BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Ayrton Gennetten would emerge victorious on the historic half-mile to gain the feature win in the eighth completed event of the season in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series return trip to Missouri State Fair Speedway to notch his second career series feature victory after a thrilling twenty-lap main event.
Running onto the historic half-mile in Sedalia, Missouri, the POWRi 410 BOSS would see Gennetten and Garet Williamson each earn heat racing victories with Brian Brown gaining the high point qualifier award and pole starting position for the headlining State Fair feature event.
Going into the initial green flag start with defending winner Brown and current point leader Gennetten lined up in the front row, Brown sped to the early racing advantage as Gennetten, Williamson, Xavier Doney and Kyle Bellm battled within the top five.
Overtaking for the lead using a high-side maneuver off turn four would find Gennetten overtake Brown for the prized position while battling intently on a smooth surface of Sedalia with action aplenty behind the leading pair.
Maintaining the front of the field for the final 16 revolutions of the feature event, Gennetten would hold all challengers to earn his second career POWRi 410 BOSS feature victory and first time as 410 Missouri State Fair champion.
“Last year we blew a tire and had issues so this feels great to get redemption, anytime you beat Brian Brown on a half-mile you know you did something,” said Gennetten in the Sedalia Missouri victory lane ceremony celebrations. “I’ve been so bad it seems this year on half miles so this just feels so much better to park it in victory lane here at Sedalia.”
Battling intently behind the leader would find Bellm finish runner-up from starting eighth with one-time leader Brown recovering from a two-tire change to place in the final podium placement after starting on the pole.
Flying through the field into the front of the feature in the later stages, Doney would finish fourth from starting fifth as Ben Brown would round out the top-five finishers.
Feature Finish (20 Laps)
1. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 2. 14E-Kyle Bellm[8]; 3. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 4. 74-Xavier Doney[5]; 5. 7B-Ben Brown[4]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[6]; 7. 97-Scotty Milan[10]; 8. 3P-Russell Potter[12]; 9. 91-Riley Kreisel[13]; 10. 42-Andy Bishop[7]; 11. 9C-Tony Crank[11]; 12. 30-Faron Crank[9]; 13. 122-Lane Warner[15]; 14. 12X-Garet Williamson[3]; 15. 23F-Matt Fox[14]; 16. 6-Corey Nelson[16].