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Kris Jackson, Aaron Poe, JC Morton, Darin Porter, Dayton Newell, and Josh Clark Win in Championship Night of POWRi StockMod Nationals

Belleville, IL (9/30/23) Finalizing the eventful weekend of outstanding divisional action at Lake Ozark Speedway, POWRi StockMod competitors from all six divisions would contend for wins in the Inaugural Andy Zeller Memorial POWRi StockMod Nationals. Championship Night would witness one-hundred-seventy-seven entries contend with feature racing finding JC Morton winning the Late Model, Aaron Poe grabbing checkers in the Super Stock, Kris Jackson claiming victory in the B-Mod, Darin Porter taking the top prize in the Pure Stock, Dayton Newell emerging victorious in the Midwest Mod, as well as Josh Clark conquering the field in the Hornet divisions.

Setting the feature and semi-feature lineups based on event points earned during preliminary competitions, each division would participate on championship night with the number of lock-in competitors dictated by the number of entrants the division.

Event high point qualifiers and Preliminary Night feature winners for each division would start on the pole position for the feature with JC Morton earning the award in Late Model, Derek Henson in Super Stock, Ryan Gillmore in B-Mod, Darin Porter in Pure Stock, Logan Roark in Midwest Mod, as well as Josh Clark in Hornets.

Semi-Feature winners would include Dustin Dennison in the Midwest Mod as well as Brian Schutt, JC Morton, and Rex Harris in B-Mod divisional competitions.

Championship Feature night racing action would roar to life with the POWRi B-Mods main event with a taste of dramatic flair with a last-lap pass to clinch the feature win would find Kris Jackson slide his way to victory with Andy Bryant finishing runner-up at the line ahead of Terry Schultz that finished third. Bobby Williams would stay in the thick of the front-end pack to finish fourth with Mike Striegel rounding out the top-five finishers.

Driving onto the track second for the POWRi Super Stock feature would find Aaron Poe leading all twenty-six green flag laps to also capture his third straight National Championship title. Staying hot on the leaders bumper the full feature, Night One winner Derek Henson would hold steady to finish second with James Nighswonger finalizing the podium placements as Devin Irvin and Michael Muskrat rounded out the top five finishers.

Hitting the mid-event point with the POWRi Late Model division, Prelim Night winner JC Morton would route the field by leading all twenty-five feature laps to capture his second straight divisional win with Justin Russell taking the runner-up position as newly crowned National Champion Todd McCoin placed third. Advancing nine positions throughout green flag racing would find Kyle Graves finish fourth with Tucker Cox crossing the line sideways to round out the very competitive top-five finishers.

Taking to the finely prepared Lake Ozark Speedway next would find the Pure Stocks division find yet another track and national championship clinched by the eventual feature winner with Darin Porter leading all twenty laps to claim the honors. Running closely behind the full feature would find runner-up in the season standings Trevor Wilson placed second as Trenton Houston finished in a very tight battle for third. Finding speed late, Chris Messerli would place fourth with Mark Simon driving back into a top five placement after a lap one miscue.

Launching onto the track for the penultimate feature event of the evening would witness the POWRi Midwest Mods put on a great display of driving action with Dayton Newell driving to the front of the field to hold off the late advances of night one winner and Lake Ozark Champion Logan Roark that finished second. Claiming the 2023 National Championship in style, Mitch Coulter would finalize the podium placement as Anthony Ferrara and Steve Muilenburg rounded out the top-five finishers.

Finalizing the weekend adventure of the Andy Zeller Memorial the Hornet division would witness Josh Clark sweep the weekend by winning the caution free fifteen lap feature event with Dustin Reeves running in a close runner-up finish. Claiming the national title earlier in the weekend Alvin Cooney placed third with Dakota Dubea finishing fourth as Bobby Mooney rounded out the top-five finishers.

Andy Zeller Memorial – POWRi StockMod Nationals | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/30/23:
POWRi Late Model: A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 72-JC Morton[1]; 2. 12J-Justin Russell[2]; 3. 7X-Todd McCoin[3]; 4. 14-Kyle Graves[13]; 5. 1T-Tucker Cox[5]; 6. 11P-Curt Potter[10]; 7. 00D-Dylan Bates[19]; 8. 49-Andy Bryant[17]; 9. 99-Dylan Hoover[12]; 10. 00B-Matt Becker[6]; 11. 81-Jimmy Dowell[8]; 12. 13-Shawn Whitman[15]; 13. 00-Dennis Cook[21]; 14. 14BV-Bill Vaughn[14]; 15. (DNF) 68-Dean Wille[11]; 16. (DNF) 20-Alan Westling[7]; 17. (DNF) 2K-Jon Melloway[22]; 18. (DNF) 50-Kayden Clatt[4]; 19. (DNF) 18B-Scott Bergen[20]; 20. (DNF) 40-Josh Newman[16]; 21. (DNS) 14B-Brian Barnett; 22. (DNS) 16-Ashlee Lancaster; 23. (DQ) 73-Francisco Escamilla[9].

POWRi Super Stock: A Feature (26 Laps): 1. 45-Aaron Poe[4]; 2. 27D-Derek Henson[1]; 3. 44-James Nighswonger[7]; 4. 67-Devin Irvin[5]; 5. 164-Michael Muskrat[3]; 6. 26-Donnie Miller[25]; 7. 04-Blaine Ewing[16]; 8. 25-Jay Prevete[8]; 9. 6Z-Ted Welschmeyer[2]; 10. 56-Mark Davis[9]; 11. 21-Jared Lamke[14]; 12. 3P-Tyler Perryman[10]; 13. 10-Steve Beach[15]; 14. 25X-Rodger Detherage[11]; 15. NG0-Jimmy Ngo[19]; 16. 00-Cory Flamm[6]; 17. 69T-Tony Bowman[20]; 18. 53-Danny O'Neal[17]; 19. 78-Gary Lamke[21]; 20. (DNF) 4-Branden Bise[13]; 21. (DNF) 72B-Jimmy Burrus[23]; 22. (DNF) 2A-Ace O'Neill[22]; 23. (DNF) 82-Brandon Hall[18]; 24. (DNF) 99S-Chris Dunham[12]; 25. (DNF) 05-Dale Berry[24]; 26. (DNF) 30K-Cameron Kelly[26].

POWRi B-Mod: A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. J2-Kris Jackson[4]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[2]; 3. 90-Terry Schultz[8]; 4. 1B-Bobby Williams[3]; 5. 17S-Mike Striegel[6]; 6. 22-Cole Campbell[5]; 7. 7J-Jake Richards[18]; 8. 83-JC Newell[7]; 9. 11-Chris Spalding[9]; 10. 55-Colson Kirk[10]; 11. 42-Jerry Morgan[12]; 12. 14B-Brayden Bennett[11]; 13. 219-Dalton Keith[23]; 14. 574-Adam Hall[20]; 15. 7D-Waylon Dimmitt[24]; 16. 86-Jeff Albright[17]; 17. 51-Brian Schutt[13]; 18. 42C-Casey Thomas[19]; 19. (DNF) 66-Ryan Gillmore[1]; 20. (DNF) 24D-Dakota Lowe[16]; 21. (DNF) 05-Jeremy Lile[21]; 22. (DNF) R33-Austen Raybourn[25]; 23. (DNF) 18-JC Morton[14]; 24. (DNF) 30-Rex Harris[15]; 25. (DNF) 20D-Dawson David[22].

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 51-Brian Schutt[1]; 2. 24D-Dakota Lowe[2]; 3. 42C-Casey Thomas[6]; 4. 20D-Dawson David[3]; 5. 33-Tyler Imhoff[5]; 6. 17-Blake Beal[4]; 7. 35-ALTON HUBBARD[11]; 8. (DNS) 8S-Clayton Smith; 9. (DNS) 53-Charlie Laizure; 10. (DNS) 12L-Gary Lewis; 11. (DNS) 19R-Cole Stillwell.

