Belleville, IL. (5/25/25) Upholding ‘Land of Lincoln’ battles in the 2025 season, the fourth sanctioned seasonal event in the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association would find Dominic Bruns earning the feature win to notch his inaugural career series victory while battling at Spoon River Speedway.
Starting the night of POWRi-sanctioned on-track battles, IMRA would find Alex Midkiff set the quick qualifying time of 14.25-seconds as well as Midkiff notching the heat racing win from starting sixth while also gaining the pole-starting grid for the feature event.
Green flag feature racing would find Dominic Bruns clinching the front of the field from starting third as the checkers waved in the feature to earn the Spoon River Speedway feature event as second-starter, Michael Hermacinski placed a solid runner-up.
Staying consistently close to the leaders, Shane Morgan would finish third as Alex Midkiff placed fourth with James Picardi rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association at Spoon River Speedway.
POWRi IMRA | Spoon River Speedway | 6/1/25:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 12C-Dominic Bruns[3]; 2. 71H-Michael Hermacinski[2]; 3. 15M-Shane Morgan[4]; 4. (DNF) 05-Alex Midkiff[1]; 5. (DNF) 127-James Picardi[5]; 6. (DNF) 5M-Bobby Morgan[6].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Alex Midkiff[6]; 2. 71H-Michael Hermacinski[1]; 3. 12C-Dominic Bruns[4]; 4. 15M-Shane Morgan[2]; 5. (DNF) 127-James Picardi[5]; 6. (DNF) 5M-Bobby Morgan[3].
Hot Laps 1: 1. 05-Alex Midkiff, 00:14.250[6]; 2. 12C-Dominic Bruns, 00:15.030[4]; 3. 15M-Shane Morgan, 00:15.045[2]; 4. 71H-Michael Hermacinski, 00:15.282[1]; 5. 127-James Picardi, 00:16.375[5]; 6. 5M-Bobby Morgan, 00:16.408[3].
Full event details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/563910
Next up for the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association will be a Saturday, May 31, return to Macon Speedway battles.
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