Belleville, IL. (8/21/22) Brian Brown would use a late-race restart to perfection for the Lucas Oil POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League feature event at the Missouri State Fair Finale Event in the elbows-up historic half-mile main event to notch his first career series feature victory in front of a great home-state crowd.
Cruising onto the track, Ayrton Gennetten would clock quick-time with 16.937-qualifying time as heat racing action would witness Slater Helt and Kameron Key each earn an early competitional victory.
Going into the initial green flag start would see high point qualifier and pole-sitter Brian Brown battle outside front-row companion Roger Crockett into the first pair of corners as Roger Crockett would gain the early racing advantage.
Holding steady out front, Crockett would appear to be the driver to beat establishing a near five-second advantage over Brian Brown, Slater Helt, Riley Kreisel, and Ayrton Gennetten in the first half of the twenty-lap feature event.
Surging late would find pole-sitter Brian Brown solidify victory in the Lucas Oil POWRi 410-Wing Outlaw Sprint League at the Missouri State Fair Speedway by grabbing the lead with less than five laps remaining with one-time leader Roger Crockett finishing in a hard-fought runner-up placement.
Running smooth and gaining ground late would find see Ayrton Gennetten finish third with Slater Helt finishing fourth in a battle as Ben Brown rounded out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi 410-Wing Outlaw Sprint League in the Missouri State Fair closing event.
Missouri State Fair Speedway | POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League | August 21:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Time: 3-Ayrton Gennetten (16.937)
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 22S-Slater Helt
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 21k-Kameron Key
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 21B-Brian Brown
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 21G-Gunner Ramey
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 21B-Brian Brown
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21B-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett[2]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[6]; 4. 22S-Slater Helt[4]; 5. 7B-Ben Brown[7]; 6. 21X-Gunner Ramey[15]; 7. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 8. 21-Kameron Key[5]; 9. 9C-Tony Crank[10]; 10. 23F-Matt Fox[12]; 11. 19B-Brady Parmeley[11]; 12. 50K-Kyle Bellm[8]; 13. 40S-Shain Kaiser[9]; 14. 21P-Adam Parmeley[14]; 15. 93-Taylor Walton[13].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22S-Slater Helt[1]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel[2]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 4. 40S-Shain Kaiser[6]; 5. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 6. 19B-Brady Parmeley[7]; 7. 93-Taylor Walton[5]; 8. (DNS) 21X-Gunner Ramey.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Kameron Key[1]; 2. 21B-Brian Brown[4]; 3. 50K-Kyle Bellm[2]; 4. 7B-Ben Brown[3]; 5. 9C-Tony Crank[5]; 6. 23F-Matt Fox[6]; 7. 21P-Adam Parmeley[7].
Qualifying 1: 1. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:16.937[2]; 2. 21B-Brian Brown, 00:16.985[8]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:17.210[6]; 4. 7B-Ben Brown, 00:17.443[13]; 5. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:17.537[1]; 6. 50K-Kyle Bellm, 00:17.693[9]; 7. 22S-Slater Helt, 00:17.707[4]; 8. 21-Kameron Key, 00:17.708[3]; 9. 93-Taylor Walton, 00:18.324[10]; 10. 9C-Tony Crank, 00:19.250[11]; 11. 40S-Shain Kaiser, 00:19.461[5]; 12. 23F-Matt Fox, 00:19.766[12]; 13. 19B-Brady Parmeley, 00:20.667[15]; 14. 21P-Adam Parmeley, 00:20.733[14]; 15. 21X-Gunner Ramey, 00:20.733[7].
Next up on the yearly agenda for the Lucas Oil POWRi 410-Wing Outlaw Sprint League will be a Lake Ozark Speedway seasonal finale with the Fall Sprint and Midget Nationals on September 3-4; also including the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League, Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV, as well as the Wray’s Lawn & Landscaping POWRi LOS 305 Sprints for an all open-wheel docket of competition.
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