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[2]; 2. 86-Jeff Albright[3]; 3. 574-Adam Hall[1]; 4. 219-Dalton Keith[5]; 5. 18H-Trent Harrison[9]; 6. 24L-Patrick Lewis[6]; 7. (DNF) 42E-Dale Enloe[8]; 8. (DNF) 7-Joshua Christian[4]; 9. (DNS) 6-Jay Flinn; 10. (DNS) 5-Don Williams.

B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 30-Rex Harris[1]; 2. 7J-Jake Richards[2]; 3. 05-Jeremy Lile[3]; 4. 7D-Waylon Dimmitt[10]; 5. R33-Austen Raybourn[6]; 6. 4-Brian Christian[8]; 7. (DNF) 94-Tyler Potter[4]; 8. (DNS) XL7-Colby Carter; 9. (DNS) 21-Jackie Dalton; 10. (DNS) 07S-Shaun Davis.

POWRi Pure Stock: A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21-Darin Porter[1]; 2. 30-Trevor Wilson[3]; 3. 19-Trenton Houston[6]; 4. 88-Chris Messerli[8]; 5. 23-Mark Simon[2]; 6. K4-Jack Wood[16]; 7. 69-Dylan Bowman[14]; 8. 22R-Kolby Rathbone[7]; 9. 5-Justin McDowell[19]; 10. 26-Bradley McDowell[4]; 11. 13C-Clifton Champney[18]; 12. 70-Harold Fox[24]; 13. 12-Aaron Ricks[23]; 14. 742-Chad Nivens[20]; 15. 17-Shayne Healea[12]; 16. 4-Paul Turpin[13]; 17. 68-Rhonda Lamke[22]; 18. 22B-Ross Baxter[25]; 19. (DNF) 216-Payton McDowell[17]; 20. (DNF) 27-Aaron Gustin[5]; 21. (DNF) 21T-Jeff Turpin[9]; 22. (DNF) 17U-Jerry Unger[15]; 23. (DNF) 12W-Aaron Welschmeyer[21]; 24. (DNF) 25-Samuel McDaniel[11]; 25. (DNS) 71-Christopher Tonoli.

POWRi Midwest Mod: A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 84-Dayton Newell[8]; 2. 17-Logan Roark[1]; 3. 8-Mitch Coulter[11]; 4. 33-Anthony Ferrara[4]; 5. 33M-Steve Muilenburg[9]; 6. 25J-Ryan Hargus[5]; 7. 5D-Dustin Dennison[13]; 8. 26-Jacob Ellison[16]; 9. 64-Pete Richardson[10]; 10. 83-Ben Newell[17]; 11. 160-Michael Maggard[7]; 12. 221-Jerry Brown[19]; 13. 66-Zackary Martin[21]; 14. 15R-Oakley Ragland[22]; 15. XL7-Colby Carter[20]; 16. 16-Matthew Kay[14]; 17. 7W-Wesley Breedlove[24]; 18. (DNF) 19-Tanner Kade[6]; 19. (DNF) 17R-Earl Roark[3]; 20. (DNF) 19J-Tyler Crocker[23]; 21. (DNF) 55-Adriell Shepherd[18]; 22. (DNF) 101-Jacob Hall[2]; 23. (DNF) 4C-Braden Connor[15]; 24. (DNF) 18T-Justin Neuman[12].

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5D-Dustin Dennison[1]; 2. 4C-Braden Connor[4]; 3. 83-Ben Newell[3]; 4. 221-Jerry Brown[2]; 5. 66-Zackary Martin[5]; 6. 19J-Tyler Crocker[6]; 7. 87D-Jeff Duncan[9]; 8. (DNF) 55K-Kenny Hubbard[8]; 9. (DNS) 2S-Joey Green; 10. (DNS) 4-Caleb Rhoads; 11. (DNS) 101-Jacob Hall.

