WHEATLAND, Mo. — Jon Sheets proved difficult to catch Saturday night in the featured event on the Lucas Oil Speedway Pitts Homes and Realty Weekly Racing Series program.
Sheets led all the way to earn the 25-lap, $750-to-win Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mod main event.
Sheets and J.C. Newell started on the front row and they ran 1-2 through the first 10 laps, with the exception of lap four when J.C. Morton took second away from Newell, but that was only temporary.
By lap 15, Sheets’ lead grew two 1.5 seconds with Newell a similar distance behind Newell for second. A couple of laps later, Ryan Gillmore moved into the third position as Sheets continued to show the way up front over Newell.
Gillmore’s march continued as he drove into second on lap 22, but time was running short to catch the lead. Sheets, who used the low groove most of the way, finished it off by beating Gillmore by 1.3 seconds.
“I thought the race track was moving up, but I led the whole race down there,” Sheets said. “I just want to thank everyone at the shop that keep sthis thing going. I couldn’t do it without them.”
Newell wound up third with Morton fourth and Robert White in fifth.
The Hickamo Super Stocks saw Jared Hays win a make-up feature that was rained out April 27. In regular action, Kenny Carroll won the Super Stocks feature with other winners Johnny Fennewald (O’Reilly Auto Parts Stocks Cars) and Terry Phillips (Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds).
