5/27/2024
POWRi
Caleb Saiz Sweeps Weekend Wins at Vado Speedway Park with POWRi Desert Wing Sprints
Belleville, IL. (5/27/24) Returning for the second weekend of 2024 racing action with a double-header of on-track excitement at Vado Speedway Park as the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services would witness Caleb Saiz winning both nights over the Memorial Weekend two-day adventure in 360 Wing-Sprint speed.
Starting the weekend at Vado Speedway Park on Friday with twenty-nine entries would find Rick Ziehl, Art Quijano, Brett Becker, and Caleb Saiz each notch heat racing wins with JT Imperial winning the lone semi-feature event.
Using patience and precision, Caleb Saiz would out-maneuver the pack to clinch the top spot from starting third to notch his league-leading fourth career POWRi Desert Wing Sprint feature victory as eighth-starting Wes Wofford would finish runner-up with Rick Ziehl placing third from starting seventh.
Pole-starter Lorne Wofford placed fourth with sixth-starting Royal Jones rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series on Night One at Vado Speedway Park.
Proceeding into the second night of weekend racing would witness Don Grable, Chris Bonneau, Spencer Hill, and Rick Ziehl each winning heat races with Royal Jones earning the semi-feature victory.
Flying into the second night of feature action with twenty-nine entries would witness night-one winner Caleb Saiz grab the lead from starting twelfth and wheel his way out front of the field to notch his league-leading fifth career POWRi DWSS feature victory with Rick Ziehl finishing runner-up as seventh-starting JT Imperial finalized the podium placements.
Contending up front, sixth-starting Spencer Hill would finish fourth with Chris Bonneau rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series Night Two of the Memorial Weekend double-header at Vado Speedway Park.
POWRi DWSS | Vado Speedway Park | 5/24/24:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 42-Caleb Saiz[3]; 2. 19-Wes Wofford[8]; 3. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[7]; 4. 7-Lorne Wofford[1]; 5. 131-Royal Jones[6]; 6. 45X-Don Grable[12]; 7. 75X-JT Imperial[17]; 8. 22-Justin Lasiter[11]; 9. 75-Chris Bonneau[10]; 10. 22B-Jesse Baker[20]; 11. 4H-Dylan Harris[18]; 12. 2B-Brett Becker[2]; 13. 4A-Aydan Saunders[15]; 14. 52NM-Spencer Hill[9]; 15. 3SUM-Richard Wilbee[14]; 16. 77-Colt Treharn[5]; 17. 1A-Robert Teague[19]; 18. 7X-Troy Treharn[22]; 19. 57-Alex Pettas[21]; 20. 54-Art Quijano[4]; 21. 3-Chloe High[24]; 22. 11R-Rodney Huband[16]; 23. (DNF) 2-Ricky Holden[23]; 24. (DNF) 116-Vance Wofford[13].
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 75X-JT Imperial[5]; 2. 4H-Dylan Harris[4]; 3. 1A-Robert Teague[7]; 4. 22B-Jesse Baker[12]; 5. 57-Alex Pettas[9]; 6. 7X-Troy Treharn[1]; 7. 2-Ricky Holden[2]; 8. 3-Chloe High[6]; 9. 75M-Danny Williams[3]; 10. 80-Willy Spann[10]; 11. 56-Tyler Beiter[11]; 12. (DNF) 97-Derek DeMartino[13]; 13. (DNS) 24-Robert Marfia.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[1]; 2. 19-Wes Wofford[5]; 3. 52NM-Spencer Hill[4]; 4. 3SUM-Richard Wilbee[3]; 5. 11R-Rodney Huband[6]; 6. (DNF) 22B-Jesse Baker[2]; 7. (DNS) 97-Derek DeMartino; 8. (DNS) 24-Robert Marfia.
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Art Quijano[1]; 2. 131-Royal Jones[7]; 3. 22-Justin Lasiter[3]; 4. 75M-Danny Williams[2]; 5. 7X-Troy Treharn[6]; 6. 1A-Robert Teague[5]; 7. 24-Robert Marfia[8]; 8. 56-Tyler Beiter[4].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Brett Becker[2]; 2. 77-Colt Treharn[1]; 3. 75-Chris Bonneau[4]; 4. 4A-Aydan Saunders[3]; 5. 4H-Dylan Harris[5]; 6. 75X-JT Imperial[7]; 7. 57-Alex Pettas[6].
