Belleville, IL. (5/22/23) Remaining steadfast in outstanding events within the yearly chase of National Championship credentials for the 2023 racing season, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would witness a full gambit of all four regions completing the weekend racing action.
Feature winners within the Midwest Lightning Sprints at Nevada Speedway would see Trice Roden emerge victorious for the seventh time in their career Bobby Michnowicz nabbing their first career win at Bakersfield Speedway in the Southwest Lightning Sprints with Kelsi Pederson winning the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints season opener and tenth win of her POWRi MKLS career.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | May 20-21:
• MLS @ Nevada Speedway(5/20/23): 1. 27R-Trice Roden[6], 2. 74C-Jeff Bard[3], 3. 45-JP Falke[2], 4. 18-Stanley Kreisel[5], 5. 7-Tyler Johnson[8], 6. 91-Mike Tindell[91], 7. 49B-Kenny Bowers[7] DNF, 8. 10-Chasity Younger[4] DNF.
• RMLSA @ Honor Speedway(5/20/23): Rain Out.
• SWLS @ Bakersfield Speedway(5/20/23): 1. 21X-Bobby Michnowicz[2], 2. 45-Cody Nigh[1], 3. 4-Jeff Dyer[3], 4. 21K-Jarrett Kramer[5], 5. 13X-Aiden Lange[4], 6. 42-Jon Robertson[7], 7. 8G-Eric Greco[12], 8. 56-Cody Griggs[9], 9. 57-Connor Spier[11], 10. 41-Shane Sexton[13], 11. 4JR-Seth Dyer[6], 12. 97-Leeland Day[8], 13. 03-Pat Kelley[14], 14. 32-Ken Colsten[10], 15. 23-Clayton Byers[15].
• MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(5/21/23): 1. 93-Kelsi Pederson[1]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski[6]; 3. 4-Dylan Langevin[5]; 4. 72-Kate Taves[4]; 5. 12-Loki Bjerke[15]; 6. 1W-Mark Williams[8]; 7. 87-Matthew Taves[9]; 8. 99-Brody Graham[11]; 9. 10-Alex Truscinski[2]; 10. 5G-Garrison Miller[7]; 11. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[12]; 12. 7S-Sean Enright[13]; 13. 27-Weston Olson[3]; 14. 11-Brad Bjerke[10]; 15. 23-Gerald Hatlestadt[14].
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 5/22/23:
- Cody Griggs, 2. Brent Sexton -60, 3. Seth Dyer -320, 4. Ryan Dumas -540, 5. Landon Dalton -560, 6. DeeJay Dumas -570, 7. Johnny Boos -650, 8. Troy Ullery -680, 9. Dalton Sexton -700, 10. Josiah King -710.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=823783.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
5/26/2023: Rivers Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
5/27/2023: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
5/27/2023: Devils Lake Speedway | Crary, ND | MKLS
5/27/2023: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA
5/27/2023: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | SWLS
5/28/2023: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
6/3/23: I-35 Speedway | Winston, MO | MLS
6/3/23: I-76 Speedway | Fort Morgan, CO | RMLSA
6/3/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
6/4/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
6/10/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
6/10/23: Devils Lake Speedway | Crary, ND | MKLS
6/11/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
6/16/23: Rivers Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
6/17/23: Nevada Speedway | Nevada, MO | MLS
6/17/23: Honor Speedway | Pueblo, CO | RMLSA | Wingless
6/23/23: Rivers Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
6/24/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA | Wingless
6/24/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
6/25/23: Rivers Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | MKLS
POWRi Lightning Sprint Full 2023 Schedule is available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=801426&fbclid=IwAR0R3ImydR5ScNVRTXf3VZpyFHjPJkkPdHtSdD8TK-2jU1M7gE9aLoyLDAU.
Full Point fund for the National POWRi Lightning Sprint Division can be found at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690554. A breakdown of the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System can be found online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=690553. Rules and guidelines are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=611007.
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 at www.minnkotalightningsprints.com or follow along on social media.
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.
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