3/2/2025
POWRi
Marcus Thomas, Noah Gass, and Sam Hafertepe Jr Earn POWRi Elite Outlaw Wins in Texas Trio Weekend
Imperial, PA. (3/2/25) Tackling a duet of track over a trio of nights, the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint Series presented by MYCO Plastics would witness Marcus Thomas victorious at I-37 Speedway with Noah Gass and Sam Hafertepe Jr all claiming checkers over the three-day opening weekend.
Starting the first night of weekend competition action within the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint competitors would find Kaden Weger claim the quick-time award with a qualifying lap of 13.261 as Marcus Thomas, Austin Mundie, and John Carney II each would earn heat racing victories with Preston Perlmutter attaining the high-point qualifier award at I-37 Speedway.
Sailing into wing sprint feature green flag racing would find second-starter Marcus Thomas out-duel Perlmutter out of the first pair of corners as Thomas would shoot to the preferred position with the field calculating for spots behind the leader.
Earning his first career-sanctioned victory in the POWRi Elite, Marcus Thomas would outrun seventeenth-starter and runner-up placement Sam Hafertepe Jr to capture the feature win. Speedy Austin Mundie would clinch third as tenth-starting Rees Moran finished fourth with Brett Becker rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint Series presented by MYCO Plastics weekend opener feature event at I-37 Speedway.
Launching into the second night of weekend competition action within the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint competitors would find Sam Hafertepe, Austin Mundie, and Brandon Anderson each earning heat racing victories with Austin Mundie attaining the high-point qualifier award at South Texas Race Ranch.
Cruising into wing sprint feature green flag racing would find fourth-starting Noah Gass out-duel fifth-starting Sam Hafertepe Jr to gain his first career-sanctioned victory in the POWRi Elite, Gass would lead all twenty-five laps to capture the feature win as speedy Hafertepe would clinch runner-up for the second night in a row. Pole-starting Austin Mundie would place third as ninth-staring Kyle Jones finished fourth with night-one winner Marcus Thomas rounding out the top-five finishers from beginning seventh with the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint Series presented by MYCO Plastics weekend mid-event feature at South Texas Race Ranch.
Establishing the final night of weekend competition action within the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint competitors would find Sam Hafertepe Jr clock the quickest qualifying time with a 13.025 lap as Cody Gardner, Rees Moran, and Landon Crawley each earning heat racing victories with Austin Mundie again attaining the high-point qualifier award at South Texas Race Ranch.
Sailing into wing sprint feature green flag racing would find pole-starter Austin Mundie out-duel the field out of the first pair of corners as Mundie would shoot to the preferred position on the first pair of laps with the field calculating for spots behind the leader.
Securing his first career-sanctioned victory in the POWRi Elite, two-night runner-up and fourth-starting Sam Hafertepe Jr would reign supreme on the final twenty-eight laps to outrun third-starter and runner-up placement Noah Gass to capture the feature win. Leader of two laps Austin Mundie would clinch third as Preston Perlmutter finished fourth with Rees Moran rounding out the top-five finishers for the POWRi Elite Outlaw Sprint Series presented by MYCO Plastics weekend conclusion feature event at South Texas Race Ranch.
POWRi Elite | I-37 Speedway | 2/27/25:
Coyote Candle Co. A Main (25 Laps): 1. 10G-Marcus Thomas[2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[17]; 3. 4-Austin Mundie[3]; 4. 22M-Rees Moran[10]; 5. 2B-Brett Becker[6]; 6. 79-Kyle Jones[15]; 7. B2-Carson Bolden[13]; 8. 2-Brandon Anderson[12]; 9. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[1]; 10. 00E-Jaden Edmond[18]; 11. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 12. J2-John Carney II[8]; 13. 31BW-Braxton Weger[5]; 14. 20G-Noah Gass[11]; 15. 17GP-Landon Crawley[14]; 16. 29-Logan McCandless[16]; 17. (DNS) 6-Cody Gardner; 18. (DNS) 27KW-Kaden Weger.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10G-Marcus Thomas[3]; 2. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[4]; 3. 20G-Noah Gass[1]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden[5]; 5. 29-Logan McCandless[6]; 6. 17GP-Landon Crawley[2].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Austin Mundie[2]; 2. 22M-Rees Moran[1]; 3. 31BW-Braxton Weger[3]; 4. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 5. 79-Kyle Jones[5]; 6. 00E-Jaden Edmond[6].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. J2-John Carney II[1]; 2. 2B-Brett Becker[2]; 3. 2-Brandon Anderson[6]; 4. 6-Cody Gardner[3]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 6. 27KW-Kaden Weger[4].
