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Alberson grabs first career Lucas Oil MLRA triumph at 34 Raceway

Garrett Alberson scored another career first on Saturday night. He piloted the Ken & Beth Roberts-owned No. 59 Nutrien Ag Solutions/ Roemer Machine & Welding/ Black Diamond Chassis Super Late Model to his first-ever Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) victory. (Mike Ruefer photo)

His maiden trip to the Winner’s Circle with the tour came at Iowa’s 34 Raceway and was worth $5,000.

“Man, what a big win for our team, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that things were pretty intense late in the race. I was having such a hard time getting around the 76 car there, and I needed to make speed because my car was getting kind of flat feeling,” Alberson said of the race’s late stages, while proudly standing in Victory Lane. “I saw him (Jeremiah Hurst) down there and I told myself, ‘These have got to be the best five laps of your life right here.’ What an awesome run. We have been working for this for a long time and been getting really close. It just feels awesome.”

Kicking off his extended holiday weekend of racing action, Garrett Alberson entered the DIRTcar Summer Nationals program on Thursday afternoon at Davenport Speedway (Davenport, Iowa). With a stacked field of 35 Late Models on hand, Garrett posted a third-place finish in his heat, which positioned him ninth on the starting grid for the $5,000-to-win A-Main. After running in the Top-10 for the first half of the race, Alberson suffered a flat right-rear tire while running in seventh that forced him to retire on lap 27.

The following night at 300 Raceway (Farley, Iowa) for the Lucas Oil MLRA sanctioned contest, Alberson qualified 10th fastest in his group before placing fourth in his heat race. With $5,000 on the line in the 40-lap feature, Garrett diced through the field seven spots to register a third-place finish. He trailed Billy Moyer Jr. and Jesse Stovall to the checkers with Mason Oberkramer and Chris Simpson rounding out the Top-5.

For the weekend finale on Saturday afternoon at 34 Raceway (Burlington, Iowa), Garrett gained three spots in his heat race to pick up the eight-lap victory. Holding off his Roberts Racing teammate Jeremiah Hurst’s late-race charge, Alberson raced to his first -career Lucas Oil MLRA triumph, which came over Hurst, Billy Moyer Jr., Tad Pospsil, and Tony Jackson Jr. He earned $5,000 for his second win of the season. (Brendon Bauman photo)

With his weekend performances, Garrett climbed to second in the latest Lucas Oil MLRA standings.

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