Belleville, IL. (5/2/22) Witnessing a pair of premier POWRi Lighting Sprint events scheduled for competition over the weekend, the Midwest and the Southwest Divisions would attempt to continue the National Points chase as the quest to become the Inaugural champion begins to heat up with excitement in the early season with Grant Sexton winning in California as rain would halt racing in Missouri.
Currently within the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Point Championship Braden Chiaramonte has a slight advantage heading into the third month of sanctioned competition over early divisional leader Dalton Sexton and series patriarch Brent Sexton with all drivers presently inside the top-ten in season standings representing the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Series.
POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints would suffer a rainout at Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday, April 30.
Action from the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would travel to their home venue of Barona Speedway on Saturday, April 30th with 30th with Grant Sexton gaining his eighth career series feature victory in the past three seasons. Last week’s winner and series point leader going into the event Braden Chiaramonte would valiantly finish in the runner-up position with Jeremy Queener continuing to impress finishing third. Brent Sexton and son Dalton Sexton would swap positions several times late in the event with Brent finishing fourth, leaving Dalton to round out the Barona Speedway top-five finishers for the POWRi SWLS. Grant Sexton, Parker Dumas, and Dalton Sexton would each win their heat race action with Brent Sexton earning the feature’s hard charger award by passing six other competitors.
POWRi SWLS Feature Finishers at Barona Speedway | 4/30/22: 1. 3-Grant Sexton, 2. 73-Braden Chiaramonte, 3. 92-Jeremy Queener, 4. 44-Brent Sexton, 5. 18-Dalton Sexton, 6. 7-Peter Benker, 7. 15X-DJ Dumas, 8. 56-Cody Griggs, 9. 36-Wyatt Boczanowski, 10 54-Jim Squire II, 11. 88-CJ Marin, 12. 15-Jon Squire, 13. 37-David Bezio, 14. 83-Parker Dumas, 15. 9-Matt Sotomayor, 16. 80-Ryan Dumas.
Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 5/1/22:
- 73-Braden Chiaramonte 1050, 2. 18-Dalton Sexton -10, 3. 44-Brent Sexton -30, 4. 92-Jeremy Queener -50, 5. 37-David Bezio -90, 6. 56-Cody Griggs -170, 7. 88-CJ Marin -260, 8. 3-Grant Sexton -300, 9. 13-Peter Benker -390, 10. 8-Will Browne -570. Full 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Point Standings can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=717877.
Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint April Events:
MLS – 5/7 @ Central Missouri | 5/14 @ I-35 | 5/21 @ Lake Ozark
MKLS – 5/20 @ River Cities | 5/22 @ Buffalo River
RMLS – 5/7 @ I-76 | 5/14 @ El Paso County
SWLS – 5/14 @ Barona
POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals | May 28-29 @ Central Missouri Speedway.
Memorial Day Weekend, on May 28-29, will mark the continuation of the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals hosted at Central Missouri Speedway by the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints, with bonus incentives provided by Tomy Moreau courtesy of Henchcraft Canada. More details and information will be announced once confirmed.
The full breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690553. POWRi Lightning Sprint Divisional 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 on the newly launched 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.