Jessica Power Has Strong Weekend With a Pair of Top 10 Finishes in DIRTcar Sportsman Events at Ransomville and Humberstone Speedway

At this point last season, Jessica Power was in the midst of the first season following the DIRTcar Sportsman Series. She had been running well, but the three race western swing at Ransomville, Merrittville and Humberstone was tough, and it broke any momentum that the team had. With these three events on the schedule this weekend, Power was looking for some strong finishes, to move up in the DIRTcar Sportsman Series point standings.

Ransomville Speedway was the first stop on the weekend schedule on Friday night, and Power started strong posting a third place finish in her qualifying heat race and earning a spot in the redraw for a top 12 starting position. In the redraw, Power randomly picked position number two, and fired from the outside of the front row for the 50 lap main event. The yellow flag was displayed twice in the opening 10 laps, and Power remained inside the top five. As the race progressed, Jessica had lost some ground, but crossed the finish line in 10th place. She later advanced to ninth after another competitor did not pass the standard post race tech inspection.

The action moved to Merrittville Speedway on Saturday night, but a lingering rain forced track officials to cancel the program, giving the team some extra time to prepare for Sunday’s event at Humberstone Speedway in Port Colbourne, Ontario. Jessica started from the 18th position at Humberstone in their 50 lap main event, and worked her through the field to finish solidly inside the top 10 in eighth place.

This coming weekend, Jessica Power will continue the DIRTcar Sportsman Series schedule with a stop at Mohawk International Raceway in Hogansburg, New York on Saturday night. Power was a regular at this track in 2012, and hopes to have an advantage over some of the other competitors in the series. After seven events in the series so far, Jessica is currently in the top five in the overall DIRTcar Series point standings.

Jessica Power and the Power Racing team would like to thank all of our 2013 sponsors which include Speedy Auto Service, Gananoque Chev-Olds, Fastenal, Wing’s Live Bait & Tackle, John’s Your Local Grocer, Stover Bus Lines, Axcel Sports, Dash Lawncare, 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., Camara Slate, NAPA Auto Parts, Lakins Tile and Finish Line Web Design for their support and we look forward to a very exciting 2013 campaign.

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