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Belleville, IL – Tyler Vantoll of Belleville, Illinois swept the opening night of Illinois SPEED Week in the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series at Belle-Clair Speedway, snagging the heat race win and dominating every lap of the feature. Vantoll’s victory at Belle-Clair has been a long time coming as the driver has had several opportunities to capture his first win snatched away by bad luck. However, Vantoll was able to keep the gremlins away long enough to get to stand in...more

Quincy, IL– Chett Gehrke took the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series feature event at Quincy Raceways for night two of Illinois SPEED Week. Leading every single lap of the 20 lap main event, Gehrke had 13 laps in the books before cautions began to plague him. Andy Malpocker ran second until lap 16 when Patrick Bruns was able to move past him and into the second position. Malpocker ended up taking final podium position. “This place is fun,” Chett Gehrke said. “A lot better...more

Jacksonville, IL– Patrick Bruns of Champaign, Illinois dominantly defeated a solid 20 car field to claim night number three of Illinois SPEED Week at Jacksonville Speedway. Bruns’ victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI D II Midget Series was his fifth of 2016. Tyler Vantoll followed Bruns to the stripe after running second a majority of the race. Mitchell Davis took third, holding off Andy Malpocker who finished fourth, while Quincy Raceways winner Chett Gehrke rounded out the top...more

Macon, IL– Patrick Bruns of Champaign, Illinois battled his way to the front from seventh to lead the final four laps for the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI D II Midget Series victory. Andy Baugh would lead the opening lap, but Mitchell Davis would work past Baugh to lead lap two. By lap three, Chett Gehrke would move past both Davis and Baugh for the lead. On lap five, Tyler Vantoll would move into the second position, trying to set Gehrke up. Enduring multiple cautions, Vantoll would eventually...more

Lincoln, IL– Chett Gehrke of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma won the final night of Lucas Oil ILLINI D II Midget Series competition during Illinois SPEED Week at Lincoln Speedway, while Andy Malpocker claimed the Illinois SPEED Week title. Battling for the lead with Andy Baugh and Mitchell Davis, Gehrke took the lead from Andy Baugh on lap three, but then lost the lead to Mitchell Davis on lap seven. After a late race yellow on lap 15, Gehrke shot to the inside of Davis entering lap one and after...more

The “35th annual Pepsi Midget Nationals,” one of midget racing’s crown jewel events will be run on Sunday, July 3 at Angell Park Speedway. The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series event will draw some of the sport’s biggest names to 1/3-mile clay oval. Paying $3,000 to win and $500 to start, the feature race will be increased to 35 laps celebrating thirty-five years of the event. Non-qualifiers will receive $300. Angell Park is also celebrating their 70th anniversary season of racing...more

Another competitive field of POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets presented by Nutech Seed were pitside for the evening’s events. After claiming their heat race wins, Patrick Bruns and Adam Taylor were slated alongside one another for the 15-lap feature. Immediately on the wave of the green, Champaign, IL driver Bruns raced out front. Drivers ran the high side and lowside of the race track, looking for the fastest line to suit their needs. While Bruns dominated out front, Mitchell Davis was putting on...more

Sycamore, IL - Aaron Schuck of Joliet, Illinois WINS at Sycamore Speedway in Sycamore IL. With a strong field of drivers Aaron started deep in the field and methodically made his way to the front. Nineteen POWRi/ILLINI D-II Midgets took the green flag for the feature on a beautiful summer evening at Sycamore Speedway for the POWRI/ ILLINI Midget Series. It was their third visit to the tight little half mile in northern Illinois this year. The twenty lap feature had pole sitter Brad Greenup...more

Patrick Bruns of Champaign IL. WINS the POWRi/ILLINI Feature Friday night in front of a full house. Exciting POWRI D2 Midget Series racing was not to be missed at Lincoln on Friday night. 17 D2 racers took to the tricky quarter-mile oval to try and get top spots in the feature. It was a beautiful evening and a memorable event. For the 8th time this season, Patrick Bruns, driving his Mobil 1 Triple T Car Wash and Lube sponsored Boss Chassis-MWR powered Chevy Ecotec, took command and...more

POWRi Micros and D II Midgets Head to Champaign Fairgrounds, National Midgets Take Weekend Off Belleville, IL – On Friday, July 22nd, the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series and the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will head to the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Illinois. The POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series feature will be paying $500 to win and $100 to start. Kicking off the opening night of the Champaign County Fair, both divisions look...more