Wheatland, MO. (9/19/25) Riley Kreisel would return triumphantly to WAR ranks in Night One of the 15th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway featuring the Wholesale Batteries POWRi WAR/MWRA Challenge Series, running in conjunction with the POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprint Series presented by Dirt X Ind., to notch his twelfth career feature victory by leading the final seven laps on the way to the checkers.
Night One with POWRi WAR/MWRA/Elite would find thirty-three talented traditional sprinters witnessing Kobe Simpson set the quickest qualifying hot-lap time of 14.953-second lap as Kobe Simpson, Jesse Vermillion, Riley Kreisel, and Kyle Shipley each earned heat racing victories with Brad Wyatt taking semi-feature win.
Kick-starting the initial green flag start with high-point qualifier Kobe Simpson and Ricky Lewis lined up in the front row as Kobe Simpson would gain the lead on the opening lap, with Ricky Lewis blasting into the top spot on lap two.
Holding the front of the field for seventeen laps, Ricky Lewis would protect the lead over mid-race restart with Riley Kreisel battling every step of the way. Kreisel would use a mid-to-high line to grab the preferred position with Lewis keeping pace.
Flying out front, Riley Kreisel would emerge victorious with the POWRi WAR/MWRA to notch his first yearly league victory. Staying in the hunt all night, ninth-starting JJ Yeley would finish runner-up as Jack Wagner completed the final podium placements from starting eleventh.
“This is unreal, we usually never have speed at this place late in the season. It’s phenomenal to drive this car to victory at this event,” said an elated Riley Kreisel in the Lucas Oil Speedway victory lane. Adding “I knew I had to take advantage of the restart with the car coming to me as the laps went by, I was able to play the cards right, and it feels great to get this win.”
Challenging closely behind would find Kyle Shipley finish fourth as Wesley Smith advanced nine spots to round out the top five finishers for the Wholesale Batteries Inc. POWRi WAR/MWRA Challenge Series, running in conjunction with the POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprint Series presented by Dirt X Ind., at Lucas Oil Speedway in Night One of the 15th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial event.
Lucas Oil Speedway | POWRi WAR/MWRA/Elite | 9/19/25:
Start2Finish TV Quick Hot Lap Time: 21K-Kobe Simpson(14.943)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 21K-Kobe Simpson
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 5V-Jesse Vermillion
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 91-Riley Kreisel
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 4 Winner: 00-Kyle Shipley
RaceTech Titanium Semi-Feature Winner: 41-Brad Wyatt
Wholesale Batteries Inc. High Point Qualifier: 21K-Kobe Simpson
Smileys Racing Products Hard Charger: 15E-Dakota Earls(+10)
Wholesale Batteries Inc. Feature Winner: 91-Riley Kreisel
Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/543657
Wholesale Batteries A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 2. 3J-JJ Yeley[9]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[11]; 4. 00-Kyle Shipley[2]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[14]; 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson[1]; 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson[13]; 8. 5V-Jesse Vermillion[6]; 9. 5-Wyatt Burks[7]; 10. 15E-Dakota Earls[20]; 11. 21-Caleb Stelzig[10]; 12. 97-Cam Schafer[15]; 13. 41-Brad Wyatt[17]; 14. 74-Xavier Doney[5]; 15. 2H-Luke Howard[19]; 16. 2-Chad Goff[16]; 17. 33-Bryson Smith[21]; 18. 73V-Blake Vermillion[12]; 19. 93-JR Parkinson[22]; 20. 41L-Ricky Lewis[4]; 21. 24-Landon Simon[8]; 22. 7T-Landon Thompson[18]
Race Tech Titanium B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 41-Brad Wyatt[4]; 2. 7T-Landon Thompson[2]; 3. 2H-Luke Howard[3]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls[7]; 5. 33-Bryson Smith[8]; 6. 93-JR Parkinson[9]; 7. 26-Zachary Clark[16]; 8. 10-Bryan Debrick[11]; 9. 27-Justin Johnson[15]; 10. B52-Blake Bowers[14]; 11. 52-Dean Bowers[5]; 12. 11X-Tom Curran[1]; 13. 76-Edison Aldrich[6]; 14. (DNS) 24LCR-Brett Combs; 15. (DNS) 38-Anton Hernandez; 16. (DNS) 1W-Paul White; 17. (DNS) 73-Samuel Wagner
Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson[4]; 2. 5-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 21-Caleb Stelzig[5]; 4. 73V-Blake Vermillion[7]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[9]; 6. 33-Bryson Smith[2]; 7. 10-Bryan Debrick[1]; 8. B52-Blake Bowers[6]; 9. 27-Justin Johnson[8]
Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5V-Jesse Vermillion[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[3]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson[1]; 5. 97-Cam Schafer[7]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls[5]; 7. 93-JR Parkinson[8]; 8. 1W-Paul White[6]
Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 2. 41L-Ricky Lewis[4]; 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson[2]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[1]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran[6]; 6. 52-Dean Bowers[7]; 7. 24LCR-Brett Combs[8]; 8. (DNS) 26-Zachary Clark
Engler Machine Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Kyle Shipley[4]; 2. 24-Landon Simon[3]; 3. 3J-JJ Yeley[7]; 4. 2-Chad Goff[2]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt[5]; 6. 76-Edison Aldrich[6]; 7. 38-Anton Hernandez[1]; 8. (DNS) 73-Samuel Wagner
Start2Finish Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson, 00:14.944[2]; 2. 5-Wyatt Burks, 00:15.228[9]; 3. 33-Bryson Smith, 00:15.674[8]; 4. 10-Bryan Debrick, 00:15.813[5]; 5. 21-Caleb Stelzig, 00:15.934[7]; 6. B52-Blake Bowers, 00:16.069[3]; 7. 73V-Blake Vermillion, 00:16.091[1]; 8. 27-Justin Johnson, 00:16.180[4]; 9. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:20.000[6]
Start2Finish Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:15.374[8]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:15.493[1]; 3. 5V-Jesse Vermillion, 00:15.578[5]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson, 00:15.613[2]; 5. 15E-Dakota Earls, 00:15.741[3]; 6. 1W-Paul White, 00:15.916[6]; 7. 97-Cam Schafer, 00:15.933[4]; 8. 93-JR Parkinson, 00:16.729[7]
KB Racing Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 41L-Ricky Lewis, 00:15.340[2]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:15.537[4]; 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:15.807[3]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard, 00:15.948[7]; 5. 26-Zachary Clark, 00:16.320[5]; 6. 11X-Tom Curran, 00:16.456[1]; 7. 52-Dean Bowers, 00:16.594[6]; 8. 24LCR-Brett Combs, 00:17.107[8]
Start2Finish Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 00-Kyle Shipley, 00:15.220[7]; 2. 24-Landon Simon, 00:15.743[8]; 3. 2-Chad Goff, 00:15.979[2]; 4. 38-Anton Hernandez, 00:15.990[4]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt, 00:16.379[6]; 6. 76-Edison Aldrich, 00:16.616[1]; 7. 3J-JJ Yeley, 00:37.280[3]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:38.000[5]
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