Darron Fuqua won the USRA Modified main event.

The Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri, hosted Rempfer Memorial Championship Night presented by Bill Roberts Chevrolet-Buick and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital of Springfield on Saturday.

Turner takes B-Mod victory as Jackson claims title: Eric Turner of Hermitage grabbed the lead on lap 13 and went on to out-pace J.C. Morton and claim the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod feature.

In a race within the race, season championship implications took a dramatic turn when Kris Jackson, who began the night 42 points clear of Morton, lost power on lap 15 and coasted to a stop and could not finish. Jackson finished 17th and it was enough—barely—to claim the title by a mere five points over Morton.

The Lebanon driver said he heard a pop and speculated that a distributor or ignition went out coming down the front stretch.

“I don’t think it’s anything major, just bad timing,” Jackson said. “I didn’t really pencil it down on matter. All these guys know it. I figured it was somewhere around 16th and I didn’t figure I was 16th, honestly, not finishing.

“I didn’t realize that J.C. didn’t win. I’m glad Eric Turner won. I hate to end our year like this, but we’re gonna take it any way we can get it.”

Morton and Turner started on the front row and Turner got the jump and led one lap, with Morton claiming the top spot the next time around.

The race was plagued by a flurry of four cautions through seven laps, disrupting rhythm of a good battle up front with Morton, Turner, Bryant and Jackson, who started seventh.

Turner made an outside pass of Morton on lap 13 to take the lead. Two laps later, the championship chase took a huge turn as Jackson, while running fourth, slowed to a stop in turn two to bring out the sixth caution.

That was all Morton needed to his shot at the championship but he needed to win the race, as it turned out, to tie Jackson for the title.

Turner held command, finishing 1.63 seconds in front of Morton for his second feature win of the season.

“That was a fun race. The race track was good, with a top and bottom groove and it was a lot of fun,” Turner said.

Eric Turner won the USRA B-Mod main event.

Fuqua beats season champ Reed in USRA Mods: Darron Fuqua won the race and Robbie Reed took the championship in a Pitts Homes USRA Modified duel.

Fuqua, of Mayetta, Kansas, finished a car length in front of Reed in a battle between the last two Lucas Oil Speedway division champs (Reed in 2019 and 2020, Fuqua in 2018).

Fuqua was cruising along with a two-second lead when a lap-15 caution after fourth-place Terry Kirk spun in turn two. That put Reed right behind Fuqua for a five-lap shootout between the last two track champions.

Reed took over the lead with an inside pass coming out of turn four to complete lap 18, but Fuqua sailed around him on the outside of turn two on lap 19. Fuqua held on from there.

"He was rolling the bottom real good," Fuqua said of Reed. "I just couldn't slow down enough to stay down there, so I just gave it what I had on the top.

"I want to thank Lance Town. He put a motor in this thing so we could finish the year," Fuqua added.

Reed, from Mexico, Missouri, began the night 79 points in front of Chase Domer and all he needed to do was start and make a lap to clinch the championship. He spun on lap one, bringing out a caution, but was able to continue.

Reed, who started 17th, rallied to fifth by lap nine and contending for the lead down the stretch.

"I've had a lot of fun coming down here and I love racing here," said Reed, who won three features early in the season to build a comfortable lead that he held throughout in repeating his championship.

Kyle Thompson finished third with Ryan Middaugh fourth and Paden Phillips in fifth.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, August 22, 2020

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

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (5) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
2. (3) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
3. (8) 2G Patrick Goodnight, Fort Gibson, Okla.
4. (2) 9E Evan Hubert, Pittsburg, Mo.
5. (9) 12M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
6. (10) 8X Robby Love, Fort Scott, Kan.
7. (7) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
8. (4) 20 Chad Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
9. (6) 2+12 Khaled Graham, Joplin, Mo.
10. (1) 56 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
2. (3) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
3. (4) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
4. (5) 227 Chase Domer, Nevada, Mo.
5. (10) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
6. (9) 95JR Johnny Wyman, Hans Prairie, Mo.
7. (7) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
8. (6) 6 Ryu Taggart, Jefferson City, Mo.
9. (8) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.
10. (2) 7D7 Kyle Covert, Topeka, Kan.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
2. (3) 98D Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
3. (8) 292 Kyle Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
4. (4) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
5. (5) 21R Rusty Skaggs, Arcadia, Kan.
6. (7) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
7. (9) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
8. (6) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
9. (1) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.

"B" Feature:
1. (2) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
2. (3) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
3. (1) 21R Rusty Skaggs, Arcadia, Kan.
4. (12) 56 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
5. (5) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
6. (7) 6 Ryu Taggart, Jefferson City, Mo.
7. (9) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (11) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.
9. (8) 23 Lucas Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
10. (6) 20 Chad Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
11. (4) 75L Lane Whitney, Sturgeon, Mo.
12. (13) 7D7 Kyle Covert, Topeka, Kan.
DNS – 2+12 Khaled Graham, Joplin, Mo.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
2. (17) 5 Robbie Reed, Mexico, Mo.
3. (4) 292 Kyle Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
4. (18) 21 Ryan Middaugh, Fulton, Mo.
5. (8) 98D Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
6. (10) 03 Chase Jones, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
7. (13) 9E Evan Hubert, Pittsburg, Mo.
8. (12) 227 Chase Domer, Nevada, Mo.
9. (16) 95JR Johnny Wyman, Hans Prairie, Mo.
10. (2) 134 Robert Heydenreich, Bolivar, Mo.
11. (6) 55 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
12. (14) 38C Jason Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
13. (20) 56 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
14. (21) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
15. (11) 12M J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
16. (7) 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo.
17. (19) 21R Rusty Skaggs, Arcadia, Kan.
18. (23) 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo.
19. (22) 6 Ryu Taggart, Jefferson City, Mo.
20. (24) 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo.
21. (5) 155 Terry Kirk, Urbana, Mo.
22. (3) 2G Patrick Goodnight, Fort Gibson, Okla.
23. (9) 21W Tracy Wolf, Buffalo, Mo.
24. (15) 8X Robby Love, Fort Scott, Kan.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
2. (5) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (1) 1F Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
4. (9) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
5. (2) 77J Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
6. (10) 71 Jerry Brown, Prescott, Kan.
7. (4) 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.
8. (6) 05N Jimmy Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
9. (8) 64M Shawn Hendren, Nevada, Mo.
10. (11) 23D Rick Culler, Nevada, Mo.
11. (7) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.

