Belleville, IL. (8/11/2021) Back at the familiar home-racing surfaces of Barona Speedway for the first time in over a two-month break, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would tackle the speedy venue without hesitation as David Benzo would find the fastest route in claiming his second series win in the previous two seasons.
Racing hard early would witness Grant Sexton and Parker Dumas each claim heat racing victories as Brent Horn and Ryan Dumas would make up the front row for the feature event at Barona Speedway for the POWRi SWLS.
Going green flag feature racing would witness the Sexton-Gatlin racing teammates of David Bezio and Grant Sexton fly wing-to-wing for nearly the duration of the feature as Bezio was able to hold the preferred line and racing lead. Hard-charger Braden Chiaramonte would race past nine other competitors to grab the runner-up finishing position as Grant Sexton would place third.
Ryan Dumas and Parker Dumas would find themselves in quite the heated battle inside the top-five as Ryan was able to edge out Parker for the fourth position, leaving Parker Dumas to round out the top-five finishers at Barona Speedway for the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints.
POWRi SWLS Feature Results from Barona Speedway on Saturday, August 7th:
- 44 | David Bezio | El Cajon, CA | 6
- 73 | Braden Chiaramonte | El Cajon, CA | 11 | Hard Charger (+9)
- 3 | Grant Sexton | Lakeside, CA | 3 | Heat Race Winner
- 80 | Ryan Dumas | San Deigo, CA | 2
- 83 | Parker Dumas | San Diego, CA | 4 | Heat Race Winner
- 39 | Mark Henry | 12
- 54 | Jim Squire III | Lakeside, CA | 7
- 47D | Rudy Padilla | CA | 10
- 2 | Jason Arnold | San Diego, CA | 9
- 9 | Matt Sotomayor | Alpine, CA | 14 | DNF
- 15X | DJ Dumas | El Cajon, CA | 8 | DNF
- 18 | Brent Sexton | Lakeside, CA | 13 | DNF
- 13 | Peter Benker | Alpine, CA | 5 | DNF
- 10 | Brent Horn | CA | 1 | DQ – Did Not Report to Tech
Up next for the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints will be a long journey to visit their northern series brethren in the Inaugural POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out. Four days of action at four separate tracks, with one points champion to be crowned over the week-long competition. Kicking off on August 12th at Norman County Raceway, then on August 13th the Shoot-Out rolls into River Cities Speedway with a stop at Greenbush Race Park on August 14th before wrapping up on August 15th at Buffalo River Speedway.
Updates and more information regarding the POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints including the inaugural POWRi MKLS Summer Shootout, driver profiles, point standings, and series rules can be found on the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series Facebook page.
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The Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2021 racing season possible: Lucas Oil, Sexton Fire Protection, RTL Traffic Control & Equipment, Victory Graphix, United Cleaning Company, BK Wing, and A.M. Ortega Construction Inc. For updates on the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series, visit the series website at www.raceswls.com or “Like” their Facebook page.
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