MARS DIRTcar Series

Chad Simpson outruns Phillips for victory at ACS

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Corning, IA (July 3, 2010) - Outside front row starter Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, IA led all 30 laps at Adams County Speedway, claiming the $3,000 top prize in a race co-sanctioned with the O'Reilly NCRA and the Lucas Oil MLRA. Simpson also notched his first ever victory for the MARS DIRTcar Series.

Simpson held off charges of five time and defending MARS champion Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO who finished second. Travis Dickes of Madison, NE was third. Jason Utter of Columbus Junction, IA was fourth and Kelly Boen of Henderson, CO rounded out the top 5.

A Feature Results: 1. Chad Simpson, 2. Terry Phillips, 3. Travis Dickes, 4. Jason Utter, 5. Kelly Boen, 6. Dave Eckrich, 7. Corey Zeitner, 8. Matt Furman, 9. Brad Looney, 10. Evan Hubert, 11. Al Purkey, 12. Chris Simpson, 13. Joe Kosiski, 14. Denny Eckrich, 15. Chris Speiker, 16. Jeremy Payne, 17. Jason O'Brien, 18. Gary Christian, 19. Eric Turner, 20. Justin Asplin, 21. Bryant Goldsmith, 22. Shawn Harker, 23. Kyle Berck, 24. Alan Vaughn

Heat #1 Results:

1. Chad Simpson, 2. Brad Looney, 3. Al Purkey, 4. Joe Kosiski, 5. John Hampel, 6. Shawn Harker, 7. Andrew Kosiski, 8. Wylan Petrie, 9. Gary Christian

Heat #2 Results:

1. Travis Dickes, 2. Alan Vaughn, 3. Eric Turner, 4. Jeremy Payne, 5. Bryant Goldsmith, 6. Kurt Kyle, 7. Matt Johnson, 8. Jerry Warner

Heat #3 Results:

1. Matt Fuman, 2. Chris Simpson, 3. Jason Utter, 4. Corey Zeitner, 5. Bo Egge, 6. Chris Speiker, 7. Jase Kaser, 8. Alonzo Grosse

Heat #4 Results:

1. Kelly Boen, 2. Dave Eckrich, 3. Justin Asplin, 4. JD Hubert, 5. Rob Moss, 6. Leroy Johnson, 7. Scott Koskovich, 8. Mike Wiarda

Heat #5 Results

1. Terry Phillips, 2. Evan Hubert, 3. Denny Eckrich, 4. Kyle Berck, 5. Jason O'Brien, 6. Trenton Jackson, 7. Paul Glendenning, 8. Mollee Collins

B Feature #1 transfers: Jeremy Payne, Bryant Goldsmith

B Feature #2 transfers: Kyle Berck, Corey Zeitner

The MARS DIRTcar Series would like to thank the following sponsors: Hoosier Racing Tire, Don Babb Motorsports, Allstate Insurance, VP Race Fuels, Wrisco Aluminum, GRT Race Cars, Powertrain Industries, Supermoon Graphics, Leitle Car Quest Auto Parts Aurora, Andy's Frozen Custard, Libscomb Auto Group and IHG Hotels.

More information on the MARS DIRTcar Series and be found at www.marsracingseries.com

Phillips top dog at I-80 Speedway

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Greenwood, NE (July 2, 2010) - MARS DIRTcar Series point leader Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO roared to victory at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, NE. Phillips notches his fifth victory on the 2010 MARS tour and has three wins and 2 seconds over the last five races.

Kyle Berck of Marquette, NE finished second. Berck started third in the feature and by lap 3 he was battling for the lead with Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, IA. Berck continued to lead until Phillips would over take him on a restart on lap 24. Phillips raced into the feature by winning the evenings second B Feature. Phillips started 18th.

Alan Vaughn of Belton, MO started sixth and finished third. Al Purkey of Coffeyville, KS had his car dialed in as he raced from his twenty-third starting position and finished fourth. Columbus Junction, IA driver Jason Utter was another big mover as he started twentieth and finished in fifth.

