Belleville, IL. (8/12/23) Soaring into Night Two of the Fifth Annual POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals as the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series would welcome competitors from eight states and Canada onto the superbly smooth River Cities Speedway with Mike Neau emerging victorious from Wisconsin to claim Nationals Night Two win.
Continuing the four-day speed-fest in Grand Forks North Dakota with forty entries, Night Two of the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals would continue open-wheel diversity with Jesse Fernandez of Colorado claiming checkers in Heat Race One, California talent Grant Sexton victorious in Heat Race Two, 2022 Nationals winner Johnny Boos winning Heat Race Three, as Weston Olson would earn heat race four victory. Semi-feature winners would include Eric Sunborg and Chris Crowder.
Launching on the feature green flag racing would find Dash winner Mike Neau battle front-row companion Grant Sexton into the first pair of corners as the younger Sexton driver would blast to the preferred position with Neau right on his heels in hot pursuit.
Overtaking for the lead on lap seven and then holding the front of the field for the final nineteen laps of the twenty-five-lap feature event, Mike Neau would not be denied in his continual quest of dream race chasing to earn his first career victory in the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division, as Night One winner Alex Truscinski continues to lead the weeklong racing retreat after the Night Two feature finish.
Flexing his racing might, Johnny Boos would drive from starting fourth to advance a trio of positions to finish runner-up as up-and-coming sensation Mathew Taves would clinch third. Night One winner and eight-starting Alex Truscinski finished fourth with Bryce Haugeberg rounding out the top-five finishers for the hosting POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series feature event at River Cities Speedway for Night Two of the 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Regional Feature Results | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals:
MKLS @ River Cities Speedway(8/11/23): A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 16N-Mike Neau[1]; 2. 24B-Johnny Boos[4]; 3. 87-Matthew Taves[3]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski[8]; 5. 24H-Bryce Haugeberg[6]; 6. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[17]; 7. 3F-Chris Crowder[16]; 8. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[7]; 9. 93-Kelsi Pederson[14]; 10. 3S-Grant Sexton[2]; 11. 21-Alex Therrien[10]; 12. 1W-Mark Williams[11]; 13. 55H-Mark Heinert[21]; 14. 61-Jesse Fernandez[5]; 15. 16S-Eric Sunborg[24]; 16. 7-Josh Flood[18]; 17. 13J-Josiah King[20]; 18. 27-Weston Olson[9]; 19. 18K-Hayden Koehmstedt[22]; 20. 11B-Loki Bjerke[19]; 21. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg[12]; 22. (DNF) 4-Dylan Langevin[13]; 23. (DNF) K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[15]; 24. (DNF) 29-Stephane St Laurent[23].
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16S-Eric Sunborg[4]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[10]; 3. 11B-Loki Bjerke[1]; 4. 55H-Mark Heinert[3]; 5. 18-Emmitt Isane[2]; 6. 5-Tyler Trengrove[7]; 7. 22-Chase Fischer[11]; 8. 40-Evan Yanish[9]; 9. 11X-Brock Purvis[8]; 10. 10C-Chasity Younger[12]; 11. (DNF) 44-Brent Sexton[6]; 12. (DNS) 3-Alan Therrien.
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 3F-Chris Crowder[4]; 2. 7-Josh Flood[2]; 3. 13J-Josiah King[1]; 4. 18K-Hayden Koehmstedt[5]; 5. 21B-BJ Sauer[3]; 6. 31-Steve Becker[11]; 7. 8-Brady Heilman[7]; 8. 91-Mike Tindell[8]; 9. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[9]; 10. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[6]; 11. (DNS) 72-Kate Taves; 12. (DNS) 13-Alan Truscinski.
8*Pole Dash (8 Laps):** 1. 16N-Mike Neau[1]; 2. 3S-Grant Sexton[5]; 3. 87-Matthew Taves[2]; 4. 24B-Johnny Boos[4]; 5. 61-Jesse Fernandez[3]; 6. 24H-Bryce Haugeberg[8]; 7. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[6]; 8. 10-Alex Truscinski[7].
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 61-Jesse Fernandez[7]; 2. 1W-Mark Williams[2]; 3. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[8]; 4. 13J-Josiah King[6]; 5. 100-Jason Berg[9]; 6. 3-Alan Therrien[1]; 7. 16S-Eric Sunborg[10]; 8. 40-Evan Yanish[3]; 9. (DNF) 11-Dexter Dvergsten[5]; 10. (DNS) 72-Kate Taves.
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3S-Grant Sexton[2]; 2. 16N-Mike Neau[4]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 4. 87-Matthew Taves[9]; 5. 21B-BJ Sauer[1]; 6. 18-Emmitt Isane[8]; 7. 5-Tyler Trengrove[5]; 8. 11X-Brock Purvis[7]; 9. (DNF) 13-Alan Truscinski[10]; 10. (DNF) 31-Steve Becker[6].
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 24B-Johnny Boos[3]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[5]; 3. 4-Dylan Langevin[4]; 4. 24H-Bryce Haugeberg[10]; 5. 55H-Mark Heinert[2]; 6. 7-Josh Flood[7]; 7. 18K-Hayden Koehmstedt[6]; 8. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[9]; 9. (DNF) 22-Chase Fischer[1]; 10. (DNF) 10C-Chasity Younger[8].
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Weston Olson[1]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien[3]; 3. 29-Stephane St Laurent[2]; 4. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[5]; 5. 11B-Loki Bjerke[7]; 6. 3F-Chris Crowder[4]; 7. 44-Brent Sexton[6]; 8. 8-Brady Heilman[8]; 9. 91-Mike Tindell[9]; 10. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[10].
POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals will next head into Minnesota with stops at Greenbush Race Park on Saturday, August 12th before finalizing the weekend at Buffalo River Speedway on Sunday, August 13th. Additional information including photos, results, payout, format, and accommodations can be found on the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Facebook page.
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 8/12/23:
- Dexter Dvergsten 2. Kate Taves -360, 3. Mathew Taves -400, 4. Kelsi Pederson -630, 5. Alex Truscinski -630, 6. Dylan Langevin -730, 7. Jason Berg -890, 8. Alan Truscinski -920, 9. Mark Williams -1090, 10. Gerald Hatlestadt -1440.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=856692.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
8/12/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/13/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/18/23: Electric City Speedway | Butler, MO | MLS
8/19/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
8/19/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
8/19/23: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | SWLS
8/20/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
8/26/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
8/26/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA
8/27/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
POWRi Lightning Sprint Full 2023 Schedule is available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=801426&fbclid=IwAR0R3ImydR5ScNVRTXf3VZpyFHjPJkkPdHtSdD8TK-2jU1M7gE9aLoyLDAU.
Full Point fund for the National POWRi Lightning Sprint Division can be found at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690554. A POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System breakdown can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690553. Rules and guidelines are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=611007.
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.
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- administrator on Aug 12, 2023
- Article Date: 8/12/2023