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Phillips reels in rain-delayed USMTS Friday feature Saturday at Masters

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. --The last USMTS win for Terry Phillips came last November in a rain-shortened Summit USMTS Southern Nationals, and his next came in a rain-delayed 40-lap feature Saturday evening at the Cedar Lake Speedway during the conclusion of night #2 of the 20th Annual Masters presented by Allstar Performance.

A heavy downpour around 10 p.m. Friday night forced officials to postpone the main events for both the USMTS Modifieds and Super Late Models until Saturday around 5 p.m. Lance Hofer won the USRA Late Model feature Friday before the rains came.

So Saturday kicked off with a $5,000-to-win main event in the Spike Hardcore Energy USMTS Northern Lights Series with Phillips standing in victory lane in the end.

Defending Masters champion Rodney Sanders sat on the pole for the start of the race but it was Dereck Ramirez squirting into the lead from the outside of the front row.

While Ramirez led the first 30 laps, Sanders was relentless in his pursuit. Both drivers tested every inch of the high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval's surface before Phillips came into the picture near the halfway mark.

The trio were three-wide when Phillips made the pass coming out of turn four, with Ramirez going from first to third in the blink of an eye. By the time they came to the flagstand again, Phillips had a commanding lead and cruised to his 27th career USMTS triumph and first of the 2019 campaign.

Sanders held on for second with Ramirez third and Michael Truscott finishing fourth in just his second career USMTS start. Brad Waits was fifth while Jimmy Mars, Jason Hughes, Thursday night winner Dustin Sorensen, Adam Hensel and Darrell Nelson rounded out the top ten.

The third and final program of the 20th Annual Masters kicks off Saturday night with a complete program culminating in the ferocious finales which offer $10,000 to the winners of both the Super Late Model and USMTS Modified main events on Saturday night. USRA Late Models will also run a complete program with a $1,000-to-win feature race on tap.

Watch every lap in every division LIVE online at RacinDirt.com.

The Cedar Lake Speedway is a state-of-the-art 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 1.0 mile east of SR 35 on SR 64, then 4.2 miles north on CR C to CR CC, then left 1.8 miles. For more information, call (612) 363-0479 or (715) 248-7119 or visit CedarLakeSpeedway.com.

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