Belleville, IL. (9/19/22) Finding four chances of outstanding open-wheel action slated for the weekend, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division continues to highlight the seasonal quest for National Championship notoriety. Riding a flurry of late-seasonal points finds the father and son Truscinski duo battling atop the championship picture with Alex leading his father Alan heading into the final few events of the yearly competition.
Feature winners would include Stanley Kreisel earning his eleventh career victory in the Midwest as Braden Chiaramonte would grab his third feature win in the Southwest. Northernly series action in the Minn-Kota would witness Alan Truscinski grab career win number nine on Friday as Sunday would see Dexter Dvergsten earn his twenty-seventh career victory to wrap up the two-day racing weekend.
Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 9/19/22:
- 10-Alex Truscinski(15) 4430, 2. 13-Alan Truscinski(15) -180, 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten(15) -190, 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson(15) -530, 5. 26-Chris Crowder(15) -610, 6. 72-Kate Taves(15) -620, 7. 24B-Johnny Boos(15) -680, 8. 100-Jason Berg(15) -680, 9. 7-Josh Flood(15) -680, 10. 5G-Garrison Miller(15) -710.
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=766693.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | September 16-18:
• POWRi MKLS @ River Cities Speedway(9/16): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski[2]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[4]; 3. 4-Dylan Langevin[3]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[5]; 5. 87-Matthew Taves[10]; 6. 93-Kelsi Pederson[9]; 7. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[7]; 8. 72-Kate Taves[11]; 9. 1W-Mark Williams[15]; 10. 5G-Garrison Miller[8]; 11. 12-Loki Bjerke[14]; 12. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[6]; 13. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg[13]; 14. (DNF) 22-Bryce Haugeberg[1]; 15. (DNF) 40-Evan Yanish[12].
• POWRi MLS @ I-35 Speedway(9/17): 1. 67-Stanley Kreisel[2]; 2. 85-Ken Billings[4]; 3. 27R-Trice Roden[1]; 4. 7-Tyler Johnson[8]; 5. 91-Mike Tindell[5]; 6. 10-Chasity Younger[3]; 7. 51-Mark Billings[6]; 8. 71X-Jeff Bard[7]; 9. (DNS) 45-JP Falke.
• POWRi SWLS @ Perris Auto Speedway(9/17): 1. 3-Braden Chiaramonte, 2. 4-Jeff Dyer, 3. 41-AJ Bender, 4. 44-Brent Sexton, 5. 8-Will Brown, 6. 92-Jeremy Queener, 7. 03-Pat Kelley, 8. 9-Matt Sotomayer, 9. 13-Peter Benker, 10. 39-Mark Henry, 11. 20-Kevin Bates, 12. 17-Dale Gamer, 13. 33-Mike Kotlinski, 14. 54-Jim Squire, 15. 56K-Kellee Griggs, 16. 4x-Seth Dyer, 17. 56-Cody Griggs, 18. 18-Dalton Sexton.
• POWRi MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(9/18): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[1]; 2. 72-Kate Taves[2]; 3. 10-Alex Truscinski[5]; 4. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[8]; 5. 100-Jason Berg[6]; 6. 13-Alan Truscinski[10]; 7. 12-Loki Bjerke[7]; 8. 87-Matthew Taves[3]; 9. 1W-Bryce Haugeberg[4]; 10. (DNF) 23-Gerald Hatlestadt[9].
Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint Events:
• Midwest: 9/24 @ I-35 Speedway.
• Minn-Kota: 9/30 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 10/1 @ Buffalo River Speedway.
• Rocky Mountain: 9/24 @ El Paso County Raceway | 10/7 @ I-76 Speedway | 10/8 @ I-76 Speedway.
• Southwest: 10/1 @ Barona Speedway | 10/8 @ Mohave Valley Speedway | 10/13 @ Lemoore Speedway | 10/14 @ Lemoore Speedway | 10/15 @ Lemoore Speedway | 10/22 @ Imperial Valley Speedway | 10/23 @ Imperial Valley Speedway.
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 Sep 19, 2022
- Article Date: 9/19/2022