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Kramer and Nunes Lead POWRi Califo

Kramer and Nunes Lead POWRi Califo...

4/18/2019
(Torrance, CA, April 16, 2019) Current point leader Jarrett Kramer and two-time 2019 winner Doug Nunes lead the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series into the Bakersfield Speedway this Saturday Night, April 20th. The race will be round #4 of the 2019 championship season. Spectator gates at “The West’s Fastest 1/3 of a Mile High Banked Clay Oval” will open at 5:00 P.M. and the first race will be at 7:00. Saturday’s race will be the second of the year...more
Daum Victorious at Valley Speedway

Daum Victorious at Valley Speedway

4/21/2019
Pocahontas, Illinois, chauffeur Zach Daum was victorious Friday night at Valley Speedway. But it wasn’t racing a POWRi Midget. Instead Daum the multiple-time POWRi Midget Champ would pace the field winning a wire to wire showdown over Nixa driver Wesley Smith racing in the POWRi Valley Outlaw Sprint Series. The victory however was no cakewalk for the veteran driver as Smith, a two-time winner already at Valley this season winning in sprints and midgets hounded Daum...more
Kyle Lewis WINs POWRi Midwest Ligh

Kyle Lewis WINs POWRi Midwest Ligh...

4/23/2019
The POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints opened our season at I-35 Speedway on Sat night. A BIG thank you goes out to our sponsors for 2019, Racin’ Boys, Oskvig Accounting and Rod End Supply. We had 5 Rookies for our first nite of the new season. Heat 1 1st 01 Bobby Layne KC, MO 2nd 49B Kenny Bowers Olathe, KS (R) 3rd 5 Tyler Murry Dover, MO 4th z8 Tim Davis KC, MO (R) 5th 88 ...more
POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series E

POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series E...

4/23/2019
After a successful two-night weekend to open the season and the month of April, the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing is set to open the month of May with a huge event as the “Rebels” head to Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, Nebraska on Saturday night, May 4, for the fourth annual “Ron Williams/Dick Snoose Myers Memorial.” This one-night event will pay $1500 to win while just starting the night’s feature finale...more
Triple-header on Tap for National

Triple-header on Tap for National...

4/24/2019
Belleville, IL – Beginning Friday, April 26th, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League has a big weekend on tap. Visiting three, fan-thrilling, action-packed tracks, the National Midgets begin the weekend at Belle-Clair Speedway, head to Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Saturday, and then round out the weekend on Sunday at Jacksonville Speedway. Friday, April 26th, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will invade Belle-Clair Speedway for the first...more
Season Opener for Nik Larson Racin

Season Opener for Nik Larson Racin...

4/24/2019
Saturday night 4/27 starts the 2019 season off for Nik Larson Racing as the team heads to Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wa. for the first night of a busy schedule. Skagit Speedway is one of the tracks that Nik and his team have done well at, several podium finishes last season and a lot of great racing with the other drivers of the Wicked Energy Gum presented by Cognitive Warriors Northwest Focus Midget Series. Join us at the track or follow along at MyRacePass.com
POWRi WEST HEADING FOR MIDGET MAYH

POWRi WEST HEADING FOR MIDGET MAYH...

4/24/2019
TULSA, OKLA. (April 24, 2019) – A thrilling doubleheader in “The 918” awaits the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League heading into their first standalone weekend of the 2019 season. Scheduled for Midget Mayhem on April 26 and April 27, the West Midgets will encounter Sapulpa’s Creek County Speedway on Friday night followed by a trip to Tulsa’s Port City Raceway on Saturday. With four co-sanctioned shows along with the POWRi National Midgets and one rain out at I-44...more
Friday, April 25th Knepper Memoria

Friday, April 25th Knepper Memoria...

4/25/2019
Belleville, IL – Tomorrow’s 28th Annual Arnie Knepper Memorial featuring action from the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League has been cancelled due to the continuous rainfall over the past three days. POWRi and Belle-Clair Speedway officials are actively seeking a date for rescheduling. “The rain gauge at the track shows three inches of rain,” commented Brian Thompson of Belle-Clair Speedway. This...more
Five Time Series Champion Michnowi

Five Time Series Champion Michnowi...

