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Rick Ziehl and Colton Hardy Win Weekend POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Races at Aztec

Belleville, IL. (06/14/2021) Celebrating the Aztec Speedway Grand Re-Opening would find the newly launched POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series rolling into Aztec, New Mexico for two nights of open-wheel adrenaline rushes. After outstanding on-track action in both night’s feature events, Rick Ziehl would find the fastest path on Friday as Colton Hardy would emerge victorious Saturday.
Friday Night’s action-packed event would find Colton Hardy, Josh Grady, Jake Martens, and Vance Wofford the early heat racing winners with Wofford and Rick Ziehl earning the front-row starting positions.

Securing speed in the early stages of the Friday feature at Aztec Speedway would witness Ziehl shoot to the lead, never giving up the front-running spot for the duration of contested laps. Colton Hardy would be hot on Ziehl’s heels nearly every lap, never able to capitalize on the smooth lap-times of the leader, finishing in a close second place as Josh Grady rounded out the podium finishers for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series.

More exceptional open-wheel racing was in store for Aztec Speedway on Saturday Night with the returning POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series as the previous event’s runner-up Colton Hardy would not be denied. Heat race winners included Lorne Wofford, JT Imperial, Colton Hardy, and Rick Ziehl.

Handily routing the field of competitors, Hardy would earn an inside row-one starting spot for the feature event and grab the lead early. Never giving up the top-spot Colton would hang on to pick up his first career POWRi DWSS feature win with Josh Grady earning runner-up placement. Wes Wofford would hold off the hard-charging efforts of Vance Wofford to place third leaving Vance to end the event fourth, as Lorne Wofford rounded out the top-five finishers at Aztec Speedway for the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series.

POWRi Desert Wing Sprints Results from Aztec Speedway on June 11:

1. 20Z | Rick Ziehl | Las Cruces, NM | 2
2. 41 | Colton Hardy | Phoenix, AZ | 3 | Heat Race Winner
3. 12J | Josh Grady | Farmington, NM | 7 | Heat Race Winner
4. 75X | JT Imperial | Mesa, AZ | 5
5. 27B | Jake Martens | Fairview, OK | 6 | Heat Race Winner
6. 18 | Lorne Wofford | Alamogordo, NM | 11
7. 2 | Alex Pettas | Tempe, AZ | 16 | Hard Charger
8. 22B | Jesse Baker | Grants, NM | 10
9. 1 | Nick Haygood | Denver, CO | 4
10. 44 | Eric Wilkins | El Mirage, AZ | 12
11. 73 | Nick Rael | Albuquerque, NM | 18
12. 4 | Tuesday Calderwood | Goodyear, AZ | 14
13. 7X | Troy Treharn | Peralta, NM | 21
14. 34 | Randy Whitman | Fort Collins, CO | 19
15. 4C | Chuck Jackson | Albuquerque, NM | 15
16. 19 | Wes Wofford | Alamogordo, NM | 13 | DNF
17. 27 | Mike Hathaway | Colorado Springs, CO | 20 | DNF
18. 57 | Jayme Barnes | Everett, WA | 8 | DNF
19. 10 | Gary Guinn | Bosque Farms, NM | 9 | DNF
20. 11 | Jason Tanner | Albuquerque, NM | 17 | DNF
21. 116 | Vance Wofford | Alamogordo, NM | 1 | DNF | Heat Race Winner

POWRi Desert Wing Sprints Results from Aztec Speedway on June 12:

1. 41 | Colton Hardy | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | Heat Race Winner
2. 12J | Josh Grady | Farmington, NM | 7
3. 19 | Wes Wofford | Alamogordo, NM | 2
4. 116 | Vance Wofford | Alamogordo, NM | 10 | Hard Charger
5. 18 | Lorne Wofford | Alamogordo, NM | 8 | Heat Race Winner
6. 75X | JT Imperial | Mesa, AZ | 2 | Heat Race Winner
7. 44 | Eric Wilkins | El Mirage, AZ | 6
8. 22B | Jesse Baker | Grants, NM | 12
9. 1 | Nick Haygood | Denver, CO | 3
10. 20Z | Rick Ziehl | Las Cruces, NM | 4 | Heat Race Winner
11. 27 | Mike Hathaway | Colorado Springs, CO | 9
12. 2 | Alex Pettas | Tempe, AZ | 15
13. 73 | Nick Rael | Albuquerque, NM | 18
14. 4 | Tuesday Calderwood | Goodyear, AZ | 16
15. 34 | Randy Whitman | Fort Collins, CO | 13
16. 7X | Troy Treharn | Peralta, NM | 17
17. 10 | Gary Guinn | Bosque Farms, NM | 18
18. 4C | Chuck Jackson | Albuquerque, NM | 19
19. 27B | Jake Martens | Fairview, OK | 11 | DNF
20. 57 | Jayme Barnes | Everett, WA | 20 | DNF

POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series would like to thank all the amazing series sponsors including SmartestSeller.com, Jackson Compaction, Baker Auto-Diesel, Performance Plus Racing Engines, Ortega’s Appliance, Gibson Photography, Mosher Racing, Grady’s Press Trailers, Derek Neil Schaefer’s Specialized Lubricants, Hal Burns Truck and Equipment, XXX Race Chassis, DMI, and CSI Shocks. Look for more racing in 2021 from the Desert Wing Sprints as Vado Speedway Park, Aztec Speedway, and Fairgrounds Speedway.

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. POWRi League rules, contingencies, forms, and payouts can be found under the info tab at the top of the POWRi website.

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