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Ace McCarthy loves Valley Speedway

By POWRi (Grain Valley, MO) -- In what was an eventful POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League feature event at Valley Speedway, Ace McCarthy had to fend off several challenges as he wired the field for his second career POWRi victory. McCarthy's Valley Speedway victory was his first driving for Dave Mac Motorsports.

PHOTO CREDIT: Ryan Black of D.T.O Photography

Taking the early lead from polesitter Zach Daum after going three-wide into turn three, McCarthy took control of the 30-lap feature event coming out of turn four to lead lap one. Enduring several cautions early, McCarthy consistently pulled away from the field on the restarts as the field jockeyed for position on back.
The biggest threat to McCarthy's momentum occurred with nine laps in, as Ethan Mitchell spun a 360 in turn four while running third, Amber Balcean flipped wildly through turn four bringing out the open red. Returning to racing, McCarthy switched from running the ledge all the way around to rolling the bottom in one and two, while continuing to rip the lip in three and four.

All the while as McCarthy remained out front, the top three jockeyed for position with Michael Buddy Kofoid eventually working the third position away from Zach Daum. Coming down to the final turn, second running Daison Pursley threw everything he had with a slider into three, but McCarthy powered on to victory. Pursley tied his career-best finish of second with Kofoid completing the podium. Cannon McIntosh and Andrew Felker rounded out the top five.

"Towards the end we started getting pretty tight in three and four and I was just trying not to mess that up," commented Ace McCarthy. "There's a little rut up there and I was just trying to stay in it and get that drive off. I knew if I kept it down in one and two, Daison wouldn't get around me. He was definitely putting some pressure on me. That's where I won here last year. On the bottom in one and two and the top in three and four. You just had to be patient and get in easy in three. Cody Cordell, Robby, and Matt gave me a great car tonight. I can't thank Dave Mac enough for giving me a car to drive."

"Congrats to Ace and Dave Mac Motorsports," said Daison Pursley. "It was a good race there. I wish we wouldn't have had that red. I would have ran the bottom and tried to pass him, but we had the red flag and had the opportunity for Cody to tell Ace we were running the bottom down there.

"I knew the bottom at the last half was basically the place to be in one and two," stated Michael Buddy Kofoid. "I could run it so good, and honestly, I think I was better that first and second on the bottom. We were about even on the top in three and four. Towards the end, I saw some guys rolling the bottom, so I moved down there and caught them. The track just made it tough to gain any ground. I think if we actually got third in that heat race, it would have helped us. But I don't know what the deal was there. I think one spot in the heat race could have made the difference, but we'll come back here tomorrow and try to be two spots better."

Midgets

Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 28-Ace McCarthy[2]; 2. 9-Daison Pursley[5]; 3. 67-Michael Kofoid[9]; 4. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 5. 44S-Andrew Felker[10]; 6. 15-Emerson Axsom[8]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman[20]; 8. 5D-Zach Daum[1]; 9. 7M-Chance Morton[12]; 10. 97-Jesse Love[6]; 11. 21K-Emilio Hoover[11]; 12. 7U-Kyle Jones[18]; 13. 00-Trey Gropp[13]; 14. 2H-Luke Howard[17]; 15. 72-Sam Johnson[22]; 16. 08-Noah Gass[23]; 17. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[3]; 18. 84M-Kade Morton[19]; 19. 71-Kaylee Bryson[14]; 20. 26-Tristin Thomas[15]; 21. 3B-Shelby Bosie[7]; 22. 10-Amber Balcaen[21]; 23. 49-Joe B Miller[16]

Rod End Supply B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Howard[3]; 2. 84M-Kade Morton[1]; 3. 10-Amber Balcaen[7]; 4. 07-Kyle Wilson[11]; 5. 97K-Brenham Crouch[2]; 6. 70-Cade Cowles[8]; 7. 2-Trevor Casey[6]; 8. 9X-Aaron Mcdonald[10]; 9. 67K-Jonathan Shafer[4]; 10. 7MX-Heath Murry[5]; 11. 08-Noah Gass[9]

