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The 13th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial presented by Priority Aviation is looking to be the best one yet. At this time, we will have nearly $4,000 in extra cash and contingencies up for grabs this Saturday night. The Meents Family would like to send a special thank you to everyone who is supporting this year’s memorial event. Thank you – Richard and Jennifer Marshall with Priority Aviation for being our presenting sponsor and to all our heat race, A-main laps, special awards, and contingency...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (October 4, 2017) - 19-year-old Tyler VanToll has been declared the 2017 POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League Champion after an intense points battle against runner-up Jack Routson came to an end with VanToll on top by ninety points. The Belleville, Illinois native and college student racked up 6 wins, 15 top 5's, and 20 top 10's during the 26-race season schedule to secure his first POWRi Championship in his Spike/MWR Technology/Esslinger Ecotec. VanToll began racing at...more

Belleville, IL (November 21, 2017) – The 2017 POWRi Championship Banquet will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The evening will kick off at 6:30 PM with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and the awards ceremony. 2017 was a breakthrough season for Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi), and to honor an outstanding year the League has announced that for the first time a collective banquet will feature members from six POWRi...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

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (January 25, 2018) – The 2017 POWRi Banquet ticket sales have closed to complete the guest list, and the ceremonies will take place this Saturday night, January 27, 2018 at the River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The night of celebration will kick off with a cocktail hour starting at 6:00 PM inside the Event Center which is directly across from the hotel front desk. A plated dinner will be served featuring Field Greens with Garden Vegetables and Choice of...more

Belleville, IL - The 2018 POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series schedule has been released featuring 21 events. New for 2018, the POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series will co-sanction events with the Badger Midget Series at Sycamore Speedway and Angell Park Speedway. Engine rules have been aligned between the two series to allow a cohesive season. The Division II Midgets will kick off 2018 with two shows at Sycamore Speedway in the month of May before their inaugural appearance at...more

Belleville, IL – With a week away from the rumble of POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League engines at Bubba Raceway Park for the Inaugural Sunshine State Midget Challenge, the entry list continues to grow daily. Newly added drivers include POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League regular, Jake Neuman, 2012 and 2017 POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League champion, Joe B. Miller, midget standout, Tanner Thorson, and young-gun Brayton Lynch. Neuman, with one POWRi Lucas Oil National...more