GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Karter Sarff would fend off all challengers in an action-packed thriller at Valley Speedway Saturday night to earn his first career feature victory with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues during night two of the Thunder in the Valley Weekend.
Launching the field on the initial green flag launch would find high point qualifier Chase McDermand line up with Emilio Hoover opening on the outside of the front row as McDermand would take the initial racing lead.
Using the low-line momentum McDermand and Kyle Jones would battle feverishly with Boschele and Brenham Crouch quickly closing on the frontrunners.
Challenged early and often, McDermand would appear to be on his way to repeating the weekend when ninth starting Karter Sarff worked his way through the field to pull even with the leading McDermand with a tough-fought battle breaking out for the front position among Sarff, Boschele, McDermand, Jones, and the hard-charging Mitchell Davis.
Fending off all competitors, Sarff would eventually emerge victorious by sticking to a clean-middle line of racing with McDermand settling into finishing runner-up as Gavan Boschele completed the podium.
“I can’t begin to explain what this means to us as a family team. We wanted this so damn bad, there were times when we wanted to give up but this team doesn’t have any quit in it. That’s what makes this win so special” said Sarff.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21K-Karter Sarff[9]; 2. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 3. 5-Gavan Boschele[4]; 4. 87-Jace Park[12]; 5. 56-Mitchell Davis[14]; 6. 51B-Joe B Miller[8]; 7. 97-Brenham Crouch[6]; 8. 17-Kyle Jones[3]; 9. 31-Kyle Beilman[13]; 10. 44-Branigan Roark[7]; 11. 25K-Taylor Reimer[5]; 12. 21-Emilio Hoover[2]; 13. 19K-Riley Kreisel[11]; 14. 77W-Joey Wirth[10].
Keyword: Sarff Stops McDermand At Valley