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Belleville, IL – When the dust settled, Tucker Klaasmeyer notched two career-firsts in the same night at Belle-Clair Speedway. Adding his name to the lengthy list of Knepper Memorial victors, Klaasmeyer claimed his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League win and the 27th Annual Arnie Knepper Memorial. Starting outside row two, Klaasmeyer immediately jumped into the second position behind Andrew Felker on the initial lap. In what was a marathon of cautions, Klaasmeyer eventually...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 25, 2018) – The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA gets back into action with a return to Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway this Saturday night. It will mark the fourth round of competition for the POWRi West Midget League after opening the season with a pair of events in tandem with the National series at I-44 Riverside Speedway in March and then taking to Meeker’s Red Dirt Raceway on April 13. Christopher Bell...more

Lonnie Wheatley, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (April 28, 2018) – Jonathan Beason survived a frenzied 25-lap Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature atop the 1/5-mile Riverside I-44 Speedway clay oval on Saturday night to post his first series win of the year. The Broken Arrow racer fought off an early-race bid from Hank Davis before nursing an ailing powerplant over the final rounds to secure the victory aboard the Hard Eight Racing Ferguson Superstore No. 8J...more

Belleville, IL – On Friday, May 4th the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will tackle the fast quarter-mile Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for night one of the Open Wheel Showdown Weekend. Saturday all three Leagues will head to the title-sponsor owned, incredible “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri to round out the tour. One of the most anticipated events of the year, the Open Wheel...more

Grain Valley, MO – Logan Seavey of Sutter, California snagged night one of the Open Wheel Showdown weekend at Valley Speedway with the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues. Seavey carries great momentum into Saturday night’s show at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri where Seavey went three-in-a-row in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League competition in 2017. Starting on the pole for the 30-lap feature event, Seavey fended the lead position from a relentless Zach Daum, while...more

Wheatland, MO – A visit to the title-sponsor-owned Lucas Oil Speedway is always eventful, as the track is one of, if not the finest dirt track in the nation. Tonight was no different, as Tanner Carrick took a career-first win with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, claiming the Open Wheel Showdown finale. Carrick also held off Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate Logan Seavey from completing the weekend sweep, snapping the streak that was held for the previous three racing...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 9, 2018) – The action will be intense on Saturday night as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA storms into Tulsa’s Port City Raceway. Saturday’s card will mark the lone appearance of the year for the mighty Midgets of the POWRi West Midget league atop the cozy confines of the racy, 1/8-mile Port City Raceway clay oval. It will also be the first Midget competition at Port City Raceway since Caney, KS, shoe Andrew Deal...more

Schudy Scores POWRi West Win at Port City Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 12, 2018) – Springfield, Missouri’s Kory Schudy padded his Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA points lead by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature atop the 1/8-mile Port City Raceway. Schudy assumed the point when early leader Jonathan Beason surrendered the lead after a mid-race red flag and then denied Matt Sherrell’s advances over the final rounds to secure...more

Inside Line Promotions – OWASSO, Okla. (May 17, 2018) – The Midget Round Up took a huge leap forward last year and anticipation is high that growth will continue during the third edition of the marquee event. The midget car count nearly doubled last year when 40 drivers competed during the two-day event at Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan. TBJ Promotions Founder Tony Bruce Jr. believes there will be a similar car count during this year’s event on May 26-27. “A great group of POWRi West and...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 22, 2018) – A Memorial Day weekend double is on tap for the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA as the series takes to Garden City, Kansas’ Airport Raceway for this weekend’s “Midget Roundup”. The POWRi West Midget ranks will take on the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA) in the TBJ Promotions event atop the racy, 1/5-mile clay oval with the Saturday portion offering up a $1,200 winner’s share and then Sunday’s...more