Belleville, IL(9/28/23) Flying onto the well-prepared hosting track of Lake Ozark Speedway, POWRi StockMod competitors from six separate divisions would flock to Eldon Missouri for the Inaugural Andy Zeller Memorial POWRi StockMod Nationals. Preliminary Night One action would feature Derek Henson winning in the always entertaining Super Stocks, Ryan Gillmore emerging victorious in the show-stealing B-Mods, as well as Darin Porter taking home the prize in the fender-action of the Pure Stock divisions with 101 entries earning event points toward Saturday’s Championship Night.
Early on-track action would find Justin Russell set the Super Stock quick hot-lap time at 16.539 seconds, Kris Jackson would clock the B-Mod overall quickest time of 15.689 seconds, and Darin Porter would log the Pure Stock divisional best with 17.694 seconds.
Heat racing winners would include Derek Henson, Aaron Poe, Justin Russell, and Mark Davis in the Super Stocks. Cole Campbell, Colson Kirk, Bobby Williams, Jeremy Lile, and Dakota Lowe would earn B-Mod heat racing wins. Pure Stock heat race victories would go to Karla Lampe, Darin Porter, and Bradley McDowell. Semi-Feature winners would include Roger Detherage in the Super Stock, Ryan Gillmore and Rex Harris in the B-Mods, and Jerry Unger in the Pure Stock classes.
Feature action would roar to life with the Super Stock division as outside front-row starter Derek Henson would protect the lead for all twenty laps to earn his ninth feature win of 2023 as current National points leader Ted Welschmeyer would drive to a runner-up finish with Michael Muskrat placing in the final podium position. Two-time defending National Champion Aaron Poe would stay in the mix for the front all night to finish fourth as Devin Irvin rounded out the top five finishers for the Superior Steering Wheels POWRi Super Stock feature event.
Driving onto the track next in perhaps the best race of the night, the American Powder Coating B-Mods would not disappoint with hard-charger Ryan Gillmore advancing sixteen positions to steal the win on the final lap with a brilliant feature drive. Contending for the lead all night, Andy Bryant would lead one lap before placing second as leader of eighteen laps Bobby Williams would be forced to settle into third. Driving from starting sixth would witness Kris Jackson contend up-front for the duration of the feature to finish fourth with national point leader Cole Campbell rounding out the very competitive top-five finishers in a thrilling twenty-lap feature event.
Finalizing the first night of the Andy Zeller Memorial the Pure Stock division would witness National Point Leader Darin Porter perfect on the night to capture his twenty-third feature win over the past two seasons while holding off the constant charges of runner-up placement Mark Simon as well as third-place finisher Trevor Wilson. Showing speed late, Bradley McDowell would place fourth with Trenton Houston hard-charging past eleven other drivers to round out the top-five finishers in the Hitachi Energy POWRi Pure Stock Preliminary Night competitions.
Andy Zeller Memorial – POWRi StockMod Nationals | Lake Ozark Speedway | 9/28/23:
POWRi Super Stock: A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 27D-Derek Henson[2]; 2. 6Z-Ted Welschmeyer[4]; 3. 164-Michael Muskrat[1]; 4. 45-Aaron Poe[8]; 5. 67-Devin Irvin[10]; 6. 00-Cory Flamm[5]; 7. 44-James Nighswonger[16]; 8. 25-Jay Prevete[12]; 9. 56-Mark Davis[7]; 10. 3P-Tyler Perryman[15]; 11. 25X-Rodger Detherage[17]; 12. 99S-Chris Dunham[13]; 13. 21-Jared Lamke[21]; 14. 10-Steve Beach[18]; 15. 4-Branden Bise[11]; 16. 75-Nathan Williams[19]; 17. 22N-Landon Nakoneczny[14]; 18. 53-Danny O'Neal[22]; 19. 04-Blaine Ewing[9]; 20. (DNF) 82-Brandon Hall[6]; 21. (DNF) NG0-Jimmy Ngo[20]; 22. (DNF) 8J-Justin Russell[3].
