Belleville, IL. (9/23/23) Welcoming back the returning open-wheel action of the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association, running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprint Series, Vado Speedway Park would find the seventeenth series event of 2023 full of excitement as Caleb Stelzig would use late-race heroics to capture the feature win for the twentieth time of his emerging career.
Starting the on-track adrenaline rushes at Vado Speedway Park for the POWRi NMMRA and Vado Non-Wings would witness Dylan Harris and Spencer Hill each earning the heat race wins as well as Spencer Hill earning the night's high-point qualifier honor.
Flying from starting in the ninth position on the grid, Caleb Stelzig would hang around the front of the field until a late-race restart would see Stelzig shoot to the lead in a flurry of top-spot maneuvers from one-time leader Spencer Hill.
Landing the lead on the final revolution around a finely prepared Vado Speedway Park, Caleb Stelzig would only need to lead a pair of green flag laps to notch his tenth series win of the season. Third-starting Wayne Siddle would shoot to finish runner-up on the final lap with second-starting Dylan Harris placing a solid third.
Continual frontrunner Colt Treharn would finish fourth with thirteenth-starting JR Bonesteel rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprint Series at Vado Speedway Park on Saturday Night.
POWRi NMMRA | Vado Speedway Park | 9/23/23:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Caleb Stelzig[9]; 2. 007-Wayne Siddle[3]; 3. 1-Dylan Harris[2]; 4. 77-Colt Treharn[4]; 5. 0-JR Bonesteel[13]; 6. 45X-Don Grable[7]; 7. 2-Michael Fanelli[5]; 8. 92-Tim Shallenberger[11]; 9. 12-Darwin Smith[8]; 10. 7D7-Spencer Hill[1]; 11. (DNF) 24-Robert Marfia[6]; 12. (DNF) 23-Craig Stringfellow[10]; 13. (DNS) 7X-Troy Treharn.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Dylan Harris[1]; 2. 007-Wayne Siddle[3]; 3. 2-Michael Fanelli[2]; 4. 45X-Don Grable[5]; 5. 12-Darwin Smith[7]; 6. (DNF) 7X-Troy Treharn[4]; 7. (DNF) 0-JR Bonesteel[6].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7D7-Spencer Hill[5]; 2. 77-Colt Treharn[1]; 3. 24-Robert Marfia[2]; 4. 21-Caleb Stelzig[3]; 5. 23-Craig Stringfellow[6]; 6. 92-Tim Shallenberger[4].
Next up the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association will see action running back at state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park on Saturday, September 23rd running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprints.
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- Cassy Staley on Sep 24, 2023
- Article Date: 9/24/2023