For Nic Bidinger, landing in victory lane Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway was a combination of excitement and relief.

"We finally got one here," Bidinger said after holding off Kevin Blackburn to capture the Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modified feature win.

Bidinger, of Perry, Kansas, earned $1,000 for the win in the headliner of the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series program.

Other feature winners in the action Presented by iHeart Media were Scotty Allen (O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars) and Andy Bryant (Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods).

In the night's headline division, Bidinger took over the lead from Jason Pursley on lap 11 of the 25-lap feature and went on to prevail, but it was far from easy for Bidinger.

Bidinger held off repeated challenges from Blackburn and Dillon McCowan and finished .337 seconds - or about one car length - in front of Blackburn. McCowan finished third with Kyle Thompson fourth and Ryan Middaugh fifth.

"I feel like I've given away a couple here, so hopefully this one makes up for it," said Bidinger, who also won on Friday night at Lakeside Speedway. "I just have to thank my family. My dad, he helps me a ton, and I have to thank my wife and have my entire family.

"This is a big family sport and we enjoy it. All you fans, I'm glad you're here. That's what makes it fun to come out and race."

Pursley started on the pole with Bidinger to his outside and it was Pursley leading the first 11 laps before Bidinger took over and prevailed in a hard-fought battle the over the final 14 laps.

McCowan, the season points leader, made a run at Bidinger on the inside for several laps before Blackburn wrestled away the second position and himself took a run at Bidinger but was unable to get past him.

Allen wins USRA Stock Car thriller: Scotty Allen emerged from a thrilling four-way battle, making a last-lap pass to edge Burl Woods and Derek Brown for the O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Car win by a half-car-length.

Woods wound up second and Derek Brown was third as the trio was separated by just under a half-second at the finish line.

This after Allen, of Urbana, came to the white flag behind Woods and Brown.

"There were two super race-car drivers right there, Derek Brown and Burl Woods," Allen said. "They have dominated this class and they are great to race with. That was clean, good, hard racing. We rubbed and touched, but nobody was gonna take anybody out. That was a lot of fun."

The race, with four different leaders, was a dandy from the start. Brown passed Robert Southerland for the lead coming out of turn four to complete lap three. Just after he slipped back to fourth on the next circuit, Southerland spun going down the backstretch to bring out the race's first caution.

Woods took over the top spot as the race returned to green, getting by Brown with an inside move out of turn four. Woods remained in front until the final lap, when Allen rallied for his second straight feature win.

Robert White finished fourth and Ed Griggs was fifth.

Bryant wires field in B-Mods: Andy Bryant's first Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods victory of the season was decisive as the Fort Scott, Kansas, driver led all 20 laps. He finished 1.86 seconds in front of defending track champion Kris Jackson.

"It's always stiff competition in the B-Mods here," Bryant said. "You've got, the last five or six years, nationals champions who race here weekly."

Bryant started on the front row and had opened up a 3.8-second lead by lap five over Jackson when a caution wiped that margin out. But it didn't take long before Bryant, riding the high groove, opened up another comfortable margin.

When a lap-15 caution slowed things, Bryant was 3.2 seconds in front of Jackson with Ryan Gillmore 6.1 seconds behind the leader. Bryant handled the restart without issue and pulled away for his fifth USRA B-Mod win overall in 2021.

Gillmore finished third with Tyler Kidwell fourth from a 14th-starting position and JC Newell wound up fifth.

Bull Riding, Off Road next up: Next weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway will find two big nights of the Amped Up Pro Bull Tour, Friday and Saturday in front of the main grandstand at the dirt track. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Check out AmpedUpProBullTour.com for more info.

Meanwhile, on the Off Road Track the Kansas City Off Road Racing Association will make its first visit of the season on Saturday. Classes will include Youth UTV 170 Stock, 170 Modified and 570, Adult UTV Sportsman, Women, Pro Turbo, Pro NA, along with Mini Stock Truck, 1600 Buggy and Open Truck class.

Tentative Off Road schedule finds gate opening at 7 a.m. with practice at 10 a.m., qualifying at 11:30 a.m. and opening ceremonies followed by features starting at 3 p.m. Check out the KCORRA Facebook page for more information on the Kansas City Off Road Racing Association.

For ticket information for any event during the 2021 Lucas Oil Speedway season, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-5984 or via email at Nichole@lucasoilspeedway.com. Fans also can use the online ticketing system.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.
Saturday, June 19, 2021

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1: 1. 3B Nic Bidinger (2); 2. 16S Kevin Blackburn (5); 3. 292 Kyle Thompson (3); 4. 98D Paden Phillips (4); 5. 227 Chase Domer (1); 6. 21TW Tracy Wolf (6); 7. 17 Rod Cordon (7); 8. 2+12 Khaled Graham (8).

