WHEATLAND, Mo. — Xavier Doney would nearly perfect the night with the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint in the Summer Thunder presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his inaugural league victory and pocket the $5,000 payday in an outstanding feature event at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Flying onto the smooth surface with 22 talented entrants of the POWRi 410’s would see Doney set a quick qualifying time of 13.638-second lap with Noah Gass, Gunner Ramey and Miles Paulus each earning heat racing victories.
Captivating the crowd on the initial green flag start with high-point qualifier Doney and Ramey lined up in the front row as Doney would gain the lead on the opening lap with Ramey, Blake Hahn, Kyle Bellm and Ayrton Gennetten all raced within the top five.
Holding steady up front while stretching a commanding two-second lead, Doney would appear to be a class by himself for most of the night as great battling action would take place behind the front-running Doney with Hahn and Bellm attempting to keep pace as the laps ticked away rapidly.
Doney would not be denied in earning his first career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an action-packed 30-lap main event after leading every step of the way with Gennetten hustling into the runner-up position late.
“The top was about as thin as it gets with it being pretty treacherous,” said Doney in the Wheatland Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations. “I was fortunate to be in clean air and recover pretty easy after overcooking it a couple of times.”
Challenging closely behind would find Hahn placing on the final podium placement as Bellm would be among the frontrunners all feature to fourth as Paulus would round out the top five.
Arkansas driver Richie Tosh edged Derek Brown of Stoutland in an absolute thriller to win the $1,500 Full Fender Challenge, matching the top 12 finishers from the POWRi Super Stock and USRA Stock Car features held earlier in the evening.
Johnny Fennewald won the O’Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars feature in dominant fashion, leading all 20 laps to earn $1,500.
Derek Brown made the decisive pass with four laps remaining, culminating a rally after he was fifth in the early going and went on to earn the POWRi Super Stocks feature.
John Barnard, a 17-year-old from Sherman, Ill., grabbed the lead on lap nine and didn’t give it up, earning his first POWRi 305 Sprint feature victory.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 2. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 4. 14E-Kyle Bellm[8]; 5. 98P-Miles Paulus[10]; 6. 14T-Jack Dover[6]; 7. 20G-Noah Gass[7]; 8. 21-Gunner Ramey[2]; 9. 12X-Ricky Peterson[13]; 10. 79-Kyle Jones[18]; 11. 5-Kory Bales[20]; 12. 22M-Rees Moran[16]; 13. 3M-Howard Moore[19]; 14. 24-Casey Shuman[17]; 15. 1JR-Steven Russell[14]; 16. 45X-Jace Park[4]; 17. 11-Roger Crockett[9]; 18. 31-Kameron Key[12]; 19. 77-Jack Wagner[11]; 20. 91-Riley Kreisel[21]; 21. 73-Samuel Wagner[15]; 22. (DNS) 51-Mitchell Moore.