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June 21st, 2008

Billy Moyer Conquers O’Reilly Late Model Challenge

Wheatland, Missouri (6/21/08) – On Saturday night, the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model tour took part in the O’Reilly Late Model Challenge at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.  The event was intended to bring the bulk of the O’Reilly sponsored tours together to see who could claim bragging rights as the top tour.  However, at the end of the night it was an independent driver, Billy Moyer, who took home the $10,000 payday and the bragging rights.

Sixty-Five Super Late Models converged on the immaculate Lucas Oil Speedway to wage war in the $10,000 to win/$700 to start event.  Via passing points in heat race action, Billy Moyer from Batesville, Arkansas earned the pole position for the 51 lap, feature event.  Moyer was flanked to his outside by Missouri’s, Terry Phillips.  At the drop of the green flag, Moyer bolted to the lead with Phillips, Jack Sullivan, and Jesse Stovall in tow. 

Moyer would edge ahead to a three car length advantage in the early stages of the event as he worked the middle of the race track.  Phillips would use the low line to pull even with the leader by lap five as the duo began to battle side by side for the top spot.  As the lead pair battled for the lead, Greenbriar, Arkansas’ Jack Sullivan followed closely behind in the third position with lapped traffic looming ahead of the front pack.

Phillips would use a strong move exiting turn two in lapped traffic to take sole possession of the lead on lap 12.  Once at the point, he began working lapped traffic masterfully and had built a ten car length advantage by lap 24, when disaster struck.  Phillips was entering turn three on the 24th circuit when he made contact with the lapped entry of Bill Frye, causing Phillips to spin up the track into the turn three wall.  Phillips would be able to continue, but he had to join the back of the pack.

With Phillips to the back of the field, Billy Moyer inherited the lead with Sullivan and Stovall rounding out the top three spots in the running order.  As green flag action resumed, Moyer motored away from the field as Sullivan and Stovall began a spirited battle for the second position with Batesville, Arkansas driver, Wendell Wallace sitting comfortably in the fourth position.  Stovall would take over the second spot on lap 26 by working the extreme high side of the racy, clay oval.  Lap 31 would see Sullivan use the low line to drive back around Stovall for the second position, with Stovall falling back into the clutches of Wendell Wallace.

The remainder of the event would go caution free with Billly Moyer taking the $10,000 payday over Jack Sullivan, Wendell Wallace, Jesse Stovall, and Jeremy Payne.

Heat race wins were claimed by Terry Phillips, Jack Sullivan, Jeremy Payne, Tommy Elston, Brandon McCormick, and Jesse Stovall with Ray Moore, Steve Rushin, and Kelly Boen topping the triple b-mains.  After bad luck in his heat race and falling short of a transfer spot in his b-main, Joey Mack was forced to utilize an O’Reilly MSRA provisional for the feature.

The next event on tap for the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models will be on Friday, July 11th at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$300 to start, 40 lap event.  On Saturday, July 12th, the action shifts to Arkansas Motor Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start, 40 lap event.  For more information, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .

The O’Reilly MSRA would like to thank O’Reilly Auto Parts, their Associate Sponsors- GRT Race Cars, Hoosier Racing Tires, COMP Cams, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Weld Racing, Kuntz & Company, JFR Graphics, RiceTec, ASI Racewear, ROCKHARD Powdercoat, Inc., MSR Mafia.com Marketing Services; and their contingency sponsors - Scott Wire, Duralite Racing Wheels, Suspension Spring Specialists, BSB Manufacturing, AP Racing, Wiles Drive Shafts, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Schaeffer Oil, & FSR Products.

For more information on the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .

Lucas Oil Speedway Feature Results
June 21st, 2008

1. Billy Moyer
2  Jack Sullivan
3. Wendell Wallace
4. Jesse Stovall
5. Jeremy Payne
6. Kyle Berck
7. Jon Kirby
8. James Ward
9. Terry Phillips
10. Chris Jones
11. Ray Moore
12. Eric Turner
13. Bill Frye
14. John Anderson
15. Kenny Merchant
16. Kelly Boen
17. Dusty Johnston
18. Delbert Smith
19. Mike Wiarda
20. Joey Mack
21. Tommy Elston
22. Steve Rushin
23. Denny Woodworth
24. Brandon McCormick
25. David Turner
26. Mark Burgtorf