WHEATLAND, Mo. — Chase Junghans won his second straight feature at Lucas Oil Speedway after breaking through for the $11,000 Ron Jenkins Memorial over Labor Day Weekend. He led all 30 laps.
“I told myself at the beginning of the year – and I said this last time we were up front here – every time we come here I get my butt kicked,” Junghans said in victory lane. “I could never figure it out and there’s a lot of good-paying races here throughout the year. I just wanted to try and get this place figured out.
“We’re getting better, but there’s still room for improvement,” Junghans added. “The race track was phenomenal. I just have to thank my guys, Donnie and Bob, Emily my wife and everybody who helps us.”
Junghans grabbed the lead at the start and had nearly a one-second edge over Dylan Thornton by lap 10 of the 30-lapper. Thornton began to gradually cut into the margin as Dallon Murty moved into third.
By the halfway mark on lap 15, Thornton and Murty were right behind the leader. They were still running 1-2-3 when Thornton popped the wall in turn two, as he and Murty was mixing it up for second, to bring out the first caution of the race on lap 17.
“Man, I hate that for Dylan,” Murty said. “I had to slide him down there and I thought I sent it in hard enough to where he would check and turn under. But I hate that. Sorry to him.”
After the restart, Junghans and Murty exchanged sliders on consecutive laps but Junghans was able to stave off the challenger with Tony Jackson Jr. lurking in third and Chris Simpson in fourth.
Junghans was up to the challenge, holding off Murty to win by .937 seconds. Jackson was third, Simpson fourth and Jason Feger fifth.
The finish:
Feature – 1. 18-Chase Junghans[1]; 2. 13-Dallon Murty[3]; 3. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[4]; 4. 32-Chris Simpson[6]; 5. 25-Jason Feger[9]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 7. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[10]; 8. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[12]; 9. 24-Ryan Unzicker[14]; 10. 75P-Terry Phillips[13]; 11. 33-Wil Herrington[17]; 12. 75-Daniel Adam[16]; 13. 62-Justin Zeitner[8]; 14. 12-Scott Crigler[15]; 15. 10J-Jordan Bauer[20]; 16. 44-Blaze Burwell[19]; 17. 24B-Chris Bragg[7]; 18. 4G-Bob Gardner[21]; 19. 38J-Jake Little[22]; 20. (DNF) 17A-Austin Howes[18]; 21. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 22. (DNF) 112-Tyler Smith[11]
