MARS DIRTcar Series
Monett Speedway
July 17, 2011
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Wells scores first MARS win of the season on Sunday at Monett Speedway



MARS Media
Monett, MO (July 17) – Justin Wells of Aurora, MO picked up his first feature win of the year on the 2011 MARS DIRTcar Series tour at Monett Speedway and earned $3,000 for his efforts Sunday night.  Wells, the 2010 Monett Speedway track champion, led all thirty laps and recorded his second career win with the series.

Wells withstood challenges from 6-time MARS champion Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO who finished fifth in the final rundown and current MARS point leader Brad Looney of Republic, MO, who started seventeenth and finished second.

Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ken Essary of Cape Fair, MO finished third and R.C. Whitwell of Tucson, AZ finished fourth.

MARS Late Models

A-Main
1 98 Justin Wells
2 14L Brad Looney
3 55 Ken Essary
4 96T RC Whitwell
5 75 Terry Phillips
6 00 Jesse Stovall
7 33 Al Purkey
8 42T Eric Turner
9 15T David Turner
10 2 John Anderson
11 29 Bill Koons
12 14R Jeff Roth
13 18 Rylan Long
14 77A Justin Asplin
15 42M Brandon McCormick
16 74 Jeremy Payne
17 9D Dwight Niehoff
18 56 Tony Jackson Jr.
19 15E Shane Essary
20 15J Patrick Johnson
21 99J Larry Jones
22 28J Leroy Johnson