WHEATLAND, Mo. — One week ago, Mason Beck was unable to celebrate his Lucas Oil Speedway O’Reilly Auto Parts Stock Cars Midseason Championship on the track due to a rainout.
The 20-year-old made sure to properly relish the accolades on Saturday night, capturing the headline feature of the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Beck picked up $750 for the victory, in which he led all 25 laps and took a big first step toward a season championship. Unofficially, he’s 67 ahead of second-place Mason Garner.
Beck, who finished just two points in front of Rob White to claim the midseason title, posted his second feature win of the Lucas Oil Speedway season. He beat Waylon Dimmitt by .981 seconds.
“We’ve had a pretty good weekend,” Beck said. “We went over to Bolivar last night and won and slung a new set of shocks on. We came here and decided to try them again and got her done again.”
Beck joked that he forgot to shop for his dad, Philip Beck, for Father’s Day.
“There’s your gift,” Beck said, with a laugh.
Dean Wille passed Christopher Sawyer on a lap-three restart to move into second as Beck drove out to a one-second lead after starting on the pole. Four laps later, Dimmitt used the high groove to go around Willie for second.
Meanwhile, Beck stayed on the low side as Dimmitt cut into his lead and pulled within a car length to complete lap 11. Those two dueled for the lead until a lap-17 caution slowed the action with Beck continuing to hang on.
Beck seemed to find an extra bit of speed after the restart as he opened a five-car-length lead by lap 21. Beck hung on from there to beat Dimmitt by nearly one second.
Garner rallied from 10th to finish third with Wille fourth and James McMillin coming home in fifth.
Other winners on the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series program presented by Thunderburst Media were Ryan Middaugh (Cedar Creek Beef Jerky USRA Modifeids), Kris Jackson (Ozark Golf Cars USRA B-Mods) and Justin Wells (Hermitage Lumber Late Models).
Feature Finish (25 Laps)
1. 0F-Mason Beck[1]; 2. 11-Waylon Dimmitt[6]; 3. 7-William Garner[10]; 4. 68-Dean Wille[3]; 5. 8M-James McMillin[5]; 6. 2-Colton Bourland[12]; 7. 83-James Ellis[4]; 8. (DNF) 21D-Dalton Phillips[11]; 9. (DNF) 12-Christopher Sawyer[2]; 10. (DNF) 7X-John Scott[7]; 11. (DNF) 54-Gage Test[9]; 12. (DNF) 24-Blayne McMillin[8]