Belleville, IL. (6/24/23) Tyler Kuykendall would secure his first career victory with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool Macon Speedway after leading the final fifteen laps in an action-packed POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek stop.
Entering a stout field of POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro competitors, Corbin Rueschenberg would clock overall hot lap quick-time with an 11.251-second lap as Tyler Kuykendall and Jordan Clary each earned heat racing victories with Clary earning the night’s high-point qualifier accolade.
Securing the front for the feature, Tyler Kuykendall would claim his inaugural career league win in an intense and action-packed feature after starting third in the main event. Staying in the hunt for the front Kale Drake would pace intently all event to result in a runner-up finish from starting sixth as hard-charger Corbin Rueschenberg would fly through the field from starting sixteenth to finalize the podium placement.
“This is amazing to get my first POWRi win here at Macon, I have to thank my fellow competitors Kale and Corbin for racing me clean in that last restart, I really feel like they could have forced the issue but everyone drove a great race.” said the winner Tyler Kuykendall in the Macon Speedway winners circle ceremony.
Hunter Pruitt would place fourth as early leader of the first five laps Jordan Clary rounded out the top-five finishers in the POWRi Outlaw Micro League feature at Macon Speedway for the annual stop on the POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek trail.
Macon Speedway | POWRi Outlaw Micro League | 6/24/23:
Hoosier Racing Tire Fast Hot Lap Time: 26-Corbin Rueschenberg(11.251)
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race 1 Winner: 8K-Tyler Kuykendall
Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 94-Jordan Clary
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 94-Jordan Clary
Super Clean Hard Charger: 26-Corbin Rueschenberg(+13)
Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 8K-Tyler Kuykendall
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 2. 26K-Kale Drake[6]; 3. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[16]; 4. 72H-Hunter Pruitt[7]; 5. 94-Jordan Clary[1]; 6. 96-Parker Leek[5]; 7. 11-Alex Midkiff[13]; 8. 5B-Chad Baldwin[4]; 9. K24-Kade Ballinger[8]; 10. 4-Chris DiBart[14]; 11. 6-Cliff Powell[9]; 12. 71-Jaxton Wiggs[2]; 13. 4R-Kameron Romack[10]; 14. 101-Tobias Midkiff[15]; 15. 5-Blake Galloway[11]; 16. 20-Logan Null[12].
Advanced Racing Suspension Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[2]; 2. 26K-Kale Drake[1]; 3. 71-Jaxton Wiggs[7]; 4. 72H-Hunter Pruitt[3]; 5. 4R-Kameron Romack[4]; 6. 20-Logan Null[5]; 7. 11-Alex Midkiff[8]; 8. 101-Tobias Midkiff[6].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Jordan Clary[5]; 2. 5B-Chad Baldwin[4]; 3. 96-Parker Leek[6]; 4. K24-Kade Ballinger[3]; 5. 6-Cliff Powell[8]; 6. 5-Blake Galloway[7]; 7. 4-Chris DiBart[2]; 8. (DNS) 26-Corbin Rueschenberg.
Next up the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool will see action at the Small Town Throwdown at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex from June 30th through July 2nd.
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Photo Credit: Allen Horcher