By POWRi (Grain Valley, MO) -- Picking up his fifth win of 2018, Tucker Klaasmeyer took the checkers in front of a hometown crowd with the POWRi Lucas Oil National, West, and Outlaw Midget Leagues. Klaasmeyer of Paola, Kansas entered victory lane at Valley Speedway, which is the closest track to the hometown of the current point leader with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Klaasmeyer's win in the opening night of the Thunder in the Valley weekend also handed Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports their 15th POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory in 2018.
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Starting in the seventh position, Klaasmeyer fell into eighth while early-race leader Cannon McIntosh set a blistering pace. By the time the first caution flew on lap 13, Klaasmeyer had advanced to third following the restart. Behind leader Ryan Robinson and McIntosh, Klaasmeyer immediately diced up the top three, taking second away from McIntosh, setting his sights on Robinson.
Following the red on lap 17 for Hank Davis, Klaasmeyer made his move, utilizing the bottom side of the high-banked quarter mile for the lead. Leading the remaining 13 laps, Klaasmeyer was followed to the checkers by Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate, Holly Shelton. Shelton advanced from seventeenth for a career-best second. Zach Daum rounded out the podium in third, while Kyle Schuett took fourth. Schuett advanced from 19th. Karter Sarff completed the top five.
"I didn't know if we were going to be able to get up there," commented Tucker Klaasmeyer. "Luckily the bottom came back in and we had that red to be able to get warned about it. Big shout out to Al and all the guys who split up this week. I think Keith will be pretty proud of us tonight without him here. I've got to thank them for all their hard work. It's pretty cool to win one with all these hometown fans here. We'll try to get another one tomorrow."
"That was quite the workout," stated Holly Shelton. "It's pretty hot out there. If I'm going to run second, there's no better person to run second to than Tucker. Al, Connor, Marc, Grant, they did a heck of a job with these three cars. Seventeenth to second, I'll take that any day. ."
"We've just got to start finishing better than we have in the first half of the year," said Zach Daum. "I just messed around on the bottom too long. I don't know when this place is going to figure out you can't build a home-made cushion and expect midgets to run on it. Don't get me wrong, I like it when it gets on the bottom because that's my style, but when it's one lane on the bottom like that, it's hard to pass and hard to race on it. We'll just try to make it better for tomorrow."
7/13/2018 at Valley Speedway
Valley Powri Outlaw Midgets
A Feature 1: 1. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, [7]; 2. 67-Holly Shelton, [17]; 3. 5D-Zach Daum, [8]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett, [19]; 5. 21KS-Karter Sarff, [12]; 6. 71-Ryan Robinson, [4]; 7. 51-Joe B. Miller, [3]; 8. 5T-Presley Truedson, [5]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman, [2]; 10. 93K-Riley Kreisel, [14]; 11. 08-Cannon McIntosh, [1]; 12. 88-Tyler Nelson, [16]; 13. 42-Hank Davis, [10]; 14. 7-Austin Brown, [6]; 15. 28-Kory Schudy, [20]; 16. 321-Chad Winfrey, [18]; 17. 3B-Shelby Bosie, [21]; 18. 37-Chett Gehrke, [9]; 19. 77W-Joey Wirth, [13]; 20. 44-Wesley Smith, [15]; 21. 4A-Casey Shuman, [11]; 22. 81-Chase Porter, [22]; 23. 23-Hannah Adair, [23]
