Belleville, IL. (8/27/22) Rick Ziehl would capture his fourth career feature win over the weekend at Vado Speedway Park with the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association running with the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints in a great showing of speed to capture his first feature event of the season.
Visiting the picturesque Vado Speedway Park for Meet the Kids Bike Night at the Races, the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association co-sanctioned with the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints would witness early heat racing wins by Colt Treharn and Don Grable as Treharn would also earn the events high-point honors and start from the pole position in the twenty-five lap feature event.
Green-flag feature racing would find the fourth-starting Rick Ziehl wheel his way to take the front of the field and hold off the hard-fought efforts of runner-up and eighth-starting Caleb Stelzig as pole-sitter Colt Treharn raced his way to complete the podium in the feature event.
Starting twelfth, Caleb Saiz would be in the mix at the front of the field to place fourth as third-starting Don Grable rounded out the top-five finishers for the POWRi NMMRA/Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints at Vado Speedway Park on Saturday Night.
POWRi NMMRA/POWRi Vado Non-Wing | Vado Speedway Park | 8/27/22:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[4]; 2. 21-Caleb Stelzig[8]; 3. 77-Colt Treharn[1]; 4. 1HA-Caleb Saiz[12]; 5. 45X-Don Grable[3]; 6. 38-Travis Oldfield[13]; 7. 2-Michael Fanelli[7]; 8. 1-Dylan Harris[9]; 9. 7X-Troy Treharn[10]; 10. 13-JR Bonesteel[2]; 11. 92-Tim Shallenberger[11]; 12. (DNF) 7D7-Spencer Hill[5]; 13. (DNF) 92T-Gary Holder[6].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Don Grable[1]; 2. 13-JR Bonesteel[4]; 3. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[5]; 4. 21-Caleb Stelzig[3]; 5. 7X-Troy Treharn[2]; 6. 1-Dylan Harris[7]; 7. 92-Tim Shallenberger[6].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Colt Treharn[3]; 2. 7D7-Spencer Hill[2]; 3. 2-Michael Fanelli[1]; 4. 92T-Gary Holder[5]; 5. (DNF) 1HA-Caleb Saiz[4]; 6. (DNF) 38-Travis Oldfield[6].
Next up for the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association will be a two-day return trip to Aztec Speedway on Friday, September 9th, and Saturday, September 10th.
POWRi NMMRA 2022 Season Schedule:
9/10/2022 | Aztec Speedway
9/11/2022 | Aztec Speedway
10/1/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Rancho Milagro Fan Appreciation Night
11/4/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Zia Sprint Car Classic
11/5/2022 | Vado Speedway Park | Zia Sprint Car Classic
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More details about the POWRi Sunset Grill Vado Non-Wing Sprints or track information can be found online at www.vadospeedwaypark.com.
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