3/25/2022
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Christopher Bell Claims Victory at Port City Raceway POWRi Season Opener
By POWRi (Tulsa, OK) -- Christopher Bell would lead every lap of the 2022 season opener to earn his thirtieth career feature victory within Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget League competition by checking into the Port City Raceway winners circle and kicking off the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean, in exciting wheel-to-wheel battling fashion.
PHOTO CREDIT: Danny Clum
Packing the pits with an outstanding field of twenty-six entrants, Kaylee Bryson would clock in the quickest hot-lap time with a 9.881-second lap during their session. Cannon McIntosh, Bryant Weideman, and Kaylee Bryson would all earn heat racing wins as Christopher Bell notched the night's high-point qualifier accolade and pole-starting spot for the thirty-lap feature event with Weideman lining up to his right.
Launching on the initial laps would find Bell flying out to a solid lead with Weideman and third-starting Bryson in hot pursuit during the opening stages of a highly contested main event. With laps ticking away rapidly action throughout the field would be aplenty with drivers jockeying for positions in every corner.
Weaving through back-battling traffic, Christopher Bell would put on a dazzling display of driving perfection while proving his prowess at Port City Raceway within POWRi racing by withstanding late-race restarts to claim his thirtieth career feature victory to pull even with Bryan Clauson for second all-time on the career win-count and only four wins behind the all-time leader Brad Loyet.
“These mid-week races are a lot of fun; I can’t say enough great things about this team behind me and how they gave me the car to beat tonight, said a victorious Bell in victory lane. “I’ve been stuck on win twenty-nine for a few years now and it feels really good to finally get win number thirty; hopefully it will be less time for the next one, who knows maybe tomorrow night at I-44 Riverside” added a celebratory Christopher.
Late race dramatics would come into play behind the winner as the defending POWRi National Midget Champion Bryant Weideman would stay within striking distance to finish runner-up with Mitchel Moles grabbing the final podium placement for third. Dominic Gordon and Jonathan Beason would both race spiritly all event with Gordon placing fourth and Beason rounding out the top-five finishers.
Port City Raceway | Turnpike Challenge Night 1 | 3/24/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Hot Lap Time: 71-Kaylee Bryson (9.881)
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race 1 Winner: 08-Cannon McIntosh
MVT Services Heat Race 2 Winner: 01-Bryant Weideman
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 71-Kaylee Bryson
Max Papis Innovations High Point Qualifier: 67-Christopher Bell
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 87-Jace Park (+6)
Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 67-Christopher Bell
Lucas Oil A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 67-Christopher Bell[1]; 2. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[2]; 3. 89-Mitchel Moles[4]; 4. 83-Dominic Gorden[8]; 5. 8J-Jonathan Beason[10]; 6. 25K-Taylor Reimer[7]; 7. 26-Chance Crum[9]; 8. 71-Kaylee Bryson[3]; 9. 08-Cannon McIntosh[6]; 10. 97-Brenham Crouch[11]; 11. 32-Trey Marcham[16]; 12. 00-Ryan Timms[15]; 13. 87-Jace Park[19]; 14. 60M-Zac Millikin[12]; 15. 84-Jade Avedisian[18]; 16. 71E-Mariah Ede[14]; 17. 44-Branigan Roark[17]; 18. 40-Chase McDermand[13]; 19. 14E-Hank Davis[21]; 20. 21-Emilio Hoover[22]; 21. 17B-Austin Barnhill[20]; 22. 17-Tanner Berryhill[5]
Super Clean B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 44-Branigan Roark[1]; 2. 84-Jade Avedisian[8]; 3. 87-Jace Park[6]; 4. 17B-Austin Barnhill[4]; 5. 14E-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 21-Emilio Hoover[9]; 7. 7U-Kyle Jones[2]; 8. 22-Curtis Jones[10]; 9. 15-Gavin Stout[7]; 10. 21K-Karter Sarff[3]
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 2. 26-Chance Crum[3]; 3. 17-Tanner Berryhill[6]; 4. 25K-Taylor Reimer[8]; 5. 71E-Mariah Ede[7]; 6. 44-Branigan Roark[5]; 7. 17B-Austin Barnhill[4]; 8. 21K-Karter Sarff[9]; 9. 22-Curtis Jones[2]
MVT Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[4]; 2. 8J-Jonathan Beason[2]; 3. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 4. 83-Dominic Gorden[8]; 5. 97-Brenham Crouch[9]; 6. 00-Ryan Timms[7]; 7. 14E-Hank Davis[3]; 8. 15-Gavin Stout[5]; 9. 21-Emilio Hoover[6]
Auto Meter Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 71-Kaylee Bryson[4]; 2. 67-Christopher Bell[7]; 3. 89-Mitchel Moles[8]; 4. 60M-Zac Millikin[6]; 5. 32-Trey Marcham[3]; 6. 7U-Kyle Jones[5]; 7. 87-Jace Park[1]; 8. 84-Jade Avedisian[2]
Up next for the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues will be the final two days of the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 25-26.
