Belleville, IL. (5/30/22) Drawing competitors from over the United States and Canada, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals, hosted by the Midwest Lightning Sprints, would invade Central Missouri Speedway over Memorial Day for a pair of weekend events with Brendon Cascadden winning Preliminary Night as Johnny Boos would reign supreme in winning a Championship Night thriller.
Presented by the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints in coordination and support from Henchcraft of Canada and Tomy Moreau, the fourth annual POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals would witness a stout field event entries with Josiah King, Shane Sexton, and Trice Roden winning heat races on Saturday as Johnny Boos, Shane Sexton, and Chasity Younger would grab the early racing wins on Sunday.
Night One feature action would find Michigan racer Brendon Cascadden covering the field as California wheelman Shane Sexton placed second and Missouri up-and-comer Trice Roden rounded out the preliminary night podium placements.
Championship Night feature racing would witness outstanding excitement with all-time POWRi Lightning Sprint Divisional Win-Count leader and defending POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Series Champion Johnny Boos gaining his first MLS National event victory to add to his amazing twenty-four RMLS wins.
From flipping violently in heat-racing action Sunday, 2021 Nationals Champion Chris Crowder would advance seventeen positions in the feature to place a close runner-up with Night One winner Brendon Cascadden would place third as Canadian talent Tomy Moreau would make an emphatic statement of speed to place fourth with Bobby Layne rounding out the top-five finishers for Championship Night of the 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals.
POWRi MLS Nationals Feature Finishers at Central Missouri Speedway | 5/28/22:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 0-Brendon Cascadden[10]; 2. 3F-Shane Sexton[4]; 3. 27R-Trice Roden[5]; 4. 7-Josh Flood[7]; 5. 22-Chase Fischer[12]; 6. 13-Josiah King[3]; 7. 26-Chris Crowder[8]; 8. 24B-Johnny Boos[14]; 9. 7X-Tyler Johnson[18]; 10. 10-Chasity Younger[9]; 11. 3C-Jeff Bard[13]; 12. 01-Bobby Layne[2]; 13. 81-Mike McMillen[6]; 14. 1-Troy Ullery[20]; 15. 21B-BJ Sauer[16]; 16. 31-Steve Becker[15]; 17. 91-Mike Tindell[19]; 18. 5-Tomy Moreau[1]; 19. 71-Tony Layne[11]; 20. B20-Tom Brown[17]; 21. 67X-Cade Lewis[21]; 22. 9-Scott Kinney[22]
Henchcraft Canada Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Josiah King[2]; 2. 5-Tomy Moreau[7]; 3. 01-Bobby Layne[8]; 4. 3C-Jeff Bard[3]; 5. 31-Steve Becker[1]; 6. 21B-BJ Sauer[6]; 7. 91-Mike Tindell[5]; 8. (DNS) 67X-Cade Lewis.
Henchcraft Canada Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3F-Shane Sexton[2]; 2. 81-Mike McMillen[1]; 3. 10-Chasity Younger[3]; 4. 22-Chase Fischer[4]; 5. 24B-Johnny Boos[6]; 6. B20-Tom Brown[5]; 7. (DNF) 1-Troy Ullery[7].
Henchcraft Canada Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27R-Trice Roden[2]; 2. 7-Josh Flood[1]; 3. 0-Brendon Cascadden[3]; 4. 26-Chris Crowder[6]; 5. 71-Tony Layne[7]; 6. 7X-Tyler Johnson[5]; 7. (DNS) 9-Scott Kinney.
POWRi MLS Nationals Feature Finishers at Central Missouri Speedway | 5/29/22:
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 24B-Johnny Boos[4]; 2. 26-Chris Crowder[19]; 3. 0-Brendon Cascadden[10]; 4. 5-Tomy Moreau[5]; 5. 01-Bobby Layne[21]; 6. 13-Josiah King[14]; 7. 27R-Trice Roden[13]; 8. 81-Mike McMillen[18]; 9. 21B-BJ Sauer[17]; 10. 10-Chasity Younger[2]; 11. 31-Steve Becker[8]; 12. 1-Troy Ullery[15]; 13. (DNF) 9-Scott Kennie[7]; 14. (DNF) 3F-Shane Sexton[1]; 15. (DNF) 22-Chase Fischer[6]; 16. (DNF) 7-Josh Flood[3]; 17. (DNF) B20-Tom Brown[11]; 18. (DNF) 91-Mike Tindell[9]; 19. (DNF) 71-Tony Layne[16]; 20. (DNF) 7X-Tyler Johnson[12]; 21. (DNF) 3C-Jeff Bard[20].
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 24B-Johnny Boos[1]; 2. 22-Chase Fischer[2]; 3. 5-Tomy Moreau[7]; 4. 7X-Tyler Johnson[3]; 5. 27R-Trice Roden[6]; 6. 1-Troy Ullery[5]; 7. 21B-BJ Sauer[4].
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3F-Shane Sexton[5]; 2. 9-Scott Kennie[2]; 3. 31-Steve Becker[4]; 4. 91-Mike Tindell[7]; 5. (DNF) 26-Chris Crowder[3]; 6. (DNF) 3C-Jeff Bard[1]; 7. (DNS) 01-Bobby Layne.
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Chasity Younger[2]; 2. 7-Josh Flood[5]; 3. B20-Tom Brown[3]; 4. 0-Brendon Cascadden[7]; 5. 13-Josiah King[4]; 6. 71-Tony Layne[6]; 7. 81-Mike McMillen[1].
Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint June Events:
• Midwest: 6/4 @ I-35 Speedway | 6/11 @ Central Missouri Speedway | 6/18 @ Lake Ozark Speedway | 6/25 @ Central Missouri Speedway.
• Minn-Kota: 6/3 @ Red River Valley Speedway | 6/4 @ Greenbush Race Park | 6/5 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 6/11 @ Devils Lake Speedway | 6/18 @ Greenbush Race Park | 6/19 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 6/24 @ River Cities Speedway | 6/25 @ Devils Lake Speedway.
• Rocky Mountain: 6/4 @ I-76 Speedway | 6/11 @ El Paso County Raceway | 6/18 @ Honor Speedway | 6/24 @ I-76 Speedway | 6/25 @ I-76 Speedway.
• Southwest: 6/11 @ Barona Speedway | 6/25 @ Barona Speedway.
Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 5/30/22:
- 22-Chase Fischer 1400, 2. 26-Chris Crowder -30, 3. 18-Dalton Sexton -80, 4. 44-Brent Sexton -120, 5. 92-Jeremy Queener -150, 6. 37-David Bezio -170, 7. 01-Bobby Layne -170, 8. 10-Chaisty Younger -250, 9. 27R-Trice Roden -260, 10. 56-Cody Griggs -280.
The full breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System presented by Henchcraft of Canada can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=729373.
More information about the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprint can be found online at www.midwestlightningsprintsracing.com, or on Facebook.
Future updates and information regarding the POWRi Olson Underground Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints can be found at www.minnkotalightningsprints.com or follow along on social media.
For more information on the POWRi EMi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association visit www.rmlsa.com or Facebook and Twitter pages @RMLSA.
Updates on the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series can be found at www.southwestlightningsprints.net or follow along on Facebook.
Follow along for more information on the further growth of the POWRi Lightning Sprints Division and other items such as complete schedules, race recaps, updates, full results, and press releases online at www.powri.com, or on Twitter & Instagram at @POWRi_Racing or on Facebook at POWRi.
Photo Credit: Joshua Allee
- administrator on May 31, 2022
- Article Date: 5/31/2022