Boyles, Kreisel capture Hockett-McMillin Memorial wins at Lucas Oil Speedway
2025-09-20 14:04
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WHEATLAND, MO. (Sept. 19, 2025) - One night after rain scrubbed the opener of the 15th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway, sprint-car action roared to life on Friday.
Clinton Boyles rolled to victory in the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint portion of the program with Riley Kreisel prevailing in the POWRi WAR main event. Action concludes on Saturday with another complete program including qualifying, heat races, semi-features and championship features.
The Hockett-McMillin Memorial recognizes the legacy of Jesse Hockett, from Warsaw, Mo., who was a star in both the winged and non-wing sprint divisions when he lost his life in a shop accident in 2010. His cousin and crew chief, Daniel McMillin, was killed in an automobile accident in 2006.
Both of Friday night's feature winners had connections to Hockett.
Boyles goes wire to wire: Boyles of Greenwood, Mo., captured his first career POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprint victory and he did it by leading every lap, beating Ayrton Gennetten for the $5,000 prize.
"It's pretty phenomenal and I don't really know what to say right now," said Boyles, who started on the pole, grabbed command at the start and withstood multiple cautions to earn his trip to victory lane.
Boyles called it a "full-circle" moment as his sprint car career began driving the No. 77 non-winged owned by Jack Hockett, Jesse's dad.
"It all started with the 77 in my sprint-car career and I've had a lot of ups and downs since then as far as driving and wrenching and all that," Boyles said. "To be in this moment, right now, I can't even describe it. There are so many friends and family here. That's what makes it special.
"Glory to God. We couldn't do it without our faith in Him. This is pretty cool."
The race had a rough start, with three cautions before three laps were complete. Boyles started on the pole and led the first two laps and once action settled into a green-flag rhythm, he was nearly one second in front of Gennetten by lap eight.
Another caution bunched the field at that point, just as the leaders caught lapped traffic. Just one lap after the restart, the fifth caution appeared with Boyles and Gennetten still running 1-2, Jake Bubak having moved into third and Kyle Bellm in fourth.
With the final 16 laps going caution-free, Boyles made the most to make it a wire-to-wire triumph. Gennetten closed in by lap 19, but Boyles quickly re-opened a one-second gap and brought it to the finish .449 seconds clear of Gennetten.
"That's a tough race right there with Ayrton. I'm sure he was right behind me," Boyles said. "I had no brakes and couldn't stop. I was hanging on for dear life the whole time and didn't want to see lapped traffic. Just a chaotic 25 laps there."
Gennetten, of Versailles, said the winner did a better job of conversing his right rear tire.
"We melted our tire off a little more and in looking at his tire, his tire is in a lot better shape than ours," Gennetten said. "I was pacing him pretty good. We had a yellow and a yellow and a yellow and a yellow. Overall, it was a pretty solid night points wise."
Bubak came home third with Bellm fourth and Landon Crawley fifth.
Kreisel takes WAR win: Riley Kreisel of Warsaw earned his 12th career POWRi WAR Sprint feature win, taking over the lead on lap 19 and holding it from there. He beat J.J. Yeley in the 25-lapper for wingless sprints by two seconds for the $2,000 prize.
Kreisel, who started third, took over after a restart and never gave it up. He marveled at how good it felt to win a feature in a race that honors one of his racing heroes from the same hometown.
"Unreal. We've never had speed here, period," Kreisel said. "We built this thing about two weeks ago. This was our first night in it. It's phenomenal to drive. It's incredible to have speed here for this race. I just want to win this thing."
Fourth-starting Ricky Lewis slid around the outside of first-lap leader Lewis out of turn four to complete lap two. Lewis forged a 1.2-second lead over Kobe Simpson by lap seven when the event's first caution flew as third-running Xavier Doney spun and came to a stop in turn two.
Kreisel moved to second on the restart as Simpson slipped back two spots. Lewis and Kreisel dueled for the lead over the next few laps, but Lewis was able to hold off the charge. Kreisel didn't go away, sticking within a half-second of the lead by lap 15.
