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POWRi West Sooner Series Tulsa, OK. – For immediate release, the POWRi West Lucas Oil Sooner Series has been created for 2018. In an effort to expand midget racing within Oklahoma, the POWRi West Lucas Oil Sooner Series has been formed within the POWRi West Lucas Oil Midget League. Offering teams an additional point fund to support this newly created series, this will create an infrastructure to help continue the overall growth of midget racing in Oklahoma and the surrounding area. More...more

Chandler Captures POWRi West Championship Tulsa, OK (November 2, 2017) Although the 2017 season had been shortened by Mother Nature with only 19 of the 26 scheduled events being ran, it was evident that it would still take teams to their limits. In the end, Grady Chandler from Piedmont, Oklahoma forged through to pick up his first POWRi West Midget League Championship. Out of the 19 races scheduled, Chandler competed in 18 feature events, earning one win, 8 top five finishes and 11 top 10...more

Belleville, IL – For the first time ever, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will enter into the sunshine state, kicking off the 2018 season at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida. Set for Friday, February 9th and Saturday, February 10th, the Inaugural Toyota Sunshine State Midget Challenge will headline sanctioned national dirt midget racing in Florida for the first time in over a decade. Thursday, February 8th is slated to be the practice night, prefacing the double-header...more

TULSA, Okla. (October 24, 2017) While the rain has left the forecast for this weekend, the freezing cold just keeps getting colder, prompting officials with the Creek County Speedway to forego this weekend’s J.C.T. Fall Fling with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network and POWRi West Midgets. “When the rain moved on, we figured we had a shot but the temperatures just keep dropping to where now it’s showing into the 20’s and that’s not good for...more

Wayne City, Illinois………With an impending forecast of heavy rain on race day, USAC and POWRi officials have cancelled the Sunday, October 22 “Jason Leffler Memorial” at Wayne County Speedway. The $20,000-to-win event was to have brought some of the biggest names in the sport to compete for the largest payday in midget racing, but with an 80-90% chance of continuous rain throughout the day, and without much improvement or change in the forecast all week, the decision was made to cancel the event.

Jacksonville, IL – Leading all 30 laps and holding off a late race charge from Rookie Zeb Wise, Tanner Thorson found victory lane for the 16th time with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Thorson’s Ron Milton Race of Champions win at Jacksonville Speedway is his fourth of 2017. Enduring several cautions throughout the 30-lap feature event, Tanner Thorson appeared to be the class of the field as the Minden, Nevada driver was able to jump right back into rhythm and power away from the...more

Jacksonville, IL – For the past three trips to Jacksonville Speedway, Craig Ronk has been the talk of the town, but tonight was a different story as Joe B. Miller dominated the 20-lap POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League feature event and sealed the 2017 championship. Miller’s 2017 POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League championship is the second of his career after winning the 2012 championship. Starting on the pole of the feature event, Miller set a blistering pace and...more

Jacksonville, IL – For the fifth time in 2017 and the 16th of his career, Spencer Bayston bagged another victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Bayston’s victory came in the first night of a doubleheader weekend at Jacksonville Speedway. Starting outside the front row, Bayston took command at the drop of the green flag off turn two. On lap four, the red was displayed as Austin O’Dell caught the rut in turn one and took a wild ride. O’Dell walked away under his own power. ...more

Jacksonville, IL– Craig Ronk of Warsaw, Indiana went three-for-three in POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League competition at Jacksonville Speedway for 2017, picking up the win in the Friday night portion of the doubleheader weekend. In a caution-plagued feature event, Ronk was never seriously challenged throughout the course of the 20 laps as he was clearly the class of the field tonight, building upon the momentum of his previous two wins at Jacksonville. With most of the action...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (October 10, 2017) - For the 2017 season, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints were split into two regions, one region based out of Missouri and another based out of Illinois. But, one driver had a goal to win both championships from the start. Korey Weyant has been named the 2017 POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Champion after wrapping up his season with a fifth-place finish at "Sprint Mania" in Fairbury, Illinois for the finale of the WAR East schedule at Fairbury American Legion...more