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John Carney II & Casey Burkham Split Weekend Wins with POWRi DWSS at Route 66

John Carney II & Casey Burkham Split Weekend Wins with POWRi DWSS at Route 66

Belleville, IL. (7/17/22) Offering a fast-paced double-header weekend of racing excitement at Route 66 Motor Speedway, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services would travel to Texas with outstanding action aplenty as John Carney II and Casey Burkham would divide feature wins over the weekend of feature racing excitement.

Kicking off the Route 66 Motor Speedway doubleheader weekend on Friday night would see Jesse Baker and Casey Burkham each notch heat racing wins with Burkham gaining the pole-starting grid for the feature event.

Going green flag feature racing Friday would find fourth-starting John Carney II rocket to the front of the field to earn his series-leading third career DWSS victory with Caleb Saiz maintaining a solid runner-up showing.

Seventh starting Lorne Wofford would finish third as pole-sitter Casey Burkham placed fourth with Brett Becker rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series and Night One of the Weekend Double-Header at Route 66 Motor Speedway.

Cruising into the final night of the Texas doubleheader would witness Lorne Wofford and Don Grable each claiming heat race wins with Grable earning the high-point award to notch a pole starting spot.

Feature action Saturday would find Casey Burkham wheel his way out front from starting fourth to protecting the lead to notch on his way to the first career POWRi DWSS feature victory with Night One winner John Carney II cruise from starting seventh to finishing runner-up as pole-sitter Don Grable finishing in the final podium placement.

Contending up front for the feature, outside front-row starter Caleb Saiz would finish fourth with Rick Ziehl rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series and Night Two of the Weekend Double-Header at Route 66 Motor Speedway.

POWRi DWSS | Route 66 Motor Speedway | 7/15/22:
A Feature: 1. 74B-John Carney II[4]; 2. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[3]; 3. 7-Lorne Wofford[7]; 4. 45B-Casey Burkham[1]; 5. 2B-Brett Becker[8]; 6. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 7. 22-Jesse Baker[2]; 8. 1-Nick Haygood[9]; 9. 45X-Don Grable[6]; 10. 6X-Kaden Taylor[12]; 11. 116-Vance Wofford[10]; 12. 6-Logan Calderwood[11]; 13. 7X-Troy Treharn[14]; 14. 25-Mike Marquez[16]; 15. 619JR-Claudia Sigala[15]; 16. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[13].

Heat 1: 1. 22-Jesse Baker[1]; 2. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[4]; 3. 74B-John Carney II[5]; 4. 45X-Don Grable[3]; 5. 6X-Kaden Taylor[2]; 6. 1-Nick Haygood[8]; 7. 7X-Troy Treharn[6]; 8. 619JR-Claudia Sigala[7].

Heat 2: 1. 45B-Casey Burkham[2]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[1]; 3. 7-Lorne Wofford[4]; 4. 2B-Brett Becker[6]; 5. 6-Logan Calderwood[3]; 6. 116-Vance Wofford[8]; 7. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[7]; 8. 25-Mike Marquez[5].

POWRi DWSS | Route 66 Motor Speedway | 7/16/22:
A Feature 1: 1. 45B-Casey Burkham[4]; 2. 74B-John Carney II[7]; 3. 45X-Don Grable[1]; 4. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[2]; 5. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 6. 6-Logan Calderwood[6]; 7. 22-Jesse Baker[9]; 8. 1-Nick Haygood[10]; 9. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[8]; 10. 14X-Braxston Wilson[11]; 11. 7X-Troy Treharn[12]; 12. 7-Lorne Wofford[3]; 13. 25-Mike Marquez[13]; 14. 2B-Brett Becker[18]; 15. 116-Vance Wofford[14]; 16. (DNS) 19D-Ryan Dalrymple; 17. (DNS) 6X-Kaden Taylor; 18. (DNS) 37-Jack Hall.

Heat 1: 1. 7-Lorne Wofford[1]; 2. 74B-John Carney II[2]; 3. 1-Nick Haygood[8]; 4. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 5. 22-Jesse Baker[7]; 6. 14X-Braxston Wilson[3]; 7. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[6]; 8. 7X-Troy Treharn[4]; 9. 25-Mike Marquez[9].

Heat 2: 1. 45X-Don Grable[1]; 2. 45B-Casey Burkham[4]; 3. 6-Logan Calderwood[5]; 4. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[7]; 5. 6X-Kaden Taylor[2]; 6. 116-Vance Wofford[3]; 7. 37-Jack Hall[6]; 8. 19D-Ryan Dalrymple[9]; 9. 2B-Brett Becker[8].

Next up for the POWRi 360 Desert Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services will be a return visit to Aztec Speedway for a two-day stay on August 19-20.

POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series would like to thank all the amazing series sponsors, including SmartestSeller.com, Jackson Compaction, Baker Auto-Diesel, Performance Plus Racing Engines, Ortega’s Appliance, Gibson Photography, Mosher Racing, Grady’s Press Trailers, Derek Neil Schaefer’s Specialized Lubricants, Hal Burns Truck and Equipment, XXX Race Chassis, DMI, and CSI Shocks.

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