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​Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets Coming To Macon Speedway Saturday

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It's a big weekend of open wheel racing in Central Illinois as the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets and Speedway Motors POWRi Micros fly in to Macon Speedway on Saturday night, May 21, following the huge Arctic Cat All Star Circuit Of Champions show on Friday night at Lincoln Speedway.  Joining POWRi at Macon this Saturday will be the UMP Pro Late Models, UMP Street Stocks, and UMP Hornets.

After sweeping the Missouri Mi State Midget Nationals, Tanner Thorson moved into the second position, 150 points behind Zach Daum in POWRi National Midget points.  Andrew Felker sits in third after taking wins at both Macon and Belle-Clair.  Spencer Bayston holds the fourth position, while Justin Peck rounds out the top five.

In the Speedway Motors POWRi Micros, Marion, IL driver Nathan Benson brought home a second place finish at Southern Illinois Raceway to strengthen his point lead over Slater Helt.  Joe B. Miller tightened the margin between himself and Helt after taking the victory Saturday night.  Shelby Bosie moved into the fourth position after bringing home a fifth place finish at SIR, while Carlee Gress is fifth.

In the UMP Pro Late Model class, current track record holder, Matt Taylor, of Springfield, IL leads the standings by 12 over Dakota Ewing of Decatur.  Taylor has been outstanding early this season, mixing it up at the front of the pack for all three races.  Taylor now has two wins and a second place finish, taking over his brother's domination from a year ago.  Following Taylor and Ewing are Roben Huffman, Jake Little and Jeffrey Reed.

The UMP Street Stocks had a huge field of cars this past Saturday night, with 26 pitside and 20 taking the green flag.  Leading the standings is Decatur, IL's Nick Justice.  Justice claimed a couple of wins to start the season and has finished in the top ten of all four features.  Kyle Waters, of Oreana, is second in points, just 16 behind.  John Bright, Jr., Brian Dasenbrock, and Luke Force complete the top five.

Rounding out Saturday's divisions will be the UMP Hornets.  Blue Mound, IL driver, Tony Reed had two second place finishes last weekend to go along with his third place finish from opening night.  Those three podium results have been enough to give him a six point lead on Michael Gossett.  Ryan Cantrell, Adam Webb, and Mike McChristy round out the top five.

Saturday night's events are presented by Casey's General Stores and will feature an Armed Forces Night.  All retired and current military members get in for 1/2 price admission with valid military ID and those in uniform get in for free.

Pit gates will open Saturday at 3:00, grandstands at 5:00, 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 11 and under.

For information on Macon, 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.

CURRENT STANDINGS (TOP 10's)

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets

Pos
Driver
Points
Gap

1
Zach Daum
1900
0

2
Tanner Thorson
1750
150

3
Andrew Felker
1730
170

4
Spencer Bayston
1640
260

5
Justin Peck
1570
330

6
Tucker Klaasmeyer
1350
550

7
Carson Macedo
1240
660

8
Holly Shelton
1240
660

9
Austin Brown
1200
700

10
Jake Neuman
1200
700

 

POWRi Speedway Motors Micros

Pos
Driver
Points
Gap

1
Nathan Benson
1450
0

2
Slater Helt
1180
270

3
Joe B Miller
1140
310

4
Shelby Bosie
970
480

5
Carlee Gress
810
640

6
Alec Long
810
640

7
Matthew Howard
800
650

8
Jeremy Camp
760
690

9
Chad Elliott
740
710

10
Nic Harris
710
740

 

UMP Pro Late Models

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
24
Matt Taylor
178
0

2
25
Dakota Ewing
166
12

3
33H
Roben Huffman
160
18

4
38J
Jake Little
144
34

5
52R
Jeffrey Reed
144
34

6
32M
Cody Maguire
98
80

7
Z23
Shawn Ziemer
94
84

8
15C
Kevin Crowder
90
88

9
6P
Jose Parga
60
118

10
4T
Guy Taylor
58
120

 

UMP Street Stocks

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
36
Nick Justice
226
0

2
26
Kyle Waters
210
16

3
7
John Bright, Jr.
164
62

4
08
Brian Dasenbrock
164
62

5
45
Luke Force
156
70

6
5
Terry Reed
154
72

7
3T
Kevin Lewis
150
76

8
#1
Terry Reed, Sr
114
112

9
21R
Dustin Reed
112
114

10
51
Jeremiah Hoadley
104
122

 

UMP Hornets

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
1R
Tony Reed
162
0

2
G3
Michael Gossett
156
6

3
87
Ryan Cantrell
122
40

4
40
Adam Webb
120
42

5
66
Mike McChristy
116
46

6
39M
Marty Sullivan
114
48

7
20
Torry Lyons
108
54

8
J4
Jerad Matherly
108
54

9
25C
Caleb Branch
100
62

10
64CK
Cook Crawford
94
68

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