Belleville, IL. (8/5/23) Challenging through the ninth feature event of the season in the POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado 305 Wing Sprints, Royal Jones would clinch the checkers over a determined field of high-caliber racers to notch his sixth career series win.
Early on-track competitions would find Derek DeMartino and Wes Wofford earning the heat racing wins with Nick Herrera and Royal Jones bringing the field to green as the first row.
Speeding from the second-starting spot, Royal Jones would lead all twenty-five laps to gain his first series win in 2023 within the POWRi Vado 305 Sprints as fifth-starting Wes Wofford passed three other drivers to finish runner-up with Rick Ziehl completing the podium placements.
Sailing through the field to contend with the lead pack from starting sixth would find Derek DeMartino finish fourth with eighth-starting Dylan Harris rounding out the top-five finishers at Vado Speedway Park with the POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado 305 Wing Sprints.
Jackson Compaction POWRi Vado Wing Sprint Feature Results | 8/5/23:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 131-Royal Jones[2]; 2. 19-Wes Wofford[5]; 3. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[3]; 4. 97-Derek DeMartino[6]; 5. 13-Dylan Harris[8]; 6. 40X-Mike Archuleta[4]; 7. 18-Lorne Wofford[15]; 8. 22-Justin Lasiter[12]; 9. 1I-Daniel Blaeser[11]; 10. 22B-Jesse Baker[10]; 11. 54-Art Quijano[9]; 12. 9-Robert Herrera[7]; 13. (DNF) 39H-Nick Herrera[1]; 14. (DNF) 8-Aydan Saunders[14]; 15. (DNF) 1-Theron Flack[13].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Derek DeMartino[2]; 2. 9-Robert Herrera[4]; 3. 40X-Mike Archuleta[8]; 4. 39H-Nick Herrera[1]; 5. 1I-Daniel Blaeser[3]; 6. 54-Art Quijano[7]; 7. (DNF) 8-Aydan Saunders[6]; 8. (DNF) 18-Lorne Wofford[5].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Wes Wofford[1]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[2]; 3. 13-Dylan Harris[5]; 4. 131-Royal Jones[4]; 5. 22-Justin Lasiter[3]; 6. 22B-Jesse Baker[7]; 7. 1-Theron Flack[6].
Next up the Jackson Compaction POWRi Vado 305 Sprints will see the weekly racing return on Saturday, August 19th. Support Classes include the Johnstone Supply Super Trucks, Hulsey Racing Legends, Hacienda Carpet & Tile USRA B-Mods, as well as the S.H. Automotive Pure Stocks.
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