Belleville, IL. (6/5/23) Driving into the month of June within sanctioned competitional events, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would find a duo of regions completing the weekend competitions as entrants continue to chase points in the tied-at-the-moment National Championship picture.
Feature winners over the weekend would include Trice Roden with the Midwest Lightning Sprints at I-35 Speedway with Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association rained out at I-76 Speedway. Dexter Dvergsten would attain his first series victory of the season at Greenbush Race Park as well as Alan Truscinski claiming the checkers at Buffalo River Speedway with the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Feature Results | June 3-4:
• MLS @ I-35 Speedway(6/3/23): 1. 27R-Trice Roden[5]; 2. 45-JP Falke[1]; 3. 7-Tyler Johnson[2]; 4. 49B-Kenny Bowers[4]; 5. 51-Mark Billings[6]; 6. 85-Ken Billings[8]; 7. 91-Mike Tindell[7]; 8. 10-Chasity Younger[3]; 9. (DNS) 74C-Jeff Bard.
• MKLS @ Greenbush Race Park(6/3/23): 1. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[2]; 2. 13-Alan Truscinski[16]; 3. 72-Kate Taves[4]; 4. 10-Alex Truscinski[6]; 5. 87-Matthew Taves[1]; 6. 100-Jason Berg[3]; 7. 93-Kelsi Pederson[5]; 8. 1W-Mark Williams[8]; 9. 40-Evan Yanish[13]; 10. 4-Dylan Langevin[9]; 11. 99G-Brody Graham[10]; 12. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[11]; 13. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[15]; 14. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[7]; 15. (DNF) 7S-Sean Enright[14]; 16. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[12].
• RMLSA @ I-76 Speedway(6/3/23): Rain-Out.
• MKLS @ Buffalo River Speedway(6/4/23): 1. 13-Alan Truscinski[1]; 2. 100-Bryce Haugeberg[2]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 4. 72-Kate Taves[4]; 5. 1W-Mark Williams[9]; 6. 87-Matthew Taves[6]; 7. 12-Loki Bjerke[10]; 8. 08-Wesley Van Drunen[8]; 9. 11-Brad Bjerke[12]; 10. 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[5]; 11. 40-Evan Yanish[15]; 12. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[13]; 13. 7S-Sean Enright[11]; 14. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[14]; 15. (DNF) 10-Alex Truscinski[7].
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 6/4/23:
- Cody Griggs, 1. Alan Truscinski, 3. Kelsi Pederson -10, 4. Brent Sexton -20, 5. Kate Taves -70, 6. Mark Williams -150, 7. Alex Truscinski -170, 7. Matthew Taves -170, 9. Seth Dyer -290, 10. Chasity Younger -380, 7. -590, 8. -600, 9. -620, 10. Troy Ullery -630.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=829480.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
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
6/30/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
7/1/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
7/1/23: I-76 Speedway | Fort Morgan, CO | RMLSA
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.
Photo Credit: Joshua Allee Photography