Defending USRA B-Mod national champion Kris Jackson took advantage with two laps to go and got by Tyler Knudtson to capture his fifth feature win of 2020 at the the Lebanon Midway Speedway.

A racy track greeted the S&S U-Pull-It Auto Parts USRA B-Mod field as Knudtson captured the pole and the invert for the feature with newcomer Justin Rigel to his outside with track points leader Dillon McCowan and Dayton Pursley in row 2 while Jackson was back in the 11th starting spot.

Knudtson grabbed the opening lead as McCowan, Rigel points runner-up John Seets III and Pursley followed closely.

As Knudtson stayed top side, McCowan was finding some grip down low as the duo were door to door with plenty of room between as Jackson was working traffic moving forward while Rigel was having a battle with Seets.

On lap 5, McCowan nipped Knudtson at the line as the leader but Knudtson came right back to command as Jackson moved to third place on lap 8 but wasn't gaining a lot of ground on the leaders.

The only caution of the feature waved on lap 10, bunching the pack together as McCowan picked the low side on the double-file restart. Knudtson fired as Jackson moved around McCowan and the race was on as Knudtson was holding the top side as Jackson went down low throught the middle of the track as McCowan was trying to keep pace.

Knudtson was fending back the charges of Jackson and was looking at his first win of the season until he jumped the cushion enough to get off the loud pedal and allowing Jackson to take the lead.

Knudtson gathered it back up and closed ground but Jackson held strong with Knudtson, McCowan, Seets and Pursley completing the top 5. Heat race winners were McCowan and Pursley.

USRA B-Mod action continues next Friday, August 21, with racing at 8 p.m. as drivers are running up for the 2nd annual TJR Factory 56 USRA B-Mod Nationals with more than $30,000 prize money posted, September 9-12.

Wednesday, September 9, is an open practice night. Thursday is a full program topping off with a $1,560-to-win, $156-to-start feature awarding Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series track, regional and national points. Friday will find two rounds of qualifying heats with the top 12 in total points locking into Saturday night's feature with everyone else getting spots in the alphabet soup races on Saturday.

Saturday will feature the alphabet soup races, a $1,560-to-win, $156-to-start non-qualifiers feature and the 56-lap feature paying $5,600 to win and $560 to start.

Entries are now open at myracepass.com with the entry fee $156 for early entries and $200 for late entries.

For more information visit midwayspeedway.net or the track's Facebook page.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lebanon Midway Speedway, Lebanon, Mo.
Friday, Aug. 14, 2020

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

USRA B-MODS

Feature:
1. (11) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (1) 8K Tyler Knudtson, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (3) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
4. (6) 360 John Seets III, Brighton, Ill.
5. (4) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
6. (2) 21 Justin Rigel, Thayer, Mo.
7. (10) 16M Brian Myers, Lebanon, Mo.
8. (8) 67 Austin Seets, Brighton, Ill.
9. (7) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
10. (9) T10 Sam McDaniel, Stoutland, Mo.
11. (6) 13 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.