Heat #2: 1. 38C Jason Pursley (4); 2. 8 Dillon McCowan (5); 3. 23 Lucas Dobbs (1); 4. 21 Ryan Middaugh (2); 5. 03 Chase Jones (3); 6. 49 Cole Wells (7); 7. 93D Josh Dugan (6); DNS – 71 Dave Elson.

Feature: 1. 3B Nic Bidinger (2); 2. 16S Kevin Blackburn (3); 3. 8 Dillon McCowan (4); 4. 292 Kyle Thompson (6); 5. 21 Ryan Middaugh (7); 6. 98D Paden Phillips (8); 7. 38C Jason Pursley (1); 8. 227 Chase Domer (9); 9. 23 Lucas Dobbs (5); 10. 49 Cole Wells (11); 11. 21TW Tracy Wolf (12); 12. 17 Rod Cordon (14); 13. 19M David Marez (17); 14. 93D Josh Dugan (13); 15. 71 Dave Elson (16); 16. 03 Chase Jones (10); DNS – 2+12 Khaled Graham.

MEDIEVAL USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1: 1. 12 Scotty Allen (1); 2. 21P Darren Phillips (2); 3. 8M James McMillin (3); 4. 5 Robert White (6); 5. 75 Dylan Keepper (5); 6. 31 Ed Griggs (8); 7. 12S Christopher Sawyer (4); 8. 54 David Hendrix (7).

Heat #2: 1. 11 Derek Brown (1); 2. 39JR Robert Southerland (5); 3. 7J Scott Johnson (7); 4. 26 Burl Woods (8); 5. 31O Toby Ott (3); 6. 99 Jim Cihy (4); 7. 27 Aaron Gustin (6); 8. 13 Lyle Dietrich (2).

Feature: 1. 12 Scotty Allen (2); 2. 26 Burl Woods (6); 3. 11 Derek Brown (3); 4. 5 Robert White (8); 5. 31 Ed Griggs (11); 6. 7J Scott Johnson (4); 7. 31O Toby Ott (9); 8. 54 David Hendrix (16); 9. 75 Dylan Keepper (10); 10. 12S Christopher Sawyer (13); 11. 21P Darren Phillips (5); 12. 27 Aaron Gustin (14); 13. 39JR Robert Southerland (1); 14. 99 Jim Cihy (12); DNS – 13 Lyle Dietrich; DQ – 8M James McMillin (7).

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1: 1. 83 JC Newell (1); 2. 65 Kris Jackson (5); 3. 18 JC Morton (3); 4. 24 Jerry Ellis (2); 5. 99T Eric Turner (10); 6. 54W Shawn Whitman (4); 7. 56W Troy Whitt (9); 8. 2 Hagen Stevenson (8); 9. 28B Wesley Briggs (6); 10. 28C Thomas Creech (7).

Heat #2: 1. 66 Ryan Gillmore (2); 2. 98K Kenton Allen (1); 3. 42C Casey Thomas (4); 4. 10P Dayton Pursley (3); 5. 54 Tyler Kidwell (7); 6. 14T Quentin Taylor (9); 7. 1F Mitchell Franklin (6); 8. 46 Brice Gotschall (5); 9. 39 Dwight Brown (8).

Heat #3: 1. 49 Cole Wells (3); 2. 58M Jamie Mauk (2); 3. 28 Andy Bryant (9); 4. 21 Jacob Ellison (4); 5. 14 Shawn Nations (1); 6. 8X Scott Chism (5); 7. 33 Jaren Martin (7); 8. 12G Austin Greer (6); 9. 0K Tracy Killian (8).

"B" Feature: 1. 54W Shawn Whitman (1); 2. 1F Mitchell Franklin (4); 3. 8X Scott Chism (2); 4. 33 Jaren Martin (5); 5. 12G Austin Greer (6); 6. 56W Troy Whitt (3); 7. 2 Hagen Stevenson (7); 8. 28B Wesley Briggs (8); 9. 0K Tracy Killian (9); 10. 28C Thomas Creech (12); 11. 39 Dwight Brown (11); DNS – 46 Brice Gotschall.

"A" Feature: 1. 28 Andy Bryant (2); 2. 65 Kris Jackson (4); 3. 66 Ryan Gillmore (3); 4. 54 Tyler Kidwell (14); 5. 83 JC Newell (5); 6. 49 Cole Wells (1); 7. 99T Eric Turner (9); 8. 18 JC Morton (10); 9. 10P Dayton Pursley (12); 10. 98K Kenton Allen (6); 11. 21 Jacob Ellison (13); 12. 1F Mitchell Franklin (18); 13. 33 Jaren Martin (20); 14. 24 Jerry Ellis (11); 15. 54W Shawn Whitman (17); 16. 14 Shawn Nations (16); 17. 42C Casey Thomas (8); 18. 58M Jamie Mauk (7); 19. 2 Hagen Stevenson (23); 20. 56W Troy Whitt (22); 21. 12G Austin Greer (21); 22. 14T Quentin Taylor (15); 23. 28B Wesley Briggs (24); 24. 8X Scott Chism (19).