Belleville, IL. (7/10/23) Holding sanctioned competitional proceedings at a trio of hosting series across the country, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division competitors would gather over the weekend for spirited contests as entrants chase points in continually developing the National Championship picture.
Feature winners over the weekend would include Trice Roden earning his twelfth career feature victory racing at I-35 Speedway in the Midwest as Darren Brown gained his first series victory at Barona Speedway with the Southwest on Saturday. Wrapping up the weekend at Buffalo River Speedway with Minn-Kota would witness Kelsi Pederson gaining her twelfth career win.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Regional Feature Results | July 7-9:
• MLS @ I-35 Speedway (7/8/23): 1. 27R-Trice Roden[4]; 2. 18-Stanley Kreisel[5]; 3. 49B-Kenny Bowers[2]; 4. 74C-Jeff Bard[3]; 5. 54-Riley Scott[6]; 6. 91-Mike Tindell[1].
• SWLS @ Barona Speedway (7/8/23): 1. 3-Darren Brown[8]; 2. 44-Brent Sexton[5]; 3. 13-Peter Benker[10]; 4. 83-Parker Dumas[9]; 5. 10-Brent Horn[3]; 6. 88-CJ Marin[1]; 7. 15X-Dustin Dumas[6]; 8. 25L-Landon Dalton[11]; 9. 25C-Chase Wilson[12]; 10. (DNF) 80-Ryan Dumas[4]; 11. (DNF) 54-Jim Squire III[2]; 12. (DNF) 56-Cody Griggs[7].
• MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway (7/9/23): 1. 93K-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 2. 72-Kate Taves[2]; 3. 24-Bryce Haugeberg[1]; 4. 1W-Mark Williams[4]; 5. 87-Matthew Taves[5]; 6. 12-Loki Bjerke[8]; 7. 100-Jake Haugeberg[6]; 8. 04-Richard Rigg[10]; 9. 7S-Sean Enright[12]; 10. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[13]; 11. 8-Brady Heilman[14]; 12. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[11]; 13. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[7]; 14. (DNF) 11-Brad Bjerke[9].
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 7/10/23:
- Kate Taves, 2. Mathew Taves -290, 3. Kelsi Pederson -310, 4. Dexter Dvergsten -460, 5. Mark Williams -530, 6. Dylan Langevin -760, 7. Alan Truscinski -960, 8. Cody Griggs -960, 9. Brent Sexton -980, 10. Gerald Hatlestadt -1030.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=843893.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
7/14/23: River Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
7/15/23: I-35 Speedway | Winston, MO | MLS
7/15/23: River Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
7/15/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA | Al Wilson Memorial
7/16/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
7/21/23: Electric City Speedway | Butler, MO | MLS
7/22/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
7/22/23: Honor Speedway | Pueblo, CO | RMLSA
7/23/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
7/28/23: River Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
7/30/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
8/2/23: Red River Valley Speedway | Fargo, ND | MKLS
8/5/23: Nevada Speedway | Nevada, MO | MLS
8/5/23: I-76 Speedway | Fort Morgan, CO | RMLSA
8/5/23: Barona Speedway | Ramona, CA | SWLS | Wingless
8/10/23: Devils Lake Speedway | Crary, ND | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/11/23: River Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/12/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/13/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/18/23: Electric City Speedway | Butler, MO | MLS
8/19/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
8/19/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
8/19/23: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | SWLS
8/20/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
8/26/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
8/26/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA
8/27/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
POWRi Lightning Sprint Full 2023 Schedule is available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=801426&fbclid=IwAR0R3ImydR5ScNVRTXf3VZpyFHjPJkkPdHtSdD8TK-2jU1M7gE9aLoyLDAU.
Full Point fund for the National POWRi Lightning Sprint Division can be found at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690554. A POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System breakdown can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690553. 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 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.