September 1, 2025 | By POWRi PR

Austin McCarl, Wesley Smith triumph at Lake Ozark, Turner takes Heartland Modified Tour main

ELDON, Mo.—Austin McCarl would show speed all night with the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League in Night Two of SprintMania presented by Start2Finish TV to notch his first seasonal league victory and earn the hard-fought feature victory at Lake Ozark Speedway.

Setting sail onto the smooth surfaces of Lake Ozark Speedway with thirty talented entrants of the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints would see Austin McCarl set a quick qualifying time of 12.052-second lap with Xavier Doney, Chase Porter, Ayrton Gennetten, and Scotty Thiel each earning heat racing victories with Joe B Miller attaining the semi-feature victory.

Pleasing the crowd in Eldon on the initial green flag start, with high-point qualifier Hank Davis and Xavier Doney lined up in the front row, as Hank Davis would gain the lead on the opening lap, with Xavier Doney taking the lead for a single lap.

Taking the top spot around the mid-point of the feature, Austin McCarl and Hank Davis would battle furiously, with McCarl gaining the preferred line as Scotty Thiel briefly held the top spot before Austin McCarl found speed on the top side late.

Leading the final eight laps, Austin McCarl would not be denied in earning his second career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory in an action-packed main event, with Scotty Thiel hustling into the runner-up position late by utilizing a choose-cone restart to perfection.

“The track was changing the whole night, so it was tough to stay on top of everything,” said Austin McCarl in the victory lane ceremony celebrations. Adding “I had to get it cooking up on the cushion and get up on the wheel with it being so treacherous on the curb.”

Opposing closely behind would find the early leader of fifteen laps, Hank Davis, placing on the final podium spot. Chris Martin would be among the frontrunners late to battle to fourth from starting twelfth as hard-charger Scotty Milan would move forward fifteen positions to round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League in Night Two of SprintMania presented by Start2Finish TV at Lake Ozark Speedway.


Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints | 8/31/25:

Start2Finish TV Quick Qualifying Time: 88-Austin McCarl(12.052)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 74-Xavier Doney
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 2X-Chase Porter
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 3-Ayrton Gennetten
Engler Machine Heat Race 4 Winner: 31-Scotty Thiel
RaceTech Titanium Semi-Feature Winner: 51B-Joe B Miller
Wholesale Batteries Inc. High Point Qualifier: 12X-Hank Davis
Smiley’s Racing Products Hard Charger: 97-Scotty Milan(+15)
Honest Abe Roofing Feature Winner: 88-Austin McCarl

Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/547497


Honest Abe Roofing A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 88-Austin McCarl[7]; 2. 31-Scotty Thiel[11]; 3. 12X-Hank Davis[1]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[12]; 5. 97-Scotty Milan[20]; 6. 74-Xavier Doney[2]; 7. 79X-Kyle Jones[13]; 8. 51B-Joe B Miller[17]; 9. 37-Bryce Norris[4]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[10]; 11. 2KS-Jack Anderson[14]; 12. 2X-Chase Porter[5]; 13. B8-John Barnard[3]; 14. 79-Gage Montgomery[23]; 15. 19-Kameron Key[8]; 16. 17-Dillan Baldwin[22]; 17. 14-Sean Rayhall[16]; 18. 2-Brandon Anderson[21]; 19. 93-Taylor Walton[19]; 20. 98P-Miles Paulus[9]; 21. 9$-Kyle Clark[18]; 22. 6B-Brandon Wimmer[6]; 23. 4-Cruz Dickerson[15].

MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 2. 9$-Kyle Clark[8]; 3. 93-Taylor Walton[7]; 4. 97-Scotty Milan[3]; 5. 2-Brandon Anderson[6]; 6. 17-Dillan Baldwin[1]; 7. 5-Kory Bales[9]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[10]; 9. 1JR-Steven Russell[12]; 10. 15-Jack Potter[11]; 11. 87-Reed Whitney[14]; 12. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[5]; 13. 00-Broc Elliott[4]; 14. 74N-Natalie Doney[13].

Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[2]; 2. 12X-Hank Davis[3]; 3. 2KS-Jack Anderson[1]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[5]; 6. 93-Taylor Walton[6]; 7. 1JR-Steven Russell[8]; 8. 87-Reed Whitney[7].

Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Chase Porter[2]; 2. B8-John Barnard[3]; 3. 4-Cruz Dickerson[1]; 4. 17-Dillan Baldwin[6]; 5. 00-Broc Elliott[7]; 6. 5-Kory Bales[8]; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall[4]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[5].

Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[1]; 2. 98P-Miles Paulus[2]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris[4]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[3]; 5. 97-Scotty Milan[5]; 6. 9$-Kyle Clark[6]; 7. 74N-Natalie Doney[7].

Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 6B-Brandon Wimmer[3]; 3. 79X-Kyle Jones[2]; 4. 19-Kameron Key[4]; 5. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[7]; 6. 2-Brandon Anderson[5]; 7. 15-Jack Potter[6].

Start2Finish Qualifying: 1. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.052[1]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.054[15]; 3. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:12.079[17]; 4. 19-Kameron Key, 00:12.132[27]; 5. 12X-Hank Davis, 00:12.179[13]; 6. B8-John Barnard, 00:12.199[5]; 7. 44-Chris Martin, 00:12.220[11]; 8. 6B-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.262[24]; 9. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:12.269[14]; 10. 2X-Chase Porter, 00:12.274[12]; 11. 98P-Miles Paulus, 00:12.274[4]; 12. 79X-Kyle Jones, 00:12.276[9]; 13. 2KS-Jack Anderson, 00:12.318[20]; 14. 4-Cruz Dickerson, 00:12.328[16]; 15. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:12.362[8]; 16. 31-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.394[7]; 17. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:12.465[3]; 18. 79-Gage Montgomery, 00:12.531[19]; 19. 97-Scotty Milan, 00:12.558[29]; 20. 2-Brandon Anderson, 00:12.563[2]; 21. 93-Taylor Walton, 00:12.566[10]; 22. 17-Dillan Baldwin, 00:12.578[25]; 23. 9$-Kyle Clark, 00:12.653[26]; 24. 15-Jack Potter, 00:12.730[6]; 25. 87-Reed Whitney, 00:12.754[18]; 26. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:12.765[23]; 27. 74N-Natalie Doney, 00:12.765[22]; 28. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:12.857[21]; 29. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:13.016[28]; 30. 5-Kory Bales, 00:13.019[30].


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WESLEY SMITH SHINES IN POWRi/MWRA NON-WING SPRINTS AT LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY

ELDON, Mo. -- Wesley Smith would lead all twenty laps in Night Two of the 8th Annual Non-Wing Nationals presented by Start2Finish TV at Lake Ozark Speedway, featuring the Wholesale Batteries POWRi WAR/MWRA Challenge Series, running in conjunction with the Western Iowa Non-Wing Sprints, to notch his league-leading eighteenth career feature victory.

Clashing at ‘The Lake’, POWRi WAR/MWRA would find twenty talented traditional sprinters witnessing Wesley Smith set the quickest qualifying hot-lap time of 14.006-second lap as Tom Curran, Wesley Smith, and Jack Wagner each earned heat racing victories.

Kick-starting the initial green flag start with high-point qualifier Wesley Smith and Jack Wagner lined up in the front row, Wesley Smith would gain the lead on the opening lap with Jack Wagner blasting into the runner-up spot, contending for the lead early.

Cruising to a commanding lead, Wesley Smith would emerge victorious with the POWRi WAR/MWRA to notch his third yearly league victory. Staying in the hunt, Samuel Wager would finish runner-up as Wyatt Burks completed the final podium placements.

“That last caution may have saved the race for me. I may have been getting too comfortable or too lazy with this track being super technical. Once I learned to settle down and slow down to go fast,” said Wesley Smith in the Lake Ozark Speedway victory lane. Adding “The cushion was tricky tonight, I think this is just a testament to just how good our program is right now with the competition level we have around here.”

Challenging closely behind would find Anthony Nicholson finish fourth as Tom Curran rounded out the top-five finishers for the Wholesale Batteries Inc. POWRi WAR/MWRA Challenge Series at Lake Ozark Speedway in Night Two of the 8th Annual Non-Wing Nationals presented by Start2Finish TV.


Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi WAR/MWRA | Non-Wing Nationals | 8/31/25:

Start2Finish TV Quick Hot Lap Time: 44-Wesley Smith(14.006)
Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 11X-Tom Curran
Eibach Racing Heat Race 2 Winner: 44-Wesley Smith
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner:77-Jack Wagner
Wholesale Batteries Inc. High Point Qualifier: 44-Wesley Smith
Smileys Racing Products Hard Charger: 1-Chris Desselle(+6)
Wholesale Batteries Inc. Feature Winner: 44-Wesley Smith

Event Information: https://www.myracepass.com/events/547497


Wholesale Batteries A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 2. 73-Samuel Wagner[3]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[5]; 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson[6]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran[4]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls[9]; 7. 1-Chris Desselle[13]; 8. 33-Bryson Smith[11]; 9. 6-Jake Kouba[10]; 10. 75-Glen Saville[16]; 11. 2-Chad Goff[17]; 12. 93-JR Parkinson[7]; 13. 25-Mike McCleary[18]; 14. 27-Justin Johnson[14]; 15. 26-Zachary Clark[8]; 16. 48-Taylor Forbes[15]; 17. 18K-Kyle Gorham[19]; 18. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 19. 2H-Luke Howard[12]; 20. 52-Blake Bowers[20].

Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Curran[2]; 2. 73-Samuel Wagner[4]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba[1]; 4. 33-Bryson Smith[3]; 5. 1-Chris Desselle[6]; 6. 75-Glen Saville[5]; 7. 18K-Kyle Gorham[7].

Eibach Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Wesley Smith[4]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 26-Zachary Clark[2]; 4. 93-JR Parkinson[7]; 5. 48-Taylor Forbes[1]; 6. 2-Chad Goff[6]; 7. (DNS) 52-Blake Bowers.

Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jack Wagner[4]; 2. 16-Anthony Nicholson[3]; 3. 15E-Dakota Earls[1]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[2]; 5. 27-Justin Johnson[5]; 6. 25-Mike McCleary[6].

Start2Finish Qualifying 1: 1. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:14.454[2]; 2. 33-Bryson Smith, 00:14.481[6]; 3. 11X-Tom Curran, 00:14.497[5]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:14.912[4]; 5. 75-Glen Saville, 00:15.037[3]; 6. 1-Chris Desselle, 00:15.133[1]; 7. 18K-Kyle Gorham, 01:00.000[7].

Start2Finish Qualifying 2: 1. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:14.006[3]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks, 00:14.183[1]; 3. 26-Zachary Clark, 00:14.647[5]; 4. 48-Taylor Forbes, 00:14.750[4]; 5. 52-Blake Bowers, 00:14.767[6]; 6. 2-Chad Goff, 00:14.852[2]; 7. 93-JR Parkinson, 00:15.103[7].

Start2Finish Qualifying 3: 1. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:14.589[5]; 2. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:14.597[2]; 3. 2H-Luke Howard, 00:14.647[4]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls, 00:14.842[6]; 5. 27-Justin Johnson, 00:15.366[1]; 6. 25-Mike McCleary, 00:16.399[3].

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SHADREN TURNER TAME LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY IN HEARTLAND MODIFIED TOUR WEEKEND FINALE

By HMT PR

ELDON, Mo. -- After opening the season’s first three races with a pair of runner-up finishes at Humboldt and a victory at I-35, it looked like all systems were go for Shadren Turner’s rookie campaign on the Heartland Modified Tour. But a string of bad luck and mechanical woes through the early summer left the team searching for answers and wondering what if. They broke through with a July 4th win at Central Missouri Speedway, and on Sunday night Turner showed there are no more doubts, leading all 30 laps at Lake Ozark Speedway to secure his third win of the season.

Turner was in control from the drop of the green, but it wasn’t without challenges. Bobby Williams applied pressure multiple times through the middle stages of the feature, but could never find a way past. A late-race restart shook things up as Trevor Hughes slipped by Williams to claim the runner-up spot, while Williams settled for third.

Championship contenders Brandon Givens and Wyatt Gaggero both kept their title hopes alive, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. The preferred groove around the Eldon, Missouri oval was on the bottom, but both Lance Mari and Tyler Davis thrilled the crowd by charging forward against a treacherous cushion on the extreme top side. Mari was closing on a top-three finish before mechanical issues ended his run with two laps to go, while Davis hung tough up high and nearly broke into the top five before crossing the line in eighth.

Austin McCarl won the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprints feature ahead of Scotty Thiel in second and Hank Davis in third, while Joe B. Miller finished fourth and Ayrton Gennetten completed the top five. In the Wholesale Batteries, Inc. POWRi WAR/Midwest Wingless Racing Association Challenge Series main event, Wesley Smith took the win with Samuel Wagner in second and Wyatt Burks in third, followed by Jack Wagner in fourth and Riley Kreisel in fifth.

With just four races remaining, the Heartland Modified Tour championship battle remains tightly contested. Bobby Williams continues to lead the standings, with Brandon Givens and Wyatt Gaggero within striking distance, while Turner’s third victory of the season has vaulted him back into the mix.

Up next: The Heartland Modified Tour makes its way to Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS, on Friday, September 19, followed the very next night by the Dalice Franz Memorial at 81 Speedway near Wichita, KS.


