BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Joe B Miller led 18 laps of the third event for the season in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series to notch his third career series feature victory at Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday night.
Cruising onto the smooth track would witness Roger Crockett and Miller each earn an early heat racing victory with Crockett earning the event high point qualifier award and pole starting position for the 25-lap feature event.
Going into the initial green flag start saw outside front-row starter Miller blast to the early racing advantage as polesitter Crockett, Slater Helt, Kyle Bellm and Carson Short battle within the top-five.
Leading the first 12 laps of competition through a pair of restarts, Miller saw Crockett overtake the point for seven revolutions around the speedy Lake Ozark Speedway track.
Waiting until the pivotal time, Miller would not be denied in his second POWRi 410 BOSS feature victory of the season after grabbing the lead late in the race and holding off all challenges. One-time leader Crockett finished runner-up with Jack Wagner passing seven competitors to place third.
“A big hats off to the track crew tonight for such a great track this early in the year,” said an elated Miller. “Roger made me work for this one and get up on the wheel after that restart, I knew I had to change my line moving into that last restart.”
Running smooth and gaining ground late would find Helt finish fourth as Short recovered from a mid-race mishap to round out the top-five finishers.
Feature Finish (25 Laps)
1. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett[1]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[10]; 4. 22S-Slater Helt[5]; 5. 44-Carson Short[8]; 6. 1S-Joey Schmidt[12]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[13]; 8. 50K-Kyle Bellm[4]; 9. 1JR-Steven Russell[6]; 10. 122-Lane Warner[15]; 11. 51-Mitchell Moore[19]; 12. 8S-Steve Short[7]; 13. 73-Samuel Wagner[14]; 14. 15-Jack Potter[18]; 15. 79-Gage Montgomery[11]; 16. 00-Broc Elliott[9]; 17. 19K-Kenton Pope[16]; 18. 1-Trevin Littleton[3]; 19. 21-Gunner Ramey[17].