National Championship Racing Association

Moyer Tops O'Reilly Late Models at Lucas Oil Speedway

By David Smith, Jr.
WHEATLAND, Mo. (June 21, 2008) - Late model veteran Billy Moyer of Batesville, Arkansas took the lead at the start, held off challenges from Terry Phillips for the first half of the race then cruised the rest of the way to win the O'Reilly Late Model Challenge featuring the O'Reilly/NCRA late model presented by ICM/Ethanol Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway.
 
Phillips and Moyer started on the front row for the fifty-one lap event in a night which saw six different late model sanctioning bodies, all sponsored by Springfield, Missouri based O'Reilly Auto Parts. Moyer jumped out front at the start and used the middle of the track to take the lead as the green flag fell. Phillips, running the bottom, was close behind followed by Jack Sullivan, Jesse Stovall and Jeremy Payne.
 
Phillips would duck underneath the 1984 NCRA late model champion several times in turns one and two but each time, "Mr. Smooth" would hold on to the top spot. On lap five the two late model veterans would race side by side each lap with Moyer still credited with leading each lap.
 
Phillips would inch underneath Moyer coming out of turn four on lap twelve to take the lead only to see Moyer return the favor one lap later. Lap fourteen saw Phillips once again take command and this time held the point as the leaders began entering lapped traffic.
 
Phillips, whose late father, Larry was the 1982 series champion, quickly opened up an eight car length lead by lap twenty. But the complexion of the race changed on lap twenty-four when Phillips went to lap veteran Bill Frye entering turn three. The pair made contact causing Phillips to spin to a stop to bring out the races only caution.
 
Once racing resumed, Moyer went the rest of the distance unchallenged to take the $10,000 victory and the sixteenth series feature victory of his career.
 
Sullivan held off several challenges by ninth starting Wendall Wallace to finish second while Stovall and Payne rounded out the top five. Kyle Berck of Marquette, Nebraska was the highest finishing NCRA regular coming home sixth.
 
The six heat races for the sixty-five car field were won by Stovall, Brandon McCormick, Payne, Tommy Elston, Sullivan and Phillips while Ray Moore, Steve Rushin and Kelly Boen picked up the three "B" features.
 
O'Reilly Finish Line 

Heat 1: 1, Jesse Stovall. 2, Trace Westling. 3, Denny Woodworth. 4, Kelly Boen. 5, Chris Smyser. 6, Joe Kosiski. 7, Wylan Petrie. 8, Jerry Warner. 9, Marty Doner. 10, Jason Schobinger. 11, Harlen Kennedy.

Heat 2: 1, Brandon McCormick. 2, James Ward. 3, Ray Moore. 4, David Turner. 5, Mark Burgtorf. 6, Larry Clawson. 7, Rusty Dukes. 8, Jordan Jones. 9, Ryan Rairden. 10, Bill Koons.11, Chad Frewaldt.

Heat 3: 1, Jeremy Payne. 2, Wendall Wallace. 3, Bryant Goldsmith. 4, Dusty Johnston. 5, No Name. 6, Dweaine Hottinger. 7, Billy Moyer, Jr. 8, Steve Foster. 9, Randy Mitchell. 10, Greg Larsen. 11, Ted Martin.

Heat 4: 1, Tommy Elston. 2, Billy Moyer. 3, Delbert Smith. 4, Jon Kirby. 5, Tim Manville. 6, J.D. Hubert. 7, Kelly Dunn. 8, Michael Wilson. 9, Chris Hawkins. 10, Kenny Merchant. 11, Rylan Long.

Heat 5: 1, Jack Sullivan. 2, Justin Wells. 3, Kyle Berck. 4, Steve Rushin. 5, Jeff Floyd. 6, Bill Frye. 7, Mike Collins. 8, Reid Millard. 9, Jeff Sloan. 10, Todd Doty. 11, Joey Mack.

Heat 6: 1, Terry Phillips. 2, John Anderson. 3, Eric Turner. 4, Chris Jones. 5, Brantlee Gotschall. 6, Ben Schaller. 7, Mike Wiarda. 8, Shawn Harker. 9, P.J. Haskins. 10, Randy Zimmerman.

B Feature 1: 1, Ray Moore. 2, Mrk Burgtorf. 3, Tim Manville. 4, Bill Frye. 5, Bryant Goldsmith. 6, Joe Kosiski. 7, Dweaine Hottinger. 8, Ben Schaller. 9, Shawn Harker. 10, Kelly Dunn. 11, P.J. Haskins. 12, Ryan Rairden. 13, Greg Larsen. 14, Jordan Jones. 15, David Turner. 16, Randy Zimmerman. 17, Ted Martin.

B Feature 2: 1, Steve Rushin. 2, Dusty Johnston. 3, Rusty Dukes. 4, Jeff Floyd. 5, Billy Moyer, Jr. 6, Reid Millard. 7, Mike Collins. 8, Kenny Merchant. 9, Chris Smyser. 10, Steve Foster. 11, Rylan Long. 12, Randy Mitchell. 13, Jeff Sloan. 14, Harlen Kennedy. 15, Jason Schobinger. 16, Trace Westling. 17, J.D. Hubert.

B Feature 3: 1, Kelly Boen. 2, Chris Jones. 3, Kyle Beard. 4, Justin Wells. 5, Delbert Smith. 6, Mike Wiarda. 7, Jerry Warner. 8, Joey Mack. 9, Bill Koons. 10, Wylan Petrie. 11, Marty Doner. 12, Todd Doty. 13, Larry Clawson. 14, Brantlee Gotschall. 15, Michael Wilson. 16, Chris Hawkins. 17, Chad Frewaldt.

A Feature: 1, Billy Moyer. 2, Jack Sullivan. 3, Wendall Wallace. 4. Jesse Stovall. 5, Jeremy Payne. 6, Kyle Berck. 7, Jon Kirby. 8, James Ward. 9, Terry Phillips. 10, Chris Jones. 11, Ray Moore. 12, Eric Turner. 13, Bill Frye. 14, John Anderson. 15, Kenny Merchant. 16, Kelly Boen. 17, Dusty Johnston. 18, Delbert Smith. 19, Mike Wiarda. 20, Joey Mack. 21, Tommy Elston. 22, Steve Rushin. 23, Denny Woodworth. 24, Brandon McCormick. 25, David Turner. 26, Mark Burgtorf.