Grain Valley, MO – In a well-earned feature win, Riley Goodno took his career-first with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League in what was the second night of the Second Annual Thunder in the Valley weekend at Valley Speedway. The Second Annual Thunder in the Valley was also the inaugural appearance for the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League.
Starting outside front row to Joe B. Miller, Riley Goodno took the lead on the opening lap and never looked back, leading all 20 laps to claim victory. As Goodno ran away with the win, the battle from second on back heated up as Jackson Frisbie, Austin Schaeffer, and Joe B. Miller swapped positions until the restart on lap 17 when Jack Wagner was able to advance past Frisbie for third.
With a caution on the final lap, the field lined up for a green and white flag restart, with everything on the line for one lap. As Goodno led the field back to green and took back to the bottom, his preferred line for the feature, Austin Schaeffer took back to the top. Coming off two, Schaeffer balled up on the curb, allowing Jack Wagner to close, with Wagner taking the position in three and four. Austin Schaeffer finished in third, while Gunner Ramey took fourth with Joe B. Miller in fifth.
“I never thought this would happen this year,” said Riley Goodno. “All those cautions, it just made me more nervous. I could hear someone on the topside, but I guess not. I could hear Austin up there, so congrats to him on a third place finish. Nathan Benson built our package and he’s been a great help this year.”
“Great finish by Riley Goodno,” commented Jack Wagner. “That boy’s been working hard lately and this car here’s been struggling all year and I’m very glad that me and my crew were able to put this car in second place tonight. Big thanks to my crew and my sponsors. There are so many who support me to run this car.”
“It’s hard to do when the track’s this big,” stated Austin Schaeffer. “It feels like you have so much time on the straightaway, but then when you actually get up to the corner, it comes up quicker than you think. I balled up a little over there when I had a good run on him and I thought I was going to get him there on the white flag, but I just goofed up. Congrats to Riley Goodno, he ran a heck of a race and ran smooth all night. He earned it.”
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Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 38 - JACKSON FRISBIE, Heat 2: 51B - JOE B MILLER, Heat 3: 2 - CHASE PORTER
Mesilla Valley Transportation Feature Winner: 11 - RILEY GOODNO
POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 11 - RILEY GOODNO 2. 73J - JACK WAGNER 3. 71S - AUSTIN SCHAEFFER 4. 28 - GUNNER RAMEY 5. 51B - JOE B MILLER 6. 38 - JACKSON FRISBIE 7. 3J - JORDAN HOWELL 8. 2 - CHASE PORTER 9. 14JR - HARLEY HOLLAN 10. 44 - TREVIN LITTLETON 11. 47R - TYLER RENNISON 12. 3G - GARET WILLIAMSON 13. 73S - SAMUEL WAGNER 14. 35 - AUBREY SMITH 15. 27W - MATTHEW WATKINS 16. 25 - LOGAN BERTHELSON 17. 44R - BRANIGAN ROARK 18. 29 - DAVID PYATT 19. 77W - TYLER WATKINS 20. 14H - BRYANT PAVER
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