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Belleville, IL. (12/2/25) - POWRi Racing is preparing for the upcoming 2025 Open Wheel/StockMod Championship Banquet on Saturday, January 31, 2026, at the beautiful Camden on the Lake Resort in Lake Ozark, Missouri. Bringing together members from across POWRi-sanctioned leagues and divisions, the evening will honor the champions and top performers who showcased excellence throughout the season. The event will feature an awards presentation, dinner, and reflections on a year filled with racing...more

Belleville, IL. (12/4/25) - Forty nights of action across seven states and twenty-two facilities are on tap for the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League in 2026. The season opens in Texas as RPM Speedway in Crandall welcomes the POWRi 410 Sprint Cars for the first time on February 27-28. After a break in March, competition resumes with a doubleheader at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa on April 3-4. The Bluebonnet Showdown follows at Big O Speedway in Ennis, Texas on April...more

Belleville, IL (12/3/25) - The POWRi National Midget League is set for an action-packed 2026 campaign, releasing a schedule that features iconic events, destination venues, and a balanced slate of early-spring, summer, and fall racing across multiple states. The season kicks off with the always-anticipated Turnpike Challenge, returning March 12–14 with three nights in Oklahoma featuring stops at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa and Port City Raceway in Tulsa. This traditional opener once again...more

Belleville, IL. (11/29/25) - POWRi, in conjunction with the NOW600 Series, has unveiled the 2026 $uper $eries schedule featuring 13 action-packed nights of micro sprint racing at five premier venues. The season opens with the first of two weekends at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the Milestone Home Service Co. Outlaw Nationals presented by S2F TV, headlined by a $10,000-to-win Winged Outlaw main event on March 6-7. From there, the $uper $eries heads down the Turner Turnpike to I-44...more

Belleville, IL. (11/3/25) The 2026 racing season at Lucas Oil Speedway is set to reach new heights with the 16th Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial. Continuing to build what has become one of the premier crown jewels in open-wheel racing, the 2026 edition will feature not only the best of the POWRi ranks, but now welcomes the stars of Kubota High Limit Racing. To build excitement leading into this marquee event, Lucas Oil Speedway will debut an all-new four-race mini-series titled...more

Belleville, IL. (12/26/25) - Returning refreshed for its second season of competition, the POWRi Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Ecotec Midget Series is set for another year of high-energy racing in 2026, spanning nearly the entire calendar year across nineteen scheduled events at three premier venues. The series will once again call Adobe Mountain Speedway its home base, with twelve events slated at the Glendale, Arizona facility. The season opens on January 31 and includes return dates on...more

Du Quoin, IL. (12/20/25) Kameron Chamness would use patience and precision to earn his first career feature win inside the Southern Illinois Center at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, with the POWRi Wing Outlaw Micro League, after leading the final six laps of the feature event. Kicking off the night with twenty-eight talented entries in the POWRi Wing Outlaw Micros competitors, Daryn Stark started the action off with quick-time in hot laps of 9.317-second lap as Josh Marcham, Todd Kirkman,...more

Du Quoin, IL. (12/20/25) Thomas Meseraull would use late-race heroics to earn his tenth career feature win while battling inside the Southern Illinois Center with the POWRi National Midget League after leading the final ten laps of the feature event honoring an industry icon at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Speedy on-track excitement with forty-five talented entries in the POWRi National Midgets would find Brylee Kilmer start the action off with the quick-time of 9.658-second lap as Chris...more

Belleville, IL (12/16/25) - The POWRi West Midget League is excited to unveil its 2026 schedule with twenty-four yearly events as POWRi continues its strong commitment to the southern region, investing in premier open-wheel racing opportunities across Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri. Stand-alone POWRi West Midget League events will carry the series’ standard payout of $1,200 to win, while select marquee dates paired with the National Midget League will offer elevated purses. Similar to previous...more

Belleville, IL. (12/9/25) - Continuing a career defined by progression, polish, and a growing foundation within the POWRi brand, John Barnard has officially secured the 2025 POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprints Rookie of the Year title. Rising through the POWRi ranks has been anything but accidental, with John Barnard, of Sherman, Illinois, bursting onto the national scene by capturing the 2022 POWRi Outlaw Micro National Championship. Continuing to prove his versatility and upward...more