Qualifying 1: 1. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 00:13.261[7]; 2. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:13.393[8]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:13.406[13]; 4. 10G-Marcus Thomas, 00:13.534[2]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 00:13.558[10]; 6. 6-Cody Gardner, 00:13.559[15]; 7. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.597[17]; 8. 4-Austin Mundie, 00:13.789[9]; 9. 2B-Brett Becker, 00:13.790[6]; 10. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:13.807[18]; 11. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:13.867[4]; 12. J2-John Carney II, 00:13.977[12]; 13. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:14.099[1]; 14. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:14.357[11]; 15. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:14.358[16]; 16. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:15.024[14]; 17. 00E-Jaden Edmond, 00:15.503[5]; 18. 2-Brandon Anderson, 00:16.021[3].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/555225
POWRi Elite | South Texas Race Ranch | 2/28/25:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 20G-Noah Gass[4]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 3. 4-Austin Mundie[1]; 4. 79-Kyle Jones[9]; 5. 10G-Marcus Thomas[7]; 6. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[6]; 7. 6-Cody Gardner[16]; 8. B2-Carson Bolden[12]; 9. 17GP-Landon Crawley[3]; 10. 2-Brandon Anderson[2]; 11. 2B-Brett Becker[13]; 12. 22M-Rees Moran[10]; 13. 31BW-Braxton Weger[17]; 14. 29-Logan McCandless[15]; 15. 27KW-Kaden Weger[8]; 16. 88R-Ryder Laplante[14]; 17. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[11]; 18. 00E-Jaden Edmond[18].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 10G-Marcus Thomas[2]; 3. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[5]; 4. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 5. 2B-Brett Becker[6]; 6. 31BW-Braxton Weger[3].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Austin Mundie[2]; 2. 27KW-Kaden Weger[1]; 3. 79-Kyle Jones[3]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden[4]; 5. 88R-Ryder Laplante[6]; 6. 6-Cody Gardner[5].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Brandon Anderson[2]; 2. 17GP-Landon Crawley[4]; 3. 20G-Noah Gass[6]; 4. 22M-Rees Moran[5]; 5. 29-Logan McCandless[3]; 6. 00E-Jaden Edmond[1].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/555228
POWRi Elite | South Texas Race Ranch | 3/1/25:
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 2. 20G-Noah Gass[3]; 3. 4-Austin Mundie[1]; 4. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[2]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[6]; 6. 79-Kyle Jones[13]; 7. 2-Brandon Anderson[5]; 8. 6-Cody Gardner[8]; 9. 29-Logan McCandless[7]; 10. 10G-Marcus Thomas[12]; 11. B2-Carson Bolden[10]; 12. 17GP-Landon Crawley[9]; 13. 2B-Brett Becker[11]; 14. 27KW-Kaden Weger[15]; 15. 00E-Jaden Edmond[17]; 16. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[14]; 17. 31BW-Braxton Weger[16].
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Cody Gardner[1]; 2. 4-Austin Mundie[3]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[5]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 5. 27KW-Kaden Weger[6]; 6. 79-Kyle Jones[2].
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22M-Rees Moran[2]; 2. 20G-Noah Gass[3]; 3. 10G-Marcus Thomas[1]; 4. 29-Logan McCandless[4]; 5. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[5]; 6. 00E-Jaden Edmond[6].
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17GP-Landon Crawley[1]; 2. 2-Brandon Anderson[3]; 3. 42P-Preston Perlmutter[4]; 4. 2B-Brett Becker[2]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger[5].
Qualifying 1: 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.025[9]; 2. 29-Logan McCandless, 00:13.300[7]; 3. 42P-Preston Perlmutter, 00:13.377[4]; 4. 4-Austin Mundie, 00:13.460[13]; 5. 20G-Noah Gass, 00:13.496[5]; 6. 2-Brandon Anderson, 00:13.613[10]; 7. 79-Kyle Jones, 00:13.640[1]; 8. 22M-Rees Moran, 00:13.651[8]; 9. 2B-Brett Becker, 00:13.719[16]; 10. 10G-Marcus Thomas, 00:13.771[12]; 11. 17GP-Landon Crawley, 00:13.805[17]; 12. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:13.899[2]; 13. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:13.992[15]; 14. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 00:14.097[11]; 15. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 00:14.394[3]; 16. 6-Cody Gardner, 00:14.786[6]; 17. 00E-Jaden Edmond, 00:14.786[14].
Event Details: https://www.myracepass.com/events/555231
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