Mason Beck won the Medieval USRA Stock Car main event and the 2023 track championship.

There was drama at the front and drama further back in the field in the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod main event Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Kris Jackson picked up the victory with a last-lap pass, but Bobby Williams celebrated the championship with what was probably the best 10th-place run of his career.

It all went down on Rempfer Memorial Season Championship Night presented by Bill Roberts Chevrolet and KCTV 5 Kansas City at Lucas Oil Speedway.

In the other divisions of the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series, Mason Beck nailed down the O'Reilly Auto Parts Medieval USRA Stock Cars title with another feature win, and Ryan Middaugh celebrated the Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modified championship while Nic Bidinger captured the feature.

The championship night program honored Harold "Rowdy" Rempfer and his wife, Julia, who were killed in an automobile accident five years ago. Rowdy was the mayor of Wheatland and he and Julia both worked at Lucas Oil Speedway for many years.

The USRA B-Mod division was the only undecided class entering championship night and the race within the race for the points crown was just as fun as the battle for the race victory.

Williams, of Hermitage, claimed championship No. 1 after not winning a feature all season. But he was a mark of consistency, with eight top-five finishes and 14 top-10s.

"This season we've faced a lot of adversity at this track. It's been a love-hate relationship for us here," Williams said, adding that the championship was special for reasons other than himself.

"I wanted this for my niece. She has heart surgery here in a few weeks, so we're glad to do that for her," Williams said.

Turner set the pace in the USRA B-Mod feature, leading the way as Gillmore, Morton and Jackson. The top four were separated by just 1.3 seconds when a caution slowed the action on lap seven.

Just before the midpoint, it appeared that Williams' title chances were slim to none. On a lap-seven restart, Williams was caught up in a multi-car melee that sent him to the pits for quick repairs.

Williams made it back on the track, but at the back of the field in 15th and far behind fourth-running Morton, whom he needed to stay within four positions to win his first title. But as the laps clicked by, Morton made a bobble and lost two spots and Williams made steady gains. By lap 17, Williams was 11th and Morton seventh.

Meanwhile, there was action at the front on the final lap. Gillmore spun in turn three while looking to get around Turner to bring out a caution. The one-lap ensuing shootout saw Morton sixth and Williams 10th - and it gave seven-time track champ Jackson another chance.

Jackson made the most of the it, using a slider in turns three and four to pass Turner and walk away with the win. It was sweet for Jackson as well that Williams won the title as he drives a J2 Race Car built by Jackson.

“We had our work cut out for us, drawing a six in the redraw with five of the top competitors in front of me,” Jackson said. “I knew Bobby had his work cut out for him. I know J.C., when you put him on the line, he usually doesn’t make any mistakes and he didn’t make any, that I could see any way.”

Franklin wound up third with J.C. Newell fourth and Jon Sheets fifth.

"I honestly thought when he turned in on the door in three," Jackson said, "that he kind of was stopping the slide and I thought, 'well, he has to slow down somewhat to make the turn and I don't. I've got the whole track to slide to the wall' so I left the wood down and kicked it sideways.

"I don't think he was happy with me, but I didn't touch him and he touched me. That's the way it is."

Beck celebrates feature win, USRA Stock Car title: All Mason Beck needed to do was take the green flag on Saturday night as his points lead was such that he all but had the USRA Stock Car title clinched. The Urbana driver did much more than that, leading all 20 laps for his sixth feature victory of the season.

William Garner entered the night 89 points behind Beck and, along with finishing second in the points chase he took second in the feature.

"It feels pretty good," Beck said of the championship. "We worked our butts off this year and it paid off."

Beck started on the outside of row one and he wasted no time grabbing the lead over third-starting William Garner. It took just five laps for those two to open a three-second lead over the rest of the field, with Rodney Schweizer far back in third.

Beck’s margin over Garner was 1.3 seconds by the halfway mark on lap 10 and 1.6 seconds when the first caution came out on lap 15. The final five laps saw Beck continue his dominance, finishing 1.3 seconds in front of Garner.

Johnny Fennewald finished third with Waylon Dimmitt fourth and Schweizer in fifth.

Bidinger outduels Davis for USRA Modified win: Nic Bidinger stalked race-long leader Kerry Davis for all the but the final 100 yards, as Bidinger made the winning pass off turn four to earn the USRA Modified feature win.

Bidinger, of Perry, Kan., earned his third Lucas Oil Speedway victory of the season by the margin of 0.327 seconds.

"I kind of gave him a warning nudge a couple of times and he still wasn't leaving me room," said Bidinger, who was committed to the high groove. "I wasn't sure whether I was gonna get room on the last lap, but he left it. That was a heck of a race. I enjoy racing with Kerry. I race with him a ton at Lakeside and respect him. Kerry's a hell of a shoe."

