Belleville, IL. (02/8/2021) In just a little over one month’s time, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will kick start a full year of racing. With a new season opening for the series, a week earlier than normal, Monarch Motor Speedway in Wichita Falls, TX. will be hosting the season opener to jump start the 2021 race season.
Monarch Motor Speedway is a new track slated for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget league. The ¼ mile semi banked dirt oval will be hosting POWRi Midgets in a two day show Friday and Saturday, March 19th and 20th.
The traditional season opening for both the POWRi Midget series for a handful of years will still be on the schedule, just a week later. The 8th Annual Turnpike Challenge is scheduled for Thursday, March 25th through Sunday, March 28th, this year’s Turnpike Challenge features a four-race slate of midgets and micros as racers pour into Oklahoma to compete at Creek County Speedway, I-44 Riverside Speedway and Port City
A one-night stay at Creek County will be followed by a weekend doubleheader at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The exclusive home of the Turnpike Challenge for the previous two years, I-44 now shares the slate with two other iconic Oklahoma facilities. Retaining their two-day show, racers will encounter I-44’s red dirt clay on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27.
On Sunday, March 28, the 2021 Turnpike Challenge will conclude at the event’s original home, Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. PCR played host to the Turnpike Challenge for three years from 2014-16 and ran six thrilling POWRi National & West Midgets over that time.
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Photo Credits: Brock Moore
- administrator on Feb 08, 2021
- Article Date: 2/8/2021