Belleville, IL. (9/16/22) Chase Randall would use a late-race restart to perfection with the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League feature event in Night Two of the Twelfth Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway Friday Night to notch his inaugural career league feature victory.
Early on track accomplishments of the second split prelim night with thirty-two entries would witness Wesley Smith clock fast-time in group qualifying with 15.409-second-lap as Chase Randall, Zach Daum, Ricky Lewis, and Wesley Smith each notched heat racing victories. Riley Kreisel would earn the semi-feature win with Wesley Smith gaining the high point qualifier award after preliminary competition.
Battling on the initial green flag start would find Wesley Smith combat front-row companion Chase Randall into the first pair of corners with Randall gaining the early race lead as Landon Simon quickly gained the front of the field.
Keeping the field of drivers behind him, Simon would appear to be the quickest until a caution with nine laps remaining would alter his attempts of winning on the night after stretching out a commanding lead.
Restarting with less than ten laps remaining, Simon would be in an instant-classic battle with Chase Randall and Wesley Smith each riding the high lines with the intent of winning. Randall would edge around Simon to take the lead as Smith would launch for the lead on the final lap.
Battling until the bitter end as the checkers waved, Chase Randall would top off the night by winning for the first time with POWRi WAR as Wesley Smith would finish in the runner-up positioning by less than half a second with one-time leader Landon Simon clinching the final podium placement in the event.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate a birthday, this is a huge win for this team. I don’t get to race non-wing very often but I love it with action like this” said a celebratory Chase Randall in the Lucas Oil Speedway winner’s circle.
Maintaining a solid showing all night, Jack Wagner would wheel his way to way to finish fourth as Ricky Lewis rounded out the top-five finishers in the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League feature event at Lucas Oil Speedway on Night Two of the annual prestigious event.
POWRi WAR Sprint League | Lucas Oil Speedway | 9/16/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Time: 44-Wesley Smith (15.409)
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 9-Chase Randall
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 22M-Zach Daum
Schure Built Suspensions Heat Race 3 Winner: 41L-Ricky Lewis
AFCO Racing Heat Race 4 Winner: 44-Wesley Smith
Max Papis Innovations Semi Feature Winner: 91-Riley Kreisel
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 44-Wesley Smith
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: #1-Justin Zimmerman (+15)
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 9-Chase Randall
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall[2]; 2. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 3. 24-Landon Simon[4]; 4. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 5. 41L-Ricky Lewis[7]; 6. #1-Justin Zimmerman[21]; 7. 15B-Quinton Benson[8]; 8. 15-Matt Sherrell[15]; 9. 91-Riley Kreisel[17]; 10. 20-Shon Deskins[6]; 11. 16-Anthony Nicholson[12]; 12. 73V-Blake Vermillion[13]; 13. 1JR-Steven Russell[20]; 14. 26-Zach Clark[11]; 15. 21-Michelle Parson[19]; 16. 21X-Caleb Stelzig[9]; 17. 22M-Zach Daum[3]; 18. 7R-JD Black[22]; 19. 41-Brad Wyatt[14]; 20. 00-Broc Elliott[18]; 21. (DNF) 31M-Mason Smith[16]; 22. (DNS) 89-Todd McVay.
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[16]; 2. 00-Broc Elliott[2]; 3. 21-Michelle Parson[4]; 4. 1JR-Steven Russell[14]; 5. #1-Justin Zimmerman[15]; 6. 7R-JD Black[9]; 7. 74N-Natalie Doney[3]; 8. 2-Jason Billups[7]; 9. 52-Dean Bowers[1]; 10. 39-Kimberly Tyre[11]; 11. 45-Jesse Bebee[8]; 12. (DNF) 7M-Heath Murry[6]; 13. (DNF) 21M-Michael Moore[13]; 14. (DNF) 75-Tyler Blank[5]; 15. (DNS) 55L-Casey Lewallen; 16. (DNS) 9H-Cody Baker.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 2. 15B-Quinton Benson[3]; 3. 41-Brad Wyatt[2]; 4. 89-Todd McVay[8]; 5. 74N-Natalie Doney[5]; 6. 75-Tyler Blank[7]; 7. 39-Kimberly Tyre[6]; 8. 91-Riley Kreisel[1].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22M-Zach Daum[3]; 2. 24-Landon Simon[4]; 3. 21X-Caleb Stelzig[5]; 4. 26-Zach Clark[8]; 5. 21-Michelle Parson[2]; 6. 2-Jason Billups[6]; 7. 21M-Michael Moore[7]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell[1].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41L-Ricky Lewis[2]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[4]; 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 4. 31M-Mason Smith[5]; 5. 52-Dean Bowers[8]; 6. 7M-Heath Murry[6]; 7. 55L-Casey Lewallen[7]; 8. #1-Justin Zimmerman[1].
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Wesley Smith[4]; 2. 20-Shon Deskins[6]; 3. 73V-Blake Vermillion[2]; 4. 15-Matt Sherrell[5]; 5. 00-Broc Elliott[7]; 6. 7R-JD Black[1]; 7. 45-Jesse Bebee[8]; 8. 9H-Cody Baker[3].
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall, 00:18.441[3]; 2. 15B-Quinton Benson, 00:18.635[2]; 3. 41-Brad Wyatt, 00:19.100[1]; 4. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:19.677[4]; 5. 74N-Natalie Doney, 00:19.849[5]; 6. 39-Kimberly Tyre, 00:21.702[6]; 7. 75-Tyler Blank, 00:50.000[7]; 8. 89-Todd McVay, 00:50.000[8].
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 24-Landon Simon, 00:15.474[3]; 2. 22M-Zach Daum, 00:15.484[2]; 3. 21-Michelle Parson, 00:16.221[4]; 4. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:16.295[7]; 5. 21X-Caleb Stelzig, 00:16.343[1]; 6. 2-Jason Billups, 00:17.556[6]; 7. 21M-Michael Moore, 00:18.207[8]; 8. 26-Zach Clark, 00:18.207[5].
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:15.793[4]; 2. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:15.993[1]; 3. 41L-Ricky Lewis, 00:16.270[5]; 4. #1-Justin Zimmerman, 00:16.295[3]; 5. 31M-Mason Smith, 00:16.500[2]; 6. 7M-Heath Murry, 00:17.177[8]; 7. 55L-Casey Lewallen, 00:17.864[7]; 8. 52-Dean Bowers, 00:18.368[6].
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:15.409[6]; 2. 9H-Cody Baker, 00:15.481[2]; 3. 73V-Blake Vermillion, 00:15.510[4]; 4. 7R-JD Black, 00:15.635[3]; 5. 15-Matt Sherrell, 00:15.666[8]; 6. 20-Shon Deskins, 00:15.781[7]; 7. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:17.318[1]; 8. 45-Jesse Bebee, 00:18.542[5].
Next, for the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will be the final night of the Twelfth Annual Jesse Hockett Daniel McMillin Memorial seasonal wrap-up at Lucas Oil Speedway on September 17.
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