Keeter grabs Lucas Oil Speedway USRA Modified feature; Turner also prevails

Mitch Keeter won the USRA Modified main event.

Mitch Keeter won the USRA Modified main event.


Lucas Oil Speedway's Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series schedule hit the midpoint on Saturday night and it was Mitch Keeter picking up win in the featured class of the evening.

Keeter, of Webb City, took the lead before the halfway mark and went on to capture the $1,000-to-win Pitts Homes USRA Modified main event.

Also picking up a feature victory as Bolivar Herald-Free Press along with KTTS Presented the Mid-Season Championship round of the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series was Eric Turner in the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods.

In the night's headline class, a 25-lap feature with $1,000 to the winner, Keeter slipped past Ryan Middaugh for the lead on lap nine.

A caution flag flew one lap later, but that did not keep Keeter from extending his lead once the race resumed. He paced the field by 1.1 seconds when another caution on lap 15 bunched the field, with one midseason champ Robbie Reed making his move.

Reed, of Mexico, Missouri, had advanced 14 spots since the start, into second, by lap 18 and was just 1.4 seconds behind Keeter with seven to go. Another caution came out with five laps remaining, but Reed was unable to pull off his third feature win. Instead, Keeter went to victory lane for the second time this season.

Chase Domer got around Reed on the white-flag lap to earn second with Reed earning his fifth top-three finish and sixth top-five of the season.

Turner rolls to B-Mod triumph: Hermitage's Eric Turner advanced from a ninth-starting position and went on to win the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature, though Kris Jackson was able to hold on to the midseason points title.

Turner moved into fourth by lap 13 and, following a caution, took over the top spot one lap later. He held on from there and beat JC Morton, Mitchell Franklin and Robbe Ewing ot the finish.

Jackson, of Lebanon, rallied from 16th to seventh over the final six laps to protect his standing atop the points list.

For ticket questions or information for next weekend or any event this season, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-5984 or email her at nichole@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 12M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 227 Chase Domer, Nevada, Mo.
3. (2) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
4. (4) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
5. (5) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
6. (6) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (7) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan.
8. (8) 21R Rusty Skaggs, Arcadia, Kan.
9. (9) 19 Jared Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 98D Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
2. (1) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
3. (4) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (7) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
5. (5) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (8) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
7. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
8. (9) 18 Curt Drake, Moran, Kan.
DNS – 21J David Gemes, Warsaw, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (1) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
2. (3) 52 Mitch Keeter, Webb City, Mo.
3. (2) 292 Kyle Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
4. (5) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (4) 51G Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
6. (9) 18BJR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
7. (7) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
8. (6) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.
9. (8) 2+1/2 Khaled Graham, Joplin, Mo.

Feature
1. (5) 52 Mitch Keeter, Webb City, Mo.
2. (4) 227 Chase Domer, Nevada, Mo.
3. (16) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
4. (11) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
5. (10) 292 Kyle Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
6. (14) 3B Nic Bidinger, Perry, Kan.
7. (17) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
8. (21) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
9. (24) 18 Curt Drake, Moran, Kan.
10. (3) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
11. (12) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
12. (7) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
13. (9) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
14. (25) 2+1/2 Khaled Graham, Joplin, Mo.
15. (26) 19 Jared Klick, Auxvasse, Mo.
16. (19) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
17. (15) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
18. (2) 12M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
19. (8) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
20. (6) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
21. (1) 98D Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
22. (22) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.
23. (13) 51G Lucas Gibbs, Udall, Kan.
24. (23) 21R Rusty Skaggs, Arcadia, Kan.
25. (20) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton, Kan.
26. (18) 18BJR Chase Sigg, Iola, Kan.
DNS – 21J David Gemes, Warsaw, Mo.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (8) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
2. (2) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
3. (3) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
4. (9) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
5. (6) 83N J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
6. (7) 11 Jimmy Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
7. (4) 25 Matthew Clark, Fulton, Mo.
8. (11) 15R Ryan Smith, Moran, Kan.
9. (10) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
DNS – 28B Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
DNS – 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (6) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
2. (5) 56H Scott Hall, Archie, Mo.
3. (4) 28A Justin Amick, Oscela, Mo.
4. (10) 8R Darren Roberts, Archie, Mo.
5. (9) 77 Koby Chadd, Nevada, Mo.
6. (3) 28L Brandon Lyons
7. (7) 929 Garrett Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
8. (1) 13R Tyler Roberts, Archie, Mo.
9. (8) 83 Kyle Fritter, Nevada, Mo.
10. (2) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (4) 37 Clint Johnson, Neosho, Mo.
2. (6) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (2) 84 Dayton Newell, Stoutland, Mo.
4. (9) 1F Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
5. (10) 2X Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
6. (8) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
7. (5) 21F Hannah Frazee, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (1) 34 Donnie Aust, Mount Vernon, Mo.
9. (7) 46 Brice Gotschall, Nevada, Mo.
10. (3) 76JR Derrek Bennett, Warsaw, Mo.

“B” Feature:
1. (4) 21F Hannah Frazee, Wheatland, Mo.
2. (1) 11 Jimmy Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
3. (11) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
4. (2) 28L Brandon Lyons
5. (9) 46 Brice Gotschall, Nevada, Mo.
6. (12) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
7. (5) 929 Garrett Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
8. (10) 83 Kyle Fritter, Nevada, Mo.
9. (8) 15R Ryan Smith, Moran, Kan.
10. (3) 25 Matthew Clark, Fulton, Mo.
11. (7) 34 Donnie Aust, Mount Vernon, Mo.
12. (15) 28B Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
13. (6) 13R Tyler Roberts, Archie, Mo.
DNS – 76JR Derrek Bennett, Warsaw, Mo.
DNS – 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.

“A” Feature:
1. (9) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (8) 1F Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (7) 32 Robbe Ewing, Stockton, Mo.
5. (11) 84 Dayton Newell, Stoutland, Mo.
6. (16) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
7. (1) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
8. (15) 2X Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
9. (14) 83N J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
10. (12) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
11. (24) 83 Kyle Fritter, Nevada, Mo.
12. (18) 11 Jimmy Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
13. (4) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
14. (17) 21F Hannah Frazee, Wheatland, Mo.
15. (5) 56H Scott Hall, Archie, Mo.
16. (23) 929 Garrett Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
17. (6) 8R Darren Roberts, Archie, Mo.
18. (21) 46 Brice Gotschall, Nevada, Mo.
19. (13) 77 Koby Chadd, Nevada, Mo.
20. (10) 28A Justin Amick, Oscela, Mo.
21. (3) 37 Clint Johnson, Neosho, Mo.
22. (20) 28L Brandon Lyons
23. (22) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
24. (19) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.