What won the race: Returning to the track where he won the Show-Me 100 27 years earlier, Terry Phillips of Springfield, Mo., repelled Scott Crigler amid traffic, then held off son-in-law Kyle Beard on a late restart Friday for a flag-to-flag victory on the first-year Heartland Late Model Tour. Phillips beat Beard by 1.232 seconds for the $3,000 payday and his first Legit Speedway Park victory in seven years.

Quotable: “I got bumped, I figured it was (Scott Crigler). But, with the lapped cars, it was so slick you couldn’t move up. I’m sure (track officials) will have it a little better (tomorrow), I know they had a lot of things against them here,” Phillips said. “But hey, just like we said, we was gonna come down here and party like it’s 1999 and that’s what we did.”

Key notes: Phillips, a National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer, notched his first feature win since last Fourth of July's Charlie Lavicky Memorial at Enid (Okla.) Speedway, worth $10,000. ... It's his third Legit special going back more than 10 years after capturing $2,000 paydays there in 2015 and '19 in unsanctioned action. ... Ironically, Phillips also won 2024's inaugural Heartland modified tour event at Humboldt (Kan.) Speedway. ... Seventh-starting Kyle Beard slipped by Scott Crigler on a lap-25 restart and kept pace with Phillips over the last handful of laps, but never truly challenged. ... Crigler emerged as Phillips's most serious contender, nearly nosing ahead as they raced through lapped traffic on the 23rd lap, before the lone caution slowed the action a couple laps later; Crigler settled for third. ... Jake Nightingale ran as high as third for the opening 23 laps before contact with Billy Moyer on the lap-25 restart saw both drivers backslide to finish seventh and eighth. ... Austin Vincent and Sawyer Crigler each improved five spots to finish ninth and 10th. ... The race's lone stoppage came on the 25th lap when John Briggs slowed after losing his left-front wheel and tire assembly. ... The inaugural series event lasted 14 minutes with 22 starters completing 30 laps.

On the move: Runner-up Kyle Beard of Trumann, Ark., started seventh.

Winner's sponsors: Phillips drives a Mann Motorsports Longhorn Chassis sponsored by Andy’s Frozen Custard, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Keyser Manufacturing, Don Babb Motorsports, VP Racing Fuels and Midwest Sheet Metal.

Points chase: Terry Phillips is the early season points leader.

Current weather: Clear, 73°F

Car count: 42

Fast qualifier: Kayden Clatt

Time: 14.208 seconds

Polesitter: Terry Phillips

Heat race winners: Kayden Clatt, Terry Phillips, Scott Crigler, Jake Nightingale

Consolation race winners: Chris Bragg, Brandon Carpenter

Next series race: May 16, Legit Speedway Park (West Plains, MO) $3,000