Terry Phillips won the USRA Modified main event.

Terry Phillips led all 30 laps, but it was a hard-fought battle to the finish as the veteran driver from Springfield captured a USRA Heartland Modified Tour feature win Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway.

Phillips earned $2,000 for the victory, which also was the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modified headliner of the Big Adventure RV Weekly Championship Series. Phillips held off Gabe Hodges by 0.209 seconds in a close battle that came down to the final turn, pitting the old pro against a young gun.

Other feature winners on Vietti Marketing Group Night were William Garner (O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars) and J.C. Morton (Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods).

A total of 115 cars checked into the pits, including 50 USRA Modifieds.

Phillips, in his own Bloodline Race Car, utilized the low groove around the track from start to finish in his first added-money win at Lucas Oil Speedway in quite some time.

"I love coming up here. I run pretty decent in my Modified," Phillips said, noting the extra-thrill of victory in front of fans who rarely get to see him race near home as he's moved to top-level Modified racing full time in recent years.

Phillips started on the pole after the pre-race redraw and led the way as the 30-lap feature began. But five cautions through five completed laps prevented him from building a margin between himself and second-place Gabe Hodges.

As green-flag laps finally were logged and the race started to get a rhythm—it remained green the final 25 laps—Phillips led Hodges by just under one second when he caught lapped traffic on lap 13 with Tyler Wolff running a close third.

Phillips hugged the low groove—as did the other contenders—until Hodges ducked to his inside in turn three on lap 19. Phillips was able to fend him off and Hodges moved up the track on lap 21 with Wolff putting the pressure on him. That allowed Phillips to extend his league to one second by lap 25.

The leaders hit heavy traffic at the white flag adn Hodges closed in for one final charge. Phillips was able to hang on by a car length at the checkers with Wolff right behind.

Phillips said he felt the presence of Hodges throughout, especially in the late going.

"I was watching the 'prompter' down the back straightaway," Phillips said of the video board overlooking turn three. "I've been doing this for a little while, Just as long as I didn't get excited. I slowed down a little bit and made sure I hit my marks.

"He had a good run there, but our car felt good," the 57-year-old Phillips added. "Instead of going forward, I just slowed down a little bit. An old-man tactic, I guess."

Hodges, a 21-year-old from Lebo, Kan., said he thought he had a shot at passing Phillips on the final lap but wasn't quite able to get it done.

"We were really good in the feature, we just got all clogged up down on the bottom," Hodges said. "I wish I'd have went to the middle there a little sooner. I really thought I had it going on there that last lap, but just could quite get clear."

Reigning track champ Ryan Middaugh finished fourth with Paden Phillips coming home in fifth.

Several early Midwest Sheet Metal cautions kept the race from gaining any early momentum. However, once the field settled in, the course of the feature shifted in a good direction.

Vietti Marketing provided all of the mothers in attendance with free grandstand admission.

Next for the series will be a stop at J.R. and Kati Sartain's 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., next Saturday night, May 18. A custom championship belt will be presented to the event's winner. Wolff leaves Lucas Oil Speedway with the points lead in the USRA Heartland Modified Tour presented by Real Racing Wheels.

Garner grabs USRA Stock Car win: William Garner took the lead on lap six and held off a late charge by Waylon Dimmitt to grab the USRA Stock Car feature win.

Brent Fielder—a winner one night earlier at the Lake side Speedway in Kansas city, Kan.—started on the pole and led the opening five laps before Garner got around him on lap six. One lap later, the race’s first caution came out with another flying on lap nine when Fielder spun in turn two after he had been battling Jaylen Wettengel for second.

Wettengel, Dimmitt and Rodney Schweizer all were putting pressure on Garner after the restart with James McMillin also joining the fray. But as the foursome battled behind him, Garner was able to drive to a 1.2-second lead by lap 14.

As the race remained caution-free the rest of the way, Dimmitt became Garner’s chief threat as the white flag waved. Garner was able to hold on by a half-car length or .109 seconds in a thriller.

Wettengel officially was elevated to a second-place finish after Dimmitt's car failed post-race tech. McMillin was third with Schweizer fourth and Mason Beck fifth.

