PATIENT CROMWELL SEIZES USAC MWRA WIN AT ELECTRIC CITY
By: Ray Cunningham
Butler, Missouri (April 19, 2024)………Lone Jack, Missouri’s Braydon Cromwell seized his second career USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Sprint Car victory in as many seasons on Friday Night at Butler, Missouri’s Electric City Speedway.
Cromwell took over the top spot when leader Kory Schudy (Battlefield, Mo.) blew a tire on the final circuit. Early leader Wyatt Burks (Topeka, Kan.) came home second with Dakota Earls (Independence, Mo. picking up the final podium spot. Zach Clark (Raymore, Mo.) took fourth and Taylor Walton (Odessa, Mo. completed the top-five.
Schudy, running the Jon Sawyer Racing machine, finished sixth after initially charging from fifth to first and was leading until his right rear gave up following a green-white-checker restart.
Garrett Hulsey (Lone Jack, Mo.) grabbed seventh as Wesley Smith (Nixa, Mo. followed in eight after starting 15th. Chad Winfrey (Gladstone, Mo. crossed the line in ninth while Michael Moore (Camden, Mo. rounded out the top-10.
On a cold and crisp evening, Kobe Simpson (Bonham, Texas) earned high point honors after winning heat race number one. Burks held off Cromwell to win the second heat while Schudy collected the third heat over Winfrey under dramatic circumstances. Schudy cut a tire while leading, then was hit by Winfrey exiting the fourth turn. After that, Brad Wyatt made contact with Schudy and flipped wildly across the start/finish line. After changing both rear tires, Schudy returned to the fray to come from fifth to first to win after going to the top and passing cars that included Winfrey on the last lap.
Meanwhile, the Valor Racing No. 41 of Wyatt returned to the pits for repairs only to become involved in yet another incident in the feature where the Kearney, Mo. driver was an innocent bystander. The incident sent him to the pits for good. Wyatt was okay but his mount received extensive damage.
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USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MIDWEST WINGLESS RACING ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: April 19, 2024 – Electric City Speedway – Butler, Missouri
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson (2), 2. 2H-Luke Howard (4), 3. 13-Chase Howard (1), 4. 15E-Dakota Earls (7), 5. 88G-Garrett Hulsey (6), 6. 03-Tyler Burton (5), 7. 7x-Lance Silvers (3). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 11w-Wyatt Burks (2), 2. 4-Braydon Cromwell (4), 3. 93w-Taylor Walton (5), 4. 21m-Michael Moore (1), 5. 97-Cam Schafer (3), 6. 2-Wesley Smith (7), 7. 27J-Justin Johnson (6). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 28-Kory Schudy (1), 2. 65w-Chad Winfrey (2), 3. 26-Zach Clark (3), 4. 9-Chad Goff (5), 5. 93-Junior Parkinson (6), 6. 41-Brad Wyatt (4). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Braydon Cromwell (4), 2. Wyatt Burks (2), 3. Dakota Earls (7), 4. Zach Clark (9), 5. Taylor Walton (6), 6. Kory Schudy (5), 7. Garrett Hulsey (12), 8. Wesley Smith (15), 9. Chad Winfrey (8), 10. Michael Moore (14), 11. Chad Goff (10), 12. Justin Johnson (19), 13. Luke Howard (3), 14. Tyler Burton (17), 15. Junior Parkinson (13), 16. Kobe Simpson (1), 17. Chase Howard (11), 18. Cam Schafer (16), 19. Brad Wyatt (18), 20. Lance Silvers (20). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Wyatt Burks, Laps 9-24 Kory Schudy, Lap 25 Braydon Cromwell.
USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MIDWEST WINGLESS RACING ASSOCIATION POINTS: 1-Kory Schudy-365, 2-Taylor Walton-345, 3-Zach Clark-335, 4-Wyatt Burks-310, 5-Luke Howard-300, 6-Michael Moore-265, 7-Kobe Simpson-260, 8-Junior Parkinson-255, 9-Wesley Smith-250, 10-Chad Winfrey-250.
NEXT USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MIDWEST WINGLESS RACING ASSOCIATION RACE: April 20, 2024 – I-70 Speedway – Odessa, Missouri
