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Belleville, IL. (11/16/2020) Rapidly approaching November 24-27, the POWRi Silver State Winter Nationals at The Orleans Casino, in Las Vegas Nevada, will highlight some of the best quarter-midget racing of the year with every lap of action available on POWRi TV. Monday, November 23rd: Trailer Parking - 7:00 AM Car-Safety Inspections - 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM Driver Sign-In Registrations and Pill-Draw - 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Tuesday, November 24th: Trailer Parking - 7:00 AM Car-Safety Inspection - 7:30...more

Belleville, IL. (11/13/2020) As entries and interest continue to grow for the inaugural running of the POWRi Midget iNationals presented by Live Sim Racing TV, the deadline date of December 4th looms with spots filling quickly for this premier virtual racing event. December 11-12 will witness competitors from all over try to tame the digital dirt of Fairbury American Legion Speedway in attempts to take to the record-breaking purse. With a variety of simulated-driving professionals and...more

Belleville, IL. (11/13/2020) Offering annual quarter-midget family fun, the usually good weather the POWRi Silver State Winter Nationals will once again grace the makeshift racing surfaces of The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada for three days of racing excitement November 25-27 with the entire program available on POWRi TV. With registrations open for the previous month, numbers are consistent with previous years anticipating a field of over 300 quarter-midget competitors flocking to the...more

Belleville, IL. (11/10/2020) Andrew Felker of Carl Junction, MO goes back-to-back and makes it two POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League Championships in a row. With a dominating performance over the rest of the field, Felker has officially locked up the POWRi West Championship. The well-known Missouri native rejoined forces with car owner Chad Shields and set sail on the 2020 race season. The team looked to follow the POWRi West series and hit some POWRi National races when they can. They set...more

Belleville, IL (11/10/2020) Entering in as a Rookie for the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League, Lincoln, Nebraska’s Trey Gropp claimed Rookie of the Year honors in both POWRi Midget series. Overall Gropp earned an eight-place finish in National Midget Championship standings and a third-place finish in overall points with the POWRI West League. In July 2019, Gropp stepped into a midget for the first time, piloting a ride out of Jay Mounce’s MSW stable at Valley Speedway in Grain...more

Belleville, IL (10/08/2020) Blake Hahn out of Sapulpa, OK. defeated the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League drivers on the last night of the Fall Fling at Creek County Speedway. With 33 cars in attendance, Hahn came out on top and conquered the field to win his second POWRi West victory in the 2020 race season. Blake Hahn started off the night good with strong heat race win in his Oilfire Rye Whiskey and Liqueur sponsored No. 52. Accumulating points from the heat race would set him up for the...more

Belleville, IL. (11/07/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League is back in action for the final race weekend of 2020. Visiting the famous ¼ mile lightly banked oval, Creek County Speedway. The newly crowned POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Champion, Jake Neuman found himself back in victory lane last night to end the first night of the Fall Fling. Making this his first POWRi West win this year, but second win overall. Neuman started the night off strong in his family owned No. 3N at...more

Belleville, IL. (11/03/2020) Continuing to evolve to meet the growing demand of premier grassroots racing while broadening horizons, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated is honored to sanction the POWRi Super Stock Division; a cost-effective division that offers competitors and tracks a program of growth and competitiveness for the future racing seasons. “We have been working hard going through quite a few different sets of rules and trying to develop a package that is as cost-effective...more

Belleville, IL. (11/02/2020) After persistent rain fall last week causing the Fall Fling to be canceled. POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League is ready and headed to finish off the 2020 race season at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK. Drivers are scheduled to compete Friday, November 6th and Saturday, November 7th. Teams and drivers will go head-to-head to compete for the last few positions in the POWRi West Season Points Championship. Andrew Felker already took the title into his own hands...more

Belleville, IL. (10/29/2020) One of the fastest-growing divisions under the Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated umbrella the always exciting Lightning Sprints will once again get their chance in the spotlight. Memorial Day Weekend 2021 with mark the return of the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals at picturesque Central Missouri Speedway. Conveniently located in Warrensburg Missouri, the beautifully kept and well-ran quarter-mile Central Missouri Speedway will host Lightning Sprinters...more