The $3,000 to win, 30 lap feature started 30 cars with 4 series co-sanctioning and receiving provisionals. Along with the popular MARS DIRTcar Series, the O'Reilly NCRA, Lucas Oil MLRA and the SLMR were on hand as each series put their best late model pilots on the track, but it was Terry Phillips flying the checkers for the MARS DIRTcar Series.

1. Terry Phillips, 2. Kyle Berck, 3. Alan Vaughn, 4. Al Purkey, 5. Jason Utter 6. Kelly Boen, 7. Brad Looney, 8. Denny Eckrich, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Evan Hubert, 11. Jeremy Payne, 12. Matt Johnson, 13. Mike Wiarda, 14. Joe Kosiski, 15. Jason O'Brien, 16. Justin Asplin, 17. JD Hubert, 18. Bill Koons, 19. Brian Kenkel, 20. Chris Simpson, 21. Corey Zeitner, 22. Travis Dickes, 23. Chad Simpson, 24. Eric Turner, 25. Dylan Smith, 26. Leroy Johnson, 27. Wylan Petrie, 28. Andrew Kosiski, 29. Gary Christian, 30. Greg Larson

B Feature #1 Results:

1. Joe Kosiski, 2. Jeremy Payne, 3. Greg Larson 4. Scott Koskovich 5. Rob Moss, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. Ron Tex Jr., 8. Dwane Pospisil, 9. Leroy Johnson, 10. Brian Kenkel, 11. Wylan Petrie, 12. Mike Wallace, 13. Kurt Kile, 14. Jase Kaser

B Feature #2 Results:

1. Terry Phillips, 2. Jason Utter, 3. Dylan Smith, 4. Al Purkey, 5. Delbert Smith, 6. Jason O'Brien, 7. Bill Koons, 8. Bo Egge, 9. Zac Simmons, 10. Mollee Collins, 11. Alonzo Grosse, 12. JD Hubert, 13. Bryant Goldsmith, 14. Gary Christian

Heat #1 Results:

1. Evan Hubert, 2. Dave Eckrich, 3. Travis Dickes, 4. Al Purkey, 5. Joe Kosiski, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. JD Hubert, 8. Zac Simmons, 9. Mike Wallace

Heat #2 Results:

1. Corey Zeitner, 2. Justin Asplin, 3. Matt Johnson, 4. Rob Moss, 5. Greg Larson, 6. Leroy Johnson, 7. Kurt Kile, 8. Mollee Collins, 9. Gary Christian

Heat #3 Results:

1. Denny Eckrich, 2. Kyle Berck, 3. Brad Looney, 4. Chris Simpson, 5. Jason O'Brien, 6. Jason Utter, 7. Bill Koons, 8. Wylan Petrie, 9. Jase Kaser

Heat #4 Results:

1. Chad Simpson, 2. Eric Turner, 3. Scott Koskovich, 4. Andrew Kosiski, 5. Ron Tex Jr., 6. Bo Egge, 7. Brian Kenkel, 8. Dwane Pospisil, 9. Alonzo Grosse

Heat #5 Results

1. Alan Vaughn, 2. Kelly Boen, 3. Mike Wiarda, 4. Terry Phillips, 5. Dylan Smith, 6. Bryant Goldsmith, 7. Jeremy Payne, 8. Delbert Smith

The martians will do battle again with the O'Reilly NCRA and Lucas Oil MLRA tomorrow July 3rd at Adams County Speedway in Corning, IA. The Pit gates will open at 4:00pm with the grandstand gates set to open at 5:00pm. Adult admission is $15, Youth (13-18) are $10 and 12 and under free. Support classes will be: Hobby Stocks, Pro-Stocks, and Modifieds. Pit passes will be $30 for

Payne breaks through at Osky

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Oskaloosa, IA (June 26, 2010) - Jeremy Payne of Springfield, MO led every lap enroute to his first win of the 2010 season for the MARS DIRTcar Series and his seventh career series win. Only one caution slowed the race action on lap seventeen of the thirty lap feature.

