Belleville, IL. (7/30/23) Offering a fast-paced third-weekend double-header of racing excitement, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services would continue displaying action aplenty around Aztec Speedway as Rick Ziehl and Caleb Saiz would grab feature victories.
Venturing to Aztec with sixteen entries while kicking off the Speedway doubleheader weekend would find Alex Pettas, Lorne Wofford, and Jesse Baker each notch heat racing wins with Alex Pettas gaining the pole-starting grid for the feature event.
Going green flag feature racing for the fifth time in 2023 would find Rick Ziehl gaining the preferred position from starting third to earn his third career DWSS victory with eighth-starting Caleb Saiz placing a solid runner-up.
Keeping close, Jesse Baker would finish third as Alex Pettas placed fourth with Blair Cooper rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series on Night One at Aztec Speedway.
Proceeding into the second night of weekend racing would witness Spencer Hill, Lorne Wofford, and Don Grable each winning heat races with Caleb Saiz earning the pole-starting grid for the feature event.
Flying into the second night of feature action with seventeen entries would find Caleb Saiz clinch the lead while wheeling his way out front of the field to notch his third career POWRi DWSS feature victory with Lorne Wofford finishing runner-up as Jesse Baker finalized the podium placements.
Contending up front, Spencer Hill would finish fourth with seventh-starting Don Grable rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series Night Two of the weekend double-header at Aztec Speedway.
POWRi DWSS | Aztec Speedway | 7/28/23:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[3]; 2. 42-Caleb Saiz[8]; 3. 22-Jesse Baker[4]; 4. 2-Alex Pettas[1]; 5. 32-Blair Cooper[5]; 6. 45-Bradley Cox[7]; 7. 54-Glen Brace[10]; 8. 22K-Joey Klemish[2]; 9. 57-Steve Stone[16]; 10. 45X-Don Grable[9]; 11. 72D-Derrick Black[11]; 12. 91-Willy Spann[15]; 13. 619JR-Claudia Sigala[14]; 14. (DNF) 116-Vance Wofford[12]; 15. (DNF) 7D7-Spencer Hill[13]; 16. (DNF) 7-Lorne Wofford[6].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Alex Pettas[4]; 2. 45-Bradley Cox[2]; 3. 22K-Joey Klemish[6]; 4. 116-Vance Wofford[1]; 5. 7D7-Spencer Hill[5]; 6. 57-Steve Stone[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Baker[4]; 2. 42-Caleb Saiz[1]; 3. 32-Blair Cooper[3]; 4. 72D-Derrick Black[2]; 5. 619JR-Claudia Sigala[5].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Lorne Wofford[1]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[4]; 3. 45X-Don Grable[3]; 4. 54-Glen Brace[5]; 5. 91-Willy Spann[2].
POWRi DWSS | Aztec Speedway | 7/29/23:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 42-Caleb Saiz[1]; 2. 7-Lorne Wofford[2]; 3. 22-Jesse Baker[4]; 4. 7D7-Spencer Hill[3]; 5. 45X-Don Grable[7]; 6. 22K-Joey Klemish[6]; 7. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[10]; 8. 2-Alex Pettas[5]; 9. 45-Bradley Cox[13]; 10. 54-Glen Brace[11]; 11. 619JR-Claudia Sigala[9]; 12. 32-Blair Cooper[8]; 13. 57-Steve Stone[15]; 14. 72D-Derrick Black[14]; 15. 91-Willy Spann[16]; 16. (DNF) 116-Vance Wofford[12]; 17. (DNS) 11-Travis Oldfield
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7D7-Spencer Hill[1]; 2. 42-Caleb Saiz[5]; 3. 22-Jesse Baker[6]; 4. 116-Vance Wofford[4]; 5. 57-Steve Stone[2]; 6. 91-Willy Spann[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Don Grable[1]; 2. 2-Alex Pettas[3]; 3. 619JR-Claudia Sigala[2]; 4. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 5. 45-Bradley Cox[4]; 6. (DNS) 11-Travis Oldfield.
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Lorne Wofford[2]; 2. 22K-Joey Klemish[1]; 3. 32-Blair Cooper[3]; 4. 54-Glen Brace[5]; 5. 72D-Derrick Black[4]; 6. (DNS) 11-Travis Oldfield.
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- administrator on Jul 30, 2023
- Article Date: 7/30/2023