GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — With over a month since the last competition, a stout field of Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League drivers flocked to Valley Speedway for Thunder in the Valley.
With 30 entries logging into the event, Kory Schudy would find the fastest route around Valley Speedway claiming his third series win and first WAR victory of 2021.
Ty Hulsey grabbed the lead early, holding the top spot for seven revolutions as the drivers began to space out a technical tricky track.
With Hulsey out front, seventh-starting Kory Schudy would work his way to the front using a mid-to-higher running line than the other competitors. Schudy would strike for the front by using a slingshot maneuver around the speedy Hulsey on the high side exiting turn two.
Schudy would run a near-flawless race for the rest of the feature, never giving up the prized position with outstanding action behind the winning team. Hulsey, Zach Daum, and rookie contender Xavier Doney would battle wheel-to-wheel for the runner-up spot with the young-upstart Doney notching his career-best finish using high-side momentum around third finishing Zach Daum.
“This track really came in tonight, very technical, but this car is fast, it’s always a good time and this team has started to fire on all cylinders. Tonight was a lot of fun for sure,” Schudy said.
One-time leader Hulsey would slip in the latter stages of the feature event finishing fourth as flying from 16th would see Chris Morgan round out the Valley Speedway top-five finishers.
The finish:
- 28-Kory Schudy[7]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 3. 5D-Zach Daum[2]; 4. 24H-Ty Hulsey[1]; 5. 81A-Chris Morgan[16]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[17]; 7. 51X-Mitchell Moore[3]; 8. ST1-Lane Stone[8]; 9. 2-Luke Howard[10]; 10. 9X-Chad Goff[22]; 11. 6-Mario Clouser[9]; 12. 73-Samuel Wagner[15]; 13. 24C-Craig Carroll[19]; 14. 51-Austin Schaeffer[18]; 15. 41-Brad Wyatt[6]; 16. 9-Wyatt Burks[5]; 17. 2J-Jason Billups[14]; 18. 15E-Dakota Earls[21]; 19. 27-Justin Johnson[13]; 20. 11X-Tom Curran[11]; 21. 37-Brian Beebe[12]; 22. 91-Riley Kreisel[20]