Jeffrey Abbey finished exactly where he started Friday at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo.
From the pole position, the racer from Rhome, Texas, led all 25 circuits to outdistance Jaylen Wettengel in the feature for the KS Engineering Iron Man USRA Stock Car series presented by Terminator Chassis.
Abbey, who just missed a win in Thursday’s King of America XIV opener, left no doubt this time while earning $2,000.
Although he had a lead of nearly two seconds with 10 to go, it shrunk to less than a half-second over the hard-charging Wettengel by the finish. Wettengel started 15th.
“I don’t really like starting on the front row like that. You don’t really know where to go,” Abbey said, noting this weekend is his first time at Lucas Oil Speedway. “I went up top and about lost the lead. I was able to get back down, get out front and roll the bottom.”
Darrin Schmidt finished third with Rodney Schweitzer fourth and Pat Graham fifth.
Jon Sheets of Nevada, Mo., moved from the ninth starting position to take over the lead by lap 7 in the main event for the USRA B-Mods. He led it from there to earn the 25-lap feature win.
Sheets beat runner-up Kris Jackson of Lebanon, Mo., winner of Thursday’s feature, by 3.5 seconds. The win was worth $2,000 to Sheets, who said he was confident despite starting on row five.
“We had a great car from the git-go,” Sheets said. “We started ninth. Patience was the key. It didn’t take long to get to fourth, then we got to third and had a good restart and kind of set sail from there.”
Three-time former Iron Man USRA B-Mod champ Dan Hovden grabbed third with Jake Richards fourth and Scott Bintz finishing fifth
The action continues Saturday with drivers in each division dueling for $3,000 and $300 to start. Drivers who don’t qualify for the main event can compete in a $700-to-win Non-Qualifiers Race in each class.
If you can’t be there in person, watch every lap live on RacinDirt.TV.
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Lucas Oil Speedway is located just south of US 54 on SR 83 to 18842 Speedway Dr, Wheatland, MO 65779. The facility is about an hour from Springfield and a little more than an hour from the Kansas City metro area.
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