Odessa, Missouri: Saturday night at I-70 Motorsports Park the Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Cars would race for the first time in conjunction with the POWRi WAR Sprints in the Open Wheel Classic. When flagman Lonnie Pauley’s Checkered Flag was waved, defending MWRA champ Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Kansas, would take a impressive victory in the Wyatt Burks Racing 11w over Jack Wagner from Lone Jack, Missouri, in the Wagner Boys Racing 77, Wesley Smith of Nixa running the WSR Racing 44, Riley Kreisel from Warsaw, racing the DKR Motorsports 91, and Xavier Doney of Odessa, driving the Doney/Lawson 74 completing the top 5. While Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack, Chino Hills, California’s Eddie Tafoya, Jr., Chris Parkinson of Gladstone, Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Illinois, and Kyle Lewis of Spring Hill, rounded out the top 10 in the 22 car field.
The 25 lapper produced many spine tingling moments after Burks seized the lead from his fourth starting spot early in a race that would go green to checker without a single caution or red flag. The torrid pace of the feature led to “The Sheriff” running in and out of lapped traffic throughout most of the race. While “Jack of all Trades” Wagner, Smith, Kreisel, and the “X-Man” Doney, all followed in a like manner trying to keep Burks in their sight. As the race reached its conclusion, Wagner fought valiantly to catch up with the Jayhawk gasser, but fell a few car lengths short at the finish. The fast pace of the race left Burks almost out of breath in victory lane as he expressed the thrill of winning the 2,500 dollar first place prize, that also represented his MWRA career leading 11th victory.
Side notes: Zach Clark would win the Valor Racing Hard Charger Award on this evening after passing 9 cars in the feature coming from 20th to 11th. While heat race winners included Daum, Smith, and defending WAR champ Kory Schudy. With Burks taking the win in a special trophy dash sponsored by Valor featuring drivers from both the WAR and MWRA series.
The Wholesale Batteries USAC MWRA Sprint Cars will next be in action on Friday Night May 5th, when they make their first ever visit to Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas followed by a trip to Park City, Kansas venue 81 Speedway on Saturday night May 6th.
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- administrator on Apr 30, 2023
- Article Date: 4/29/2023 by Ray Cunningham