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Caleb Saiz[1]; 2. 7-Lorne Wofford[4]; 3. 45X-Don Grable[2]; 4. 116-Vance Wofford[5]; 5. 2-Ricky Holden[6]; 6. 3-Chloe High[7]; 7. 80-Willy Spann[3]; 8. (DNF) 97-Derek DeMartino[8].
POWRi DWSS | Vado Speedway Park | 5/25/24:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 42-Caleb Saiz[12]; 2. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[2]; 3. 75X-JT Imperial[7]; 4. 52NM-Spencer Hill[6]; 5. 75-Chris Bonneau[5]; 6. 54-Art Quijano[13]; 7. 4A-Aydan Saunders[10]; 8. 57-Alex Pettas[20]; 9. 7X-Troy Treharn[18]; 10. 3SUM-Richard Wilbee[15]; 11. 131-Royal Jones[17]; 12. 2-Ricky Holden[22]; 13. 75TH-Danny Williams[16]; 14. 3-Chloe High[11]; 15. (DNF) 22B-Jesse Baker[1]; 16. (DNF) 2B-Brett Becker[8]; 17. (DNF) 45X-Don Grable[3]; 18. (DNF) 97-Derek DeMartino[14]; 19. (DNF) 22-Justin Lasiter[21]; 20. (DNF) 7-Lorne Wofford[4]; 21. (DNF) 77-Colt Treharn[19]; 22. (DNF) 19-Wes Wofford[9]; 23. (DNF) 80-Willy Spann[23]; 24. (DNF) 1A-Robert Teague[24].
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 131-Royal Jones[4]; 2. 7X-Troy Treharn[1]; 3. 77-Colt Treharn[2]; 4. 57-Alex Pettas[7]; 5. 22-Justin Lasiter[3]; 6. 2-Ricky Holden[9]; 7. 80-Willy Spann[5]; 8. 1A-Robert Teague[10]; 9. 56-Tyler Beiter[6]; 10. (DNS) 11R-Rodney Huband; 11. (DNS) 9-Robert Herrera; 12. (DNS) 116-Vance Wofford; 13. (DNS) 4H-Dylan Harris.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45X-Don Grable[3]; 2. 7-Lorne Wofford[4]; 3. 75X-JT Imperial[5]; 4. 2B-Brett Becker[7]; 5. 80-Willy Spann[1]; 6. 56-Tyler Beiter[6]; 7. 2-Ricky Holden[2]; 8. 11R-Rodney Huband[8].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Chris Bonneau[2]; 2. 4A-Aydan Saunders[1]; 3. 22B-Jesse Baker[5]; 4. 42-Caleb Saiz[6]; 5. 131-Royal Jones[3]; 6. 22-Justin Lasiter[7]; 7. (DNF) 116-Vance Wofford[4].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52NM-Spencer Hill[7]; 2. 3-Chloe High[1]; 3. 54-Art Quijano[2]; 4. 3SUM-Richard Wilbee[4]; 5. 7X-Troy Treharn[6]; 6. (DNF) 1A-Robert Teague[5]; 7. (DNF) 9-Robert Herrera[3].
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20Z-Rick Ziehl[3]; 2. 19-Wes Wofford[2]; 3. 97-Derek DeMartino[1]; 4. 75TH-Danny Williams[4]; 5. 77-Colt Treharn[6]; 6. 57-Alex Pettas[5]; 7. (DNS) 4H-Dylan Harris.
Up next for the rapidly growing POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series will be a visit to Show Low Arizona’s Deuce of Clubs Thunder Raceway, on June 7-8. Event information is available online at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/2713.
Follow along for more information on the further growth of the POWRi Desert Winged Sprint Car Series presented by MVT Services and items such as race recaps, updates, full results, and press releases online at www.powri.com, or on Twitter & Instagram at @POWRi_Racing and Facebook at POWRi.
Submitted By: Cassy Staley
