[chathamracefan]

The 3 hour round trip for my 1st visit to Belleville was certainly worth it.

[bmemmer]

I think they need to run the 24 hours of Belle Clair or a 100 Lap race. I could watch racing there all night

[jim goerge]

Blake I'd be there watching with you The Burg was a hell of a race but I kept thinking bout what I was missing at Bell Chair

[Andrew S. Quinn]

I wish there was a way to describe all the action going on thru out the entire race,on top of watching Bell and Bayston come back thru the field after getting caught up in the wreck in turn 3. So many sliders going on at each end of the track,its hard to compute it all in your head what you are really watching!

There is a reason I drive the 246 miles from my house there whenever they race midgets there,even if there is a race closer by to go to. Last nights race was a good example of why its at the top of my list. I have seen so many great races there,and hardly any duds,so my expectations are really high whenever I go there. Last night didnt disappoint! The midget feature was over at 9:30,and I was on my back to Indy. I plan accordingly for work the next day,and I am up and will be heading there shortly,with more sleep than normal after a trip to Little Belleville on a Sunday night.

[chathamracefan]

I told a guy sitting behind me that I needed split screen vision. Ended up mostly watching Bell when he was coming back thru the field. I was impressed to see the track crew turn the track over both after hot laps & before the features.

POWRI consistently delivers a great show for the $15 or $20 gate admission most nights. Very entertaining & high caliber racing. They must keep the guys happy as they consistently pull in guys like Bell, Clauson, Rico etc when their schedule allows. Also, their core group of drivers is top notch as well. I hope they come up with a good PA announcer once Mr. Childers retires at the end of the year. He is fun to listen to & adds to the show.

[ronmil]

Another awesome night at "Belle-Vegas"! Now if they'd just get that construction zone slowdown on west bound I64 done before my next trip over, things would be even better!

[Andrew S. Quinn]

Bell and Andruskevitch take "Battle at Belle-Vegas III" Victories
Sunday, July 12th


Belleville, IL - Christopher Bell earned his fifth POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series victory of 2015. Involved in an incident early one, Bell came from the back to claim the 30 lap event on the high-banked 1/5th mile Belle-Clair Speedway for the National Midget portion of the "Battle at Belle-Vegas III." Aaron Andruskevitch of Riverton, Illinois survived an action-packed, 20 lap feature event to snag his second POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series victory of 2015.

Starting on the pole with Darren Hagen to the outside, Bell would narrowly miss the jump on the initial restart as Shane Cockrum would stop in turns one and two, issuing the first caution of the evening, calling back the start. Lined back up, Bell's Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Toyota-powered Bullet would get a much better start and take the early lead. As the field started to get sorted out, Kyle Schuett would bring out the second caution of the evening after looping it off turn four. With two laps in the books, Bell would rocket off as Spencer Bayston challenged Hagen for the second position. On lap seven the caution would fly as both Daniel Robinson and Tucker Klaasmeyer's machines sat tangled atop turn two.

Coming back to green, Bell would assert his lead as Bryan Clauson edged into the fourth position. With 11 laps down, misfortune would hit as Christopher Bell came upon lap traffic; cars would collide and collect, including Andy Malpocker, Tucker Klaasmeyer, Kyle Schuett, Daniel Adler, and leader Bell and second place runner, Spencer Bayston. Inheriting the top position, Darren Hagen would lead the field to green in the Austin Brown, Esslinger-powered BOSS Chassis entry. Immediately coming back to green, the racing would be slowed as Tyler Thomas stopped on the back stretch. Resuming racing, Hagen headed straight to the top side of the high-banked 1/5th mile, working to put more space between himself and the rest of the field, as Jake Neuman slid Bryan Clauson for second.

On lap 14, Gage Walker would bring out the caution after looping it on the bottom of turns one and two. This time when Hagen showed the way, Austin Brown would steal second from Neuman coming off turn two. Three laps later, Spencer Bayston would stop on the front stretch after contact, while separately, Gage Walker and Ryan Robinson tangled in turn four. Coming back to green, Hagen would check out until Dereck King slowed entering turn three, coming to a stop on the front stretch and bringing out the caution. Coming back to green, Bell would slide for third from the fifth position, causing Jake Neuman running in third to attempt to turn back underneath him, only to spin and bring the caution back out.

With 23 laps complete, Hagen would try his best to hold off Brown, Felker and Bell coming to green, but Bell's head of steam would be too much as Bell slid for the top position off turn four on lap 27 to lead the final three laps. Coming in second was Darren Hagen with Andrew Felker in third. Austin Brown earned fourth and Tanner Thorson took fifth.
"I definitely didn't expect to get up through there," Bell said. "POWRi midget week when I started in the back, I wasn't able to make my way back up there, but I hope the fans enjoyed that one because I did in the racecar."

