Grain Valley, MO – Taking the inaugural appearance of the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League at Valley Speedway, Harley Hollan landed in victory lane in night one of the Second Annual Thunder in the Valley. Hollan’s Thunder in the Valley victory helped him inch closer to regaining the point lead after relinquishing the lead to Austin Schaeffer following a mechanical failure at Macon Speedway.
After starting outside the front row, Riley Goodno overtook Harley Hollan for the lead until nearly mid-way. On lap 14, Hollan found a groove and snuck past Goodno for the lead. As the laps wound down, Joe B. Miller overcame Goodno for second, leaving Goodno to settle for third. Austin Schaeffer finished fourth, while Gunner Ramey took fifth after charging from the 18th position.
“It was a good run for us,” said Harley Hollan. “We were fighting some smoking issues earlier and got it ironed out. We enjoyed this race track; it was fun. I was a little too tight to run the bottom, but if I got in on the middle and slowed the car down onto the bottom, I found a little moisture coming off.”
“I seen Schaeffer up there on it, so I figured I’d give it another shot,” commented Joe B Miller. “Towards the end it looked like it was getting cleaned off. Early, I couldn’t make it work, just got it going for the last couple of laps. Congratulations to Harley. We’ll move onto tomorrow.”
“We just got a brand new motor and we had trouble with the transmission,” stated Riley Goodno. “But, we got it figured out now. Congratulations to Harley on the win. I’m just glad to be in the top three. Nathan Benson really helped us on our setups this year.”
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Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 14H - HARLEY HOLLAN, Heat 2: 38 - JACKSON FRISBIE
Mesilla Valley Transportation Feature Winner: 14H - HARLEY HOLLAN
POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 1. 14H - HARLEY HOLLAN 2. 51B - JOE B MILLER 3. 11 - RILEY GOODNO 4. 71S - AUSTIN SCHAEFFER 5. 28 - GUNNER RAMEY 6. 3G - GARET WILLIAMSON 7. 73J - JACK WAGNER 8. 2 - CHASE PORTER 9. 44 - TREVIN LITTLETON 10. 38 - JACKSON FRISBIE 11. 3J - JORDAN HOWELL 12. 27W - MATTHEW WATKINS 13. 25 - LOGAN BERTHELSON 14. 44R - BRANIGAN ROARK 15. 05 - BRYANT PAVER 16. 73S - SAMUEL WAGNER 17. 77W - TYELR WATKINS 18. 321 - KAITLYN BOLAND
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