Knepper Victor at Belle-Clair
POWRi PR, Millstadt, IL May 3, 2009 - Belleville’s own Nick Knepper won the 30 lap O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series event Saturday night at the Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, IL. Knepper, driving the familiar yellow K & K Garage sponsored Spike/Esslinger, led the final three laps for the victory. Daniel Robinson of Wayne City, IL started outside front row and took the early lead over Knepper and Ryan Criswell. The trio would hold those three positions respectively throughout the event. A red flag on lap 13 because of a flip by Tyler Robbins slowed the event. Robbins would be evaluated at the hospital and later released. On the restart, Robinson would again set the pace with Knepper and Criswell giving chase until the trio came upon lapped traffic. On lap 26, coming out of turn two, Robinson would find himself caught behind a lapped car and Knepper made his move to the outside passing Robinson on the back stretch and leading the final three laps for the victory. At the finish it was Knepper, followed by Robinson, Criswell, Rich Camfield and Andrew Felker rounding out the top five.
National Midget Feature: 1. 55 Nick Knepper, 2. 37 Daniel Robinson, 3. 11c Ryan Criswell, 4. 87 Rich Camfield, 5. 11a Andrew Felker, 6. 401k Daniel Adler, 7. 135 Matt Sherrell, 8. 15 Tim Siner, 9. 75 Josh Wise, 10. 7b Austin Brown, 11. 76 Kellen Conover, 12. 10 Justin Grant, 13. 25m Derrick Myers, 14. 1t Tony Roney, 15. 5 Danny Frye III, 16. 38n Kyle Neal, 17. 5d Zach Daum, 18. 14c Shane Cockrum, 19. 35 Tyler Robbins, 20. 78 Dave Camfield Jr., 21. 91 Derek King, 22. 25 Steve Knepper
POWRi PR, Millstadt, IL May 3, 2009 - Belleville’s own Nick Knepper won the 30 lap O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series event Saturday night at the Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, IL. Knepper, driving the familiar yellow K & K Garage sponsored Spike/Esslinger, led the final three laps for the victory. Daniel Robinson of Wayne City, IL started outside front row and took the early lead over Knepper and Ryan Criswell. The trio would hold those three positions respectively throughout the event. A red flag on lap 13 because of a flip by Tyler Robbins slowed the event. Robbins would be evaluated at the hospital and later released. On the restart, Robinson would again set the pace with Knepper and Criswell giving chase until the trio came upon lapped traffic. On lap 26, coming out of turn two, Robinson would find himself caught behind a lapped car and Knepper made his move to the outside passing Robinson on the back stretch and leading the final three laps for the victory. At the finish it was Knepper, followed by Robinson, Criswell, Rich Camfield and Andrew Felker rounding out the top five.
National Midget Feature: 1. 55 Nick Knepper, 2. 37 Daniel Robinson, 3. 11c Ryan Criswell, 4. 87 Rich Camfield, 5. 11a Andrew Felker, 6. 401k Daniel Adler, 7. 135 Matt Sherrell, 8. 15 Tim Siner, 9. 75 Josh Wise, 10. 7b Austin Brown, 11. 76 Kellen Conover, 12. 10 Justin Grant, 13. 25m Derrick Myers, 14. 1t Tony Roney, 15. 5 Danny Frye III, 16. 38n Kyle Neal, 17. 5d Zach Daum, 18. 14c Shane Cockrum, 19. 35 Tyler Robbins, 20. 78 Dave Camfield Jr., 21. 91 Derek King, 22. 25 Steve Knepper