Tony Bruce Jr. and Chris Parkinson Score Weekend
Sprint Car wins at Lucas Oil Speedway!
     

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Content contributed by ASCS and WAR PR

WHEATLAND, MO (June 22nd, 2015) - Tony Bruce Jr. scored an emotional and popular Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series win on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway while Chris Parkinson took top honors in the Impact Signs Awnings & Wraps WAR Wingless Auto Racing Series Presented by Next LED Main event.

"What a spectacular night, great crowd, great weather, and great racing!" exclaimed Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Dan Robinson. "We can't wait for them to come back to Wheatland for the 5th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial on Sept. 25th-26th, it's definitely one you won't want to miss."

ASCS RECAP-Courtesy of Bryan Hulbert-ASCS PR
What a way to cap off the 23rd ASCS  Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek and Bob Westphal Memorial as Liberal, Kan. shoe Tony Bruce, Jr. picked up his first Protect the Harvest A-Feature victory in 2015 with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.
"It means a lot to me to be standing here. We've won a race here  before, but this one is pretty special. There's a lot happening with me  personally, so this is a big win for us and everyone who's involved with this team," said Bruce in Victory Lane. "Hats off the track crew, Dan,  and everybody here at the Lucas Oil Speedway. We're all standing up there having our doubts that the track prep was going to be good or bad, but man, it turned out excellent and that's the best thing about coming to this race track is they strive for greatness."

Executing the bottom groove perfectly, Bruce built his advantage  quickly before the caution displayed on Lap 7. Returning to speed, the caution flew again the following lap. Picking things up, the Oil Medics No. 18 began to pace away from the field.
Finding slower traffic at the race's half-way point, the race for the lead began to tighten up as Bruce navigated the back of the field.  Searching lines, Bruce became pined behind a pair of slower cars,  allowing Kyle Bellm to take a shot at the race lead.

"I thought we had a chance at Tony there, but I got hung up behind the No. 33 car. You know, we had one shot at it there, and just didn't  get it done, but it got to be a handful. I think a bleeder quit, or we sealed a tire after that last caution but the way we've been running, a  second here is a hell of a feature."

Settling for the final podium step after battling most of the race with Jeff Swindell, Oklahoma's Wayne Johnson described the hard fought  finish, "Me and Jeff, neither one of us wanted to give up that spot, and unfortunately it got a little ugly there. I hate to do that, but we're looking at the big picture here and we need every point we can get so sometimes you can't be 'Mr. Nice Guy'."

Wayne's third place finish was enough to secure the 2015 ASCS Sizzlin's Summer Speedweek Title, fending off Tony Bruce, Jr. by seven  points. Jeff Swindell, Seth Bergman, and Matt Covington completed the top-five in Speedweek points.

Having to work out of a B-Feature, the night's KSE Hard Charger was  Seth Bergman, coming from 20th to fourth after several hard fought  battles through the top-ten.  

After running third for much of the second  half of the race, Jeff Swindell would end up crossing fifth.

Derek Hagar came from 12th to grab sixth with Aaron Reutzel fading to seventh after challenging several times for a podium finish. Matt Covington eighth, Blake Hahn ninth, with Jonathan Cornell coming 18th rounded out the top-ten.

With 35 drivers making the call at the Lucas Oil Speedway, five Heat  Races went to Kyle Bellm, Chance Morton, Matt Covington, Jordan Weaver,  and Evan Martin. A pair of B-Features went to Logan Forler and Jonathan  Cornell.

Paired with the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region, Jonathan Cornell earned high points for the region. Tyler Thomas, Jay Russell, Austin  Alumbaugh, and Tyler Blank completed the top-five point's earners.

For continued updates on the American Sprint Car Series, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com.

Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Lucas Oil Speedway - Wheatland, Mo. Saturday, June 20, 2015

Car Count: 35

Heat Races: 8 Laps, taking the winner plus the next the next 11 highest in passing points to the A-Feature.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14K-Kyle Bellm[2]; 2. 77X-Wayne Johnson[1]; 3.  9JR-Derek Hagar[4]; 4. 42-Andy McElhannon[5]; 5. 23-Seth Bergman[3]; 6.  27-Danny Thoman[6]; 7. (DNF) 72X-Josh Fisher[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7M-Chance Morton[2]; 2. 76-Jay Russell[1]; 3.  52-Blake Hahn[6]; 4. 20K-Kevin Ulmer[3]; 5. 99X-Mike Ell[5]; 6. 3B-Brad  Greer[7]; 7. 99-Andrew Turley[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 2. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[6]; 3.  8M-Kade Morton[1]; 4. 24S-Ricky Lee Stangl[2]; 5. 84-Brandon Hanks[5];  6. 75-Tyler Blank[7]; 7. 34-Corey Nelson[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 92-Jordan Weaver[1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 3.  45X-Johnny Herrera[3]; 4. 2L-Logan Forler[4]; 5. 28-Jonathan Cornell[7]; 6. 86-Tyler Thomas[2]; 7. 1X-Brad Ryun[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Evan Martin[2]; 2. 94-Jeff Swindell[4]; 3.  33-Kris Miller[1]; 4. 33A-Austin Alumbaugh[5]; 5. 24L-Lanny  Carpenter[3]; 6. 9M-Ryan Leavitt[6]; DNS 51-Mitchell Moore

