Belleville, IL. (8/6/23) Rushing into the first weekend of August action with a four-pack of racing possibilities on the agenda, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would witness all regions completing the weekend competitions as entrants chase points in continually developing the National points picture. With a plethora of action offered, the northern dominance continues as the championship chase finds Dexter Dvergsten leading the youthful brother-sister Taves duo atop the leaderboards while running one-two-three in the standings as the fifteen-race-limiting threshold comes into play.
Feature action over the weekend would find the Minn-Kota area in action on Wednesday at Red River Valley with Jason Berg attaining his fifth career win. Saturday racing would find Stanley Kreisel gaining their fifteenth career feature win while racing at Nevada, Jason Woods earning his fifth career checkers with Rocky Mountain regionally racing at I-76, and Jeffery Dyer winning his second career feature within the Southwest series competition at Barona.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals will be next with the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints hosting the four days of competition beginning in North Dakota at Devils Lake Speedway and then on to River Cities Speedway followed by a trip into Minnesota with stops at Greenbush Race Park and finalizing the weekend at Buffalo River Speedway on August 10-13. Additional information including payout, format, and accommodations can be found on the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Facebook page.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Regional Feature Results | August 2-6:
• MKLS @ Red River Valley Speedway(8/2/23): 1. 100-Jason Berg[5]; 2. 1-Mark Williams[1]; 3. 72-Kate Taves[6]; 4. 11-Loki Bjerke[7]; 5. 8-Brady Heilman[2]; 6. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[8]; 7. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[10]; 8. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[4]; 9. (DNF) 24-Bryce Haugeberg[3]; 10. (DNS) 87-Matthew Taves; 11. (DNS) 078-Eugene Vik.
• MLS @ Nevada Speedway(8/5/23): 1. 18-Stanley Kreisel[2]; 2. 45-JP Falke[1]; 3. 10-Chaisty Younger[3]; 4. 74C-Jeff Bard[5]; 5. 91-Mike Tindell[6]; 6. 49B-Kenny Bowers4; 7. (DNS) 7-Tyler Johnson.
• RMLS @ I-76 Speedway(8/5/23): 1. 82-Jason Woods[3]; 2. 13-Josiah King[6]; 3. 7-Josh Flood[5]; 4. 1-Troy Ullery[4]; 5. 11-Brock Purvis[2]; 6. 21B-BJ Sauer[7]; 7. 31-Steve Becker[9]; 8. 9F-Andy Flood[1]; 9. 33-Gale Ingram[10]; 10. (DNF) 16-Zack Downey[8]; 11. (DNF) 00-Bruce Swain[11]; 12. (DNS) W82-Jenn Woods.
• SWLS @ Barona Speedway(8/5/23): 1. 4-Jeffery Dyer[3]; 2. 80-AJ Bender[10]; 3. 15-DJ Dumas[5]; 4. 10-Brent Horn[8]; 5. 13-Peter Benker[7]; 6. 54-Jim Squire III[2]; 7. 4JR-Seth Dyer[4]; 8. 83-Parker Dumas[6]; 9. 88-CJ Marin[9]; 10. 25L-Landon Dalton[11]; 11. 25C-Chase Wilson[13]; 12. 4X-Ray Butler[12]; 13. (DNF) 68-Cody Benker[14]; 14. (DNF) 03-Pat Kelly[1]; 15. (DNF) 56-Cody Griggs[15].
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 8/6/23:
- Dexter Dvergsten 2. Kate Taves -30, 3. Mathew Taves -110, 4. Dylan Langevin -670, 5. Kelsi Pederson -720, 6. Jason Berg -780, 7. Alan Truscinski -860, 8. Alex Truscinski -870, 9. Mark Williams -900, 10. Gerald Hatlestadt -1110.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=855048.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
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.