Belleville, IL. (8/27/22) Wesley Smith would use a low-line to precision in the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League twenty-five-lap feature at Central Missouri Speedway to notch his twelfth career league feature victory smoothly.
Early on track accomplishments would witness Jack Wagner clock fast-time in hot laps with a 13.085-second-lap as Wesley Smith, Tom Curran, and Wyatt Burks would each earn a heat racing victory.
Soaring into the initial start with twenty-two competitors would find the high-point qualifier and pole-sitting Kory Schudy combat front-row companion Tom Curran into the first pair of corners with Curran gaining the early race lead in the first few laps as Schudy, Wyatt Burks, Jack Wagner, and Wesley Smith all battled in close contention for the front.
Grabbing the preferred position out front would witness Wesley Smith strike with precision by using a low-to-mid maneuver down the back straight with Schudy quickly in tow to take runner-up as well from the leading Curran
Keeping the field of talented WAR drivers behind in a late-race restart, Wesley Smith would emerge victorious for the second time in 2022 as point-leader Kory Schudy would finish in a close runner-up positioning with Wyatt Burks clinching the final podium placement in the event.
“I had a feeling heading into the feature the track was going to be slick and tricky so it was all about getting low and out front quickly, once Schudy went high I knew I had to get into the spot, that was really the difference in the race” stated the feature winning Wesley Smith in the Warrensburg Missouri winner’s circle.
Maintaining a solid showing all night, Jack Wagner would finish fourth as rookie-of-the-year leader Steven Russell rounded out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League feature event at Central Missouri Speedway.
POWRi WAR Sprint League | Central Missouri Speedway | 8/27/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Time: 77-Jack Wagner (13.085)
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 12-Wesley Smith
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 11-Tom Curran
Schure Built Suspensions Heat Race 3 Winner: 11W-Wyatt Burks
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 28-Kory Schudy
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 74-Xavier Doney(+9)
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 12-Wesley Smith
Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Wesley Smith[6]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[1]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[4]; 4. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner[9]; 7. 4-Braydon Cromwell[10]; 8. 15E-Dakota Earls[14]; 9. 88-Garrett Hulsey[11]; 10. 31-Quinton Benson[8]; 11. 41-Brad Wyatt[12]; 12. 74-Xavier Doney[21]; 13. B52-Blake Bowers[13]; 14. 2-Jason Billups[15]; 15. 93X-Buddy Parker[22]; 16. 33-Bryson Smith[16]; 17. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 18. 88X-Chad Tye[17]; 19. 52-Dean Bowers[18]; 20. 27-Justin Johnson[19]; 21. 11X-Tom Curran[2]; 22. 18-Wyatt Siegel[20].
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Wesley Smith[1]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[8]; 3. 1JR-Steven Russell[5]; 4. 31-Quinton Benson[6]; 5. 15E-Dakota Earls[3]; 6. 88X-Chad Tye[2]; 7. 52-Dean Bowers[7]; 8. 93X-Buddy Parker[4].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Curran[3]; 2. 16-Anthony Nicholson[5]; 3. 88-Garrett Hulsey[2]; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner[6]; 5. B52-Blake Bowers[7]; 6. 18-Wyatt Siegel[1]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[4].
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[4]; 3. 41-Brad Wyatt[1]; 4. 4-Braydon Cromwell[6]; 5. 2-Jason Billups[3]; 6. 33-Bryson Smith[5]; 7. 27-Justin Johnson[7].
Next, for the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will be a weekend of running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series at Jacksonville Speedway on Friday, September 9th followed by Spoon River Speedway on Saturday, September 10th.
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