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BROWNSTOWN, ILL. (June 13, 2019) – As the sixth annual Illinois SPEED Week kicked off on Thursday night at Fayette County Speedway, the story for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League looked quite familiar; that being the dominance of Logan Seavey this season. Leading all 30 laps, the Sutter, California native drove a flawless race and took the Keith Kunz Motorsports, Mobil 1, Spike/Toyota No. 67 to victory lane for the fifth time in eight races, opening his pursuit of back-to-back SPEED...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (June 14, 2019) – The second night of the sixth annual Illinois SPEED Week rolls on tonight as the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League invade Jacksonville Speedway. Highlighted by double features, the show will begin with a makeup POWRi National Midget feature from April 28th followed by a new, full program for both divisions. The home of the first-ever Illinois SPEED Week event, Jacksonville hosted the inaugural...more

POWRi National Midgets – Illinois SPEED Week Point Standings (Through 1 of 4 Races): 300 PTS – Logan Seavey, Sutter, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports #67) 290 PTS – Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (Keith Kunz Motorsports #98) 280 PTS – Jesse Colwell, Red Bluff, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports #71) 270 PTS – Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, AZ (Petry Motorsports #25) 260 PTS – Ethan Mitchell, Mooresville, NC (Bundy Built Motorsports #19M) 250 PTS – Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ (RMS Racing #1NZ) 240 PTS – Thomas...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (June 14, 2019) – After off-and-on showers plagued round two of Illinois SPEED Week all day on Friday at Jacksonville Speedway, officials made the call to postpone the evening when a 10:00 PM downpour was the final straw. An official announcement on a future rescheduled date will be made as plans are finalized. Teams were preparing to head out for B-Main action when a final pop-up cell doused the track and facility once more, forcing officials to call the action as curfew...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (June 14, 2019) – Continuing his historic hot streak on Friday night, Logan Seavey of Sutter, California led all 25 laps of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League makeup feature from April 28 to score a dominating victory at Jacksonville Speedway. Driving the Keith Kunz Motorsports, Mobil 1, Bullet/Toyota No. 67, Seavey won his third consecutive feature, making it six victories in nine starts this season, and pushing his career total to 13 POWRi National Midget...more

(Lincoln, IL) Saturated grounds from several days of rain have forced the cancellation of the Sunday, June 16 event at Lincoln Speedway, in Lincoln, IL. On tap were the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets in addition to Micros, Pro Late Models, Modifieds, and the Nutech Seed DII Midgets. Heavy rains throughout the day on Saturday, in addition to another wave of overnight rain into Sunday proved to be too much for the ¼-mile facility. Pit parking in addition to the horse track that surrounds the...more

Grundy County Speedway will be hosting the Burdette Carter Classic and Veterans Night July 6, 2019. It is part of the Grundy County Fair racing program and it has been a tradition that the midgets run during the Fair dates....a tradition that has lasted many years! The POWRi midgets will be running the National-style engines and the Production-style motors at the same time.....or.....two races in one! We run this way as we are developing the series and increasing the car count. Additional...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 24, 2019) – With a dominant six-win stretch in the opening nine races of the season, Logan Seavey of Sutter, Calif. has put himself and his Keith Kunz Motorsports, Mobil 1, Bullet/Toyota No. 67 on the fast track for the history books. Although Mother Nature has held a stranglehold on the 2019 campaign with a disheartening ten rain outs, when action did hit the track, it was rare to see Seavey lose. In victories at I-44 Riverside Speedway (March 22-23), Lucas Oil Speedway...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 25, 2019) – For the first time in over two years, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League is set to race at Lincoln Speedway with a Sunday, June 30 showing at the Lincoln, Ill. quarter-mile. Making the 17th appearance in league history, the National Midgets will star alongside the DIRTcar Late Models and Modifieds of The Hell Tour. Leading into the solo show on Sunday, attention remains on the dominance of current points leader, Logan Seavey, who is also the most...more

LINCOLN, ILL. (June 30, 2019) – For Christopher Bell, a change of scenery could do nothing in deterring his drive to victory lane on Sunday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League for the 29th time in his storied, yet young career. Switching to the Tucker-Boat Motorsports, Pristine Auction, Spike/Toyota No. 84, the Norman, Okla. native went wire-to-wire at Lincoln Speedway to win in dominating fashion. Starting from the pole position after he earned PAC Sprints High Point Man...more