MEMPHIS, Mo. — Defending Mohrfeld Solar Sprint Invaders champion, Tasker Phillips, notched his first win of the season with the series Friday night and the Scotland County Speedway.
The Pleasantville, Iowa native earned $2,000 aboard the 3-Way Motorsports No. 1TAZ for his sixth career win with the Sprint Invaders.
Alex Vande Voort shot out from his pole position in the 25-lap main event early, ahead of Phillips, Josh Schneiderman, Joey Moughan and Cody Wehrle.
Vande Voort was in lapped traffic by the fifth circuit. When he hesitated behind a lapped car on the ninth lap, however, Phillips saw the opportunity he needed and he took the point on the low side of turn two.
Schneiderman’s third place run came to an end, when he stopped while belching smoke 14 laps in. Phillips led Vande Voort, Moughan, Wehrle and Cam Sorrels back to green.
Sorrels quickly took fourth, as the only car up front utilizing the low side of the large 3/8-mile facility. On lap 16, he worked under Moughan for third. Phillips was lapping cars with four to go, while Sorrels nabbed second from Vande Voort on the low side of turn four.
Phillips was gone at that point and finished 4.5 seconds in front of Sorrels. Moughan drove around Vande Voort with two to go to grab third, ahead of late closing Wehrle, and hard-charger Jack Thomas. Vande Voort, Cole Schroeder, Evan Semarad, Sawyer Phillips and Dustin Clark rounded out the top ten. Sawyer Phillips, Moughan and Vande Voort were the heat winners.
“I’ve been here before and it’s been fun,” said Phillips. “It’s a nice big track. It’s fun to pound the cushion. I’m just glad we got this done. We didn’t have brakes the last eight or ten laps. I was glad to see some rubber come in, because I wasn’t going to last much longer. This crew keeps working hard, and hopefully, we can get back in the points battle. It was one time when it was better to be in second. I was watching the lapped car (in front of Vande Voort). He would enter low, and then commit to the top. I think Alex was second guessing it, so I just stuck my nose down there in a hurry. I think I just caught him off guard. Thankfully, I didn’t have to deal with him again.”
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. 1TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (2) 2. 57, Cam Sorrels, Hallsville, MO (8) 3. 99, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (4) 4. 40, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (7) 5. 63, Jack Thomas, Bates City, MO (12) 6. 5A, Alex Vande Voort, Knoxville, IA (1) 7. 3, Cole Schroeder, Bozeman, MT (10) 8. 59, Evan Semarad, Malcolm, NE (14) 9. 7s, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6) 10. 16, Dustin Clark, Agency, IA (13) 11. 17, Nate Parks, Burlington, IA (5) 12. 9L, Lincoln Martin, Monmouth, IL (16) 13. 11x, Jaden Alexander, Knoxville, IA (15) 14. 7, Tyler Lee, Cedar Rapids, IA (9) 15. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis, IA (11) 16. W28, Alan Woods, Brisbane, QLD, Aust. (17) 17. 88, Riley Scott, Quincy, IL (20) 18. 31, McCain Richards, Burlington, IA (18) 19. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (3) 20. 25x, Steve Pumphrey, Fort Worth, TX (21) 21. 71, Nathan Murders, Burlington, IA (19) DNS – 7B, Nick Guernsey, West Burlington, IA .
