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Belleville, IL. (8/1/2021) Competing in a trio of events over the weekend, the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would tackle the tight racing quarters of River Cities Speedway, Greenbush Race Park, and wrapping up the weekend at Buffalo River Speedway with Dexter Dvergsten gaining victories in the first pair of feature events as Alan Truscinski would win in the final race of the northerly swing.

Witnessing outstanding nail-biting action all weekend, the POWRi MKLS would first fly around River Cities Speedway with Dexter Dvergsten and Kelsi Pederson earning heat racing victories. Starting outside row-one, Dvergsten would not be denied in his eleventh series feature win of the season as Alex Truscinski would race to finish runner-up and Alan Truscinski rounded out the podium finishers.

Keeping momentum rolling from the previous night’s win with the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints, Dexter Dvergsten would again start the event off strong by gaining a heat racing victory. Matching Dvergsten’s heat racing win would find Chris Crowder victim of the dice-redraw, having the battle from a sixth starting position in the feature event. Wing-to-wing at blazing speeds Dvergsten and Crowder would battle for the top spot as a late-race restart would witness Dvergsten hold off the high-side charge of Crowder to earn his twentieth feature win in only the previous two seasons, tying the POWRi record since 2016 with Johnny Boos from POWRi RMLS. Chris Crowder would finish in a close second as Alex Truscinski placed third.

Heading into the final night of POWRi MKLS weekend racing would once again see great racing throughout the evening as Alan Truscinski and Dexter Dvergsten would each earn heat race wins. Alan Truscinski would battle from a fourth starting position early to grab the lead and hold off the sixth starting Dvergsten in a thrilling feature event. Rounding out the podium finishers for the POWRi MKLS at Buffalo River Speedway would find Kelsi Pederson wheeling her way to a solid feature placing.

Feature Results for POWRi MKLS at River Cities Speedway on 7/30/2021:

1. 11 | Dexter Dvergsten | Greenbush, MN | 2 | Heat Race Winner
2. 10 | Alex Truscinski | Greenbush, MN | 6
3. 13 | Alan Truscinski | Greenbush, MN | 1
4. 93 | Kelsi Pederson | East Grand Forks, MN | 5 | Heat Race Winner
5. 5G | Garrison Miller | Fargo, ND | 8
6. 40 | Lawrence Veralrud | Oslo, MN | 12
7. 27 | Weston Olson | Warren, MN | 17 | Hard Charger (+10)
8. 72 | Kate Taves | Detroit Lakes, MN | 15
9. 2 | Dylan Langevin | West Fargo, ND | 13
10. 16E | Paul Ericson | Grand Forks, ND | 9
11. 100 | Jason Berg | West Fargo, ND | 4
12. 30M | Parker Monroe | Grand Forks, ND | 7
13. 22 | Bryce Haugeberg | West Fargo, ND | 16
14. 26 | Chris Crowder | Colorado Springs, CO | 3
15. 60X | Patrick Brejcha | Wahpeton, ND | 14
16. 24 | Jake Haugeberg | West Fargo, ND | 11
17. 1W | Mark Williams | Grand Forks, ND | 10

Feature Results for POWRi MKLS Greenbush Race Park on 7/31/2021:

1. 11 | Dexter Dvergsten | Greenbush, MN | 3 | Heat Race Winner
2. 26 | Chris Crowder | Colorado Springs, CO | 6 | Heat Race Winner
3. 10 | Alex Truscinski | Greenbush, MN | 9
4. 19S | Travis Surerus | Fargo, ND | 12
5. 100 | Jason Berg | West Fargo, ND | 5
6. 93 | Kelsi Pederson | East Grand Forks, MN | 18 | Hard Charger (+12)
7. 13 | Alan Truscinski | Greenbush, MN | 1
8. 5G | Garrison Miller | Fargo, ND | 4
9. 60X | Patrick Brejcha | Wahpeton, ND | 11
10. 4 | Dylan Langevin | West Fargo, ND | 16
11. 72 | Kate Taves | Detroit Lakes, MN | 15
12. 16C | Kyle Cole | Warroad. MN | 14
13. 2 | Michael Truscinski | Roseau, MN | 13
14. 1W | Mark Williams | Grand Forks, ND | 2 | DNF | Heat Race Winner
15. 27 | Weston Olson | Warren, MN | 10 | DNF
16. 7 | Dan Wiskow | Roseau, MN | 15 | DNF
17. 22 | Bryce Haugeberg | West Fargo, ND | 7 | DNF
18. 24 | Jake Haugeberg | West Fargo, ND | 17 | DNF

Feature Results for POWRi MKLS at Buffalo River Speedway on 8/1/2021:

1. 13 | Alan Truscinski | Greenbush, MN | 2 | Heat Race Winner
2. 11 | Dexter Dvergsten | Greenbush, MN | 4 | Heat Race Winner
3. 93 | Kelsi Pederson | East Grand Forks, MN | 3
4. 10 | Alex Truscinski | Greenbush, MN | 8
5. 19S | Travis Surerus | Fargo, ND | 1
6. 22 | Bryce Haugeberg | West Fargo, ND | 5
7. 5G | Garrison Miller | Fargo, ND | 7
8. 72 | Kate Taves | Detroit Lakes, MN | 12
9. 08 | Wesley Van Drunen | Fargo, ND | 13 | DNF
10. 24 | Jake Haugeberg | West Fargo, ND | 15 | DNF | Hard Charger (+5)
11. 100 | Jason Berg | West Fargo, ND | 10 | DNF
12. 60X | Patrick Brejcha | Wahpeton, ND | 9 | DNF
13. 4 | Dylan Langevin | West Fargo, ND | 11 | DNF
14. 26 | Chris Crowder | Colorado Springs, CO | 6 | DNF
15. 00 | Ron Morlock | Jamestown, ND | 14 | DNF

Next up for the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints will be a rare one-race weekend of open-wheel excitement with a return trip to Devils Lake Speedway on Saturday, August 7th. More track information can be found online at www.devilslakespeedway.myracepass.com. Then, August 12-16 the series will welcome drivers from all over to the Inaugural POWRi MKLS Summer Shoot-Out Nationals, with four days of racing excitement.

Updates and more information regarding the POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints including the inaugural POWRi MKLS Summer Shootout Nationals, driver profiles, point standings, and series rules can be found on the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series Facebook page.

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