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Rager Phillips Bests Alley
for Career-First at Lee County
By Jake Croxton
Donnellson, Iowa (May 19, 2006) – Rager Phillips blasted past Bobby Mincer on
the fourteenth lap of the Lee County Bank & Trust 25 for the Ideal Ready Mix
Sprint Invaders and promptly went on to score his first career Sprint Car
victory. The Pleasantville, Iowa driver held off one final charge from Billy
Alley on a lap 21 restart.
“It’s awesome,” said the driver of the KNSP Farms / Computers for You /
Bozell Construction / Eagle. “It was crazy out there battling with Billy Alley…
I’ve just been determined the whole week. I was ahead of schedule putting the
cars together and getting them serviced. I just got out of school, so the whole
day Friday I was just pumped up and ready to go. I was relaxed and singing (to
the radio) before the race.”
Phillips bested Dave Anderson in the Mike Campbell’s Body Shop & Towing
Shake-Up Dash, but pulled the #4 and started outside row two. Brian Hetrick and
Bobby Mincer paced the 20-car field at the race’s outset. Hetrick won the race
into turn one and led the opening six circuits before Mincer took control as the
leaders approached lapped traffic.
Jeff Mitrisin is making a habit of collecting the KSE Racing Products Hard
Charger Award. “The Magician” clipped a boundary tire while in a transfer
spot in the Heat Race and was forced to come from the B-Main. Mitrisin steadily
worked through the field before settling into the top five.
As Mincer worked traffic, Phillips reeled the 2004 Series Champion in and set
sail opening up nearly a straightaway advantage at times.
The event’s only stoppage was for points leader Matt Sutton’s encounter with
the turn one guardrail. Sutton was uninjured, but done for the event.
That set the stage for a four-lap dash to the finish with Phillips leading Billy
Alley, Korey Weyant, Mitrisin, and Mincer. Phillips timed the restart perfectly
and held on by a couple car lengths to earn the victory.
“I took off and I could hear him right on my butt the whole time,” continued
Phillips, who graduated from High School on Sunday. “I just kicked it in gear
and tried to pull away from him. He came up and congratulated me afterward and
said he didn’t have anything for me.”
Alley, Weyant, Mitrisin, and Hetrick completed the top five ahead of Dustin
Lindquist, Mincer. Larry Ball, Jr., John Schulz, and Dave Anderson,
In preliminary action, Matt Krieger was uninjured after getting into the catch
fence coming out of turn four. After a short delay, racing resumed. Josh
Schneiderman was also uninjured after a stuck throttle put the W. Burlington
driver into the concrete blocks on the cool-down lap of his Heat Race.
The series will make its first visit to Quincy Raceway on Wednesday, June 7th,
before returning to 34 Raceway for a Saturday night shootout on June 10th. For
more information, check out www.sprintinvaders.com on the World Wide Web.
Results
Staats Awards Heat Race #1 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Larry Ball, Jr., Knoxville; 2.
Brian Hetrick, Stronghurst, IL; 3. Matt Sutton, Macomb, IL; 4. Dustin Lindquist,
Floodwood, MN; 5. Matt Moro, Des Moines; 6. Josh Schneiderman, W. Burlington; 7.
Travis Porter, East Moline, IL; 8. Matt Krieger, Burlington
Storm Steel / Abrasive Jet Heat Race #2 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Korey Weyant,
Springfield, IL; 2. Bobby Mincer, Burlington; 3. Curtis Boyer, New Haven, MO; 4.
Jimmie Davies, Oquawka, IL; 5. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD; 6. Jeff Mitrisin,
Oskaloosa; 7. Bart Andrews, Muscatine; 8. Nick Eastin, W. Burlington
Rich DeReu Memorial Heat Race #3 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Billy Alley, Lincoln,
NE; 2. Dave Anderson, Burlington; 3. Randy Plath, Stronghurst, IL; 4. Manny
Rockhold, Pekin, IL; 5. Justin Newberry, Burlington; 6. Justin Gianetto, Cedar
Rapids; 7. Seth Wilke, Burlington; 8. Matt Harms, Chillicothe, IL
Walljasper Tile & Excavation Heat Race #4 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Rager
Phillips, Pleasantville; 2. Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis; 3. John Schulz,
Burlington; 4. Jayson Ditsworth, Gladstone, IL; 5. Stevie Walsh, Auckland, NZ;
6. Tony Daniels, Galesburg, IL; 7. Nick Guernsey, Burlington; 8. Dan Avery,
Burlington
Mike Campbell’s Body Shop & Towing Shake-Up Dash – 1. Phillips; 2.
Anderson; 3. Weyant; 4. Hetrick; 5. Mincer; 6. Alley; 7. Jamison; 8. Ball, Jr.
Budweiser B-Main (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Moro; 2. Mitrisin; 3. Newberry; 4.
Gianetto; 5. Porter; 6. Avery; 7. Daniels; 8. Walsh; 9. Krieger; 10. Eastin; 11.
Peters; 12. Wilke; 13. Guernsey; 14. Harms; 15. Andrews; 16. Schneiderman
Lee County Bank & Trust 25 – 1. Phillips; 2. Alley; 3. Weyant; 4. Walsh;
5. Hetrick; 6. Lindquist; 7. Mincer; 8. Ball, Jr.; 9. Schulz; 10. Anderson; 11.
Jamison; 12. Boyer; 13. Plath; 14. Ditsworth; 15. Newberry; 16. Davies; 17.
Gianetto; 18. Moro; 19. Rockhold; 20. Sutton
Car Count – 32
Cautions – 1 (L21)
Leaders – Hetrick 1-6, Mincer 7-13, Phillips 14-25
Laps Led – Phillips 12, Mincer 7, Hetrick 6
Highest Finishing Rookie – Gianetto (17th)
Contingency:
B&B Oval Track Products Pole Award – Brian Hetrick
QA1 Motorsports Feature Winner – Rager Phillips
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger – Jeff Mitrisin (Started 18th, Finished 4th)
Design 500 5th Place – Brian Hetrick
Design 500 First Non-Qualifier – Travis Porter
Storm Steel B-Main Consolation Prize – Dan Avery
Rainbo Oil 2nd Non-Qualifier – Dan Avery
Saldana Racing Products – Billy Alley
Ultra Shield Racing Products – Justin Newberry
Jocko’s Sprint Parts – Curtis Boyer
Kinser Air Filters – Randy Plath
Rod End Supply – Dave Anderson
Brake Man – John Schulz
M&W Aluminum Products – Ryan Jamison
Hepfner Racing Products – Manny Rockhold
Velocity Wings – Korey Weyant
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