Heat #2:
1. (2) 11 Jimmy Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
2. (1) 28B Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (4) 929 Garrett Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
4. (6) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
5. (9) 83N J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
6. (8) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
7. (11) 29 Dalton Keith, Williston, N.D.
8. (10) 83 Kyle Fritter, Nevada, Mo.
9. (5) 99 Jim Cihy, Warsaw, Mo.
10. (7) 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.
11. (3) 99L Jeff Lockard, Butler, Mo.

Heat #3:
1. (3) 84 Dayton Newell, Stoutland, Mo.
2. (8) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (10) 8D Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
4. (9) 3W B.J. Deal, Brownstown, Ill.
5. (5) 13 Cody Nivens, Springfield, Mo.
6. (1) 4B Brayton Skaggs, Fort Scott, Kan.
7. (7) 12 Scotty Allen, Urbana, Mo.
8. (4) 2 Hagen Stevenson, Harrisonville, Mo.
9. (2) 11J Jeremy Polston, Mexico, Mo.
10. (6) 21 Luke Aitken, West Plains, Mo.

Heat #4:
1. (8) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (2) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
3. (1) 24 Cody Acklin, Calico Road, Ark.
4. (10) 121 Tim Phillips, Fort Scott, Kan.
5. (5) 21F Hannah Frazee, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (4) 17R Rylee Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
7. (7) 16H Jake Hereford, Fort Scott, Kan.
8. (9) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
DNS – 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.
DNS – 122 Doug Scism, Nevada, Mo.

"B" Feature #1:
1. (1) 83N J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
2. (4) 4B Brayton Skaggs, Fort Scott, Kan.
3. (10) 12 Scotty Allen, Urbana, Mo.
4. (6) 29 Dalton Keith, Williston, N.D.
5. (3) 21F Hannah Frazee, Wheatland, Mo.
6. (7) 05N Jimmy Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
7. (2) 77J Jeff Douty, Butler, Mo.
8. (8) 64M Shawn Hendren, Nevada, Mo.
9. (13) 414 Ryan Thomas, Fair Grove, Mo.
10. (12) 21 Luke Aitken, West Plains, Mo.
11. (11) 2 Hagen Stevenson, Harrisonville, Mo.
12. (9) 23D Rick Culler, Nevada, Mo.
DNS – 11S Scotty Bough, Nevada, Mo.

"B" Feature #2:
1. (3) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (10) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.
3. (12) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
4. (2) 13 Cody Nivens, Springfield, Mo.
5. (4) 17R Rylee Fuller, Savannah, Mo.
6. (13) 122 Doug Scism, Nevada, Mo.
7. (6) 83 Kyle Fritter, Nevada, Mo.
8. (7) 99 Jim Cihy, Warsaw, Mo.
9. (8) 25G James Gish, El Dorado, Mo.
10. (1) 71 Jerry Brown, Prescott, Kan.
11. (9) 99L Jeff Lockard, Butler, Mo.
12. (11) 11J Jeremy Polston, Mexico, Mo.
DNS – 16H Jake Hereford, Fort Scott, Kan.

"A" Feature:
1. (1) 99T Eric Turner, Hermitage, Mo.
2. (2) 18 J.C. Morton, Springfield, Mo.
3. (3) 8D Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
4. (4) 28 Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, Kan.
5. (10) 3W B.J. Deal, Brownstown, Ill.
6. (14) 1F Mitchell Franklin, Camdenton, Mo.
7. (16) 14T Quentin Taylor, Wheatland, Mo.
8. (9) 31 Luke Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
9. (12) 181 Luke Nieman, Nortonville, Kan.
10. (17) 83N J.C. Newell, Buffalo, Mo.
11. (6) 11 Jimmy Willis, Macks Creek, Mo.
12. (15) 24 Cody Acklin, Calico Road, Ark.
13. (13) 929 Garrett Thompson, Joplin, Mo.
14. (22) 69ER Tyler Cadwallader, Amazonia, Mo.
15. (11) 28B Wesley Briggs, Lebanon, Mo.
16. (18) 10P Dayton Pursley, Hermitage, Mo.
17. (7) 65 Kris Jackson, Lebanon, Mo.
18. (8) 121 Tim Phillips, Fort Scott, Kan.
19. (23) 29 Dalton Keith, Williston, N.D.
20. (21) 12 Scotty Allen, Urbana, Mo.
21. (5) 84 Dayton Newell, Stoutland, Mo.
22. (24) 13 Cody Nivens, Springfield, Mo.
23. (19) 4B Brayton Skaggs, Fort Scott, Kan.
24. (20) 58M Jamie Mauk, Lebanon, Mo.