AFCO B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7U-Kyle Jones[5]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 3. 72-Sam Johnson[1]; 4. 7D-Michelle Decker[10]; 5. 321-Chad Winfrey[6]; 6. 74-Xavier Doney[7]; 7. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[9]; 8. 3-Mark Chisholm[4]; 9. 4C-Branigan Roark[2]; 10. 5H-Casey Hicks[8]

Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Emerson Axsom[1]; 2. 21K-Emilio Hoover[2]; 3. 71-Kaylee Bryson[4]; 4. 67-Michael Kofoid[8]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 6. 7U-Kyle Jones[7]; 7. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[3]; 8. 7D-Michelle Decker[6]

KSE Racing Products Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Ace McCarthy[3]; 2. 7M-Chance Morton[2]; 3. 26-Tristin Thomas[4]; 4. 44S-Andrew Felker[7]; 5. 67K-Jonathan Shafer[5]; 6. 321-Chad Winfrey[6]; 7. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 8. 07-Kyle Wilson[1]

Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[3]; 2. 5D-Zach Daum[7]; 3. 72-Sam Johnson[1]; 4. 49-Joe B Miller[5]; 5. 7MX-Heath Murry[4]; 6. 70-Cade Cowles[2]; 7. 5H-Casey Hicks[6]

Schoenfeld Headers Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[3]; 2. 00-Trey Gropp[1]; 3. 9-Daison Pursley[7]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[2]; 5. 3-Mark Chisholm[5]; 6. 10-Amber Balcaen[6]; 7. 08-Noah Gass[4]

Racing Electronics Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Jesse Love[2]; 2. 3B-Shelby Bosie[4]; 3. 97K-Brenham Crouch[1]; 4. 84M-Kade Morton[5]; 5. 4C-Branigan Roark[6]; 6. 2-Trevor Casey[7]; 7. 9X-Aaron Mcdonald[3]

Auto Meter Heat 1 Winner: 15 - EMERSON AXSOM
KSE Racing Products Heat 2 Winner: 28 - ACE MCCARTHY
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 3 Winner: 19M - ETHAN MITCHELL
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 4 Winner: 71K - CANNON MCINTOSH
Racing Electronics Heat 5 Winner: 97 - JESSE LOVE
PAC Schroeder Torsion Bars High Point: 5D - ZACH DAUM
Rod End Supply Semi-Feature 1: 2H - LUKE HOWARD
AFCO Semi-Feature 2: 7U - KYLE JONES
TRD Hard Charger: 3N - JAKE NEUMAN
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 28 - ACE MCCARTHY

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JOE B MILLER WINS SATURDAY MICRO FEATURE AT VALLEY SPEEDWAY

By POWRi (Grain Valley, MO) -- Joe B. Miller took his #51B POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Micro to Victory lane for the third consecutive time at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri, over Trevin Littleton and Jordan Howell to round out the podium.

Joe B. Miller started on the front row with Jordan Howell to his inside, Howell took the lead early over Miller and Chase Porter. Howell and Miller gap the rest of the field, Miller found himself running a car length lower on exit in both of the corners.

After a few laps in, Joe B. Miller put pressure on Howell and took the lead on the exit of turn 2. Howell fell back to second, and Harley Hollan found his way up to the third position. Joe B reached lapped traffic on lap 13, only to find himself to extend the lead over the rest of the field.

Joe B. Miller capitalized and won the caution free 20 lap main event. Trevin Littleton earned his career best finish coming home in the second position, and Jordan Howell rounds out your top three. Harley Hollan, your POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Micro 600c points leader finished in the fourth position, and Wyatt Siegel finished in the fifth five to complete night #1 of Thunder in the Valley.