4/26/2019
(Torrance, CA, April 24, 2019) Five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz etched his name onto the victory ledger for the first time in 2019 when he won the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event in a thrilling finish last Saturday night at the Bakersfield Speedway. The victory was Michnowicz first at the Kern County clay oval since 2017. Twenty-seven CLS cars took time trials at the longtime track that is referred to as “The West’s Fastest...more
Schudy Shines in POWRi Valley Show

Schudy Shines in POWRi Valley Show...

4/27/2019
Grain Valley: Pat Schudy returned to victory lane Friday night in POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget action leading from start to finish in the feature event. For the veteran driver who will be 60 years old in September, it was his first win in the series since 2014 when he won the championship. His 7s Machine was fast all night for the Springfield, Mo. ace as he earned the pole position for the 20 lapper by scoring the most passing points in his heat. Schudy credited his...more
BEASON OUTLASTS STOUT POWRi WEST F

BEASON OUTLASTS STOUT POWRi WEST F...

4/27/2019
Sapulpa, Okla. (April 27, 2019) – It was Midget Mayhem indeed on Friday night at Creek County Speedway as Jonathan Beason and Cannon McIntosh delivered an exciting conclusion to the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League main event. Only one month removed from his insane Turnpike Challenge triumph over Christopher Bell, Beason came back out to play and once again found victory lane, this time by fending off McIntosh’s late-race sliders and topping a stacked 26-car...more
FELKER FENDS OFF FIELD FOR POWRi W

FELKER FENDS OFF FIELD FOR POWRi W...

4/28/2019
Tulsa, Okla. (April 28, 2019) (Photo Credit: Danny Clum) - From early stage sliders to late-race trials, Carl Junction, Missouri’s Andrew Felker encountered it all en route to his POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League win on Saturday night at Port City Raceway. Driving the Chad Shields Racing, Hyper No. 44S, Felker, who was the 2012 POWRi National Midget champion and grew up in the micro sprint ranks at PCR, led 19 of 25 feature laps. With 23 cars in attendance for round...more
POWRi BCRA MIDGETS HEADING TO KERN

POWRi BCRA MIDGETS HEADING TO KERN...

5/1/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 1, 2019) – The POWRi BCRA Lucas Oil Midget League resumes this weekend with appearances at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park on Friday, May 3 followed by a Saturday, May 4 race on the pavement at Madera Speedway. Friday’s event at Kern County marks the second of three POWRi BCRA visits to the Bakersfield facility, the first of which was won by Chase Johnson over Jake Swanson and Maria Cofer in March. Saturday’s Madera Speedway race is...more
MISSOURI TRIP TO VALLEY AND LUCAS

MISSOURI TRIP TO VALLEY AND LUCAS...

5/1/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 1, 2019) – After the entire tripleheader of Belle-Clair, I-55, and Jacksonville was washed away last weekend, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League is heading for the “Show-Me State.” The superstars of the National Midgets will join forces with the up-and-coming gassers of the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League for a two-day showdown at Valley Speedway on May 3 and Lucas Oil Speedway on May 4. Opening the weekend will be a visit to Grain...more
VALLEY CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY, SATUR

VALLEY CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY, SATUR...

5/2/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 1, 2019) – Due to heavy rain throughout the week paired with a forecast expecting more showers, officials have made the call to cancel Friday’s event at Valley Speedway for the POWRi Lucas Oil National/West Midgets and the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Saturday’s race at Lucas Oil Speedway is still on as scheduled and plans to proceed without a hitch. With a state-of-the-art facility that includes a phenomenal drainage system and paved pit...more
POWRi HONOR SPRINTS & BANDIT SPRIN

POWRi HONOR SPRINTS & BANDIT SPRIN...

5/2/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 2, 2019) – As part of an ever-growing brand, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. is excited to announce the addition of the POWRi Lucas Oil Honor Sprints and the POWRi Lucas Oil Bandit Sprints for the 2019 season. Competing at Honor Speedway in Pueblo, Colorado, the POWRi Lucas Oil Honor Sprints will open their campaign this Saturday, May 4. The Honor Sprints will battle once a month at the Colorado facility with six dates scheduled for 2019....more
Kaylee Bryson Bags First Midget To

Kaylee Bryson Bags First Midget To...

