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Alex Bright Victorious at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in POWRi WAR/Xtreme Outlaw Event

Alex Bright

Belleville, IL. (6/25/22) Alex Bright would outshine all other competitors in the Lucas Oil POWR Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League, as well as the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by LOW-E Insulation, feature event at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Night One of the St Louis Firecracker Faceoff to earn his first League victory.

Early on track accomplishments would witness Zach Daum clock top-time with a 12.788-lap as heat racing action would find Mario Clouser, Jake Swanson, and Shane Cockrum each earn a heat competition victory with Sterling Cling claiming the semi-feature win.

Soaring into the initial start would see high-point qualifier and pole-sitter Isaac Chapple battle outside front-row starter Nick Bilbee with Chapple gaining the early lead as Mario Clouser contended for the front of the field.

Taking the lead just before mid-way, Mario Clouser would control the point of the pack until lap traffic blended with an outstanding inside-line maneuver would propel seventh-starting Alex Bright to the front and on to the feature victory. Staying in the hunt for the front all feature Nick Bilbee would settle into finishing runner-up as Zach Daum would drive from beginning in eleventh to finishing third.

Starting twelfth, Matt Westfall would charge to the front to finish fourth with pole-starter Isaac Chapple rounding out the top-five finishers for the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by Low-E Isolation feature event for Night One at Federated Auto Parts at I-55 Raceway in the St Louis Firecracker Faceoff.

POWRi WAR Sprint League & Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series | I-55 Raceway | 6/24/22:

Hoosier Racing Tire Top Time: 5D-Zach Daum (12.788)

Advanced Racing Suspension Heat Race 1 Winner: 6-Mario Clouser

Auto Meter Heat Race 2 Winner: 21AZ-Jake Swanson

Schure Built Suspensions Heat 3 Winner: 66-Shane Cockrum

Max Papis Innovations Semi-Feature Winner: 34-Sterling Cling

MVT Services High Point Qualifier: 52-Isaac Chapple

Toyota Racing Development Hard Charger: 16-Anthony Nicholson

Lucas Oil Feature Winner: 20-Alex Bright

Lucas Oil Feature (30 Laps): 1. 20-Alex Bright[7]; 2. 17-Nick Bilbee[2]; 3. 5D-Zach Daum[11]; 4. 33M-Matt Westfall[12]; 5. 52-Isaac Chapple[1]; 6. 66-Shane Cockrum[5]; 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson[23]; 8. 99X-Dalton Stevens[19]; 9. 28-Kory Schudy[9]; 10. 2-Chase Johnson[22]; 11. 2B-Chad Boespflug[8]; 12. 1JR-Steven Russell[16]; 13. 34-Sterling Cling[17]; 14. 0-Steve Irwin[18]; 15. 6-Mario Clouser[4]; 16. 13-Chase Howard[21]; 17. 21AZ-Jake Swanson[6]; 18. 24-Landon Simon[14]; 19. 17GP-Kyle Shipley[3]; 20. 77-Jack Wagner[10]; 21. 99-Korey Weyant[20]; 22. 33-Rece Wommack[15]; 23. 44-Wesley Smith[13].

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Sterling Cling[1]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin[3]; 3. 99X-Dalton Stevens[9]; 4. 99-Korey Weyant[6]; 5. 13-Chase Howard[4]; 6. 2-Chase Johnson[2]; 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson[8]; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner[10]; 9. 3S-Stephen Smith[5]; 10. (DNS) 43B-Ricky Lewis.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Mario Clouser[2]; 2. 52-Isaac Chapple[1]; 3. 17-Nick Bilbee[3]; 4. 33M-Matt Westfall[5]; 5. 5D-Zach Daum[4]; 6. 34-Sterling Cling[9]; 7. 0-Steve Irwin[8]; 8. 16-Anthony Nicholson[7]; 9. 99X-Dalton Stevens[6].

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21AZ-Jake Swanson[4]; 2. 17GP-Kyle Shipley[2]; 3. 20-Alex Bright[3]; 4. 44-Wesley Smith[1]; 5. 24-Landon Simon[5]; 6. 2-Chase Johnson[8]; 7. 3S-Stephen Smith[7]; 8. 99-Korey Weyant[6]; 9. 73-Samuel Wagner[9].

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Shane Cockrum[3]; 2. 2B-Chad Boespflug[1]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 4. 28-Kory Schudy[4]; 5. 33-Rece Wommack[7]; 6. 1JR-Steven Russell[5]; 7. 13-Chase Howard[8]; 8. (DNS) 43B-Ricky Lewis.

Qualifying Group 1: 1. 5D-Zach Daum, 00:12.788[8]; 2. 17-Nick Bilbee, 00:12.790[4]; 3. 6-Mario Clouser, 00:12.879[2]; 4. 52-Isaac Chapple, 00:12.943[3]; 5. 33M-Matt Westfall, 00:12.993[6]; 6. 99X-Dalton Stevens, 00:12.996[5]; 7. 16-Anthony Nicholson, 00:13.043[1]; 8. 0-Steve Irwin, 00:13.114[9]; 9. 34-Sterling Cling, 00:13.240[7].

Qualifying Group 2: 1. 21AZ-Jake Swanson, 00:12.789[8]; 2. 20-Alex Bright, 00:12.946[6]; 3. 17GP-Kyle Shipley, 00:12.950[1]; 4. 44-Wesley Smith, 00:13.113[9]; 5. 24-Landon Simon, 00:13.381[7]; 6. 99-Korey Weyant, 00:13.467[3]; 7. 3S-Stephen Smith, 00:13.922[5]; 8. 2-Chase Johnson, 00:13.980[4]; 9. 73-Samuel Wagner, 00:13.980[2].

Qualifying Group 3: 1. 28-Kory Schudy, 00:12.914[1]; 2. 66-Shane Cockrum, 00:13.126[3]; 3. 77-Jack Wagner, 00:13.148[2]; 4. 2B-Chad Boespflug, 00:13.241[5]; 5. 1JR-Steven Russell, 00:13.517[4]; 6. 43B-Ricky Lewis, 00:13.545[7]; 7. 33-Rece Wommack, 00:13.596[6]; 8. 13-Chase Howard, 00:13.877[8].

Next up for the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will be Night Two at Federated Parts I-55 Raceway in Pevely Missouri on June 25th running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by Low-E Insulation.

More information on the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series presented by LOW-E Insulation including membership, points, and scheduling can be found online at www.xtremeoutlawseries.com.

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