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Belleville, IL (11/10/2020) Entering in as a Rookie for the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League, Lincoln, Nebraska’s Trey Gropp claimed Rookie of the Year honors in both POWRi Midget series. Overall Gropp earned an eight-place finish in National Midget Championship standings and a third-place finish in overall points with the POWRI West League. In July 2019, Gropp stepped into a midget for the first time, piloting a ride out of Jay Mounce’s MSW stable at Valley Speedway in Grain...more

Belleville, IL. (11/10/2020) Andrew Felker of Carl Junction, MO goes back-to-back and makes it two POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League Championships in a row. With a dominating performance over the rest of the field, Felker has officially locked up the POWRi West Championship. The well-known Missouri native rejoined forces with car owner Chad Shields and set sail on the 2020 race season. The team looked to follow the POWRi West series and hit some POWRi National races when they can. They set...more

Belleville, IL. (11/13/2020) Offering annual quarter-midget family fun, the usually good weather the POWRi Silver State Winter Nationals will once again grace the makeshift racing surfaces of The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada for three days of racing excitement November 25-27 with the entire program available on POWRi TV. With registrations open for the previous month, numbers are consistent with previous years anticipating a field of over 300 quarter-midget competitors flocking to the...more

Belleville, IL. (11/13/2020) As entries and interest continue to grow for the inaugural running of the POWRi Midget iNationals presented by Live Sim Racing TV, the deadline date of December 4th looms with spots filling quickly for this premier virtual racing event. December 11-12 will witness competitors from all over try to tame the digital dirt of Fairbury American Legion Speedway in attempts to take to the record-breaking purse. With a variety of simulated-driving professionals and...more

Belleville, IL. (11/16/2020) Rapidly approaching November 24-27, the POWRi Silver State Winter Nationals at The Orleans Casino, in Las Vegas Nevada, will highlight some of the best quarter-midget racing of the year with every lap of action available on POWRi TV. Monday, November 23rd: Trailer Parking - 7:00 AM Car-Safety Inspections - 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM Driver Sign-In Registrations and Pill-Draw - 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Tuesday, November 24th: Trailer Parking - 7:00 AM Car-Safety Inspection - 7:30...more

Belleville, IL. (11/19/2020) Initially run as the Corn Belt Nationals the renamed Corn Belt Clash, held annually at Knoxville Raceway since 2018, will go from a two-day event to a single day spectacle and feature great co-sanctioned racing from the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League and the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series. Standing as the single non-wing sprint car race at the historic half-mile in Knoxville Iowa, the Corn Belt clash will now run for Saturday, July 10th, 2021 while...more

Belleville, IL. (11/19/2020) With the cancelation earlier in the week of the POWRi Winter Nationals Quarter Midget’s annual event held in Las Vegas Nevada, due to ongoing gathering restrictions. Tucson Quarter Midget Association, working with the Valley of the Sun Quarter Midget Association, has stepped up to offer a great alternative to the yearly Thanksgiving race weekend, with the I-10 Turkey Showdown. November 24th through November 28th, Marana Arizona will be flocked by drivers from all...more

Belleville, IL. (11/20/2020) Uncertainty would linger all season as Caleb Saiz and Hal Burns Racing were able to make the most out of the 2020 racing season in the land of enchantment, scoring their second POWRi Lucas Oil New Mexico Motor Racing Association Non-Wing Sprint Car Championship in just three years. With the first championship season for Saiz occurring in 2018, there were quite a few noticeable differences between then and now. “It was definitely different,” said Saiz. “In 2018,...more

Legacy. Although it is defined as what is left behind in an organization, I would argue that its definition runs so much deeper. A legacy is not awarded, nor is it earned overnight. A legacy is something that is built day by day with hard work backing it up along the way. There are few people that built a larger legacy for motorsports in New Mexico than the late Truman West. Although his racing career was cut short due to an injury, Truman never let that change the way that he thought about...more

Belleville, IL. (11/30/2020) Continuing to expand brand horizons while meeting the ever-changing demand of the industry, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated will now offer fans and competitors alike the thrill of wing sprint car racing with the POWRi Desert Winged Sprint Car Series presented by MVT Services launching in 2021. The POWRi Desert Winged Sprint Car Series presented by MVT Services has been formed with the racer, as well as the track promoter, in mind. Established as a way...more