McCowan, the 16-year-old up-and-comer, said he was happy with his improvement of 10 positions from his starting spot.

"It was a heck of a charge. The guys, they had the car on point for me," McCowan said. "There at the end me and Kris had a great battle. Congrats to Tony. It was a good track tonight."

Randy Zimmerman, like Bryant from Fort Scott, Kansas, wound up fifth.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, October 10, 2020

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

USRA B-MODS

"E" Feature:
1. (1) 16 Paul Lanfermann, Atchison, Kan.
2. (4) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
3. (11) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
4. (3) 57J John Fellers, Flemington, Mo.
5. (2) 97 Damien Vandenberg, Renner, S.D.
6. (5) 53H Tye Hollingsworth, Springdale, Ark.
7. (9) 56W Troy Whitt, Kearney, Mo.
8. (6) 21T Trevor Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
9. (8) 3A Aaron Speck, Republic, Mo.
10. (7) 15 Nick Drew, Kansas City, Kan.
11. (14) 13C Sawyer Crigler, Alton, Mo.
DNS – (12) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
DNS – (13) 20 Jeremy Lahey, Clever, Mo.
DNS – (16) 05 Jeremy Lile, Higginsville, Mo.
DNS – (15) 57 Tim Powell, Lansing, Kan.
DNS – (10) 65T Terry Taylor, Fort Gibson, Okla.
DNS – (17) 12 Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.

"D" Feature:
1. (7) 2 Hagen Stevenson, Harrisonville, Mo.
2. (5) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
3. (12) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
4. (2) 33S Dustin Steinbrink, Austin, Minn.
5. (13) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
6. (16) 53H Tye Hollingsworth, Springdale, Ark.
7. (11) 16 Paul Lanfermann, Atchison, Kan.
8. (1) 8J James Gates, Wheatland, Mo.
9. (10) 17R Rylee Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
10. (8) 122 Doug Scism, Nevada, Mo.
11. (14) 57J John Fellers, Flemington, Mo.
12. (3) 42C Casey Thomas, Camdenton, Mo.
13. (15) 97 Damien Vandenberg, Renner, S.D.
14. (6) 58M Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
15. (9) 1* Jason Pike, Nevada, Mo.
DNS – (4) 13 Cody Nivens, Springfield, Mo.

"C" Feature:
1. (1) 7B Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
2. (8) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
3. (6) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
4. (4) 17T Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
5. (2) 1BB Matthew Kay, Chanute, Kan.
6. (12) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (3) 58 Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
8. (9) 32 Taylor Skauge, Caledonia, Minn.
9. (13) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
10. (11) 2 Hagen Stevenson, Harrisonville, Mo.
11. (15) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
12. (10) 47 Tyson Lanfermann, Atchison, Kan.
13. (5) 22T Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
14. (16) 53H Tye Hollingsworth, Springdale, Ark.
15. (14) 33S Dustin Steinbrink, Austin, Minn.
DNS – (7) 42 Jerry Morgan, Fort Scott, Kan.

"B" Feature:
1. (12) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.
2. (1) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
3. (2) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
4. (3) 16M Brian Myers, Lebanon, Mo.
5. (8) 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
6. (11) 7B Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
7. (9) 510 Cody King, Fanshawe, Okla.
8. (4) 83 Scott Campbell, Rogersville, Mo.
9. (13) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
10. (14) 17T Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
11. (16) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
12. (10) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
13. (6) 34 Donnie Aust, Mount Vernon, Mo.
14. (7) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
15. (5) 46 Brantlee Gotschall
16. (15) 1BB Matthew Kay, Chanute, Kan.

"A" Feature:
1. (10) 56 Tony Jackson Jr., Lebanon, Mo.
2. (1) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (13) 8D Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
4. (4) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
5. (8) 28ZEE Randy Zimmerman, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (22) 7B Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo.
7. (9) 7J Jake Richards, Lansing, Kan.
8. (12) 56H Brandon Hare, Elma, Iowa
9. (5) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
10. (14) 32E Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
11. (6) 3W B.J. Deal, Brownstown, Ill.
12. (18) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
13. (16) 29 Chris Spalding, Wellsville, Mo.
14. (15) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
15. (24) 83 Scott Campbell, Rogersville, Mo.
16. (19) 36K Jayden Larson, Mankato, Minn.
17. (21) 98K Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
18. (25) 58M Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
19. (2) 18 JC Morton, Springfield, Mo.
20. (20) 16M Brian Myers, Lebanon, Mo.
21. (11) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
22. (23) 510 Cody King, Fanshawe, Okla.
23. (3) 17X Mike Striegel, Wheatland, Mo.
24. (7) 17J Jeremy Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
25. (17) 95X Shaun Walski, Rollingstone, Minn.