Belleville, IL. (6/18/23) Setting a standard of high-caliber open-wheel racing action across the country, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would find a trio of regions completing the weekend competitions as the series continues to offer event points in the National Championship picture at premier hosting venues.
Feature winners over the weekend would include Trice Roden earning their eleventh career victory with the Midwest Lightning Sprints while battling at Nevada. Dexter Dvergsten would attain career win number thirty-one racing with Minn-Kota at Rivers Cities Speedway as well as Bobby Michnowicz winning at Ventura with Southwest.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | June 16-17:
• MKLS @ Rivers Cities Speedway(6/16/23): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[2]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson[4]; 3. 72-Kate Taves[5]; 4. 100-Jason Berg[3]; 5. 27-Weston Olson[8]; 6. 87-Matthew Taves[7]; 7. 12-Loki Bjerke[13]; 8. 8-Wesley Van Drunen[12]; 9. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 10. 40-Evan Yanish[11]; 11. 7S-Sean Enright[14]; 12. (DNF) 23-Gerald Hatlestad[15]; 13. (DNF) 11B-Brad Bjerke[6]; 14. (DNF) 1W-Mark Williams[9]; 15. (DNF) 99-Brody Graham[16]; 16. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[10].
• MLS @ Nevada Speedway(6/17/23): 1. 27R-Trice Roden[2]; 2. 7-Tyler Johnson[4]; 3. 18-Stan Kreisel[7]; 4. 45-JP Falke[5]; 5. 49B-Kenny Bowers[3]; 6. 91-Mike Tindell[1]; 7. (DNF) 74C-Jeff Bard[6].
• RMLSA @ Honor Speedway(6/17/23): Rain Out.
• SWLS @ Ventura Speedway(6/17/23): 1. 21X-Bobby Michnowicz, 2. 42-Jon Robertson, 3. 45-Cody Nigh, 4. 8G-Eric Greco, 5. 4-Jeff Dyer, 6. 3-Dalton Sexton, 7.-4X-Seth Dyer, 8. 13X-Aiden Lange, 9. 10-Brent Horn, 10. 44-Brent Sexton, 11. 57-Conner Speir, 12. 03-Pat Kelley, 13. Z8-Zate Legend.
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 6/18/23:
- Kate Taves, 2. Kelsi Pederson -150, 3. Dexter Dvergsten -330, 3. Matthew Taves -330, 5. Cody Griggs -420, 6. Mark Williams -470, 7. Seth Dyer -530, 8. Brent Sexton -540, 9. Dylan Langevin -610, 10. Alan Truscinski -710.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=833830.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
6/23/23: Rivers Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
6/24/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA | Wingless
6/24/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
6/25/23: Rivers Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
6/30/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
7/1/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
7/1/23: I-76 Speedway | Fort Morgan, CO | RMLSA | Wingless
7/8/23: I-35 Speedway | Winston, MO | MLS
7/8/23: Barona Speedway | Ramona, CA | SWLS
7/9/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
POWRi Lightning Sprint Full 2023 Schedule is available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=801426&fbclid=IwAR0R3ImydR5ScNVRTXf3VZpyFHjPJkkPdHtSdD8TK-2jU1M7gE9aLoyLDAU.
Full Point fund for the National POWRi Lightning Sprint Division can be found at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690554. A breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690553. Rules and guidelines are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=611007.
More information about the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprint can be found online at www.midwestlightningsprintsracing.com, or on Facebook.
Future updates and information regarding the POWRi Olson Underground Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints can be found at www.minnkotalightningsprints.com or follow along on social media.
For more information on the POWRi EMi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association visit www.rmlsa.com or Facebook and Twitter pages @RMLSA.
Updates on the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series can be found at www.southwestlightningsprints.net or follow along on Facebook.
Follow along for more information on the further growth of the POWRi Lightning Sprints Division and other items such as complete schedules, race recaps, updates, full results, and press releases online at www.powri.com, or on Twitter & Instagram at @POWRi_Racing or on Facebook at POWRi.