Thomas Jr., Schudy, Martens triumph at Lake Ozark Speedway
Eldon, MO — Kevin Thomas Jr. would ride away with the seven-thousand-dollar payday after leading the final four laps of the feature to gain the win in the Championship Night running of the Lake Ozark Speedway Triple Sprint Showdown for the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series to notch his inaugural career win in an outstanding solid-green twenty-five lap feature event.
Flying onto the finely prepared racing surface with twenty-seven entrants of the POWRi 410 BOSS, the series home facility in Eldon Missouri would see Kevin Thomas Jr. set the quick qualifying time of an 11.797-second lap with Garet Williamson, Blake Hahn, and Jace Park each earning heat racing victories as Zach Hampton notched the event high point qualifier award and pole starting position for the headlining feature.
Going into the initial green flag start with Zach Hampton and Blake Hahn lined up in the front row, Blake Hahn would speed into the early racing advantage as Hampton, Garet Williamson, Kevin Thomas Jr., and Lachlan McHugh battled within the top five.
Setting a blistering pace and occurring lap traffic at a rapid rate, Blake Hahn would click away laps while leading as Zach Hampton and Kevin Thomas Jr. stayed within striking distance and action aplenty flowed behind the leading trio throughout the pack of competitors.
Using late-race heroics, Kevin Thomas Jr would use a deep drive into turn three to slide by Blake Hahn on the exit of four for the preferred position as Hahn maintained momentum to keep pace and battle back on the new leader.
Preserving the front of the field for the final four revolutions around a beautifully prepared surface of the feature event, Kevin Thomas Jr. would not be denied in earning his first career POWRi 410 BOSS feature victory in an action-packed caution-free twenty-five-lap feature.
“This felt really good out there, I knew we had a good car this weekend and that I had to get up on the wheel and go,” said Kevin Thomas Jr. in the Lake Ozark Speedway winner's circle ceremony celebrations. Adding, “I’ve never won a wing show like this before so this one feels special.”
Contending intently behind the leader would find one-time leader of twenty-one laps Blake Hahn finishing runner-up from starting second with Garet Williamson placing on the final podium placement from the starting fourth.
Pole-sitter Zach Hampton would be among the frontrunners all feature to finish fourth as Lachlan McHugh would round out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series at Lake Ozark Speedway on Championship Night of the Triple Sprint Showdown.
Lake Ozark Speedway | POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series | 9/3/23:
Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Qualifying Time: 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr(11.797)
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 12X-Garet Williamson
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 52-Blake Hahn
Schure Built Suspensions Heat Race 3 Winner: 87J-Jace Park
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 35-Zach Hampton
Super Clean Hard Charger: 1JR-Steven Russell(+6)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr
Toyota Racing Development A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[3]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 3. 12X-Garet Williamson[4]; 4. 35-Zach Hampton[1]; 5. 25-Lachlan McHugh[6]; 6. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[7]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell[14]; 9. 51B-Joe B Miller[11]; 10. 87J-Jace Park[9]; 11. 91-Riley Kreisel[15]; 12. 23B-Brian Bell[13]; 13. 93-Taylor Walton[16]; 14. 7A-Will Armitage[12]; 15. 79-Gage Montgomery[18]; 16. 00-Broc Elliott[22]; 17. 37-Bryce Norris[10]; 18. 6-Corey Nelson[20]; 19. 3P-Russell Potter[24]; 20. 2H-Ivan Glotzbach[21]; 21. 16THH-Kevin Newton[19]; 22. 7B-Hunter Barron[23]; 23. 118-Jacob Bloodworth[25]; 24. 9-Tyler Duff[5]; 25. 15-Jack Potter[17].
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Garet Williamson[2]; 2. 37-Bryce Norris[1]; 3. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[4]; 4. 19-Ayrton Gennetten[3]; 5. 23B-Brian Bell[7]; 6. 15-Jack Potter[5]; 7. 6-Corey Nelson[6]; 8. 00-Broc Elliott[8]; 9. 3P-Russell Potter[9].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn[3]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton[4]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[2]; 4. 7A-Will Armitage[6]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[7]; 6. 79-Gage Montgomery[5]; 7. 16THH-Kevin Newton[1]; 8. 7B-Hunter Barron[8]; 9. 118-Jacob Bloodworth[9].
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 87J-Jace Park[1]; 2. 9-Tyler Duff[3]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[5]; 4. 25-Lachlan McHugh[4]; 5. 91-Riley Kreisel[7]; 6. 93-Taylor Walton[8]; 7. 2H-Ivan Glotzbach[6]; 8. (DNS) 14E-Kyle Bellm; 9. (DNS) 9C-Billy Butler.
