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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

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

Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League has released a schedule showcasing 38 -events throughout 2018 with the season kicking off in February at Bubba Raceway Park and ending in November at Kennedale Speedway for the Season Championship. Starting 2018, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will head to Ocala, Florida for the season opener at Bubba Raceway Park for the Inaugural Toyota Sunshine State Midget Challenge. This will be POWRi’s maiden voyage to Florida and...more

Belleville, IL – Debuting in early 2018, POWRi has partnered with the Denver, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA) to create the POWRi Lucas Oil RMMRA Midget Series. The goal of POWRi and RMMRA’s partnership is to continue the growth of midget racing in the Western portion of the United States. This will also allow the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League to co-sanction more events together, like the two-day weekend at Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kansas. The...more

Belleville, IL – POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League officials have released the 2018 schedule featuring 29 events, with the league returning to several fan favorites, as well as the schedule for the newly created POWRi Lucas Oil West Sooner Region Series. Out of the 29 events, four events are co-sanctioned with the POWRi Lucas Oil RMMRA Midget Series, while 12 are co-sanctioned with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. The Sooner Region Series will feature 12 shows within POWRi West...more

Merry Christmas to everyone, thank you for a great year. We are looking forward to another banner year in 2018.

Belleville, IL – POWRi and Grundy County Speedway officials have entered into a multi-year agreement to sanction pavement midget racing at the Morris, Illinois Grundy County Speedway under the POWRi Pavement Midget Series banner. “I have been working on putting this together for the last couple of years with Bob Guess,” said Neil Gacke, POWRi Pavement Series Director. “This is a great opportunity because we are going to start out strong right out of the box, implementing ideas to maintain...more

Speed Shift TV will be broadcasting the 7th Annual Winter Nationals Friday 2/9 & Saturday 2/10. Both the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and USCS Sprint Cars will be broadcasted live. Go to www.speedshifttv.com for more information

Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League is thrilled to announce that as part of the 7th Annual Winter Nationals, The Inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge Friday 2/9 & Saturday 2/10 will be broadcast on MAVTV. The Inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge Presented by Toyota will bring out National Midget drivers from all over the Mid-West. The broadcast will include driver interviews, in-car cameras, and various technical segments. MAVTV is available nationwide. ...more

Membership forms for teams planning on competing with POWRi for all divisions in 2018 can be found under the Rules and Driver Information link located at the top of POWRi web site. You can also join on line by entering the Register Here link. You must be a POWRi member to be eligible for the year end point fund and secondary medical insurance. If you are member of POWRi in any division, you will not pay a TP fee to compete in any other division. Insurance will carry over from one division to...more