Belleville, IL. (06/02/2020)  The POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints opened their season at I-35 Speedway Saturday night with eighteen cars registered in the pits the racing action was fierce all evening.  As the largest opening night car count in the thirty-three-year history of MLS, competitors would take to the near-perfect track with Stanley Kreisel earning the edge and onto the feature victory.
1st     18      Stanley Kreisel,         Heat Race Winner
2nd    17      Dan Hillberg
3rd     51      Mark Billings,            Heat Race Winner
4th     11     Brandon Smith,          Heat Race Winner
5th       7     Tyler Johnson
6th     01     Bobby Layne
7th       5     Tyler Murry
8th     22     Chase Fischer
9th     10x   Dan Hillberg
10th    91     Mike Tindell
11th   71     Jeff Bard
12th RJ45   RJ Fauke
13th   99     Emma Martin
14th   b20   Tom Brown
DNS: 85 Ken Billings, 49b   Kenny Bowers, k9 Andrew Kiedrowski, 10 Chasity Younger
Fans can catch more exciting racing of the MLS on Saturday, June 6th back at I-35 Speedway for their second week of competition in 2020.  Pit’s open at 4:00 pm with driver’s registration between 4:30-6:30 pm.  Hot Lap action will kick off the dirt-tracking action at 6:45 pm with racing to follow.  POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints would like to thank I-35 Speedway track officials and owners for hosting events at their premier facility.
Racing in the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints is ultra-competitive with low-cost maintenance as cars regularly put down lap times 1.5 seconds faster than modifieds.  New drivers and cars are coming out each week.  Contact the MLS, via Bob Douglas for more information, find them online at www.midwestlightningsprintsracing.com or “Like” on Facebook.
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