MARS/NCRA DIRTCARS
81 SPEEDWAY
MAY 7, 2011
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Stovall Wows A Packed House at 81 Speedway



PARK CITY, Kans. (May 7) - Jesse Stovall of Galena, MO raced his way into victory lane Saturday night in front of a packed house at 81 Speedway in an event co-sanctioned with the NCRA DIRTcar Series.

Stovall started ninth in the 30 lap feature and methodically worked his way to the front in what can only be described as one of the wildest, craziest races ever witnessed at 81 Speedway. Tommy Weder Jr., of Woodward, OK would lead the first part of the race with current MARS point leader Brad Looney of Republic, MO running second and 6-time and defending MARS Champion Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO in third.  A long green flag run allowed the leaders to catch the back of the field.  Weder had enjoyed a 5 car length lead over Looney, but struggled with lap traffic and that allowed Looney and Phillips to catch up.  Looney would take the lead briefly before Weder would regain it the next lap. Still racing for position, Looney would get into Weder and that allowed Phillips to go underneath to the lead.  Then what seemed like a sure deal for Phillips, out of now where comes Stovall.  Phillips was running the top side of the track and left the door open for Stovall who led the last three laps and picked up his second win of the 2011 season.

Phillips, Weder Jr., Looney and Al Purkey of Coffeyville, KS would round out the top five.  

NCRA Late Models 5/7/2011
81 Speedway/Park City, Kansas

1st Heat: 1) 02 Tommy Weder Jr, 2) 14L Brad Looney, 3) 3C Mike Collins (Carter Lake, Ia), 4) 14m Dean Moore (Grand Junction, Co), 5) 15 Shane Essary, 6) 40 Shawn Harker (Nebraska City, Ne), 7) 51 Billy Koons Jr, 8) 7c Gary Gorby (Caney, Ks), 9) 99 Cliff Morrow (Enid, OK), 10) 3f Michael Furthmyer (Mulvane, Ks),

2nd Heat: 1) 56 Tony Jackson (Lebanon, Mo), 2) 52 Ryan McAninch (Wichita, Ks), 3) 74 Jeremy Payne, 4) 28 Leroy Johnson, 5) 26jr Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Ne), 6) 1a Byron Allison, 7) 49 Wylan Petrie (Solomon, Ks), 8) 29k Bill Koons (Omaha, Ne), 9) 16 Rick Leatherman (Benton, Ks),

3rd Heat: 1) 33 Al Purkey (Coffeyville, Ks), 2) 75 Terry Phillips (Springfield, Mo), 3) 42 Brandon McCormick (Lebanon, Mo), 4) 00 Jesse Stovall, 5) 42t Eric Turner, 6) 90 Steve Kempt (Shelton, Ne), 7) 53 Joe Kosiski (Omaha, Ne), 8) 96t R.C. Whitwell, 9) 21w Ronnie Warman (Wichita, Ks),

B Feature: 1) 26jr Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Ne), 2) 42 Brandon McCormick (Lebanon, Mo), 3) 96t R.C. Whitwell, 4) 7c Gary Gorby (Caney, Ks), 5) 51 Billy Koons Jr, 6) 49 Shawn Harker (Nebraska City, Ne), 7) 53 Joe Kosiski (Omaha, Ne), 8) 29t Bill Koons (Omaha, Ne), 9) 49 Wylan Petrie (Solomon, Ks), 10) 90 Steve Kempt (Shelton, Ne), 11) 99 Cliff Morrow (Enid, OK), 12) 3f Michael Furthmyer (Mulvane, Ks), 13) 16 Rick Leatherman (Benton, Ks), 14) 21w Ronnie Warman (Wichita, Ks),

30 Lap A Feature (st): 1) (9) Jesse Stovall, 2) (7) Terry Phillips (Springfield, Mo), 3) (1) Tommy Weder Jr, 4) (4) Brad Looney, 5) (4) Al Purkey (Coffeyville, Ks), 6) (17) R.C. Whitwell, 7) (8) Ryan McAninch (Wichita, Ks), 8) (6) Jeremy Payne, 9) (16) Eric Turner, 10) (1) Tony Jackson (Lebanon, Mo), 11) (10) Brandon McCormick (Lebanon, Mo), 12) (11) Dean Moore (Grand Junction, Co), 13) (20) Joe Kosiski (Omaha, Ne), 14) (12) Leroy Johnson, 15) (18) Gary Gorby (Caney, Ks), 16) (19) Shawn Harker (Nebraska City, Ne), 17) (22) Bill Koons (Omaha, Ne), 18) (5) Mike Collins (Carter Lake, Ia), 19) (21) Steve Kempt (Shelton, Ne), 20) (15) Corey Zeitner (Omaha, Ne), 21) (14) Shane Essary, 22) (13) Byron Allison,
Lap Leaders: 02 = 1-12; 16-27: 14L = 14: 33 = 15: 00 = 28-30