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Belleville, IL (4/10/23) Launching another season of exciting stand-alone season open-wheel events, teams within the POWRi West Midget League will next the 2023 Oklahoma-based campaign start competition at I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday, April 22nd. Defending champion Emilio Hoover aims to reclaim his seat atop the league throne throughout the seasonal stretch with Branigan Roark, Shannon McQueen, Michelle Decker, Trey Marcham, and other Sooner State stand-out competitors hoping to...more

Belleville, IL. (4/10/23) Adding excitement and intrigue into the season while visiting familiar running grounds, the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will next see action on Saturday, April 29th at I-70 Motorsports Park running in conjunction with the USAC Midwest Wingless Racing Association in the Rod End Supply Open Wheel Classic. Previously visiting the re-opened half-mile in 2021, most recently witnessing Wesley Smith earning the first victory at the I-70 since 2008 as well as...more

Belleville, IL. (4/11/23) Advancing to the next stage of an emerging racing career, Michael Hermacinski will next set his accomplished sights on the open-wheel battling world of the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association with the end goal of Rookie of the Year accolades in his near future. Graduating from the highly competitive quarter-midget ranks, Michael carries plenty of credentials to credit throughout his previous racing resume since beginning the journey in 2019. Hermacinski would...more

Belleville, IL. (04/13/23) Due to recent changes in the landscape of sanctioned tracks in weekly racing under Speedy B’s POWRi StockMod presented by Luebbering Oil division, POWRi officials with the assistance of drivers and members have updated the requirements in the Super Stock class for 2023 and beyond. We at POWRi are saddened to learn about the closing of Dallas County Speedway, the Urbana Missouri track was a staple of Show-Me-State racing for nearly thirty years and will be...more

Belleville, IL. (4/14/23) Cannon McIntosh would lead the final eleven laps at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely Missouri on Friday Night to capture his nineteenth career victory with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, in a technical thirty-lap feature event. Early Pevely Missouri competition with thirty-one entrants would see Ethan Mitchell start things off in a quick time of 12.708 as Rico Abreu,...more

Belleville, IL. (4/15/23) Hayden Harvey would secure his first career victory with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool on the opening event of the stand-alone competition after leading every lap of an action-packed Saturday Night feature. Entering a stout field of POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro competitors, Joe Taft would clock overall quick-time in hot laps with an 11.680-second lap as Hayden Harvey and Alex Midkiff each earned heat racing victories with Harvey...more

Belleville, IL. (4/16/23) Competing through the tough competitional POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado 305 Wing Sprint feature event would find Wes Wofford capturing Easter Celebration checkers over a stout field at the premier Vado Speedway Park to notch his twelfth career series victory. Early on-track action would find Derek DeMartino earn the quickest hot lap time with a 15.733 lap time as Royal Jones and Lorne Wofford would earn the heat race victories. After an intermission redraw would...more

Belleville, IL. (4/16/23) Remaining steady in the yearly quest for National Championship notoriety throughout the racing season, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would see a single opportunity of points possible as all competition stayed west in the Southwest Lightning Sprints region running at Perris Auto Speedway. Feature winners within the Southwest Lightning Sprints at Perris Auto Speedway would see Brent Sexton secure his ninth career SWLS feature victory in the fourth points event...more

Belleville, IL. (4/16/2023) Embarking on a tentative three-venue journey spanning thirteen events throughout Illinois and into Iowa, the newly sanctioned POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association will start the 2023 campaign at Spoon River Speedway on Saturday, May 6th. Witnessing superb and stacked events at the home facility of Spoon River Speedway on eight separate occasions including the Season Opener(5/6) and Knowles/Hull/Trone Memorials(9/16). Lee County Speedway, in Donnellson Iowa, will...more

Belleville, IL. (4/16/23) Offering a fast-paced opening weekend double-header of racing excitement at Aztec Speedway, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services would show outstanding action aplenty as Jake Bubak would grab both feature victories to jump-start the 2023 racing season. Kicking off the Aztec Speedway doubleheader opening weekend on Friday night would find Josh Grady and Jesse Baker each notch heat racing wins with John Carney II gaining the pole-starting grid...more