Qualifying 1: 1. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:11.797[2]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton, 00:11.906[5]; 3. 25-Lachlan McHugh, 00:11.931[18]; 4. 19-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:12.018[4]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn, 00:12.063[8]; 6. 9-Tyler Duff, 00:12.084[13]; 7. 12X-Garet Williamson, 00:12.152[12]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:12.181[16]; 9. 14E-Kyle Bellm, 00:12.237[10]; 10. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:12.239[1]; 11. 16THH-Kevin Newton, 00:12.294[6]; 12. 87J-Jace Park, 00:12.306[20]; 13. 15-Jack Potter, 00:12.311[3]; 14. 79-Gage Montgomery, 00:12.348[24]; 15. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:12.351[27]; 16. 6-Corey Nelson, 00:12.382[19]; 17. 7A-Will Armitage, 00:12.466[15]; 18. 2H-Ivan Glotzbach, 00:12.470[26]; 19. 23B-Brian Bell, 00:12.515[21]; 20. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:12.700[17]; 21. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:12.721[23]; 22. 00-Broc Elliott, 00:12.812[9]; 23. 7B-Hunter Barron, 00:12.833[7]; 24. 93-Taylor Walton, 00:12.859[22]; 25. 3P-Russell Potter, 00:13.630[25]; 26. 118-Jacob Bloodworth, 00:13.707[14]; 27. 9C-Billy Butler, 00:14.000[11].
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KORY SCHUDY SNATCHES POWRi WAR VICTORY AT LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY
By POWRi PR (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 to notch his tenth career feature win with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League in an epic and intensely thrilling twenty-lap event.
Initial on-track actions would witness Ivan Glotzbach start quickest in hot laps with a 13.706-second lap as Kory Schudy, Xavier Doney, and Riley Kreisel would each earn heat racing wins with Schudy snagging the event’s high-point qualifier award for the second night in a row.
Opposing on the initial green flag start would find Kory 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 while attempting to run down the speedy pacesetter.
Flexing his racing might and appearing to be in a zone of his own, Xavier Doney would hold the front of the field for nineteen and three-quarters of the twenty-lap feature event with Kory Schudy staying within striking distance after a trio of mid-race restarts.
Using late-race heroics with a daring high-line turn four maneuver, Kory Schudy would emerge victorious in the main event by one two-tenth of a second over the one-time leader and runner-up finisher Xavier 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 Kory Schudy in the Lake Ozark Speedway victory lane. Adding, “What a way to win at the line off turn four.”
Overcoming adversity to rebound from an early race mishap, Riley Kreisel would race back through the field to finish fourth as Steven Russell rounded out the top-five finishers in the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League in the Night One Non-Wing Nationals feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
POWRi WAR Sprint League | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/3/23:
Hoosier Racing Tire Hot Lap Quick Time: I1-Ivan Glotzbach(13.706)
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 28-Kory Schudy
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 74-Xavier Doney
Schure Built Suspension Heat Race 3 Winner: 91-Riley Kreisel
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 28-Kory Schudy
Super Clean Hard Charger: 73-Samuel Wagner(+7)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 28-Kory Schudy
Toyota Racing Development A Feature 1 (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].
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Kory Schudy[5]; 2. 33-Bryson Smith[2]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser[6]; 4. 73-Samuel Wagner[3]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[7]; 6. 16-Anthony Nicholson[4]; 7. 45-Jesse Bebee[1].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[1]; 3. 77K-Katlynn Leer[5]; 4. I1-Ivan Glotzbach[6]; 5. 15B-Quinton Benson[4]; 6. 7S-Wade Seiler[2].
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 2. 1JR-Steven Russell[1]; 3. 11X-Tom Curran[5]; 4. 34-RJ (Richard) Miller[6]; 5. 02-Austin Crane[2]; 6. 43-Brennon Marshall[4].
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MARTENS BEATS EASUM FOR 305 SPRINTS WEEKEND SWEEP IN PHOTO FINISH
NOTE: Terry Easum was initially declared the winner over Jake Martens by .042, however upon inspecting the location of the transponders on both cars, it was determined the transponder on Easum's car was illegally mounted at the front of the car instead of the required location at the rear. Marten's transponder was properly located by rules, thus was declared the winner with Easum scored as second.
By POWRi (Eldon, MO) -- Running control of the winged 305 Sprint feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway, the POWRi 305 Sprint Series would witness Jake Martens claiming both weekend wins in thrilling two-night feature events of the Inaugural Triple Sprint Showdown.
Starting the weekend in Eldon Missouri, Night One of the Triple Sprint Showdown would see Terry Easum set the quickest hot-lap time of 13.121-second lap as John Barnard, Kenny Potter, and Jake Martens would each earn heat racing victories with Martens attaining the high-point qualifier award.