5/4/2019
Lonnie Wheatley, BIXBY, Okla. (May 3, 2019) – Kaylee Bryson notched her first top-ten finish in Midget racing competition with the POWRi West Midget League at Sapulpa, Oklahoma’s Creek County Speedway last Friday night. Now, the 18-year-old from Muskogee, OK, makes her first visit to Wheatland, Missouri’s Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday night for a Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget event. “It will be my first time to go there, I’m excited to be racing there,” Bryson...more
McIntosh Doing the Double Saturday

McIntosh Doing the Double Saturday...

5/4/2019
Lonnie Wheatley, BIXBY, Okla. (May 3, 2019) – With rain eliminating Friday night activities, 16-year-old Cannon McIntosh is set for a full night of action at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri in both Sprint Car and Midget action. McIntosh will take in both the ASCS Warrior Region Sprint Car portion of the event as well as the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League event aboard the Dave Mac Motorsports Toyota-TRD Spike No. 08. “It’s going to be fun racing both...more
SEAVEY STEALS LATE WIN AT LUCAS OI

SEAVEY STEALS LATE WIN AT LUCAS OI...

5/5/2019
WHEATLAND, MO. (May 4, 2019) – Winning his 11th-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League main event, Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey drove by his Keith Kunz Motorsports teammate Jesse Colwell on lap 23 to snag the win at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday night. With 31 entries signed-in for the co-sanctioned show between POWRi National and POWRi West, the field was split into four heats won by Jason McDougal (Smith Titanium Heat 1), Tucker Klaasmeyer (Keizer Wheels...more
MIDGETS AND MICROS SET FOR MIDWEST

MIDGETS AND MICROS SET FOR MIDWEST...

5/7/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 7, 2019) – The 2019 season for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League rolls on this weekend with the Midwest Season Opener at Belle-Clair Speedway and Macon Speedway. The Illinois doubleheader begins on Friday, May 10 at the Belleville, Illinois 1/5th-mile of Belle-Clair Speedway. On Saturday, May 11, the POWRi Midgets and Micros move on to the “Mighty” Macon Speedway located in Macon,...more
POINT LEADER KRAMER DOMINATES POWR

POINT LEADER KRAMER DOMINATES POWR...

5/10/2019
(Torrance, CA, May 7, 2019) Two-time and defending POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Jarrett Kramer posted his second win of 2019 when he led every inch of the way in the 25-lap main event last Saturday at the Ventura Raceway. The win was the second of the year for the 37-year-old and both wins have come at Ventura. Twenty-two cars showed up for the race on the track that is located adjacent to the beach on the Ventura County...more
BROWN BANKS DOMINATING POWRi NATIO

BROWN BANKS DOMINATING POWRi NATIO...

5/11/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 10, 2019) – Leading from start-to-finish, Austin Brown of nearby Millstadt, Illinois was the hometown hero on Friday night as he dominated Belle-Clair Speedway for an impressive triumph in the 28th annual “Knepper Memorial.” The wire-to-wire score aboard his BOSS Chassis, Toyota Racing No. 17 marked the fifth-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory for Brown. Earning the pole position via a strong sixth-to-first heat race win, Brown...more
Afternoon Rain & Cold Temps Force

Afternoon Rain & Cold Temps Force...

5/11/2019
(Macon, IL) Unseasonable weather continued to plague Central Illinois on Saturday, May 11, as high temperatures in the low 50’s and wet weather forced the cancelation of the first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget visit of 2019 to Macon Speedway. Four other divisions were also on schedule. For the Macon, IL track, it’s the second rainout in five tries this season, with the other being the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. In the three events that the track has held,...more
POWRi INTRODUCES BRIAN WALKER AS D

POWRi INTRODUCES BRIAN WALKER AS D...

5/14/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 14, 2019) – Ushering in a new era of online presence, the Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. group is proud to introduce Brian Walker as the Director of Media Relations at POWRi Racing. From press releases to social media and so much more, Walker will handle the content management for POWRi leagues nationwide, with a vision of expanding the brand into the digital age and beyond. “Having Brian on board will help our brand tremendously in giving...more
SATURDAY STOP AT I-44 RIVERSIDE SP

SATURDAY STOP AT I-44 RIVERSIDE SP...

