BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Shane Stewart led every lap of the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series’ feature at Lake Ozark Speedway on his way to his first career series victory.
The series made a stellar return to their home facility on Saturday night to hold the “Independence Weekend Celebration.”
Cruising onto the smoothed and maintained track, Kerry Madsen set a quick time with a 12.057-second lap time. Madsen, Gunner Ramey and Xaveir Doney would each earn an early heat race victory with Madsen gaining the event high-point qualifier award and pole position for the 25-lap feature.
Going into the initial green flag start would find outside front-row starter Stewart speeding to the early racing advantage as Madsen, Ramey, Garet Williamson and Joe B. Miller battled within the top five.
Maintaining the front of the field for the full feature event, Stewart would throttle his way through lap traffic while holding all challengers at racing bay to earn his first career POWRi 410 BOSS feature victory.
“I was fortunate the track was easy on me tonight after two years off, I guess the old saying is true to never sever ties wherever you go,” said Stewart in Lake Ozark Speedway victory lane. “I’m so proud of my guys for giving me a great car tonight for Bernie and Besty always having the best equipment, this is truly a blessing.”
Battling intently behind the leader was Williamson, who threw many attempts to overtake for the lead. However, he finished runner-up after starting sixth, with Ramey flying into place on the podium after starting fourth.
Staying in the hunt for the front all feature, Ayrton Gennetten would finish fourth as point-leader Roger Crockett rounded out the top five.
Feature Results (25 Laps)
1. 71-Shane Stewart[2]; 2. 24-Garet Williamson[6]; 3. 21-Gunner Ramey[4]; 4. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 5. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[9]; 7. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell[11]; 9. 91-Riley Kreisel[12]; 10. 9-Chad Goff[15]; 11. 74-Xavier Doney[10]; 12. 15-Jack Potter[14]; 13. 23F-Matt Fox[17]; 14. 3P-Russell Potter[16]; 15. 9C-Tony Crank[18]; 16. 50K-Kyle Bellm[7]; 17. 73-Samuel Wagner[13]; 18. 77-Jack Wagner[8]; 19. 1S-Joey Schmidt[19]; 20. 5B-Kory Bales[20]; 21. 22S-Slater Helt[21].