Belleville, IL. (8/15/22) Finding the second POWRi Lightning Sprint National event this season, competitors from the north would welcome their driving counterparts from around the country as the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot Out would take center stage. After the four-days of action national point-leader Alex Truscinski would earn the weeklong title by proving overall consistency can claim championships and never placing outside the top-five.
Thursday at Norman County Raceway would find Minn-Kota representative Alan Truscinski take the top spot with Colorado open-wheeler Chris Crowder battling for second as Canadian talent Eric Sunborg placed third with Dexter Dvergsten and Alex Truscinski rounding out the first night’s top-five finishers.
River Cities Speedway would welcome the shootout with outstanding feature front-end action on Friday as Brent Sexton would use a late-race restart to earn the night’s feature victory. One-time leader Alex Truscinski would end up runner-up with Kelsi Pederson placing third, Eric Sunborg finishing fourth, and previous night's winner Alan Truscinski all inside the first five finishers of the field.
Saturday the series would travel to the northern-most Greenbush Race Park as Night-One Winner Alan Truscinski would again emerge victorious on the hidden gem of a facility with Colorado wheelman Josiah King and Greenbush-talent Dexter Dvergsten complete the podium as fellow Minn-Kota competitors Kate Taves and Alex Truscinski placed inside the top-five.
Wrapping up the four days of action at Buffalo River Speedway on Sunday would witness Grant Sexton show off his California skills to earn the top spot finishing first leaving Chris Crowder to place runner-up. Series point leader Alex Truscinski would finish third with Josh Flood fourth and Stephane St Laurent rounding out the final feature’s top-five finishers.
Top-10 2022 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 8/14/22:
- 10-Alex Truscinski(15) 4430, 2. 11-Dexter Dvergsten(15) -190, 3. 13-Alan Truscinski(15) -220, 4. 26-Chris Crowder(15) -660, 5. 72-Kate Taves(15) -660, 6. 5G-Garrison Miller(15) -710, 7. 7-Josh Flood(15) -780, 8. 100-Jason Berg(15) -830, 9. 4-Dylan Langevin(15) -1040, 10. 1W-Mark Williams(15) -1090.
The full breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System presented by Henchcraft of Canada can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=756676.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | August 11-14 | MKLS Summer Shoot Out:
• POWRi MKLS @ Norman County Raceway(8/11): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski[6]; 2. 26-Chris Crowder[7]; 3. 16-Eric Sunborg[3]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[5]; 5. 10-Alex Truscinski[8]; 6. 29-Stephane St Laurent[15]; 7. 93-Kelsi Pederson[9]; 8. 18-Dalton Sexton[4]; 9. 27-Weston Olson[14]; 10. 7-Josh Flood[11]; 11. 13J-Josiah King[18]; 12. 4-Dylan Langevin[17]; 13. 44-Brent Sexton[20]; 14. 72-Kate Taves[21]; 15. 40-Lawrence Veralrud[10]; 16. 9F-Andy Flood[16]; 17. 87-Matthew Taves[12]; 18. 18H-Bryce Haugeberg[25]; 19. (DNF) 17-Hayden Koehmstedt[19]; 20. (DNF) 10C-Chasity Younger[13]; 21. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg[2]; 22. (DNF) 91-Mike Tindell[24]; 23. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand[22]; 24. (DNF) 71C-Jeff Bard[23]; 25. (DNF) 3-Grant Sexton[1].
• POWRi MKLS @ River Cities Speedway(8/12): 1. 44-Brent Sexton[1]; 2. 10-Alex Truscinski[7]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson[2]; 4. 16S-Eric Sunborg[11]; 5. 13-Alan Truscinski[10]; 6. 26-Chris Crowder[6]; 7. 100-Jason Berg[12]; 8. 4-Dylan Langevin[3]; 9. 3-Grant Sexton[5]; 10. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[20]; 11. 18-Dalton Sexton[9]; 12. 13J-Josiah King[15]; 13. 27-Weston Olson[18]; 14. 72-Kate Taves[13]; 15. 21-Steve Hildebrand[17]; 16. 40-Lawrence Veralrud[19]; 17. 9F-Andy Flood[14]; 18. 87-Matthew Taves[16]; 19. (DNF) 7-Josh Flood[4]; 20. (DNF) 27H-Jake Haugeberg[23]; 21. (DNF) 91-Mike Tindell[21]; 22. (DNF) 29S-Stephane St Laurent[8]; 23. (DNF) 10C-Chasity Younger[24]; 24. (DNF) 18K-Hayden Koehmstedt[22]; 25. (DNS) 71C-Jeff Bard; 26. (DNS) 22-Bryce Haugeberg.