Launching on the feature green flag racing would find front-starter Jake Martens out-battle front-row companion Monty Ferriera into the first pair of corners as Martens would blast to the preferred position with the field calculating for spots behind the leader.
Earning his inaugural career victory in the POWRi 305 Sprint Division, Jake Martens would outduel ninth starter and runner-up placement Terry Easum to capture the Night One feature win. eleventh-starting Randy Martin would clinch third as Brett Combs finished fourth with Kenny Potter rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Finalizing the two-night stay at the one-third mile oval, Night Two of the Triple Sprint Showdown would witness Jack Potter setting the quickest hot-lap time of 13.325-second lap as John Barnard, Randy Martin, and Natalie Doney would each earn heat racing victories with Jake Martens attaining the high-point qualifier award.
Beginning the feature green flag racing would find front-starter Jake Martens battle front-row companion Natalie Doney into the first pair of corners as Martens would blast to the preferred position with the field calculated for spots behind the leader.
Overtaking for the top spot early, Terry Easum would appear to be in a class to himself as a late-race caution would bunch the field back together setting the stage for an outstanding finish.
Securing his second career victory in the POWRi 305 Sprint Division, Jake Martens would outduel one-time leader of fourteen laps and runner-up placement Terry Easum in a photo-finish to capture the Night Two feature win. Twelfth-starting Monty Ferriera would clinch third as John Barnard finished fourth with Kenny Potter rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/2/23:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[9]; 3. 14-Randy Martin[11]; 4. 55-Kenny Potter[4]; 5. 45-Monty Ferriera[2]; 6. 74-Natalie Doney[7]; 7. 2B-Garrett Benson[13]; 8. 49-Tyler Elliott[8]; 9. B8-John Barnard[3]; 10. 15-Jack Potter[16]; 11. 51-Alan Cunningham[14]; 12. 26B-Matt Fox[5]; 13. 4-Brett Combs[10]; 14. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[19]; 15. 20C-Randy Corpening[20]; 16. 7K-Rob Rimel[17]; 17. 22-Chase Fischer[15]; 18. 1-Greg Murry[12]; 19. 9-Emilio Hoover[6]; 20. 9L-Abigayle Lett[18].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B8-John Barnard[1]; 2. 9-Emilio Hoover[2]; 3. 88-Terry Easum[4]; 4. 4-Brett Combs[6]; 5. 2B-Garrett Benson[5]; 6. 15-Jack Potter[7]; 7. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Kenny Potter[1]; 2. 74-Natalie Doney[2]; 3. 26B-Matt Fox[5]; 4. 14-Randy Martin[6]; 5. 22-Chase Fischer[4]; 6. 7K-Rob Rimel[7]; 7. 20C-Randy Corpening[3].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[4]; 2. 49-Tyler Elliott[2]; 3. 45-Monty Ferriera[6]; 4. 1-Greg Murry[3]; 5. 51-Alan Cunningham[5]; 6. 9L-Abigayle Lett[1].
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/3/23:
Toyota Racing Development A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[3]; 3. 45-Monty Ferriera[12]; 4. B8-John Barnard[4]; 5. 55-Kenny Potter[6]; 6. 02-Austin Crane[8]; 7. 74-Natalie Doney[2]; 8. 26B-Matt Fox[10]; 9. 20C-Randy Corpening[16]; 10. 49-Tyler Elliott[11]; 11. 15-Jack Potter[9]; 12. 30X-Larry Bratti[22]; 13. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[14]; 14. 9-Abigayle Lett[23]; 15. 22-Chase Fischer[13]; 16. 1-Greg Murry[21]; 17. 7K-Rob Rimel[17]; 18. 14-Randy Martin[5]; 19. 4-Brett Combs[7]; 20. 18-Tyler Shane[18]; 21. 00-Matt Fair[15]; 22. 51-Alan Cunningham[19]; 23. (DNS) 2B-Garrett Benson.
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B8-John Barnard[1]; 2. 17X-Jake Martens[6]; 3. 4-Brett Combs[5]; 4. 02-Austin Crane[7]; 5. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[4]; 6. 18-Tyler Shane[2]; 7. 2B-Garrett Benson[3]; 8. 1-Greg Murry[8].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Randy Martin[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[4]; 3. 26B-Matt Fox[3]; 4. 55-Kenny Potter[8]; 5. 22-Chase Fischer[5]; 6. 20C-Randy Corpening[7]; 7. 30X-Larry Bratti[2]; 8. 9-Abigayle Lett[6].
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Natalie Doney[2]; 2. 15-Jack Potter[1]; 3. 49-Tyler Elliott[3]; 4. 45-Monty Ferriera[5]; 5. 00-Matt Fair[4]; 6. 7K-Rob Rimel[7]; 7. 51-Alan Cunningham[6].
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