Mid America Lightning Sprints

MALS Sprint Cars contesting three heat races. To start off the prelims for the MALS Sprints, veteran open-wheel racer Mike Trent claimed the win by a huge margin ahead of Tony Hudlin and Ken Billings. Veteran Bobby Lane wasted no time in overtaking his younger Nephew, Tony Lane on his way to a big win over the younger Lane and former CMS B-Modified driver A.J. Tice in heat two. The third and final heat race saw Mark Billings fly to the checkers over Dusty Murray and M.K. Billings to close out MALS heat-race action.

Mid-America Lightning sprints took to the field for their 20-lap main event as heat race winners Mark Billings and Mike Trent sat on the front row for the initial green. It didn’t take long for fellow heat-race winner Bobby Lane to make it a three-man battle up front as Lane took over second with six laps in the books. Lap-after-lap Layne stalked Billings out front with Trent in third. Dusty Murray held strong in fourth with MK Billings fifth just passed the halfway point.

Mark Billings built up a quarter straightaway lead by lap 15 as Layne had his hands full with Trent just behind in third. Billings approached lapped traffic by lap 15 with just five laps remaining as Layne tried all he could to find a better line to catch the leader. In the closing laps, Trent had mechanical problems with just one lap remaining in a heartbreaking finish to fifteenth after running in the top three all race long. In the end, no one had anything for Mark Billings as he claimed the first-ever MALS victory at CMS. Bobby Layne, a veteran at CMS, finished second ahead of Dusty Murray, ninth-starting MK Billings, Beau Heavelow and Ryan Kent.

Eagle Chassis Inc Hard Charger award went to Beau Heavelow for passing 7 cars to finish in the 5th position.

Mid-America Lightning Sprints Feature Results

Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points

1 2 60E Mark Billings Columbia , Mo 0.00

2 4 01 Bobby Layne Kansas City, Mo 0.00

3 3 46M Dusty Murray Kansas City, Mo 0.00

4 9 51 M.K. Billings Kansas City, Mo 0.00

5 12 4 Beau Heavelow Independence , Mo 0.00

6 13 30 Ryan Kent Lone Jack, Mo 0.00

7 10 85 Ken Billings Kansas City, Mo 0.00

8 6 5 Tony Hudlin Iola , Ks 0.00

9 15 Z8 Zach Morehead Blue Springs, Mo 0.00

10 14 48M Rick Murcko Iola , Ks 0.00

11 17 53 Greg Black Des Moines, Ia 0.00

12 18 09W Willie Wilkinson Kearney , Mo 0.00

13 7 99C Chet Yates Cameron , Mo 0.00

14 5 71 Tony Layne Kansas City, Mo 0.00 DNF

15 1 49T Mike Trent Rocheport , Mo 0.00 DNF

16 8 81 Aj Tice Kansas City, Ks 0.00 DNF

17 11 58 Frank Ikerd Joplin , Mo 0.00 DNF

18 16 9S Chris Schofield Raymore , Mo 0.00 DNF

19 19 44 Phil Heavelow Buckner , Mo 0.00 DNS

Story Credit, Sam on the Mic