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Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League is thrilled to announce that the Saturday 10/20 Southern Illinois Shootout at SIR Raceway will be tape delayed for broadcast on MAVTV. The Southern Illinois Shootout will bring out National Midget drivers from all over the Mid-West. The broadcast will include driver interviews, in-car cameras, and various technical segments. MAVTV is available nationwide. Check your local listings for MAVTV channel numbers. For the latest breaking...more

Marion, IL – For what was a hard-fought battle right to the very end, Harley Hollan’s victory at Southern Illinois Raceway helped the veteran driver claw his way past a 20-point deficit to Austin Schaeffer, capturing the 2018 POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League championship. Hollan’s SIR victory is his third of 2018. Starting deep in the field in 11th, Hollan had his work cut out for him in the action-packed feature event. Enduring several cautions on the initial start, BJ...more

Marion, IL – As fans and teams began to unload at Southern Illinois Raceway, everyone seemed to notice a particular #21 machine in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports stable. It was no question that it would be wheeled by none other than Christopher Bell. By the time the dust settled it was no surprise to see Christopher Bell back in victory lane with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Bell’s POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory at Southern Illinois Raceway was not...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 15, 2019) – With the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League on the sidelines, the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League takes centerstage this weekend. Set for the “Southern Illinois Shootout,” the POWRi Micros will encounter a pair of exciting bullrings with a doubleheader at Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, May 17 and Southern Illinois Raceway on Saturday, May 18 on tap. Making back-to-back trips to “Belle-Vegas,” the POWRi Micros return to the Belleville,...more

MARION, ILL. (May 19, 2019) – Topping a stunning field of 68 entries on Saturday night, Jordan Herrman of Jay, Oklahoma scored the “Southern Illinois Shootout” triumph at the Southern Illinois Raceway. Driving the CTE Motorsports, CS9 Chassis No. 92, the victory marked Herrman’s first-career win with the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League. After the staggering and stout entry list was chopped down from 68 to 23 via nine heat races, two C-Mains and two B-Mains, it was Herrman and...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (October 9, 2019) – With a significant forecast of impending rain set to hit the area, track and series officials have made the call to switch the POWRi National Midgets and POWRi Outlaw Micros “Charlene Meents Memorial” at Belle-Clair Speedway from the originally scheduled Friday date and pushed it back to now race on Sunday evening. Saturday’s program at Southern Illinois Raceway is unaffected and will run as planned. “We’ve been watching the weather all week and with as...more

MARION, ILL. (October 12, 2019) – Saturday’s Southern Illinois Shootout was a wild one from start-to-finish for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Encountering the 1/8th-mile Southern Illinois Raceway for the first and only time this season, drivers faced a rough and rowdy surface with character aplenty. Four different leaders stood at the front, some slipped back and some stormed forward, but through all of the chaos and carnage it was Jake Neuman and Team Ripper capitalizing late...more

MARION, ILL. (October 12, 2019) – For the fourth consecutive race, a first-time winner emerged in victory lane with the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League. Leading all 20 laps at Southern Illinois Raceway, BJ Gatewood of Caruthersville, Mo. had it far from easy on Saturday night as he was forced to fend off a series of attacks from Gunner Ramey, Luke Veradi and Jordan Howell to park his No. 88 on the front stretch. Leading from start-to-finish in Saturday’s 20-lapper, Gatewood saw...more