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Belleville, IL – With the Fifth Annual Illinois SPEED Week on the horizon, fans and teams are hoping that Mother Nature plays nicely after a wet start to 2017 throughout the Midwest. Set to be bigger than ever, the Fifth Annual Illinois SPEED Week will host racing from the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League, the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, and new for 2017, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint Car League. New to the Illinois...more

Indianapolis, IN - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint League is set to join the POWRi Illinois SPEED Week roster for the first time ever. The WAR East Sprints will compete in three of the total five nights of SPEED Week. Please find WAR payout details below. POWRi kicks off the first of a five-night series known as Illinois Speed Week on Wednesday, May 31 at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois featuring the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints plus National and D-II Midgets. Thursday,...more

Jacksonville, IL (June 2, 2017) - Andy Malpocker scored the POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget feature win Friday night, June 2 at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois. Gedd Ross, Broc Hunnell, Brent Burrows, and Tyson Hart rounded out the top five. Burrows and McDermand were heat race winners. Tyler Vantoll was the Hard Charger after starting eighteenth and finishing sixth. The POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League is back in action Saturday, June 3 at Macon Speedway in Macon,...more

Jacksonville, IL – Joe B Miller of Millersville, Missouri capitalized on lap traffic late in the race to pick off Craig Ronk in route to his 29th career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory on night three of POWRi Illinois SPEED Week at Jacksonville Speedway. Starting outside the front row and losing ground to Ronk on the start, it looked as though the driver out of Warsaw, Indiana was perhaps on his way to repeating his victory at Jacksonville Speedway from...more

Jacksonville, IL – Tanner Thorson has hit his stride, doubling down and winning the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League feature for night number three of POWRi Illinois SPEED Week at Jacksonville Speedway. Winning the previous night’s event at Fairbury American Legion Speedway with a last lap, last corner pass, rather than waiting until the final corner to make his move, Thorson took the lead midway and was on the defending side rather than the offensive from the previous night. Starting...more

Jacksonville, IL (June 2, 2017) - After winning on Wednesday night at The Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois in the WAR East season opener, Landon Simon picked up the win at Jacksonville Speedway on Friday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints for his second win of the three race swing. As the field took the green, second-starting Simon battled with Andy Baugh for the top spot. Simon took control as the first lap was completed as he was followed by Baugh, Terry Babb, and Mario...more

Macon, IL – With three of five POWRi Illinois SPEED Week shows completed, Michael Pickens of Auckland, New Zealand leads the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League SPEED Week point standings by a mere 10 points over Keith Kunz Motorsports driver, Tanner Thorson. With two shows left, tonight’s Macon Speedway in Macon, Illinois and tomorrow’s Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Illinois, both tracks have unique characteristics that could change the outcome for the POWRi Illinois SPEED Week...more

Chandler Capitializes At RPM (photo credit: Rudy Garcia) Crandall, TX| July 1, 2017; 22 drivers signed in for competition at RPM Speedway for night one of the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League two step. Three heat races would be won by Ace McCarthy, Grady Chandler, and Kory Schudy. The nights Integrity Customs High Point driver of the night would be Kade Taylor, and with a lucky roll of the dice landing on one the field would start heads up. Kade Taylor and Grady Chandler would pace the...more

Belleville, IL – It’s finally here; one of the most talked about weekends of the year. Friday, September 8th the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League, and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League will head to Jacksonville Speedway for the annual Herb Barlow Memorial. Saturday, September 9th, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will break away and make the short jaunt north to Spoon River Speedway for the annual Tom Knowles Memorial. ...more

Jacksonville, IL – Tyler Thomas took the win at Jacksonville Speedway for the Herb Barlow Memorial and claimed his fourth win of 2017. Thomas’ Barlow win is the 10th of his POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League career. Starting outside of row two, Thomas charged to the front and took the lead from Holly Shelton on lap seven. Followed by Nick Knepper, the duo led the charge towards lap traffic as Logan Seavey worked into the top three. With 12 laps in, the first caution appeared as Colten...more