Belleville, IL. (9/4/23) Offering a fast-paced fourth-weekend double-header of racing excitement while celebrating the Labor Day Weekend, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services would continue the 360 Wing-Sprint action around in a return to Vado Speedway Park as Sammy Swindell would prove his racing legacy’s strength in sweeping feature victories on the two-day adventure in speed.
Venturing to Vado with twenty-four entries while kicking off the Labor Day doubleheader weekend in Night One would find Sammy Swindell, Royal Jones, and Spencer Hill each notch heat racing wins with Sammy Swindell gaining the pole-starting grid for the feature event after an Intermission redraw.
Going green flag feature racing for the seventh time in 2023 would find second-starting Sammy Swindell and Caleb Saiz splitting time in the preferred position with Saiz leading twelve laps in the twenty-five-lap main event with Sammy Swindell leading most laps at thirteen.
Using patience and precision, hall-of-fame-wheelman Sammy Swindell would out-maneuver the leader to overtake the top spot late in the feature. Holding steady out front, the speedster Swindell would not be denied in notching his second career Desert Wing Sprint feature victory.
Keeping close, ninth-starting, one-time leader, and hard-charger Caleb Saiz would fly past seven drivers to finish runner-up as JT Imperial would finish third from starting fifth. Third-starting Brett Becker placed fourth with twelfth-starting Lorne Wofford rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series on Night One at Vado Speedway Park.
Proceeding into the second night of holiday weekend racing would witness Alex Pettas, Don Grable, and Jesse Baker each winning heat races with Sammy Swindell earning the pole-starting grid for the feature event after an Intermission reshuffle.
Flying into the second night of feature action with twenty-five entries would find Night One Winner Sammy Swindell clinch the lead while wheeling his way out front of the field for all thirty laps to notch his third career POWRi DWSS feature victory with Caleb Saiz finishing runner-up as Don Grable finalized the podium placements.
Contending up front, Wes Wofford would finish fourth with Brett Becker rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series Night Two of the weekend double-header at Vado Speedway Park.
POWRi DWSS | Vado Speedway Park | 9/1/23:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 01-Sammy Swindell[1]; 2. 42-Caleb Saiz[9]; 3. 75X-JT Imperial[5]; 4. 2B-Brett Becker[3]; 5. 7-Lorne Wofford[12]; 6. 1-Dylan Harris[7]; 7. 45X-Don Grable[6]; 8. 74B-John Carney II[15]; 9. 131-Royal Jones[4]; 10. 7D7-Spencer Hill[2]; 11. 22B-Jesse Baker[8]; 12. 75-Chris Bonneau[14]; 13. 2-Alex Pettas[11]; 14. 116-Vance Wofford[16]; 15. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[19]; 16. 9-Robert Herrera Jr[18]; 17. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[13]; 18. 7X-Troy Treharn[21]; 19. 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[17]; 20. 92-Tim Shallenberger[22]; 21. 1T-Robert Teague[24]; 22. (DNF) 19-Wes Wofford[10]; 23. (DNF) 91-Willy Spann[20]; 24. (DNF) 18-Jason Ziehl[23].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Sammy Swindell[2]; 2. 45X-Don Grable[1]; 3. 19-Wes Wofford[3]; 4. 42-Caleb Saiz[6]; 5. 75-Chris Bonneau[5]; 6. 74B-John Carney II[7]; 7. 7X-Troy Treharn[4]; 8. 92-Tim Shallenberger[8].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 131-Royal Jones[2]; 2. 1-Dylan Harris[1]; 3. 2-Alex Pettas[3]; 4. 75X-JT Imperial[8]; 5. 7-Lorne Wofford[6]; 6. 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[4]; 7. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 8. 1T-Robert Teague[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7D7-Spencer Hill[4]; 2. 2B-Brett Becker[7]; 3. 22B-Jesse Baker[6]; 4. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[1]; 5. 116-Vance Wofford[2]; 6. 9-Robert Herrera Jr[3]; 7. 91-Willy Spann[5]; 8. 18-Jason Ziehl[8].
POWRi DWSS | Vado Speedway Park | 9/2/23:
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 01-Sammy Swindell[1]; 2. 42-Caleb Saiz[3]; 3. 45X-Don Grable[5]; 4. 19-Wes Wofford[13]; 5. 2B-Brett Becker[9]; 6. 22B-Jesse Baker[8]; 7. 7D7-Spencer Hill[17]; 8. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[12]; 9. 131-Royal Jones[20]; 10. 75X-JT Imperial[7]; 11. 116-Vance Wofford[16]; 12. 1-Dylan Harris[10]; 13. 7-Lorne Wofford[21]; 14. 75-Chris Bonneau[15]; 15. 91-Willy Spann[19]; 16. 92-Tim Shallenberger[18]; 17. (DNF) 2-Alex Pettas[2]; 18. (DNF) 12-Darwin Smith[11]; 19. (DNF) 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[6]; 20. (DNF) 1T-Robert Teague[14]; 21. (DNF) 7X-Troy Treharn[4]; 22. (DNS) 4-Tuesday Calderwood; 23. (DNS) 74B-John Carney II; 24. (DNS) 9-Robert Herrera Jr; 25. (DNS) 18-Jason Ziehl.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Alex Pettas[2]; 2. 7X-Troy Treharn[6]; 3. 42-Caleb Saiz[7]; 4. 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[8]; 5. 116-Vance Wofford[4]; 6. 1T-Robert Teague[9]; 7. 92-Tim Shallenberger[5]; 8. (DNF) 4-Tuesday Calderwood[1]; 9. (DNS) 74B-John Carney II.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Don Grable[2]; 2. 01-Sammy Swindell[6]; 3. 2B-Brett Becker[4]; 4. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 5. 12-Darwin Smith[8]; 6. (DNF) 9-Robert Herrera Jr[1]; 7. (DNF) 131-Royal Jones[3]; 8. (DNF) 7-Lorne Wofford[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22B-Jesse Baker[2]; 2. 75X-JT Imperial[3]; 3. 1-Dylan Harris[4]; 4. 19-Wes Wofford[5]; 5. 75-Chris Bonneau[6]; 6. 7D7-Spencer Hill[7]; 7. 18-Jason Ziehl[8]; 8. 91-Willy Spann[1].
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- administrator on Sep 04, 2023
- Article Date: 9/4/2023