By POWRi PR (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The Penngrove, CA. native, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid found himself victorious at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the Charlene Meents Memorial to claim his ninth win on the 2021 season with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League. Kofoid earned his second feature event on the three-day race weekend, he will aim to sweep the weekend tomorrow for the final night of the Meents Memorial at I-44.
Cannon McIntosh and Jake Neuman brought the 24-car field to the green flag for the 30-lap main event. McIntosh jumped out to the early lead, but Kofoid stayed right on his tail in second. Right off the bat, Kofoid and McIntosh treaded spots for the lead as a red flag flew for Austin Barnhill upside down on lap 6.
As the laps wound down, McIntosh remained in the lead with Kofoid behind and Jake Neuman in third. With 7-laps to go Kofoid perfected his corner and took the lead from McIntosh, right as they get into lapped traffic. McIntosh, running second found himself upside down in turns 3&4 after battling the technical corner.
PHOTO CREDIT: Allen Horcher
After the restart, Kofoid crossed the finish line to win the Charlene Meents Memorial and picked up his ninth win on the 2021 season with the POWRi midgets. The Keith Kunz Motorsports stable swept the podium with Christopher Bell, the TRD hard charger finishing in second, and Dasion Pursley in third. Jake Neuman finished in fourth, and Brenham Crouch rounded out the top five for the 30-lap main event.
“These KKM cars are super good through the ruff, I think we have one of the best cars out there, really at any track but especially at tracks like this.” Buddy Kofoid
“It was pretty tough, the track made us earn it tonight, and Buddy was obviously on the ragged edge tonight. Man, it’s crazy how time goes on, ten years ago I would have loved these conditions and today I was just trying to get through there without crashing.” Christopher Bell
“That was a fun race, Buddy and Cannon had a good race early on, and were going at it pretty hard. I-44 always have a little bit of character and sometimes that okay, it’s a cowboy up race track. It’s pretty cool to run against buddy and Christopher and they’re just really good right now.” Daison Pursley
The Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League will be back in action tomorrow, Saturday October 16th at I-44 Riverside Speedway to finish up the three-day race weekend.
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RESULTS
Midgets
Lucas Oil A-Feature (30 Laps): 1. 67-Michael Kofoid[3]; 2. 67W-Christopher Bell[17]; 3. 71K-Daison Pursley[5]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 5. 97-Brenham Crouch[11]; 6. 85T-Ryan Timms[4]; 7. 21K-Karter Sarff[9]; 8. 49-Joe B Miller[19]; 9. 71-Kaylee Bryson[7]; 10. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[10]; 11. 17-Tanner Berryhill[24]; 12. 5-Gavan Boschele[14]; 13. 72-Sam Johnson[15]; 14. 67K-Cade Lewis[8]; 15. 71E-Mariah Ede[12]; 16. 08-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 17. 83-Dominic Gorden[22]; 18. 86-Brent Crews[23]; 19. 17B-Austin Barnhill[13]; 20. 00-Trey Gropp[21]; 21. 21-Emilio Hoover[20]; 22. 26-Cory Eliason[16]; 23. 00C-Chase McDermand[6]; 24. 84-Jade Avedisian[18]
Super Clean B-Feature (12 Laps): 1. 67W-Christopher Bell[2]; 2. 84-Jade Avedisian[3]; 3. 49-Joe B Miller[5]; 4. 21-Emilio Hoover[4]; 5. 00-Trey Gropp[6]; 6. 83-Dominic Gorden[8]; 7. 91T-Tyler Thomas[18]; 8. 26R-Chance Crum[7]; 9. 17-Tanner Berryhill[12]; 10. 31M-David Budres[9]; 11. 57D-Daniel Robinson[20]; 12. 17X-Alex Burgener[10]; 13. 3X-Lane Warner[13]; 14. 31-Kyle Beilman[11]; 15. 7U-Kyle Jones[14]; 16. 52J-Corey Joyner[15]; 17. 86-Brent Crews[1]; 18. 22-Curtis Jones[19]; 19. 91A-Chris Andrews[16]; 20. 10-Rees Moran[17]