"I've got to apologize to my teammate," stated Hagen. "On that restart, I got in there and just hit the fence in one and two and got real tight dragging the brake. Totally my fault, but hat's off to Christopher Bell and his team to come from the back."

"Just started too deep and kept catching the cautions wrong," said Felker. "Had another awesome car and salvaged a 13th to third. Definitely felt like we had a car to win. Hopefully we can keep this momentum going."

Aaron Andruskevitch of Riverton, Illinois outlasted multiple cautions and one red flag to claim his second POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series feature win of 2015. Starting outside the front row to Joey Wirth, Andruskevitch took command on the opening lap, pulling away on the treacherous Belle-Vegas curb. Joe B. Miller brought home the second position after starting tenth, while Kurt Westerfield earned a career-first podium finish rounding out the top three. Dereck King took fourth from 18th and Tucker Klaasmeyer earned fifth.

"The old motor is wore out," Andruskevitch said. "We ran that motor all season last year and I think tonight's night 31 on that motor. We struggled with the car midseason there at SPEED Week and found out we had some torsion bars go bad. We didn't touch the car, just put new torsion bars on it and the Stallard's hooked up.

"We had a little trouble there, but it's all good," commented Miller. "I got to thank everybody that helps out on this machine. Without them, this wouldn't be possible.

"This is one of my goals," said Westerfield. "I set out this year to make the podium at a POWRi show and we accomplished it tonight. I want to thank my dad and all my sponsors."

Midgets

Ford Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 67 - Tanner Thorson, Heat 2: 91T - Tyler Thomas, Heat 3: 71 - Christopher Bell, Heat 4: QLD8 - Jimi Quin

Toyota Semi-Feature Winner- 71K - Ryan Robinson

Great Clips Feature Winner: 71 - Christopher Bell

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Feature Results (30 laps): 1. 71 - Christopher Bell 2. 17 - Darren Hagen 3. 11A - Andrew Felker 4. 7 - Austin Brown 5. 67 - Tanner Thorson 6. 39 - Spencer Bayston 7. 57D - Daniel Robinson 8. 32 - Garrett Aitken 9. 71K - Ryan Robinson 10. 63 - Bryan Clauson 11. 9K - Kyle Schuett 12. 50 - Daniel Adler 13. 22 - Andy Malpocker 14. 7X - Gage Walker 15. 3N - Jake Neuman 16. 15 - Tim Siner 17. 66 - Shane Cockrum 18. 91 - Dereck King 19. QLD8 - Jimi Quin 20. 55 - Nick Knepper 21. 91T - Tyler Thomas 22. 27 - Tucker Klaasmeyer 23. 6B - Andy Baugh

Micros

Ford Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 3 - Ayrton Gennetten, Heat 2: 51B - Joe B Miller, Heat 3: 77W - Joey Wirth, Heat 4: 21 - Aaron Andruskevitch

Toyota Semi-Feature Winners- Semi 1: 08C - Allen Cope, Semi 2: 1 - Dereck King

Great Clips Feature Winner: 21 - Aaron Andruskevitch

POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series Feature Results (20 laps): 1. 21 - Aaron Andruskevitch 2. 51B - Joe B Miller 3. 14 - Kurt Westerfield 4. 1 - Dereck King 5. 27 - Tucker Klaasmeyer 6. 3 - Ayrton Gennetten 7. 8 - Brian Lunsford 8. 46 - Zac Taylor 9. 08C - Allen Cope 10. 8J - Scott Justice 11. 7C - Chris Cochran 12. 22P - John Potter 13. 58H - Luke Hanning 14. 4C - Rob Cook 15. 9 - Austin Stewart 16. 99 - Alec Long 17. 35 - Tyler Robbins 18. 42 - Andy Bishop 19. 77W - Joey Wirth 20. 2B - Nathan Benson 21. 14X - Christian Ray 22. 18 - Steve Finn

For more information, visit www.powri.com.
Contact:
Derek Schuett
POWRi Media
info@powri.com

[racefan20]

Ran through this whole thread and never found out if the race has been rescheduled I would like to visit Fairbury but not for fenders. Is it rescheduled or not?

[Chris Nunn]

Not going to Fairbury because of fenders is suspect. It's home to the three time and defending race of the year in late models. Just watch video. The place is absolutely bonkers for any type of racing. You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't go at least once.

[racefan20]

Sorry Chris I'd like to go but I'd rather see some open wheel while I am there. I'll watch the fenders too but I wont drive all the way up there just for them. Still wondering if there is a make-up date.