KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Summit USMTS National Championship rolled into the Lakeside Speedway on Thursday for the seventh annual Grant Junghans Memorial and ended the night with Terry Phillips and Chase Junghans winning features.
In a new twist this year, two races were contested with each paying $2,222 to win and paid completely in $2 bills.
Terry Phillips led all but the first lap and held a significant margin of over the field until Kyle Strickler pulled alongside on the final lap to make things interesting.
Nonetheless, the 58-year-old from Springfield, Mo., fended off the attacks from ‘The Highside Tickler’ to collect the win with Gary Christian, Jim Chisholm and Jason Hughes rounding out the top five.
Tanner Mullens led the opening lap of the second 22-lap feature, but that was the end of his reign as Chase Junghans snatched the lead away on the next lap and then dominated the rest of the way.
The former USMTS regular and younger brother of Grant Junghans, Chase crossed the finish line with a whopping 6.105-secon margin of victory over Tyler Wolff.
Mullens held on for the third spot while Jake O’Neil bested Alex Williamson for fourth-place money.
The finishes:
First feature: Terry Phillips, Kyle Strickler, Gary Christian, Jim Chisholm, Jason Hughes, Tyler Davis, Kyle Brown, Gunner Martin, Reece Solander, Gabe Hodges, Dan Ebert, Gene Nicholas, Jason Langford, Sam Florence, Jake Timm, Dalton Kirk, Chad Lyle, Rick Beebe.
Second feature: Chase Junghans, Tyler Wolff, Tanner Mullens, Jake O’Neil, Alex Williamson, Rodney Sanders, Darron Fuqua, Will Krup, Shadren Turner, Lance Mari, Jacob Hobscheidt, Tim Karrick, Austin Siebert, Randal Schiffelbein Jr., Steve Lavasseur, Steven Glenn, A.J. Hoff.