RESULTS
Heartland Modified Tour
 Lake Ozark Speedway

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Wehrs Machine A Feature 1 (30 Laps):
Shadren Turner 2. Trevor Hughes 3. Bobby Williams 4. Brandon Givens 5. Wyatt Gaggero 6. Cole Campbell 7. Nic Bidinger 8. Tyler Davis 9. Dustin Hodges 10. Ryan Middaugh 11. Brody Robe 12. Dean Wille 13. Treyton Gann 14. Troy Gemmill 15. Dakota Dale 16. Colson Kirk 17. Jason Pursley 18. Chase Sigg 19. Kenton Allen 20. Rick Beebe 21. Lance Mari 22. Weston Holman 23. Chevy Coleman 24. Scotty Roberts

Day Motorsports B Feature 1 (12 Laps):
Treyton Gann 2. Colson Kirk 3. Scotty Roberts 4. Rick Beebe 5. Greg Scheffler 6. Ryan Smith 7. Jason Sivils 8. Skip Pope 9. James Spangler 10. Henry Chambers 11. Ryan Murphy 12. Davis Givens 13. Colton Eck 14. Dayton Pursley 15. Tad Davis

SS Fishing Rental Heat 1 (8 Laps):
Ryan Middaugh 2. Cole Campbell 3. Wyatt Gaggero 4. Brody Robe 5. Jason Pursley 6. Ryan Murphy 7. Henry Chambers 8. Skip Pope 9. Dayton Pursley

Rick Beebe Heating and Air Conditioning Heat 2 (8 Laps):
Shadren Turner 2. Brandon Givens 3. Chase Sigg 4. Chevy Coleman 5. Dakota Dale 6. Treyton Gann 7. Greg Scheffler 8. James Spangler

Kevko Racing Products Heat 3 (8 Laps):
Lance Mari 2. Bobby Williams 3. Nic Bidinger 4. Tyler Davis 5. Dean Wille 6. Colson Kirk 7. Rick Beebe 8. Jason Sivils 9. Colton Eck

Bryke Racing Heat 4 (8 Laps):
Trevor Hughes 2. Dustin Hodges 3. Troy Gemmill 4. Weston Holman 5. Kenton Allen 6. Ryan Smith 7. Scotty Roberts 8. Davis Givens 9. Tad Davis

Deatherage Opticians Qualifying A:
Ryan Middaugh 2. Shadren Turner 3. Cole Campbell 4. Chevy Coleman 5. Wyatt Gaggero 6. Brandon Givens 7. Brody Robe 8. Dakota Dale 9. Dayton Pursley 10. Chase Sigg 11. Jason Pursley 12. Treyton Gann 13. Ryan Murphy 14. Greg Scheffler 15. Skip Pope 16. James Spangler 17. Henry Chambers

Deatherage Opticians Qualifying B:
Bobby Williams 2. Trevor Hughes 3. Lance Mari 4. Dustin Hodges 5. Nic Bidinger 6. Weston Holman 7. Dean Wille 8. Troy Gemmill 9. Tyler Davis 10. Kenton Allen 11. Rick Beebe 12. Scotty Roberts 13. Colton Eck 14. Davis Givens 15. Colson Kirk 16. Ryan Smith 17. Jason Sivils 18. Tad Davis

The USRA Heartland Modified Tour Presented by Real Racing Wheels would like to recognize and thank their 2025 season long partners.

Gold Partners - Central Spray Foam & Cement Lifting, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Dylan Scott Entertainment, Hochatown Saloon, Kevko Racing, Midwest Sheet Metal, RacinDirt.com, Real Racing Wheels, Rick Beebe Heating and Air Conditioning, S&S Fishing and Rental, VP Racing Fuels Heartland, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products

Silver Partners - American Racer Tires, Bryke Racing, Buck Monson Photos, Duvall Electric, Fast Shafts, Integra Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, Outlaw Kids
Racing Tours, Photos By Boyd, Scotty Dogg’s Hideout, Swift Springs, Victory Vault

Bronze Partners - Freight Logistics Inc., Mars Race Cars, Milburn Acreages by Tillison Enterprises, Service Plumbing of Wichita, Transmissions Unlimited, Yeoman Race Engines, Zac's Sales and Service

2025 Point Funds (ARMS, HMT, NLMS)

1. $7,500
2. $4,500
3. $3,500
4. $3,000
5. $2,500
6. $2,400
7. $2,300
8. $2,200
9. $2,100
10. $2,000

*80 Percent attendance required to remain point fund eligible*