Springfield, Missouri's Terry Phillips started fifth and raced his way up to second on the big half mile at Southern Iowa Speedway.

Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, IA started third on the grid and raced in that spot for most of the race. Al Purkey of Coffeyville, KS started fourth and flirted with a top 3 finish but fell short and finished fourth.

Jason Utter of Columbus Junction, IA started seventh and worked his way into the top 5 on the double file restart on lap 17.

Coming into the night MARS DIRTcar Series point leader Eric Turner of Springfield, MO had problems in his heat race as he got into the marbles and slip up into the turn one wall. With heavy right side damage, Turner and drivers and crews from several other race teams pitched into to help Turner get his car ready for the feature. Turner would have to use a provisional and start twenty first for the feature event, where he finished 14th.

(25 cars) - (1) Jeremy Payne, (2) Terry Phillips, (3) Chad Simpson, (4) Al Purkey, (5) Jason Utter, (6) Denny Eckrich, (7) Andy Eckrich, (8) Andrew McKay, (9) Kurt Kyle, (10) Gary Christian, (11) Rob Moss, (12) Kevin Kyle, (13) Bryant Goldsmith, (14) Eric Turner, (15) Jason O'Brien, (16) Zack Vanderbeek, (17) Bill Koons, (18) Leroy Johnson, (19) Curt Schroeder, (20) Nick Marolf, (21) Chris Simpson, (22) Dave Eckrich

Heat race #1 results: 1) Jeremy Payne 2) Denny Eckrich 3) Kurt Kyle 4) Kevin Kyle 5) Jason O'Brien 6) Chris Simpson 7) Richard Weber 8) Chris Speiker 9) Bill Koons

Heat race #2 results: 1) Al Purkey 2) Terry Phillips 3) Dave Eckrich 4) Andy Eckrich 5) Nick Marolf 6) Rob Moss 7) Leroy Johnson 8) Matt Furman

Heat race #3 results: 1) Chad Simpson 2) Andrew McKay 3) Jason Utter 4) Bryant Goldsmith 5) Zack Vanderbeek 6) Curt Schroeder 7) Gary Christian 8) Eric Turner

B feature results: 1) Rob Moss 2) Gary Christian 3) Curt Schroeder 4) Leroy Johnson 5) Matt Furman 6) Bill Koons 7) Richard Webber 8) DNS Eric Turner 9) DNS Chris Speiker

Tomorrow night the MARS DIRTcar Series will be in action on July 2, 2010 with the O'Reilly NCRA and the Lucas Oil MLRA. The tire rule for both races will be WRS 55 only. The I-80 Speedway is located at 14200 238th Street in Greenwood, NE 68336. Admission is $20 Adults, Juniors $8 and Kids 5 and under are free. Pit gates open at 3:00pm. Main gates open at 6:00pm.

More information on the MARS DIRTcar Series and be found at www.marsracingseries.com

MARS DIRTcar SERIES - BIGGER... FASTER... STRONGER!

As a new year approaches, so does a new attitude for the MARS DIRTcar Series. BIGGER... FASTER... STRONGER!

Exciting changes are planned for the 11th Season of the MARS DIRTcar Series, so continue to follow this website as all information will be available here first!

The 2010 preliminary schedule is available by clicking on the schedule tab located in the top navigation bar.

MARS DIRTcar Series "Tweets"

You can now get updates, schedule changes and race results on the MARS DIRTcar Series sent right to your cell phone through text messages from Twitter.com known as "tweets".

All you need to do is sign up for a free account on www.twitter.com. After you have completed the registration process, go to the 'settings' tab and look for another tab called 'mobile'. There you can enter your cell phone number to receive the "tweets". Once you have confirmed your cell phone number, do a search for MARSRACING. When that comes up, click 'follow' and make sure you click the 'on' tab to enable your device updates.

Every effort will be made to give updates and race results as they happen, however, cell phone signal as well as your carrier plan may delay the "tweets". Standard text messaging rates apply so an unlimited texting plan would be best, but please contact your cell phone carrier for specific details.

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