LAKESIDE, Calif. — Grant Sexton, the 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series champion, has his eyes set on another title this year. It will be his first time racing at the track known as the “Diamond in the Desert.”. Sexton — who lives in Lakeside, Calif. — made a few runs in full-size sprint cars last year. “Well, it was new for us, but it was pretty much the same car.”. It will be a new car on a new track for Sexton’s first run of 2023. Like many young drivers, Sexton had some challenges early in his lightning sprint car career. On the first night of the two-day show, Sexton sent shockwaves through the lightning sprint car world by handily winning the main event. Also, of instead running a lightning sprint car-only schedule, he was moving up to full-size sprint cars.

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