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3N-Jake Neuman[4]; 2. 17B-Austin Barnhill[1]; 3. 85T-Ryan Timms[7]; 4. 67K-Cade Lewis[8]; 5. 26R-Chance Crum[6]; 6. 7U-Kyle Jones[2]; 7. 10-Rees Moran[3]; 8. 57D-Daniel Robinson[5]
MVT Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh[6]; 2. 71E-Mariah Ede[2]; 3. 86-Brent Crews[3]; 4. 49-Joe B Miller[4]; 5. 84-Jade Avedisian[7]; 6. 17-Tanner Berryhill[5]; 7. 22-Curtis Jones[1]
Auto Meter Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 00C-Chase McDermand[1]; 2. 21K-Karter Sarff[3]; 3. 01-Bryant Wiedeman[5]; 4. 72-Sam Johnson[6]; 5. 21-Emilio Hoover[7]; 6. 3X-Lane Warner[4]; 7. 91T-Tyler Thomas[2]
Rod End Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Kaylee Bryson[1]; 2. 67-Michael Kofoid[5]; 3. 67W-Christopher Bell[2]; 4. 00-Trey Gropp[3]; 5. 83-Dominic Gorden[4]; 6. 31M-David Budres[7]; 7. 52J-Corey Joyner[6]
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 71K-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 5-Gavan Boschele[1]; 3. 97-Brenham Crouch[5]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason[6]; 5. 31-Kyle Beilman[3]; 6. 17X-Alex Burgener[7]; 7. 91A-Chris Andrews[4]
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JOE B MILLER MADE HIS WAY BACK TO VICTORY LANE IN POWRi MICROS
By POIWRi PR (Oklahoma City, OK) Joe B Miller out of Millersville, MO. earned his 43rd career Lucas Oil POWRi 600cc Micro Sprint League victory and his third on the 2021 season, tonight at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Miller started his night off strong by winning Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat Race No. 1, which earned himself a third place starting spot for the 20-lap main event.
Craig Ronk and Scotty Milan started side-by-side on the front row for the 20-lap feature. As the green flag waived, Ronk found himself out to an early lead, as he elected the top side of the track. Milan followed close in second as the field hit lapped traffic only 7 laps in. The race came to a stop as the No.59 of Brody Mclaughlin got upside down in turn 3&4.
Back green, Ronk still led the field as Milan trailed behind and Miller in third. All Lucas Oil POWRi Micros were trailing the bottom side of the track, but Trey Robb back in the fourth position ventured out to the top side. Meanwhile up front, the battle for the lead intensified as Joe B Miller found his way to take the lead from Ronk on lap 14.
With six laps left in the books, Miller extended his lead over Ronk in second and took the win for the Charlene Meents Memorial and checked off his third Lucas Oil POWRi 600cc Micro Sprint League Presented by Engler Machine & Tool Feature Event. Craig Ronk finished second, Lane Warner in third, Trey Robb in fourth, and Scotty Milan rounded out the top five.
Micros
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 Winner: 51B-Joe B Miller
MVT Services Heat 2 Winner: 94-Craig Ronk
Max Papis Innovations High Point: 97-Scotty Milan
Diversified Machine Inc. Hard Charger: 12T-Trey Robb
Engler Machine & Tool Feature Winner: 51B-Joe B Miller
POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller 2. 94-Craig Ronk 3. 122-Lane Warner 4. 12T-Trey Robb 5. 97-Scotty Milan 6. 44T-Trevin Littlton 7. 938-Bradley Fezard 8. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall 9. 2B-Garrett Benson 10. 40S-Shain Kaiser 11. 15D-Mason Daugherty 12. 14E-Mariah Ede 13. 11-Laydon Pearson 14. 59-Brody Mclaughlin 15. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips
The Lucas Oil POWRi 600cc Micro Sprint League Presented by Engler Machine & Tool will be back in action tomorrow, October 16th at I-44 to finished off the three-day race weekend.