Landon Simon spun on lap 18 to bring out the caution, as Lewis was holding a .301-second advantage over Kreisel with J.J. Yeley running third.
The restart saw Kreisel take over the lead on lap 19, sailing around Lewis on the outside.
"Ricky's cagey. He has a lot of laps this year and I don't," Kreisel. "When I get by him, I have to be ready to go. I felt like the race car was coming to me a little more, but it wasn't quite 100 percent yet. I didn't want to get out in front of him and not have that to feel like I could get away from him. You think he's giving 110 (percent) but he might be giving 95 to wait for you to get by and run you back down."
The new leader was off and running, opening a 1.5-second margin before another caution slowed the action on lap 21 as Lewis came to a stop in turn two after apparently making contact with another car on the front stretch.
Kreisel had a smooth restart and took it home from there, beating Yeley by two seconds at the checkers.
"Luckily we got rained out yesterday because we've been having so many problems with this car," Yeley said. "Everything is brand new. I didn't get to take a lap qualifying. The car felt like it had nice balance and and I got up to fourth pretty quick, then the brake pedal stuck to the floor. That last 20 laps, with zero brakes, it was interesting."
Jack Wagner, who started 11th, charged to third with Kyle Shipley fourth and 14th-starting Wesley Smith taking fifth.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m. Saturday with hot laps at 6:30 and racing to follow.
LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (Sept. 19, 2025)
15th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial
POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints
A Feature - 1. 19-Clinton Boyles[1]; 2. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[3]; 3. 1X-Jake Bubak[6]; 4. G6-Kyle Bellm[8]; 5. 45X-Landon Crawley[15]; 6. 91-Riley Kreisel[2]; 7. 12X-Hank Davis[18]; 8. 11-Roger Crockett[4]; 9. 66-Ryan Newton[16]; 10. 74-Xavier Doney[20]; 11. 51B-Joe B Miller[17]; 12. 31-Zach Daum[12]; 13. 79X-Gage Montgomery[21]; 14. 79-Kyle Jones[10]; 15. 2-Chase Porter[9]; 16. 5X-Ryder McCutcheon[11]; 17. 40-Howard Moore[19]; 18. 21-Cam Sorrels[5]; 19. 74N-Natalie Doney[22]; 20. B8-John Barnard[23]; 21. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[14]; 22. 79K-Kameron Key[7]; 23. (DNS) 97-Scotty Milan
B Feature 1 - 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 2. 40-Howard Moore[2]; 3. 79X-Gage Montgomery[6]; 4. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 5. B8-John Barnard[4]; 6. 9$-Kyle Clark[7]; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall[9]; 8. 10-Marcus Thomas[8]; 9. 11R-Rodney Huband[10]; 10. 56L-Nicholas Lucito[5]; 11. (DNS) 93-Taylor Walton; 12. (DNS) 1JR-Steven Russell; 13. (DNS) 1-Sammy Swindell
B Feature 2 - 1. 12X-Hank Davis[1]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 3. 74N-Natalie Doney[2]; 4. 75-Tyler Blank[4]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 6. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[9]; 7. 4-Cruz Dickerson[7]; 8. 5-Kory Bales[10]; 9. 15-Jack Potter[6]; 10. 17W-Elijah Gile[8]; 11. (DNS) V7-Paul Solomon; 12. (DNS) 17-Dillan Baldwin; 13. (DNS) 51-Scott Bogucki
Heat 1 - 1. 79K-Kameron Key[1]; 2. 79-Kyle Jones[2]; 3. 5X-Ryder McCutcheon[3]; 4. 45X-Landon Crawley[4]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 6. 9$-Kyle Clark[5]; 7. 10-Marcus Thomas[8]; 8. 93-Taylor Walton[6]; 9. (DNS) 1-Sammy Swindell