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 25X-Rodger Detherage[3]; 2. 10-Steve Beach[8]; 3. 75-Nathan Williams[7]; 4. NG0-Jimmy Ngo[13]; 5. 21-Jared Lamke[10]; 6. 53-Danny O'Neal[9]; 7. 69T-Tony Bowman[4]; 8. 78-Gary Lamke[6]; 9. (DNF) 72B-Jimmy Burrus[5]; 10. (DNF) 2A-Ace O'Neill[1]; 11. (DNF) G1-Nick Gibson[2]; 12. (DNS) 05-Dale Berry; 13. (DNS) 41CH-Cragar Harris; 14. (DNS) 26-Donnie Miller; 15. (DNS) 29-Harlan Dowell; 16. (DNS) 49-Jay Lamons; 17. (DNS) 221-Jerry Brown.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27D-Derek Henson[5]; 2. 6Z-Ted Welschmeyer[6]; 3. 3P-Tyler Perryman[2]; 4. 2A-Ace O'Neill[3]; 5. 22N-Landon Nakoneczny[8]; 6. 44-James Nighswonger[9]; 7. 53-Danny O'Neal[4]; 8. 21-Jared Lamke[7]; 9. (DNF) 49-Jay Lamons[1].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Aaron Poe[1]; 2. 4-Branden Bise[2]; 3. 04-Blaine Ewing[5]; 4. 25-Jay Prevete[6]; 5. 25X-Rodger Detherage[4]; 6. 75-Nathan Williams[3]; 7. 10-Steve Beach[7]; 8. (DNF) 26-Donnie Miller[8].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8J-Justin Russell[4]; 2. 164-Michael Muskrat[8]; 3. 82-Brandon Hall[7]; 4. 99S-Chris Dunham[6]; 5. 78-Gary Lamke[2]; 6. (DNF) 41CH-Cragar Harris[1]; 7. (DNF) NG0-Jimmy Ngo[5]; 8. (DNS) 221-Jerry Brown.
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Mark Davis[2]; 2. 00-Cory Flamm[6]; 3. 67-Devin Irvin[5]; 4. G1-Nick Gibson[3]; 5. 69T-Tony Bowman[4]; 6. 72B-Jimmy Burrus[7]; 7. (DNF) 05-Dale Berry[8]; 8. (DNF) 29-Harlan Dowell[1].
POWRi B-Mod: A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[17]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[4]; 3. 1B-Bobby Williams[2]; 4. J2-Kris Jackson[5]; 5. 22-Cole Campbell[6]; 6. 17S-Mike Striegel[8]; 7. 83-JC Newell[3]; 8. 90-Terry Schultz[10]; 9. 14B-Brayden Bennett[19]; 10. 11-Chris Spalding[9]; 11. 55-Colson Kirk[7]; 12. 42-Jerry Morgan[11]; 13. 51-Brian Schutt[16]; 14. 30-Rex Harris[18]; 15. 574-Adam Hall[13]; 16. 18-JC Morton[21]; 17. 7S-Jake Richards[22]; 18. 24D-Dakota Lowe[12]; 19. 20D-Dawson David[20]; 20. 86-Jeff Albright[15]; 21. 17-Blake Beal[14]; 22. (DNF) 05-Jeremy Lile[1].
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 66-Ryan Gillmore[2]; 2. 14B-Brayden Bennett[13]; 3. 18-JC Morton[12]; 4. 33-Tyler Imhoff[10]; 5. 7-Joshua Christian[3]; 6. XL7-Colby Carter[7]; 7. (DNF) 42C-Casey Thomas[6]; 8. (DNF) 8S-Clayton Smith[5]; 9. (DNF) 53-Charlie Laizure[9]; 10. (DNF) 21-Jackie Dalton[4]; 11. (DNF) 4-Brian Christian[1]; 12. (DNF) 19R-Cole Stillwell[11]; 13. (DNS) 5-Don Williams.
