McCowan, White, Jackson highlight Mid-Season Championships at Lucas Oil Speedway

Kris Jackson won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Kris Jackson won the USRA B-Mod main event.


Bryan White captured the O'Reilly Auto Parts Medieval USRA Stock Car feature win on Saturday night, but came up just short of Mason Beck in the mid-season points races.

In other action as the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and KIX 105.7-Townsuare Media presented the Mid-Season Championships at the Lucas Oil Speedway, Kris Jackson captured the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature and mid-season title and Dillon McCowan had a similar sweep in the Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modifieds.

White wins race, Beck takes USRA Stock Car points: Bryan White of Lebanon led all but one of the 20 laps to capture the O'Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars feature win. Mason Beck of Urbana, meanwhile, took the Midseason Championship with a fourth-place finish.

"It was fun," White said. "I saw (runner-up) David Hendrix running the top there, so I started going to the top on the straightaway. I'd like to thank all my sponsors on this car, plus my dad and my brother. Just everybody that helps me on this car."

Bryan White set the early pace with Hendrix moving into second by lap three as three early cautions plagued the rhythm of the feature.

Hendrix worked the high groove out of turn four to pass White at the flagstand to complete lap 11, but it was White regaining the top position the next time around with Hendrix second, Keller third and Beck in fourth.

White continued to lead it as the white flag appeared, but a caution for Mark Simon’s spin on the backstretch set up a green-white-checkered shootout. As White looked to finish off the win, Beck needed to protect his position to nail down the midseason points title.

Both were able to do that, with White taking the victory but winding up just three points behind Beck in the points battle. Beck posted his third top-five finish of the season.

"I cut it was too close there," Beck said. "I dug myself a hole in the heat race and I paid for it in the feature. But I guess we've been consistent all year and I found myself up in the front. I don't know how, but I done it."

It's all Jackson in USRA B-Mods: With six Lucas Oil Speedway track championships already to his credit in the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod division, Lebanon’s Kris Jackson is halfway to earning No. 7.

Jackson started up front and led all 20 laps to picked up his third feature win of the season and nail down the B-Mod Midseason Championship. He outdistanced runner-up Ryan Gillmore by 3.5 seconds.

"It's been a pretty good year and it's flown by," Jackson said after notching win No. 13 overall in 2022. "I just want to say happy Father's Day to all the guys out there and and thank all my sponsors."

Jackson beat fellow front-row starter J.C. Morton to the lead as the green fell. He went on to build a two-second lead over a tightly bunched trio of Morton, Gillmore and Andy Bryant by lap eight when the first’s first caution stacked the field for a restart.

Gillmore, who began the night 13 points behind Jackson, got around Morton as action resumed and gave chase. But Jackson cruised away from there, getting through lapped traffic over the final four laps without incident.

Gillmore was second with Bryant edging past Morton on the final lap to earn third. Jon Sheets rounded out the top five.

McCowan makes it six USRA Modified wins: Dillon McCowan of Urbana finished off a near-flawless first half of the Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modified season, driving to his sixth feature victory in eight attempts.

McCowan beat Dustin Hodges by one-second for the victory with Cody Brill finishing third and Jason Pursley fourth.

“The car's been really good and the track has been phenomenal here this year," McCowan said. "I think this is the fastest track we've had since we started racing over here.

"I'd like to thank all my sponsors and everybody that helps me in the shop. It's been a long road to get where we're at today, but I wouldn't change it for the world."

McCowan took over the lead from Brill on lap 2 and never relinquished it. He sprinted to a 1.6-second lead by lap six over Dustin Hodges when the race’s first caution bunched the field.

It didn’t take McCowan long to open a comfortable margin as green-flag action resumed, needing only six laps to push the gap to 1.7 seconds. McCowan caught lapped traffic by lap 16, but got through it to prevail though Hodges was gaining at the end.

McCowan wound up an unofficial 114 points in front of Hodges for the mid-season title.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 18, 2022

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 22H Dustin Hodges, Centralia, Mo.
2. (7) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
3. (5) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (1) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (8) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
6. (6) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
7. (4) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
8. (3) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
2. (4) 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
3. (2) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (7) 16S Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (6) 49 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (5) 21TW Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
7. (8) 73B Shad Badder, Bates City, Mo.
8. (1) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.

