Josh Rice emerged victorious in Friday night’s rain-delayed Cowboy Classic at Lucas Oil Speedway, earning his first win with JRR Motorsports aboard the MGL Auto Sales / M.C. Tank Transport No. 11 Longhorn Chassis. (Heath Lawson Photos)

Rice, now a three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series winner, survived an attrition-filled feature to claim the $10,000 payday.

“I can’t thank James Ratliff enough for sticking with me,” Rice said in Lucas Oil Victory Lane. “I was doubting myself and wondering what in the world I had done. We tried some things Thursday, and this car has been so good. We just missed it on tires in that first race, and I thought we’d be much better than we were.”

The rain-soaked weekend originally began Thursday with the 13th annual Cowboy Classic, but persistent weather postponed the 45-lap affair until Friday after the consolation races were completed. Rice positioned himself for the feature with an impressive third-to-first charge in his heat race before patiently working his way through the field in the postponed preliminary.

Starting from the third row, Rice quickly moved into contention and challenged for the lead throughout the second half of the race. He reclaimed second on lap 39 before overtaking Garrett Alberson for the lead one lap later, ultimately driving away for the victory.

Earlier Friday, Rice also competed in the Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson program. He set fast time overall in the 51-car field and followed it up with a heat race victory. Rice faded during the closing stages of the 40-lapper to finish eighth.

The weekend concluded Sunday with the rain-delayed $75,000-to-win Show-Me 100 finale. Rice started from the outside front row and led laps 18-23 before fading late to a 14th-place finish in the 75-lapper.

Complete results, latest standings, and additional news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series are available at www.LucasDirt.com.

Rice and JRR Motorsports are currently finalizing plans for the upcoming weekend, but the team is scheduled to return to Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition June 19-20 at Smoky Mountain Speedway for the Mountain Moonshine Classic.

Additional event details are available at www.SmokyMountainSpeedway.com.

JRR Motorsports would like to thank its marketing partners, including JRR Motor Sales LLC, MGL Auto Sales, JRR Trucking LLC, M.C. Tank Transport, Rice Excavating and Plumbing, LLC, Glenwood Electric Inc., Chain Locker USA, Keltner Contracting, BC Fluid Power of Florence, Berea Collision Center, Jessie Insurance Agency, Lonkard Construction, CK Trucking, Kleinholz Electric LLC, BIg Al’s Guns & Outdoors, Cheap Chevrolet, Interstate Motor Company, Sunoco Race Fuels, VG Performance, and TopSide Marketing.

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Article written by Jeremy Peters and syndicated from Team MRP Media on Facebook.

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