MARS DIRTcar Series
Salina Speedway
June 4, 2011
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Looney Sweeps MARS DIRTcar Series Weekend with win at Salina



SALINA, Okla. (June 4) – Brad Looney entered the season with a single victory with the MARS DIRTcar Series and now he’s at four and counting.

The 36 year old driver from Republic, MO continued a torrid streak on Saturday night at the Salina Highbanks Speedway, racing to his third consecutive victory on the MARS tour. The series points leader earned $3,000 in adding the victory to a triumph six days earlier in Monett, MO and the previous night at Brill’s Motor Speedway in Meeker, OK.

Looney becomes just the fourth driver in the history of the 11 year old series to record three straight victories. Other driver’s include Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO; Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR and Bill Frye of Greenbrier, AR. Phillips owns the series record of most consecutive victories, by winning four straight on four different occasions.

At Salina, Looney qualified on the pole by gaining the most passing points from the heat races. To his outside would be 6-time and defending MARS champion Terry Phillips. Phillips would lead the first half of the 30 lap feature and the first caution would wave on lap 16 for Jimmy Miller of Conway, AR and Jeremy Payne of Springfield, MO. Payne would be unable to continue. On the double file restart Phillips would lead the field to green. Looney would benefit from a great restart and challenge Phillips for the lead. The pair would exchange the lead several times over the next three laps before Looney would take control for good on lap 19. The races second caution would wave on lap 21, as Phillips would make contact with Ronny Hollingsworth of Northport, AL. Looney was able to stay out front over the next nine laps and take the win. Rounding out the top five would be Hollingsworth; Tommy Weder Jr. of Woodward, OK; Eric Turner of Springfield, MO and Jason Hughes of Watts, OK.

Looney’s Hatfield-powered Victory Circle Chassis is sponsored by Federal Proctection Inc., Family Pharmacy and Republic Glass.

Next up for the MARS DIRTcar Series will be a doubleheader at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO on July 1st and July 2nd. From there the series returns to its home track, the Monett Speedway in Monett, MO on July 3rd.


A-Main
1 14L Brad Looney
2 18H Ronny Hollingsworth
3 02 Tommy Weder, Jr.
4 99T Eric Turner
5 12H Jason Hughes
6 0 Jesse Stovall
7 56 Tony Jackson, Jr.
8 75 Terry Phillips
9 42 Brandon McCormick
10 96T RC Whitwell
11 77 Justin Asplin
12 14R Jeff Roth
13 60 Chris Hawkins
14 37V Joey Vaughn
15 36 Jason Redman
16 71 Jay Rierson
17 28 Leroy Johnson
18 64L Dan Leatherman
19 15 Jimmy Miller
20 2 Dustin Mooneyham
21 40 Shawn Harker
22 74 Jeremy Payne

Heat #1
1 99T Eric Turner
2 14L Brad Looney
3 2 Tommy Weder, Jr.
4 0 Jesse Stovall
5 96T RC Whitwell
6 60 Chris Hawkins
7 37V Joey Vaughn
8 15 Jimmy Miller

Heat #2
1 75 Terry Phillips
2 18H Ronny Hollingsworth
3 12H Jason Hughes
4 56 Tony Jackson, Jr.
5 40 Shawn Harker
6 42 Brandon McCormick
7 71 Jay Rierson

Heat #3
1 74 Jeremy Payne
2 2 Dustin Mooneyham
3 14R Jeff Roth
4 77 Justin Asplin
5 28 Leroy Johnson
6 36 Jason Redman
7 64L Dan Leatherman