X-MAN DONEY IS EXTRA SPECIAL AT LAKESIDE

By: Ray Cunningham

Kansas City, Kansas (May 10, 2024)………Xavier Doney of Odessa, Mo. took a hard fought USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association Sprint Car victory on Friday night at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.

Doney took over the lead from Jack Wagner five laps from the finish line to earn his third career series victory and his first since June of 2022.  Jack Wagner (Lone Jack, Mo.) wound up second with Samuel Wagner (Lone Jack, Mo) third, Braydon Cromwell (Lone Jack, Mo.) fourth and Riley Kreisel (Warsaw, Mo.) completing the top-five.

Doney, driving the Doney-Lawson No. 74, and Jack Wagner, at the wheel of the Jesse Hockett Racing-Wagner Brothers Racing No. 77, fought it out for the prize.  Ultimately, that was Doney after he stalked Jack Wagner for much of the second half of the 25-lapper before seizing an opportunity to pass his rival in traffic.

Afterwards, Doney, the 2021 USAC MWRA Rookie of the Year, called the track, “technical but racy,” stating further that “there was a patch of moisture I found about three lanes off the bottom coming out of two that I used to gain momentum going down the backstretch and into three.  That was very helpful to my race to the win.”

Meanwhile, Samuel Wagner worked his late race magic to another podium finish in the Wagner Boys Racing No. 73, his third podium finish with USAC MWRA in 2024 in three-points race starts.  Cromwell finished fourth in the Cromwell Racing No. 4 after winning earlier at Butler, Missouri’s Electric City Speedway on April 19 to give the Lone Jack contingent three out of the top-four spots.  Kreisel raced his F5 mount to its best result so far in 2024, coming home fifth.

Several heavy hitters rounded out the top-10 with Kory Schudy (Battlefield, Mo.) sixth; Kobe Simpson (Bonham, Texas) in seventh.  The Country Kids Hard Charger award went to Luke Howard (Overland Park, Kan.) who advanced 11 spots from 19th to eighth.

Series point leader Taylor Walton (Odessa, Mo.) retained his place atop the standings with a ninth while defending series champion Wyatt Burks (Topeka, Kan. completed the top-10.

In the feature, Natalie Doney (Odessa, Mo.) flipped the Lewis Racing machine.  Natalie walked away, but the car received extensive front-end damage.

Earlier in the evening, three heat races were conducted for the 23 combatants with Kreisel winning the first heat.  Doney scored the second heat after a great battle with Simpson.  Cromwell charged from the back to earn high point honors for the night after besting Walton at the line by 23 hundredths of a second in heat race number three.

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USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MIDWEST WINGLESS RACING ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: May 10, 2024 – Lakeside Speedway – Kansas City, Kansas

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. F5-Riley Kreisel (3), 2. 73-Samuel Wagner (1), 3. 77-Jack Wagner (8), 4. 65-Chris Parkinson (4), 5. 03-Tyler Burton (7), 6. 11W-Wyatt Burks (6), 7. 2H-Luke Howard (5), 8. 2-Natalie Doney (2). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 74-Xavier Doney (1), 2. 21K-Kobe Simpson (2), 3. 28-Kory Schudy (3), 4. 15E-Dakota Earls (4), 5. 26-Zach Clark (8), 6. 21m-Michael Moore (7), 7. 41-Brad Wyatt (5), 8. 93-Junior Parkinson (6). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 4-Braydon Cromwell (6), 2. 93T-Taylor Walton (1), 3. 9-Chad Goff (2), 4. 33L-Mark Lane (3), 5. 88G-Garrett Hulsey (7), 6. 65w-Chad Winfrey (4), 7. 27J-Justin Johnson (5). NT

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Xavier Doney (4), 2. Jack Wagner (1), 3. Samuel Wagner (6), 4. Braydon Cromwell (2), 5. Riley Kreisel (3), 6. Kory Schudy (9), 7. Kobe Simpson (5), 8. Luke Howard (19), 9. Taylor Walton (7), 10. Wyatt Burks (17), 11. Dakota Earls (14), 12. Chad Goff (10), 13. Chris Parkinson (13), 14. Garrett Hulsey (11), 15. Chad Winfrey (18), 16. Justin Johnson (21), 17. Tyler Burton (12), 18. Junior Parkinson (22), 19. Mark Lane (15), 20. Zach Clark (8), 21. Michael Moore (16), 22. Brad Wyatt (20), 23. Natalie Doney (23). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Jack Wagner, Laps 21-25 Xavier Doney.

USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MIDWEST WINGLESS RACING ASSOCIATION POINTS: 1-Taylor Walton-570, 2-Kory Schudy-530, 3-Wyatt Burks-530, 4-Luke Howard-530, 5-Kobe Simpson-495, 6-Dakota Earls-445, 7-Chad Winfrey-445, 8-Junior Parkinson-435, 9-Zach Clark-430, 10-Michael Moore-430.

NEXT USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MIDWEST WINGLESS RACING ASSOCIATION RACE: May 11, 2024 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri