4/28/2016
POWRi
Felker Gets National Midget Win at Macon, Galusha Doubles Down with Micros, Bruns the Man to Beat in D II Midgets
Macon, IL– Andrew Felker of Carl Junction, Missouri had the fast setup at Mighty Macon Speedway, claiming his sixth-career Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series victory, his fourth at the high-banked 1/5th mile. Frank Galusha proved that last night’s Speedway Motors POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro Series victory at Jacksonville Speedway was no fluke by taking another 20 lap main event. Patrick Bruns showed yet again that he is the man to beat in the Lucas Oil POWRi ILLINI D II Midget Series scene, going three in a row, remaining undefeated for another week.
After starting second row outside, Andrew Felker had to chase down Tanner Thorson for 15 laps before taking the lead from Thorson on lap 16. Using lap traffic to his advantage, Felker was able to pounce at just the right time as Thorson struggled with traffic. Utilizing the top side of the high-banked 1/5th mile, Felker meticulously maneuvered the Danny Felker-owned Mel-Mark Pipe and Supply/Stanton SR-11 BOSS Chassis through traffic on his way to claiming the 30 lap Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series victory. Tucker Klaasmeyer brought home a career-best finish of second place, while Austin Brown got his first podium of the year with a third. Justin Peck ended up fourth after starting 15th, while Terry Babb charged from 22nd up to fifth.
“I knew we had a good car, but [Tanner Thorson] was getting better restarts than me,” explained a victorious Andrew Felker. “I knew we had a good car, just a matter of finding our time to make it. It’s hard to beat Keith Kunz cars any night and to have all BOSS cars up here is pretty special. Right now we’re fighting for our lives, we’re out of sponsorship, and so as long as we keep winning races, we’ll be out here every week.”
“I can’t thank KBR and BOSS Chassis enough,” said Tucker Klaasmeyer with a career-best second. “The car was awesome and this is actually my best finish in a midget, which is pretty cool.”
“I knew it was going to be fast up top and it was,” Austin Brown said. “Everybody kind of lined up, but we had to look out for all the wrecks, but we got through most of them. Congrats to Andrew Felker on the win.”
Frank Galusha of Lincoln, Nebraska fought a tough battle with Nick Howard in the 20 lap feature event, taking the lead after patiently maneuvering lap traffic. Galusha swept the weekend for his second-career Speedway Motors POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro Series victory. Piloting the EMI/Stallard Chassis house car with Yoshimura power, Galusha built his lead after Matt and Nick Howard made contact racing for the second position. Matt Howard ended up second, while Nick Howard rounded out the podium. Nathan Benson charged to fourth after starting 11th. Jeremy Camp took fifth after starting 13th.
“It feels good to win against a crowd like this,” explained an emotional Frank Galusha. “I don’t normally get to race against this kind of competition on a weekly basis so to come out here and do this, it just proves to myself that we’ve got what it takes to compete with the best. I want to dedicate tonight and last night to my five year old niece. This is for her; I love her and my family so much.”
“Nick and I hit there coming out of two; I don’t know what that was,” said second place finisher Matt Howard. “I can’t thank my dad and uncle enough. They’ve worked so hard these past few days to get this car where it is now.”
“We led some laps and that’s good,” explained third place finisher Nick Howard. “I’ve got to give all the credit to my dad and uncle. They do so much work. They deserve a win, but I couldn’t give it to them. I had a great car.”
Patrick Bruns made it a complete weekend sweep, making it three-in-a-row in Lucas Oil POWRi ILLINI Division II Midget Series competition. Taking the lead on lap eight after making contact with Hunter Lane entering turn three, Bruns looked to be comfortably in control for the remainder of the event. Tyler Vantoll completed his night with another second, landing on the podium both nights of the weekend, while Johnny Heydenreich rounded out the top three.
“I’m having a blast out here,” said Patrick Bruns. “I’ve got a great group of guys back at the shop. These guys work their butts off to give me a great racecar.”
“This is my third time in the car, so I’m definitely happy with what we’ve got,” explained Tyler Vantoll. “We’ve been fighting a loose car and I think it helped tonight. It was fun tearing down that wall.
