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I-44 Speedway Riverside Oklahoma, OK. www.i44riversidespeedway.com 5th Annual Turnpike Challenge POWRi Lucas Oil National/West Midgets POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro’s Thursday 3/22 Practice Friday 3/23 & Saturday 3/24 - I44 Speedway

Belleville, IL – The time is once again upon us for midget and micro teams to converge upon I-44 Riverside Speedway in the annual trek to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for the Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge. Kicking off the weekend with racing on Friday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 24th, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget Leagues will be battling to see who comes out on top with bragging rights until the annual Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals weekend. An...more

CONCORD, N.C. (March 6, 2018) – Racing Electronics has reached an agreement with Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) to become the sanctioning body’s “Official Radio Supplier,” a relationship that will debut at the POWRi events at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City on March 23-24. “Racing Electronics is the most trusted two-way communications services provider in American motorsports, and we look forward to this new relationship with POWRi,” said Kevin Hughes, Vice President of...more

Belleville, IL – This Friday and Saturday kicks off the Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With practice on Thursday night, teams will have the opportunity to gear up for what has become one of the largest outdoor events of the year, for both midgets and micros. With over 60 POWRi Lucas Oil National and West midgets at last year’s event, Christopher Bell was the class of the field, sweeping the annual co-sanctioned weekend. Bell’s sweep...more

Belleville, IL – Effective immediately, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) will be the official micro sanctioning body for all classes at both I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, OK. By coming under the POWRi banner, Oklahoma micro racers will have a consistent rule package within the industry standards, enabling growth of car counts at both venues. “When racetracks work together, everyone wins,” stated POWRi’s Kenny Brown. “We are excited to...more

Officials with the Lucas Oil POWRi West series, presented by Executive Concrete Solutions, would like to welcome back Max Papis Innovations for the 2018 race season. TWO years ago, MPI came on board to become the official steering wheel of POWRi West and has continued to support the series. MPI has provided steering wheels and gift certificates which will be presented to competitors at the end of the season. POWRi West would like to thank MPI for their continued support in building our grass...more

Belleville, IL - Effective immediately, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) has partnered with both the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS) and Northern Renegade Sprint Car Series (NRSS). By coming under the POWRi banner, this will help create and keep a consistent rule package within the industry standards, helping to bolster car counts. “These partnerships that POWRi is creating will continue to expand the brand’s presence in the North, while affirming our commitment to...more

Oklahoma City, OK – If a name was to become synonymous with the Annual Turnpike Challenge, it would be Christopher Bell. Taking eight of the ten POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League Turnpike Challenges, Bell remains undefeated in the event. The two he did not win were because he was not present. At that time, he was testing for the NASCAR truck series and was unable to attend the event. At the wave of the green flag, Bell took off from the sixth place starting position and...more

POWRi West Set for Red Dirt Raceway’s “Midget Meltdown” on Friday Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 11, 2018) – The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA fires back into action with Friday night’s “Midget Meltdown” event atop Meeker, Oklahoma’s ¼-mile Red Dirt Raceway. Friday’s card will mark the third round of action for the POWRi West Midget League after kicking off the 2018 campaign in tandem with the National series with two nights of competition last...more

McCarthy Aces POWRi West at Red Dirt Raceway Lonnie Wheatley, MEEKER, Okla. (April 13, 2018) – According to the lap sheets, Ace McCarthy led all 25 laps of Friday night’s Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature event atop the ¼-mile Red Dirt Raceway clay oval. However, it wasn’t without a genuine Friday the 13th scare for the Tahlequah, OK, racer in the “Midget Meltdown 2k18” event as he withstood a wicked Blake Hahn slider on the final lap to secure his...more