Belleville, IL. (8/27/23) Welcoming back the returning open-wheel action of the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association, running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprint Series, Vado Speedway Park would find the fifteenth series event of 2023 full of excitement as Caleb Stelzig would capture the feature win for the eighteenth time of his emerging career.
Starting the on-track adrenaline rushes at Vado Speedway Park for the POWRi NMMRA and Vado Non-Wings would witness Spencer Hill and Michael Fanelli each earning the heat race wins as well as Spencer Hill earning the night's high-point qualifier honor.
Flying from starting in the fifth position on the grid, Caleb Stelzig would shoot to the front to lead all twenty green flag laps and notch his eighth series win of the season. Second-starting Michael Fanelli would finish runner-up with pole-starting Spencer Hill placing a solid third.
Hard-charger Robert Herra would finish fourth from starting ninth with JR Bonesteel rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprint Series at Vado Speedway Park on Saturday Night.
POWRi NMMRA | Vado Speedway Park | 8/26/23:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Caleb Stelzig[5]; 2. 2-Michael Fanelli[2]; 3. 7D7-Spencer Hill[1]; 4. 9-Robert Herrera[9]; 5. 0-JR Bonesteel[3]; 6. 45X-Don Grable[6]; 7. 38-Travis Oldfield[11]; 8. 007-Wayne Siddle[4]; 9. 92-Tim Shallenberger[7]; 10. 23-Craig Stringfellow[8]; 11. (DNF) 12-Darwin Smith[10].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7D7-Spencer Hill[2]; 2. 007-Wayne Siddle[1]; 3. 21-Caleb Stelzig[3]; 4. 45X-Don Grable[5]; 5. 9-Robert Herrera[4]; 6. 12-Darwin Smith[6].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Michael Fanelli[2]; 2. 0-JR Bonesteel[3]; 3. 23-Craig Stringfellow[1]; 4. 92-Tim Shallenberger[5]; 5. (DNF) 38-Travis Oldfield[4].
Next up the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association will see action running back at state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park on Saturday, September 9th running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprints.
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- Cassy Staley on Aug 27, 2023
- Article Date: 8/27/2023