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RESULTS
Outlaw Micros
Lucas Oil A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 2. 94-Craig Ronk[2]; 3. 122-Lane Warner[5]; 4. 12T-Trey Robb[11]; 5. 97-Scotty Milan[1]; 6. 44T-Trevin Littleton[6]; 7. 938-Bradley Fezard[9]; 8. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[12]; 9. 2B-Garrett Benson[8]; 10. 40S-Shain Kaiser[15]; 11. 15D-Mason Daugherty[10]; 12. 14E-Mariah Ede[13]; 13. 11-Laydon Pearson[7]; 14. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[4]; 15. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips[14]
Advanced Racing Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 2. 97-Scotty Milan[5]; 3. 938-Bradley Fezard[3]; 4. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[7]; 5. 2B-Garrett Benson[8]; 6. 12T-Trey Robb[6]; 7. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips[4]; 8. 40S-Shain Kaiser[2]
MVT Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Craig Ronk[2]; 2. 44T-Trevin Littleton[1]; 3. 11-Laydon Pearson[4]; 4. 122-Lane Warner[7]; 5. 15D-Mason Daugherty[3]; 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[5]; 7. 14E-Mariah Ede[6]
POWRi Lonestar 600's Non Wing
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12T-Trey Robb[6]; 2. 5B-Brock Cottrell[8]; 3. 20-Brecken Reese[1]; 4. 27MK-Kyle Keeler[19]; 5. 72-Kayden Cole[20]; 6. 29C-Colton Corbin[5]; 7. 93-Reno Madore[10]; 8. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[4]; 9. 83-Brant Woods[16]; 10. 29-Mason Daugherty[15]; 11. 66J-Holden Jennings[2]; 12. 357-Bryce Redenbaugh[13]; 13. 50-Shelby Schmidt[3]; 14. 16X-Danny Davidson[17]; 15. 88-Tony Penick[11]; 16. 77-Jordan Griffin[7]; 17. 83W-Jim Woods[9]; 18. 13-Zachary Pendleton[12]; 19. 95X-Jeff Cox[14]; 20. 11-Laydon Pearson[18]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 16X-Danny Davidson[3]; 2. 11-Laydon Pearson[2]; 3. 27MK-Kyle Keeler[6]; 4. 72-Kayden Cole[5]; 5. 20X-David Nix[4]; 6. 6X-Dalton Davidson[8]; 7. 64-Timothy Ballew[7]; 8. 78C-Chance Cody[1]; 9. 37-Jack Hall[11]; 10. (DNS) 5-Alan Patton; 11. (DNS) 68-Landon Ellis
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66J-Holden Jennings[4]; 2. 20-Brecken Reese[9]; 3. 93-Reno Madore[3]; 4. 83W-Jim Woods[6]; 5. 29-Mason Daugherty[5]; 6. 78C-Chance Cody[7]; 7. 16X-Danny Davidson[8]; 8. (DNS) 5-Alan Patton; 9. (DNS) 68-Landon Ellis
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Shelby Schmidt[1]; 2. 12T-Trey Robb[3]; 3. 88-Tony Penick[2]; 4. 29C-Colton Corbin[8]; 5. 83-Brant Woods[5]; 6. 11-Laydon Pearson[7]; 7. 27MK-Kyle Keeler[4]; 8. 72-Kayden Cole[9]; 9. 6X-Dalton Davidson[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 2. 5B-Brock Cottrell[2]; 3. 77-Jordan Griffin[5]; 4. 357-Bryce Redenbaugh[4]; 5. 95X-Jeff Cox[6]; 6. 13-Zachary Pendleton[9]; 7. 20X-David Nix[8]; 8. 64-Timothy Ballew[7]; 9. (DNS) 37-Jack Hall