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Belleville, IL – This weekend kicks off the Second Annual Thunder in the Valley at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri. Slated for Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14, the Second Annual Thunder in the Valley will showcase the POWRi Lucas Oil National, West, RMMRA and Outlaw Midget Leagues, and for their first appearance at Valley Speedway, the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League. Typically hosting POWRi midgets during the Open Wheel Showdown and Thunder in the Valley...more

Grain Valley, MO – Picking up his fifth win of 2018, Tucker Klaasmeyer took the checkers in front of a hometown crowd with the POWRi Lucas Oil National, West, and Outlaw Midget Leagues. Klaasmeyer of Paola, Kansas entered victory lane at Valley Speedway, which is the closest track to the hometown of the current point leader with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Klaasmeyer’s win in the opening night of the Thunder in the Valley weekend also handed Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian...more

By: Michael Guglielmucci Morris, IL— Three years have passed since Mario Clouser last competed at the Grundy County Speedway. In those three years Clouser has ventured off into the dirt world competing primarily with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Friday night, the Auburn, Illinois native and current track record holder returned to his roots to compete in the POWRi Pavement Midget League. The three year hiatus seemed like three days for Clouser as he was quickly able to get up to speed...more

Sunday, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League breakaway and head to the Badger state for the annual Miller Lite Cornfest at Angell Park Speedway. The Miller Lite sponsored event will take place in conjunction with the annual Sweet Corn Festival hosted by the Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce. Sunday will be the first appearance of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in Miller Lite Cornfest competition in nearly half a decade. Heading into the Camfield Memorial, Tucker Klaasmeyer...more

Concord, North Carolina (August 30, 2018) – Twenty-one-year-old Toyota Development Driver standout Logan Seavey will make his second career start in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards on Labor Day at the DuQuoin State Fairground’s Magic Dirt Mile. Driving for Venturini Motorsports in his series debut two weeks ago at Springfield, Seavey wheeled his No.20 Craftsman Tools Toyota to a podium finish with his third-place effort. Aiming for another shot to showcase his dirt prowess, Seavey...more

Belleville, IL – As both the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League enter the final quarter of the 2018 season, there are a handful of schedule updates that teams and fans need to be aware of. First off, the Meents Memorial, originally scheduled for Friday, September 29th has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 13th. Belle-Clair Speedway has a RV Show at the fairgrounds on that day, creating the scheduling conflict. The Meents Memorial...more

Jacksonville, IL – Jordan Howell of Columbia, Missouri snagged his second-career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory. Howell’s second win comes at Jacksonville Speedway, and follows his break-through victory at Macon Speedway back on August 18th. By virtue of passing points through heat races, Howell earned the pole position and shared the front row with Andrew Peters. At the drop of the green flag, Howell powered into the early lead with Peters and Austin Schaeffer in...more

Jacksonville, IL – Tyler Thomas outlasted a relentless Tanner Carrick on an elbows-up Jacksonville Speedway to take his second POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory of 2018. Thomas’s Jacksonville victory is the 12th of his POWRi career. At the drop of the green flag, Jake Neuman took the early lead followed by Cannon McIntosh. By lap two, Thomas had moved past McIntosh for second with Tucker Klaasmeyer in tow. After the caution was displayed for McIntosh and Alex Bright, Thomas...more

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Belleville, IL – After a valiant effort in 2017 with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, Tucker Klaasmeyer came up one spot short in the final championship standings. Determined to make 2018 his year, the Kansan set with one goal in mind: to win the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League championship. With the conclusion of the 2018 season, Tucker Klaasmeyer is officially your 2018 POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League champion. In 2018, the hot shoe out of Paola, Kansas set out on...more