Matt Johnson, Kris Jackson and James McMillin earned Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series feature victories Thursday at the Lucas Oil Speedway during Thursday Night Thunder presented by Casey's and KY3.

A total of 95 cars checked into the pits in the special weeknight event to kick off the 4th of July Holiday Weekend.

Lebanon's Jackson passed Brian Bolin coming off turn two on lap 12 and went on to win a hard fought Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature.

The five time track champion and season points leader picked up his fourth feature win of the season. Jackson started fifth and joined a three way battle with Bolin and Eric Turner and those three jockeyed for position throughout the 20 lap race that had only one caution after lap one.

"I can't really fathom it right now. These guys are all real tough to beat," Jackson said. "Two of the competitors starting in front of me, we work really tight with. I have a knack for knowing how this place races and I think that factored into it tonight."

It wasn't until the final three laps until Jackson was able to forge more than a car length's margin. He finished 1.15 seconds in front of Bolin, of Fort Scott, Kansas, with Turner right behind. Jon Sheets was fourth with Tyler Kidwell finishing fifth.

In victory lane, Jackson made special mention of a high school classmate Chrissy St. Martin who is in need of a kidney transplant. There is information on Kris Jackson's Facebook Page with more details about how to help.

"She's a super nice person and she means a lot to us," Jackson said of St. Martin.

Johnson wires field for USRA Modified win: Johnson of Archie led all 20 laps and held off Dillon McCowan of Urbana for the Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modified feature win.

Johnson started third, but had a great opening lap and slipped past McCowan at the start finish line to complete the opening circuit. Those two were followed by Darron Fuqua and Johnny Fennewald when the race's first caution appeared on lap five.

The top four were separated by only about three car lengths over the next several laps, with Johnson leading and the others often three wide behind him. Only a lap nine caution eased the excitement.

Just two laps after action resumed, Fuqua suddenly pulled off and into the infield with a mechanical issue with nine laps remaining.

Johnson drove away from there for his first feature win of the season at Lucas Oil Speedway in three attempts. He survived a caution and ensuing restart, with just two laps remaining, after he had built a 1.4 second lead over season points leader McCowan.

Hugging the bottom groove over the final two laps, Johnson held off McCowan by two car lengths. Fennewald finished third, Tyler Davis fourth and Dean Wille was fifth.

"I hated to see those yellows," Johnson said. "I'd just get into a rhythm and I'd see the yellow come out and would be like 'oh crap.' I could see the jumbo tron and I knew they were close to me.

"I just tried to hit my marks. The car was great. Thanks to my family, my wife and kids at home and to all these fans for coming out."

McMillin wins USRA Stock Cars thriller: James McMillin caught and passed Scotty Allen in the home stretch of the final lap to deny Allen a third straight O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Car feature win.

McMillin, of Warrensburg, beat Allen by about half a hood length and .047 of a second.

"You can’t have much more fun racing than that, right there," an elated McMillin said in victory lane.

Allen started up front and had a 1.2 second lead over Hendrix when a lap nine caution bunched the field with McMillin third and Robert White in fourth.

McMillin rolled past Hendrix as the race went green and applied pressure on the leader as Ed Griggs moved into third.

Working the high line, McMillin pulled alongside Allen going into the turns several times over the final five laps. His final move, out of turn four on the last circuit, saw McMillin nip Allen in a thriller to cap the evening.

"I knew the bottom was starting to go away and the top was good," McMillin said of the final laps. "So I stuck with it. I was inching up, inching up. I'd make a mistake, he'd make a mistake. Luckily he made the last one down there in three and fourth."

Hendrix finished third with Griggs fourth and Burl Woods in fifth.

Racing resumes July 10: The Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series is back in action on July 10th as KOZL 27 Presents Veterans and Military Appreciation Night with all veterans and active military personnel admitted free with ID.

The Ozark Golf Cars USRA B Mods will run a special 25-lap, $750-to-win feature to headline the action. Missouri Metal Buildings ULMA Late Models, Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modifieds and O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars also will be in action.

Gates will open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7:05.

For ticket information for any event during the 2021 Lucas Oil Speedway season, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282 5984 or via email at nichole@lucasoilspeedway.com. Fans also can use the online ticketing system.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Thursday, July 1, 2021

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1: 1. 21J Johnny Fennewald (1); 2. 87 Darron Fuqua (2); 3. 1X Matt Johnson (6); 4. 65 Tyler Davis (9); 5. 89 Tyler Hibner (5); 6. 227 Chase Domer (11); 7. 98D Paden Phillips (4); 8. 23 Lucas Dobbs (7); 9. 31M Travis Mosley (8); 10. 24D Donnie Fellers (3); 11. 379 Cole Stanberry (10).

Heat #2: 1. 8 Dillon McCowan (4); 2. 38C Jason Pursley (1); 3. 21TW Tracy Wolf (5); 4. 68 Dean Wille (6); 5. 292 Kyle Thompson (11); 6. 21 Ryan Middaugh (7); 7. 88 Jimmy Dowell (9); 8. 03 Chase Jones (10); 9. 93D Josh Dugan (2); 10. 74 Rodney Schweizer (8); 11. 3C Chad Staus (3).

