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Xavier Doney holds off Kory Schudy. (Ken Simon Photo)

Doney Doubles Down In POWRi WAR

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo – Xavier Doney would continue to ride the wave of winning momentum with the Lucas Oil POWR Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League at Valley Speedway for Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley & Lawson Memorial Weekend Event to earn his second straight feature victory.

Early on track accomplishments would witness Kory Schudy clock top-time with a 13.865-lap as heat racing action would find Quinton Benson, Cody Baker, and Ricky Lewis each earn a heat race competition victory.

Soaring into the initial start would see the high-point qualifier and pole-sitting Xavier Doney fly into the first pair of corners to claim the front of the field over his front-row companion Ricky Lewis to lead the first few laps.

Finding speed on the highline, Ricky Lewis would snatch the lead away from Doney on the second revolution with Quinton Benson, Kory Schudy, and Doney all hanging close to the leading Lewis.

Battling all over Valley Speedway with slide jobs and crossovers aplenty, Kory Schudy would overtake Lewis for the point of the pack with Xavier Doney, Joe B Miller, and Anthony Nicholson all inside the top five.

Finding the right time to pass for the lead, Xavier Doney would grab the front of the field late by using a middle-of-turn-two maneuver and hold on for the final five laps notching his second career POWRi WAR win.  

 “Our crew has had really good teamwork this weekend, the track has been completely different both nights and the team has reacted really well,” Doney said. “I ended up going back a little on the start but then I twisted some knobs and just went up top where the speed was.”

Maintaining a solid showing all night would find Kory Schudy finish runner-up for the second straight night as Ricky Lewis hung to the high-side to place third. Joe B Miller would stay within the hunt for the front to finish fourth with a late-race surging and hard-charging Steven Russell rounding out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League feature event for Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley & Lawson Memorial at Valley Speedway.

The Finish:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 2. 28-Kory Schudy[5]; 3. 43B-Ricky Lewis[2]; 4. 31-Joe B Miller[9]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[17]; 6. 37-Brian Beebe[15]; 7. 77-Jack Wagner[8]; 8. 16-Anthony Nicholson[10]; 9. 41-Brad Wyatt[18]; 10. 11W-Wyatt Burks[11]; 11. 12-Wesley Smith[7]; 12. 17K-Braden Knipmeyer[16]; 13. 33L-Mark Lane[20]; 14. 2-Jason Billups[12]; 15. 9-Chad Goff[19]; 16. 38-Cody Baker[4]; 17. 73-Samuel Wagner[13]; 18. 2H-Luke Howard[6]; 19. 15B-Quinton Benson[3]; 20. 33W-Rece Wommack[14]; 21. 88-Chad Tye[21]; 22. 33-Bryson Smith[22]; 23. 7M-Heath Murry[23]