Feature:
1. (2) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
2. (3) 22H Dustin Hodges, Centralia, Mo.
3. (1) 96 Cody Brill, Harrisonville, Mo.
4. (7) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (8) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
6. (6) 16S Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (4) 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
8. (10) 49 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
9. (11) 21TW Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
10. (13) 73B Shad Badder, Bates City, Mo.
11. (9) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
12. (12) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
13. (15) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan.
14. (14) 28C Thomas Creech, Pittsburg, Mo.
15. (16) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
16. (5) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (4) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
3. (2) 23 Mark Simon, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (8) 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
5. (7) 47 Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
6. (5) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
7. (6) 1B Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
8. (1) 7J Scott Johnson, Nevada, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 54 David Hendrix, Waynesville, Mo.
2. (6) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
3. (7) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
4. (3) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.
5. (8) 3C Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
6. (2) 13 Lyle Dietrich, Bolivar, Mo.
7. (4) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
8. (5) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 7W William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (1) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
3. (4) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
4. (5) 2Z Zeb Keepper, Aurora, Mo.
5. (7) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (6) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
7. (8) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
8. (3) 21P Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) 41 Bryan White, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (4) 54 David Hendrix, Waynesville, Mo.
3. (5) 7 Doug Keller, Easton, Mo.
4. (9) 0F Mason Beck, Urbana, Mo.
5. (6) 5 Robert White, Lebanon, Mo.
6. (14) 47 Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
7. (8) 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo.
8. (15) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo.
9. (17) 8M James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo.
10. (21) 1B Tim Brown, Stoutland, Mo.
11. (18) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty, Mo.
12. (12) 3C Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo.
13. (11) 2Z Zeb Keepper, Aurora, Mo.
14. (24) 21P Darren Phillips, Wheatland, Mo.
15. (16) 13 Lyle Dietrich, Bolivar, Mo.
16. (22) 7J Scott Johnson, Nevada, Mo.
17. (10) 23 Mark Simon, Buffalo, Mo.
18. (19) 34 Blake Bolton, Appleton City, Mo.
19. (23) 83 James Ellis, Richland, Mo.
20. (7) 74 Rodney Schweizer, Kansas City, Kan.
21. (20) 12 Christopher Sawyer, Buffalo, Mo.
22. (2) 11 Waylon Dimmitt, Camdenton, Mo.
23. (3) 7W William Garner, Lebanon, Mo.
24. (13) 2 Colton Bourland, Appleton City, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (7) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (4) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
3. (2) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
4. (8) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
5. (1) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (6) 51 Mike Benjamen, Montrose, Iowa
7. (5) 26 Derick Schlarb, Sedalia, Mo.
8. (3) 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (3) 7G Gabriel Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
3. (7) 8SS Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
4. (6) 14W Dustin Walker, Polk, Mo.
5. (5) 555 Seth Schroer, Strong City, Kan.
6. (4) 25 Kenny McDonald Jr., Adrian, Mo.
7. (1) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (3) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (5) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
3. (4) 11S Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
4. (6) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
5. (2) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
6. (7) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (1) 55J Jeremy Short, Peculiar, Mo.

Feature:
1. (1) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (5) 66 Ryan Gillmore, Springfield, Mo.
3. (3) 28A Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
4. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
5. (6) 8SS Jon Sheets, Nevada, Mo.
6. (4) 83 J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
7. (9) 11S Logan Smith, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
8. (10) 15 Ryan Edde, Cross Timbers, Mo.
9. (12) 24 Jerry Ellis, Richland, Mo.
10. (15) 555 Seth Schroer, Strong City, Kan.
11. (13) 2 Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
12. (17) 25 Kenny McDonald Jr., Adrian, Mo.
13. (16) 28 Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
14. (18) 51 Mike Benjamen, Montrose, Iowa
15. (8) 0K Tracy Killian, Lee Summit, Mo.
16. (20) 55J Jeremy Short, Peculiar, Mo.
17. (19) 8S Clayton Smith, Sturgeon, Mo.
18. (21) 26 Derick Schlarb, Sedalia, Mo.
19. (11) 14W Dustin Walker, Polk, Mo.
20. (14) 24L Dakota Lowe, Prescott, Kan.
DQ – (7) 7G Gabriel Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
DNS – 21 Greg Scheffler, Pittsburg, Mo.

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