Brett Anderson
Austin Brown
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Belleville, IL – Belleville’s Brett Anderson won the 35 lap O’Reilly POWRi presented by Lucas Oil “Arnie Knepper Memorial” midget race Wednesday night during the St. Clair County Fair driving the family owned Spike/Fontana powered number 11 midget. ARCA star Justin Allgaier from Riverton, IL started on the pole and set the pace during the early stages of the yellow flag filled event. Allgaier was pursued by Steve Knepper and Australia’s Adam Clark while Anderson, who started seventh, would move through traffic to trail the trio. On lap 21, Anderson would take advantage of Knepper and Clark coming out of turn 2 when Knepper jumped the cushion and Clarke had to hit the brakes to avoid Knepper which allowed Anderson to dive underneath the pair. Anderson would set his sights on Allgaier who had about an eight car length advantage. On lap 26, Anderson would slide past Allgaier and lead the lap with Allgaier returning the favor and leading lap 27. As the two entered turn one again Anderson would make his move stick and hold on the final eight laps for the victory. Following Anderson and Allgaier at the line were Clark, Nick Knepper and Zach Daum.
Heat #1
Altig, Myers, R.Camfield, A.Brown, Hess, Robinson, D.Camfield Jr., N.Knepper, Robbins
Heat #2
S.Knepper, King, Clark, Riley, Moughan, Lehmann, Tischauser, Mecum, Adler
Heat #3
Cone, Allgaier, Anderson, Daum, K.Brown, Weber, Smith, Cunningham
Semi #1
N.Knepper, D.Camfield Jr., Robbins, Mecum, Lehmann, Smith, Weber, Tischauser, Cunningham
National Midget Feature:
Anderson, Allgaier, Clark, N.Knepper, Daum, S.Knepper, Hess, Altig, Cone, Myers, A.Brown, Mecum, Robinson, K.Brown, Smith, Moughan, Riley, King, R.Camfield, D.Camfield Jr., Robbins, Lehmann
In Micro Sprint action, Millstadt’s Austin Brown took the checkers leading the final 12 laps of the O’Reilly POWRi presented by Lucas Oil 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint event driving his
Factor 1/Hollingsworth powered number 7 micro. This was Brown’s first POWRi winged feature win of his career. Caleb Graybeal of Leroy, IL would start on the pole and lead the first seven laps pursued by Ryan Langston of Greenfield, IN and Brown. Graybeal and Langston would work the low line while Brown made the cushion work. On lap 8, Brown would nudge past Graybeal and hold the lead while on the next lap Langston would get past Graybeal and set his sights on Brown. Langston would follow Brown the rest of the way without being able to mount a charge. Ryan Guyett of Springfield, IL who started 13th would make his way to 3rd before the checkers fell. Following Brown, Langston and Guyett at the line would be Caleb Graybeal’s brother Brandon and Brad McDaniel.
Heat #1
Montgomery, Cathey, Harms, Patton, D.King, Bosie, Pemberton, Smallwood, Obst, Plew
Heat #2
C.Graybeal, Ruf, Gass, Guyett, Robbins, Cox, Piper, Amerson, Weyant, Potter
Heat #3
Kingston, Brown, Neal, Piel, McClain, Niehiser, Bustamante, Russell, Stearns
Heat #4
B.Graybeal, Faucon, Fitzpatrick, McDaniel, Welch, Harris, K.King, Hudson, England
Semi #1
Peil, Niehiser, Bosie, Russell, Pemberton, Welch, Amerson, Obst, Bustamante, Stearns, Plew
Semi #2
K.King, Cox, Harris, Smallwood, Hudson, Weyant, England, McClain, Piper, Robbins
600cc Outlaw MicroFeature:
Brown, Langston, Guyett, B.Graybeal, McDaniel, Patton, C.Graybeal, D.King, Faucon, Cathey, Fitzpatrick, Neal, Robbins, Harms, Ruf, Cox, Harris, K.King, Bosie, Montgomery, Niehiser, Piel, Gass
