Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2018) - Following two nights of preliminary action at Lucas Oil Speedway, we have seen a record-setting field of 78 drivers and a total of 238 laps turned in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League competition. Heading into Saturday's finale of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial, the feature event lineups are set with a pair of 12-lap C-Mains, a pair of 15-lap B-Mains, a unique pole shuffle, and the 30-lap main event to decide this year's champion.
Utilizing a points-based format, drivers competed for points every single time they took to the track on their preliminary night, yes, even during hot laps. From group qualifying to heat races to qualifiers to semis and the preliminary feature, points were up for grabs all night long, and those points were crucial. Following the conclusion of Friday's show, only the top 12 point-getters would lock-in for Saturday's main event with 13th-44th in points splitting to two B-Mains, and 45th-78th splitting to two C-Mains.
Earning LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors, Kyle Cummins of Princeton, Indiana was the top point-getter when all the dust settled, as he used a preliminary night that included quicktime honors, a heat race win from fourth, a sixth-to-third qualifier run, and eighth-to-third feature bid to score an unmatched 240 points. Friday's runner-up finisher, Wyatt Burks, is slotted second with 235 points and will join Cummins along with two transfers in the fifth and final round of the RAMS Racing pole shuffle to determine tonight's main event lineup.
Also locking-in to the main event was Thursday's runner-up finisher of Kyle Clark in third, Brownsburg, Indiana's Landon Simon in fourth, Thursday night winner of Terry Richards in fifth, Friday night winner of Anthony Nicholson in sixth, Current WAR Sprints point leader of Riley Kreisel in seventh, Oklahoma's Matt Moore in eighth, Colten Cottle in the No. 5C in ninth, Mario Clouser of Auburn, Illinois in tenth, Risley Racing driver Ty Hulsey in eleventh, and Chris Phillips in the twelfth position.
Following hot laps, the two, 12-lap C-Mains will kick off the night for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League with only the top four finishers moving onto B-Main action. The top 12 lock-in drivers will then take to the track for hot laps, followed by their five-round RAMS Racing pole shuffle. A pair of 15-lap B-Mains will then run to determine the final six rows of the main event, as the top six finishers will transfer from each B-Main. Then, the 24-car, 30-lap main event takes place to decide this year's Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial champion.
Full lineups can be found below!
RAMS Racing Pole Shuffle (2 Laps / 2 Transfer):
Round One - 5C Colten Cottle vs. 6 Mario Clouser vs. 24H Ty Hulsey vs. 6X Chris Phillips
Round Two - 90 Riley Kreisel vs. 9 Matt Moore vs. R1 1st vs. R1 2nd
Round Three - 18 Terry Richards vs. 16 Anthony Nicholson vs. R2 1st vs. R2 2nd
Round Four - 9$ Kyle Clark vs. 24 Landon Simon vs. R3 1st vs. R3 2nd
Round Five - 3C Kyle Cummins vs. 11W Wyatt Burks vs. R4 1st vs. R4 2nd
Schure Built Suspension B-Main One Lineup (15 Laps / 6 Transfer):
91 Tyler Thomas - 65 Chris Parkinson
22S Slater Helt - 15D Andrew Deal
65B Quinton Benson - 99 Korey Weyant
77K Katlynn Leer - 37 Brian Beebe
24C Craig Carroll - 21 Ryan Kitchen
1 Mitch Wissmiller - 30 Ryan Kent
28 Brandon Mattox - 7M Chance Morton
20 Steve Thomas - 54 Trey Gropp
C-Main One 1st - C-Main One 2nd
C-Main One 3rd - C-Main One 4th
Wilwood Disc Brakes B-Main Two Lineup (15 Laps / 6 Transfer):
5$ Danny Smith - 5D Zach Daum
94L Clinton Boyles - 9X Chad Goff
00 Thomas Meseraull - 12 Wesley Smith
7S Wade Seiler - 2 Zach Clark
31K Dylan Kadous - 31W Casey Wills
1W Paul White - 22 David Stephenson
7JR Warren Johnson - 9B Casey Baker
78 Rob Caho - 96 Taylor Peterson
C-Main Two 1st - C-Main Two 2nd
C-Main Two 3rd - C-Main Two 4th
Hinchman Racewear C-Main One Lineup (12 Laps / 4 Transfer):
101 Chuck McGillivray - 13 Brad Ryan
2H Luke Howard - 6M Christian Moore
51 Mitchell Moore - 36 Kevin Reed
77 Jack Wagner - 67 Jonathan Hughes
13 Grant Wresche - 41 Brad Wyatt
99B Bailey Elliott - 4 Braydon Cromwell
49 Ben Brown - 7R JD Black
56 Mitchell Davis - 48 Craig Oakes
4F Chad Frewaldt
Bell Racing USA C-Main Two Lineup (12 Laps / 4 Transfer):
20G Noah Gass - 22X Mike Mueller
73 Samuel Wagner - 73S Lane Stone
82 Vinny Ward - 21C Chris Desselle
27S Tom Sires - 22P Chase Porter
52 JD Fry - 82C Christie Thomason
11 Frank Rogers - 54A Keith Bolton
36E Blake Edwards - 31 Joe B. Miller
97 Kevin Cummings - 21X Carson Short
75 Broc Elliott
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Article Credit: Brian Walker