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HUMBOLDT, KANS. (July 14, 2019) – Another first-time winner made the trip to victory lane on Sunday night at Humboldt Speedway with Jesse Colwell of Red Bluff, Calif. topping the POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midget League feature. Inheriting the lead after Zach Daum flipped on lap 25, Colwell controlled the final five laps and drove the Keith Kunz Motorsports, JBL Audio, Bullet/Toyota No. 71 to his first-career triumph. Earning PAC Racing Springs High Point Man honors with a fifth-to-second...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 13, 2019) – Coming out on top of an epic race-long battle with Frank Galusha on Saturday night, Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Mo. completed a clean sweep of the weekend at Valley Speedway by winning his 36th-career POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League feature. Earning Bell Racing HQ High Point Man honors with an eighth-to-first heat race, Miller started from the pole position of the 20-lap feature and quickly shot his No. 51B into the lead. However,...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 13, 2019) – Winning his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League feature on Saturday night at Valley Speedway, Ace McCarthy of Tahlequah, Okla. was undeniable in the 30-lap main event. Driving around his teammate, Jake Neuman, on the second circuit, McCarthy then fended off several attacks from young Holley Hollan as he held on for an impressive first-career triumph aboard the Jim Neuman Racing, Two-Eight Drilling, BOSS/SR-11 No. 28. Sharing PAC Racing...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 12, 2019) – Sharing the stage alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midgets and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micros, the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints tackled Valley Speedway on Friday night. Charging from eighth, Kenny Bowers of Olathe, Kans. stormed to the lead by lap five and ran away with the victory. Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Mo. and Kyle Lewis of Spring Hill, Kans. split heat race victories while Jeff Bard of Basehor, Kans. and Tyler Murry of...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 12, 2019) – Extending his record as the all-time winningest driver in POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League history, Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Mo. won his 35th-career feature on Friday at Valley Speedway. Topping the opening night of “Thunder in the Valley,” Miller rocketed by Frank Galusha on the tenth circuit and checked away for a dominating win aboard the Hyper Racing No. 51B. With a strong group of 24 entries on hand, the field split into a trio of...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 12, 2019) – No matter the story, no matter the driver, no matter the place, rules are rules. Unfortunately, on Friday night at Valley Speedway, 16-year old Cannon McIntosh was disqualified after initially winning his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League feature. Rolling across the scales on numerous occasions, the No. 08 consistently came across short of the 1,050 lbs. minimum requirement, ultimately giving Jake Neuman of New Berlin, Ill. his...more

Belleville, IL - In lieu of the recent rain outs plaguing the Midwest and suffered by the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League, additional shows have been arranged for the following dates: Friday, July 26 - Belle-Clair Speedway - National Midgets Saturday, July 27 - Macon Speedway - National Midgets Friday, October 4 – Jacksonville Speedway – National Midgets Saturday, October 5 - Jacksonville Speedway - National Midgets,...more

The POWRi Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) midgets and the vintage division continued the celebration of the club's 80th year of existence with a visit on July 5th to the familiar confines of the ¼-mile Lakeport Speedway on the grounds of the Lake County fairgrounds. Mark Maliepaard winner earlier this season at Stockton 99 Speedway was unable to diagnosis and apparent ignition problem with the Esslinger engine in his Fit & Finish Hot Rod Interiors Special and withdrew before time...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 11, 2019)– Joining the POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midgets and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micros, the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints have been added to the slate on Friday, July 12 at Valley Speedway, making the “Thunder in the Valley” opener a triple header of epic proportions. Marking the first doubleheader of the season for the Midwest Lightning Sprints, Friday’s trip to Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. will lead into Saturday’s race in...more

LINCOLN, ILL. (July 11, 2019) – In the first installment of POWRi’s Throwback Thursday series, we reminiscence on July 11, 2014; when Chett Gehrke of Broken Arrow, Okla. outlasted Zach Daum, Darren Hagen, Tyler Thomas and Parker Price-Miller to win his first and to-this-day, only, victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in a Lincoln Speedway thriller. Parker Price-Miller, the 2013 POWRi National Midget Rookie of the Year, led the field to green with Gehrke on the outside of the...more