ELDON, Mo. — Joe B. Miller used a late-race resurgence in the Lucas Oil POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League feature on night two of the Lake Ozark Speedway’s Fall Sprint and Midget Nationals to notch their first career series feature victory.
Going into the initial green-flag start, polesitter Roger Crockett battleed outside front-row companion Ayrton Gennetten into the first pair of corners as Crockett would gain the early racing advantage.
Appearing to be the fastest driver on the circuit, Crockett would lead the first handful of laps until suffering mechanical issues taking him from the competition with second-place contender Gennetten inheriting the lead.
Using a late-race restart to his advantage, Miller surged back through the field after a rough initial start to overtake for the lead around lap 22. Holding the front of the field on the final restart, Miller would flex his racing might to claim the feature win.
“I thought I gave this race away on the original start but I just kept plugging away through the restarts and green flag. I knew we had something late and I can’t thank this McGary team enough for letting me race for them,” said Miller
Running smooth and gaining ground late would find see Garet Williamson place runner-up as Kyle Bellm placed in the final podium placement.
Riley Kreisel would use late-race momentum to finish fourth in a battle as night-one winner Kameron Key rounded out the top-five finishers.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 31-Joe B Miller[4]; 2. 24-Garet Williamson[5]; 3. 50K-Kyle Bellm[6]; 4. 91-Riley Kreisel[11]; 5. 21-Kameron Key[15]; 6. 21R-Gunner Ramey[7]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[14]; 8. 00-Broc Elliott[22]; 9. 1JR-Steven Russell[24]; 10. 1-Brenham Crouch[12]; 11. 1J-Danny Jennings[20]; 12. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[2]; 13. 17B-Ryan Bickett[23]; 14. 1T-Trevin Littleton[13]; 15. 23B-Brian Bell[16]; 16. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[3]; 17. 11-Roger Crockett[1]; 18. 6M-Blake Mallory[18]; 19. 88-Brad Cookson[21]; 20. 17-Kyle Jones[9]; 21. 84-Brandon Hanks[10]; 22. 14-Jordon Mallett[17]; 23. 9JR-Derek Hagar[19]; 24. 7B-Ben Brown[8].