Friday

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Mike Hess battled a 26-car field from 13th-starting position to win his first O’Reilly POWRi National Midget feature of 2008 Friday night at Valley Speedway.
Series point-leader Brett Anderson took an early lead in the 30-lap race and managed to lead 18 laps before a U-joint broke on lap 19. After Anderson broke, Hess, who had fielded traffic and moved up to second, drove by on the outside and took the lead uncontested for the final 12 laps.
When the checkered flag waved, Zach Daum took the runner-up position ahead of Greg Lueckert, Joe Boyles and Dereck King.
The finish:
Mike Hess, Zach Daum, Greg Lueckert, Joe Boyles, Dereck King, Nick Knepper, Russ Harper, Daniel Robinson, Chris Walker, Tyler Robbins, Chad McDaniel, Will Pierce, Tim Siner, Kenny Brown, Bill Allen, Garett Hood, Cody Brewer, Brett Anderson, Austin Brown, Rich Camfield, Kent Schmidt, Johnny Murdock, Phil Heavelow, Derrick Myers, Dave Camfield, Jr.

Saturday

WHEATFIELD, Mo. — It looked to be a repeat performance for Mike Hess Saturday night, but Casey Shuman managed to edge by and secure his first O’Reilly POWRi Midget Series victory at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Brett Anderson again took an early lead and led laps 2-18 until a broken right-front shock sent him out of contention and Hess maneuvered up to take command of the field in the closing laps. As Hess tried to drive through lapped traffic on the final lap, Shuman dove underneath Hess to take the checkered flag.
Hess followed in a close second with hard-charging, 14th-starter Chad McDaniel in third. Nick Knepper finished fourth ahead of Austin Brown in fifth.
The finish:
Casey Shuman, Mike Hess, Chad McDaniel, Nick Knepper, Austin Brown, Daniel Robinson, Russ Harper, Tyler Robbins, Rich Camfield, Mike Riley, Dave Camfield, Jr., Zach Daum, Dereck King, Scott Christle, Matt Fox, Cody Brewer, Tim Siner, Greg Lueckert, Joe Boyles, Derrick Myers