"Jordan got a really good start, and I thought I might be in trouble there, it was kind of one lane around the bottom. I just kind of moved around so I could get a little more extra speed to carry into the next corner and it worked well. I can't thank everybody enough back in the pits, Derrick, Al, Jamie, Dad, Louie, all of my sponsors, and all of my friends and family. I couldn't do it without them." Commented Joe B Miller.

"We've been trying POWRi for the last few years, and it's finally good to get a good finish, it's about time," said Trevin Littleton

"Man, just a few mistakes I made entering the corner, it kind of messed me up and my momentum. I was fighting the gear bad all night. I had a good race, and my goal was a podium, I haven't been on the podium in a while," states third place finisher, Jordan Howell.

Outlaw Micros

Engler Machine Tool A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 2. 44T-Trevin Littleton[7]; 3. 3J-Jordan Howell[1]; 4. 14H-Harley Hollan[5]; 5. 18-Wyatt Siegel[4]; 6. 2-Chase Porter[3]; 7. 97-Scotty Milan[8]; 8. 74-Xavier Doney[6]; 9. 1-Bryant Wiedeman[11]; 10. 44-Branigan Roark[13]; 11. 4-Mariah Ede[10]; 12. 122-Lane Warner[9]; 13. 6-Christopher Townsend[12]; 14. 5A-Ava Gropp[14]

Driven Midwest Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 2. 18-Wyatt Siegel[2]; 3. 14H-Harley Hollan[3]; 4. 44T-Trevin Littleton[5]; 5. 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 6. 1-Bryant Wiedeman[6]; 7. 5A-Ava Gropp[4]

Lightning Wings Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Chase Porter[1]; 2. 3J-Jordan Howell[5]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 4. 122-Lane Warner[2]; 5. 4-Mariah Ede[4]; 6. 6-Christopher Townsend[6]; 7. 44-Branigan Roark[7]

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Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 Winner: 51B - JOE B MILLER
Lightning Wings Heat 2 Winner: 2 - CHASE PORTER
Bell Helmet High Point: 3J - JORDAN HOWELL
Diversified Machine Inc. Hard Charger: 44T - TREVIN LITTLETON
Engler Machine & Tool Feature Winner: 51B - JOE B MILLER

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STANLEY KREISEL SCORES POWRi MIDWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR VICTORY AT VALLEY SPEEDWAY

By Bob Douglas (Grain Valley, MO) -- Tonite we shared the stage with the POWRi National Midget and Micro series. It is an all open wheel program. Thanks to Dennis Shrout for having the POWRi MLS back to Valley Speedway. A BIG thank you goes out to our sponsors for 2020; Rod End Supply and Oskvig Accounting.

Heat 1
1st 91 Mike Tindell Olathe, KS
2nd 11 Brandon Smith Mason City, IL
3rd 42 Alex Davis KC, MO
4th 00 Dave Hammons Olathe, KS
5th 71 Jeff Bard Basehor, KS DNF

Heat 2
1st 18 Stanley Kreisel Warsaw, MO
2nd 22 Chase Fischer Jefferson City, MO
3rd 99 Emma Martin Independence, MO
4th 49b Kenny Bowers Olathe, KS DNF

Feature Start Pos.
1st 18 Stanley Kreisel (1)
2nd 71 Jeff Bard (4)
3rd 22 Chase Fischer (7)
4th 11 Brandon Smith (2)
5th 42 Alex Davis (6)
6th 00 Dave Hammons (3)
7th 99 Emma Martin (5)
8th 91 Mike Tindell (8)
9th 49b Kenny Bowers (9) DNF

The Midwest Lighting Sprints next race is on Sat nite July 18th at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, MO. The racing in the Midwest Lightning Sprints is fiercely competitive. With low cost maintenance and motorcycle power, this is still the most economical way to go fast in a race car. These cars are 1 1/2 seconds a lap faster than an A Mod or a Late Model. New drivers/cars are coming out each week. Contact the MLS for info.

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