Belleville, IL. (9/1/24) Returning for the fifth weekend of 2024 racing action with a double-dose of on-track excitement at Vado Speedway Park as the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series would witness Kyle McCutcheon and JT Imperial each victorious over the two-day 360 Wing-Sprint competitions in Vado, New Mexico.
Starting the weekend at Vado Speedway Park on Friday with twenty-eight entries would find Royal Jones, Lorne Wofford, Aydan Saunders, and Derek DeMartino each notch heat racing wins with Dylan Harris gaining the semi-feature event checkers.
Using patience and precision, Kyle McCutcheon would out-maneuver the pack to clinch the top spot from starting sixth to notch his first career POWRi Desert Wing Sprint feature victory as tenth-starting Thomas Meseraull would hard charge through the field to finish runner-up with Caleb Saiz placing third from starting fifth.
Second-starting Aydan Saunders placed fourth with twelfth-starting JT Imperial 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 straight night of racing on Saturday of the POWRi DWSS would witness Dylan Harris, Thomas Meseraull, JT Imperial, and Caleb Saiz each winning heat races with Derek DeMartino taking the semi-feature event checkers.
Flying into the second night of feature action with twenty-eight entries would witness JT Imperial grab the lead for ten laps and wheel his way out front of the field and notch his second career POWRi DWSS feature victory with night one winner and leader of one lap Kyle McCutcheon finishing runner-up as Jesse Baker finalized the podium placements.
Contending up front while leading fourteen laps, Aydan Saunders would finish fourth with Dylan Harris 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 | 8/30/24:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 36-Kyle McCutcheon[6]; 2. 01-Thomas Meseraull[10]; 3. 42-Caleb Saiz[5]; 4. 8-Aydan Saunders[2]; 5. 75X-JT Imperial[12]; 6. 19-Wes Wofford[9]; 7. 7-Lorne Wofford[4]; 8. 97-Derek DeMartino[3]; 9. 1I-Daniel Blaeser[15]; 10. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[18]; 11. 7S-Joshua Shipley[13]; 12. 45X-Don Grable[11]; 13. 131-Royal Jones[8]; 14. 77-Colt Treharn[22]; 15. 2B-Brett Becker[1]; 16. 52NM-Spencer Hill[7]; 17. 7B-Tyler Beiter[23]; 18. 57-Alex Pettas[19]; 19. 7X-Troy Treharn[20]; 20. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[21]; 21. 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[16]; 22. (DNF) 75-Chris Bonneau[14]; 23. (DNF) 4H-Dylan Harris[17]; 24. (DNF) 22K-Joey Klemish[24]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4H-Dylan Harris[2]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[3]; 3. 57-Alex Pettas[6]; 4. 7X-Troy Treharn[5]; 5. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[9]; 6. 77-Colt Treharn[1]; 7. 7B-Tyler Beiter[4]; 8. 22K-Joey Klemish[12]; 9. 11R-Rodney Huband[7]; 10. 28-AJ Hernandez[8]; 11. 80-Willy Spann[10]; 12. (DNS) 22B-Jesse Baker
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 131-Royal Jones[2]; 2. 19-Wes Wofford[1]; 3. 45X-Don Grable[4]; 4. 77-Colt Treharn[3]; 5. 75-Chris Bonneau[7]; 6. 7X-Troy Treharn[6]; 7. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Lorne Wofford[2]; 2. 01-Thomas Meseraull[1]; 3. 75X-JT Imperial[3]; 4. 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[4]; 5. 1I-Daniel Blaeser[7]; 6. (DNF) 22B-Jesse Baker[6]; 7. (DNF) 22K-Joey Klemish[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Aydan Saunders[3]; 2. 52NM-Spencer Hill[2]; 3. 42-Caleb Saiz[5]; 4. 2B-Brett Becker[7]; 5. 7B-Tyler Beiter[1]; 6. 57-Alex Pettas[6]; 7. 80-Willy Spann[4]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Derek DeMartino[2]; 2. 36-Kyle McCutcheon[5]; 3. 7S-Joshua Shipley[1]; 4. 4H-Dylan Harris[3]; 5. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[6]; 6. 11R-Rodney Huband[4]; 7. 28-AJ Hernandez[7]
Full event information is available online at https://www.myracepass.com/events/498108.
POWRi DWSS | Vado Speedway Park | 8/31/24:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 75X-JT Imperial[2]; 2. 36-Kyle McCutcheon[5]; 3. 22B-Jesse Baker[9]; 4. 8-Aydan Saunders[4]; 5. 4H-Dylan Harris[3]; 6. 42-Caleb Saiz[8]; 7. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[7]; 8. 7-Lorne Wofford[11]; 9. 01-Thomas Meseraull[6]; 10. 1I-Daniel Blaeser[13]; 11. 45X-Don Grable[21]; 12. 131-Royal Jones[19]; 13. 77-Colt Treharn[14]; 14. 7S-Joshua Shipley[12]; 15. 2B-Brett Becker[15]; 16. 97-Derek DeMartino[17]; 17. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[20]; 18. 75-Chris Bonneau[16]; 19. 7X-Troy Treharn[24]; 20. 57-Alex Pettas[18]; 21. 11R-Rodney Huband[22]; 22. (DNF) 22K-Joey Klemish[10]; 23. (DNF) 19-Wes Wofford[1]; 24. (DNF) 80-Willy Spann[23].
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 97-Derek DeMartino[12]; 2. 57-Alex Pettas[7]; 3. 131-Royal Jones[1]; 4. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[11]; 5. 45X-Don Grable[3]; 6. 11R-Rodney Huband[9]; 7. 80-Willy Spann[4]; 8. 7X-Troy Treharn[8]; 9. 7B-Tyler Beiter[5]; 10. (DNF) 52NM-Spencer Hill[2]; 11. (DNF) 28-AJ Hernandez[6]; 12. (DNS) 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4H-Dylan Harris[1]; 2. 4-Tuesday Calderwood[3]; 3. 77-Colt Treharn[2]; 4. 2B-Brett Becker[5]; 5. 131-Royal Jones[6]; 6. 7B-Tyler Beiter[4]; 7. 7X-Troy Treharn[7].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Thomas Meseraull[2]; 2. 7-Lorne Wofford[1]; 3. 36-Kyle McCutcheon[7]; 4. 1I-Daniel Blaeser[6]; 5. 45X-Don Grable[5]; 6. 28-AJ Hernandez[3]; 7. (DNF) 20Z-Rick Ziehl[4].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 75X-JT Imperial[2]; 2. 8-Aydan Saunders[6]; 3. 7S-Joshua Shipley[4]; 4. 52NM-Spencer Hill[1]; 5. 75-Chris Bonneau[7]; 6. 57-Alex Pettas[3]; 7. 11R-Rodney Huband[5].
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Caleb Saiz[1]; 2. 19-Wes Wofford[4]; 3. 22B-Jesse Baker[5]; 4. 22K-Joey Klemish[7]; 5. 80-Willy Spann[2]; 6. (DNF) 7OH-Bryan Ledbetter Jr[6]; 7. (DNF) 97-Derek DeMartino[3].
Full event information is available online at https://www.myracepass.com/events/498111.
Up next for the rapidly growing POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series will be a return visit to Central Arizona Speedway on October 18-19 in Casa Grande Arizona.
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- Cassy Staley on Sep 02, 2024
- Article Date: 9/2/2024