Brown bags USRA Stock Car bucks, Gillmore finally in USRA B-Mods at Lucas Oil Speedway


The 12th Annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment was held Saturday night at the Lucas Oil Speedway with Derek Brown (Medieval USRA Stock Cars) and Ryan Gillmore (USRA B-Mods) picking up feature wins in Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series action.

Lebanon's Brown enjoyed an extra-big payday in the Stock Car feature, beating Robert White by just under one second.

Brown earned $1,450 for the win after an anonymous donor added $950 to the first-place prize fun.

Brown also won Friday night at the Dallas County Speedway and became the first driver to complete the two-track bonus, taking another $250 win the two tracks combined on.

Brown led all 20 laps and had to hold off White, third-place David Hendrix and fourth-place Ed Griggs following a caution with six laps remaining.

"I love this place because they have a jumbotron and I can watch while I'm going down the backstretch where everybody's at," said Brown who turns 32 on Sunday. "After that yellow, I saw them catching me on the bottom, so I thought I'd switch it up a little bit and it worked."

It was Brown's second Lucas Oil Speedway win of the season.

Gillmore, of Springfield, led all 20 laps of the B-Mod main event as he captured his first victory at the Lucas Oil Speedway after numerous near-misses.

Gillmore took only five laps to open a three-second lead over fellow front-row starter Shawn Nations. He built the lead to 3.4 seconds over J.C. Morton by lap seven and, as the race clicked off caution-free, Gillmore was never threatened.

“I thought I had lost it right away as it went green with Nations getting by me,” Gillmore said. “With the track fast like it was, I thought I had shot myself in the foot right there. He was good about not taking the lane away, which he could have.

“The 20 laps after that, I was trying my best just to drive it as wide-open as possible.”

Gillmore wound up 2.6 seconds in front of Morton with Ryan Edde third, Eric Turner fourth and Kris Jackson fifth.

Jackson, the season points leader and reigning track champ who started seventh, had a three-race win streak at Lucas Oil Speedway snapped.

Following a scheduled off weekend, Lucas Oil Speedway roars back into action Saturday, August 21, with round 13 of the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series. All police, fire and rescue personnel are admitted free.

Racing action will feature USRA Modifieds, Medieval USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods, plus the Missouri Metal Buildings ULMA Late Models.

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

Earlier that day, the Kansas City Off Road Racing Association takes to the off-road track with divisions including Youth UTV 170 Stock, 170 Modified and 570, Adult UTV Sportsman, Women, Pro Turbo, Pro NA, along with Mini Stock Truck, 1600 Buggy and Open Truck classes.

Gates open at 7 a.m. with practice at 10 and qualifying at 11:30 a.m.

Those purchasing tickets to the off-road action will receive free admission to the dirt track action.

For ticket information for any event during the 2021 Lucas Oil Speedway season, contact 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.
Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021

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

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 11 Derek Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
2. (5) 31E Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
3. (7) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (8) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
5. (3) 33T Thomas Ground, Kansas City, Mo.
6. (6) 31 Tanner Calhoun, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (1) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
8. (4) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 54 David Hendrix, Waynesville, Mo.
2. (6) 26 Burl Woods, Republic, Mo.
3. (2) 21P Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (3) 91 Brian Webster, Holts Summit, Mo.
5. (4) 27 Aaron Gustin, Osage Beach, Mo.
6. (7) 69N James Barker, Nevada, Mo.
7. (5) 99 Jim Cihy, Warsaw, Mo.

Feature:
1. (2) 11 Derek Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
2. (5) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (4) 54 David Hendrix, Waynesville, Mo.
4. (3) 31E Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
5. (6) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
6. (8) 91 Brian Webster, Holts Summit, Mo.
7. (1) 26 Burl Woods, Republic, Mo.
8. (12) 31 Tanner Calhoun, Hermitage, Mo.
9. (13) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
10. (9) 33T Thomas Ground, Kansas City, Mo.
11. (7) 21P Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
12. (10) 27 Aaron Gustin, Osage Beach, Mo.
13. (11) 69N James Barker, Nevada, Mo.
14. (14) 99 Jim Cihy, Warsaw, Mo.
15. (15) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (8) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
3. (6) 1F Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (7) 510 Cody King, Fanshawe, Okla.
5. (2) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
6. (5) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
7. (4) 16 Billy Gordon, Catoosa, Okla.
8. (3) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
9. (9) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
10. (10) 39 Dwight Brown, Bolivar, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (6) 14 Shawn Nations, Macks Creek, Mo.
2. (4) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (5) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
4. (2) 17 Mike Striegel, Wheatland, Mo.
5. (10) 121 Tim Phillips, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (9) 132 Mike Little, Apache, Okla.
7. (7) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (3) 21W Mitchell Waters, Roach, Mo.
9. (1) 83W Tommy Williams, Tulsa, Okla.
10. (8) 33 Jaren Martin, Republic, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 15 Ryan Edde, Urbana, Mo.
2. (5) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (7) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
4. (4) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.
5. (3) 18A Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
6. (1) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
7. (6) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
8. (8) 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.
DNS – 24L Dakota Lowe, Pleasanton, Kan.

Heat #4:
1. (1) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (6) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (3) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (2) 68 Ricky Watkins, Brookline, Mo.
5. (7) 00 Coy Flippin, Flippin, Ark.
6. (8) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (5) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
8. (9) 1DER Chris Wunder, Freeman, Mo.
9. (4) 7 Daniel Cowett, Porum, Okla.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (4) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
2. (3) 121 Tim Phillips, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (6) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (2) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
5. (8) 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.
6. (7) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
7. (9) 83W Tommy Williams, Tulsa, Okla.
8. (1) 00 Coy Flippin, Flippin, Ark.
9. (5) 16 Billy Gordon, Catoosa, Okla.
10. (10) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
DNS – 33 Jaren Martin, Republic, Mo.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (2) 18A Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
2. (3) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (6) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (1) 132 Mike Little, Apache, Okla.
5. (9) 7 Daniel Cowett, Porum, Okla.
6. (5) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (10) 39 Dwight Brown, Bolivar, Mo.
8. (8) 1DER Chris Wunder, Freeman, Mo.
9. (11) 24L Dakota Lowe, Pleasanton, Kan.
10. (7) 21W Mitchell Waters, Roach, Mo.
DQ – (4) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (2) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
2. (6) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (4) 15 Ryan Edde, Urbana, Mo.
4. (5) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (7) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (1) 14 Shawn Nations, Macks Creek, Mo.
7. (8) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
8. (9) 8S Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
9. (10) 1F Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
10. (12) 510 Cody King, Fanshawe, Okla.
11. (13) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
12. (11) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
13. (20) 42J Donnie Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
14. (18) 18A Austin Joplin, Willard, Mo.
15. (14) 17 Mike Striegel, Wheatland, Mo.
16. (23) 8X Scott Chism, Bolivar, Mo.
17. (15) 68 Ricky Watkins, Brookline, Mo.
18. (22) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
19. (17) 54 Shawn Whitman, Fair Grove, Mo.
20. (19) 121 Tim Phillips, Fort Scott, Kan.
21. (21) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
22. (3) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
23. (24) 132 Mike Little, Apache, Okla.
24. (16) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.