Austin Alumbaugh in action Friday night at Lake Ozark Speedway. (Brad Plant photo)

Austin Alumbaugh Is A Lake Ozark Warrior

ELDON, Mo. – Leading from start to finish Friday night with the Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps, a long-awaited return to victory lane was finally realized by Austin Alumbaugh.

Almost five years to the day, Alumbaugh’s last triumph with the Missouri-based series came on June 21, 2015, at Double X Speedway.

Having to survive a single caution on lap seven, Alumbaugh extended his advantage to 1.728 seconds at the conclusion of Lap 25.

Moving up from ninth, Austin O’Neal placed second, with Missouri racing legend Randy Martin grabbing third. Evan Martin in fourth was followed by Chase Randall among the top five.

Garet Williamson crossed sixth with Ayrton Gennetten storming from 18th to seventh. Oklahoma’s Brandon Anderson crossed eighth and Miles Paulus came from 17th to ninth. Iowa’s Riley Goodno completed the top 10.

The next outing for the Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps is June 13 at Legit Speedway Park, co-sanctioned with the ASCS Mid-South Region and presented by Rockstar Energy Drink.

The finish:

1. 33-Austin Alumbaugh [1]; 2. 11-Austin O’Neal [9]; 3. 14-Randy Martin [2]; 4. 4-Evan Martin [6]; 5. 9-Chase Randall [3]; 6. 24-Garet Williamson [8]; 7. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [18]; 8. 55B-Brandon Anderson [12]; 9. 21-Miles Paulus [17]; 10. 22G-Riley Goodno [11]; 11. 0-Jake Griffin [19]; 12. 7B-Ben Brown [13]; 13. 88-Kyle Offill [4]; 14. 21R-Gunner Ramey [20]; 15. 99-Mike Trent [16]; 16. 22-Dustin Barks [5]; 17. 1X-Brad Ryun [10]; 18. 95-Matt Covington [7]; 19. 10-Dustin Homan [15]; 20. 75-Tyler Blank (DNS).