| Tommy
Elston grabs first O'Reilly MLRA win
Buckner, MO (July
4, 2007) - Tommy Elston rolled into 24 Raceway in Moberly,
MO looking for a strong run and when the night had ended he
found himself picking up the big check for his first O'Reilly
MLRA victory.
Mark Voigt grabbed
the top spot from his outside row one starting position and
lead the first two laps until the caution flag flew. On the
ensuing restart Elston powered to the front and held on for
the remainder of the event to pick up the checkered flag ahead
of Denny Eckrich, Voigt, Chris Simpson, and Weld Wheels Hard
Charger Award winner Gary Stolba.
Thirty-six cars
signed in on the evening with Denny Eckrich, Jason Bodenhamer,
Chris Simpson, and Larry Clawson topping heat race action.
The two B Features contested saw Brett Rollert and Gary Stolba
notch the wins to advance to the evenings feature event. The
event also saw Larry Clawson pick up the Midwest Walnut Lucky
Stars Award after his 18th place finish in the A Feature.
Up next for the
O'Reilly MLRA is a trip to Eldon, MO and Lake Ozark Speedway
on Saturday, July 7. During their lone trip to the facility
in 2006 Jeff Taylor picked up the win in the event co-sanctioned
with the Mid American Racing Series.
For more information
on Lake Ozark Speedway visit them on the web at www.lakeozarkspeedway.com
or give them a call at 573-392-9977.
For all the latest
news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the
web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling (816) 650-5063 or
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The O'Reilly MLRA
would like to thank the sponsors of the 2007 Thunder Tour
including O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race Tire, Midwest
Walnut, Hatfield Racing Engines, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Taylor
Cable Products, Afco, GRT Race Cars, The Driveline Shop, Sunoco
Race Fuels, Weld Wheels, Chase Race Decals, Gameday Trophy,
Bodee's Race Bodies, Duralite, Holley Race Products, Rod End
Supply, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance
Race Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Shepherd of the Hills Entertainment,
Racing Optics, Impact Sign & Lighting
Full
Results |
24
Raceway |
July
3, 2007 |
| Heat
1 |
1)
Denny Eckrich, 2) Mark Voigt, 3) Mark Burgtorf, 4) Trace
Westling, 5) Bob Hiller, 6) Bob Cummings, 7) Russell Jeffries,
8) Steve Grotz, 9) JD Hubert |
|
| Heat
2 |
1)
Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Scott Drake, 3) Dave Eckrich, 4)
Chris Smyser, 5) Gary Stolba, 6) Ricky Frankel, 7) Sonny
Findling, 8) Bob King, DNS - Gary Wilson |
|
| Heat
3 |
1)
Chris Simpson, 2) Eric Turner, 3) Matt Furman, 4) David
Turner, 5) Brett Rollert, 6) David Barker, 7) Danny Lorton,
8) Larry D. Clawson, 9) Leslie Essary |
|
| Heat
4 |
1)
Larry Clawson, 2) Tommy Elston, 3) Nick Ingalls, 4) Billy
Moyer Jr., 5) Randy McGraw, 6) Alan Vaughn, 7) Bob Miller,
8) Steven Clancy, DNS - Justin Reed |
|
| B
Feature #1 |
1)
Rollert, 2) Grotz, 3) Barker, 4) Lorton, 5) Hiller,
6) Cummings, 7) Jefferies, DNS - Clancy |
|
| B
Feature #2 |
1)
Stolba, 2) Frankel, 3) King, 4) McGraw, 5) Vaughn, 6)
Hubert, 7) Miller |
|
| A
Feature |
1)
Elston, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Voigt, 4) Simpson, 5) Stolba,
6) Dave Eckrich, 7) Drake, 8) Burgtorf, 9) Eric Turner,
10) Grotz, 11) Vaughn, 12) Bodenhamer, 13) Smyser, 14)
Moyer, 15) Ingalls, 16) David Turner, 17) Rollert, 18)
Clawson, 19) Furman, 20) Barker, 21) Westling, 22) Frankel |
|
| Midwest
Walnut Lucky Stars Award Winner: Larry Clawson |
| Weld
Wheels Hard Charger: Gary Stolba |
|
