CHARLESTON, Ill. — Cannon McIntosh proved his racing might at Charleston Speedway to capture his 20th career victory with the POWRi National Midget League to kick off the 11th annual POWRi Illinois Speedweek festivities in hair-raising fashion.
Setting the feature field would find high-point qualifier Thomas Meseraull and front-row counterpart McIntosh each jockeying for positions as the green flag waved with Meseraull gaining the slight advantage on the opening lap with McIntosh, Taylor Reimer, Zach Daum and Corbin Rueschenberg following.Â
Finding the front of the field to his liking, Meseraull led the first three revolutions only to find a speedy McIntosh zip around the high side.
With McIntosh leading Meseraull, a red flag would be displayed with the top-two competitors making contact in slowing with both competitors relegated to the work area for repairs.
Inheriting the lead from the caution, Taylor Reimer appeared to be the driver to beat while leading the next 10 revolutions around Charleston Speedway by separating herself nearly three seconds from the field.Â
Witnessing Riemer leading, McIntosh began his trek from the rear of the field back to the front, eventually overtaking for the prized position around the midpoint of the event in an epic fashion of wheelwork.
Holding the prized placement until the checkered flag, saw McIntosh win his second POWRi feature of the season. He led 17 of the 30 laps.
“Not sure what happened when the red came out, I slowed down and contact happened but my team did a really good job to get everything fixed and get up back out there,” McIntosh said. “I couldn’t be more happy and thankful for this team around me to get me into position to go and just drive, what a great way to start POWRi Speedweek.”Â
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 2. 97-Gavin Miller[12]; 3. 91-Zach Daum[4]; 4. 26-Chance Crum[8]; 5. 26R-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman[13]; 7. 19AZ-Hayden Reinbold[6]; 8. 97K-Cooper Williams[16]; 9. 7X-Thomas Meseraull[1]; 10. 25K-Taylor Reimer[3]; 11. 08K-Brody Wake[15]; 12. 99K-Robert Carson[21]; 13. 56X-Mark Chisholm[22]; 14. 31K-Kyle Beilman[14]; 15. 21D-Justin Dickerson[18]; 16. 9-Mitchell Davis[17]; 17. 19-Kale Drake[10]; 18. 00-Talin Turner[11]; 19. 13-Elijah Gile[20]; 20. 71E-Mariah Ede[7]; 21. 40X-Steven Snyder Jr[9]; 22. 21K-Karter Sarff[19].