WARRENSBURG, Mo. — Attacking the pristine quarter-mile racing surface of Central Missouri Speedway the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League would battle for 25 circles in an amazing display of wheel work put forth by all entrants.
After the final flags waved Quinton Benson would grab the feature victory from an outside front-row starting spot and working his way through traffic with precision.
Wesley Smith and fellow heat-race winner Benson made up the front row. Drivers would fly into green flag racing with Smith gaining the early preferred line and running spot by grabbing the lead. Not to be denied Benson, would stay close swapping the lead several times in the early stages.
With less than half the feature remaining Riley Kreisel No. 91 would take the point by using a spectacular three-wide maneuver and appear to be the class of the field. Leading the pack for several laps Kreisel would maintain the point until a miscue on the exit off turn four would send Riley into the frontstretch wall taking him from the competition.
Wesley Smith would then pace the field back to green flag racing with eight laps remaining as a battle for nearly every position was waged.
Setting the stage for an amazing finish Smith and Benson would continue to swap the lead until a great run in turns one and two would see Benson earn the edge upfront.
Riding the high-side momentum Benson would lead the remaining laps parking his McGarry Motorsports ride in victory lane.
“I knew if I was going to get past Wesley, I had to make my move in the first couple of corners.,” Benson said. “I’m lucky, McGarry’s put me into a fast ride here tonight, all credit goes to that team.”
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 31-Quinton Benson[2]; 2. 12-Wesley Smith[1]; 3. 11X-Tom Curran[4]; 4. 16-Anthony Nicholson[9]; 5. 77-Jack Wagner[3]; 6. 48-Neal Matuska[12]; 7. 2K-Kyle Lewis[5]; 8. 2C-Zach Clark[18]; 9. 27-Steve Thomas[11]; 10. ST1-Lane Stone[13]; 11. 41-Brad Wyatt[16]; 12. 00-Broc Elliott[17]; 13. 4-Braydon Cromwell[14]; 14. 19-Bailey Elliott[15]; 15. 2-Jason Billups[10]; 16. (DNF) 91-Riley Kreisel[6]; 17. (DNF) 73-Samuel Wagner[8]; 18. (DNF) 11W-Wyatt Burks[7]; 19. (DNF) 90-Patrick Budde[20]; 20. (DNF) 52-Dean Bowers[21]; 21. (DNF) 77X-Wyatt Siegel[19]