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Both drivers lead start-to-finish in POWRi’s first sanctioned race of 2008 MILLSTADT, Ill. (Jan. 20) – Defending O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series champion Brad Loyet picked up where he left off Saturday in the first O’Reilly POWRi race of 2008, leading all 25 laps of the first “DuQuoin Winter Series” presented by Broken Bow Records. Loyet led 19 other starters into Turn 1 and never looked back despite a photo finish with Tim Siner to end the evening’s POWRi doubleheader. Siner caught Loyet during the final four laps and tried desperately to perform a slide job on the 20-year-old, but came up .067 seconds short on the temporary sixth-mile indoor facility. Loyet was unchallenged during the opening half of the race, and distanced himself from Siner and Tracy Hines when on Lap 11 he began lapping the tail of the field. While fighting for second, Siner and Hines snaked through the field in attempt to catch Loyet. The first of four caution periods occurred on Lap 19 and three subsequent yellows prior to the checkered flag kept the battle up front close. Siner fought past more lapped traffic on Lap 25 and pulled away from Hines and closer to Loyet. Over the final four laps of the 30-lapper, Siner finally caught Loyet. However, he couldn’t complete a firm pass attempt, and fell just shy of taking the checkered flag first. Hines came home third – only 1.081 seconds behind Loyet – and ahead of Brent Beauchamp and reigning Micro-Sprint champ Dereck King. Beauchamp, Hines, Bobby East and Hud Cone won heat races. Twenty-seven cars made the call to the track. The next “DuQuoin Winter Series” presented by Broken Bow Records race is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16. POWRi Midget Results from "DuQuoin Winter Series" at the Southern Illinois Center in DuQuoin, Illionis Heat #1 : 1. Brent Beauchamp 2. Russ Harper 3. Josh Most 4. Austin Brown 5. Dave Camfield 6. Tony Roney 7. Johnny Murdock Heat #2 : 1. Tracy Hines 2. Brad Loyet 3. Nick Knepper 4. Jeff Davis 5. Garrett Hood 6. Buddy Luebke 7. Steven Weber Heat #3 : 1. Bobby East 2. Derek King 3. Danny Stratton 4. Zach Daum 5. Tyler Reddick 6. Jason Dull 7. J.C. Bland Heat #4 : 1. Hud Cone 2. Tim Siner 3. Steven Arnold 4. Dalton Cole 5. Tyler Robbins 6. Mike Hess Semi : 1. Tony Roney 2. Garrett Hood 3. Jason Dull 4. Tyler Reddick 5. Jeff Davis 6. J.C. Bland 7. Buddy Luebke 8. Steven Weber 9. Johnny Murdock 10. Tyler Robbins 11. Mike Hess Feature : 1. Brad Loyet 2. Tim Siner 3. Tracy Hines 4. Brent Beauchamp 5. Derek King 6. Hud Cone 7. Tony Roney 8. Zach Daum 9. Danny Stratton 10. Russ Harper 11. Dave Camfield 12. Austin Brown 13. Dalton Cole 14. Jason Dull 15. Steven Arnold 16. Tyler Reddick 17. Josh Most 18. Garrett Hood 19. Bobby East 20. Nick Knepper Rob Johnson gets POWRi Micro-Sprint Victory 74 Micro-Sprints fought for 22 feature starting positions, and Rob Johnson trumped the other 73 Micro-Sprint competitors in the first POWRi feature of the night. Johnson started up front and led all 25 laps to beat Tyler Robbins. Johnson was never challenged in the caution-filled race (nine in total), beating Robbins by 0.758 seconds. Ryan Guyett, Andrew Elson and Nick Harris rounded out the 20-car starting field. Johnson, Robbins, Guyett and Harris, also won heat races, as did Matt Johnson, Michael Severs, Tyler Reddick, Paul Day, Greg Dillion and Riley Adair. The 74 entered cars was the second most ever for a POWRi show; the record remains at 77. The next “DuQuoin Winter Series” presented by Broken Bow Records race is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16. Micro Feature : 1. Rob Johnson 2. Tyler Robbins 3. Ryan Guyett 4. Andrew Elson 5. Nic Harris 6. Austin Laskey 7. Kenny Niflis 8. Alex Harris 9. Michael Severs 10. Joe B. Miller 11. Matt Johnson 12. Toney Roney 13. Stan Kreisel 14. Caleb Graybeal 15. Paul Day 16. AJ Hopkins 17. Bob Bourff 18. Max Pozsgai 19. Tyler Reddick 20. Riley Adair 21. Gregg Dillion 22. Mark Perry III |