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Craig Ronk Claims Victory at Macon Speedway with Jacksonville Speedway Up Next

Belleville, IL. (4/16/22) Craig Ronk would flex their racing might in dominating fashion by holding off all challengers on his way to victory lane in the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool feature event at Macon Speedway to earn his fourth career POWRi Micro feature victory.

Entering thirty-seven strong for the POWRi Outlaw Micros would witness Willie Urish start the night off strong by gaining the quickest hot-lap time with a 10.301-second lap with Tanner Tinsley, Cole Tinsley, John Barnard, and Garrett Benson each winning their respective heat races. Billy Lieb and Breanna Wirth would each win a semi-feature event.

Starting seventh for the twenty-lap feature event, Craig Ronk would lock in the victory for the stand-alone POWRi Micro competition and launch out to a commanding feature lead under green flag racing with Garrett Benson and Willie Urish in hot-pursuit.

Fending off all challengers on a late-race restart Ronk would emerge victorious to claim the checkered first leaving Benson to place in the runner-up positioning with Urish placing third. Brianna Wirth would hard-charge through the field to place fourth as Eric Braundmeier rounded out the Macon Speedway top-five finishers for the Engler Machine & Tool POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League.

Macon Speedway | POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League | 4/16/22:
Hoosier Racing Tire Top Hot Lap Time: 15U – Willie Urish (10.301)
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race 1 Winner: 1 – Tanner Tinsley
Driven Midwest Heat Race 2 Winner: 00T – Cole Tinsley
Schure Built Suspension Heat Race 3 Winner: 8B – John Barnard
AFOC Racing Heat Race 4 Winner: 2B – Garrett Benson
Max Papis Innovations Semi Feature 1 Winner: 88 – Billy Lieb
Super Clean Semi Feature 2 Winner: 8W – Breanna Wirth
MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 55H – Hayden Harvey
Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 8W – Brianna Wirth (+14)
Engler Machine Feature Winner: 94 – Craig Ronk

Engler Machine Tool A Feature (20 Laps): A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 94-Craig Ronk[7]; 2. 2B-Garrett Benson[6]; 3. 15U-Willie Urish[2]; 4. 8W-Breanna Wirth[18]; 5. 1E-Eric Braundmeier[8]; 6. 71-Jake Cheatham[13]; 7. 85J-Logan Julien[19]; 8. 117-James Scott[21]; 9. 99D-Tucker Daly[14]; 10. 21-Aarik Andruskevich[22]; 11. 00T-Cole Tinsley[4]; 12. 88-Billy Lieb[17]; 13. 52D-Skyler Daly[16]; 14. 1-Tanner Tinsley[3]; 15. 87-Collin Shain[11]; 16. (DNF) 55H-Hayden Harvey[1]; 17. (DNF) 8B-John Barnard[5]; 18. (DNF) 6T-Kyle Touchette[9]; 19. (DNF) 14-Terry Reed[15]; 20. (DNF) 7F-Ryan Frantz[20]; 21. (DNF) 40-Devin Feger[10]; 22. (DNF) 17D-Molly Day[12].

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Billy Lieb[1]; 2. 85J-Logan Julien[2]; 3. 117-James Scott[5]; 4. 27-Kyle Barker[8]; 5. 1B-Lane Burnett[4]; 6. 00-Joe Taft[10]; 7. 101-Tobias Midkiff[7]; 8. 23-mike Dibart[9]; 9. (DNF) 14C-Chris DiBart[3]; 10. (DNS) 17-Hunter Maloney; 11. (DNS) A1-Aarin Squires.

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8W-Breanna Wirth[4]; 2. 7F-Ryan Frantz[1]; 3. 21-Aarik Andruskevich[5]; 4. 65E-Chad Elliott[3]; 5. 10B-Braden Pfeiffer[10]; 6. 11-Alex Midkiff[8]; 7. 36-Bryan Brewster[6]; 8. (DNF) 08-Cody Swisher[9]; 9. (DNS) 71S-Austin Schaeffer; 10. (DNS) 10-Jacob Tipton.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tanner Tinsley[1]; 2. 55H-Hayden Harvey[7]; 3. 6T-Kyle Touchette[6]; 4. 17D-Molly Day[9]; 5. 14-Terry Reed[10]; 6. 14C-Chris DiBart[8]; 7. (BF) 8W-Breanna Wirth[3]; 8. (DNF) 23-mike Dibart[2]; 9. (DNF) 00-Joe Taft[5]; 10. (DNF) 17-Hunter Maloney[4].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00T-Cole Tinsley[1]; 2. 15U-Willie Urish[6]; 3. 94-Craig Ronk[7]; 4. 7F-Ryan Frantz[3]; 5. 88-Billy Lieb[8]; 6. 1B-Lane Burnett[2]; 7. 117-James Scott[4]; 8. A1-Aarin Squires[5]; 9. (DNF) 10B-Braden Pfeiffer[9].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8B-John Barnard[1]; 2. 87-Collin Shain[2]; 3. 99D-Tucker Daly[3]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien[4]; 5. 71S-Austin Schaeffer[5]; 6. 65E-Chad Elliott[8]; 7. 21-Aarik Andruskevich[6]; 8. 36-Bryan Brewster[7]; 9. 101-Tobias Midkiff[9].

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson[1]; 2. 1E-Eric Braundmeier[3]; 3. 40-Devin Feger[6]; 4. 71-Jake Cheatham[8]; 5. 52D-Skyler Daly[9]; 6. (DNF) 27-Kyle Barker[2]; 7. (DNF) 11-Alex Midkiff[4]; 8. (DNF) 08-Cody Swisher[7]; 9. (DNS) 10-Jacob Tipton.

Up next for the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool will be a stand-alone league show at Jacksonville Speedway on April 29.

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