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Phillips Stops Anderson at McCool
By David
Smith, Jr.
MCCOOL
JUNCTION, Neb. (Aug 2, 2008)
– Terry Phillips withstood a late race
caution with three laps to go and one final challenge
from John Anderson to win the final night of the "King
of the Hill Late Model Classic" as the O'Reilly/NCRA
late models presented by ICM/Ethanol wrapped up two
nights of action at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool
Junction, Nebraska Saturday night. The race was a
co-sanctioned event with the O'Reilly/Midwest Late Model
Racing Association (MLRA) and Topless Outlaw Racing
Association (TORA).
Jason Friesen of Sutton, Nebraska was scheduled to start on the pole for the thirty-five lap feature finale but a broken fuel pump as driviers were lining up for the "A" ended his night early. This moved Phil Barrow up to the pole but it was outside front row starter Kyle Berck taking the lead as the green flag fell. Barrow settled into the runnerup position followed by ninth starting Phillips, Bo Egge and Gary Webb.
Berck, the current NCRA points leader, quickly opened a ten car length advantage by lap three while behind him, Phillips began pressuring Barrow for the runner up position before finally taking over the second spot one lap later as the pair came down the front stretch. Phillips closed the deficit to five car lengths by lap eight before Berck approached lapped traffic for the first time on lap ten.
Phillips began reeling in the leader and closed the gap to one car length and pressured Berck for the lead on lap fourteen. One lap later drove low entering turns three and four to take the lead.
The leader would began entering heavy lapped traffic on lap ninteen but maintained a five car length advantage over Berck. Anderson began made his charge to the front as he was on Bercks rear bumper on lap twenty-five before driving around Berck coming out of turn four to take over the second position on lap 29.
Phillips looked to have his second NCRA feature victory well in hand but Anderson kept cutting the lead down to six car lengths. With two laps to go, Anderson got the break that he needed as the only caution of the race fell on with two laps to go when Bill Koons came to a stop at the top of turn four.
This set up a three lap dash to the checkard and one final attempt by Friday nights winner Anderson to take the lead. But the Springfield, Missouri second generation driver was not to be challenged and went on to claim the six car length victory. Berck settled for third while fourteenth starting Jeremy Payne threaded his way through the field for the fourth place finish. Three-time and defending series champion Kelly Boen rounded out the top five.
Heat races for the forty-eight car field were won by Webb, Barrow, Boen, Delbert Smith and Friesen with Al Humphrey and Travis Dickes taking home the two "B" feature honors.
Jason Friesen of Sutton, Nebraska was scheduled to start on the pole for the thirty-five lap feature finale but a broken fuel pump as driviers were lining up for the "A" ended his night early. This moved Phil Barrow up to the pole but it was outside front row starter Kyle Berck taking the lead as the green flag fell. Barrow settled into the runnerup position followed by ninth starting Phillips, Bo Egge and Gary Webb.
Berck, the current NCRA points leader, quickly opened a ten car length advantage by lap three while behind him, Phillips began pressuring Barrow for the runner up position before finally taking over the second spot one lap later as the pair came down the front stretch. Phillips closed the deficit to five car lengths by lap eight before Berck approached lapped traffic for the first time on lap ten.
Phillips began reeling in the leader and closed the gap to one car length and pressured Berck for the lead on lap fourteen. One lap later drove low entering turns three and four to take the lead.
The leader would began entering heavy lapped traffic on lap ninteen but maintained a five car length advantage over Berck. Anderson began made his charge to the front as he was on Bercks rear bumper on lap twenty-five before driving around Berck coming out of turn four to take over the second position on lap 29.
Phillips looked to have his second NCRA feature victory well in hand but Anderson kept cutting the lead down to six car lengths. With two laps to go, Anderson got the break that he needed as the only caution of the race fell on with two laps to go when Bill Koons came to a stop at the top of turn four.
