WHEATLAND, Mo. – Terry Schultz led wire-to-wire to capture the Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mod 25-lap feature, the headline event Saturday night on Lucas Oil Speedway’s Veterans and Military Appreciation Night.
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Schultz won for the seventh time overall in 2022. After a pair of fourth-place feature runs earlier in the season at Lucas Oil Speedway, Schultz said it was sweet to break through in the tough field.
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“We’ve had a good car for a long time,” Schultz said. “I’ve got to thank Bobby and Sherry (Russell) for letting me drive it. We’ve been right up near the top two or three all the time, but just hadn’t been able to get one here.”
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After two mishaps before an official lap could be completed, Schultz grabbed the lead from fellow front-row starter Colson Kirk with J.C. Morton running third.
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Six-time track champion and points leader Kris Jackson started eighth in the feature but already advanced four spots when a caution stacked the field after lap six. Meanwhile, Andy Bryant also was zooming through the field after his heat-race win was went away due to a technical disqualification and he was fifth by lap eight after starting 20th.
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But Bryant would advance no further and neither would Jackson. The race remained caution-free the rest of the way and Schultz held on for his first Lucas Oil Speedway feature win of the season.
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Schultz beat Kirk by 1.1 seconds with Morton capturing third, Jackson taking fourth and Bryant a distant fifth.
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Other feature winners on the program presented by KOZL were Justin Wells in the Hermitage Lumber Late Models, Rob White in the O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars, and Dustin Hodges with theCedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modifieds.
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The Finish:
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Feature: 1. 7B-Terry Schultz[2]; 2. 55-Colson Kirk[1]; 3. 18-JC Morton[3]; 4. 65-Kris Jackson[8]; 5. 28-Andy Bryant[20]; 6. 66-Ryan Gillmore[9]; 7. 98A-Kenton Allen[7]; 8. 24L-Dakota Lowe[4]; 9. 8S-Jon Sheets[12]; 10. 42J-Donnie Jackson[11]; 11. 2-Quentin Taylor[17]; 12. 34-Mark Schafman[19]; 13. 21-Greg Scheffler[5]; 14. 98-Christopher Watts[14]; 15. 39-Dwight Brown[15]; 16. (DNF) 0K-Tracy Killian[13]; 17. (DNF) 25G-James Gish[16]; 18. (DNF) 15-Ryan Edde[6]; 19. (DNF) 05-Jeremy Lile[10]; 20. (DNS) 00-Jim Moody