BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Gavin Miller hard-charged past 10 other drivers to earn the feature win at Davenport Speedway with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, in night two of the Quad Cities 150.
It was Miller’s second career league victory after leading the final 13 laps of the 30-lap feature event.
Early on-track excitement in the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series, would find Ryan Timms once again starting the action off with a quick time in group qualifying of a 14.294-second lap.
Zach Daum, Chase McDermand and Cannon McIntosh each earned heat racing wins.
Organizing the feature field would find high-point qualifier McIntosh roll an invert of four with Jade Avedisian and Timms making the front row.
Avedesian gained the initial advantage when the green flag flew.
Clinging to a slight advantage through the first third of the feature event, Avedisian out-paced McIntosh as the pair separated from the field with Timms, Jacob Denney and Taylor Reimer running inside the top 10 after caution bunched the field back together.
Running smoothly into the halfway point with Avedisian protecting the lead over McIntosh and Timms running inside the podium, Miller would find speed running the low line to move into the fourth position with teammate Taylor Reimer running fifth as Karter Sarff, Zach Daum, Corbin Rueschenberg, McDermand and Hayden Reinbold held their ground inside the top 10.
Benefiting from a mid-event restart, Miller soared into the lead using an inside-line maneuver in turn one on lap 18 with Timms and McIntosh also getting past Avedisian.
Holding steady on the restart, Miller would stick to the speedy low line with McIntosh moving into the runner-up spot while trying to gain on the leader. Drama was displayed with four laps remaining, with cautions waving.
Miller would not be denied in the late laps, however, as he took his second feature win of the season.
Timms finished runner-up.
“This feels really rewarding, about halfway through the race I felt some moisture at the bottom and knew we had speed to move forward as long as I hit my marks,” said Miller. “I can’t thank this whole team enough for giving me this opportunity.”
Avedisian finalized the podium placements with McIntosh finishing fourth.
Night one winner Zach Daum rounded out the POWRi National Midget League top-five finishers at Davenport Speedway.