McCutcheon, Smith, Martin earn feature wins at Rod End Supply Road to the Hockett Round 2 at Lucas Oil Speedway
2026-06-28 14:18
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WHEATLAND, MO. (June 27, 2026) - Ryder McCutcheon chased Xavier Doney for 24 laps and most of the 25th. Then, on the final turn, McCutcheon made the winning pass as Doney's car lost power.
That sent McCutcheon to victory lane in Saturday night's POWRi 410 Sprint feature in Round 2 of the Rod End Supply Road to the Hockett at Lucas Oil Speedway. Series Rookie of the Year contender McCutcheon, a 15-year-old from Alamogordo, N.M., scored his first POWRi 410 victory, worth $5,000, in dramatic fashion.
"I'm very blessed to have all these guys on my side," McCutcheon said of his crew, car owners and sponsors at Hubland Motorsports. "Thank you for the opportunity. Thank you for letting me get here."
Those two were the main contenders throughout the 25-lap event.
Doney out-ran McCutcheon into the first turn as the green flew to take the lead and the front-row starters set the early pace. Doney had a half-second lead when caution flew on lap five as Kyle Clark spun to a stop in turn three.
Just two laps were completed after the restart before third-running Scotty Milan's car lost power and had to be pushed to the pits. That elevated Gage Montgomery to third behind Doney and McCutcheon.
Another caution slowed action on lap nine as Kyle Bellm hit the backstretch wall and headed to the pits. The race settled into a green-flag rhythm after the next restart and that allowed Doney to open his lead to nearly one second by lap 15, when he and McCutcheon caught lapped traffic.
McCutcheon pulled alongside on lap 18, but Doney was able to withstand the challenge and keep the lead. Another caution appeared on lap 21 as eighth-running Landon Crawley slowed to a half on the front stretch, leaving four laps to settle the outcome.
They made it just two laps before Steven Russell rolled to a stop atop turn four as another caution flew, making it a two-lap sprint to the finish. McCutcheon found himself in the right place at the right time as Doney's car lost power entering the final turns, running out of fuel.
"Xavier ran a really good race. I don't want to win a race like that, honestly," McCutcheon said. "He should be going home with the trophy. But our car was on rails tonight, the best it's ever been."
Doney, who coasted to the finish line to finish third behind Gage Montgomery, said he ran out of fuel after the multitude of caution laps.
"Props to Ryder. He raced me clean and ran a good race, and he put more fuel in the car," Doney said.
Dylan Bloomfield was fourth and Roger Crockett finished fifth.
Other winners on the program were Wesley Smith (POWRi WAR) and Randy Martin (IMCA RaceSaver 305 Sprints).
The Road to the Hockett has its own points series with prize money at the conclusion of four races with the points champs in POWRi 410 Winged Springs and POWRi WAR receiving an automatic bid into this fall's 16th annual Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial, Sept. 17-19.
Remaining rounds on the Rod End Supply Road to the Hockett are set for Aug. 1 and Championship Night on Aug. 22. Feature winners in Round 1 on May 16 were Joel Myers (410 Winged Sprints), Jack Wagner (WAR Sprints) and Peyton White (305 Sprints).
Smith rolls in WAR Sprints: Wesley Smith knows what it feels like to win at Lucas Oil Speedway, which is about 90 minutes north of his home in Nixa. Smith posted his sixth career win at the facility, taking the POWRi WAR non-wing feature.
"These cars are so good," Smith said. "It was a little bit of a learning curve to get used to car that bites this well. Luckily we're so familiar with this place."
Smith posted his second series win of the season and 20th of his career. It earned him $2,000.
Smith started on the pole and took the lead at the start over Samuel Wagner. Smith forged a 1.1-second lead by lap five with Bryson Smith third and Jack Wagner fourth.
As pursuers battled behind him, Smith kept building his lead and had a 2.8-second lead by lap 10 as the race remained in a long green-flag run. Smith took advantage of that and extended the lead to nearly four seconds as the race hit lap 15.
