Belleville, IL. (4/24/22) Hitting the stride of the division’s first season of a National Points Championship, the POWRi Lightning Sprints has seen opening action across the country for two of the four premier series of the Midwest, Minn-Kota, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest as racing dates start to add to an exciting yearly schedule.
Action from the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints would travel to Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri for the second contest of their yearly agenda on Saturday, April 23 with eight entries checking into the event. Tom Brown would earn high honors of the evening by first clinching the heat racing win and then doubling down on winning to solidify his fifteenth POWRi MLS feature victory since 2016.
POWRi MLS Feature Finishers at CMS | 4/23/22: 1. B20-Tom Brown, 2. 71C-Jeff Bard, 3. 22-Chase Fischer, 4. 27R-Trice Roden, 5. 7-Tyler Johnson, 6. 01-Bobby Layne, 7. 91-Mike Tindell, 8. 10-Chasity Younger.
Racing from the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would travel to Imperial Valley Speedway on Saturday, April 23rd would see young talent Braden Chiaramonte claim his second career POWRi SWLS feature victory and first of 2022. Dalton Sexton and Wyatt Boczanowski would each win their respective heat race with Cody Griggs gaining the hard charger award for the feature event.
POWRi SWLS Feature Finishers at IVS | 4/23/22: 1. 73-Braden Chiaramonte, 2. 92-Jeremy Queener, 3. 3X-David Bezio, 4. 44-Brent Sexton, 5. 18-Dalton Sexton, 6. 56-Cody Griggs, 7. 54-Jim Squire, 8. 88-CJ Marin, 9. 15-John Squire, 10. 36-Wyatt Boczanowski, 11. 21X-Bobby Michnowicz 12. 3-Grant Sexton.
Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 4/24/22:
- Dalton Sexton 550, 2. David Bezio -0, 3. Braden Chiaramonte -20, 4. Brent Sexton -30, 5. Jeremy Queener -60, 6. Cody Griggs -130, 7. CJ Marin -190 8. Will Browne -300, 9. Chase Fischer – 320, 10. Grant Sexton -330. Complete 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=714887.
Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint April Events:
MLS – 4/30 @ Lake Ozark | 5/7 @ Central Missouri | 5/14 @ I-35 | 5/21 @ Lake Ozark
MKLS – 5/20 @ River Cities | 5/22 @ Buffalo River
RMLS – 5/7 @ I-76 | 5/14 @ El Paso County
SWLS – 4/30 @ Barona | 5/14 @ Barona
Full Point fund for the National POWRi Lightning Sprint Division can be found under the info tab on top of the main POWRi website or at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690554. The full breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690553. POWRi Lightning Sprint Divisional rules and guidelines are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=611007.
Members competing will earn points based on a sliding scale system, as 15-entries are considered a full field and receive full points, with the best fifteen performances throughout the March 1st to October 31st season judged in the yearly points chase. The highest points earner from the season will gain the honor as the Inaugural POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Champion presented by Henchcraft Chassis Canada.
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 on the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series Facebook page.
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.
Photo Credit: Left Picture: Joshua Allee