latemodelamerica.com - June 25 - State Fair Speedway

Phillips Tackles Turner For Sedalia MLRA/MARS Checkers

Dan Robinson

SEDALIA, Mo. - June 25. Finally prevailing after a lead-swapping duel with Eric Turner, Springfield, Missouri's Terry Phillips scored his 97th career Lucas Oil MLRA win on Friday at the Historic Missouri State Fair Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned with the MARS DirtCar Series.

Turner put up a valiant battle throughout the main event, swapping the lead back and forth with Phillips for several laps before ultimately settling for second. Denny Eckrich finished a strong third, while Lucas Oil MLRA Point Leader Brad Looney worked his way from his seventh starting position to finish in fourth on the ultra fast 1/2 mile. Al Purkey recovered from a heat race flat tire to charge from 15th to fifth.

MLRA/MARS - State Fair Speedway - June 26 (1) Terry Phillips, (2) Eric Turner, (3) Dave Eckrich, (4) Brad Looney, (5) Al Purkey, (6) Jeremy Payne, (7) Matt Johnson, (8) Kelly Boen, (9) Alan Vaughn, (10) David Turner, (11) Evan Hubert, (12) Joe Kosiski, (13) Brandon McCormick, (14) Chris Smyser, (15) Denny Eckrich, (16) Bryant Goldsmith, (17) Chris Spieker, (18) Bill Koons (prov.), (19) J.D. Hubert, (20) Gary Christian (prov.), (21) Darrell Mooneyham (prov.), (22) Zac Simmons. Heat rwinners (32 entries): Eric Turner, Evan Hubert, David Turner, Denny Eckrich. B-Main winners: Purkey, Goldsmith.

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