By POWRi PR (Grain Valley, MO) -- Karter Sarff would fend off all challengers in an action-packed thriller at Valley Speedway Saturday night to earn his first career feature victory with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues in Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley Weekend.
PHOTO CREDIT: Ken Simon
Early POWRi National & West Midget League competition would see Chase McDermand start the night on the right foot by clocking a 13.521-second lap and notch the quickest hot-lap time as Gavan Boschele and Emilio Hoover each would earn heat race victories.
Launching the field on the initial green flag launch would find high point qualifier Chase McDermand line up with Emilio Hoover opening on the outside of the front row as McDermand would take the initial racing lead. Using the low-line momentum McDermand and Kyle Jones would battle feverishly with Boschele and Brenham Crouch quickly closing on the frontrunners.
Challenged early and often, McDermand would appear to be on his way to repeating the weekend when ninth starting Karter Sarff worked his way through the field to pull even with the leading McDermand with a tough-fought battle breaking out for the front position between Sarff, Boschele, McDermand, Jones, and the hard-charging Mitchell Davis.
Fending off all competitors, Karter Sarff would eventually emerge victorious by sticking to a clean-middle line of racing with Chase McDermand settling into finishing runner-up as Gavan Boschele completed the features podium finishers.
“I can’t begin to explain what this means to us as a family team. We wanted this so damn bad, there were times when we wanted to give up but this team doesn’t have any quit in it. That’s what makes this win so special” said a successful Karter Sarff in the Valley Speedway victory lane.
Racing from deep in the field, Jace Park would find the front of the field late to finish fourth as Mitchell Davis advanced nine positions rounding out the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues top-five finishers at Valley Speedway for Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley Weekend.
POWRi National Midget League | Valley Speedway | 7/16/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Time: 40-Chase McDermand (13.521)
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race 1 Winner: 5-Gavan Boschele
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 21-Emilio Hoover
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 40-Chase McDermand
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 56-Mitchell Davis
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 21K-Karter Sarff
Lucas Oil/Realty Connect A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter Sarff[9]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 3. 5-Gavan Boschele[4]; 4. 87-Jace Park[12]; 5. 56-Mitchell Davis[14]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[8]; 7. 97-Brenham Crouch[6]; 8. 17-Kyle Jones[3]; 9. 31-Kyle Beilman[13]; 10. 44-Branigan Roark[7]; 11. 25K-Taylor Reimer[5]; 12. 21-Emilio Hoover[2]; 13. 19K-Riley Kreisel[11]; 14. 77W-Joey Wirth[10].
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Gavan Boschele[1]; 2. 25K-Taylor Reimer[3]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand[7]; 4. 97-Brenham Crouch[6]; 5. 21K-Karter Sarff[4]; 6. 87-Jace Park[2]; 7. 56-Mitchell Davis[5].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Emilio Hoover[2]; 2. 17-Kyle Jones[4]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 4. 44-Branigan Roark[6]; 5. 77W-Joey Wirth[3]; 6. 19K-Riley Kreisel[5]; 7. 31-Kyle Beilman[7].
Next up for the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League, as well as the POWRi West Midget League presented by Realty Connect, will be Night Three of the Thunder in the Valley weekend sweep on Sunday, July 17th along with the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League traveling to Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex to finalize the three-day speed-fest.
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XAVIER DONEY SWEEOS POWRi WAR WEEKEND AT VALLEY
Xavier Doney would continue to ride the wave of winning momentum with the Lucas Oil POWR Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League at Valley Speedway for Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley & Lawson Memorial Weekend Event to earn his second straight feature victory.
Early on track accomplishments would witness Kory Schudy clock top-time with a 13.865-lap as heat racing action would find Quinton Benson, Cody Baker, and Ricky Lewis each earn a heat race competition victory.
Soaring into the initial start would see the high-point qualifier and pole-sitting Xavier Doney fly into the first pair of corners to claim the front of the field over his front-row companion Ricky Lewis to lead the first few laps.
Finding speed on the highline, Ricky Lewis would snatch the lead away from Doney on the second revolution with Quinton Benson, Kory Schudy, and Doney all hanging close to the leading Lewis.
Battling all over Valley Speedway with slide jobs and crossovers aplenty, Kory Schudy would overtake Lewis for the point of the pack with Xavier Doney, Joe B Miller, and Anthony Nicholson all inside the top five.
Finding the right time to pass for the lead, Xavier Doney would grab the front of the field late by using a middle-of-turn-two maneuver and hold on for the final five laps notching his second career POWRi WAR win.
“Our crew has had really good teamwork this weekend, the track has been completely different both nights and the team has reacted really well. I ended up going back a little on the start but then I twisted some knobs and just went up top where the speed was” explained an ecstatic Xavier Doney in the Grain Valley Missouri winner’s circle.
Maintaining a solid showing all night would find Kory Schudy finish runner-up for the second straight night as Ricky Lewis hung to the high-side to place third. Joe B Miller would stay within the hunt for the front to finish fourth with a late-race surging and hard-charging Steven Russell rounding out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League feature event for Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley & Lawson Memorial at Valley Speedway.
POWRi WAR Sprint League | Valley Speedway | 7/16/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Time: 28-Kory Schudy
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 15B-Quinton Benson
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 38-Cody Baker
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 Winner: 43B-Ricky Lewis
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 74-Xavier Doney
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 1JR-Steven Russell
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 74-Xavier Doney
Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[5]; 3. 43B-Ricky Lewis[2]; 4. 31-Joe B Miller[9]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[17]; 6. 37-Brian Beebe[15]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner[8]; 8. 16-Anthony Nicholson[10]; 9. 41-Brad Wyatt[18]; 10. 11W-Wyatt Burks[11]; 11. 12-Wesley Smith[7]; 12. 17K-Braden Knipmeyer[16]; 13. 33L-Mark Lane[20]; 14. 2-Jason Billups[12]; 15. 9-Chad Goff[19]; 16. 38-Cody Baker[4]; 17. 73-Samuel Wagner[13]; 18. 2H-Luke Howard[6]; 19. 15B-Quinton Benson[3]; 20. 33W-Rece Wommack[14]; 21. 88-Chad Tye[21]; 22. 33-Bryson Smith[22]; 23. 7M-Heath Murry[23].
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15B-Quinton Benson[3]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 3. 2H-Luke Howard[6]; 4. 2-Jason Billups[2]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner[5]; 6. 33W-Rece Wommack[7]; 7. 88-Chad Tye[4]; 8. (DNS) 33-Bryson Smith.
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Cody Baker[3]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[5]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[1]; 4. 31-Joe B Miller[6]; 5. 37-Brian Beebe[2]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[4]; 7. 9-Chad Goff[7]; 8. (DNS) 7M-Heath Murry.
Schure Built Suspension Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43B-Ricky Lewis[4]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 3. 12-Wesley Smith[5]; 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson[6]; 5. 17K-Braden Knipmeyer[1]; 6. 41-Brad Wyatt[3]; 7. 33L-Mark Lane[7].
Next up for Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will be Night Three of the Thunder in the Valley weekend sweep on Sunday, July 17th along with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League, as well as the POWRi West Midget League presented by Realty Connect traveling to Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex on to finalize the three-day speed-fest.
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