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 30-Rex Harris[1]; 2. 20D-Dawson David[2]; 3. 7S-Jake Richards[11]; 4. 219-Dalton Keith[12]; 5. 94-Tyler Potter[5]; 6. R33-Austen Raybourn[8]; 7. 6-Jay Flinn[6]; 8. 24L-Patrick Lewis[3]; 9. 12L-Gary Lewis[10]; 10. 42E-Dale Enloe[7]; 11. (DNF) 18H-Trent Harrison[4]; 12. (DNS) 07S-Shaun Davis.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Cole Campbell[2]; 2. 51-Brian Schutt[1]; 3. 83-JC Newell[8]; 4. 24L-Patrick Lewis[3]; 5. 8S-Clayton Smith[4]; 6. 94-Tyler Potter[7]; 7. R33-Austen Raybourn[6]; 8. 33-Tyler Imhoff[5]; 9. (DNF) 18-JC Morton[9].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Colson Kirk[2]; 2. 17S-Mike Striegel[4]; 3. J2-Kris Jackson[7]; 4. 66-Ryan Gillmore[5]; 5. 42C-Casey Thomas[3]; 6. 18H-Trent Harrison[8]; 7. 53-Charlie Laizure[6]; 8. (DNF) 219-Dalton Keith[1].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1B-Bobby Williams[4]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[5]; 3. 11-Chris Spalding[6]; 4. 21-Jackie Dalton[2]; 5. 7-Joshua Christian[7]; 6. 5-Don Williams[1]; 7. 6-Jay Flinn[8]; 8. 12L-Gary Lewis[3].
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Jeremy Lile[5]; 2. 86-Jeff Albright[2]; 3. 90-Terry Schultz[6]; 4. 17-Blake Beal[7]; 5. 4-Brian Christian[8]; 6. XL7-Colby Carter[3]; 7. 07S-Shaun Davis[1]; 8. (DNS) 14B-Brayden Bennett.
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 24D-Dakota Lowe[1]; 2. 574-Adam Hall[3]; 3. 42-Jerry Morgan[6]; 4. 20D-Dawson David[5]; 5. 30-Rex Harris[8]; 6. 42E-Dale Enloe[2]; 7. (DNF) 19R-Cole Stillwell[7]; 8. (DNF) 7S-Jake Richards[4].
POWRi Pure Stock: A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21-Darin Porter[2]; 2. 1X-Mark Simon[1]; 3. 30-Trevor Wilson[4]; 4. 26-Bradley McDowell[3]; 5. 19-Trenton Houston[16]; 6. 27-Aaron Gustin[5]; 7. 22R-Kolby Rathbone[7]; 8. 88-Chris Messerli[11]; 9. 21T-Jeff Turpin[18]; 10. 71-Christopher Tonoli[14]; 11. 25-Samuel McDaniel[8]; 12. 17-Shayne Healea[9]; 13. 69-Dylan Bowman[21]; 14. 4-Paul Turpin[13]; 15. 17U-Jerry Unger[17]; 16. K4-Jack Wood[19]; 17. 13C-Clifton Champney[20]; 18. (DNF) 216-Payton McDowell[12]; 19. (DNF) 5-Justin McDowell[10]; 20. (DNF) 7-Karla Lampe[6]; 21. (DNF) 07-Jordan Goddard[22]; 22. (DNF) 742-Chad Nivens[15].
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 17U-Jerry Unger[1]; 2. 21T-Jeff Turpin[2]; 3. K4-Jack Wood[3]; 4. 13C-Clifton Champney[4]; 5. 69-Dylan Bowman[7]; 6. 07-Jordan Goddard[6]; 7. 12W-Aaron Welschmeyer[11]; 8. 64-Brandon Sanders[5]; 9. 68-Rhonda Lamke[8]; 10. 12-Aaron Ricks[10]; 11. (DNF) 22-Matt O'Neill[9].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Karla Lampe[1]; 2. 1X-Mark Simon[6]; 3. 22R-Kolby Rathbone[4]; 4. 88-Chris Messerli[5]; 5. 17-Shayne Healea[8]; 6. 742-Chad Nivens[9]; 7. 13C-Clifton Champney[3]; 8. 68-Rhonda Lamke[2]; 9. 22-Matt O'Neill[7].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Darin Porter[2]; 2. 30-Trevor Wilson[4]; 3. 5-Justin McDowell[3]; 4. 216-Payton McDowell[5]; 5. 17U-Jerry Unger[6]; 6. 19-Trenton Houston[9]; 7. 07-Jordan Goddard[1]; 8. 64-Brandon Sanders[8]; 9. (DNF) 12-Aaron Ricks[7].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Bradley McDowell[2]; 2. 27-Aaron Gustin[4]; 3. 4-Paul Turpin[1]; 4. 25-Samuel McDaniel[6]; 5. 71-Christopher Tonoli[7]; 6. 21T-Jeff Turpin[8]; 7. K4-Jack Wood[9]; 8. 69-Dylan Bowman[3]; 9. (DNF) 12W-Aaron Welschmeyer[5].
