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Brent Sexton Secures Wingless POWRi SWLS Feature Win at Barona Speedway

Belleville, IL. (8/23/2021) Returning to the familiar and speedy home-racing surfaces of Barona Speedway, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would tackle the quick venue without hesitation as Brent Sexton would return to his winning ways by notching his third series victory in the previous two seasons.

Battling on the smooth track of Barona Speedway in early SWLS competition would find Brent Sexton, Grant Sexton, and David Bezio sweep the heat racing wins for the Sextin-Galtin Racing stable as Mike Kotlinski would earn a pole-starting spot for the feature event.

Going green for feature action with the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would find the patriarch of the series Brent Sexton fly to the front from an outside row-one grid. Sexton would not be denied in his victory route as the reigning POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out Champion Braden Chiaramonte continues his impressive rookie campaign by racing his way to an outstanding runner-up placing.

Racing through the field to earn the hard charger award, Matt Sotomayor would fly around eight other drivers to place third from starting eleventh as previous race winner David Bezio placed fourth. Point leading Grant Sexton continues his consistent streak by rounding out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints at Barona Speedway.

POWRi SWLS Feature Results from Barona Speedway on Saturday, August 21st:

1. 2B | Brent Sexton | Lakeside, CA | 2 | Heat Race Winner
2. 73 | Braden Chiaramonte | El Cajon, CA | 7
3. 9 | Matt Sotomayor | Alpine, CA | 11 | Hard Charger (+8)
4. 44 | David Bezio | El Cajon, CA | 6 | Heat Race Winner
5. 3 | Grant Sexton | Lakeside, CA | 5 | Heat Race Winner
6. 15 | Jon Squire | El Cajon, CA | 9
7. 33 | Mike Kotlinski | Nuevo, CA | 1
8. 7 | Robert Early | California, CA | 14
9. 56 | Cody Griggs | Lakeside, CA | 15
10. 39 | Mark Henry | Rosamond, CA |13 | DNF
11. 13 | Peter Benker | Alpine, CA | 3 | DNF
12. 18 | Dalton Sexton | Lakeside, CA | 8 | DNF
13. 92 | Jeremy Queener | Norwalk, CA | 10 | DNF
14. 2 | Jason Arnold | San Diego, CA | 12 | DNF
15. 54 | Jim Squire III | Lakeside, CA | 4 | DQ

Up next for the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints will be a return to Barona Speedway on September 4th. Classes scheduled to compete include the POWRi SWLS, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks, Pony Stocks, Dwarf Cars, Mini-Dwarf Cars, and Jr. Sprints. Pit Gates open at noon with hot laps slated for a 4:30 PM starting time. More track information can be found online at www.baronaspeedway.com.

The Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2021 racing season possible: Lucas Oil, Sexton Fire Protection, RTL Traffic Control & Equipment, Victory Graphix, United Cleaning Company, BK Wing, and A.M. Ortega Construction Inc. For updates on the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series, visit the series website at www.raceswls.com or “Like” their Facebook page.

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