Belleville, IL. (4/3/22) Dustin Cormany would claim the first event of the 2022 racing season for the POWRi New Mexico Motor Association by finding speed at Vado Speedway Park all night Cormany would use precision driving and a bit of luck to earn his first career series victory.
Packing the pristine pits with eighteen stout and eager open-wheelers, Colt Treharn and Dustin Cormany would each grab their heat racing victories with Shon Deskins earning the night’s high-point award to notch a pole-starting grid for the twenty-five lap feature event.
Green-flag feature racing would find the pole-sitting Shon Deskins appear to be in complete control by snagging the lead early while cruising to a commanding lead over the front-running Rick Ziehl and Dustin Cormany.
Late-race dramatics and lapped traffic would come into play for the leaders as Deskins set the pace on the penultimate lap of the feature event around the finely-prepared Vado Speedway Park. Making inadvertent contact while entering turn three would send the leading Deskins spinning with many drivers able to pass before recovering and continuing the event under green-flag conditions.
Overtaking for the lead would find the fourth-starting Dustin Cormany inherit the front of the feature while holding on for the final lap of the feature race to claim his first career series feature victory. Ricky Hood would fly through the field from starting eleventh to finish a close runner-up holding the contending Rick Ziehl to place third with Michael Fanelli fourth and Caleb Stelzig rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi NMMRA/POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints.
POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprint Cars | NMMRA | April 2:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 29-Dustin Cormany[4]; 2. X-Rickey Hood[11]; 3. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[2]; 4. 2-Michael Fanelli[6]; 5. 21-Caleb Stelzig[8]; 6. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[10]; 7. 13-JR Bonesteel[7]; 8. 7D7-Spencer Hill[13]; 9. 20-Shon Deskins[1]; 10. 7X-Troy Treharn[9]; 11. 22-Justin Lasiter[16]; 12. 9-Robert Herrera[12]; 13. 41-Dillon Tanner[15]; 14. 36DD-Matt Ziehl[18]; 15. 50X-Jerry Higginbotham[14]; 16. (DNF) 45X-Don Grable[5]; 17. (DNS) 1-Dylan Harris; 18. (DQ) 77-Colt Treharn[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Colt Treharn[3]; 2. 20-Shon Deskins[7]; 3. 2-Michael Fanelli[2]; 4. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[1]; 5. 45X-Don Grable[9]; 6. 7D7-Spencer Hill[4]; 7. 9-Robert Herrera[8]; 8. 22-Justin Lasiter[6]; 9. (DNF) 1-Dylan Harris[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Dustin Cormany[2]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[7]; 3. 13-JR Bonesteel[1]; 4. 21-Caleb Stelzig[6]; 5. X-Rickey Hood[4]; 6. 7X-Troy Treharn[8]; 7. 41-Dillon Tanner[3]; 8. 50X-Jerry Higginbotham[9]; 9. (DNF) 36DD-Matt Ziehl[5]
Next up for the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association will be the first of two yearly weekend trips to Aztec Speedway for two nights of exciting open-wheel action on April 15-16. The POWRi Sunset Grill Non-Wing Sprint Cars at Vado Speedway Park will again see racing action on Saturday, May 7 for the Mother’s Day Weekend event.
POWRi NMMRA 2022 Season Schedule:
4/15/2022 | Aztec Speedway
4/16/2022 | Aztec Speedway
5/7/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Mother’s Day Weekend
6/11/2022 | TBA
6/18/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Father’s Day Weekend
7/30/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Meet the Drivers Night
8/27/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Kids Bike Night
9/10/2022 | Aztec Speedway
9/11/2022 | Aztec Speedway
10/1/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Rancho Milagro Fan Appreciation Night
11/4/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Zia Sprint Car Classic
11/5/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Zia Sprint Car Classic
Schedule subject to alterations with dates TBA currently being finalized, for further information such as rules, driver profiles, and series history is available online at www.nmmra.com or “Like” NMMRA on Facebook. More details about the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints or track information can be found online at www.vadospeedwaypark.com.
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