ELDON, Mo. — Kory Schudy would only need to lead the final fifty feet to capture the fifth annual POWRi Non-Wing Nationals Championship feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
It was his 10th career feature win with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League.
Opposing on the initial green-flag start would find Schudy battle against front-row companion Xavier Doney into the first pair of corners with Doney gaining the opening on-track advantage as Schudy, Riley Kreisel, Mario Clouser and Tom Curran all ran inside the top five.
Flexing his racing might and appearing to be in a zone of his own, Doney would hold the front of the field for 19 and three-quarters of the 20-lap feature event with Schudy staying within striking distance after a trio of mid-race restarts.
Using late-race heroics with a daring high-line turn four maneuver, Schudy would emerge victorious in the main event by one two-tenth of a second over the one-time leader and runner-up finisher Doney as point leader Jack Wagner would finalize the podium placements.
“The last few laps I knew I had to do something different because I was miserable on the bottom, I took this thing to the top and had it hooked up to grab the win,” said Schudy. “What a way to win at the line off turn four.”
Overcoming adversity to rebound from an early race mishap, Kreisel would race back through the field to finish fourth as Steven Russell rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 28-Kory Schudy[1]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[2]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[8]; 4. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[9]; 6. 73-Samuel Wagner[13]; 7. 34-RJ (Richard) Miller[11]; 8. 11X-Tom Curran[6]; 9. I1-Ivan Glotzbach[10]; 10. 15B-Quinton Benson[14]; 11. 16-Anthony Nicholson[16]; 12. 7S-Wade Seiler[18]; 13. 02-Austin Crane[15]; 14. 33-Bryson Smith[7]; 15. 45-Jesse Bebee[19]; 16. 43-Brennon Marshall[17]; 17. 44-Wesley Smith[12]; 18. 77K-Katlynn Leer[5]; 19. 6-Mario Clouser[4].