Belleville, IL. (6/18/23) Throttling through a three-day weekend of excitement and speed in the POWRi 305 Sprint Series; Rees Moran would double down in wins as Whit Gastineau would also emerge victorious in stops at Lucas Oil, I-70, and Lake Ozark running in conjunction with the Oil Capital Racing Series.
Starting the first night with thirty-one entries at the series debut at Lucas Oil Speedway would see Rees Moran, Ryker Pace, Sheldon Barksdale, and Joe Bob Lee each earning heat racing victories as Zach Chappel and Terry Easum would earn the night’s semi-feature wins.
Launching on the feature green flag racing would find front-starter Rees Moran battle front-row companion Zach Blurton into the first pair of corners with Moran taking the early advantage as the field plotted for position behind the leader.
Earning his second career victory in the POWRi 305 Sprint Division, Rees Moran would outduel runner-up placement Alex Sewell to capture the feature win. Seventeenth-starting Landon Thompson would clinch third as Zach Blurton finished fourth with Sheldon Barksdale rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series feature event at Lucas Oil Speedway for the seventh race of the 2023 season.
Heading into the second stop of the weekend journey, I-70 Motorsports Park would see Danny Wood, Lane Warner, and Jon Freeman each earning heat racing victories as Wood would earn the night’s high point qualifier award to earn a front-row grid for the feature event.
Gaining his second career victory in the POWRi 305 Sprint Division, Whit Gastineau would spread the field from starting fifth over the second-place finisher and one-time leader Danny Wood to capture the feature win. Fourth starting Gage Laney would clinch third as Zach Blurton finished fourth with Jon Freeman rounding out the top-five finishers for the feature in the eighth race of the 2023 season.
Finalizing the three-day weekend at the series home facility of “The Lake” would see Joe Bob Lee, Kenny Potter, and Danny Wood each earning heat racing victories as Joe Bob Lee would earn the night’s high point qualifier award to earn a front-row grid for the feature event.
Securing his third career victory and second of the weekend, Rees Moran would outrun all other entrants from starting tenth with continual front-runner and runner-up placement Terry Easom keeping pace. Joe Bob Lee would clinch third as Johnny Kent finished fourth with Ryker Pace rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway for the ninth event of the 2023 season.
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | Lucas Oil Speedway | 6/15/23:
AmeriFlex Hose Accessories A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22M-Rees Moran[1]; 2. 8-Alex Sewell[3]; 3. 7T-Landon Thompson[17]; 4. 2J-Zach Blurton[2]; 5. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[7]; 6. 55-Johnny Kent[9]; 7. 55W-Danny Wood[18]; 8. 5$-Danny Smith[11]; 9. 22RL-Gage Laney[5]; 10. 17E-Blake Edwards[16]; 11. 8R-Ryker Pace[6]; 12. 44-Jared Sewell[4]; 13. 5-Joe Bob Lee[8]; 14. 88-Terry Easum[15]; 15. 122-Lane Warner[14]; 16. 1T-Joshua Tyre[19]; 17. 74-Natalie Doney[12]; 18. 20C-Randy Corpening[13]; 19. (DNF) 15-Jack Potter[10]; 20. (DNF) 50Z-Zach Chappell[20]
Hoosier Racing Tire B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 88-Terry Easum[8]; 2. 17E-Blake Edwards[2]; 3. 55W-Danny Wood[3]; 4. 22C-Alex DeCamp[6]; 5. 2L-Brandon Leland[7]; 6. 61A-Doug Fry[5]; 7. 12M-Mitchell Barros[4]; 8. (DNF) 10X-Dustin Walker[1]; 9. (DNS) 52JR-Conner Long; 10. (DNS) 23F-Matt Fox
Hoosier Racing Tire B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 50Z-Zach Chappell[2]; 2. 7T-Landon Thompson[1]; 3. 1T-Joshua Tyre[6]; 4. 9-Emilio Hoover[8]; 5. 55X-Kenny Potter[5]; 6. 9X-Abigayle Lett[7]; 7. 51-Alan Cunningham[3]; 8. (DNF) 4-Brett Combs[4]; 9. (DNS) 56L-Jarrett Lucito
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22M-Rees Moran[1]; 2. 2J-Zach Blurton[3]; 3. 74-Natalie Doney[4]; 4. 20C-Randy Corpening[6]; 5. 61A-Doug Fry[2]; 6. 12M-Mitchell Barros[5]; 7. 9X-Abigayle Lett[7]; 8. (DNF) 52JR-Conner Long[8]; 9. (DNS) 9-Emilio Hoover
Lightning Wings Powder Coating Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[2]; 2. 15-Jack Potter[1]; 3. 8-Alex Sewell[6]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson[4]; 5. 10X-Dustin Walker[7]; 6. (DNF) 2L-Brandon Leland[3]; 7. (DNF) 1T-Joshua Tyre[5]; 8. (DNF) 56L-Jarrett Lucito[8]
Smith Titanium Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8R-Ryker Pace[2]; 2. 44-Jared Sewell[4]; 3. 22RL-Gage Laney[7]; 4. 51-Alan Cunningham[1]; 5. 122-Lane Warner[8]; 6. 4-Brett Combs[5]; 7. 22C-Alex DeCamp[6]; 8. (DNF) 88-Terry Easum[3].
