POWRi Point Leader Hess Leads Fellow Series Drivers Against USAC’s Best Saturday at Tri-State Speedway
MILLSTADT, Ill. (May 7, 2007) – Mike Hess is hoping for his third POWRi
National Midget Car Series victory of the season Saturday at Tri-State
Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. But this weekend, he’ll do it in a
different car.
Having competed in the first three races of the
young POWRi season in his own No. 51 machine, Hess will jump into
Illinois driver Steve Knepper’s No. 55 machine. He’ll do it knowing
he’ll race against the best POWRi has to offer, as well as some of the
best the USAC National Midget Car Series regulars. It marks the first
race the two sanctioning bodies will co-sanction in their history.
“This is a big weekend for us,” said Kenny Brown, co-founder of the
POWRi series and an occasional driver. “It’s obviously early in the
season, but we’ve got a pretty good point battle going on, and it
should be no different when we run a combined race with USAC. This is
our first co-sanctioned race with USAC, and to have co-sanctioned races
will showcase the best drivers in the Midwest and the nation.”
Hess followed up April 22 at Lincoln Speedway (Lincoln, Ill.) by taking
the checkered flag first, and backed that up May 5 at Belle-Claire
Speedway in Belleville, Ill. Hess currently owns 690 points heading
into Saturday’s race, which also marks the first series race at the
quarter-mile.
Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, Mo.) kicked the POWRi
season off with a victory April 21 at Morgan County Speedway
(Jacksonville, Ill.), and is currently tied for second in points with
Brett Anderson (of Belleville). Each driver trails Hess by 140 points,
as they have secured 550 points so far.
Tri-State Speedway
promoter Tom Helfrich is also looking forward to the Midget race, the
first his family has promoted since the 1980s.
“POWRi and USAC
are two of the best Midget organizations in the United States,” said
Helfrich, whose family is celebrating its 50th anniversary promoting
races. “We’re expecting a great show between these two series.”
In addition to the National Midget race, POWRi’s 600cc Outlaw Micro
Series will be in action, also for the first time at Tri-State
Speedway. Tony Roney (Herculaneum, Mo.) has 960 points in the Micro
Series, leading Dereck King (Vienna, Ill.) by 120 points. Third-place
is Austin Laskey (Tulsa, Okla.), who owns 815 points. Brown expects
more than 50 Micros to be present.
With two races in, Darren
Hagen leads the USAC National Midget Car Series point standings. The
race is the first of three Toyota Challenge races for USAC.
The
POWRi Series, based out of the St. Louis, Mo. area, is in its third
season of competition with two of levels of open-wheel racing. The
National Midget Car Series currently travels around the Midwest with
stops in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The series
races exclusively on dirt and attracts some of the top Midget drivers
in the nation week in and week out. The 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints are
a stepladder to the National Midgets, where younger drivers get
experience before making the move to full Midgets.
For more information about POWRi, visit www.powri.com or contact Kenny Brown at 618-476-7526.
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May 12, 2007 at
12:03:11 PM by Marty Boyer
PRE-ENTRIES FOR HAUBSTADT
Car # Driver Owner
67 Altig, Gary "Bubba" Altig, Gary "Bubba
11 Anderson, Brett Anderson, Brett
99 Bacon, Brady Kasey Kahne Racing
90 Barber, Chase Barber, Bret
5o Bateman, Randy Nausley, Brent
91k Bayer, Kevin Bayer, Bayer
7 Brown, Austin Brown, Kenny
5 Bruns, Patrick Bruns, Patrick
86c Camfield, Dave Jr Camfield, Dave Jr
87 Camfield, Rich Camfield, Rich
14 Canham, Doug Carey, Betty
7 Carter, Cole Carter Racing
1t Chandler, Thomas Roney, Tony
4 Cole, Dalton Meents Motorsports
114 Cone, Hud Cone, Hud
76 Conover, Kellen Conover, Kellen
11 Coons, Jerry Jr Wilke / Pak
199 Crawford, Donnie Ray Tel Star Communications
12 Cunningham, Don Cunningham, Don
9 Darland, Dave Nine Racing Inc
5d Daum, Zach Daum, Dan
4 East, Bobby Klatt Enterprises Inc
37 Felker, AJ Felker, AJ
69 Fike, AJ RFMS Racing
51 Gurney, Chuck Jr Team Gurney Racing
32 Hagen, Darren RFMS Racing
09 Harper, Russ Harper, Bill
68 Hendrick, Jonathan Hendrick, Gary
55 Hess, Mike Knepper, Walter
5 Hessert, Tom Hessert Motorsports
20 Jones, Levi Tony Stewart Racing
91 King, Dereck Harris Racing
25 Knepper, Nick Knepper, Walter
43nz Kuhn, Brad Quin, Michael
31 Lehmann, Donnie Lehmann Racting
28 Liguori, Joe Owen, Margaret
05 Loyet, Brad Loyet Motorsports
52 Martin, Darrell Nausley, Brent
24 Martz, Tate Parker, Bob
8 Mecum, Dan Mecum, Dan
6 Mockler, Stephanie East, Janice
111 Morgan, Dustin Jeff Walker Racing
25m Myers, Derrick Myers, Derrick
91 Ray, Davey Nine Racing Inc
14 Scott, Ryan Real Race Cars
135 Sherrell, Matt Tel Star Communications
15 Siner, Tim Siner, Jim
17 Stratton, Danny Brown, Kenny
21 Stroud, Steve Stroud, Steve
79 Swindell, Kevin Kasey Kahne Racing
999 Taylor, Gary Tel Star Communications
21 Stenhouse,Jr, Ricky Tony Stewart Racing
05L TBA Loyet Motorsports
10 TBA Moore, Don
19 TBA Nine Racing Inc
32a TBA RFMS Racing
31x Tosti, Jon Lehmann Racting
17 Windom, Chris Windom Motorsports LLC
75 Wise, Josh Cruz Pedregon Racing
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