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The 13th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial presented by Priority Aviation is looking to be the best one yet. At this time, we will have nearly $4,000 in extra cash and contingencies up for grabs this Saturday night. The Meents Family would like to send a special thank you to everyone who is supporting this year’s memorial event. Thank you – Richard and Jennifer Marshall with Priority Aviation for being our presenting sponsor and to all our heat race, A-main laps, special awards, and contingency...more

Belleville, IL – Jason McDougal of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma broke through and notched not only a career-first with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, but also a prestigious win taking the micro portion of the 26th Annual Knepper Memorial. Battling with Luke Verardi and fending off Joe B. Miller, McDougal’s first win came in defying fashion. Leading the field to green, Luke Verardi shared the front row with Kurt Westerfield and immediately took command. Holding the lead until...more

Belleville, IL – Lebanon, Indiana’s Spencer Bayston took the checkers with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League for the 26th Annual Knepper Memorial at Belle-Clair Speedway, fending off teammate Tanner Thorson to claim the win. Bayston adds his name to the short list of repeat Knepper Memorial winners with his first Knepper victory coming in 2015 and now, tonight’s victory. Leading the field to green, Aidan RoosEvans shared the front row with Colby Copeland for a career-first highpoint...more

Belleville, IL – After claiming his first-career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory in Friday night’s Knepper Memorial at Belle-Clair Speedway, Jason McDougal backed it up by leading all 20 laps of the 13th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial to sweep the weekend. McDougal started on the pole of the main event, setting a healthy pace from the get-go. Sara Elrod and Holley Hollan battled from the start over second as McDougal stayed out front. McDougal remained relatively...more

Belleville, IL – Building on a solid victory from the previous night, Spencer Bayston capitalized on Logan Seavey’s misfortune to claim his second POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory of the weekend. Bayston’s Belle-Clair win was his ninth career, capturing the 13th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial presented by Priority Aviation Services LLC, co-sanctioned by the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League. Starting inside row two, Bayston faded early as Tucker Klaasmeyer took the lead with...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (September 26, 2017) - The two-day finale event of the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint League schedule is set and prepped for this weekend (October 6-7) at Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois and it goes by the name of "SPRINT MANIA." The MOWA/IRA Winged Sprint and Open Wheel Modified classes will also be in action both nights to complete the events. The high-banked 1/4 mile provided stellar side-by-side racing action when WAR East made their first-ever...more

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (September 30, 2017) - Chad Winfrey scored his first POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget League win Saturday night at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri. Two-time champion Pat Schudy was second over, Morgan Frewaldt, Merril Lamb, and Don Dawson II rounded out the top five. Winfrey has been close to a victory all season long with three runner-up finishes already under his belt in 2017 running his first full season in midgets. Point leader Dustin Gilbert bent a valve before...more

LAS CRUCES, Nm. (September 30, 2017) - Lorne Wofford picked up his fourth POWRi Lucas Oil WAR 305 Winged Sprint win of the year at the finale of the league's season at Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico Saturday night. Kyle McCutcheon, Robert Herrera, Derek Demartino, and Don Grable rounded out the top five. The high-banked 3/8 mile clay oval produced a stellar racing surface allowing L.Wofford to charge from his tenth starting position to victory lane. Herrera, Demartino,...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (October 4, 2017) - 19-year-old Tyler VanToll has been declared the 2017 POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League Champion after an intense points battle against runner-up Jack Routson came to an end with VanToll on top by ninety points. The Belleville, Illinois native and college student racked up 6 wins, 15 top 5's, and 20 top 10's during the 26-race season schedule to secure his first POWRi Championship in his Spike/MWR Technology/Esslinger Ecotec. VanToll began racing at...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (October 4, 2017) - Alamogordo, New Mexico native Wes Wofford has been named the first-ever POWRi Lucas Oil 305 Winged New Mexico League Champion after the league's inaugural season. He wrapped up his season at the finale event, September 30, at Southern New Mexico Speedway with a top 10 finish. He obtained a list of impressive stats throughout the 16-race season schedule with 3 wins, 14 top 5's, and he never finished outside of the top 10 at any POWRi 305 event. Consistency...more