Davis sprinted away to the lead from his front-row starting position and held it throughout, thought Bidinger pulled alongside on laps 13 and 14 and was unable to get around him.

Bidinger made one more bid on the final lap, riding the high groove and pulled off the highlight-reel pass coming off turn four.

Jason Pursley finished third and Middaugh wrapped up his championship season with a fourth-place finish. Middaugh had five feature wins on the season.

"Every year we set our goals and our number one goal this year was to win a championship down here," Middaugh said. "It's such an awesome facility and awesome competition. To get it done means a lot. Anything on top of this is just a cherry on top.

"Points racing is stressful. We're just out here trying to win races and have fun."

Big Labor Day Weekend next: The Lucas Oil MLRA returns to Lucas Oil Speedway for the final time in 2023 next weekend for the Ron Jenkins Memorial presented by Rugged Radios.

The Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series featuring USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will also be in action.

Next door on Lake Lucas, the 13th Annual Diamond Drag Boat Nationals will be in action Friday through Sunday with qualifying rounds the first two days and eliminations on the final day. Check out kydragboat.com for more information on the series.

For information on 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, Aug. 26, 2023

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
2. (6) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (4) 68 Kerry Davis, Parkville, Mo.
4. (1) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
5. (3) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
6. (5) 4B Eric Brady, Booneville, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
2. (3) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
3. (6) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
4. (4) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (5) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
6. (2) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.

Feature:
1. (4) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
2. (2) 68 Kerry Davis, Parkville, Mo.
3. (6) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (3) 21M Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
5. (5) 98 Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (7) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
7. (10) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
8. (8) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
9. (9) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
10. (12) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
11. (1) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
12. (11) 4B Eric Brady, Booneville, Mo.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (6) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (4) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (1) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (5) 27 Jeff Tennant, Greenwood, Ark.
5. (3) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
6. (2) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (1) 91 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
3. (2) 50 Darrell Hurt, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (6) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
5. (5) 24M Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (4) 116 Zack Smith, Centertown, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
2. (2) 21 Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
3. (4) 5 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (3) 0 Chase Galvan, Kansas City, Kan.
5. (5) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.
6. (6) 24 Noah Long, Preston, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
2. (3) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (1) 91 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
4. (5) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (6) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
6. (12) 0 Chase Galvan, Kansas City, Kan.
7. (4) 21 Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (16) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
9. (15) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.
10. (10) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
11. (11) 27 Jeff Tennant, Greenwood, Ark.
12. (9) 50 Darrell Hurt, Camdenton, Mo.
13. (14) 24M Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
14. (13) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
15. (7) 5 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
16. (8) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
17. (18) 24 Noah Long, Preston, Mo.
18. (17) 116 Zack Smith, Centertown, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
2. (1) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
3. (5) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
4. (8) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (7) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (4) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (3) 51 Michael Stake, Phillipsburg, Mo.
8. (6) 91 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (3) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
3. (5) 51S Brian Schutt, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (7) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
5. (8) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
6. (2) 96 Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
7. (4) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.
8. (6) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) J2 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (1) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (4) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (5) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
5. (8) 28B Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (6) 6 Jay Flinn, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (7) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee's Summit, Mo.
8. (3) 7D Dustin Wyland, Mulberry, Kan.

Heat #4:
1. (6) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (7) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
3. (3) 56 Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
4. (2) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
5. (4) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
6. (5) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (1) 3D Dexton Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.

"B" Feature:
1. (2) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (3) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (1) 96 Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
4. (6) 51 Michael Stake, Phillipsburg, Mo.
5. (4) 6 Jay Flinn, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (7) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.
7. (5) 3D Dexton Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
8. (10) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.
9. (8) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee's Summit, Mo.
10. (11) 91 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
11. (9) 7D Dustin Wyland, Mulberry, Kan.

"A" Feature:
1. (6) J2 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (1) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (11) F1 Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (4) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
5. (13) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
6. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
7. (15) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
8. (14) 56 Shadren Turner, St. Joseph, Mo.
9. (21) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
10. (8) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
11. (10) 51S Brian Schutt, Lebanon, Mo.
12. (5) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
13. (24) 51 Michael Stake, Phillipsburg, Mo.
14. (3) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
15. (22) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
16. (23) 96 Dylan Daniels, Humboldt, Kan.
17. (9) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
18. (17) 28B Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
19. (12) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
20. (7) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
21. (19) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
22. (18) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
23. (16) 30 Rex Harris, Macks Creek, Mo.
24. (20) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.

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