This set up a three lap dash to the checkard and one final attempt by Friday nights winner Anderson to take the lead. But the Springfield, Missouri second generation driver was not to be challenged and went on to claim the six car length victory. Berck settled for third while fourteenth starting Jeremy Payne threaded his way through the field for the fourth place finish. Three-time and defending series champion Kelly Boen rounded out the top five.
Heat races for the forty-eight car field were won by Webb, Barrow, Boen, Delbert Smith and Friesen with Al Humphrey and Travis Dickes taking home the two "B" feature honors.
O'Reilly
Finish Line
1st Heat:
1. Gary Webb 2. Terry Phillips 3.
Denny Woodworth 4. Al Purkey 5. Kelly Dunn 6. Scott Daly 7.
David Conkwright 8. Larry Clawson 9. Craig Preble 10. Ben
Schaller.
2nd Heat: 1.
Phil Barrow 2. Greg Larson 3. John Anderson 4. Shawn Harker
5. Brantlee Gotschall 6. Steve Kempt 7. Todd Bell 8. Steve
Foster 9. Robbie Anderson 10. Alonzo Grosse.
3rd Heat:
1. Kelly Boen 2. Kyle Berck 3. Billy
Koons 4. Jason Bodenhamer 5. Eric Turner 6. Travis Dickes 7.
Joe Kosiski 8. Marty Doner 9. Troy Daly 10. Mike Conkwright.
4th Heat: 1.
Delbert Smith 2. Les Siebert 3. Bo Egge 4. John Kuchar 5.
Mike Wiarda 6. Vince Wagoner 7. Criag Barkema 8. Todd Doty
9. PJ Haskins.
5th Heat:
1. Jason Friesen 2. Chad Humston 3. Jeremy Payne 4. Al
Humprey 5. Bryant Goldsmith 6. David Turner 7. Travis Roth
8. Mike Dansburg 9. Wylan Petrie.
A Feature: 1. Terry Phillips 2. John Anderson 3. Kyle Berck 4. Jeremy Payne 5. Kelly Boen 6. Delbert Smith 7. Al Purkey 8. Bo Egge 9. Jason Bodenhamer 10. Phil Barrow 11. Gary Webb 12. Travis Dickes 13. Scott Daly 14. Les Siebert 15. Joe Kosiski 16. Brantlee Gotschall 17. David Turner 18. Greg Larson 19. Shawn Harker 20. Kelly Dunn 21. Bill Koons 22. Chad Humston 23. Bryant Goldsmith 24. Denny Woodworth 25. Al Humphrey 26. Jason Friesen.
1st B Feature:
1. Al Humprey 2. Jason Bodenhamer 3. Bryant Goldsmith 4.
David Turner 5. Eric Turner 6. Joe Kosiski 7. Steve
Kempt 8. Travis Roth 9. David Conkwright 10. Robbie
Anderson 11. Wylan Petrie 12. Todd Doty 13. Ttroy Daly
14. Larry Clawson 15. Craig Preble 16. Mike Wiarda.
2nd B Feature:
1. Travis Dickes 2. Scott Daly
3. Shawn Harker 4. Todd Bell 5. Kelly Dunn 6. Mike
Danburg 7. Vinced Wagoner 8. Marty Doner 9. John Kuchar
10. Brantlee Gotschall 11. Craig Baukema 12.
Steve Foster 13. Alonzo Grosse 14. PJ Haskins 15. Ben
Schaller 16. Mike Conkwright.
A Feature: 1. Terry Phillips 2. John Anderson 3. Kyle Berck 4. Jeremy Payne 5. Kelly Boen 6. Delbert Smith 7. Al Purkey 8. Bo Egge 9. Jason Bodenhamer 10. Phil Barrow 11. Gary Webb 12. Travis Dickes 13. Scott Daly 14. Les Siebert 15. Joe Kosiski 16. Brantlee Gotschall 17. David Turner 18. Greg Larson 19. Shawn Harker 20. Kelly Dunn 21. Bill Koons 22. Chad Humston 23. Bryant Goldsmith 24. Denny Woodworth 25. Al Humphrey 26. Jason Friesen.