By Ray Cunningham (Grain Valley, MO) -- Xavier “X-Man” Doney of Odessa, Mo. won Saturday nights Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA feature riding the rim to victory after starting 6th in the 25 lapper at Valley Speedway. During his spectacular run to the front he got by early leader Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Ks. And then fought off the advances of Jack Wagner of nearby Lone Jack, Mo. At the stripe the teenager who last season won the USAC MWRA Rookie of the Year award would take his 2nd all-time victory in the series over “Jack of all Trades” Wagner, the “Sheriff” Burks, Cody Baker also of Lone Jack, and Brian Scott Beebe of Oak Grove, Mo. rounding out the top 5.
PHOTO CREDIT: John Lee of High-Fly'n Photos
With spirited competition throughout the field leading to rookie of the year contender Chad Winfrey of Gladstone, Mo. topping the second half of the top 10 finishing 6th after flipping last night at U.S. 36 in the feature for a wonderful rebound. Followed by Taylor “Tater Tot” Walton of Odessa, Tom Curran of Kansas City, Mo. winning the JDLawsonMedia Hard Charger award after passing 6 cars to finish 8th. As well as Brad Wyatt of Kearney, Mo. coming home in 9th, and Samuel Wagner of Lone Jack running 10th.
Earlier after waiting out a storm in the afternoon, Valley Speedway was manicured to perfection for the heat races won by Doney, Baker, and the “Hammer” Samuel Wagner.
The USAC MWRA non winged sprints are next in competition Saturday night June 25th at Wichita’s 81 Speedway for race number 3 of the 2022 campaign.
Pictures by Nicole Black courtesy of John Lee High Fly'N Photos www.highfly-nphotos.com
Wholesale Batteries, Inc.
USAC Racing
Valley Speedway
81 Speedway
RESULTS
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[5]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[1]; 4. 9H-Cody Baker[3]; 5. 37-Brian Beebe[2]; 6. 65W-Chad Winfrey[11]; 7. 93W-Taylor Walton[9]; 8. 11X-Tom Curran[14]; 9. 41-Brad Wyatt[8]; 10. 73-Samuel Wagner[7]; 11. 88G-Garrett Hulsey[17]; 12. 26-Zach Clark[15]; 13. 65-Chris Parkinson[4]; 14. 15E-Dakota Earls[12]; 15. 90-Warren Johnson[18]; 16. 2-AJ Gilbert[13]; 17. 6S-Spencer Martinez[20]; 18. 93-Buddy Parker[19]; 19. (DNF) 27J-Justin Johnson[16]; 20. (DNF) 03-Tyler Burton[21]; 21. (DNF) 2X-Kyle Lewis[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[6]; 3. 41-Brad Wyatt[3]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls[2]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran[4]; 6. 27J-Justin Johnson[5]; 7. 93-Buddy Parker[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[3]; 2. 37-Brian Beebe[6]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[7]; 4. 2-AJ Gilbert[2]; 5. 26-Zach Clark[4]; 6. 88G-Garrett Hulsey[5]; 7. (DNF) 03-Tyler Burton[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Samuel Wagner[1]; 2. 65-Chris Parkinson[5]; 3. 93W-Taylor Walton[2]; 4. 2X-Kyle Lewis[4]; 5. 65W-Chad Winfrey[6]; 6. 90-Warren Johnson[3]; 7. 6S-Spencer Martinez[7]
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\B MODIFIEDS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Rod Cordon[4]; 2. 75-Sebastian Wolfenbarger[1]; 3. 81-Austin Charles[2]; 4. 49-Shane Patch[3]; 5. 55-Lance Dixon[5]; 6. (DNF) 13U-Dylan Bruhn[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Sebastian Wolfenbarger[1]; 2. 81-Austin Charles[2]; 3. 49-Shane Patch[4]; 4. 17-Rod Cordon[3]; 5. 55-Lance Dixon[6]; 6. 13U-Dylan Bruhn[5]
PURE STOCKMOKAN
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[2]; 2. 90-Terry Moss[1]; 3. 49-Bobby Ohrenberg[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 90-Terry Moss[2]; 2. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[1]; 3. 49-Bobby Ohrenberg[3]
MOD LITES
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 46-Dillon Raffurty[9]; 2. 41-Michael Raffurty[5]; 3. 75-Justin Raffurty[8]; 4. 98-Jeff Raffurty[4]; 5. 3-Nathan Wolfe[7]; 6. 2-Josh Guy[3]; 7. 3M-Mark Downey[10]; 8. 84-Joe Gunn[2]; 9. (DNF) 414-John Spitler[1]; 10. (DNF) 17-Kyle Guy[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Dillon Raffurty[5]; 2. 41-Michael Raffurty[3]; 3. 2-Josh Guy[2]; 4. 3-Nathan Wolfe[4]; 5. 414-John Spitler[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 98-Jeff Raffurty[2]; 2. 75-Justin Raffurty[4]; 3. 17-Kyle Guy[3]; 4. 3M-Mark Downey[5]; 5. 84-Joe Gunn[1]
E MODS MOKAN.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 86-Doug Brisbin[1]; 2. 33-Jeremy Curless[2]; 3. 00-Jason Ensley[4]; 4. (DNF) 65-Jason Smith[3]; 5. (DNF) 32M-Marcus Feuerstein[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Doug Brisbin[4]; 2. 33-Jeremy Curless[5]; 3. 65-Jason Smith[3]; 4. 00-Jason Ensley[1]; 5. 32M-Marcus Feuerstein[2]
DIRT DEMONS
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 121-Eric Schmidt[1]; 2. 13JR-Nick Dangerfield[2]; 3. 15-Roman Stump[4]; 4. (DNF) 26-Jeff Stump[3]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 121-Eric Schmidt[1]; 2. 13JR-Nick Dangerfield[2]; 3. 26-Jeff Stump[4]; 4. 15-Roman Stump[3]