Belleville, IL. (7/17/23) Finding a surge of sanctioned events in the mid-summer swing of potential points, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would witness a trio of regions completing the weekend competitions as entrants would find five events over the weekend to add to the continually developing the National Championship chase that finds the Taves sister/brother combo atop the leaderboards.
Feature winners over the weekend would include Stanley Kreisel earning his career feature victory fourteen racing at I-35 Speedway in the Midwest on Saturday as Johnny Boos would visit victory lane to earn his forty-second career victory in the Rocky Mountain region while battling at El Paso County Raceway.
The Minn-Kota area would see a triple dose of racing with Dexter Dvergsten attaining career win number thirty-four at River Cities Speedway on Friday, then again on Saturday at River Cities with Alan Truscinski attaining career victory number eleven, as Dexter Dvergsten would again visit victory lane with a win on Sunday at Buffalo River Speedway for his eighth sanctioned win of 2023.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Regional Feature Results | July 14-16:
• MKLS @ River Cities Speedway(7/14/23): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[1]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[8]; 3. 87-Matthew Taves[10]; 4. 13-Alan Truscinski[4]; 5. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[17]; 6. 72-Kate Taves[5]; 7. 4-Dylan Langevin[6]; 8. 100-Jason Berg[2]; 9. 11B-Brad Bjerke[7]; 10. 1W-Mark Williams[12]; 11. 12-Loki Bjerke[11]; 12. 24-Bryce Haugeberg[3]; 13. 18I-Emmitt Isane[9]; 14. 40-Evan Yanish[15]; 15. 7S-Sean Enright[13]; 16. 04-Richard Rigg[16]; 17. (DNF) 23-Gerald Hatlestad[14]; 18. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[19]; 19. (DNF) 99-Brody Graham[18].
• MLS @ I-35 Speedway (7/15/23): 1. 18-Stanley Kreisel[1]; 2. 27R-Trice Roden[3]; 3. 45-JP Falke[2]; 4. 7-Tyler Johnson[6]; 5. 49B-Kenny Bowers[4]; 6. 91-Mike Tindell[8]; 7. 74C-Jeff Bard[5]; 8. 10-Chasity Younger[7]; 9. (DNS) 85-Ken Billings; 10. (DNS) 51-Mark Billings.
• MKLS @ River Cities Speedway(7/15/23): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski[3]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[4]; 3. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski[7]; 5. 87-Matthew Taves[9]; 6. 27-Weston Olson[5]; 7. 100-Jason Berg[6]; 8. 72-Kate Taves[8]; 9. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[16]; 10. 7S-Sean Enright[12]; 11. 40-Evan Yanish[10]; 12. 24-Bryce Haugeberg[2]; 13. 1W-Mark Williams[13]; 14. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[11]; 15. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[17]; 16. (DNF) 18I-Emmitt Isane[15]; 17. (DNF) 04-Richard Rigg[14].
• RMLSA @ El Paso County Raceway(7/15/23): 1. 24B-Johnny Boos[3]; 2. 61-Jesse Fernandez[2]; 3. 7-Josh Flood[5]; 4. 13-Josiah King[8]; 5. 71-Frank Martinez[9]; 6. 1-Troy Ullery[6]; 7. 21B-BJ Sauer[4]; 8. 31-Steve Becker[1]; 9. 9F-Andy Flood[10]; 10. 11-Brock Purvis[7]; 11. 00-Bruce Swain[11]; 12. 33-Gale Ingram[12].
• MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(7/16/23): 1. 11X-Dexter Dvergsten[4]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[2]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski[5]; 4. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 5. 100-Jason Berg[8]; 6. 87-Matthew Taves[3]; 7. 12-Loki Bjerke[7]; 8. 11-Brad Bjerke[16]; 9. 72-Kate Taves[17]; 10. 40-Evan Yanish[10]; 11. 7-Sean Enright[12]; 12. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[13]; 13. (DNF) 8-Brady Heilman[9]; 14. (DNF) 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[15]; 15. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[11]; 16. (DNS) 1W-Mark Williams; 17. (DNS) 27-Weston Olson.
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 7/17/23:
- Kate Taves, 2. Mathew Taves -200, 3. Dexter Dvergsten -270, 4. Dylan Langevin -670, 5. Mark Williams -790, 6. Alan Truscinski -810, 7. Alex Truscinski -910, 8. Kelsi Pederson -1010, 9. Jason Berg -1150, 10. Gerald Hatlestadt -1230.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=846593.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
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.
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