Jessica Power Returns From DIRTcar Sportsman Weekend Tour With Disappointing Results; MIR is Next as DIRTcar Series Continues

With the 2012 regular season over, Jessica Power was ready to hit the road and due some traveling with the DIRTcar Sportsman Series. She ran the three race Ransomville, Merrittville and Humberstone Speedway section of the DIRTcar Sportsman Series last season, and with some notes to fall back on, the team was hoping to come out of the weekend with some strong finishes and solidify a spot in the top 10 in the series as it returns to more familiar territory this coming weekend.

Ransomville Speedway was the first stop on the tour, located near Niagara Falls, on the American side of the border. Power started the night off well, finishing third in her qualifying heat race, and locking in a spot in the night’s 50 lap main event. Qualifying in itself was a tough task with 45 cars attempting to get in the show and only 30 starting spots available. The race was filled with carnage, lots of wrecked race cars by the time the 50 lap feature was over. Power had started 14th and had moved towards the top ten before getting caught up in wreck just a few laps into the race. She went to the pits to have the crew check the car over, and returned to the track for the restart. At the checkered flag, Power would cross the line with a 21st place finish.

The team made the short drive over to Merrittville Speedway for Saturday night’s events and a steady morning rain left the team in doubt as to whether or not there would be any racing. Just after noon, the skies began to clear, and racing was on as scheduled. Power struggled throughout the night, and had to start the race using a provisional that comes with being in the top 12 in points. The team made some changes before the feature, but it continued to be a long night and ended up with a 22nd place finish.

The final stop on the weekend schedule was Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ontario. Once again, the end result was not what the team had hoped, and she ended the night credited with a 26th place finish after being involved in a wreck.

“It was a tough weekend to say the least”, says Power after the final race. “We didn’t have the results that we had hoped for, but we learned a lot in the process and we were able to bring the car home in one piece. I really want to thank everyone that helped us this weekend, and a special thanks to Bicknell Racing Products for their continued support”.

This coming weekend, Power will return to some more familiar ground as the DIRTcar Sportsman tour resumes at Mohawk International Raceway on Saturday night. Power had a great season at MIR finishing in the top five in track points and would love nothing more then to finish out the season with a DIRTcar Sportsman victory.

The Power Racing team still has their racing apparel for sale at the track each week. The profits from the sales of the team shirts will be used to fund their efforts for Super DIRT Week at the end of the 2012 season. To purchase your shirt, visit us at the track on raceday, or email power52racing@hotmail.com.

Jessica Power and the Power Motorsports team would like to thank Speedy Auto Service, Gananoque Chev-Olds, Fastenal, Jackson’s Landscaping and Property Maintenance, Wing’s Live Bait & Tackle, John’s Your Local Grocer, Stover Bus Lines, Axcel Sports, Great Chow Express, Star Diner, Len Corcoran Excavating, Glen Gould Estate Construction, Bicknell Racing Products, Bert Transmission Atomic Sign Works, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, South Eastern Mechanical Inc., and Finish Line Web Design for their support during the 2012 racing season.

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