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Sunday Fun Day @ Belle-Clair Speedway

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Belle-Clair Meents Memorial 9/7/14



POWRi to Visit Belle-Clair Speedway for the Final Time of the 2014 Season at the Charlene Meents Memorial
POWRi is scheduled to visit Belle-Clair Speedway on Sunday, September 7th for the 10th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial. This will be POWRi’s last visit to the Belleville, IL track this year. Since its inception in 2005, the Charlene Meents Memorial is an event that both fans and drivers look forward to all season. Recent past winners of the Charlene Meents Memorial include Zach Daum in 2013, Austin Brown in 2012, and Brett Anderson in 2011.

The event is held in honor of former Midwest Auto Racing Association President, Charlene Meents. During her years with MARA, Meents was instrumental in keeping midget racing alive in the Midwest, especially the St. Louis area. She also played an important role in maintaining MARA’s presence in some of the country’s largest and most notable races, including the Belleville Nationals and the Chili Bowl Nationals. Though she passed away in August 2003, Meents is remembered by many as the friendly face who welcomed them to each MARA event. Along with her friends and family, the Charlene Meents Memorial keeps her racing legacy alive.

Just as Meents contributed much to midget racing, several additional sponsors have contributed to the Charlene Meents Memorial. A big thank you to all of the following people and businesses:

T-Shirt Sponsors - Hoosier Tire Midwest, In Memory of Howard Lehmann, Grosvenor Trucking, Siner Transport Co., Billings Bodywork Medical Massage, Spike Chassis, Lakeland Square Maytag Laundry, 4 Left Turns, and Horsepower Inc – Indy.

Heat Race Winner Sponsors – Shannon McQueen Racing, Harlan & Ty Hulsey Racing, and the French Family

Heat Race Second Place Finisher Sponsors - Product certificates, Rod End Supply and Hinchman Indy

B-Main Non-Transfer Sponsor – Horsepower Inc – Indy

Heat Race High Passing Points Sponsor – Daum Crop Insurance

A-main Hard Charger Sponsor – Anonymous donor of $200

All Race Winners Sponsor – 4 Left Turns

A-Main Lap Sponsors – In Memory of Chad McDaniel, Spike Chassis, Quick Racing, 4 Left Turns, Daum Motorsports, B&J Windshield Repair, Grosvenor Trucking, Bill Willis, Roof Bolt Express, Harlan & Ty Hulsey Racing, In Memory of Howard Lehmann, Canham Graphics, Siner Transport, The Dean Billings Family, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Randy Meyers Racing, Lakeland Square Maytag Laundry, In Memory of Michael Temares, Horsepower Inc – Indy, Kevin Crowder, Julie Novosel, and In Memory of Morty

Prior winners:
2005 –Matt Sandy
2006 – Mike Hess
2007 – Brad Loyet
2008 – Brett Anderson
2009 – Brad Loyet
2010 – Brad Loyet
2011 – Brett Anderson
2012 – Austin Brown
2013 – Zach Daum

Contact:
Paige Elbe
POWRi Media
pelbe@kbrperformance.net

I hope everyone can make it out this weekend. POWRi runs the best midget show in the business so don't worry about it being a Sunday night!

Here are the T-shirts for this years event!

Here's the back including some great sponsors and the prior winners.

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Gonna' make the trip down I 55 from The Springfield Mile following the conclusion of the Bettenhausen Memorial to Belle-Clair for the Meents Memorial.

I used to spend the weekend after Labor Day at Eldora for The World 100 but haven't done the World in about 8 or 9 years and don't miss it one little bit. In fact, I wouldn't trade this weekend of racing at Macon, Springfield and Little Belleville for a half dozen World 100's!!

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Absolutely would not miss this.

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I got shotgun!

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I'm thinkin' you probably do! LOL!!

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Can't wait to make one last trip to belle clair this year!!

