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Macon, IL – For the second time in 2018, and the fourth to his POWRi career-credit, Logan Seavey came out on top in POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League competition. Seavey’s win rounds out POWRi’s Midwest Season Opener weekend, with tonight’s show at Macon Speedway. Starting inside row two, Seavey had his work cut out for him as pole-sitter and early race leader Joe B. Miller put on a strong showing. Seavey fell in line in the second position while Tucker Klaasmeyer and Jason McDougal...more

Macon, IL – In what was an enduring, elbows-up feature event, pole-sitter Austin Schaeffer led all but the opening lap of the 20-lap POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League main event. After taking back the top position from opening-lap leader Gunner Ramey, Schaeffer took off on a torrid pace running away from the field in between each caution. While drivers jockeyed for second on back, Schaeffer was eventually challenged by Joe B. Miller in the final laps, as Miller climbed to the...more

Macon, IL – Notching another victory to his name with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, Tucker Klaasmeyer stole the show at Macon Speedway, earning his third career victory with the league. By virtue of passing points, Klaasmeyer earned the top point position for his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Toyota-powered mount and shared the front row with Tyler Courtney. In the opening laps, Klaasmeyer narrowly edged Courtney for the lead as the two raced in close-quarters around the...more

Macon, IL– In dominating style, Jordan Howell fended off Austin Schaeffer to collect his first-career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory. Starting on the pole with current POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League point leader, Schaeffer, to his outside, Howell jumped into the early lead and led all 20 laps to victory. With only two cautions slowing the field, Howell was able to keep Schaeffer at a comfortable distance, as Schaeffer tried the bottom, middle, and top...more

Macon, IL – In a race that kept fans on the edge of their seat, Kevin Thomas, Jr. claimed his third win of 2018 with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, the Fourth Annual Rich Camfield Memorial. Thomas Jr.’s other two wins include his sweep of POWRi’s Inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge in Florida. Starting outside row three, Thomas, Jr. had his work cut out for him when the green flag flew as pole sitter Tanner Carrick set a blistering pace with Tyler Thomas and Zach Daum in...more

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, Illinois. After an April...more

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 looks to re-write the record...more

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 Week. The 2019 class of...more

MACON, ILL. (July 22, 2019) – After a four-week hiatus, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League returns to the “Illini State” once more. Set for a Saturday, July 27 stop at the “Mighty” Macon Speedway, the stars and cars of the POWRi National Midgets will be on full display with wheel-to-wheel racing and sliders galore atop the always-thrilling 1/5th-mile joint. Marking the 39th appearance in league history, POWRi’s storied legacy at Macon dates back to July 20, 2007, when the National...more

MACON, ILL. (July 27, 2019) – Aiming for redemption after he lost last year’s trip to Macon Speedway in a nail-biting finish, Jake Neuman of New Berlin, Ill. found exactly what he was looking for on Saturday night. Leading the final 26 laps, Neuman drove the Jim Neuman Racing, BRANDT, BOSS/SR-11 No. 3N to an impressive fourth-career win with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Earning PAC Racing Springs High Point Man honors with a fourth-to-first heat win, Daniel Adler of St. Louis,...more