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CHRISTOPHER BELL WHEELS WAY TO POWRi MICRO WIN IN PORT CITY RACEWAY SWEEP
By POWRi (Tulsa, OK) -- Christopher Bell would be a man on a driven mission at Port City Raceway, notching his second career feature victory within the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool earning the edge in the starting event of the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean.
With a great turnout of twenty-nine entries, Mitchel Moles would log the quickest hot-lap time with a 9.223-second lap as Moles, Frank Flud, Willie Urish, and Kaylee Bryson would notch heat racing victories in the early on-track racing battles.
Earning the night’s high-point qualifier award, Mitchel Moles would lead the stout field to the start of the twenty-lap feature event with outside front-row starting Christopher Bell grabbing the early racing advantage after an intense side-by-side battle for the front with Moles.
Attempting to run down the speedy leading Bell, Mitchel Moles would stay close throughout the long stretch of caution-free racing with Frank Flud quickly closing in on the leading pair of drivers as heavy lap traffic would quickly come into play on the close-cornered track.
Undeniable in speed all event, Christopher Bell would hold steady up-front to earn the feature victory stating “These Micro races are so much fun, I knew it was close out there. Michel showed me his nose a time or two, but my team gave me such a great car I could put this thing anywhere I needed to keep the lead.”
With heavy lap traffic coming into play in the fast-paced twenty-lap feature, Frank Flud would maneuver into finishing a close-runner up positioning with Mitchel Moles overcoming a mid-race incident to place a solid-showing third as Kaylee Bryson place fourth and Braxston Wilson rounding out the night’s top-five finishers.
Port City Raceway | Turnpike Challenge Night 1 | 3/24/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Hot Lap Time: 13M-Mitchel Moles
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race 1 Winner: 13M-Mitchel Moles
MVT Services Heat Race 2 Winner: 81-Frank Flud
Auto Meter Heat Race 3 Winner: 15U-Willie Urish
Rod End Supply Heat Race 4 Winner: 11B-Kaylee Bryson
Super Clean Semi Feature Winner: 36-Kris Carroll
Max Papis Innovations High Point Qualifier: 13M-Mitchel Moles
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 36-Kris Carroll (+10)
Engler Machine Feature Winner: 21-Christopher Bell
Engler Machine Tool A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Christopher Bell[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 3. 13M-Mitchel Moles[1]; 4. 11B-Kaylee Bryson[5]; 5. 14X-Braxston Wilson[9]; 6. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 7. 36-Kris Carroll[17]; 8. 17S-Baron Silva[12]; 9. 44-Branigan Roark[7]; 10. 15U-Willie Urish[6]; 11. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[13]; 12. 2B-Garrett Benson[11]; 13. 24G-Greyson Springer[10]; 14. 20S-Steven Curbow[21]; 15. 39-Russ Disinger[16]; 16. 11-Stefan Sidur[19]; 17. 29-Scott Sawyer[8]; 18. 56-Ethan Ayars[14]; 19. 13-Elijah Gile[15]; 20. B8-John Barnard[20]; 21. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr[22]; 22. 10T-Talin Turner[18]; 23. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[23].
Super Clean B-Feature (10 Laps): 1. 36-Kris Carroll[1]; 2. 10T-Talin Turner[2]; 3. 11-Stefan Sidur[3]; 4. B8-John Barnard[7]; 5. 20S-Steven Curbow[10]; 6. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr[5]; 7. 78B-Brody Wake[8]; 8. 19J-Justin Robison[9]; 9. 13S-Peter Smith[11]; 10. 23-mike DiBart[4]; 11. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 12. 3-Cole Roberts[12]; 13. 14D-Chris DiBart[13].
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13M-Mitchel Moles[7]; 2. 14X-Braxston Wilson[1]; 3. 56-Ethan Ayars[2]; 4. 13-Elijah Gile[5]; 5. 11-Stefan Sidur[3]; 6. 10T-Talin Turner[8]; 7. 20S-Steven Curbow[6]; 8. (DNS) 3-Cole Roberts.
MVT Services Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 24G-Greyson Springer[1]; 3. 2B-Garrett Benson[4]; 4. 39-Russ Disinger[5]; 5. 36-Kris Carroll[6]; 6. B8-John Barnard[3]; 7. 19J-Justin Robison[7].
Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15U-Willie Urish[1]; 2. 29-Scott Sawyer[2]; 3. 17S-Baron Silva[4]; 4. 44-Branigan Roark[7]; 5. 23-Mike DiBart[3]; 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 7. (DNS) 14D-Chris DiBart.
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Kaylee Bryson[2]; 2. 21-Christopher Bell[5]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese[7]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[6]; 5. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr[1]; 6. 78B-Brody Wake[3]; 7. 13S-Peter Smith[4].
Up next for the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool will be the final two days of the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 25-26.
Can’t make it out to the track and don’t want to miss any of the action in the racing program? Subscribe to MAVTV Plus today to catch all the action LIVE and ON-DEMAND.
Follow along for more information on POWRi and items such as race recaps, updates, full results, and press releases online at http://www.powri.com, or on Twitter & Instagram at @POWRi_Racing and Facebook at POWRi.
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
