Xavier Doney won the POWRi feature at 34 Raceway Friday (Mark Funderburk Photo)
8/29/25
34 Raceway
West Burlington, IA
POWRi 410’s
21 cars
Austin McCarl (17th car out to time) set quick time at 12.862 seconds. Chris Martin (10th car out) was second quick, followed by Jack Anderson (19th), Carson McCarl (21st), Joe B. Miller (14th), Ayrton Gennetten (18th), Xavier Doney (13th), Sean Rayhall (16th), Scotty Milan (5th) and JJ Hickle (11th).
Heat one (started): 1. 74-Xavier Doney (2); 2. 88-Austin McCarl (4); 3. 63-JJ Hickle (1); 4. 27-Carson McCarl (3); 5. 99-Zach Daum (6); 6. 74N-Natalie Doney (7); 7. 79-Gage Montgomery (5)
8-lap heats used passing points combined with qualifying points to set up the feature lineup. This one was mostly single-file after Hickle had a shaky start and dropped to third.
Heat two (started): 1. 15JR-Cole Mincer (1); 2. 14-Sean Rayhall (2); 3. 51B-Joe B Miller (3); 4. 44-Chris Martin (4); 5. 42P-Preston Perlmutter (6); 6. B8-John Barnard (5); 7. 44B-Cory Bruns (7)
Mincer led the distance in the mostly single-file affair.
Heat three (started): 1. 49-Josh Schneiderman (1); 2. 3-Ayrton Gennetten (3); 3. 2KS-Jack Anderson (4); 4. 97-Scotty Milan (2); 5. 4-Cruz Dickerson (5); 6. 17-Dillan Baldwin (7); 7. 31-McCain Richards (6)
Schneiderman led wire-to-wire. Anderson took third from Milan on lap three.
A main (started): 1. 74-Xavier Doney (2); 2. 51B-Joe B Miller (7); 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten (3); 4. 79-Gage Montgomery (18); 5. B8-John Barnard (16); 6. 63-JJ Hickle (11); 7. 99-Zach Daum (13); 8. 27-Carson McCarl (10); 9. 49-Josh Schneiderman (8); 10. 97-Scotty Milan (12); 11. 88-Austin McCarl (1); 12. 2KS-Jack Anderson (4); 13. 44-Chris Martin (9); 14. 15JR-Cole Mincer (5); 15. 4-Cruz Dickerson (15); 16. 74N-Natalie Doney (17); 17. 31-McCain Richards (20); 18. 44B-Cory Bruns (21); 19. 42P-Preston Perlmutter (14); 20. 14-Sean Rayhall (6); 21. 17-Dillan Baldwin (19)
The $5,000 to win 30-lapper saw X. Doney leading Gennetten, A. McCarl, Miller and Anderson early. Miller used the low side to pass A. McCarl for third on lap two. A. McCarl came back on the high side in a good battle to reclaim the spot on lap six. X. Doney started lapping backmarkers on lap eight. Miller got under A. McCarl in heavy lapped traffic to reclaim third on lap 11. Rayhall was running sixth on lap 19 when he turned over in turn four. He was uninjured. The restart saw X Doney take the inside line on the double-file restart ahead of Gennetten, Miller, A. McCarl, Anderson and Martin. A. McCarl took the high side to go from fourth to second, while Martin moved into fifth. With nine to go, the fifth running Martin would spin and collect the sixth polace car of Anderson. X. Doney again took the inside line on the restart. Montgomery shot from sixth to fourth on the restart, but Miller relained the spot on lap 23. 27 laps in, A. McCarl made a bid for the lead, briefly getting by X. Doney in three and four with a slider. X. Doney dove back under, and A. McCarl took the high line in two, getting over the top and coming to a stop. With just three laps to go, X. Doney lead Gennetten, Miller, Hickle, Barnard and Montgomery back to green. Miller moved into second on the restart, with Hickle moving into fourth and Montgomery fifth. Montgomyer would pass both Barnard and Hickle for fourth coming for the white flag. The win was X. Doney’s third with the POWRi series. Montgomery was the hard-charger, moving up 14 spots.