Heat 2 - 1. 1X-Jake Bubak[1]; 2. 2-Chase Porter[2]; 3. 11-Roger Crockett[4]; 4. 12X-Hank Davis[5]; 5. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 6. 79X-Gage Montgomery[6]; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall[7]; 8. 5-Kory Bales[8]; 9. (DNS) 51-Scott Bogucki
Heat 3 - 1. G6-Kyle Bellm[1]; 2. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[4]; 3. 31-Zach Daum[3]; 4. 40-Howard Moore[5]; 5. 75-Tyler Blank[2]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman[7]; 7. 17W-Elijah Gile[8]; 8. (DNS) V7-Paul Solomon
Heat 4 - 1. 19-Clinton Boyles[3]; 2. 97-Scotty Milan[1]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 4. 66-Ryan Newton[4]; 5. B8-John Barnard[6]; 6. 4-Cruz Dickerson[5]; 7. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[7]; 8. (DNS) 17-Dillan Baldwin
Heat 5 - 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 2. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[1]; 3. 21-Cam Sorrels[4]; 4. 74N-Natalie Doney[5]; 5. 56L-Nicholas Lucito[2]; 6. 15-Jack Potter[6]; 7. 11R-Rodney Huband[7]; 8. (DNS) 1JR-Steven Russell
Qualifying Group 1 - 1. 45X-Landon Crawley, 00:13.372[4]; 2. 5X-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:13.504[2]; 3. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:13.527[9]; 4. 79K-Kameron Key, 00:13.569[8]; 5. 9$-Kyle Clark, 00:13.570[3]; 6. 93-Taylor Walton, 00:13.621[6]; 7. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:13.729[1]; 8. 10-Marcus Thomas, 00:13.795[5]; 9. (DNS) 1-Sammy Swindell
Qualifying Group 2 - 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 00:13.208[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:13.342[9]; 3. 2-Chase Porter, 00:13.347[4]; 4. 1X-Jake Bubak, 00:13.364[7]; 5. 12X-Hank Davis, 00:13.519[8]; 6. 79X-Gage Montgomery, 00:13.631[1]; 7. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.649[5]; 8. 5-Kory Bales, 00:14.046[3]; 9. 51-Scott Bogucki, 00:14.046[6]
Qualifying Group 3 - 1. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 00:13.640[1]; 2. 31-Zach Daum, 00:13.774[8]; 3. 75-Tyler Blank, 00:13.861[4]; 4. G6-Kyle Bellm, 00:13.900[3]; 5. 40-Howard Moore, 00:13.945[5]; 6. V7-Paul Solomon, 00:14.104[2]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:14.135[6]; 8. 17W-Elijah Gile, 00:14.201[7]
Qualifying Group 4 - 1. 66-Ryan Newton, 00:13.633[5]; 2. 19-Clinton Boyles, 00:13.648[6]; 3. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.744[1]; 4. 97-Scotty Milan, 00:13.783[8]; 5. 4-Cruz Dickerson, 00:13.798[7]; 6. B8-John Barnard, 00:13.934[2]; 7. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:14.038[3]; 8. 17-Dillan Baldwin, 00:20.100[4]
Qualifying Group 5 - 1. 21-Cam Sorrels, 00:14.198[6]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:14.207[2]; 3. 56L-Nicholas Lucito, 00:14.332[7]; 4. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:14.431[1]; 5. 74N-Natalie Doney, 00:14.723[8]; 6. 15-Jack Potter, 00:14.770[4]; 7. 11R-Rodney Huband, 00:14.969[3]; 8. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:15.420[5]
POWRi WAR Sprints