Feature: 1. 1X Matt Johnson (3); 2. 8 Dillon McCowan (1); 3. 21J Johnny Fennewald (2); 4. 65 Tyler Davis (4); 5. 68 Dean Wille (8); 6. 89 Tyler Hibner (10); 7. 38C Jason Pursley (5); 8. 292 Kyle Thompson (11); 9. 03 Chase Jones (15); 10. 88 Jimmy Dowell (13); 11. 21 Ryan Middaugh (12); 12. 98D Paden Phillips (14); 13. 21TW Tracy Wolf (7); 14. 74 Rodney Schweizer (20); 15. 93D Josh Dugan (17); 16. 3C Chad Staus (22); 17. 31M Travis Mosley (18); 18. 24D Donnie Fellers (19); 19. 23 Lucas Dobbs (16); 20. 379 Cole Stanberry (21); 21. 87 Darron Fuqua (6); 22. 227 Chase Domer (9).

MEDIVEAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1: 1. 8M James McMillin (1); 2. 31 Toby Ott (3); 3. 31G Ed Griggs (6); 4. 5 Robert White (5); 5. 26 Burl Woods (2); 6. 111 Butch Bailey (4); 7. 12S Christopher Sawyer (7); 8. 27 Aaron Gustin (8).

Heat #2: 1. 12 Scotty Allen (5); 2. 54 David Hendrix (4); 3. 7J Scott Johnson (6); 4. 39JR Robert Southerland (7); 5. 24W Craig Wright (3); 6. 21P Darren Phillips (1); 7. 31K Aaron Keeny (2).

Feature: 1. 8M James McMillin (2); 2. 12 Scotty Allen (1); 3. 54 David Hendrix (3); 4. 31G Ed Griggs (5); 5. 26 Burl Woods (9); 6. 5 Robert White (8); 7. 39JR Robert Southerland (7); 8. 7J Scott Johnson (6); 9. 31 Toby Ott (4); 10. 24W Craig Wright (10); 11. 27 Aaron Gustin (13); 12. 21P Darren Phillips (14); 13. 12S Christopher Sawyer (12); 14. 32K Michael Knight (16); 15. 111 Butch Bailey (11); DNS – 31K Aaron Keeny.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1: 1. 2X Brian Bolin (9); 2. 96 Cody Brill (1); 3. 99T Eric Turner (8); 4. 5 Reece Solander (5); 5. 7TW Tyler Wood (4); 6. 24 Jerry Ellis (3); 7. 30 Rex Harris (10); 8. 58M Jamie Mauk (6); 9. 7 Kynsey Collins (2); 10. 25 Kenny McDonald Jr. (7).

Heat #2: 1. 17T Shadren Turner (4); 2. 8S Jon Sheets (7); 3. 18 J.C. Morton (6); 4. 21G Greg Scheffler (1); 5. 2A Randy Wilson (3); 6. 101 Jacob Hall (2); 7. 11W Waylon Dimmitt (8); 8. 68 Ricky Watkins (10); 9. 28C Thomas Creech (5); 10. 12G Austin Greer (9).

Heat #3: 1. 90 Terry Schultz (2); 2. 54 Shawn Whitman (4); 3. 54K Tyler Kidwell (7); 4. 84 Dayton Newell (5); 5. 10P Dayton Pursley (10); 6. 14J Jacob Hodges (9); 7. 28B Wesley Briggs (3); 8. 21F Hannah Frazee (1); 9. 3D Justin Dick (6); 10. 25G James Gish (8).

Heat #4: 1. 22C Cole Campbell (6); 2. 65 Kris Jackson (7); 3. 28 Andy Bryant (5); 4. 14T Quentin Taylor (1); 5. 83 J.C. Newell (3); 6. 14 Shawn Nations (2); 7. 7G Gabriel Hodges (4); 8. 42J Donnie Jackson (10); 9. 56W Troy Whitt (8); 10. 414 Ryan Thomas (9); DNS – 39 Dwight Brown.

"B" Feature #1: 1. 14T Quentin Taylor (1); 2. 24 Jerry Ellis (5); 3. 2A Randy Wilson (2); 4. 7TW Tyler Wood (3); 5. 42J Donnie Jackson (8); 6. 58M Jamie Mauk (11); 7. 39 Dwight Brown (13); 8. 28B Wesley Briggs (6); 9. 3D Justin Dick (9); 10. 101 Jacob Hall (4); 11. 12G Austin Greer (10); DNS – 25 Kenny McDonald Jr.; DNS – 68 Ricky Watkins.

"B" Feature #2: 1. 14 Shawn Nations (4); 2. 83 J.C. Newell (2); 3. 7G Gabriel Hodges (6); 4. 414 Ryan Thomas (10); 5. 14J Jacob Hodges (1); 6. 11W Waylon Dimmitt (5); 7. 28C Thomas Creech (8); 8. 7 Kynsey Collins (11); 9. 56W Troy Whitt (9); 10. 21F Hannah Frazee (7); 11. 25G James Gish (12); 12. 30 Rex Harris (3).

"A" Feature: 1. 65 Kris Jackson (5); 2. 2X Brian Bolin (1); 3. 99T Eric Turner (7); 4. 8S Jon Sheets (4); 5. 54K Tyler Kidwell (9); 6. 18 J.C. Morton (10); 7. 90 Terry Schultz (6); 8. 28 Andy Bryant (12); 9. 24 Jerry Ellis (19); 10. 22C Cole Campbell (2); 11. 96 Cody Brill (11); 12. 83 J.C. Newell (20); 13. 84 Dayton Newell (15); 14. 17T Shadren Turner (3); 15. 7G Gabriel Hodges (22); 16. 10P Dayton Pursley (13); 17. 14 Shawn Nations (18); 18. 54 Shawn Whitman (8); 19. 5 Reece Solander (14); 20. 14T Quentin Taylor (17); 21. 7TW Tyler Wood (23); 22. 414 Ryan Thomas (24); 23. 2A Randy Wilson (21); 24. 21G Greg Scheffler (16).