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Matthew Kay[1]; 2. 26-Jacob Ellison[2]; 3. 55-Adriell Shepherd[6]; 4. XL7-Colby Carter[7]; 5. 15R-Oakley Ragland[9]; 6. 7W-Wesley Breedlove[10]; 7. (DNS) 91-Hoyt Miller; 8. (DNS) 21W-Noah Wolf; 9. (DNS) 15-Trent Wynn; 10. (DNS) 28D-Dylan Dampier.

POWRi Hornet: A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 72-JC Morton[1]; 2. 12J-Justin Russell[2]; 3. 7X-Todd McCoin[3]; 4. 14-Kyle Graves[13]; 5. 1T-Tucker Cox[5]; 6. 11P-Curt Potter[10]; 7. 00D-Dylan Bates[19]; 8. 49-Andy Bryant[17]; 9. 99-Dylan Hoover[12]; 10. 00B-Matt Becker[6]; 11. 81-Jimmy Dowell[8]; 12. 13-Shawn Whitman[15]; 13. 00-Dennis Cook[21]; 14. 14BV-Bill Vaughn[14]; 15. (DNF) 68-Dean Wille[11]; 16. (DNF) 20-Alan Westling[7]; 17. (DNF) 2K-Jon Melloway[22]; 18. (DNF) 50-Kayden Clatt[4]; 19. (DNF) 18B-Scott Bergen[20]; 20. (DNF) 40-Josh Newman[16]; 21. (DNS) 14B-Brian Barnett; 22. (DNS) 16-Ashlee Lancaster; 23. (DQ) 73-Francisco Escamilla[9].

Proceeds from the Inaugural Andy Zeller Memorial POWRi StockMod Nationals will be donated to the benefit of the Andy Zeller family. Michelle, Raelyn, and Spencer Zeller will serve as the event grand-marshals with Andy’s parents Chris and Vickie Zeller, and brother CJ as honorary flagmen.

Details about the POWRi StockMod Divisional Points Season Standing are available at https://www.powristockmod.com/standings/regions/2023/22388 under the supporting divisional tab.

Luebbering Oil Company – “POWRi StockMod Presenting Sponsor” – A wholesale fuel distributor, servicing both commercial and residential customers locally and throughout the Midwest. From home heating oil to lubricating oils to industrial operations or repair shops, LOC will have any fuel needs covered | www.luebberingoilcompany.com.

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LOC Fuel Advantage Program – “The Fueling Partner of POWRi StockMod” – If 55 Gallons of any fuel is purchased at participating LOC facilities, the customer receives one FREE pit pass to any POWRi StockMod event in 2023.

Superior Steering Wheels & Graphics – “The Official Steering Wheel and Graphics provider of POWRi StockMod” – Family owned and operated, everything is made by hand and custom-built one at a time to ensure great quality with a concentration on amazing customer service and top-notch quality products whether it’s a steering wheel, a decal, or a banner | www.superiorsteeringwheel.com.

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Superior Steering Wheels & Graphics – “POWRi Super Stock Title Sponsor” – Family owned and operated, everything is made by hand and custom-built one at a time to ensure great quality with a concentration on amazing customer service and top-notch quality products whether it’s a steering wheel, a decal, or a banner | www.superiorsteeringwheel.com.

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Hitachi Energy – “POWRi Pure Stock Title Sponsor” – ‘Inspire the Next’ – Hitachi ABB Power Grids are thinking globally but manufacturing locally in Jefferson City, Missouri, more information is available online at www.hitachienergy.com | 500 W Hwy 94 Jefferson City, MO 65101.

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For more information on Lake Ozark Speedway such as points, driver profiles, and track data visit www.lakeozarkspeedway.net or @LakeOzarkSpeedway on all social media platforms | 50 Twiggy Lane Eldon, MO 65026 | 314-267-4944.

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