By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Winning his first career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Feature on Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the 16th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial, Daison Pursley was undeniable in the 30-lap main event. Driving around his teammate, Jessie Love on lap 22, Pursley then fended off a few attacks from hard charging Buddy Kofoid as he held on for an impressive first-career victory aboard the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Craftsman Tools, Bullet by Spike/Toyota powered No. 9
PHOTO CREDIT: Allen Horcher
After an upset Friday for Pursley on, October 16th at I-44 Riverside Speedway, he came out of the gate even hungrier for a win. Purley took the win in the Advances Racing Suspensions heat race 3. Starting in the eight position for the 30-lap main event, he had his hands full.
Noah Gass of Mounds, OK. and Jessie Love of Redwood City, CA. brought the field to the green flag. Gass took off to the early lead as the field fought for positions behind him. A bobble by Gass caused Love to take over the lead on lap four. Pursley only four laps into the main event made his way to take over the fourth position.
Leader Love enters heavy lapped traffic and Pursley closed in on him to fight for the lead. Pursley steps out of line and tries the top side in turn 3&4 to make his move on Love. Pursley threw a slide job in 1&2 and made it stick, parsley presumed the lead on lap 22 and Love fell back to second. Hard charging teammate Buddy Kofoid gave it everything he had to catch Pursley in lapped traffic but was not successful.
In the end, Daison Pursley in his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Craftsman Tools, Bullet by Spike/Toyota powered No. 9 earned his first POWRi career victory at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the 16th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial.
"This is pretty cool; I haven't won in a long time, so this is pretty amazing. I can't thank all these guys behind me enough, they gave me a great car tonight. Nonstop racing like that is pretty tough but this is what we come here for." Daison Pursley
"The past few weeks have been a little rough for us, but I think we kind of found some of our speed back. Daison did a really good job tonight." Buddy Kofoid
"It's tough when you're out front, you're not too sure where you're supposed to be. I could have done a better job search and I just got beat. I can't thank all these guys enough; I want to win one of these so bad." Jessie Love
Midgets
Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 9-Daison Pursley[8]; 2. 67-Michael Kofoid[9]; 3. 97K-Jesse Love[2]; 4. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[19]; 5. 7U-Kyle Jones[4]; 6. 20G-Noah Gass[1]; 7. 49-Joe B Miller[3]; 8. 91T-Tyler Thomas[12]; 9. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[10]; 10. 19A-Logan Seavey[11]; 11. 15-Emerson Axsom[5]; 12. 32T-Trey Marcham[13]; 13. 97-Brenham Crouch[6]; 14. 00-Ethan Mitchell[21]; 15. 3N-Jake Neuman[23]; 16. 71-Kaylee Bryson[16]; 17. 72-Sam Johnson[20]; 18. 26-Tristin Thomas[24]; 19. 67K-Bryant Wiedeman[15]; 20. 28-Ace McCarthy[18]; 21. 5T-Ryan Timms[17]; 22. 44S-Andrew Felker[14]; 23. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[22]; 24. 57D-Aiden Purdue[7]
MVT B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 2. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 3. 00-Ethan Mitchell[2]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 5. 55K-Karter Sarff[9]; 6. 26-Tristin Thomas[8]; 7. 17-Riley Kreisel[3]; 8. 19U-Pierce Urbanosky[11]; 9. 05-Kyle Wilson[6]; 10. 21-Trey Gropp[7]; 11. 7X-Kolton Gariss[10]; 12. 7M-Chance Morton[13]; 13. 84M-Kade Morton[12]
MVT B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Ace McCarthy[1]; 2. 72-Sam Johnson[2]; 3. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[9]; 4. 14F-Hank Davis[3]; 5. 27X-Austin Wood[12]; 6. F5-Devin Simmons[4]; 7. 25-Taylor Reiner[11]; 8. 07-Jimmy Glenn[8]; 9. 70-Cade Cowles[7]; 10. 2S-Cole Scott[10]; 11. 22-Curtis Jones[6]; 12. 80-Josh Hawkins[5]; 13. 27B-AJ Burns[13]