Chase Howard rallied into second as the laps clicked past, going around Jack Wagner and Bryson Smith. But it was all Wesley Smith up front as he crushed to the win by 3.4 seconds over Howard.
"It's always good to get a win here before the Jesse Hockett-Daniel McMillin Memorial," Smith said. "It's going to be a bigger race that ever and we're really looking forward to it. I want to get back to victory lane. I've got quite a few wins here and I definitely want a second Hockett-McMillin trophy."
Bryson Smith wound up third with Jack Wagner fourth and Samuel Wagner fifth.
Fast qualifying time went to Bryson Smith of Nixa with a lap of 15.163.
Veteran Smith wins 305 thriller: Randy Martin of California, Mo., dove to the low groove in turn four on the final lap to beat race-long leader Chase Koelliker of Elwood, Kan, by .168 seconds for the IMCA RaceSaver 305 feature victory.
"I didn't know on that last lap whether he was gonna to the top. I was gonna go to the bottom no matter what, but that kid ran a hell of a race," Martin said. "It feels pretty good to be 65 years old and out-run these younger guys, but there will come a day I'll be sitting up there drinking a beer and watching.
"I've raced for 48 years and won at least one race every year. I thought this year we wasn't gonna get it, but luckily I got one tonight."
Third-starting Koelliker, 18, took the lead on the opening lap with Randy Martin giving chase. They remained 1-2 with Koelliker with a half-second cushion at the halfway mark on lap 10.
Except for a brief lap-3 yellow, the race remained green to the finish. Koelliker looked like a winner until the final time around when Martin found enough speed to catch Koelliker and pass him with the finish line in sight.
Landon Muehlberger finished third with Kameron Key fourth and Mike Trent fifth.
LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (June 27, 2026)
ROD END SUPPLY ROAD TO THE HOCKETT ROUND 2
POWRi 410 Sprints
Feature - 1. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[2]; 2. 79X-Gage Montgomery[3]; 3. 74-Xavier Doney[1]; 4. 8N-Dylan Bloomfield[6]; 5. 11-Roger Crockett[7]; 6. 19-Kaleb Johnson[11]; 7. 51B-Joe B Miller[15]; 8. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[18]; 9. 98P-Miles Paulus[14]; 10. B8-John Barnard[12]; 11. 75-Tyler Blank[13]; 12. 74N-Natalie Doney[23]; 13. 1-Sean McClelland[9]; 14. 5B-Kory Bales[20]; 15. 3H-Chris Solomon[16]; 16. 14-Landon Muehlberger[21]; 17. 1JR-Steven Russell[17]; 18. 12X-Landon Crawley[5]; 19. A7-Paul Solomon[22]; 20. 21D-Kyle Bellm[8]; 21. 97-Scotty Milan[4]; 22. 9S-Kyle Clark[10]; 23. 01-Kameron Key[19]
Heat 1 - 1. 79X-Gage Montgomery[2]; 2. 8N-Dylan Bloomfield[5]; 3. 97-Scotty Milan[4]; 4. 19-Kaleb Johnson[1]; 5. 3H-Chris Solomon[7]; 6. 01-Kameron Key[8]; 7. (DNS) 51B-Joe B Miller; 8. (DNS) A7-Paul Solomon
Heat 2 - 1. 11-Roger Crockett[1]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney[4]; 3. 21D-Kyle Bellm[3]; 4. 9S-Kyle Clark[6]; 5. 75-Tyler Blank[2]; 6. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[5]; 7. 5B-Kory Bales[7]; 8. (DNS) 74N-Natalie Doney
