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Belleville, IL. (3/15/23) Maintaining the staple of the seasonal-opening POWRi competition, the Tenth Annual Turnpike Challenge has pivoted and relocated to the speedy and smooth racing surface of Port City Raceway on March 23-25. Staying at Port City Raceway for the three-day season send-off, practice will ignite the experience on Thursday, March 23rd followed by the first dual event of the season on Friday, March 24th, and Saturday, March 25th. Featuring the fast-paced excitement of the...more

Belleville, IL. (3/17/23) Looking towards the 2023 season, POWRi has made changes to the membership credentials, most notably requiring ALL entrants to hold a current membership license to compete. To level this requirement, all memberships will be a flat $100 per competitor, and the entry fee eliminated for the following divisions: • National & West Midget Leagues • Outlaw Micro League • WAR Sprint League • 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series As in previous years, one membership will allow...more

Belleville, IL. (3/17/23) Looking towards the 2023 season, POWRi has made changes to the membership credentials, most notably requiring ALL StockMod entrants to hold a current membership license to compete. To level this requirement, all memberships will be a flat $100 per competitor except for the Hornet division for $60. One membership will allow participants to run in multiple divisions in sanctioned events. For example, at an event hosting both B-Mod and Midwest Mod competition, a member...more

Belleville, IL. (3/18/23) Continuing as a highlight of membership advantages since the addition in 2016, the POWRi Lifetime Membership maintains a staple in series competition as a way to honor the previous champions. Benefiting from gaining a League title within tiers of POWRi competition, all champion-earning entrants since 2016 in the National & West Midget, Outlaw Micro, WAR Sprint, and 410 BOSS continue to automatically receive membership based on their previous season success. The...more

Belleville, IL. (3/20/23) Preserving the core of the seasonal-opening POWRi competition, the pivoted Tenth Annual Turnpike Challenge at Port City Raceway on March 23-25 rapidly approaches with extra incentives and added excitement. Staying at Port City Raceway for the three-day season send-off, practice will ignite the experience on Thursday, March 23rd followed by the first dual event of the season on Friday, March 24th, and Saturday, March 25th. Returning Top-10 placements from the 2022...more

Belleville, IL. (3/21/23) Fueling competitors both on and off the race track, Luebbering Oil Company has partnered with the POWRi StockMod Division to aid in the National Points Championship for all classes. Luebbering Oil Company, Inc. is a wholesale fuel distributor, servicing both commercial and residential customers locally and throughout the Midwest. From home heating oil to lubricating oils to industrial operations or repair shops, LOC will have any fuel needs covered. “Expanding our...more

Belleville, IL. (3/21/23) Increasing bonuses to aid competitors seasonally, the POWRi partnership with Luebbering Oil Company in the StockMod Division will hit the ground running with one-of-a-kind opportunities at stake. Speedy B’s POWRi StockMod presented by Luebbering Oil Company will extend competitors a chance for FREE pit-pass entry into events with the “LOC Fuel Advantage” program. The following Sonoco Racing Fuel is available for purchase either by pump or by fifty-five gallons at...more

Belleville, IL. (3/25/23) Daison Pursley would not let the previous day percipitaion dampen the opening night celebrations of the Turnpike Challenge at Port City Raceway on Saturday Night to capture his eighth career victory with the POWRi National Midget League in a thrilling forty-lap feature. Early Tulsa Oklahoma competition with thirty-eight POWRi National and West Midget Leagues entrants would see Mitchell Moles start quickest with a 9.924-lap in hot-laps as Kyle Jones, Joe B Miller, Zach...more

Belleville, IL. (3/25/23) Shawn Mahaffey would flex his racing might with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League on the season-opening event to notch his initial win after an action-packed Port City Raceway Saturday Night feature. Entering a stout field of seventy-seven competitors in the POWRi Outlaw Micro League would find Tyler Smith clock overall quick-time in hot laps with a 9.940-second lap as Kris Carroll, Steven Curbow, Cody Barnes, Shawn Mahaffey, Corbin Rueschenberg, Johnny Boland, Chelby...more

Belleville, IL. (3/27/23) Visiting an iconic event in the Land of Lincoln, the fast-paced excitement of the POWRi National Midgets will look to Farmer City Raceway in two nights of outstanding action on Friday, March 31st, and Saturday, April 1st in support of the Illini 100. Competing in conjunction between the POWRi National Midget League and the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota Racing, competitors will test their quick times against the historic quarter mile of Farmer City...more