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Belleville, IL. (8/21/23) Returning to regular weekly regional competitions after the highly successful POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals hosted by the Minn-Kota Series, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would continue racing gatherings at a trio of regions completing the weekend events as entrants chase points throughout the five events in continually developing the National Championship picture. Feature winners over the weekend would include Colorado journeyman Josiah King earning his third...more

Belleville, IL. (8/21/2023) Flying onto the speedy and technical surfaces of Peoria Speedway for the initial time of 2023 for the burgeoning series, the sixth sanctioned seasonal competition in the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association would witness Tracy Hull calculate the winning formula to earn the feature win and his first series victory of the 2023 racing season. Starting the sixth night of POWRi sanctioning, IMRA would find Ruben Haslett and Shane Morgan each notch heat racing wins...more

Belleville, IL. (8/21/23) Challenging through the ninth feature event of the season in the POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado 305 Wing Sprints, Lorne Wofford would clinch the checkers over a determined field of high-caliber racers to notch his fourteenth career series win. Early on-track competitions would find Royal Jones and Lorne Wofford each earning the heat racing wins with Robert Herrera and Dylan Harris bringing the field to green as the first row. Speeding from the seventh-starting spot,...more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/23) Quickly approaching while rapidly increasing in entries, the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge, in conjunction with POWRi, is steadily preparing for the KKM Challenge on September 6-9 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex headlined by the $10,000-to-Win Non-Wing Outlaw Micro main event. Classes scheduled to compete include the headlining split-field POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro League presented by Engler Machine and Tool, as well as the support classes POWRi A-Class...more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/2023) Honoring a pair of Missouri open-wheel icons with a one-of-a-kind weekend spectacle of racing, the Thirteenth Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial presented by General Tire hosted by Lucas Oil Speedway will return for split-field formatting with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League on September 14-16 as entries continue to grow. Running split-field Preliminary Nights on Thursday, September 14th, and Friday, September 15th ultimately leading up to...more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/23) With the safety of drivers, teams, staff, and race fans in mind, the Midwest Dirt Nationals at the Paducah International Raceway scheduled for August 25 & 26, has been canceled for this weekend. With temperatures forecasted to be over 90 degrees for over 8 hours straight each day, and heat indexes expected to reach 115 degrees, track and series officials have come to the agreement that it is not in the best interest to attempt to put on an event of this stature in...more

Belleville, IL. (8/24/23) Driving into Davenport Speedway with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, on August 25-26; mainstay competitors continually eye the top position with National points implications on the line to influence the event-by-event evolving standings. Showcasing impressive back-to-back finishes at Pevely, a new competitor circles atop the standings as Mason City Illinois wheelman Karter Sarff...more

Belleville, IL. (8/25/23) Zach Daum would hard-charge through tough competition to earn the feature win at Davenport Speedway in Davenport Iowa with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, in Night One of the Quad Cities 150 to capture his twenty-third career league victory after leading six late laps of the thirty-lap feature event. Initial on-track opposition in the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction...more

Belleville, IL. (8/26/23) Gavin Miller would hard-charge past ten other drivers to earn the feature win at Davenport Speedway in Davenport Iowa with the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, in Night Two of the Quad Cities 150 to capture his second career league victory after leading the final thirteen laps of the thirty-lap feature event. Early on-track excitement in the POWRi National Midget League, running in...more

Belleville, IL (8/26/23) Trey Marcham would use precise timing to claim his first checkers of the season while battling up-front at Port City Raceway to notch his eleventh POWRi West Midget League career victory in a thrilling twenty-five lap stand-alone event. Early on-track action would find Ace McCarthy setting the quickest hot-lap time of 9.537-second lap with Kyle Jones and Kris Carroll each earning the heat racing win as Kyle Jones would gain the high-point award. Going green flag racing...more