“Starting back there it was kind of hard to get a run on anybody and try to stay clean about it,” said Johnny Heydenreich. “I knew that if Pat got to the lead that it would be tough. We’re fighting a few things coming back from injuries, but we had a good run. We stayed in one piece and that’s what we were looking for too.
National Midgets
Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 91 - DERECK KING, Heat 2: 5D - ZACH DAUM, Heat 3: 67 - TANNER THORSON, Heat 4: 97 - SPENCER BAYSTON, Heat 5: 50 - DANIEL ADLER
Semi Feature Winners: 31 - DAVID BUDRES, 56Y - DANIEL ROBINSON
Great Clips Feature Winner: 11A - ANDREW FELKER
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Feature Results (30 laps): 1. 11A - ANDREW FELKER 2. 27 - TUCKER KLAASMEYER 3. 7 - AUSTIN BROWN 4. 5X - JUSTIN PECK 5. 88 - TERRY BABB 6. 5D - ZACH DAUM 7. 97K - RICO ABREU 8. 32 - GARRETT AITKEN 9. 3N - JAKE NEUMAN 10. 41 - AUSTIN PROCK 11. 50 - DANIEL ADLER 12. 67 - TANNER THORSON 13. 56Y - DANIEL ROBINSON 14. 56X - MARK CHISHOLM 15. 67K - HOLLY SHELTON 16. 31 - DAVID BUDRES 17. 28 - KORY SCHUDY 18. 97 - SPENCER BAYSTON 19. 91 - DERECK KING 20. 9K - KYLE SCHUETT 21. 71 - RYAN ROBINSON 22. 71K - CARSON MACEDO 23. 91T - TYLER THOMAS
Micros
Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 4 - GARRETT DUFF, HEAT 2: 3 - ARYTON GENNETTEN, HEAT 3: 9 - AYRTON OLSEN, HEAT 4: N2 - NIC HARRIS
Semi-Feature Winners: 2T - TYLER DUFF
Great Clips Feature Winner: 12 - FRANK GALUSHA
POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 12 - FRANK GALUSHA 2. 8H - MATT HOWARD 3. 37H - NICK HOWARD 4. 2B - NATHAN BENSON 5. 23 - JEREMY CAMP 6. 08C - ALLEN COPE 7. N2 - NIC HARRIS 8. 4 - GARRETT DUFF 9. 3B - SHELBY BOSIE 10. 22S - SLATER HELT 11. 3 - ARYTON GENNETTEN 12. 8 - GABE VERARDI 13. 28 - LUKE VERARDI 14. 30T - TYLER VANTOLL 15. 99 - ALEC LONG 16. 72 - LEVI CURRY 17. 2T - TYLER DUFF 18. 9S - AUSTIN STEWART 19. 9 - AYRTON OLSEN 20. 23C - TONY CLIFTON 21. 83B - JEFF BEASLEY 22. 14X - CHRISTIAN RAY 23. 10 - TYLER RUST
D II Midgets
Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 0A - HUNTER LANE, Heat 2: 10B - PATRICK BRUNS, Heat 3: 122 - JOHNNY HEYDENREICH
Great Clips Feature Winner: 10B - PATRICK BRUNS
POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 10B - PATRICK BRUNS 2. 30T - TYLER VANTOLL 3. 122 - JOHNNY HEYDENREICH 4. 7 - ADAM TAYLOR 5. 10C - MAX POZGAI 6. 0A - HUNTER LANE 7. 2 - AUSTIN ARCHDALE 8. 10 - JASON WALLS 9. 3 - JORDAN CASKEY 10. 3X - JOHN SPRINGER 11. 15M - SHANE MORTON 12. 10R - JACK ROUTSON 13. 38 - NICK COREA 14. 0B - LARRY KNOWLES 15. 24 - SCOTT KOERNER 16. 0 - JOHNNY MURDOCK 17. 13 - TYLER ROTH 18. 10A - JIMMY CLARK 19. 73 - BROC HUNNELL 20. 0 - DOUG ORSESKE
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