Nichols Survives for Spoon Burger Triumph

9/9/2017

Midwest Stock Car Tour

Nichols Survives for Spoon Burger Triumph

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Lewistown, IL) In a race riddled with cautions, Jeremy Nichols survived a late race charge from AJ Meiferdt to capture his second series victory.

Twenty-two MSSC Street Stocks were on hand for the inaugural Spoon Burger 40 at Spoon River Speedway. Jeremy Nichols started off the night on a good note, capturing the Driven Racing Oil Fast Time Award. Nichols would also win Heat Race #1. Tyler Gilmour won Heat Race #2 and Jerrad Krick won Heat Race #3. Jeremy Nichols also grabbed top honors in the JAZ Products Dash.

Jeremy Nichols would jump out to an early lead and maintain the point after challenges from several drivers. Nichols would hold on as the left front of his car would start to lean inward and also through caution flag after caution flag. AJ Meiferdt would finish a strong second with Jerrad Krick, Dave Crawley, JR., and Michael Clark rounding out the top five.

At the end of the night, Jerrad Krick leads Dave Crawley, JR. by four points for the Series Championship. Krick also leads the Driven Racing Oil Fast Time Point Standings and has captured the JAZ Products Dash Point Standings. Dave Crawley, JR. leads the Dirt Trackin' Hard Charger standings and Dane Arvin remains in control of the Side Bite Designs and Race Wraps Rookie of the Year standings.

Driven Racing Oil Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. J24-Jeremy Nichols, 00:17.850[19]; 2. 44-Brian Gaines, 00:18.041[22]; 3. 21-Matt Maier, 00:18.042[14]; 4. 14-AJ Meiferdt, 00:18.126[6]; 5. 31K-Ken Gresham Jr, 00:18.140[11]; 6. 99K-Jerrad Krick, 00:18.160[10]; 7. B4-John Farris, 00:18.172[1]; 8. 15J-Jason Maier, 00:18.253[9]; 9. 49-Steve Brant Jr, 00:18.332[15]; 10. 16-Nick Macklin, 00:18.356[12]; 11. 97-Josh Griffith, 00:18.493[16]; 12. 15-Greg Roberts, 00:18.508[5]; 13. 22-Darrell Dick, 00:18.543[2]; 14. 17B-Braden Bilger, 00:18.555[21]; 15. 09-Dane Arvin, 00:18.625[7]; 16. 91-Michael Clark, 00:18.656[18]; 17. 67R-Rudy Zaragoza, 00:18.667[20]; 18. 22C-Dave Crawley Jr, 00:18.717[17]; 19. 24-Justin Crowell, 00:18.725[4]; 20. G1-Tyler Gilmour, 00:18.762[8]; 21. 1-Robert Cottom, 00:19.387[3]; 22. 75-MIke Behm, 00:33.680[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. J24-Jeremy Nichols, [1]; 2. 14-AJ Meiferdt, [2]; 3. 16-Nick Macklin, [4]; 4. B4-John Farris, [3]; 5. 91-Michael Clark, [6]; 6. 22-Darrell Dick, [5]; 7. 24-Justin Crowell, [7]; (DNS) 75-MIke Behm

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. G1-Tyler Gilmour, [7]; 2. 44-Brian Gaines, [1]; 3. 15J-Jason Maier, [3]; 4. 67R-Rudy Zaragoza, [6]; 5. 31K-Ken Gresham Jr, [2]; 6. 17B-Braden Bilger, [5]; (DNS) 97-Josh Griffith

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99K-Jerrad Krick, [2]; 2. 21-Matt Maier, [1]; 3. 09-Dane Arvin, [5]; 4. 22C-Dave Crawley Jr, [6]; 5. 1-Robert Cottom, [7]; 6. 49-Steve Brant Jr, [3]; 7. 15-Greg Roberts, [4]

JAZ Products Dash (5 Laps): 1. J24-Jeremy Nichols, [1]; 2. 99K-Jerrad Krick, [3]; 3. G1-Tyler Gilmour, [2]; 4. 21-Matt Maier, [6]; 5. 14-AJ Meiferdt, [4]; 6. 44-Brian Gaines, [5]

A Feature (40 Laps): 1. J24-Jeremy Nichols, [1]; 2. 14-AJ Meiferdt, [5]; 3. 99K-Jerrad Krick, [2]; 4. 22C-Dave Crawley Jr, [12]; 5. 91-Michael Clark, [13]; 6. 09-Dane Arvin, [9]; 7. 1-Robert Cottom, [15]; 8. 49-Steve Brant Jr, [18]; 9. 22-Darrell Dick, [16]; 10. 24-Justin Crowell, [19]; 11. 75-MIke Behm, [22]; 12. 17B-Braden Bilger, [17]; 13. 44-Brian Gaines, [6]; 14. G1-Tyler Gilmour, [3]; 15. (DNF) 16-Nick Macklin, [7]; 16. (DNF) 15J-Jason Maier, [8]; 17. (DNF) 67R-Rudy Zaragoza, [11]; 18. (DNF) 31K-Ken Gresham Jr, [14]; 19. (DNF) 21-Matt Maier, [4]; 20. (DNF) 15-Greg Roberts, [21]; 21. (DNF) 97-Josh Griffith, [20]; 22. (DNF) B4-John Farris, [10]

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