Belleville, IL. (8/21/2023) Flying onto the speedy and technical surfaces of Peoria Speedway for the initial time of 2023 for the burgeoning series, the sixth sanctioned seasonal competition in the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association would witness Tracy Hull calculate the winning formula to earn the feature win and his first series victory of the 2023 racing season.
Starting the sixth night of POWRi sanctioning, IMRA would find Ruben Haslett and Shane Morgan each notch heat racing wins with Russell Johnston gaining the pole-starting grid for the feature event.
Green flag feature racing would find Tracy Hull clinching the front of the field as the checkers waived on the feature laps to earn the Peoria Speedway feature event return with Shane Morgan gaining a solid runner-up showing.
Staying contiguously close to the leaders, Russell Johnston would finish third as Michael Hermacinski wheeled his way through the field from starting sixth to place fourth with seventh-starting Jim Picardi rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association at Peoria Speedway on Saturday.
POWRi IMRA | Peoria Speedway | 8/19/23:
A Feature: 1. 24-Tracy Hull[3]; 2. 15M-Shane Morgan[2]; 3. 0-Russell Johnston[1]; 4. 71H-Michael Hermacinski[6]; 5. 127-Jim Picardi[7]; 6. 9-Keith Wilson[5]; 7. H20-Ruben Haslett[4]; 8. 15M2-Bobby Morgan[9]; 9. 18-Zach Wigal[8].
Heat Race 1: 1. H20-Ruben Haslett[2]; 2. 0-Russell Johnston[3]; 3. 9-Keith Wilson[1]; 4. 127-Jim Picardi[4]; 5. 15M2-Bobby Morgan[5].
Heat Race 2: 15M-Shane Morgan[4]; 2. 24-Tracy Hull[2]; 3. 71H-Michael Hermacinski[1]; 4. 18-Zach Wigal[3].
Next up the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association will see action back at their home facility of Spoon River Speedway on Saturday, August 26th.
POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association 2023 Remaining Schedule:
9/16/2023 | Spoon River Speedway | Lewistown, IL | Knowles/Hull/Trone Memorial
9/22/2023 | Lee County Speedway | Donnellson, IA
9/23/2023 | Lee County Speedway | Donnellson, IA | Season Championship
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- Cassy Staley on Aug 21, 2023
- Article Date: 8/21/2023