Things are looking great for Sunday - tons of extra sponsorship cash to be given away!

T-shirts will be for sale before and after the races!!!
Kids $12
Adult S - 2 XL $15
3 XL $18

Who is gonna add their name to this list and take home this cool check?

Prior winners - Matt Sandy, Mike Hess, Brad Loyet (3), Brett Anderson (2), Austin Brown, Zach Daum

1Bryan Clauson
2Zach Daum
3Justin Peck

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Another enjoyable evening at Little Belleville! After enjoying some of the wonderful brisket at Hick's BBQ, I made my way over to the track and found a top row perch in Section B on the frontstretch. I meet an IOWer that I have not previously met at nearly every race, and this time I had the pleasure of visiting with Midwest Connection. I continue to be impressed with the way POWRi conducts their programs and the outstanding competition at Belle-Clair. Did I hear him right; believe he said the track was built in 1926 expressly for midget auto racing. Glad they have scheduled the Battle at the Center for Dec. 20th; one of my favorite races!

76 racecars,10 heats, four semis, and two features for 175 total laps of racing. And they were done at 9:45 on a Sunday night. Well done once again POWRi.

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Clauson Claims Meents Memorial, Schuett Scores First Career POWRi Micro Win
Monday, September 8th 2014


Belleville, IL. - Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Indiana claimed the 31 lap POWRi Lucas oil National Midget Series portion of the Charlene Meents Memorial at the high-banked 1/5th mile Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois. Kyle Schuett of Philo, Illinois scored his first career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series victory with a last lap, last corner pass.

At the drop of the green flag, pole-sitter Colton Cottle would barely edge Spencer Bayston at the line for the early lead of lap one. Piloting the Cottle Flooring-sponsored, Esslinger-powered DRC, Cottle would check out leaving Parker Price-Miller battling with Spencer Bayston for second. Just as Cottle came up on lap traffic, the red flag would come out as Mark Chisholm, about to be lapped, got upside down in turn three, collecting Colton Cottle, Spencer Bayston, Justin Grant, and Parker Price-Miller. Chisholm would be alright and able to restart. The other drivers involved were able to restart, except for Justin Grant and Parker Price-Miller who would be done for the remainder of the event.

Justin Peck of Monrovia, Indiana would lead the field back to green in his Duracoat Products-sponsored, Esslinger-powered DRC upon inheriting the lead after the red. Peck would take off with Bryan Clauson and Zach Daum in tow. As Clauson's Rusty Kunz Racing/Curb-Agajanian entry closed in on Peck, the duo would begin to battle raising the crowd to its feet. On lap 14, Clauson would make the pass stick and take over the lead from Peck. With Clauson comfortably out front, Daum, Peck and Tyler Thomas would all battle for second with plenty of slide jobs to go around.

As Clauson worked his way through lap traffic, the red flag would once again come out on lap 21 as Andrew Felker got tipped over on his side in turn four. Also involved was Mark Chisholm. All drivers involved were alright and able to continue racing. During the red Terry Babb would overheat and take his Fontana-powered Spike behind the wall to the work area, and be done for the evening.

When racing resumed, Clauson would power into a dominate lead, checking out from the rest of the field. As Clauson caught lap traffic, Zach Daum and Justin Peck would do their best to catch Clauson, but to no avail as Clauson would claim the checkers to the Charlene Meents Memorial, followed to the line by Zach Daum in second and Justin Peck in third. Coming in fourth was Tyler Thomas and rounding out the top five was Michael Pickens.

"I can't thank everybody that works on this 63 car enough," stated 2014 Charlene Meents Memorial Champion Bryan Clauson. "They made my job easy. I got a little help there early with that red that took out two or three guys which made it a little bit easier on us. It's an honor to win the Arnie Knepper and now the Charlene Meents. It's a pretty special opportunity to win these races. I love little Belleville."