Heat 3 - 1. 12X-Landon Crawley[2]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 3. 1-Sean McClelland[1]; 4. B8-John Barnard[5]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell[6]; 6. 98P-Miles Paulus[3]; 7. 14-Landon Muehlberger[7]
Qualifying - 1. 97-Scotty Milan, 13.312[14]; 2. 74-Xavier Doney, 13.314[19]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 13.422[22]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller, 13.446[1]; 5. 21D-Kyle Bellm, 13.478[21]; 6. 98P-Miles Paulus, 13.533[18]; 7. 79X-Gage Montgomery, 13.672[4]; 8. 75-Tyler Blank, 13.686[10]; 9. 12X-Landon Crawley, 13.687[20]; 10. 19-Kaleb Johnson, 13.740[5]; 11. 11-Roger Crockett, 13.762[9]; 12. 1-Sean McClelland, 13.774[8]; 13. 8N-Dylan Bloomfield, 13.871[12]; 14. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 13.874[11]; 15. B8-John Barnard, 13.889[13]; 16. A7-Paul Solomon, 13.990[16]; 17. 9S-Kyle Clark, 14.047[3]; 18. 1JR-Steven Russell, 14.118[6]; 19. 3H-Chris Solomon, 14.200[15]; 20. 5B-Kory Bales, 14.402[17]; 21. 14-Landon Muehlberger, 14.764[2]; 22. 01-Kameron Key, 15.434[23]; 23. 74N-Natalie Doney, 30.000[7]
POWRi WAR Sprints
Feature - 1. 44-Wesley Smith[2]; 2. 13-Chase Howard[5]; 3. 33-Bryson Smith[4]; 4. 77-Jack Wagner[3]; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner[1]; 6. B52-Blake Bowers[9]; 7. 27-Justin Johnson[8]; 8. 24LCR-Brett Combs[10]; 9. 11X-Tom Curran[7]; 10. 11W-Wyatt Burks[6]
Heat 1 - 1. 44-Wesley Smith[3]; 2. 77-Jack Wagner[4]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[2]; 4. 27-Justin Johnson[1]; 5. (DNS) 24LCR-Brett Combs
Heat 2 - 1. 73-Samuel Wagner[3]; 2. 13-Chase Howard[1]; 3. 33-Bryson Smith[4]; 4. 11X-Tom Curran[5]; 5. B52-Blake Bowers[2]
Qualifying Group 1 - 1. 77-Jack Wagner, 15.298[2]; 2. 44-Wesley Smith, 15.350[4]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks, 15.895[3]; 4. 27-Justin Johnson, 16.413[5]; 5. 24LCR-Brett Combs, 16.723[1]
Qualifying Group 2 - 1. 33-Bryson Smith, 15.163[4]; 2. 73-Samuel Wagner, 15.331[2]; 3. B52-Blake Bowers, 15.368[3]; 4. 13-Chase Howard, 15.387[5]; 5. 11X-Tom Curran, 15.431[1]
IMCA RaceSaver 305 Sprints
Feature - 1. 14-Randy Martin[4]; 2. 08-Chase Koelliker[1]; 3. 14L-Landon Muehlberger[3]; 4. 01-Kameron Key[6]; 5. 14C-Mike Trent[10]; 6. 23F-Matt Fox[2]; 7. 43-Jake Greenwood[8]; 8. 4-Brett Combs[5]; 9. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[7]; 10. 45-Tyler LaPointe[11]; 11. 17-Zac Millikin[13]; 12. 90-Dan Wohnoutka[12]; 13. 49-Tyler Elliott[16]; 14. 61A-Doug Fry[15]; 15. 76T-Trevin Russell[14]; 16. 1-Greg Murry[18]; 17. 5S-Danny Smith[9]; 18. 8K-Rob Rimel[17]
Heat 1 - 1. 14L-Landon Muehlberger[1]; 2. 4-Brett Combs[4]; 3. 43-Jake Greenwood[3]; 4. 01-Kameron Key[7]; 5. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[8]; 6. 76T-Trevin Russell[2]; 7. 90-Dan Wohnoutka[9]; 8. 49-Tyler Elliott[5]; 9. 8K-Rob Rimel[6]
Heat 2 - 1. 14-Randy Martin[2]; 2. 23F-Matt Fox[1]; 3. 08-Chase Koelliker[6]; 4. 14C-Mike Trent[3]; 5. 45-Tyler LaPointe[4]; 6. 5S-Danny Smith[9]; 7. 17-Zac Millikin[8]; 8. 61A-Doug Fry[7]; 9. 1-Greg Murry[5]
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