Burks Bests POWRi WAR at I-35

| June 11, 2017

Winston, MO (June 10, 2017)-Taking advantage of polesitter Slater Helt’s misfortune, Wyatt Burks picked up his first POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints win of 2017 Saturday night at I-35 Speedway.

On the original start, Helt moved from the bottom and beat second-starting Korey Weyant down the backstretch to take over the lead.  Just as Helt moved past the flagstand, the yellow flag came out for

Quinton Benson, who got too high in turns three and four and came to a stop.  Also having trouble was Hunter Lane, who came to a stop in the infield.  As the field was going around the track under yellow, Helt, who was the high points man for the evening, came to a stop on the backstretch.  He was towed to the pits ending his evening and his shot for his first career win.

This was the break that Burks needed as the Topeka, KS driver was now on the front row.
Burks beat Weyant into turn one and set a good pace as the leader.  Behind him, fourth-starting Chris Parkinson moved past Weyant into second.

The race’s final yellow would come out on lap four as Glen Saville spun to a stop in turn one.

When racing resumed, Burks again moved out front as he was followed by Parkinson and Weyant.

Burks assumed a comfortable lead, but lap by lap, Parkinson started reeling him in.  Parkinson would attempt a couple of passes for the lead using a higher lane, but could not pull the move off as he moved back in line with Burks.
As the race wore on, Burks moved out to a comfortable lead and picked up his fourth career win in the RCB Motorsports/Clem Signs/Jadon’s Hope Foundation Maxim with Salina power.  Parkinson picked up his best finish of 2017 in his Country Kid’s Daycare/54th Street Bar and Grill/Design Source Flooring DRC with Kevin’s Liberty Machine power.  Weyant was third in his Ealey Transportation/Weeble’s Bar and Grill/Tosti’s Transmission Eagle with Automotive Machine power.  Benson moved back from the tail to fourth in his GHR/Midwest Speed Shop/Sea to Sea Transportation XXX with Speed Shack Performance power.  Rob Hockett rounded out the top five in his Jesse Hockett Racing/Lucas Oil/Rod End Supply Frankenstein with Roth power under the hood.   Warren Johnson was sixth as he was followed by Steve Mahannah.  Katlynn Leer, Brad Wyatt, and Vinny Ward completed the top ten.

The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints will next be in action next Saturday June 17 at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.  They will follow that up with a trip east to Belle Clair Speedway in Belleville, IL on Friday June 30 and Saturday July 1 at the St. Francois County Raceway in Farmington, MO as part of the Border War with the WAR East Sprints.

 

Hinchman Racewear 1st Heat- 8 laps

  1. 22S-Slater Helt, Harrisonville, MO (3); 2. 42-Warren Johnson, Overland Park, KS (2); 3. 65-Chris Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (4); 4. 9L-Hunter Lane, Milo, IA (2); 5. 77H-Rob Hockett, Lone Jack, MO (7); 6. 41-Brad Wyatt, Kearney, MO (5); 7. 82-Vinny Ward, Warrenton, MO (6)

Wilwood Disc Brakes 2nd Heat- 8 laps

  1. 99-Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL (1); 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks, Topeka, KS (2); 3. 15B-Quinton Benson, Emma, MO (3); 4. 93-Steve Mahannah, Springfield, MO (4); 5. 77K-Katlynn Leer, Moulton, IA (6); 6. 75-Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW (5)

A-Main 25 laps

  1. 11W-Wyatt Burks (3); 2. 65-Chris Parkinson (5); 3. 99-Korey Weyant (2); 4. 15B-Quinton Benson (6); 5. 77H-Rob Hockett (7); 6. 42-Warren Johnson (4); 7. 93-Steve Mahannah (8); 8. 77K-Katlynn Leer (9); 9. 41-Brad Wyatt (11) 10. 82-Vinny Ward (13); 11. 75-Glen Saville (12); 12. 9L-Hunter Lane (10); 13. 22S-Slater Helt (1)

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