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Dan Robinson
BUCKNER, Mo. (July 31) - The O'Reilly MLRA presented by Lucas Oil heads north this weekend to McCool Junction, Nebraska for a head to head shootout with the O'Reilly NCRA on Friday and Saturday nights, August 1st-2nd. Junction Motor Speedway presents the "King of the Hill Late Model Shootout" with a $2,000 to win show on Friday night followed by a $3,000 to win main event on Saturday night.
Springfield, Missouri's Terry Phillips leads a strong field of MLRA Super Late Models into the weekends racing action with a slim 4-point lead over Adrian, Missouri's David Turner. Phillip's teammate, Jeremy Payne sits in the third spot just 26 markers behind Turner. Omaha, Nebraska's John Anderson occupies the fourth spot, while the racing attorney from Mendon, Illinois Denny Woodworth sits in fifth. Brantlee Gotschall, Larry Clawson, Chad Frewaldt, Bill Koons, and Jerry Warner round out the top 10 in the season long points battle. Former series Champion Al Purkey is also expected to be in attendance this weekend.
Racing action at Junction Motor Speedway gets underway Friday night at 7:30 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. start time slated for Saturday night. The track is located 5 miles south of I-80 (York exit) on US 81. For more race information, contact the track at (402) 773-5538 or visit the track on the web at www.junctionmotorspeedway.com. The track can also be reached via email at jmsinfo@junctionmotorspeedway.com. Junction Motor Speedway is a 3/8 mile oval with a gumbo surface.
The MLRA continues with hot action in August as the series makes it's annual visit to the Fairgrounds Speedway in Sedalia on August 17th for the Missouri State Fair Championships. Saturday night, August 23rd will see the series make its final appearance of the year at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.
Officials with the O'Reilly MLRA and the Midway Speedway also regret to announce that the MLRA sanctioned event scheduled for August 22nd at Midway Speedway in Lebanon, Missouri has been removed from the schedule.
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