Belleville, IL. (7/4/22) Finding footing in the inaugural season of POWRi Lightning Sprint National Point Chase, competitors from across the country would find plenty of options over the weekend in three of the four POWRi Lightning Sprint Series’, with drivers from the Midwest, Minn-Kota, and Rocky Mountain all potentially earning National Points.
Adding to their all-time POWRi Lightning Sprint win counts would witness Chase Fischer of the Midwest notch his third regional feature victory of the season and thirteenth win of his career as the Rocky Mountain would witness Josh Flood earn his fifth career win while grabbing the first feature victory of 2022. Minn-Kota competition would find Jason Berg park his ride in victory lane for the third time in as many seasons on Friday with MKLS win-leader Dexter Dvergsten earning his twenty-third series feature victory.
Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 7/3/22:
- 10-Alex Truscinski(9) 2590, 2. 24B-Johnny Boos(10) -100, 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten(9) -100, 4. 7-Josh Flood(10) -160, 5. 26-Chris Crowder(10) -290, 6. 10-Chaisty Younger(11) -450, 7. 22-Chase Fischer(9) -490, 8. 13-Alan Truscinski(9) -490, 9. 5G-Garrison Miller(8) -610, 10. 19S-Travis Surerus(9) -620.
The full breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System presented by Henchcraft of Canada can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=741136.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | July 1-3:
• POWRi MKLS @ Red River Valley Speedway(7/1): 1. 100-Jason Berg[1]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[12]; 3. 5G-Garrison Miller[2]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[6]; 5. 19S-Travis Surerus[4]; 6. 13-Alan Truscinski[9]; 7. 87-Matthew Taves[3]; 8. 72-Kate Taves[5]; 9. 1W-Mark Williams[11]; 10. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[7]; 11. 12-Loki Bjerke[10]; 12. 23-Gerald Hatlestadt[8].
• POWRi MLS @ I-35 Speedway(7/2): 1: 1. 22-Chase Fischer[1]; 2. 27R-Trice Roden[3]; 3. 10-Chasity Younger[4]; 4. 91-Mike Tindell[5]; 5. 71C-Jeff Bard[2]; 6. (DNS) 3C-Bobby Layne.
• POWRi MKLS @ Greenbush Race Park(7/2): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[2]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[4]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson[7]; 4. 13-Alan Truscinski[6]; 5. 100-Jason Berg[10]; 6. 27W-Dylan Langevin[5]; 7. 5G-Garrison Miller[14]; 8. 72-Kate Taves[9]; 9. 19-Travis Surerus[1]; 10. 87-Matthew Taves[8]; 11. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[13]; 12. 30M-Parker Monroe[15]; 13. 16C-Kyle Cole[3]; 14. (DNF) 99G-Brody Graham[11]; 15. (DNF) 40-Evan Ynish[16]; 16. (DNS) 1W-Mark Williams.
• POWRi RMLS @ I-76 Speedway(7/2): 1. 7-Josh Flood[3], 2. 13-Josiah King[2], 3. 1-Troy Ullery[1], 4. 31-Steve Becker[6], 5. 21B-BJ Sauer[4], 6. 24B-Johnny Boos[5], 7. 11-Brock Purvis[8], 8. 81-Mike McMillen[7], 9. 44-Ryan Rader[10], 10. 00-Bruce Swain[11], 11. 33-Gale Ingram[9].
• POWRi MLS @ Electric City Speedway(7/3): Rain Out.
Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint July Events:
• Midwest: 7/9 @ Nevada Speedway | 7/16 @ I-35 Speedway | 7/23 @ Nevada Speedway | 7/30 @ Central Missouri Speedway.
• Minn-Kota: 7/9 @ Greenbush Race Park | 7/10 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 7/15 @ River Cities Speedway | 7/16 @ River Cities Speedway | 7/17 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 7/24 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 7/29 @ River Cities Speedway | 7/30 @ Greenbush Race Park | 7/31 @ Buffalo River Speedway.
• Rocky Mountain: 7/9 @ Phillips County Speedway | 7/22 @ El Paso County Raceway | 7/23 @ Phillips County Speedway | 7/30 @ Honor Speedway.
• Southwest: 7/9 @ Barona Speedway | 7/14-7/16 @ Deming Speedway(Non-Points).
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.
Photo Credit: Tanner Dillin