3/15/2026
MLRA
JACKSON EARNS MLRA "MARCH MADNESS" SWEEP AT SPRINGFIELD RACEWAY
MLRA PREMIER FLATWORK VICTORY LAP
MIDWEST LATE MODEL RACING ASSOCIAITON (MLRA)
Springfield Raceway – Springfield, MO (3/14/2026)
“March Madness” Night # 2
Tony Jackson, Jr., made it two-for-two on the weekend Saturday night, as the Lebanon, MO driver raced to his second consecutive MLRA victory at the Springfield Raceway in the “March Madness” finale. After leading wire-to-wire on Friday night, Jackson had a much more challenging showdown on Saturday, as the 30-lap main event would see four lead changes between Jackson and Dillon McCowan. Jackson pulled away in the closing laps enroute to another $5,000 payday and trip to Premier Flatwork Victory Lane.
Fifth starting Dillon McCowan, who scored the Rex McCroskey Memorial in 2025 at Springfield Raceway, held onto second at the line after leading 6 of the 30 circuits. He was followed across the line by Terry Phillips who was seeking his second career MLRA win on the Springfield quarter mile. Phillips only other MLRA win at his home track came in 2010.
Ainsworth Iowa’s Derrick Stewart rebounded after a Friday night DNF with a strong 4th place run after setting the Swift Springs “Fast Time” of the night in MyRacePass Qualifying. Outside pole sitter Clay Stuckey, finished out the top five and joined Jackson as the only two drivers on the weekend to collect a pair of top-five finishes in the return of the MLRA.
MLRA HAMMER DOWN: The MLRA’s winningest driver of all time Terry Phillips, returned to the series both nights this weekend. Saturday night would see the Springfield driver advancing 12 positions and collecting the nights Stakt Products “Hard Charger” Award. Phillips in his familiar # 75 rolled from 15th on the grid and came home in 3rd, his first MLRA Podium finish since a runner-up effort on June 27th, 2020 at the Salina Highbanks Speedway.
MLRA LOOK AHEAD:
The MLRA next returns to action on April 10th & 11th at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO for the 13th Annual MLRA “Spring Nationals”. Friday nights weekend opener will pay $7,000 to win followed by a $20,000 finale on Saturday night.
MLRA RACE RECAP:
Statistics & Contingencies
Entrants – 37
Lead Changes – (4)
Lap Leaders – Tony Jackson Jr. (Laps 1-10), Dillon McCowan (Laps 11 – 15), T. Jackson Jr. (Laps 16 – 19), D. McCowan, (Lap 20), T. Jackson (Laps 21 – 30)
Midwest Sheet Metal Cautions - (4)
Margin of Victory – 2.434 seconds
Time of Race – 23:10
Swift Springs “Fast Time Award”- Derrick Stewart 12.337 seconds
Sancrest Trailer Sales “Pole Award”- Tony Jackson Jr.
Premier Flatwork Victory Lane: Tony Jackson Jr.
STAKT Products “Hard Charger”-Terry Phillips (+12 positions)
MyRace Pass Time Trials:
Group A: -- Derrick Stewart 12.337 seconds (Overall)
Group B: -- Billy Moyer Sr. 12.430 seconds
A Feature 1 30 Laps
- 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[1]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]; 3. 75P-Terry Phillips[15]; 4. 43-Derrick Stewart[4]; 5. 15S-Clay Stuckey[2]; 6. 89-Mike Spatola[6]; 7. C8-Timothy Culp[14]; 8. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[17]; 9. 3W-Brennon Willard[8]; 10. 99-Caden McWhorter[10]; 11. 11C-Sawyer Crigler[12]; 12. 11-Jeff Herzog[7]; 13. 1T-Tucker Cox[16]; 14. 50C-Kayden Clatt[20]; 15. 15M-Shane DeMey[21]; 16. 4TW-Tim Ward[13]; 17. (DNF) 26JR-Corey Zeitner[18]; 18. (DNF) 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[9]; 19. (DNF) 66-Eli Ross[3]; 20. (DNF) 26P-Glen Powell[11]; 21. (DNF) 78S-Steve Stultz[19]; 22. (DNS) 75-Daniel Adam; 23. (DNS) 21M-Billy Moyer Sr
B Feature 1 10 Laps
- 11C-Sawyer Crigler[3]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[2]; 3. 75P-Terry Phillips[4]; 4. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[1]; 5. 17A-Austin Howes[8]; 6. 12C-Scott Crigler[7]; 7. 15M-Shane DeMey[5]; 8. 13-Brandon Baldridge[11]; 9. 9-Dustin Tiger[9]; 10. 7J-Ryan Johnson[6]; 11. 21P-Adam Parmeley[12]; 12. (DNF) 78S-Steve Stultz[10]; 13. (DNF) 54-Tyler Helm[13]
B Feature 2 10 Laps
