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Belleville, IL. (09/28/2020) Concluding the 2020 racing season in style the POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would take to the quick lap times of El Paso County Raceway, in Calhan Colorado, on Saturday, September 26th with open-wheel journey-man Chris Crowder earning his second feature win in the series this year. Logging in a great field of nineteen POWRi RMLS drivers into the pits. a warm and fall Colorado evening would also greet competitors to a smooth-slick track ready to...more

Belleville, IL. (09/28/2020) Ready to compete on Saturday, October 3rd at Barona Speedway, in Lakeside California, the POWRi Lucas Oil Southwest Lightning Sprints have thrown out the gauntlet to other open-wheel competitors around the “Sunshine State”. Setting the bar high for outstanding on-track achievements, the POWRi SWLS has invited the neighboring Western Midget Racing Group to race. Trying to level the racing field for competitors the POWRi lighting sprints will be running wingless vs...more

Belleville, Il. (09/28/2020) We’ve seen it time and time again, the talented and gifted individuals the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports team brings to showcase and develop. Friday and Saturday, October 2&3 the KKM team will bring a seven-car team to the action-packed two-day show. Four of which will be the normal drivers slated on the KKM schedule, and three youngsters who are ready to square up against the veterans and experienced competitors of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget...more

Belleville, IL. (09/30/2020) Zach Daum, the Pocahontas, IL. native has been a part of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League for quite some time now. Daum is looking to become the first four-time champion in POWRi National Midget League history. Scoring titles in 2013, 2014 and 2016, Daum is currently tied with Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, Missouri, who guided his Loyet Motorsports No. 05 to POWRi National Midget championships in 2007, 2010 and 2011. Daum proved his talents early on and...more

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