BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Gavin Miller recovered from Friday night’s miscues and parked in Lake Ozark Speedway victory lane on Saturday night, capturing his first career POWRi National Midget League victory.
He led seven of 25 laps during the action-packed feature event.
Early on-track competition saw Corbin Rueschenberg start the action off with a quick hot-lap time of 14.234-second lap as Miller and Cannon McIntosh each would earn heat race wins.
Setting the feature field would find high-point qualifier Miller and front-row counterpart McIntosh each competing for the prized position as the green flag flew, with McIntosh gaining advantage on the opening lap over Miller, Taylor Reimer, Branigan Roark and Cooper Williams.
Overtaking on a daring late-race maneuver in turns one and two, Miller would shoot to the inside on a speedy line to throttle his way past a pace-setting McIntosh. Using the momentum to hold the front, Gavin would not look back on his way to earning the event win.
Holding the lead for seven laps, Miller would emerge victorious to clinch his first career POWRi National Midget League feature victory after an intense 25 laps around Lake Ozark Speedway.
“I just stayed with him patiently and waited for the right time, I knew it was time to go on the last lap to get it done,” Miller said.
Using a daring high-side line, Karter Sarff would fly into the leading picture late to place a solid second as one-time leader McIntosh would finalize the podium finishers. Tracking down the front would witness Reimer finish fourth as Shannon McQueen charged past eight other drivers to round out the POWRi National and West Midget League top-five finishers at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Feature Results (25 Laps)
1. 97-Gavin Miller[1]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff[4]; 3. 08-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 4. 25K-Taylor Reimer[3]; 5. 7-Shannon McQueen[13]; 6. 26R-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 7. 26-Chance Crum[11]; 8. 44-Branigan Roark[7]; 9. 97K-Cooper Williams[5]; 10. 17B-Austin Barnhill[10]; 11. 08K-Brody Wake[14]; 12. 89-Todd McVay[8]; 13. 7D-Michelle Decker[15]; 14. 94-Tyler Potter[12]; 15. 33-Stanley Kreisel[9].