B-Feature(s): 12 laps, taking the top 3 to the tail of the A-Feature.
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler[2]; 2. 84-Brandon Hanks[4];  3. 33-Kris Miller[1]; 4. 75-Tyler Blank[5]; 5. 72X-Josh Fisher[8]; 6.  24S-Ricky Lee Stangl[3]; 7. 24L-Lanny Carpenter[6]; 8. 9M-Ryan  Leavitt[7]; 9. 99-Andrew Turley[9]; DNS 51-Mitchell Moore

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Jonathan Cornell[1]; 2. 23-Seth  Bergman[5]; 3. 86-Tyler Thomas[7]; 4. 3B-Brad Greer[4]; 5. 20K-Kevin  Ulmer[2]; 6. 34-Corey Nelson[9]; 7. 1X-Brad Ryun[8]; 8. (DNF) 27-Danny  Thoman[6]; 9. (DNF) 99X-Mike Ell[3]

A-Feature: 30 Laps
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[4]; 2. 14K-Kyle Bellm[1]; 3. 77X-Wayne Johnson[10]; 4. 23-Seth Bergman[20]; 5. 94-Jeff Swindell[2];  6. 9JR-Derek Hagar[12]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 8. 95-Matt Covington[8]; 9. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 10. 28-Jonathan Cornell[18]; 11. 45X-Johnny  Herrera[14]; 12. 86-Tyler Thomas[22]; 13. 2L-Logan Forler[17]; 14.  84-Brandon Hanks[19]; 15. 42-Andy McElhannon[15]; 16. 8M-Kade  Morton[16]; 17. 4-Evan Martin[5]; 18. 7M-Chance Morton[3]; 19. 92-Jordan Weaver[9]; 20. (DNF) 33-Kris Miller[21]; 21. (DNF) 76-Jay Russell[11];  22. (DNF) 33A-Austin Alumbaugh[13]

Lap Leader(s): Tony Bruce, Jr. 1-30 KSE Hard Charger: Seth Bergman +16 FSR High Point: Tony Bruce, Jr. Provisional(s): N/A
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WAR RECAP-Courtesy of Chad Buford WAR PR  

The Impact Signs, Awnings and Wraps WAR Series presented by Next LED would see thirty one cars compete on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway.  When all was said and done, 2014 series champ Chris Parkinson picked up his first win of 2015.

Polesitter Kenny Potter would jump out into the lead as third-starting Derek Hagar moved into second immediately and put constant pressure on the Harrisonville, MO veteran driver for the top spot. 

Hagar would move by Potter on lap three as Kevin Risley and Parkinson ran third and fourth.

The top four would remain the same until lap six when Parkinson was able to move by Risley into third.  A lap later, the Gladstone, MO driver would work his way past Potter and into second.

With Hagar still out front, Parkinson started to apply heavy pressure by lap nine.  Over the next handful of laps, the pair would be less than a few car lengths from one another as Hagar continued to hold off Parkinson.

By lap fifteen, Risley had also joined in the fray as Casey Shuman had now moved into fourth.

In heavy lapped traffic, Parkinson was able to move by Hagar on lap nineteen.  Over the next few laps, Hagar would continue to mount heavy pressure and by lap twenty three, Hagar made a bold move around a pair of lapped cars in turns three and four looking for the top spot.  Parkinson was able to get by the pair low and held the advantage as Hagar slid high in turn four opening some ground for Parkinson.   

Over the last two laps Hagar would not be able to mount a serious challenge as Parkinson would go on to the win in his Ozark Barge and Dock Service/54th Street Grill and Bar/Country Kids Daycare #65. Hagar was second in the Hockett Racing #75. Risley was a solid third in the Risley Trash Service #24K. John Helm moved up steadily to run fourth in the Helm Racing #12.  

Rounding out the top five was Josh Stephens in the Summers Farms #09.   Shuman was sixth followed by Devon Huff, in his first WAR start of 2015.   TJ Muths, Potter, and Riley Kreisel rounded out the top ten.

