Belleville, IL. (8/11/23) Flying into the Fifth Annual POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals a fresh face hosting series would take center stage as the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series would welcome forty-one competitors from eight states as well as five drivers from Canada. Cruising onto the finely prepared Devils Lake Speedway, reigning National Champion Alex Truscinski would reign supreme from the hosting Minn-Kota region to claim Night One Victory.
Starting the four-day speed-fest in Crary North Dakota with forty-one entries, Night One of the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals would display the diversity of drivers in attendance with defending POWRi RMLSA Champion Johnny Boos claiming checkers in Heat Race One, Canadian talent Stephane St-Laurent victorious in Heat Race Two, Wisconsin Wheelman Mike Neau winning Heat Race Three, as hosting POWRi MKLS point leader Kate Taves would earn heat race four victory. Semi-feature winners would include SWLS Speed-Patriarch Brent Sexton and Quebec front-runner Jeremy Lafleur.
Launching on the feature green flag racing would find defending POWRi National Lightning Sprint Champion and Dash winner Alex Truscinski battle front-row companion Wisconsin wheeler Mark Heiner into the first pair of corners as Alex would blast to the preferred position with Dexter Dvergsten, Heinert, Boos, and St-Laurent rounded out the top five positions as the field filed in for spots behind the leader.
Holding the front of the field for the duration of the twenty-five-lap feature event, Alex Truscinski would not be denied in backing up the 2022 National notable hardware by separating himself by leading the pack by over two-and-a-half seconds. Earning his twenty-ninth career victory in the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division, the younger Truscinski driver leads the weeklong racing retreat after the Night One feature victory.
Cruising from starting tenth would witness Alex Therrien advance eight positions to finish runner-up as current National Point Leader Dexter Dvergsten would clinch third. Seventh-starting Stephane St-Laurent finished fourth with hard-charger Brent Sexton advancing twelves spots to round out the top-five finishers for the hosting POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series feature event at Devils Lake Speedway for Night One of the 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Regional Feature Results | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals:
MKLS @ Devils Lake Speedway(8/10/23): A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10T-Alex Truscinski[1]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien[10]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[3]; 4. 29-Stephane St Laurent[7]; 5. 44-Brent Sexton[17]; 6. 3S-Grant Sexton[16]; 7. 55H-Mark Heinert[2]; 8. 16N-Mike Neau[4]; 9. 13-Alan Truscinski[11]; 10. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[18]; 11. 93-Kelsi Pederson[6]; 12. 61-Jesse Fernandez[15]; 13. 13J-Josiah King[9]; 14. 4-Dylan Langevin[14]; 15. 7-Josh Flood[20]; 16. 72-Kate Taves[8]; 17. 24B-Johnny Boos[5]; 18. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[22]; 19. 100-Jason Berg[19]; 20. 11B-Brad Bjerke[12]; 21. (DNF) 16-Eric Sundborg[13]; 22. (DNF) 18E-Emmitt Isane[24]; 23. (DNF) 3-Alan Therrien[23]; 24. (DNF) 87-Matthew Taves[21].
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 44-Brent Sexton[1]; 2. 100-Jason Berg[4]; 3. 87-Matthew Taves[3]; 4. 3-Alan Therrien[12]; 5. 40-Evan Yanish[2]; 6. 24H-Bryce Haugeberg[7]; 7. 91-Mike Tindell[8]; 8. 11X-Brock Purvis[6]; 9. 0-Brendon Cascadden[13]; 10. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[9]; 11. (DNS) 12-Loki Bjerke; 12. (DNS) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt; 13. (DNS) 3F-Chris Crowder.
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[2]; 2. 7-Josh Flood[12]; 3. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[10]; 4. 18E-Emmitt Isane[7]; 5. 5-Tyler Trengove[5]; 6. 21B-BJ Sauer[1]; 7. 1W-Mark Williams[3]; 8. 27-Weston Olson[9]; 9. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[8]; 10. (DNF) 31-Steve Becker[6]; 11. (DNF) 10-Chasity Younger[4]; 12. (DNF) 22-Chase Fischer[11].
Dash 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Alex Truscinski[1]; 2. 55H-Mark Heinert[2]; 3. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[7]; 4. 16N-Mike Neau[3]; 5. 24B-Johnny Boos[4]; 6. 93-Kelsi Pederson[5]; 7. 29-Stephane St Laurent[8]; 8. 72-Kate Taves[6].
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 24B-Johnny Boos[1]; 2. 93-Kelsi Pederson[5]; 3. 3S-Grant Sexton[3]; 4. 11B-Brad Bjerke[7]; 5. 61-Jesse Fernandez[8]; 6. 21B-BJ Sauer[9]; 7. 5-Tyler Trengove[6]; 8. 18E-Emmitt Isane[11]; 9. 20-Jasmyn Hatlestad[4]; 10. (DNF) 3F-Chris Crowder[2]; 11. (DNS) 0-Brendon Cascadden.
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 29-Stephane St Laurent[1]; 2. 16-Eric Sundborg[2]; 3. 13-Alan Truscinski[5]; 4. 13J-Josiah King[8]; 5. 10-Chasity Younger[3]; 6. 1W-Mark Williams[7]; 7. 40-Evan Yanish[10]; 8. 11X-Brock Purvis[9]; 9. 27-Weston Olson[4]; 10. (DNF) 18-Hayden Koehmstedt[6].
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 16N-Mike Neau[6]; 2. 21-Alex Therrien[3]; 3. 44-Brent Sexton[1]; 4. 11-Dexter Dvergsten[10]; 5. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[4]; 6. 12-Loki Bjerke[2]; 7. 31-Steve Becker[5]; 8. (DNF) K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[7]; 9. (DNF) 3-Alan Therrien[9]; 10. (DNF) 22-Chase Fischer[8].
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 72-Kate Taves[2]; 2. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 3. 10T-Alex Truscinski[6]; 4. 55H-Mark Heinert[10]; 5. 87-Matthew Taves[4]; 6. 100-Jason Berg[9]; 7. 24H-Bryce Haugeberg[3]; 8. 91-Mike Tindell[7]; 9. 23-Gerald Hatlestad[8]; 10. (DNS) 7-Josh Flood.
POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals will next head to River Cities Speedway on Friday, August 11th followed by a trip into Minnesota with stops at Greenbush Race Park on Saturday, August 12th before finalizing the weekend at Buffalo River Speedway on Sunday, August 13th. Additional information including payout, format, and accommodations can be found on the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Facebook page.
Current 2023 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points Standings | As of 8/10/23:
- Dexter Dvergsten 2. Kate Taves -310, 3. Mathew Taves -390, 4. Dylan Langevin -780, 5. Kelsi Pederson -800, 6. Alex Truscinski -850, 7. Alan Truscinski -920, 8. Jason Berg -940, 9. Mark Williams -1180, 10. Gerald Hatlestadt -1390.
Current POWRi Lightning Sprints Points standings are available online at http://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=856514.
Tentative POWRi Lightning Sprints Upcoming Point-Event Schedule:
8/11/23: River Cities Speedway | Grand Forks, ND | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/12/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/13/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | | POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals
8/18/23: Electric City Speedway | Butler, MO | MLS
8/19/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
8/19/23: Greenbush Race Park | Greenbush, MN | MKLS
8/19/23: Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA | SWLS
8/20/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | MKLS
8/26/23: Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | MLS
8/26/23: El Paso County Raceway | Calhan, CO | RMLSA
8/27/23: Buffalo River Speedway | Glyndon, MN | 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 POWRi Lightning Sprint National Points System breakdown 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.
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