Belleville, IL. (06/02/2020) The POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints opened their season at I-35 Speedway Saturday night with eighteen cars registered in the pits the racing action was fierce all evening. As the largest opening night car count in the thirty-three-year history of MLS, competitors would take to the near-perfect track with Stanley Kreisel earning the edge and onto the feature victory.
1st 18 Stanley Kreisel, Heat Race Winner
2nd 17 Dan Hillberg
3rd 51 Mark Billings, Heat Race Winner
4th 11 Brandon Smith, Heat Race Winner
5th 7 Tyler Johnson
6th 01 Bobby Layne
7th 5 Tyler Murry
8th 22 Chase Fischer
9th 10x Dan Hillberg
10th 91 Mike Tindell
11th 71 Jeff Bard
12th RJ45 RJ Fauke
13th 99 Emma Martin
14th b20 Tom Brown
DNS: 85 Ken Billings, 49b Kenny Bowers, k9 Andrew Kiedrowski, 10 Chasity Younger
Fans can catch more exciting racing of the MLS on Saturday, June 6th back at I-35 Speedway for their second week of competition in 2020. Pit’s open at 4:00 pm with driver’s registration between 4:30-6:30 pm. Hot Lap action will kick off the dirt-tracking action at 6:45 pm with racing to follow. POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints would like to thank I-35 Speedway track officials and owners for hosting events at their premier facility.
Racing in the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints is ultra-competitive with low-cost maintenance as cars regularly put down lap times 1.5 seconds faster than modifieds. New drivers and cars are coming out each week. Contact the MLS, via Bob Douglas for more information, find them online at www.midwestlightningsprintsracing.com or “Like” on Facebook.
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- administrator on Jun 02, 2020
- Article Date: 6/2/2020