What won the race: Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., survived late-race contact with Rodney Sanders of Happy, Texas, to successfully defend his MLRA King of the Hill title at Junction Motor Speedway. Phillips gave up his race-long lead in lapped traffic, but then wrestled the lead away one lap later and went on to win the main event and collect $5,000 for his fourth Lucas Oil Midwest LateModel Racing Association win of the season.

Quotable: "I got behind that lapped car and couldn't turn down on the bottom, so (Rodney Sanders) got under me, but when I came down I had such a run on him and got beside him,” said Phillips of the contact between he and Sanders late in the race. “We went in the corner, he was turning left and I was sliding up, we got hung up there. Then I hit some tacky stuff on the bottom of the back straightaway. That launched me ahead of him."

Key notes: Phillips, who swept both King of the Hill events last season, notched his series-leading 115th career MLRA victory.. ... Tad Pospisil of Norfolk, Neb., won Friday’s $3,000-to-win opener this season, but was caught up in a wreck and finished on his lid on Saturday. ... While racing for the lead, contact ensued between both Phillips and Sanders, breaking the left front suspension on Sanders' car. Sanders tried to make it to the finish, but spun on the final lap, collecting Pospisil. Pospisil, who started on the pole and led early, went across the nose of Sanders' car and ended on his lid. He was uninjured. ... The race ended with the Sanders-Pospisil wreck. ... One night after suffering a blown engine, runner up Brent Larson of Lake Elmo, Minn., was glad to see the race end. He had a hole in his radiator and the chances of him finishing the race were slim. ... Battling the possible lingering effects from a concussion suffered during the Silver Dollar Nationals, Jesse Stovall of Galena, Mo., opted to skip Saturday’s program. He was awarded MLRA hardship points.

On the move: Austin Siebert charged from 10th to third.

Winner's sponsors: Phillips drives a Black Diamond Chassis with an Andy Durham Racing Engine and carries sponsorship from Andy's Frozen Custard, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Don Babb Motorsports, New Vision Graphics, Integra Shocks, Keyser Mfg., Peterson Fluid Systems, Performance Bodies and Midwest Sheet Metal.

Points chase: Phillips moved into the MLRA points lead with the victory over Rodney Sanders and Jesse Stovall.

Car count: 18

Fast qualifier: Kyle Berck

Polesitter: Tad Pospisil

Heat race winners: Tad Pospisil, Jeremy Grady

Next series race: August 31, I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) $3,000