B Feature 1: 1. 67-Holly Shelton, [2]; 2. 321-Chad Winfrey, [6]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett, [1]; 4. 28-Kory Schudy, [3]; 5. 3B-Shelby Bosie, [5]; 6. 81-Chase Porter, [8]; 7. 52-Craig Oakes, [9]; 8. 17E-Blake Edwards, [14]; 9. 7S-Pat Schudy, [13]; 10. 24-Hunter Fischer, [11]; 11. 27B-A.J. Burns, [15]; 12. 2H-Luke Howard, [10]; 13. 84-Shaun Shapel, [16]; 14. 14JR-Holley Hollan, [4]; 15. 28M-Ace McCarthy, [7]; 16. 721-Brendon Wiseley, [12]; 17. 9H-Emilio Hoover, [17]; 18. 23-Hannah Adair, [18]
Heat 1: 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh, [8]; 2. 7-Austin Brown, [5]; 3. 37-Chett Gehrke, [6]; 4. 3B-Shelby Bosie, [2]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett, [7]; 6. 14JR-Holley Hollan, [9]; 7. 721-Brendon Wiseley, [1]; 8. 27B-A.J. Burns, [3]; 9. 23-Hannah Adair, [4]
Heat 2: 1. 42-Hank Davis, [1]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman, [8]; 3. 4A-Casey Shuman, [5]; 4. 5D-Zach Daum, [9]; 5. 67-Holly Shelton, [7]; 6. 28M-Ace McCarthy, [2]; 7. 52-Craig Oakes, [4]; 8. 84-Shaun Shapel, [3]; 9. 9H-Emilio Hoover, [6]
Heat 3: 1. 5T-Presley Truedson, [3]; 2. 51-Joe B. Miller, [7]; 3. 21KS-Karter Sarff, [4]; 4. 77W-Joey Wirth, [6]; 5. 93K-Riley Kreisel, [8]; 6. 81-Chase Porter, [1]; 7. 24-Hunter Fischer, [2]; 8. 17E-Blake Edwards, [5]
Heat 4: 1. 27-Tucker Klaasmeyer, [2]; 2. 71-Ryan Robinson, [6]; 3. 44-Wesley Smith, [3]; 4. 88-Tyler Nelson, [5]; 5. 28-Kory Schudy, [7]; 6. 321-Chad Winfrey, [4]; 7. 7S-Pat Schudy, [1]; 8. 2H-Luke Howard, [8]
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rain Valley, MO – Taking the inaugural appearance of the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League at Valley Speedway, Harley Hollan landed in victory lane in night one of the Second Annual Thunder in the Valley. Hollan’s Thunder in the Valley victory helped him inch closer to regaining the point lead after relinquishing the lead to Austin Schaeffer following a mechanical failure at Macon Speedway.
After starting outside the front row, Riley Goodno overtook Harley Hollan for the lead until nearly mid-way. On lap 14, Hollan found a groove and snuck past Goodno for the lead. As the laps wound down, Joe B. Miller overcame Goodno for second, leaving Goodno to settle for third. Austin Schaeffer finished fourth, while Gunner Ramey took fifth after charging from the 18th position.
“It was a good run for us,” said Harley Hollan. “We were fighting some smoking issues earlier and got it ironed out. We enjoyed this race track; it was fun. I was a little too tight to run the bottom, but if I got in on the middle and slowed the car down onto the bottom, I found a little moisture coming off.”
“I seen Schaeffer up there on it, so I figured I’d give it another shot,” commented Joe B Miller. “Towards the end it looked like it was getting cleaned off. Early, I couldn’t make it work, just got it going for the last couple of laps. Congratulations to Harley. We’ll move onto tomorrow.”
“We just got a brand new motor and we had trouble with the transmission,” stated Riley Goodno. “But, we got it figured out now. Congratulations to Harley on the win. I’m just glad to be in the top three. Nathan Benson really helped us on our setups this year.”
Micros
Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 14H - HARLEY HOLLAN, Heat 2: 38 - JACKSON FRISBIE
Mesilla Valley Transportation Feature Winner: 14H - HARLEY HOLLAN
POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 1. 14H - HARLEY HOLLAN 2. 51B - JOE B MILLER 3. 11 - RILEY GOODNO 4. 71S - AUSTIN SCHAEFFER 5. 28 - GUNNER RAMEY 6. 3G - GARET WILLIAMSON 7. 73J - JACK WAGNER 8. 2 - CHASE PORTER 9. 44 - TREVIN LITTLETON 10. 38 - JACKSON FRISBIE 11. 3J - JORDAN HOWELL 12. 27W - MATTHEW WATKINS 13. 25 - LOGAN BERTHELSON 14. 44R - BRANIGAN ROARK 15. 05 - BRYANT PAVER 16. 73S - SAMUEL WAGNER 17. 77W - TYELR WATKINS 18. 321 - KAITLYN BOLAND
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