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Belleville, IL – POWRi and Fairbury American Legion Speedway officials are pleased to release the dates for the inaugural Sprint Mania’s FALS Classic on Friday, October 6th and Saturday, October 7th. In what will feature some of the best action-packed racing for wing and non-wing sprint cars, the famed quarter mile bullring known as FALS will come to life in October for the first time in speedway history. The weekend will be dual highlighted by the 410 winged sprints which will be sanctioned...more

Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series kicks off the 2017 season with a 29 event schedule, starting at the fifth annual Turnpike Challenge on March 24th and 25th at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, co-sanctioning with the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget Series. 2017 will continue to feature the thrilling events the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series has become known for, including three appearances at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Missouri, with the first on April 22nd. ...more

Belleville, IL – The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series 2017 schedule has been released featuring 23 events. New for 2017, the Speedway Motors Micros will kick off the season in Tulsa, Oklahoma at Port City Raceway for the fifth annual Turnpike Challenge, being featured alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget Series. For the sixth year, the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will partake in Illinois SPEED Week, with...more

Belleville, IL - The 2017 POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series schedule has been released featuring 34 events. The Division II Midgets will kick off 2017 with a double-header weekend on April 21st at Lincoln Speedway and Macon Speedway on April 22nd. On Thursday, April 27th, the Division II Midgets will visit Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois for the event dubbed Throwback Thursday. Throwback Thursday will feature the Division II Midgets, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series...more

Tulsa, OK (January 5, 2017) Officials with the POWRi West Lucas Oil Series are excited to release the 2017 race schedule which will feature visits to two new tracks and the return of the series to local favorites. The schedule contains 26 races for the upcoming season, including two co-sanction events with the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA), and eight co-sanctioned events with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets. New racetracks on the schedule include Mid-America Speedway...more

2016 POWRi Championship Banquet will be held on Sunday, February 26th 2017 at Andre’s Banquet Facility in St. Louis, MO. The event opens at 12:00pm with an open bar, dinner at 12:30pm, and awards at 1:30pm. Drivers and car owner champions from the POWRi National Midget, Division-II Midget and 600cc Outlaw Micro-Sprint divisions, as well as the top 10 in points and the Rookies of the Year in all three classes, will be honored and will receive their year-end awards, contingencies, and point...more

Belleville, IL – The youthful and thriving Allstar Midget Series based out of the Kansas City, Missouri region will join POWRi in 2017. The goal of the Allstar Midget Series at its inception in 2014 was to bring midget racing back to the Kansas City area on a regular basis, after a 40 year absence. This goal has been accomplished and the next task for the Allstar Midget Series is to continue on the trajectory of growth for the series, building on their solid footing in the Kansas City...more

Indianapolis, IN (December 30, 2016) – A competitive total of thirty-one events will make up the Lucas Oil POWRi/WAR Sprints schedule in 2017. There are many exciting improvements in store for the future of the series as the fast approaching race season takes shape. Four new venues will make their debut on the Lucas Oil POWRi/WAR Sprints 2017 schedule to complement the original WAR tracks from 2016. Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., will host 10 events throughout the coming season. The...more

360 Wildcat Winter Sprints Rules Update The non-wing portion of the 360 Wildcat Winter Sprints events will run under the POWRi/WAR Sprint Series rules and procedures with the exception of the engine rule and weight rule. Those two exceptions will be as follows: ENGINE -ASCS heads will require a 2 3/16 restrictor, with a length of 3 inches. -Any other head will require a 1 7/8 restrictor, with a length of 1 inch. (must be 23 degree head) -No aluminum block engines will be allowed -No down...more

Indianapolis, IN (December 26, 2016) - The POWRi/WAR Sprint Cars have partnered with Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, NM and Aztec Speedway in Aztec, NM to sanction the Lucas Oil POWRi 305 sprints series in 2017. This 305 wing sprint series will consist of fifteen races in the “Land of Enchantment,” with the defending champion Don Grable leading the list of names scheduled to compete for the 2017 championship. The series will utilize a passing points format. The top eight in passing...more