Marcum wins “Tail Gunner Challenge” at Mt Lawn

On Saturday night Jeff Marcum of Morristown became the only two time winner of the “Tail Gunner Challenge” in the history of Mt Lawn Speedway by starting at the tail of the Late Model feature event and being the first to take the checkered flag.

Brandon Mefford of Knightstown took the lead of the race on lap one and appeared to be on his way to his first victory of the year as he built a sizable lead over second place Joe Woodring of Muncie. By lap ten of the thirty lap affair Eric Evans of Greenfield was running second with Marcum in third. Marcum disposed of Evans on lap twelve and set his sights on the younger Mefford who was 6.7 seconds ahead. Over the next twelve laps Marcum reeled in Mefford and made the pass for the lead on lap 25. Marcum led the rest of the way for the win and picked up an extra $600 in the process. Mefford finished second followed by Evans, William Mefford of Knightstown, Ryan Amonett of New Castle, Johnny Fugate of Cambridge City, Bill Pierce Jr of New Castle, Brock Anderson of Albany, Woodring and Bill Clark of Rushville. Terry Cater of New Castle did not start the feature after he had won the Razzles Dash for Cash when he developed engine problems in his automobile. Jim Logan of Knightstown also failed to start any events after breaking a brake rotor in qualifications. Marcum set fast time in time trials at 16.657 and won the first heat while Fugate took the second heat.

Neil Marcum of Morristown continued his domination of the Thompson Builders Thunder Cars by leading the final 14 laps of the feature event. Andy Jennings of Richmond took the lead from the drop of the green flag and led the first 8 laps. Cody Walker got around Jennings on lap nine but Jennings fought back to regain the lead on lap 10. Walker then took command on lap 11 and led the next six laps until Marcum took over and led the rest of the way. Walker finished second followed by Pam Neal of Sulphur Springs, Kyle Evans of Shirley, Jennings, Chris Bolyard of Rushville, Jesse Bilbrey of Markleville and Andrew Walker of Sulphur Springs. Neal set fast time at 18.144 with Cody Walker winning the Dash for Cash and the first heat.

In MC Auto Repair Hornet action Joyce Dyer of Greenfield led only the last lap of the race to pick up her first feature win of the year. Larry Hughes Jr of Indianapolis took command of the race early and set the pace for the first 11 laps. On lap twelve Ryan Claborn of Cambridge City took over the lead and led the next two laps. Brian Lewis of Indianapolis got the lead on lap 14 but tangled with Claborn on lap 15 sending Lewis spinning into the infield. Claborn led the next four laps which set up the upcoming wild finish. The cars took the white flag with Claborn in front and Keith Morris of New Castle challenging on the outside. Brian Morefield of Cambridge City spun in the short turn brining out the yellow. On the single file restart is was Claborn, Morris, Hughes and Dyer in that order. As the cars exited turn one Morris and Claborn tangled giving the lead to Hughes with Dyer second and Morris third. On the final lap Dyer and Morris both got around Hughes with Dyer taking the win. Morris finished second followed by Hughes, Jeremy Boling of New Castle, Lewis, Brian Slavey of New Castle, Jeff Sorrell of Mooreland, Jered Keller of Anderson, Scott Kilgore of New Castle and Emily Henderson of New Castle. Keller set fast time at 19.591, Lewis won the Dash for Cash and the first heat while Lenny Tungate III of New Castle and Hughes won the other heats.

In the UMRA feature Terry Goff outdueled this son Jason to win the Dutch Mill Buffet 25 lap feature. For complete details of the UMRA events check out their website at umra.com.

Josh McQueary got back on the winning track in FasKart action by winning both the feature and heat race.

Scott Razor of New Castle won the street drag competition.

Next week Mt Lawn will present its annual fireworks show.