Auto Meter Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20G-Noah Gass[5]; 2. 85-Jerry Coons Jr[3]; 3. 49-Joe B Miller[7]; 4. 17-Riley Kreisel[2]; 5. 05-Kyle Wilson[1]; 6. 72-Sam Johnson[9]; 7. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[4]; 8. 19U-Pierce Urbanosky[6]; 9. 7M-Chance Morton[8]
KSE Racing Products Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97K-Jesse Love[3]; 2. 97-Brenham Crouch[4]; 3. 7U-Kyle Jones[7]; 4. F5-Devin Simmons[1]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[8]; 6. 22-Curtis Jones[6]; 7. 7X-Kolton Gariss[2]; 8. 25-Taylor Reiner[5]; 9. (DNS) 27B-AJ Burns
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Daison Pursley[1]; 2. 19A-Logan Seavey[3]; 3. 91T-Tyler Thomas[5]; 4. 14F-Hank Davis[2]; 5. 00-Ethan Mitchell[7]; 6. 21-Trey Gropp[6]; 7. 26-Tristin Thomas[8]; 8. 84M-Kade Morton[4]
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Michael Kofoid[1]; 2. 32T-Trey Marcham[2]; 3. 44S-Andrew Felker[4]; 4. 67K-Bryant Wiedeman[6]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 6. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[8]; 7. 55K-Karter Sarff[7]; 8. 27X-Austin Wood[3]
Max Papis Innovations Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Emerson Axsom[2]; 2. 57D-Aiden Purdue[4]; 3. 28-Ace McCarthy[1]; 4. 71-Kaylee Bryson[6]; 5. 80-Josh Hawkins[3]; 6. 70-Cade Cowles[5]; 7. 07-Jimmy Glenn[8]; 8. 2S-Cole Scott[7]
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WIEDEMAN TRIUMPHS FIELD AT I-44 RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY
BY POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- One of the few drivers pulling double duty this weekend, Bryant Wiedeman of Kolby, KS. got it done for the final night of the 16th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial with the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Micro Sprint League.
Setting his name up for success, Wiedeman earned Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race 1 win which ultimately earned himself the AFCO High Point man. Wiedeman lined up on the pole for the 20-lap main event. Lane Warner out of Bloomfield, MO. lined up to the outside of Wiedeman to make up the front row.
At the drop of the green flag Wiedeman took off to the early lead and never looked back. The field scattered for positions as Wiedeman was strong enough to get over a straight away lead over the rest of the field. The caution flag waved for the 08E of Elizabeth Phillips as she came to a stop on 3&4.
The field stacked back up and prepared for green flag racing. Wiedeman still leads, Joe B Miller follows behind in second, and Trey Robb in the top three. Going back green Wiedeman took off to the advantage as second and third place battled for position. Wiedeman stayed strong and captured his second career POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Micro Sprint League Victory.
"The track was pretty good, and this is just a fun place to run, I had a blast. It's great to end the POWRi season with a win." Bryant Wiedeman
Outlaw Micros
Engler Machine Tool A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1-Bryant Wiedeman[1]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[4]; 3. 12T-Trey Robb[3]; 4. 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 5. 122-Lane Warner[2]; 6. 14H-Harley Hollan[6]; 7. 11-Laydon Pearson[9]; 8. 44T-Trevin Littleton[11]; 9. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips[10]; 10. 71E-Caden Englehart[15]; 11. 11B-Kaylee Bryson[8]; 12. 6-Christopher Townsend[14]; 13. 12-Frank Galusha[13]; 14. 21-Eli Harris[16]; 15. 14-Mariah Ede[5]; 16. 5T-Ryan Timms[12]
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Bryant Wiedeman[1]; 2. 12T-Trey Robb[3]; 3. 14-Mariah Ede[5]; 4. 14H-Harley Hollan[7]; 5. 44T-Trevin Littleton[4]; 6. 11-Laydon Pearson[8]; 7. 6-Christopher Townsend[6]; 8. 21-Eli Harris[2]
Lightning Wings Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 122-Lane Warner[1]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 3. 11B-Kaylee Bryson[2]; 4. 97-Scotty Milan[7]; 5. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips[5]; 6. 5T-Ryan Timms[6]; 7. 12-Frank Galusha[8]; 8. 71E-Caden Englehart[4]