• POWRi MKLS @ Greenbush Race Park(8/13): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski[3]; 2. 13J-Josiah King[2]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[8]; 4. 72-Kate Taves[4]; 5. 10-Alex Truscinski[5]; 6. 29S-Stephane St Laurent[18]; 7. 3-Grant Sexton[1]; 8. 4-Dylan Langevin[15]; 9. 7-Josh Flood[6]; 10. 16-Eric Sunborg[10]; 11. 44-Brent Sexton[11]; 12. 26-Chris Crowder[21]; 13. 18S-Dalton Sexton[14]; 14. 9F-Andy Flood[19]; 15. 10C-Chasity Younger[9]; 16. 27H-Jake Haugeberg[22]; 17. 23-Gerald Hatlestadt[24]; 18. (DNF) 93-Kelsi Pederson[7]; 19. (DNF) 71C-Jeff Bard[20]; 20. (DNF) 40-Lawrence Veralrud[16]; 21. (DNF) 91-Mike Tindell[23]; 22. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[17]; 23. (DNF) 87-Matthew Taves[13]; 24. (DNF) 100-Jason Berg[12].
• POWRi MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(8/14): 1. 3-Grant Sexton[2]; 2. 26-Chris Crowder[4]; 3. 10-Alex Truscinski[3]; 4. 7-Josh Flood[18]; 5. 29-Stephane St Laurent[10]; 6. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[11]; 7. 16S-Eric Sunborg[1]; 8. 13-Alan Truscinski[19]; 9. 13J-Josiah King[15]; 10. 10C-Chasity Younger[5]; 11. 9F-Andy Flood[9]; 12. 18K-Hayden Koehmstedt[23]; 13. 72-Kate Taves[13]; 14. 87-Matthew Taves[14]; 15. 18-Dalton Sexton[8]; 16. 71C-Jeff Bard[16]; 17. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[17]; 18. (DNF) 40-Lawrence Veralrud[22]; 19. (DNF) 22-Bryce Haugeberg[6]; 20. (DNF) 4-Dylan Langevin[24]; 21. (DNF) 21-Steve Hildebrand[20]; 22. (DNF) 91-Mike Tindell[21]; 23. (DNF) 93-Kelsi Pederson[7]; 24. (DNS) 44-Brent Sexton.
Upcoming POWRi Lightning Sprint Events:
• Midwest: 8/20 @ Central Missouri Speedway | 8/27 @ I-35 Speedway | 9/3 @ Central Missouri Speedway | 9/4 @ Central Missouri Speedway | 9/10 @ Nevada Speedway | 9/17 @ I-35 Speedway | 9/24 @ I-35 Speedway.
• Minn-Kota: 8/21 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 8/27 @ Greenbush Race Park | 8/28 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 9/3 @ Greenbush Race Park | 9/4 @ Greenbush Race Park | 9/9 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 9/10 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 9/16 @ River Cities Speedway | 9/18 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 9/30 @ Buffalo River Speedway | 10/1 @ Buffalo River Speedway.
• Rocky Mountain: 8/20 @ Honor Speedway | 8/27 @ El Paso County Raceway | 9/3 @ I-76 Speedway | 9/4 @ Phillips County Raceway | 9/10 @ El Paso County Raceway | 9/24 @ El Paso County Raceway | 10/7 @ I-76 Speedway | 10/8 @ I-76 Speedway.
• Southwest: 9/17 @ Perris Auto Speedway | 10/1 @ Barona Speedway | 10/8 @ Mohave Valley Speedway | 10/13 @ Lemoore Speedway | 10/14 @ Lemoore Speedway | 10/15 @ Lemoore Speedway | 10/22 @ Imperial Valley Speedway | 10/23 @ Imperial Valley Speedway.
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