BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Joe B Miller would use early-race theatrics and hold off the field in the opening event in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series to notch his second career feature victory in the series’ first-ever appearance at Benton Speedway on Saturday night.
Cruising onto the track with 21 entries, Ryan Timms would clock quick qualifying time with a 12.753-second lap time as heat racing action would witness Timms, Emerson Axsom, and Carson Short each earn an early victory.
Going into the initial green flag start would find high-point qualifier and polesitter Timms battle outside front-row companion Roger Crockett into the first pair of corners as Timms would gain the early racing advantage.
Appearing to be the fastest driver on the circuit, Timms would lead the first lap until Miller used an inside-to-outside maneuver exiting turn two of the second circuit to overtake for the front of the field.
Using precise restarts and lap traffic to his advantage, Miller would hold on to lead the remainder of racing laps and secure the front of the field to claim the feature win as defending champion as Crockett placed runner-up with Axsom earning the final podium placement.
Feature Finish (25 Laps)
1. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett[2]; 3. 27-Emerson Axsom[4]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[11]; 5. 50K-Kyle Bellm[8]; 6. 84-Brandon Hanks[10]; 7. 22S-Slater Helt[13]; 8. 24-Garet Williamson[6]; 9. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[12]; 11. 37-Ayden Gatewood[14]; 12. 00-Broc Elliott[15]; 13. 1-Trevin Littleton[18]; 14. 66-Tim Taylor[17]; 15. 44-Carson Short[5]; 16. 21-Gunner Ramey[7]; 17. 74-Xavier Doney[9]; 18. 15-Jack Potter[16]; 19. 1S-Joey Schmidt[19]; 20. 8S-Steve Short[20]; 21. 7D-Dylan Dejournett[21]; 22. (DNS) 88-Brad Cookson.