5/16/2019
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (May 15, 2019) – I-44 Riverside Speedway’s red dirt will be on full display this Saturday, May 18 as the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League returns to the Oklahoma City 1/5th-mile for a one-night stand. Scheduled for five appearances in 2019, the POWRi West Midgets first took to I-44 back in March alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets as part of the sixth annual “Turnpike Challenge.” Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey, the 2017 POWRi...more
Wesley Smith Schools Valley

Wesley Smith Schools Valley

5/20/2019
Grain Valley: It’s been a big week for POWRi Midget and Sprint Racer Wesley Smith. On Thursday night he became a college graduate, and on Friday night he schooled the field at Valley Speedway in POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget Competition. For Smith it was his second victory of the season in the Valley Midget Series, and his third victory at the Grain Valley Dirt Track in 2019 after also winning previously in the Helm #12 Sprinter. The Nixa gasman would take his 18th...more
URSS Teams with SSO for 305 Weeken

URSS Teams with SSO for 305 Weeken...

5/20/2019
Oberlin, Kansas – May 20, 2019 - Two of the premier 305-ci sprint car groups in the region face off this coming Memorial Day weekend as the POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing and the Sprint Series of Oklahoma presented by Smiley’s Racing Products are geared for a weekend double-header. It all starts on Saturday night (May 25) at Longdale Speedway in Longdale, Oklahoma before heading to 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas for a special...more
RAUCH CHARGES TO RMMRA VICTORY AT

RAUCH CHARGES TO RMMRA VICTORY AT...

5/21/2019
FORT MORGAN, COLO. (May 18, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association opened up their 2019 season on Saturday at I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, Colorado, and they did not disappoint. With 18 cars on hand, the field was split into three fast and narrow heat races won by Keith Rauch, Paul Babich and Lance Bennett. Rolling the dice for a nine-car inversion for the main event, the field was set with Zac Taylor and Carson Garrett on the front...more
MIDGETS & MICROS EYE “SHOW-ME NATI

MIDGETS & MICROS EYE “SHOW-ME NATI...

5/21/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 18, 2019) – A pair of relatively young POWRi tracks will be under the spotlight this weekend as a Memorial Day tripleheader engulfs the state of Missouri. The “Show-Me Nationals” are slated for back-to-back nights at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Mo. on Friday and Saturday, May 24-25 with a Sunday, May 26 show at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. to conclude the Missouri trifecta. Visiting the Sweet Springs Motorsports...more
Inaugural Show-Me Nationals at Swe

Inaugural Show-Me Nationals at Swe...

5/23/2019
Belleville, IL – Due to the amount of rain received from severe storms over the previous week, the torrential downpours have forced track and series officials’ hands into cancelling the events at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Missouri. “In light of the recent storms that have plagued the Midwest, more specifically the state of Missouri, we will be cancelling the events at Sweet Springs,” commented Jason McCord. “The track has received so much...more
MICHNOWICZ CAPTURES 2ND POWRi CALI

MICHNOWICZ CAPTURES 2ND POWRi CALI...

5/25/2019
(Torrance, CA, May 23, 2019) Five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz raced to his second POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event win of 2019 last Saturday night at the Barona Speedway. Twenty-cars signed in on the night. The drama began in qualifying when 2019-point leader Jarrett Kramer’s car had engine ills knocking it out of the show. The Spring Valley based racer took off from the track to pick up another car. However, he did not get...more
WAGNER SNAGS FIRST WAR WIN AT LAKE

WAGNER SNAGS FIRST WAR WIN AT LAKE...

5/26/2019
ELDON, MO. (May 25, 2019) – It was an emotional Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway as young Jack Wagner earned his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory. Driving for car owner Jack Hockett and Jesse Hockett Racing, Wagner won on May 25, just one day before the nine year anniversary of Jesse Hockett's passing on May 26, 2010. Marking the third WAR Sprints event of the 2019 season, Saturday’s show at Lake Ozark Speedway was a triumphant steal after...more
Seavey Strikes in Lake Ozark Spect

Seavey Strikes in Lake Ozark Spect...

5/27/2019
Eldon, Missouri – In what started out as an all Jim Neuman Racing front row, with teammates Jake Neuman and Ace McCarthy sharing the top two positions, it would be Keith Kunz Curb-Agajanian Motorsports with Logan Seavey taking the checkers from the sixth starting position with the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues. At the drop of the green flag, Jim Neuman Racing teammates dueled each other for the top position with Jake Neuman holding the lead over...more
Nelson Webster Escapes Limaland wi

Nelson Webster Escapes Limaland wi...

5/30/2019
26 Promotions – Lima, OH – (May 29, 2019) – Nelson Webster held off a charging Cody Batten in the final laps to earn his fourth NORA feature win of the year. Webster grabbed the lead on lap 11 from Allan Takken after Takken made contact with the wall. Webster would hold off challenges from Takken, Batten, and Coy Pennington over the next 50 laps. It was Batten who presented the biggest threat to Webster in the closing laps, Webster moved to the bottom as Batten...more
GOLOBIC COMMANDS STRONG BCRA WIN A

GOLOBIC COMMANDS STRONG BCRA WIN A...

5/30/2019
STOCKTON, CALIF. (May 30, 2019) – Shane Golobic from Fremont drove the Matt Wood owned Elk Grove Ford sponsored Bullett/SR-11x Stanton to a clean sweep of the POWRi-BCRA midget portion of the "Jimmy Sills Classic" held at the Stockton Dirt Track Saturday night. Starting on the pole of the scheduled 20 lap main event Golobic took off at the start to lead Penngrove's Chase Johnson, Tracy's Austin Liggett and Hanford's Michael Faccinto after one lap was in the books. Some...more
POWRi LUCAS OIL CALIFORNIA LIGHTNI

POWRi LUCAS OIL CALIFORNIA LIGHTNI...

5/31/2019
(Torrance, CA, May 28, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will be heading back to its home track, the Ventura Raceway, this Saturday night for round #7 of the 2019 campaign. Going into the race, three different drivers have posted two wins each in the first six races. Saturday’s appearance will be the third of eight at Jim Naylor’s picturesque oval located a couple of hundred feet from the breaking blue waves of the Pacific Ocean on the...more
URSS Heading to Dodge City Raceway

URSS Heading to Dodge City Raceway...

5/31/2019
May 29, 2019 - The POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing kicks back into racing action this coming Saturday night (June 1) as they make their second appearance of the season at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas in a showdown with the tracks Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Car division. This event will be a tune-up for the upcoming third annual Lubbock Wrecker Service DCRP 305 Sprint Car Nationals that are set to take...more
THIRD TIME THE CHARM FOR WEST MIDG

THIRD TIME THE CHARM FOR WEST MIDG...

5/31/2019
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (May 31, 2019) – Hoping to put a spring season swarmed with rain outs behind them, the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League looks for the third time to be the charm on Saturday night as they trek to I-44 Riverside Speedway. Previously scheduled shows at the Oklahoma City facility on April 13 and May 18 were rained out and has led into this Saturday, June 1 race. With six of eight events completed as a co-sanction alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil...more
PLACERVILLE ON TAP FOR BCRA MIDGET

PLACERVILLE ON TAP FOR BCRA MIDGET...

5/31/2019
PLACERVILLE, CALIF. (May 31, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil BCRA Midget League is back in action this Saturday, June 1 as the stars and cars of the blossoming series head for one of California’ most exciting venues, Placerville Speedway. The first of two scheduled appearances at the Placerville, California facility, a return trip to the quarter-mile track will be made on Wednesday, August 21. Heading into Saturday’s appearance at Placerville, Robert Carson is atop the...more
GILBERT BREAKS THROUGH FOR OUTLAW

GILBERT BREAKS THROUGH FOR OUTLAW...

6/1/2019
GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (May 31, 2019) – He dons the No. 2 aboard his Renner Wraps Machine, he finished 2nd in the point standings last year, and he ran 2nd in two races earlier this season. However, on Friday night at Valley Speedway, A.J. Gilbert of Tonganoxie, Kansas broke through to find that elusive “one,” as he landed his first-career victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil Outlaw Midget League. Starting sixth in the 20-lap main event, Gilbert immediately charged to the front...more
$1100 to Win Special Await United

$1100 to Win Special Await United...

6/6/2019
Oberlin, Kansas – June 4, 2019 - The only trip into the state of Colorado takes place this coming Saturday night as the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing makes their annual appearance to El Paso County Speedway in Calhan, Colorado. Rain has washed out three events thus far this season while Luke Cranston (2), Jake Martens and Jason Martin having taken home victories this 2019 race season. Courtesy of Kevin Schramek with...more
KRAMER STAYS PERFECT AT VENTURA WI

KRAMER STAYS PERFECT AT VENTURA WI...