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Wingless Auto Racing Results
Lucas Oil Speedway-June 20, 2015
31 cars

*Top 16 in passing points make the A-Main
1st Heat-8 laps

1. * 00-Casey Shuman, Rattlesnake Bend, AZ; 2. * 09-Josh Stephens, Buckner, MO (3); 3. *20-Steve Thomas-Ludlow, IL (2); 4. *65M-TJ Muths, Sedalia, MO (5); 5. *7s-Wade Seiler, Alton, IL (7); 6. 8XX-Scott Comstock-Tipton, MO (6); 7. 18X-Nathan Ryun, Higginsville, MO (4); DNS: 6-Doug Fry, Wheatland, MO
2nd Heat-8 laps

1. * 75-Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (6); 2. * 7JR-Hannah Adair, Broken Arrow, OK (3); 3. *4U-Devon Huff, Nixa, MO (8); 4. 8-Jeff Wingate, Centertown, MO (2); 5. 83-Adam Cruea, Troy, Ohio (1); 6. 70-Pete Palazzolo, Pacific, MO (4)-DNF; 7. 42-Warren Johnson, Overland Park, KS (5)-DNF; 8. 88RR-Ryan Rector, Jasper, MO (7)-DNF
3rd Heat- 8 laps

1. *65-Chris Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (2); 2. *24K-Kevin Risley, Collinsville, OK (7);  3. *12-John Helm, Kearney, MO (6); 4. *8X-Brandon Dunham, California, MO (8); 5. 14-John Hillman, Jefferson City, MO (5); 6. 9-Casey Baker, Lone Jack, MO (1); 7. 75A-Travis Arnold, Pilot Grove, MO (4); 8. 88-Chad Tye, Independence, MO (3)-DNF
4th Heat- 8 laps

1. *55-Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, MO (6); 2. *24C-Craig Carroll, Collinsville, OK (1); 3. *38-Cody Baker, Lone Jack, MO (3); 4. *10- Will Register, Sedalia, MO (5);  5. 13-Clyde Knipp, California, MO (7); 6. 99-Tony Rost, Utica, NE (2); 7. 90-Riley Kreisel, Warsaw, MO (4)-DNF

B-Feature- 12 laps(Top 4 to A)
1. 8-Jeff Wingate (2); 2. 90-Riley Kreisel (9); 3. 14-John Hillman (3); 4. 13-Clyde Knipp (4); 5. 99-Tony Rost (6); 6. 9-Casey Baker (7); 7. 75A-Travis Arnold (8); 8. 83-Adam Cruea (4); 9. 6-Doug Fry (10); 10. 8XX-Scott Comstock (5)-DNF;  DNS-70- Pete Palazzolo; 42-Warren Johnson; 18X-Nathan Ryun;  88RR-Ryan Rector; 88-Chad Tye

A-Feature- 25 laps
1. 65-Chris Parkinson (4); 2. 75-Derek Hagar (3); 3. 24K-Kevin Risley (2); 4. 12-John Helm (6); 5. 09-Josh Stephens (9); 6. 00-Casey Shuman (7); 7. 4U-Devon Huff (5); 8. 65M-TJ Muths (14); 9. 55-Kenny Potter (1); 10. 90-Riley Kreisel (18); 11. 24C-Craig Carroll (11); 12. 20-Steve Thomas (13); 13. 13-Clyde Knipp (20); 14. 7s-Wade Seiler (16); 15. 8X-Brandon Dunham (8); 16. 10-Will Register (15); 17. 14-John Hillman (19); 18. 7JR-Hannah Adair (10); 19. 38-Cody Baker (12); 20. 8-Jeff Wingate (17)

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About Lucas Oil Speedway 
Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top five Race Tracks in the Nation. Located in Wheatland, Missouri, approximately an hour from Springfield, Missouri and just a quick hour and a half from the Kansas City Metro Area, dubbed the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" Lucas Oil Speedway certainly lives up to the title.

Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. 2015 marks the 5th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, Lake Lucas. Two Nationally televised Drag Boat Races featuring the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series will be held in 2015.

Lucas Oil Speedway hosts some of the largest and most popular events in the Midwest! National and regional touring series appear frequently for Special Events on the Diamond of Dirt Tracks. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, POWRi Midget National Series, Lucas Oil Pro-Pulling League, United States Modified Touring Series, ASCS Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil MLRA.  

In addition to the incredible Special Events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Budweiser Weekly Racing Series features, the ALPS Food Stores ULMA Late Models, Pitts Homes USRA Modifieds, Carson's Corner NAPA Factory Stocks and the Tri-Lakes RV USRA B-Mods, racing weekly.