Belleville, IL. (9/19/2021) Back in the tight-corners and long straits of their home-facility of I-35 Speedway, the Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints would find Chase Fischer flying into the lead late in the feature event to earn his seventh series win of the season epically.
Early racing action would find Bobby Layne gaining the advantage to earn the heat victory with Jeff Bard and Tony Layne earning a front-row grid for the feature event after an intermission red-draw.
Battling feature racing would find Tony Layne out front early with Jeff Bard in hot pursuit. The leading Layne would defend valiantly to no avail as Bard found momentum around the mid-race point, appearing to be the driver to beat for the feature event.
With the white flag waving, fifth-starting Chase Fischer would strike for the lead in his hard-charging effort to the front and hold off the last-corner, last-ditch, push of both Bard and Tony Layne. Notching his tenth career POWRi feature win, Chase Fischer extends his over series points lead heading into the final race of the season for the Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints.
Early leader Tony Layne would race his way to finishing runner-up with Jeff Bard placing third. Heat race winner Bobby Layne would pass a pair of drivers to finish fourth as Trice Rowden would route his way past three other competitors rounding out the Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints top-five finishers at I-35 Speedway.
Feature Results for the POWRi MLS at I-35 Speedway on September 18th:
- 22 | Chase Fischer | Jefferson City, MO | 5 | Hard Charger (+3)
- 71E | Tony Layne | Kansas City, MO | 2
- 71 | Jeff Bard | Kansas City, MO | 1
- 01 | Bobby Layne | Kansas City, MO | 6 | Heat Race Winner
- 27R | Trice Rowden | Montgomery City, MO | 8
- 7 | Tyler Johnson | Odessa, MO | 7
- 91 | Mike Tindell | Overland Park, KS | 3
- 10 | Chasity Younger | St Joseph, MO | 4
Up next for the Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints will be racers traveling back at the home facility of I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri on Saturday, September 25th for the POWRi MKLS/MLS Regional Battle. Classes scheduled to compete include the Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest/Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints, USRA Modifieds, USRA B-Mods, USRA Stock Cars, Pure Stock, Midwest Limited Late Models. Economy Mods, and Sport Compacts. Pits open at 4:00 PM with racing action scheduled for 7:00 PM. More track details are available at www.i-35speedway.net.
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