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Belleville, IL. (09/28/2020) The well-known, Dave Mac Motorsports two car team with Ace McCarthy and Noah Gass are gearing up for a full two nights of action to take on their first Gold Crown Nationals at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL. Ace McCarthy of Tahlequah, OK. is the driver of the Toyota-TRD Spike No. 28 for Dave Mac Motorsports. On the 2020 race season, McCarthy has earned two wins, both coming back-to-back at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, MO. Three top five finishes and 8...more

Belleville, IL. (10/01/2020) As the weekend is getting closer, the new event added to the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Schedule has created a rise we all have anticipated. This weekend consists of a two day show at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL. for the Gold Crown Midget Nationals October 2&3. RMS Racing is planning to have their two cars in attendance for this coming race weekend. Thomas Meseraull will be behind the wheel in the #7X and Clinton Boyles will be in the #98....more

Granite City, IL. (10/02/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League was back in action for a two-day stint at the famous Tri-City Speedway for the Gold Crown Nationals. With 28 cars in attendance, an action-packed slider-filled night kept the crowd and drivers on their feet. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid came out on top and killed the field to take his seventh trip to victory lane this season. The feature action was all over at Tri-City Speedway, as front row competitors #67 Buddy Kofoid and...more

GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Do to persistent rain this morning, and a continued forecast of rain throughout the afternoon, the Gold Crown Midget Nationals event at Tri-City Speedway has been cancelled. The event will not be rescheduled. Thank you to the sanctioning bodies, racers and fans for making the first night a success. The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will be back in action 10/09/2020 for a rain date makeup.Can’t make it out to the track and don’t want to miss any of the action on...more

Belleville, IL. (10/04/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil New Mexico Motor Racing Association will once again grace the friendly confines of their home-racing facility of Sandia Speedway on Saturday, October 10th for the crowd-pleasing, high-flying, Sprint Car Stampede. Top non-wing 360 sprinters from near and far will flock to the premier three-eighths-mile dirt-oval in Bernalillo County New Mexico for side-by-side racing action and bragging right honors of winning. Limited in events in 2020, the...more

Belleville, IL. (10/05/2020) Enduring the delayed and severely curbed 2020 racing season, the POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would not be detoured with outstanding on-track accomplishments aplenty. After close on-track racing all year and finalization of the season points championship, top-notch open-wheel journeyman Chris Crowder would emerge as the season titleholder. Visiting four unique Colorado tracks throughout the season with the Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprinters,...more

Belleville, IL. (10/05/2020) Visiting their home racing surface of Barona Speedway for the sixth time this season the POWRi Lucas Oil Southwest Lightning Sprints would not disappoint with terrific racing throughout the night. Throwing out the challenge to the Western Midget Racing Group the POWRi SWLS’s would take the wings off and offer fans a unique twist on the competition. Heavily contested on all circuits, Brent Sexton would earn the edge in the final stages and claiming his first...more

Belleville, IL. (10/05/2020) Hard Eight Racing, in collaboration with The Donnie Ray Crawford Legacy Foundation, Port City Raceway, and Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated, is excited to present the Inaugural Donnie Ray Crawford Sooner-State 55 on Thursday, October 15th. Featuring the outstanding racing of the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues; Port City Raceway, in Tulsa Oklahoma, will host all the excitement of a National Midget event but with a twist. Fifty-Five laps...more

Belleville, IL. (10/05/2020) Due to unforeseen circumstances regarding the POWRi Season Championship on October 16-17, originally scheduled at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa Oklahoma, POWRi officials have moved the hosting venue to I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Classes scheduled to compete will be the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues as well as the POWRi Engler Machine and Tool Outlaw 600cc Micros. Unfortunately, the POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto...more

Belleville, IL. (10/06/2020) Battling Mother Nature the whole evening of Friday, September 11th for the annual Herb Barlow Memorial resulted in completely rescheduling the entire event for Friday, October 9th. POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Micro Sprint League, and MOWA Sprints will all be in attendance for a completely new racing program. Before the heavy rainfall on September 11th the drivers and fans were in for a good show, with 30 POWRi Lucas Oil...more