Morton drives to USRA B-Mod triumph: Springfield's J.C. Morton led all 20 laps for the USRA B-Mod feature win, dominating in a Bloodline Race Car just like his stablemate Terry Phillips.

Morton started third but had the lead by the completion of lap one. Pole-starting Andy Bryant gave chase with Bobby Williams in third.

As the drivers navigated a bumpy surface entering turn one, Morton opened up a 2.4-second cushion over Bryant by lap seven and had a 3.3-second command when a caution came out on lap eight.

Getting a clear track ahead after the restart, Morton wasted little time in pulling away from the field and re-establishing his comfortable lead as Bryant battled Eric Turner for second. By the time Morton caught up with lapped cars, he was three seconds clear with five to go.

But the event’s second caution put some mystery back into the outcome, forcing Morton to again execute on a restart. Bryant went to the high groove as the green flew, but Morton continued his dominance on the bottom.

Morton rolled from there and wound up 2.3 seconds ahead of Bryant with Turner third, Trevor Drake fourth and Williams fifth.

"The track had a little bit of character, but (the track crew) did good with all the rain we've had," said Morton, adding that he and Phillips have been working together to dial in the Bloodline cars.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
USRA Heartland Modified Tour presented by Real Racing Wheels
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, May 11, 2024

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (6) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (5) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
4. (8) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar creek, Mo.
5. (9) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (10) 4B Eric Brady, Booneville, Mo.
7. (7) 21T Troy Gudmonson, Savage, Minn.
8. (2) 87H Dewayne Hobbs, Buffalo, Mo.
9. (3) 22 Brian McGowen, Pittsburg, Kan.
10. (4) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla.
2. (3) 75D Tad Davis, Mt. Hope, Kan.
3. (6) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
4. (8) 4 Dan Powers, Wichita, Kan.
5. (4) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (7) 44K Kelsie Black, Otis, Kan.
7. (5) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
8. (2) 66 Eric Johnson, Centralia, Mo.
DNS – (9) 21J Jacob Potter, Fulton, Mo.
DNS – (10) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
2. (1) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
3. (4) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
4. (7) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
5. (10) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (9) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
7. (8) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
8. (3) 3J Lewis Jackson, Edgerton, Kan.
9. (6) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
10. (5) 41 Chevy Coleman, Wichita, Kan.

Heat #4:
1. (2) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan.
2. (8) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
3. (3) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
4. (6) 18JR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
5. (1) 98C Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (5) L75 Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
7. (7) 4R Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla.
8. (9) 21X Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
9. (10) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
10. (4) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.

Heat #5:
1. (3) 511 Tanner Barnhart, North Little Rock, Ark.
2. (10) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
3. (2) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (5) 44T Tanner Black, Otis, Kan.
5. (9) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
6. (6) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (7) 18 Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo.
8. (4) 247 Jarret Dotson, Baxter Springs, Kan.
9. (8) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
10. (1) 99T Dalton Teel, Fulton, Mo.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (4) 44T Tanner Black, Otis, Kan.
3. (5) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
4. (1) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (8) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
6. (15) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
7. (13) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan.
8. (14) 3J Lewis Jackson, Edgerton, Kan.
9. (10) 18 Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo.
10. (3) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
11. (12) 247 Jarret Dotson, Baxter Springs, Kan.
12. (6) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
13. (16) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
14. (11) 87H Dewayne Hobbs, Buffalo, Mo.
15. (9) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
16. (7) L75 Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
17. (17) 21J Jacob Potter, Fulton, Mo.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (1) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
2. (3) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
3. (12) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
4. (2) 18JR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
5. (5) 98C Jeff Cutshaw, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (14) 22 Brian McGowen, Pittsburg, Kan.
7. (16) 41 Chevy Coleman, Wichita, Kan.
8. (6) 44K Kelsie Black, Otis, Kan.
9. (8) 21T Troy Gudmonson, Savage, Minn.
10. (13) 99T Dalton Teel, Fulton, Mo.
11. (10) 21X Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.
12. (11) 66 Eric Johnson, Centralia, Mo.
13. (15) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
14. (7) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
15. (4) 4B Eric Brady, Booneville, Mo.
16. (9) 4R Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla.
DNS – (17) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (4) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
3. (11) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
4. (3) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
5. (6) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
6. (7) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
7. (18) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
8. (19) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (8) 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla.
10. (14) 4 Dan Powers, Wichita, Kan.
11. (17) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
12. (2) 511 Tanner Barnhart, North Little Rock, Ark.
13. (20) 44T Tanner Black, Otis, Kan.
14. (10) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
15. (21) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
16. (24) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
17. (25) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
18. (12) 37D Dakota Dale, Valley Center, Kan.
19. (23) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
20. (22) 17 Henry Chambers, Baldwin City, Kan.
21. (5) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan.
22. (13) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar creek, Mo.
23. (9) 75D Tad Davis, Mt. Hope, Kan.
24. (16) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
25. (15) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.

