Belleville, IL. (6/11/22) Brady Bacon would find the fastest line in the Lake Ozark Speedway Non-Wing Nationals feature event with the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by Low-E Insulation, notching their ninth career WAR win in the white-knuckle twenty-five lap main event.
Flying onto the tight-cornered track with twenty-eight competitors entered CJ Leary would clock top-time with 13.758-lap as heat racing action would witness Alex Bright, Jake Swanson, Robert Ballou, and Matt Westfall each earn an early competition victory with Jack Wagner earning the semi-feature win.
Rocketing into the initial green flag start would see high point qualifier and pole-sitter Robert Ballou battle outside front-row companion Jake Swanson into the first pair of corners as Ballou would gain the early racing advantage to lead early.
Finding speed in the early stages would see Robert Ballou lead Jake Swanson, Matt Westfall, Mario Clouser, and Brady Bacon to round out the opening top five with drivers slicing and dicing through the field.
Sliding for the lead after a lap-five restart, Jake Swanson would take the lead from Ballou in turns three and four with Westfall and Bacon behind the leading pair. Making moves mid-way through the feature would see CJ Leary, Kory Schudy, and Xavier Doney closing into the top-seven runners.
Halfway through the feature would Swanson leading a battling Brady Bacon and Robert Ballou inside the top-three as Bacon stayed on the inside line to take the lead on lap fifteen.
Low-line running would witness Brady Bacon out front with Swanson and Ballou following behind, CJ Leary would find top-shelf to his liking by moving into the runner-up position as Jake Swanson and Robert Ballou would get into each other entering turn-one with words discussed on-track after the racing incident.
Restarting with seven laps remaining with Brady Bacon setting the pace out front, CJ Leary would once again hang to the high side with Matt Westfall, Kory Schudy, and Jack Wagner rounding out the top-five running order.
Leading the final revolutions, Bacon would hold on to grab the feature victory as Westfall and Leary battled to the very end for the runner-up spot with Matt Westfall grabbing the position leaving Leary third.
“We were really looking forward to getting in here and running this race, now we get to climb in the wing car and see if we can’t claim this bonus money,” said a happy Brady Bacon in the Lake Ozark Speedway Victory Lane.
Shane Cockrum would emerge late to finish fourth with Alex Bright rounding out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by Low-E Insulation in the LOS 410 Nationals: Non-Wing portion feature event.
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Time: 77M – CJ Leary (13.758)
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race Winner: 20 – Alex Bright
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 21AZ – Jake Swanson
Schure Built Suspension Heat Race 3 Winner: 12 – Robert Ballou
AFCO Racing Heat Race 4 Winner: 33M – Matt Westfall
Max Papis Innovations Semi-Feature Winner: 77 – Jack Wagner
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 12 – Robert Ballou
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 1JR – Steven Russell
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 98 – Brady Bacon
Lucas Oil A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 98-Brady Bacon[7]; 2. 33M-Matt Westfall[3]; 3. 77M-CJ Leary[13]; 4. 66-Shane Cockrum[8]; 5. 20-Alex Bright[5]; 6. 28-Kory Schudy[14]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner[17]; 8. 6-Mario Clouser[4]; 9. 16-Anthony Nicholson[20]; 10. 1JR-Steven Russell[22]; 11. 11W-Wyatt Burks[18]; 12. 44-Wesley Smith[15]; 13. 74-Xavier Doney[9]; 14. 12-Robert Ballou[1]; 15. 17GP-Kyle Shipley[10]; 16. 4-Braydon Cromwell[21]; 17. 21AZ-Jake Swanson[2]; 18. 24-Landon Simon[16]; 19. 2B-Chad Boespflug[6]; 20. 91-Riley Kreisel[11]; 21. 9-Cody Baker[12]; 22. 32-Garrett Aitken[19].
Last Chance Showdown 1 (12 Laps): 1. 77-Jack Wagner[1]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 32-Garrett Aitken[4]; 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson[5]; 5. 4-Braydon Cromwell[2]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[10]; 7. 73-Samuel Wagner[7]; 8. 77K-Katlynn Leer[9]; 9. 24LCR-Chris Morgan[12]; 10. 17K-Braden Knipmeyer[11]; 11. 26-Zach Clark[6]; 12. 41-Brad Wyatt[8].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Alex Bright[1]; 2. 2B-Chad Boespflug[2]; 3. 17GP-Kyle Shipley[3]; 4. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[4]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner[7]; 7. 1JR-Steven Russell[6].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21AZ-Jake Swanson[2]; 2. 66-Shane Cockrum[1]; 3. 98-Brady Bacon[3]; 4. 77M-CJ Leary[4]; 5. 4-Braydon Cromwell[5]; 6. 41-Brad Wyatt[6]; 7. 24LCR-Chris Morgan[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Robert Ballou[4]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel[1]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 4. 24-Landon Simon[2]; 5. 11W-Wyatt Burks[5]; 6. 26-Zach Clark[6]; 7. 17K-Braden Knipmeyer[7].
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 33M-Matt Westfall[2]; 2. 9-Cody Baker[1]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser[4]; 4. 28-Kory Schudy[3]; 5. 32-Garrett Aitken[7]; 6. 16-Anthony Nicholson[6]; 7. 77K-Katlynn Leer[5].
Qualifying Group 1: 1. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:13.881[5]; 2. 17GP-Kyle Shipley, 00:14.166[1]; 3. 2B-Chad Boespflug, 00:14.348[4]; 4. 20-Alex Bright, 00:14.352[7]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:14.492[3]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:14.620[6]; 7. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:14.771[2].
Qualifying Group 2: 1. 77M-CJ Leary, 00:13.758[4]; 2. 98-Brady Bacon, 00:13.777[5]; 3. 21AZ-Jake Swanson, 00:13.896[1]; 4. 66-Shane Cockrum, 00:14.019[7]; 5. 4-Braydon Cromwell, 00:14.352[2]; 6. 41-Brad Wyatt, 00:14.852[6]; 7. 24LCR-Chris Morgan, 00:15.467[3].
Qualifying Group 3: 1. 12-Robert Ballou, 00:13.801[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:14.079[5]; 3. 24-Landon Simon, 00:14.189[3]; 4. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:14.230[4]; 5. 11W-Wyatt Burks, 00:14.539[1]; 6. 26-Zach Clark, 00:14.640[7]; 7. 17K-Braden Knipmeyer, 00:15.409[6].
Qualifying Group 4: 1. 6-Mario Clouser, 00:14.067[6]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy, 00:14.145[2]; 3. 33M-Matt Westfall, 00:14.264[3]; 4. 9-Cody Baker, 00:14.269[7]; 5. 77K-Katlynn Leer, 00:14.603[5]; 6. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:14.605[4]; 7. 32-Garrett Aitken, 00:14.724[1].
Next up for the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will be at Federated Parts I-55 Raceway in Pevely Missouri on June 24-25 once again running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by Low-E Insulation.
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