Belleville, IL. (7.2/24) Returning to the outstanding hosting venue of Sandia Speedway for two- nights of racing enjoyment, the POWRi Desert Micro Series would display dedicated driving displays in the Zia Nationals as Derrick Black and Joseph Johnson would seal the feature victories in the weekend pairing of Non-Wing Micro action.
Kickstarting the duo-nights of racing excitement with sixteen entries at Sandia Speedway with the POWRi Desert Micro Sprint Series would witness recent winner Devon Amos and driving ace Aydan Saunders each notch the heat racing wins while Derrick Black would earn the high point qualifier award for the event.
Going green flag racing in the feature would find Derrick Black wheeling their way to victory after starting pole position to win his inaugural series victory. Fourth-starting Aydan Saunders would move forward a pair of positions to finish runner-up with sixth-starting Eric Bartlett placing third as hard-charger Connor Lundy advanced eight positions to finish fourth ahead of Joseph Johnson rounding out the top-five finishers at Sandia Speedway on Night One of the Zia Nationals.
Reentering the racing surfaces on Night Two of the Zia Nationals at Sandia Speedway would witness twenty entries in the POWRi Desert Micro Sprint Series division as Jeff Brumfield III, Devon Amos, and Joseph Johnson would each notch the heat racing wins while Bob Harrington would earn the semi-feature for the event.
Feature event racing would see Joseph Johnson taking the victory after starting fourth position to win his first career win after the twenty-five lap main event. Fifth-starting Eric Bartlett would move forward a trio of positions to finish runner-up with ninth-starting Jeff Helms placing third as Jeff Brumfield III finished fourth ahead of hard-charger Jeff Brumfield Jr who advanced nine spots to round out the top-five finishers at Sandia Speedway on Night Two of the Zia Nationals.
POWRi DMSS | Sandia Speedway | June 28-29:
6/28/24: Presented by Jackson Compaction A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 72D-Derrick Black[1]; 2. 4S-Aydan Saunders[4]; 3. 92B-Eric Bartlett[6]; 4. 97-Connor Lundy[12]; 5. 13J-Joseph Johnson[5]; 6. 41X-Derek Sturgeon[8]; 7. 25-Devon Amos[3]; 8. 5-Jeff Brumfield III[10]; 9. 1ST-Bob Harrington[9]; 10. 84-Raquel Rael[2]; 11. 5J-Jeff Brumfield Jr[13]; 12. 1BA-McKenzie Bartlett[11]; 13. 43-Trey Helms[16]; 14. (DNF) 44-Zachary Weiss[7]; 15. (DNS) 10-Gary Guinn; 16. (DNS) 667-Amie Donner
Presented by Kart Kanyon Speedway Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Devon Amos[2]; 2. 92B-Eric Bartlett[6]; 3. 13J-Joseph Johnson[5]; 4. 44-Zachary Weiss[8]; 5. 1ST-Bob Harrington[7]; 6. 1BA-McKenzie Bartlett[1]; 7. (DNF) 5J-Jeff Brumfield Jr[3]; 8. (DNS) 667-Amie Donner
Presented by Hal Burns Truck Equipment Service Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4S-Aydan Saunders[3]; 2. 72D-Derrick Black[1]; 3. 84-Raquel Rael[5]; 4. 41X-Derek Sturgeon[6]; 5. 5-Jeff Brumfield III[4]; 6. 97-Connor Lundy[2]; 7. 43-Trey Helms[7]; 8. (DNS) 10-Gary Guinn
6/29/24: In Memory of Montana Brumback A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 13J-Joseph Johnson[4]; 2. 92B-Eric Bartlett[5]; 3. 43-Jeff Helms[9]; 4. 5-Jeff Brumfield III[3]; 5. 5J-Jeff Brumfield Jr[14]; 6. 72D-Derrick Black[8]; 7. 03-James Ferrin[6]; 8. 44-Zachary Weiss[16]; 9. 1ST-Bob Harrington[13]; 10. 1BA-McKenzie Bartlett[15]; 11. 09M-Conner Morenus[12]; 12. (DNF) 4S-Aydan Saunders[2]; 13. (DNF) 667-Amie Donner[7]; 14. (DNF) 41X-Derek Sturgeon[11]; 15. (DNF) 25-Devon Amos[1]; 16. (DNS) 97-Connor Lundy.
Presented by Jackson Compaction B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1ST-Bob Harrington[3]; 2. 5J-Jeff Brumfield Jr[2]; 3. 1BA-McKenzie Bartlett[6]; 4. 44-Zachary Weiss[1]; 5. 9S-KASEN STRINGFELLOW[5]; 6. (DNS) 42M-Aaron Brumback; 7. (DNS) 16X-Danny Davidson; 8. (DNS) 84-Raquel Rael.
Presented by Hal Burns Truck Equipment Service Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jeff Brumfield III[2]; 2. 4S-Aydan Saunders[6]; 3. 97-Connor Lundy[3]; 4. 72D-Derrick Black[7]; 5. 44-Zachary Weiss[4]; 6. 5J-Jeff Brumfield Jr[5]; 7. (DNS) 16X-Danny Davidson.
Presented by Kart Kanyon Speedway Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Devon Amos[3]; 2. 03-James Ferrin[2]; 3. 667-Amie Donner[5]; 4. (DNF) 1ST-Bob Harrington[6]; 5. (DNF) 42M-Aaron Brumback[4]; 6. (DNF) 1BA-McKenzie Bartlett[1].
Presented by O’Brien Mechanical Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13J-Joseph Johnson[1]; 2. 92B-Eric Bartlett[3]; 3. 43-Jeff Helms[2]; 4. 41X-Derek Sturgeon[4]; 5. 09M-Conner Morenus[6]; 6. (DNF) 9S-KASEN STRINGFELLOW[7]; 7. (DNS) 84-Raquel Rael.
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