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Belleville, IL. (7/17/22) Offering four separate events throughout the country in a pair of top series, the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Point Chase continues to grow in excitement as competitors continue to find events that offer valuable points with several drivers getting close to reaching the fifteen-race mark that defines the championship chase.

Adding to their all-time POWRi Lightning Sprint win counts would observe national point leader Alex Truscinski continue to ride the wave of winning Minn-Kota momentum notching up to his nineteenth regional career feature victory adding his seventh and eighth wins of the season. Second place in National Points Dexter Dvergsten with the Minn-Kota series would earn his second win of the season as the Tyler Johnson of the Midwest would equally notch his second series feature event of the season.

Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 7/17/22:

1. 10-Alex Truscinski(14) 4050, 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten(14) -200, 3. 13-Alan Truscinski(14) -750, 4. 72-Kate Taves(13) -980, 5. 5G-Garrison Miller(14) -1050 6. 19S-Travis Surerus(14) -1160, 7. 1W-Mark Williams(13) -1200, 8. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt(13) -1230, 9. 101-Jason Berg(12) -1230 10. 24B-Johnny Boos(11) -1400.

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=746790.

POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | July 15-17:
• POWRi MKLS @ River Cities Speedway(7/15): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski[4]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski[6]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[5]; 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 5. 27-Dylan Langevin[1]; 6. 5G-Garrison Miller[10]; 7. 19S-Travis Surerus[2]; 8. 1W-Mark Williams[7]; 9. 30M-Parker Monroe[8]; 10. 100-Jason Berg[15]; 11. 99-Brody Graham[12]; 12. 72-Kate Taves[13]; 13. 87-Matthew Taves[11]; 14. 21-Steve Hildebrand[17]; 15. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[9]; 16. 23-Gerald Hatlestadt[16]; 17. 12-Loki Bjerke[18]; 18. 07-Vance Bennett[14].
• POWRi MLS @ I-35 Speedway(7/16): 1. 7-Tyler Johnson[2]; 2. 10-Chasity Younger[3]; 3. 25-Darin Woodward[4]; 4. 91-Mike Tindell[5]; 5. 71-Tony Layne[1]; 6. (DNS) 47W-Michael Wagner.
• POWRi MKLS @ @ River Cities Speedway(7/16): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[1]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[4]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski[6]; 4. 5G-Garrison Miller[3]; 5. 93-Kelsi Pederson[9]; 6. 19S-Travis Surerus[2]; 7. 100-Jason Berg[8]; 8. 27-Dylan Langevin[7]; 9. 1W-Mark Williams[5]; 10. 72-Kate Taves[10]; 11. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[11]; 12. 30M-Parker Monroe[12]; 13. 87-Matthew Taves[13]; 14. (DNF) 07-Vance Bennett[16]; 15. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand[15]; 16. (DNS) 99-Brody Graham; 17. (DNS) 23-Gerald Hatlestadt.
• POWRi MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(7/17): A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Truscinski[6]; 2. 100-Jason Berg[1]; 3. 5G-Garrison Miller[4]; 4. 72-Kate Taves[11]; 5. 87-Matthew Taves[8]; 6. 24-Jake Haugeberg[7]; 7. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[5]; 8. 27-Dylan Langevin[12]; 9. 1W-Mark Williams[2]; 10. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[9]; 11. 23-Gerald Hatlestadt[10]; 12. (DNF) 13-Alan Truscinski[3].

Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint Events:
• Midwest: 7/23 @ Nevada Speedway | 7/30 @ Central Missouri Speedway | 8/6 @ Lake Ozark Speedway | 8/20 @ Central Missouri Speedway | 8/27 @ I-35 Speedway
• Minn-Kota: 7/24 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 7/29 @ River Cities Speedway | 7/30 @ Greenbush Race Park | 7/31 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 8/7 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 8/11 @ Norman County Raceway | 8/12 @ River Cities Speedway | 8/13 @ Greenbush Race Park | 8/14 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 8/21 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 8/27 @ Greenbush Race Park | 8/28 @ Buffalo River Speedway.
• Rocky Mountain: 7/30 @ Honor Speedway | 8/6 @ I-76 Speedway | 8/20 @ Honor Speedway | 8/27 @ El Paso County Raceway.
• Southwest: 9/17 @ Perris Auto Speedway.

Second Annual POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out presented by Olsen Underground: 8/11 @ Norman County Raceway | 8/12 @ River Cities Speedway | 8/13 @ Greenbush Race Park | 8/14 @ Buffalo River Speedway.

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.

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