Marion, IL (06/20/2020) Andrew Peters of Greentown, Indiana leads all 30 laps of POWRi Engler Machine and Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro Feature to win the 2nd Annual Prelude to the Hustle at Southern Illinois Raceway.
After starting out on the outside front row of the 30-lap feature, Peters found the top side and never looked back. Last time Peters attended a POWRi race at the famous Southern Illinois Raceway he took home a 2nd place finish, and today he got it done for his first POWRi victory of 2020.
Andrew Peters hit lapped traffic on lap 7, while Christopher Townsend battled for the position with Peters and couldn’t quite make it stick, losing the 2nd position to Joe B Miller on lap 8. 3rd place Townsend found himself battling with Harley Hollan and Scotty Milan for positions 3rd-5th.
As Peters found himself in heavy lapped traffic, he never faltered and walked away from positions 2-5, until the red came out on lap 13 for the #20 of Logan Hull.
After the restart on lap 13, Peters committed back to the top side and found himself in a battle with the 2nd place car, Joe B Miller who was followed by Townsend in third. The top 3 settled in and battle through the heavy lapped traffic, as Aiden Purdue capitalized and started moving in on the top three.
On lap 26 Peters found himself a corner ahead of 2nd place runner Joe B, as the yellow came out for the 3rd place runner Townsend. Third place then gets taken by the 14H of Harley Hollan, followed by 4th place Aiden Purdue, with Ryan Timms holding fifth.
With 4 laps remaining, the green flag flew, and Peters quickly took to the top side, Joe B Miller threw everything he had at Peters, less the kitchen sink to try to overtake the lead. As Miller tried to battle with Peters to no avail, Aiden Purdue capitalized and shot from fourth out of seemingly nowhere into third and then securely past Miller for second.
Crossing the line with his first POWRi Engler Machine and Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory of 2020, Andrew Peters was followed to the line by Aiden Purdue with Joe B. Miller completing the podium. Harley Hollan took fourth with Ryan Timms rounding out the top five.
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 Winner: 94 – Andrew Peters
Lightning Wings Heat 2 Winner: 8W – Breanna Wirth
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 Winner: 6 – Christopher Townsend
Driven Midwest Heat 4 Winner: 44 – Zac Taylor
MVT Heat 5 Winner: 10 – Tyler Rust
Bell Helmet High Point: 27 – Devin Feger
Max Papis Innovations Semi-Feature 1: 7B – Brocton Williams
Hoosier Tire Semi-Feature 2: 74 – Xavier Doney
Diversified Machine Inc. Hard Charger: 32 – Austin Schaeffer
Engler Machine & Tool Feature Winner: 94 – Andrew Peters
POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League Feature Results (30 laps): 1. 94 – Andrew Peters 2. 37 – Aiden Purdue 3. 51B – Joe B Miller 4. 14H – Harley Hollan 5. 5T – Ryan Timms 6. 2 – Chase Porter 7. 32 – Austin Schaeffer 8. 97 - Scotty Milan 9. 10 – Tyler Rust 10. 7B – Brocton Williams 11. 44 – Zach Taylor 12. 6 – Christopher Townsend 13. 8W – Breanna Wirth 14. 22J – Jason Eigerrauch 15. 00 – Cole Tinsley 16. 74 – Xavier Doney 17. 44T – Trevin Littleton 18. 20 – Logan Null 19. 2C – Chris Cobin 20. 82H – Hunter Pruitt 21. 45 – Lucas Pejakovich 22. 27 – Devin Feger, DNS 23. 12 – Frank Galusha, DNS
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