Lucas Oil Speedway Spotlight: Gennetten looks to celebrate birthday with POWRi 410 Winged Sprint win
2025-08-14 12:43
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WHEATLAND, MO. (Aug. 13, 2025) - Ayrton Gennetten turns 26 on Saturday and gets to celebrate his birthday doing what he loves, which is going fast in a 410 Winged Sprint car. The ultimate present, of course, would be to unwrap a feature victory at the 14th annual Impact Signs, Awnings & Wraps Open-Wheel Showdown Presented by Heritage Tractor at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Gennetten will have plenty of family and friends on hand as it's a "home" appearance of sorts, as he's from about an hour and a half away in Versailles.
"It's really important to have a lot of races close to home on our schedule," Gennetten said. "That's what is so great about the POWRi deal, having so many 410 races close to home. It's a big thing to me, having my family there. Stuff like that makes it a little more exciting knowing you can race in front of family, friends, fans and sponsors."
Gennetten is set to continue his pursuit of a third straight POWRi 410 Outlaw Winged Sprint championship as he has a 40-point lead over Joe B. Miller entering the weekend, which begins on Friday at Lakeside Speedway. With two wins and top-10 finishes in all nine POWRi 410 events, Gennetten is pleased with the consistency of his season.
The third-generation open-wheel racer said he obviously would like to have more than two wins in a schedule that's seen him race 30 times overall, including last week's Knoxville Nationals where he fell just short of making the big show.
"It wasn't bad," Gennetten said of Knoxville. "We tore a car up at Pevely the week before and blew a motor at Oskaloosa two nights before Knoxville. It wasn't an ideal week, but it was one of those things where every time you go you learn something. I think we learned a little something about our race car and that will help us get a little better for what's coming up this week."
As for the season, Gennetten said the team has been gaining speed "and at the end of the day that's what you want." He noted that three nights at the Kubota High Limit Series at Lucas Oil Speedway in late June, in which he was a top-10 qualifier in two of the nights with feature finishes just outside the top 10 all three nights were educational.
"Lucas Oil is a beautiful facility. When they get the track right, it produces some really good racing," Gennetten said. "I feel really optimistic coming there this weekend. We were pretty strong at the High Limit, just missed the set-up a little bit. I think we've learned from then to now to be better so I'm obviously excited to go back.
"This is kind of a tuneup for the Hockett (Memorial) and to use it as kind of a steppingstone to that would be great. I'm real excited for this weekend. It's one of the few times I get to race on my birthday."
If he's able to widen his POWRi points lead, even better. Winning a third straight championship is a goal.
"Coming into the season it's always your goal, especially if you're gonna run something like that, to try and win it," Gennetten said. "With the point fund being so healthy this year, it would be really nice to win it again. Also, to have so many guys running it and such a good level of competition, it makes it that much more a goal to get it done and add another tick on your resume."
Whether it's POWRi, High Limit or other sanctioning bodies, Genentten said that 410 Sprint racing is probably better than it's ever been.
"I think the level of competition night in and night out is probably the toughest it has been, ever, from the local stuff to the national stuff," Genentten said. "You're not gonna go anywhere in the country and race a 410 Sprint and not race against the best competition or the guys with the best stuff.
"The level of guys you race against, the competition is the toughest you'll find across any sanctioning bodies. The competition in 410s is so diverse with so many good drivers, it's definitely at the top of its game."
The triple header of open-wheel divisions includes the POWRi 305 Wing Sprints and POWRi WAR/MWRA Wholesale Batteries Challenge Series.
Pit and spectator gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow at approximately 7.
Saturday Dirt Track Admission:
Adults (13 and up) - $25
Seniors (62 and up)/Military - $22
Youth (6-12) - $10
Kids (5 and under) - FREE
Family pass - $60
Pit pass - $45
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On the Off Road track: Round 4 of UTV Side-by-Side Short Course is set for Friday and Saturday next door on the Lucas Oil Speedway Off Road course.
Practice for the off road competitors is set for 1-3:30 p.m. on Friday with qualifying from 3:50-6 p.m. Gates are set to open at 9 a.m. with drivers' meeting at noon. All times are tentative. On Saturday, gates open at 9 a.m. with racing set from 10:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. and 1:30-3:40 p.m.
Off road divisions are Vet NA & Turbo, 700cc, Mini Modified, Women's NA & Turbo, Mini Limited, Sportsman NA, Pro-Am NA, Sportsman Turbo, Pro NA, Pro-Am Turbo, Youth 1000 and Pro Turbo.
Off Road Grandstand Friday Admission:
Ages 6 and up - $15
Kids (age 5 and under) - FREE
Adult (13 & up) 2-Day - $55
Seniors (62 and up)/Military 2-Day - $49
Youth Ages (6-12) 2-Day - $35
(All tickets include access to the Off-Road pit area)
(2-day tickets include entry to the dirt track event on Saturday night)
Off Road Grandstand Saturday Admission:
Advance discount tickets online only (16 and up) - $37
Adults (13 and up) - $40
Seniors (62 and up)/Military (62 and up) - $37
Youth (age 6 to 12) - $20
Kids (age 5 and under) - FREE
(All tickets include access to the off-road pit area)
(Saturday tickets include entry to the dirt track event Saturday night)
For information on admission or camping for any Lucas Oil Speedway event in 2025, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-6119 or (417) 295-6043 or email her at nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com for more information.
CONTACT:
Danny Lorton
Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager
Office: (417) 282-5984
DLorton@lucasoilspeedway.com
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