A Feature - 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 2. 3J-JJ Yeley[9]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[11]; 4. 00-Kyle Shipley[2]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[14]; 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson[1]; 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson[13]; 8. 5V-Jesse Vermillion[6]; 9. 5-Wyatt Burks[7]; 10. 15E-Dakota Earls[20]; 11. 21-Caleb Stelzig[10]; 12. 97-Cam Schafer[15]; 13. 41-Brad Wyatt[17]; 14. 74-Xavier Doney[5]; 15. 2H-Luke Howard[19]; 16. 2-Chad Goff[16]; 17. 33-Bryson Smith[21]; 18. 73V-Blake Vermillion[12]; 19. 93-JR Parkinson[22]; 20. 41L-Ricky Lewis[4]; 21. 24-Landon Simon[8]; 22. 7T-Landon Thompson[18]
B Feature - 1. 41-Brad Wyatt[4]; 2. 7T-Landon Thompson[2]; 3. 2H-Luke Howard[3]; 4. 15E-Dakota Earls[7]; 5. 33-Bryson Smith[8]; 6. 93-JR Parkinson[9]; 7. 26-Zachary Clark[16]; 8. 10-Bryan Debrick[11]; 9. 27-Justin Johnson[15]; 10. B52-Blake Bowers[14]; 11. 52-Dean Bowers[5]; 12. 11X-Tom Curran[1]; 13. 76-Edison Aldrich[6]; 14. (DNS) 24LCR-Brett Combs; 15. (DNS) 38-Anton Hernandez; 16. (DNS) 1W-Paul White; 17. (DNS) 73-Samuel Wagner
Heat 1 - 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson[4]; 2. 5-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 21-Caleb Stelzig[5]; 4. 73V-Blake Vermillion[7]; 5. 44-Wesley Smith[9]; 6. 33-Bryson Smith[2]; 7. 10-Bryan Debrick[1]; 8. B52-Blake Bowers[6]; 9. 27-Justin Johnson[8]
Heat 2 - 1. 5V-Jesse Vermillion[2]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[3]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson[1]; 5. 97-Cam Schafer[7]; 6. 15E-Dakota Earls[5]; 7. 93-JR Parkinson[8]; 8. 1W-Paul White[6]
Heat 3 - 1. 91-Riley Kreisel[3]; 2. 41L-Ricky Lewis[4]; 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson[2]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[1]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran[6]; 6. 52-Dean Bowers[7]; 7. 24LCR-Brett Combs[8]; 8. (DNS) 26-Zachary Clark
Heat 4 - 1. 00-Kyle Shipley[4]; 2. 24-Landon Simon[3]; 3. 3J-JJ Yeley[7]; 4. 2-Chad Goff[2]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt[5]; 6. 76-Edison Aldrich[6]; 7. 38-Anton Hernandez[1]; 8. (DNS) 73-Samuel Wagner
Qualifying Group 1 - 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson, 00:14.944[2]; 2. 5-Wyatt Burks, 00:15.228[9]; 3. 33-Bryson Smith, 00:15.674[8]; 4. 10-Bryan Debrick, 00:15.813[5]; 5. 21-Caleb Stelzig, 00:15.934[7]; 6. B52-Blake Bowers, 00:16.069[3]; 7. 73V-Blake Vermillion, 00:16.091[1]; 8. 27-Justin Johnson, 00:16.180[4]; 9. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:20.000[6]
Qualifying Group 2 - 1. 74-Xavier Doney, 00:15.374[8]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:15.493[1]; 3. 5V-Jesse Vermillion, 00:15.578[5]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson, 00:15.613[2]; 5. 15E-Dakota Earls, 00:15.741[3]; 6. 1W-Paul White, 00:15.916[6]; 7. 97-Cam Schafer, 00:15.933[4]; 8. 93-JR Parkinson, 00:16.729[7]
Qualifying Group 3 - 1. 41L-Ricky Lewis, 00:15.340[2]; 2. 91-Riley Kreisel, 00:15.537[4]; 3. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:15.807[3]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard, 00:15.948[7]; 5. 26-Zachary Clark, 00:16.320[5]; 6. 11X-Tom Curran, 00:16.456[1]; 7. 52-Dean Bowers, 00:16.594[6]; 8. 24LCR-Brett Combs, 00:17.107[8]
Qualifying Group 4 - 1. 00-Kyle Shipley, 00:15.220[7]; 2. 24-Landon Simon, 00:15.743[8]; 3. 2-Chad Goff, 00:15.979[2]; 4. 38-Anton Hernandez, 00:15.990[4]; 5. 41-Brad Wyatt, 00:16.379[6]; 6. 76-Edison Aldrich, 00:16.616[1]; 7. 3J-JJ Yeley, 00:37.280[3]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:37.280[5]
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