"We come out of here and we're not tore up, we're not upside down, and we're in one piece," said second place finisher Zach Daum. "I drove it harder than I ever had before here and we couldn't gain on him, so I just got in a rhythm to finish the race."

"They gave me a good setup and made my job easy," explained third place finisher Justin Peck. "I wish we could have brought home second, I thought we were a little bit better than Zach, but he drove the wheels off it and made less mistakes than we did. I have to give it up to Clauson; he's always fast here, and everywhere."

Driving the Progressive Propane-sponsored, Yamaha-powered Sawyer Chassis, Kyle Schuett of Philo, Illinois won the action packed 20 lap POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series feature with a last lap, last corner pass on Aaron Andruskevitch. Schuett's win was his first career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series feature victory. "I just saw him get a little covered up in lap traffic and I made the move on the bottom," said Schuett. "It worked out and I'm speechless. I can't thank my mom, dad, and all my sponsors enough."

"I had a good run going and I saw Nathan put his nose in a couple of times," stated second place finisher Aaron Andruskevitch of Riverton, Illinois. "I was competing with him, but I didn't know Schuett was back there. Still, it was a better night than last night. We struggled quite a bit last night."

"These two tracks [Macon and Belle-Clair] are really my favorite," said third place finisher Nathan Benson of Concordia, Missouri. "They're the hardest to win on because they're so technical and everything's so tight. We had a heck of a heat race and that got us starting up front, but we just faded there at the end. Hats off to Kyle that was well deserved. I hate running third, but I'm happy to see him win."

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Feature results (31 laps): 1. 63 - Bryan Clauson 2. 5D - Zach Daum 3. 5X - Justin Peck 4. 91T - Tyler Thomas 5. 2st - Michael Pickens 6. 11R - Ryan Chriswell 7. 15 - Tim Siner 8. 56 - Darren Hagen 9. 5C - Colten Cottle 10. 11A - Andrew Felker 11. 7 - Austin Brown 12. 57D - Daniel Robinson 13. 35T - Tyler Robbins 14. 22 - Andy Malpocker 15. 39 - Spencer Bayston 16. 39R - Ross Rankine 17. 2 - Seth Motsinger 18. 56X - Mark Chisholm 19. 7X - Gage Walker 20. 88 - Terry Babb 21. 35 - Justin Grant 22. 9P - Parker Price-Miller

POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series Feature results (20 Laps): 1. 9K - Kyle Schuett 2. 21 - Aaron Andruskevitch 3. 2B - Nathan Benson 4. 44 - Ayrton Gennetten 5. 51B - Joe B. Miller 6. 77W - Joey Wirth 7. 3B - Shelby Bosie 8. 8H - Matt Howard 9. 16B - Dakota Busche 10. 19 - Natasha Cox 11. N2 - Nic Harris 12. 00 - Matt Ponder 13. 28V - Luke Verardi 14. 23 - Jeremy Camp 15. 52 - Jason Harms 16. 65E - Chad Elliott 17. 14 - Kurt Westerfield 18. 39 - Austin Stewart 19. 109 - Tim Mervert 20. 37H - Nick Howard 21. 55 - Shawn Sears 22. 79J - Jacob Patton 23. 1 - Nick Knepper

For more information, visit www.powri.com.

Contact:
Derek Schuett
POWRi Media
Derek.schuett@gmail.com
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Thank you to everyone that came out last night! It was another great night of racing at Little Belleville.

Congratulations to Bryan Clauson on his feature win - it's pretty cool to think that a NASCAR and Indy Car driver has now won my mom's memorial race :-)

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Bryan led lap 30 which was the "In memory of Morty" lap. I've taken this sign with me all over the place this year,and between the "All Mortied Up" koozies,and this sign,I wanted to get Morty to the winners circle,which has now been accomplished twice this year. I was glad to get the sign in the winners circle at Little Belleville as Morty knew both Bryan,and was a long time friend of Joe Dooling.


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That sounds more like it!