DSO Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Joe Bob Lee[3]; 2. 5$-Danny Smith[1]; 3. 55-Johnny Kent[5]; 4. 17E-Blake Edwards[4]; 5. 50Z-Zach Chappell[6]; 6. 55W-Danny Wood[8]; 7. 55X-Kenny Potter[2]; 8. (DNS) 23F-Matt Fox.
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | I-70 Motorsports Park | 6/16/23:
AmeriFlex Hose Accessories A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2-Whit Gastineau[5]; 2. 55W-Danny Wood[1]; 3. 22RL-Gage Laney[4]; 4. 2J-Zach Blurton[11]; 5. 81-Jon Freeman[7]; 6. 88-Terry Easum[12]; 7. 7T-Landon Thompson[13]; 8. 17E-Blake Edwards[10]; 9. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[3]; 10. 22M-Rees Moran[15]; 11. 4-Brett Combs[20]; 12. 122-Lane Warner[6]; 13. 1T-Joshua Tyre[9]; 14. 74-Natalie Doney[17]; 15. 61A-Doug Fry[21]; 16. 1-Greg Murry[23]; 17. 5-Joe Bob Lee[8]; 18. 50Z-Zach Chappell[2]; 19. 9-Emilio Hoover[18]; 20. 2L-Brandon Leland[22]; 21. 8R-Ryker Pace[16]; 22. 55-Johnny Kent[14]; 23. 20C-Randy Corpening[19]; 24. 9X-Abigayle Lett[24]; 25. 12M-Mitchell Barros[26]; 26. (DQ) 22C-Alex DeCamp[25]
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Jon Freeman[1]; 2. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[2]; 3. 2J-Zach Blurton[3]; 4. 2-Whit Gastineau[8]; 5. 17E-Blake Edwards[9]; 6. 74-Natalie Doney[4]; 7. 20C-Randy Corpening[6]; 8. 2L-Brandon Leland[7]; 9. 22C-Alex DeCamp[5]
Lightning Wings Powder Coating Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 122-Lane Warner[1]; 2. 50Z-Zach Chappell[4]; 3. 22RL-Gage Laney[5]; 4. 1T-Joshua Tyre[2]; 5. 55-Johnny Kent[7]; 6. 8R-Ryker Pace[8]; 7. 61A-Doug Fry[3]; 8. 1-Greg Murry[6]; 9. 9X-Abigayle Lett[9]
Smith Titanium Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55W-Danny Wood[1]; 2. 5-Joe Bob Lee[2]; 3. 88-Terry Easum[3]; 4. 7T-Landon Thompson[5]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[7]; 6. 9-Emilio Hoover[4]; 7. 4-Brett Combs[6]; 8. 12M-Mitchell Barros[8].
POWRi 305 Sprint Series | Lake Ozark Speedway | 6/17/23:
AmeriFlex Hose Accessories A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22M-Rees Moran[10]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[4]; 3. 5-Joe Bob Lee[1]; 4. 55-Johnny Kent[7]; 5. 8R-Ryker Pace[3]; 6. 9-Emilio Hoover[8]; 7. 55W-Danny Wood[6]; 8. 122-Lane Warner[5]; 9. 17E-Blake Edwards[13]; 10. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[9]; 11. 22RL-Gage Laney[14]; 12. 22C-Alex DeCamp[26]; 13. B8-John Barnard[12]; 14. 1T-Joshua Tyre[19]; 15. 49-Tyler Elliott[18]; 16. 74-Natalie Doney[16]; 17. 55X-Kenny Potter[2]; 18. 12M-Mitchell Barros[24]; 19. 61A-Doug Fry[22]; 20. 18O-Tyler Shane[25]; 21. 4-Brett Combs[20]; 22. 2L-Brandon Leland[17]; 23. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[21]; 24. 7K-Rob Rimel[23]; 25. 7T-Landon Thompson[15]; 26. (DNS) 50Z-Zach Chappell.
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Joe Bob Lee[5]; 2. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[2]; 3. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 4. 8R-Ryker Pace[7]; 5. 7T-Landon Thompson[4]; 6. 74-Natalie Doney[6]; 7. 49-Tyler Elliott[8]; 8. 4-Brett Combs[9]; 9. 18O-Tyler Shane[1].
Lightning Wings Powder Coating Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55X-Kenny Potter[2]; 2. 9-Emilio Hoover[6]; 3. 50Z-Zach Chappell[3]; 4. 55-Johnny Kent[8]; 5. 17E-Blake Edwards[7]; 6. 1T-Joshua Tyre[4]; 7. 61A-Doug Fry[5]; 8. 4K-Kendall Weymuth[9]; 9. (DQ) 22C-Alex DeCamp[1].
Smith Titanium Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55W-Danny Wood[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[3]; 3. B8-John Barnard[2]; 4. 122-Lane Warner[8]; 5. 22RL-Gage Laney[7]; 6. 2L-Brandon Leland[5]; 7. 7K-Rob Rimel[4]; 8. 12M-Mitchell Barros[6].
Next up for the POWRi 305 Sprint Series will be a return visit to Callaway Raceway, in Fulton Missouri, on Friday, June 23rd.
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