Belleville, IL. (5/8/22) Earning his second feature win of the season, Caleb Stelzig would flex his racing muscles over the weekend to win the twenty-five-lap feature event at Vado Speedway Park with the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association with the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints.
Visiting the pristine and picturesque pits of Vado Speedway Park to celebrate Mother’s Day Weekend, the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association co-sanctioned with the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints would first witness the heat racing wins of Caleb Saiz and Rick Ziehl each grabbing the early advantages as Saiz would also earn the events high-point honors and start from the pole position in the twenty-five lap feature event.
Green-flag feature racing would find the seventh starting and defending series Rookie of the Year Caleb Stelzig snag the lead and hold on to pocket his fourth career NMMRA feature victory just ahead of Troy Treharn. Treharn would be in the mix for the win only to settle into eventually placing runner-up. Hard-charging Joshua Shipley would race to finish third while passing eight other competitors with defending series champion Caleb Saiz finishing fourth as Robert Herrera rounded out the top-five finishers for the POWRi NMMRA/Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints at Vado Speedway Park.
POWRi NMMRA/POWRi Vado Non-Wing | Vado Speedway Park | May 7:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21-Caleb Stelzig[7]; 2. 7X-Troy Treharn[6]; 3. 2-Joshua Shipley[11]; 4. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[1]; 5. 9-Robert Herrera[12]; 6. 7D7-Spencer Hill[2]; 7. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 8. 41-Dillon Tanner[16]; 9. 4-David Dykes[13]; 10. 50X-Jerry Higginbotham[14]; 11. (DNF) 77-Colt Treharn[3]; 12. (DNF) 36DD-Matt Ziehl[10]; 13. (DNF) 20-Shon Deskins[4]; 14. (DNF) 16-Theo McCarty[15]; 15. (DNF) 13-JR Bonesteel[8]; 16. (DNF) 45X-Don Grable[9].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[3]; 2. 7D7-Spencer Hill[4]; 3. 20-Shon Deskins[6]; 4. 13-JR Bonesteel[5]; 5. 7X-Troy Treharn[8]; 6. 9-Robert Herrera[7]; 7. 50X-Jerry Higginbotham[1]; 8. (DNF) 41-Dillon Tanner[2].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[1]; 2. 77-Colt Treharn[4]; 3. 21-Caleb Stelzig[3]; 4. 36DD-Matt Ziehl[2]; 5. 45X-Don Grable[7]; 6. 2-Joshua Shipley[8]; 7. 4-David Dykes[5]; 8. (DNF) 16-Theo McCarty[6].
Next up for the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association will be a return trip to state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park on Saturday, June 18 with the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints for the Father’s Day Weekend event.
POWRi NMMRA 2022 Season Schedule:
6/18/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Father’s Day Weekend
7/30/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Meet the Drivers Night
8/27/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Kids Bike Night
9/10/2022 | Aztec Speedway
9/11/2022 | Aztec Speedway
10/1/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Rancho Milagro Fan Appreciation Night
11/4/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Zia Sprint Car Classic
11/5/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Zia Sprint Car Classic
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More details about the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints or track information can be found online at www.vadospeedwaypark.com.
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- administrator on May 08, 2022
- Article Date: 5/8/2022