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POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets Heading To Macon This Saturday

(Macon, IL) - This Saturday, May 13, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will be heading to Macon Speedway for their first visit of 2017.  It's all part of a doubleheader weekend that includes a Friday stop at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois.  Saturday's stop at "Mighty Macon" will also include the 600cc Outlaws of the POWRi Speedway Motors Micro League.  The Midwest Big Ten Pro Late Models, Street Stocks, and Hornets will make for an action packed evening.

Heading into the Midwest Season Opening Weekend, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League saw a repeat winner and a career-first during the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals Weekend, with Tyler Thomas taking his seventh-career feature win with the League at Valley Speedway, while Tyler Courtney wheeled his way to win number one with the League at the title sponsor-owned, "Diamond of Dirt Tracks," Lucas Oil Speedway.

The most recent running of the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League saw repeat winners at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Frank Flud and Frank Galusha each took wins making the Fourth Annual Turnpike Challenge, the "Frank" show.  Nathan Benson again proves to be the one to beat when it comes to consistency, as the four-time champion is already atop the charts, leading the standings heading into the weekend.

In the Midwest Big Ten Pro Late Models, Guy Taylor, of Springfield, IL, leads the standings after a win in the Big 10 opener at Lincoln Speedway last Friday night.  Taylor started in the 6th spot and made his way into the lead after a three car battle with Roben Huffman and Cody Maguire.  Saturday night will be the second event for the Big Ten Pro Late Models this season.

In the UMP Street Stock class, Brian Dasenbrock of Decatur, IL, has taken the lead in the standings, using week-to-week consistency to move up.  Shawn Ziemer, Jason Scrimpsher, and Garrett Lewis complete the top four, none of which have claimed a feature win quite yet.  This year's winners have been Jeremy Nichols, Terry Reed, and Dave Crawley, Jr.

Rounding out the Saturday night card will be the UMP Hornets.  The car count has started low but has seen some slight improvement lately.  Decatur, IL driver, Ryan Cantrell, leads the points after winning the last two features.  Dustin Reed, Cook Crawford, Brad Rexroad, and Kasey Cantrell complete the top five in points.  Adam Webb, who is seventh in points, won the other feature this season.

Pit gates will open this Saturday at 3:00, grandstands at 4:00, local division pill draw will end at 5:50, hotlaps will begin at 6:00, and racing will take the green at 7:00.  Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and free for kids 11 and under.

About Macon Speedway:
                For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). It’s easy to join the Macon Speedway text service. Fans can text MSFANS to 74574 to receive fan information. Drivers text MSDRIVERS to 74574 to receive driver information. Message and date rates apply. Updates are also available by calling Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000.

Macon Speedway is located nine miles south of Decatur on U.S. 51, then 0.6 miles west on Andrews Street and south to 205 N. Wiles. Macon Speedway hosts racing every Saturday night, plus many weeknight specials. Macon Speedway is a proud member of the Contingency Connection's $100,000 Racer Rewards Program.

For further information on POWRi, visit www.powri.com, "Like" POWRi on Facebook and follow @POWRi_Racing on Twitter.

CURRENT STANDINGS (TOP 10'S)

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League

Pos
Driver
Points
Gap

1
Zach Daum
1100
0

2
Logan Seavey
1000
100

3
Spencer Bayston
970
130

4
Ryan Robinson
830
270

5
Tucker Klaasmeyer
790
310

6
Holly Shelton
790
310

7
Jake Neuman
760
340

8
Tanner Carrick
720
380

9
Andrew Felker
700
400

10
Austin Brown
690
410

POWRi Speedway Motors National Micro League

Pos
Driver
Points
Gap

1
Nathan Benson
560
0

2
Frank Flud
540
20

3
Jim Woods
490
70

4
Harley Hollan
430
130

5
Frank Galusha
400
160

6
Andy Bishop
390
170

7
Slater Helt
380
180

8
Jason McDougal
380
180

9
Derrik Ortega
370
190

10
Joe B Miller
360
200

 

UMP Midwest Big Ten Pro Late Models

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
24
Guy Taylor
60
0

2
11E
Brandon Eskew
58
2

3
32M
Cody Maguire
56
4

4
1M
Andy Minett
54
6

5
10A
Shawn Vaughn
52
8

6
2K
Kyle Van Dorn
50
10

7
A10
Bob Sinder
48
12

8
T22
Tegan Evans
46
14

9
21
JR Maple
44
16

10
33H
Roben Huffman
42
18

Macon Speedway UMP Pro Late Models

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
24
Matt Taylor
176
0

2
T6
Tommy Sheppard Jr
174
2

3
32M
Cody Maguire
144
32

4
52R
Jeff Reed, Jr
142
34

5
10A
Shawn Vaughn
140
36

6
36
Nick Justice
126
50

7
38J
Jake Little
114
62

8
84
Myles Moos
98
78

9
67R
Rudy Zaragoza
96
80

10
33H
Roben Huffman
94
82

Macon Speedway UMP Street Stocks

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
08
Brian Dasenbrock
158
0

2
23Z
Shawn Ziemer
152
6

3
55S
Jason Scrimpsher
136
22

4
28L
Garrett Lewis
122
36

5
J24
Jeremy Nichols
118
40

6
5
Terry Reed
114
44

7
22X
Darrell Dick
114
44

8
711W
Walt Layne
94
64

9
1
Fredie Thomas
82
76

10
711
Justin Layne
64
94

Macon Speedway UMP Hornets

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
87
Ryan Cantrell
178
0

2
1R
Dustin Reed
156
22

3
64CK
Cook Crawford
152
26

4
911
Brad Rexroad
112
66

5
87K
Kasey Cantrell
102
76

6
39M
Marty Sullivan
102
76

7
40
Adam Webb
60
118

8
M2
Matt Adkins
52
126

9
25C
Caleb Branch
52
126

10
42
Rachel Sattley
52
126

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