Each preliminary night will be considered a complete event with National Points awarded to all classes running over the trio of StockMod Nationals dates at Lake Ozark Speedway. No other national points will be awarded for any other racetrack the weekend of September 28-30. Saturday Features will Start twenty-four with preliminary night features starting twenty-two, NO Provisionals will be available.
Proceeds from the Inaugural Andy Zeller Memorial POWRi StockMod Nationals will be donated to the benefit of the Andy Zeller family. Michelle, Raelyn, and Spencer Zeller will serve as the event grand-marshals with Andy’s parents Chris and Vickie Zeller, and brother CJ as honorary flagmen.
Entrants must be POWRi members to compete as well as be eligible in Speedy B’s POWRi StockMod presented by Luebbering Oil National Championship Chase year-end point fund and secondary medical insurance.
Details about the POWRi StockMod Divisional Points Season Standing are available at https://www.powristockmod.com/standings/regions/2023/22388 under the supporting divisional tab.
Luebbering Oil Company – “POWRi StockMod Presenting Sponsor” – A wholesale fuel distributor, servicing both commercial and residential customers locally and throughout the Midwest. From home heating oil to lubricating oils to industrial operations or repair shops, LOC will have any fuel needs covered | www.luebberingoilcompany.com.
Speedy B’s Convenience – “POWRi StockMod Title Sponsor” – Offering a full line of racing gasoline formulas at a top-notch line of clean, fast, friendly, and local convenience stores in Speedy B’s with five locations including New Bloomfield, Holts Summit, St Thomas, and two facilities in Jefferson City.
LOC Fuel Advantage Program – “The Fueling Partner of POWRi StockMod” – If 55 Gallons of any fuel is purchased at participating LOC facilities, the customer receives one FREE pit pass to any POWRi StockMod event in 2023.
Superior Steering Wheels & Graphics – “The Official Steering Wheel and Graphics provider of POWRi StockMod” – Family owned and operated, everything is made by hand and custom-built one at a time to ensure great quality with a concentration on amazing customer service and top-notch quality products whether it’s a steering wheel, a decal, or a banner | www.superiorsteeringwheel.com.
Stuff Haven Storage – “POWRi Midwest Mod Title Sponsor” – With a state-of-the-art facility and the best customer service around, storage renters receive 24-hour access to belongings with security and peace of mind. Call or book online today at www.StuffHavenStorage.storageunitsoftware.com |1112 E North St. Eldon, MO 65026.
Stars & Pipes Plumbing – “POWRi Late Model Title Sponsor” – A leading plumbing company in Lake Ozark Missouri, specializing in high-quality plumbing services at affordable prices with a team of skilled technicians available 24/7 to handle all types of plumbing issues from routine maintenance to emergency repairs. For more information call (573) 745-7460 | www.starsandpipesplumbing.com or follow along on Facebook.
Superior Steering Wheels & Graphics – “POWRi Super Stock Title Sponsor” – Family owned and operated, everything is made by hand and custom-built one at a time to ensure great quality with a concentration on amazing customer service and top-notch quality products whether it’s a steering wheel, a decal, or a banner | www.superiorsteeringwheel.com.
American Powder Coating – “POWRi B-Mod Title Sponsor” – For a tour of the facility or a no-obligation quote swing by American Powder Coating today at 507 Hwy 42 Osage Beach Missouri (behind American Sun Control) or phone at (573)348-4200.
Hitachi Energy – “POWRi Pure Stock Title Sponsor” – ‘Inspire the Next’ – Hitachi ABB Power Grids are thinking globally but manufacturing locally in Jefferson City, Missouri, more information is available online at www.hitachienergy.com | 500 W Hwy 94 Jefferson City, MO 65101.
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For more information on Lake Ozark Speedway such as points, driver profiles, and track data visit www.lakeozarkspeedway.net or @LakeOzarkSpeedway on all social media platforms | 50 Twiggy Lane Eldon, MO 65026 | 314-267-4944.
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- Cassy Staley on Sep 29, 2023
- Article Date: 9/29/2023