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Belleville, IL. (7/17/22) Cannon McIntosh would make short work of Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex Sunday night to earn his eleventh career feature victory with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues on the final night of the Thunder in the Valley Weekend. Early POWRi National & West Midget League competition would see Cannon McIntosh start the night off fast by clocking an 11.584-second lap and notch the quickest hot-lap time as McIntosh, Brenham Crouch, and Sam Johnson each...more

Belleville, IL. (7/16/22) Xavier Doney would continue to ride the wave of winning momentum with the Lucas Oil POWR Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League at Valley Speedway for Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley & Lawson Memorial Weekend Event to earn his second straight feature victory. Early on track accomplishments would witness Kory Schudy clock top-time with a 13.865-lap as heat racing action would find Quinton Benson, Cody Baker, and Ricky Lewis each earn a heat race competition...more

Belleville, IL. (7/16/22) Karter Sarff would fend off all challengers in an action-packed thriller at Valley Speedway Saturday night to earn his first career feature victory with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues in Night Two of the Thunder in the Valley Weekend. Early POWRi National & West Midget League competition would see Chase McDermand start the night on the right foot by clocking a 13.521-second lap and notch the quickest hot-lap time as Gavan Boschele and Emilio Hoover...more

Belleville, IL. (7/15/22) Teenage sensation Xavier Doney can add feature winner to his young driving resume with the Lucas Oil POWR Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League at Valley Speedway for the Thunder in the Valley & Lawson Memorial Weekend Event. Early on track accomplishments would witness Kory Schudy clock top-time with a 13.426-lap as heat racing action would find Joe B Miller, Xavier Doney, and Kory Schudy each earn a heat competition victory. Soaring into the initial start would see...more

Belleville, IL. (7/15/22) Chase McDermand would use a late-race restart at Valley Speedway Friday Night to narrowly notch his second career feature win with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget Leagues opening the Thunder in the Valley Weekend stretch in a nail-bitter at the finish line. Early POWRi National Midget League competition with a stout field of entries would find Chase McDermand set the tone by clocking a 13.424-second lap and earning the quickest hot-lap time with Kyle Jones...more

Belleville, IL. (7/12/22) Meeting the demand of much fanfare, Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex and POWRi have added the Restrictor Division to enhance the POWRi League showcase on Sunday, July 17th to highlight the final night of the three-day Thunder in the Valley weekend. Classes scheduled for a full-event competition on Sunday, July 17th include the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues presented by Realty Connect as well as the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint...more

Belleville, IL. (7/11/22) Witnessing outstanding open-wheel action from all four series, the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Point Chase continues to grow in excitement as competitors from across the country would find events held throughout the Midwest, Minn-Kota, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest Series over the weekend to offer valuable National Points. Adding to their all-time POWRi Lightning Sprint win counts would observe national point leader Alex Truscinski continue to ride the wave of...more

Belleville, IL. (7/11/22) Hitting the mid-season stride of weekly competition, seven POWRi Super Stock Divisional tracks would serve weekend excitement with outstanding fender-to-fender racing highlighted as National Point implications remain at stake. Weekend feature winners would include Donnie Miller, Brian Brown, Tim Hogan, and Mark Davis as Devin Irvin notched a pair of wins with Richie Tosh grabbing the marquee victory at Lake Ozark Speedway’s POWRi Super Stock Nationals. Reflecting a...more

Belleville, IL. (7/11/22) Seeing six venues of on-track action available, the POWRi Midwestern Mods division continues to impress in excitement while tracks maintain hosting impressive fields of competitors entered regionally. Weekend on-track accomplishments would witness Jeff Douty, Derek Davis, Elijah Keepper, Garrett Thompson, Steve Muilenburg, Austin Harrell, and Ryan Larsen each earning feature wins. Currently, within the POWRi Midwestern Mod Divisional National Championship chase, Pete...more

Belleville, IL. (7/11/22) Driving into the mid-summer stretch of fender action regionally, the POWRi Pure Stock Division would witness seven venues of speed offering competitors the opportunity to attain National Championship Chase notoriety. Over the weekend of POWRi Pure Stock fender-action Alex Crawford, Grayson McKiney, Jakob White, Michael McKnight, Trevor Wilson, Landyn McGlothlin, and Darin Porter would each earn feature race-winning accolades. Staying atop the standings in the POWRi...more