BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Quinton Benson would lead all twenty-five caution-free laps with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League to capture the Double X Speedway’s Tribute to Jesse Hockett feature event and notch his fifth career feature win resoundingly.
Early on-track accomplishments would witness Wesley Smith and Benson each earn heat racing wins with Kory Schudy pocketing the prestigious event’s high-point qualifier award.
Contesting on the initial green flag start would find Benson battle against front-row companion Smith into the first pair of corners after Schudy pulled off with mechanical issues on the pacing laps, with a Benson gaining the early race lead as Smith, Xavier Doney, Riley Kreisel and Jack Wagner attempted to run down the speedy leader.
Leading all twenty-five laps of feature competition, Benson would not be denied in picking up the feature victory as Smith would record a close runner-up placement staying in pursuit the duration of the feature with the always present Wagner finishing third.
Maintaining a solid showing all night, Doney would wheel his way to finish fourth as Kresiel rounded out the top-five finishers in the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League feature event at Double X Speedway.
Feature Finish (25 Laps)
1. 15B-Quinton Benson[3]; 2. 33-Wesley Smith[2]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[6]; 4. 74-Xavier Doney[5]; 5. 91-Riley Kreisel[4]; 6. 2-Chad Goff[7]; 7. 1JR-Steven Russell[15]; 8. 41-Brad Wyatt[10]; 9. 90-Warren Johnson[9]; 10. 00-Broc Elliott[16]; 11. 7S-Wade Seiler[11]; 12. 87-Jason Billups[13]; 13. 52-Dean Bowers[14]; 14. 30-Faron Crank[12]; 15. 21M-Michael Moore[8]; 16. 28-Kory Schudy[1].