Belleville, IL. (9/17/23) Flying into the final few events of potential point-earning conquests in the 2023 season, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would find a trio of regions hosting four events spanning the weekend as the constantly evolving National Championship chase as Dexter Dvergsten continues to set the standard with defending champion Alex Truscinski making a late-season push for a potential repeat prize.
Feature winners over the weekend would include Johnny Boos victorious for the forty-fourth time in his career while racing at Honor Speedway with the Rocky Mountain region. Battling in the north, Minn-Kota would witness a trio of nights in action to complete their season with Dexter Dvergsten attaining career wins number thirty-nine on Friday while at River Cities Speedway then moving the win-count to forty on Saturday at Devils Lake with Bryce Haugeberg finalizing the year at Buffalo River Speedway with his sixth career victory on Sunday.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Regional Feature Results | September 15-17:
• MKLS @ River Cities Speedway (9/15/23): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[2]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski[9]; 3. 4-Dylan Langevin[8]; 4. 87-Matthew Taves[7]; 5. 19S-Travis Surerus[12]; 6. 10-Alex Truscinski[4]; 7. 1W-Mark Williams[3]; 8. 12-Brad Bjerke[16]; 9. 18I-Emmitt Isane[11]; 10. 7S-Sean Enright[17]; 11. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[1]; 12. 9-Bryce Bjerke[5]; 13. 8-Brady Heilman[15]; 14. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[10]; 15. 04-Richard Rygg[14]; 16. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[13]; 17. 24-Bryce Haugeberg[6]; 18. (DNS) 72-Kate Taves.
• MLS @ Neveda Speedway (9/16/23): Rain Out.
• RMLSA @ Honor Speedway(9/16/23): 1. Johnny Boos, 2. Josh Flood, 3. Troy Ullery, 4. Andy Flood, 5. Brock Purvis, 6. Bruce Swain, 7. Gale Ingram-DNF.
• MKLS @ Devils Lake Speedway (9/16/23): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[4]; 2. 4-Dylan Langevin[2]; 3. 87-Matthew Taves[3]; 4. 40-Evan Yanish[6]; 5. 72-Kate Taves[9]; 6. 19S-Travis Surerus[5]; 7. 9-Bryce Bjerke[1]; 8. 1W-Mark Williams[8]; 9. 7S-Sean Enright[7]; 10. 04-Richard Rygg[10]; 11. (DNF) 22-Bryce Haugeberg[12]; 12. (DNS) 12-Loki Bjerke.
• MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(9/17/23): 1. 22-Bryce Haugeberg[2]; 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[4]; 3. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 4. 87-Matthew Taves[5]; 5. 72-Kate Taves[6]; 6. 93-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 7. 40-Evan Yanish[12]; 8. 9-Bryce Bjerke[7]; 9. 1W-Mark Williams[10]; 10. 8-Brady Heilman[8]; 11. 04-Richard Rygg[11]; 12. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[15]; 13. 7-Sean Enright[13]; 14. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[14]; 15. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[9].
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 9/17/23:
- Dexter Dvergsten, 2. Alex Truscinski -270, 3. Kate Taves -380, 4. Kelsi Pederson -410, 5. Dylan Langevin -430, 6. Mathew Taves -450, 7. Alan Truscinski -490, 8. Jason Berg -1010, 9. Mark Williams -1010, 10. Loki Bjerke -1110.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=869421.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
9/23/23: I-35 Speedway | Winston, MO | MLS
9/23/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA
9/23/23: Imperial Valley Speedway | Imperial, CA | SWLS
9/29/23: I-76 Speedway | Fort Morgan, CO | RMLSA | Fall Classic
9/30/23: I-35 Speedway | Winston, MO | MLS
9/30/23: I-76 Speedway | Fort Morgan, CO | RMLSA | Fall Classic
10/14/23: Mohave Valley Raceway | Mohave Valley, AZ | SWLS
10/20/23: Imperial Valley Speedway | Imperial, CA | SWLS
10/21/23: Imperial Valley Speedway | Imperial, CA | SWLS | Wingless
11/11/23: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | SWLS
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.
Follow along for more information on the further growth of the POWRi Lightning Sprints Division and other items such as complete schedules, race recaps, updates, full results, and press releases online at www.powri.com, or on Twitter & Instagram at @POWRi_Racing or on Facebook at POWRi.
- Cassy Staley on Sep 18, 2023
- Article Date: 9/18/2023