Terry Phillips won the USRA Modified main event.

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
2. (5) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
3. (1) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (4) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
5. (8) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (2) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
7. (6) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
8. (9) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
9. (7) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 32 Brent Fielder, Kansas City, Mo.
2. (7) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (5) 0 Chase Galvan, Kansas City, Kan.
4. (3) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
5. (1) 85 Darrin Schmidt, Winchester, Kan.
6. (8) 5DJ DJ Barnes, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
7. (9) 5K Steve Herrick, Topeka, Kan.
8. (6) 211 Derek Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
9. (2) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 7 William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (3) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
3. (9) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
4. (15) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
5. (4) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
6. (7) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (17) 211 Derek Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
8. (5) 0 Chase Galvan, Kansas City, Kan.
9. (10) 85 Darrin Schmidt, Winchester, Kan.
10. (8) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
11. (13) 5K Steve Herrick, Topeka, Kan.
12. (14) 05G Grayson McKiney, Springfield, Mo.
13. (11) 5DJ DJ Barnes, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
14. (16) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
15. (12) 24 Blayne McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
16. (1) 32 Brent Fielder, Kansas City, Mo.
17. (18) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
DQ – (6) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.

William Garner won the USRA Stock Car main event.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (2) 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (1) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (7) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (5) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
6. (9) 00 Cason Harris, Bella Vista, Ark.
7. (3) 22 Chad Donaldson, Springfield, Mo.
8. (6) 214 Eric Spreer, Perry, Kan.
9. (8) 37 Wesley Long, Greenfield, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (2) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
4. (5) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
5. (8) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (9) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
7. (4) 711 Thomas Yount, Greenfield, Mo.
8. (7) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
9. (6) 27 Terry Williams, Springfield, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 34 Mark Schafman, Edwardsville, Kan.
2. (4) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
3. (1) 42 Jerry Morgan, Fort Scott, Kan.
4. (5) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (9) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
6. (7) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
7. (3) 14W Travis Wolf, Fort Scott, Kan.
8. (6) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
9. (8) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.

Feature:
1. (3) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (1) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (14) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (16) 7L Trevor Drake, Brighton, Mo.
5. (5) 1B Bobby Williams, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (18) 8 Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
7. (17) 56 Hoyt Miller, Cross Timbers, Mo.
8. (6) 19 Tanner Kade, Hermitage, Mo.
9. (9) 42 Jerry Morgan, Fort Scott, Kan.
10. (10) C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
11. (13) 11L Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
12. (8) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
13. (11) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
14. (25) 37 Wesley Long, Greenfield, Mo.
15. (7) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
16. (22) 214 Eric Spreer, Perry, Kan.
17. (4) 91J Jaylen Wettengel, Topeka, Kan.
18. (26) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.
19. (23) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
20. (19) 22 Chad Donaldson, Springfield, Mo.
21. (15) 00 Cason Harris, Bella Vista, Ark.
22. (21) 711 Thomas Yount, Greenfield, Mo.
23. (24) 94C J.T. Carroll, Camdenton, Mo.
24. (27) 27 Terry Williams, Springfield, Mo.
25. (12) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
26. (20) 14W Travis Wolf, Fort Scott, Kan.
27. (2) 34 Mark Schafman, Edwardsville, Kan.

J.C. Morton won the USRA B-Mod main event.

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