Belleville, IL. (9/4/23) Running control of the winged 305 Sprint feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway, the POWRi 305 Sprint Series would witness Jake Martens claiming both weekend wins in thrilling two-night feature events of the Inaugural Triple Sprint Showdown.
Starting the weekend in Eldon Missouri, Night One of the Triple Sprint Showdown would see Terry Easum set the quickest hot-lap time of 13.121-second lap as John Barnard, Kenny Potter, and Jake Martens would each earn heat racing victories with Martens attaining the high-point qualifier award.
Launching on the feature green flag racing would find front-starter Jake Martens out-battle front-row companion Monty Ferriera into the first pair of corners as Martens would blast to the preferred position with the field calculating for spots behind the leader.
Earning his inaugural career victory in the POWRi 305 Sprint Division, Jake Martens would outduel ninth starter and runner-up placement Terry Easum to capture the Night One feature win. eleventh-starting Randy Martin would clinch third as Brett Combs finished fourth with Kenny Potter rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Finalizing the two-night stay at the one-third mile oval, Night Two of the Triple Sprint Showdown would witness Jack Potter setting the quickest hot-lap time of 13.325-second lap as John Barnard, Randy Martin, and Natalie Doney would each earn heat racing victories with Jake Martens attaining the high-point qualifier award.
Beginning the feature green flag racing would find front-starter Jake Martens battle front-row companion Natalie Doney into the first pair of corners as Martens would blast to the preferred position with the field calculated for spots behind the leader.
Overtaking for the top spot early, Terry Easum would appear to be in a class to himself as a late-race caution would bunch the field back together setting the stage for an outstanding finish.
Securing his second career victory in the POWRi 305 Sprint Division, Jake Martens would outduel one-time leader of fourteen laps and runner-up placement Terry Easum in a photo-finish to capture the Night Two feature win. Twelfth-starting Monty Ferriera would clinch third as John Barnard finished fourth with Kenny Potter rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway.
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/2/23:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[9]; 3. 14-Randy Martin[11]; 4. 55-Kenny Potter[4]; 5. 45-Monty Ferriera[2]; 6. 74-Natalie Doney[7]; 7. 2B-Garrett Benson[13]; 8. 49-Tyler Elliott[8]; 9. B8-John Barnard[3]; 10. 15-Jack Potter[16]; 11. 51-Alan Cunningham[14]; 12. 26B-Matt Fox[5]; 13. 4-Brett Combs[10]; 14. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[19]; 15. 20C-Randy Corpening[20]; 16. 7K-Rob Rimel[17]; 17. 22-Chase Fischer[15]; 18. 1-Greg Murry[12]; 19. 9-Emilio Hoover[6]; 20. 9L-Abigayle Lett[18].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B8-John Barnard[1]; 2. 9-Emilio Hoover[2]; 3. 88-Terry Easum[4]; 4. 4-Brett Combs[6]; 5. 2B-Garrett Benson[5]; 6. 15-Jack Potter[7]; 7. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Kenny Potter[1]; 2. 74-Natalie Doney[2]; 3. 26B-Matt Fox[5]; 4. 14-Randy Martin[6]; 5. 22-Chase Fischer[4]; 6. 7K-Rob Rimel[7]; 7. 20C-Randy Corpening[3].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[4]; 2. 49-Tyler Elliott[2]; 3. 45-Monty Ferriera[6]; 4. 1-Greg Murry[3]; 5. 51-Alan Cunningham[5]; 6. 9L-Abigayle Lett[1].
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/3/23:
Toyota Racing Development A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Martens[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[3]; 3. 45-Monty Ferriera[12]; 4. B8-John Barnard[4]; 5. 55-Kenny Potter[6]; 6. 02-Austin Crane[8]; 7. 74-Natalie Doney[2]; 8. 26B-Matt Fox[10]; 9. 20C-Randy Corpening[16]; 10. 49-Tyler Elliott[11]; 11. 15-Jack Potter[9]; 12. 30X-Larry Bratti[22]; 13. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[14]; 14. 9-Abigayle Lett[23]; 15. 22-Chase Fischer[13]; 16. 1-Greg Murry[21]; 17. 7K-Rob Rimel[17]; 18. 14-Randy Martin[5]; 19. 4-Brett Combs[7]; 20. 18-Tyler Shane[18]; 21. 00-Matt Fair[15]; 22. 51-Alan Cunningham[19]; 23. (DNS) 2B-Garrett Benson.
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B8-John Barnard[1]; 2. 17X-Jake Martens[6]; 3. 4-Brett Combs[5]; 4. 02-Austin Crane[7]; 5. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[4]; 6. 18-Tyler Shane[2]; 7. 2B-Garrett Benson[3]; 8. 1-Greg Murry[8].
Auto Meter Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Randy Martin[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[4]; 3. 26B-Matt Fox[3]; 4. 55-Kenny Potter[8]; 5. 22-Chase Fischer[5]; 6. 20C-Randy Corpening[7]; 7. 30X-Larry Bratti[2]; 8. 9-Abigayle Lett[6].
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Natalie Doney[2]; 2. 15-Jack Potter[1]; 3. 49-Tyler Elliott[3]; 4. 45-Monty Ferriera[5]; 5. 00-Matt Fair[4]; 6. 7K-Rob Rimel[7]; 7. 51-Alan Cunningham[6].
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- Cassy Staley on Sep 04, 2023
- Article Date: 9/4/2023