- 75-Daniel Adam[1]; 2. C8-Timothy Culp[3]; 3. 1T-Tucker Cox[5]; 4. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[4]; 5. 5V-Austin Vincent[9]; 6. 50C-Kayden Clatt[2]; 7. 1/4-Jaxon Ertel[6]; 8. 28G-Jim Greenway[7]; 9. (DNF) 19P-Brady Parmeley[11]; 10. (DNS) 37W-Frank Waszkiewicz; 11. (DNS) 8L-Matthew Larson; 12. (DNS) 3S-Joey Smith
Heat 1 8 Laps
- 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 2. 43-Derrick Stewart[1]; 3. 3W-Brennon Willard[5]; 4. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[4]; 5. 11C-Sawyer Crigler[6]; 6. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]; 7. 12C-Scott Crigler[3]; 8. 9-Dustin Tiger[9]; 9. 13-Brandon Baldridge[8]; 10. 54-Tyler Helm[10]
Heat 2 8 Laps
- 15S-Clay Stuckey[1]; 2. 89-Mike Spatola[3]; 3. 99-Caden McWhorter[4]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward[2]; 5. 75P-Terry Phillips[7]; 6. 7J-Ryan Johnson[5]; 7. 17A-Austin Howes[8]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 9. 21P-Adam Parmeley[9]
Heat 3 8 Laps
- 21M-Billy Moyer Sr[1]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[3]; 3. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 4. 75-Daniel Adam[4]; 5. C8-Timothy Culp[5]; 6. 1T-Tucker Cox[6]; 7. 28G-Jim Greenway[8]; 8. 5V-Austin Vincent[7]; 9. (DNF) 19P-Brady Parmeley[9]
Heat 4 8 Laps
- 66-Eli Ross[1]; 2. 11-Jeff Herzog[3]; 3. 26P-Glen Powell[5]; 4. 50C-Kayden Clatt[6]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[4]; 6. 1/4-Jaxon Ertel[7]; 7. (DNF) 37W-Frank Waszkiewicz[8]; 8. (DNS) 8L-Matthew Larson; 9. (DNS) 3S-Joey Smith
Qualifying 1
- 43-Derrick Stewart, 12.337[4]; 2. 15S-Clay Stuckey, 12.358[6]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 12.358[8]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward, 12.386[5]; 5. 12C-Scott Crigler, 12.412[1]; 6. 89-Mike Spatola, 12.433[13]; 7. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 12.515[11]; 8. 99-Caden McWhorter, 12.538[9]; 9. 3W-Brennon Willard, 12.559[16]; 10. 7J-Ryan Johnson, 12.657[3]; 11. 11C-Sawyer Crigler, 12.714[7]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz, 12.761[10]; 13. 15M-Shane DeMey, 12.776[14]; 14. 75P-Terry Phillips, 12.803[15]; 15. 13-Brandon Baldridge, 12.864[12]; 16. 17A-Austin Howes, 12.910[2]; 17. 9-Dustin Tiger, 12.992[17]; 18. 21P-Adam Parmeley, 14.113[18]; 19. 54-Tyler Helm, 14.723[19]
Qualifying 2 |
- 21M-Billy Moyer Sr, 12.430[4]; 2. 66-Eli Ross, 12.516[8]; 3. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 12.580[13]; 4. 8L-Matthew Larson, 12.723[7]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan, 12.729[15]; 6. 11-Jeff Herzog, 12.795[18]; 7. 75-Daniel Adam, 12.831[16]; 8. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 12.838[10]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp, 13.006[14]; 10. 26P-Glen Powell, 13.102[3]; 11. 1T-Tucker Cox, 13.122[6]; 12. 50C-Kayden Clatt, 13.158[11]; 13. 5V-Austin Vincent, 13.226[9]; 14. 1/4-Jaxon Ertel, 13.341[12]; 15. 28G-Jim Greenway, 13.385[2]; 16. 37W-Frank Waszkiewicz, 13.407[5]; 17. 19P-Brady Parmeley, 14.719[1]; 18. (DNS) 3S-Joey Smith
Be sure to “Like” and follow the series Facebook Page, MLRA · Midwest Latemodel Racing Association, by clicking www.facebook.com/MLRADIRT for the latest updates.
CONTACT:
Ernie Leftwich
MLRA Series Director/Owner
Mobile: (417) 309-3509
Ernie.Leftwich@gmail.com
2026 Official MLRA Marketing Partners
SANCREST TRAILER SALES "The Official Trailer" of the MLRA Series
RACEON "The Official Streaming Partner" of the MLRA Series
RUGGED RADIOS "The Official Radio" of the MLRA Series
HOOSIER TIRE MIDWEST "The Official Race Tire" of the MLRA Series
ICONIC APPAREL "The Official Apparel” of the MLRA Series
MY RACE PASS "The Official Timing System" of the MLRA Series
VP RACE FUELS "The Official Fuel, Lubricant, and Coolant" of the MLRA
2026 MLRA Supporters Include: Allgaier Performance, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Iconic Apparel, My Race Pass, Midwest Sheet Metal, Premier Flatwork, RaceON, Randy Davidson Trucking, Rugged Radios, Sancrest Trailer Sales, STAKT Products, Swift Springs, VP Race Fuels, Wehrs Machine.
Article Credit: MLRA Staff
