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POWRi - Chett Gehrke Looking To Repeat At Valley Speedway Kansas City, May 2, 2012: Chett Gehrke's fourth-place finishin the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series at Valley Speedway inGrain Valley, Mo., changed the course of his 2011 season.He'll be trying to alter it again when the series returns tothe one-third mile track near Kansas City on Friday (May 4), but ina different way. The event at Valley was the second of the POWRi Midget season andGehrke and car owner Skip Matteson of Salina, Kan., decided to turnhis performance into a springboard to attempt to win thechampionship. Gehrke's season-high second place the nextnight at Lucas Oil Raceway in Wheatland, Mo., where POWRi racesSaturday (May 5) in the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals,solidified their decision. "I didn't expect to run the whole series and Idon't think Skip (Matteson) did either, but after GrainValley, we were up in points and decided to run the wholeseason," Gehrke said. The 27-year-old from Broken Arrow, Okla., finished fifth in the23-event POWRi Midget championship. He had three top-fives and 11top-10s and made the feature in 21 of the 22 events he entered. "The season went pretty good," Gehrke said. Gehrke has raced in the three POWRi Midget events this season,finishing 13th and 16th in the features at Cowtown Speedway inKennedale, Texas, and falling out of the B Main at Jacksonville(Ill.) last Friday (April 27). He's tied for ninth in thepoints. "It hasn't been as good as we'd hoped for, butnot too bad," Gehrke said. "I didn't have anybrakes on the first night at Cowtown and we just weren't verygood on the second. We had motor problems at Jacksonville. Ididn't get to do any hot laps because of a broken rocker armand finished fourth in the heat and I had to pull off with a brokenoil pump in the B main." Gehrke arrives to Valley Speedway and Lucas Oil Speedway this yearwanting to get his season moving in an upward direction in thepoints. It may determine which POWRi championship he'llpursue. The two events are also in the inaugural season of thePOWRi Lucas Oil West Series, a 14-race championship that includesfour races in Gehrke's home state of Oklahoma. Gehrke isthird in the West points. "We were thinking about running for both championships, butwe haven't gotten off to a very good start in the Nationalseries," Gehrke said. "We'll run at least for theWest championship. It's good to be able to run around homemore. I'm 45 minutes from Will Rogers Raceway in Claremoreand an hour and a half from I-44 Speedway in Oklahoma City." Gehrke, the Southern Midget Racing Series champion in 2010, likesracing at Valley and three-eighths mile Lucas Oil. "I'm ready to go," Gehrke said."They're bigger tracks than most of the POWRi driversare used to and I have experience at Valley and biggertracks." POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series top-10 points standings(after 3 of 31 events); 1. Brad Kuhn 430, 2. Zach Daum 340, 3.Tyler Thomas 310, 4. Tyler Courtney 305, 5. (tie) Garrett Aitken,Jake Blackhurst 255, 7. Andrew Felker 170, 8. Brett Anderson 140,9. (tie) Chett Gehrke, Levi Roberts 135. POWRi Lucas Oil West Series (after two of 14 events): 1. TylerThomas 200, 2. Andrew Felker 160, 3. Chett Gehrke 130, 4. ChrisBell 120, 5. Garrett Aitken 95, 6. Cameron Hagin 10, 7. (tie)Brunson Behning, Ryan Beechler 0. POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series 2012 race winners:Kennedale, Texas—Brady Bacon; Kennedale, Texas—DaveDarland; Jacksonville, Ill.—Mario Clouser. I am an expert from multi-satellitereceiver.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Opticum Satellite Receiver , China Smart Dongle I-box, HD PVR Satellite Receiver,and more.
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