POWELL WINS HER FIRST AT MERIDIAN, WESTOVER IS RADICAL CHAMP
Meridian, Idaho (September 23, 2023)………Ashlyn Powell raced to her first career USAC Rocky Mountain Radical Focus Midget feature win during Saturday night’s Pink Lady Classic at Idaho’s Meridian Speedway.
Powell (West Valley City, Utah), a softball player for Southeast Arkansas College away from the track, overtook Cheyenne Merrill for the lead on lap four, then held strong throughout the final 32 laps to take the checkered flag in the season finale for the series.
By virtue of his second-place result, Devin Westover (Saratoga Springs, Utah) collected the season-long championship by one single position over series runner-up A.J. Luttmer (West Jordan, Utah), a four-point difference between the two in the final tally.
Fast Qualifier Luttmer finished third in the feature with Tyler West (Silvana, Wash.) fourth and Friday night Meridian winner Chuck Groat (West Valley City, Utah) rounding out the top-five.
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USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADICAL FOCUS MIDGET RESULTS: September 23, 2023 – Meridian Speedway – Meridian, Idaho
QUALIFYING: 1. A.J. Luttmer, 31, Groat-13.209; 2. Chuck Groat, 14, Groat-13.441; 3. River Merrill, 9, Merrill-13.391; 4. Anthony Quintana, 02, Quintana-13.241; 5. Ashlyn Powell, 25, Powell-13.559; 6. Devin Westover, 13, Groat-13.342; 7. Cheyenne Merrill, 8, Merrill-13.415; 8. Tyler West, 77, West-13.633; 9. Drew Crenshaw, 0, Crenshaw-13.760; 10. Nick Escobedo, 05y, 13.562; 11. Duane Swanson, 1, Swanson-14.298; 12. Brian Hayes, 3B, Hayes-14.047; 13. Robert Clark, 36c, Clark-14.671.
FIRST HEAT: (7 laps) 1. River Merrill, 2. Devin Westover, 3. Drew Crenshaw, 4. Brian Hayes. NT
SECOND HEAT: (7 laps) 1. Tyler West, 2. Chuck Groat, 3. Ashlyn Powell, 4. Duane Swanson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (7 laps) 1. A.J. Luttmer, 2. Anthony Quintana, 3. Cheyenne Merrill, 4. Robert Clark, 5. Nick Escobedo. NT
FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Ashlyn Powell, 2. Devin Westover, 3. A.J. Luttmer, 4. Tyler West, 5. Chuck Groat, 6. Trevor Anderson, 7. Drew Crenshaw, 8. Brian Hayes, 9. Robert Clark, 10. Anthony Quintana, 11. Cheyenne Merrill, 12. River Merrill, 13. Duane Swanson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Cheyenne Merrill, Laps 4-35 Ashlyn Powell.
USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADICAL FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Devin Westover-995, 2-A.J. Luttmer-991, 3-River Merrill-903, 4-Cheyenne Merrill-683, 5-Anthony Quintana-541, 6-Nick Escobedo-322, 7-Aiden Parker-302, 8-Ashlyn Powell-279, 9-Chuck Groat-217, 10-William Ginn-146.
