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Mark McMahill Matriculates POWRi IMRA Win at Spoon River Speedway
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7/16/2023

7/16/2023

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Mark McMahill Matriculates POWRi IMRA Win at Spoon River Speedway

Belleville, IL. (7/16/2023) Frequenting to the familiar running grounds of the fourth sanctioned seasonal competition, the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association would once again witness Mark McMahill return to winning form and lead all laps around Spoon River Speedway to earn the feature win and his third victory of the 2023 racing season.

Starting the fourth night of POWRi sanctioning at Spoon River Speedway, the IMRA would find the dominant McMahill notch the heat racing win as well as gain the pole-starting grid for the fifteen-lap feature event.

Green flag feature racing would find Mark McMahill defending the front of the field for the duration of the feature laps with second-starting Shane Morgan earning a solid runner-up showing.

Staying contiguously close to the leaders, Dave Wietholder would finish third as Michael Hermacinski placed fourth with Jim Picardi rounding out the top five feature finishers for the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association at Spoon River Speedway.

POWRi IMRA | Spoon River Speedway | 6/24/23:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 57-Mark McMahill[1]; 2. 15M-Shane Morgan[2]; 3. 24-Dave Wietholder[4]; 4. 71H-Michael Hermacinski[3]; 5. 127-Jim Picardi[5]; 6. 0-Russell Johnston[7]; 7. H20-Reuben Haslett[6].

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Mark McMahill[3]; 2. 15M-Shane Morgan[7]; 3. 71H-Michael Hermacinski[1]; 4. 24-Dave Wietholder[6]; 5. 127-Jim Picardi[2]; 6. H20-Reuben Haslett[4]; 7. (DNS) 0-Russell Johnston.

Next up the newly sanctioned POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association will see action at Champaign County Speedway in Urbana Illinois for the Champaign County Fair on Saturday, July 21st.

POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association 2023 Remaining Schedule:
7/21/2023 | Champaign County Speedway | Urbana, IL | Champaign County Fair
8/12/2023 | Spoon River Speedway | Lewistown, IL
8/26/2023 | Spoon River Speedway | Lewistown, IL
9/16/2023 | Spoon River Speedway | Lewistown, IL | Knowles/Hull/Trone Memorial
9/22/2023 | Lee County Speedway | Donnellson, IA
9/23/2023 | Lee County Speedway | Donnellson, IA | Season Championship

Future updates will be posted as confirmed. Rules and guidelines for each division are available online at http://www.powri.com/info under the corresponding class. All participants must be POWRi licensed members to receive benefits which include POWRi Member Participant Accident Insurance, annual point fund money, and contingency awards. POWRi Memberships are available online at https://www.myracepass.com/sanctions/1011/registrations/6909.

Follow along for more information on POWRi 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.

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