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POWRi Micros and D II Midgets Head to Champaign Fairgrounds, National Midgets Take Weekend Off Belleville, IL – On Friday, July 22nd, the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series and the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will head to the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Illinois. The POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series feature will be paying $500 to win and $100 to start. Kicking off the opening night of the Champaign County Fair, both divisions look...more

POWRi West Readies For Port City Raceway Tulsa, OK | July 15, 2016: After a weekend at the track where it all started for the Lucas Oil POWRi West series teams have a few weeks to prepare for the track where the season starts, Port City Raceway in Tulsa Oklahoma. We would like to welcome Executive Concrete Polishing Solutions as out presenting sponsor for the night. Executive Concrete Polishing Solutions specializes in high quality concrete floor grinding and polishing for commercial and...more

Fairbury, IL – In what was the first actual race held at Fairbury American Legion Speedway for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series due to the initial two being rained out that past two seasons, the racing most definitely did not disappoint. At the drop of the green flag, pole sitter Tanner Thorson took control with eventual race winner and Pocahontas, Illinois native Zach Daum in tow. On a high-banked, hammer down race track, Daum overtook Thorson for the lead on lap four as Garrett...more

Patrick Bruns of Champaign IL. WINS the POWRi/ILLINI Feature Friday night in front of a full house. Exciting POWRI D2 Midget Series racing was not to be missed at Lincoln on Friday night. 17 D2 racers took to the tricky quarter-mile oval to try and get top spots in the feature. It was a beautiful evening and a memorable event. For the 8th time this season, Patrick Bruns, driving his Mobil 1 Triple T Car Wash and Lube sponsored Boss Chassis-MWR powered Chevy Ecotec, took command and...more

Belleville, IL – Taking to the high-banked Belle-Clair Speedway for the 25th Annual Knepper Memorial, Joe B. Miller took the checkers over a relentless Slater Helt for his 25th career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series main event, placing him at a tie with Dereck King on the all-time win list. Starting on the pole, this would be no easy feat for Miller as Slater Helt pressured from the drop of the green flag, closely followed by Weldon, Illinois’s Garrett Duff. A mix of action...more

Belleville, IL – On a hammer-down, running above the cushion Belle-Clair Speedway, it would be Minden, Nevada’s own Tanner Thorson finding his way into victory lane at the conclusion of the 30 lap POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series main event honoring the legendary Arnie Knepper. Grabbing the lead ten laps in from Andy Malpocker, Thorson had to deflect a hard charging Austin Brown who was the first car to attempt running above the tall cushion on the board walls, moving all the way to the...more

National Midgets and Micros Head to Belle-Clair on Friday, Fairbury for Midgets on Saturday Belleville, IL – After their final appearance for 2016 at Southern Illinois Raceway, Joe B. Miller stole the show, making a clean sweep of the two POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series visits to the high-banked 1/8th mile in Marion, Illinois. Miller’s win at SIR tallies his 24th career victory, one win out of tying with the all-time winner for the POWRi micros, Dereck King. The POWRi Lucas...more

Tulsa, Oklahoma | July 10, 2016; Race fans packed the stands as 17 drivers signed in on a warm afternoon at I44 Riverside Speedway. The temperature would cool off providing excellent conditions come race time. Heat races would be won by Steven Shebester and Frank Flud, with the Integrity Customs High point award going to Grady Chandler. At intermission, Christopher was chosen to be the POWRi West Jr fan of the night and came to roll the dice. Christopher would give the dice a roll landing on a...more

Sycamore, IL - Aaron Schuck of Joliet, Illinois WINS at Sycamore Speedway in Sycamore IL. With a strong field of drivers Aaron started deep in the field and methodically made his way to the front. Nineteen POWRi/ILLINI D-II Midgets took the green flag for the feature on a beautiful summer evening at Sycamore Speedway for the POWRI/ ILLINI Midget Series. It was their third visit to the tight little half mile in northern Illinois this year. The twenty lap feature had pole sitter Brad Greenup...more

Marion, IL– Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Missouri has a clean sweep in 2016 with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series at Southern Illinois Raceway, taking both appearances of the series at the high-banked 1/8th mile. Miller’s victory is his 24th career, placing him one win behind the all-time leader in the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series, Dereck King. Winning his heat, Miller would start outside row four by virtue of passing points. Pole sitter Kyle Schuett...more