6/6/2019
(Torrance, CA, June 5, 2019) After Jarrett Kramer’s win last Saturday night in the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event at the Ventura Raceway, many of the championship contenders may be ruing the fact that the series still has five races at the track this year. Thus far in 2019, Kramer has won all three CLS races at the beachside oval and last Saturday night, he did it in convincing style leading every inch of the way. (Attached photo of...more
Five Nights of POWRi Illinois SPEE

Five Nights of POWRi Illinois SPEE...

6/6/2019
The most electric week of the year for POWRi Racing is only one week away. Scheduled for five nights of racing at five different tracks, the sixth annual Illinois Speedweek runs from Wednesday, June 12 through Sunday, June 16 with appearances at Belle-Clair Speedway, Fayette County Speedway, Jacksonville Speedway, Macon Speedway and Lincoln Speedway. Hosting the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League for all five...more
Schudy WINS Valley

Schudy WINS Valley

6/8/2019
Veteran racer Pat Schudy went from 2014 until the Spring of 2019 without a midget victory. But now after five POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget runs this season has two more trophies to add to his total after winning tonight’s feature event over A.J. Gilbert, Chad Frewaldt, Morgan Frewaldt and Merril Lamb rounding out the top five. A.J. Gilbert a winner last time out took the early lead in Friday nights feature before giving way to Lamb. After a lap 3 restart for A.J.’s...more
TRIO OF FORMER CHAMPIONS AIMING FO

TRIO OF FORMER CHAMPIONS AIMING FO...

6/10/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 10, 2019) – The star power of POWRi Illinois Speedweek is evident each and every year with headliners swarming from around the world to the “Illini State” for a thrilling five-night stretch. This week’s sixth annual running is no different, featuring the trio of Logan Seavey, Tanner Thorson, and Michael Pickens all chasing a second Speedweek championship, among countless other contenders in the hunt. For Seavey, the Sutter, California native...more
United Rebel Sprint Series Set for

United Rebel Sprint Series Set for...

6/12/2019
Oberlin, Kansas – June 9, 2019 - It’s time for a huge three nights of racing action beginning this Thursday night for the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series as they once again partake in the third annual Lubbock Wrecker DCRP 305 Sprint Car Nationals takes place at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. Set for a $3,000-to-win event that could potentially climb to as much as $4,500 with lap money included is set for this Thursday through Saturday night,...more
POWRi LUCAS OIL CALIFORNIA LIGHTNI

POWRi LUCAS OIL CALIFORNIA LIGHTNI...

6/12/2019
(Torrance, CA, June 10, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series heads to the Bakersfield Speedway for round #8 of its championship season this Saturday night, June 15th. The race will be the third of five for the CLS at the 1/3 of a mile Kern County clay oval in 2019. (Attached photo of Bobby Michnowicz courtesy of Pit Princess Photography) Going into this week’s race, five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz has the point lead for the...more
FLEET OF YOUNG STARS PURSUE FIRST

FLEET OF YOUNG STARS PURSUE FIRST...

6/12/2019
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 12, 2019) – We’ve seen it time and time again, the talented and budding teenage racer chalked full of potential and making waves on the national scene with a powerhouse organization. This week, a new batch of youngsters with dreams and aspirations of leading the next generation of midget racing will square up against the veterans and experienced competitors of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in the exciting five-night Illinois SPEED...more
Opening Night of POWRi Illinois SP

Opening Night of POWRi Illinois SP...

6/12/2019
Belleville, IL – With an imminent threat of rain entering the Metro-East region and keeping the best interests of the numerous teams traveling to the area from across the nation to chase a POWRi Illinois SPEED Week title, the opening night at Belle-Clair Speedway has been cancelled. “I’ve fielded several calls from our local teams, as well as teams traveling from out of the area to come race our POWRi Illinois SPEED Week regarding the weather for today’s race at...more
FAYETTE COUNTY TO SERVE AS SPEED W

FAYETTE COUNTY TO SERVE AS SPEED W...

6/12/2019
BROWNSTOWN, ILL. (June 12, 2019) – Following the unfortunate rain out of the originally scheduled Illinois SPEED Week opener on Wednesday at Belle-Clair Speedway, the first of now four race switches to Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Ill. on Thursday, June 13. The youngest track on the Illinois SPEED Week schedule, Fayette County has only hosted a pair of SPEED Week events with previous competition in 2016 and 2018. Overall, POWRi Racing has visited the...more
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