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Belleville, IL (10/20/2020) After a freshman season with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, Lincoln, Nebraska’s Trey Gropp claimed Rookie of the Year honors and an eighth-place finish overall in the championship standings. 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 valley, Missouri. Results showed a promising heat race win and a 20th place finish in the feature. Building on a handful of...more

Belleville, IL. (10/22/2020) Christopher Townsend of La Porte, TX. only visited with the POWRI Engler Machine & Tool Micro Sprint League a few times this year. Townsend joined Frank Gaulsha Development for the 2019 race season, found some speed and rejoined for the 2020 season. Townsend has been behind the wheel of some sort of race car since a young age, winning races all across the boards. Townsend has made his way up into the POWRi Micros and is finding himself to grow and learn. Joining...more

Belleville, IL. (10/19/2020) Finishing out the complicated 2020 racing season in perhaps the best race of the year, the POWRi Lucas Oil Southwest Lighting Sprints would once again tackle their home-racing track of Barona Speedway in Lakeside, California on October 17th with a nail-biting finish for the ages. Pacing the field to perfection, David Bezio would grab his first career POWRi SWLS feature victory in dramatic fashion. Caution-free was the theme Saturday with the POWRi Lucas Oil...more

Belleville, IL. (10/24/2020) Winning a season championship is no small task, winning a second is even more difficult. Winning a pair of POWRi series championships in the same season is unheard of, until now as open-wheel journeyman Chris Crowder of Colorado Springs Colorado can now claim such accolades. Having already been crowned champion of the 2020 POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints, Crowder has doubled down as titleholder by earning the POWRi Lucas Oil Southwest Lightning...more

Belleville, IL. (10/25/2020) Racing side-by-side since the start of their career, Lone Jack Missouri brothers Jack and Samuel Wagner continue to rise through the ranks of Midwest open-wheel talents all the while maintaining a common set of family values. Though different in styles, both on and off the track, the Wagner Brothers are quickly and individually making a name for themselves within the POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League. Beginning their racing career in flat track...more

Belleville, IL. (10/28/2020) 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 locked up the championship before the season ends. With two races left in the schedule, Felker can do nothing but stretch his lead. The well-known Missouri native rejoined forces with car owner Chad Shields and set sail on the 2020 race season. Looking to follow the POWRi...more

Belleville, IL. (10/28/2020) Due to persistent rainfall for the past week and continues throughout the weekend, the POWRI Lucas Oil West Midget Leagues final race weekend has been postponed and rescheduled for November 6th, 7th, 8th at Creek County Speedway. The POWRi Lucas Oil West Midgets will only be in attendance Friday and Saturday November 6th and 7th. Friday, November 6 will have the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region presented by Smiley’s Racing Products on track along with...more

Belleville, IL. (10/29/2020) Back by popular demand and with added incentives, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated and Live Sim Racing TV have partnered together for the Inaugural POWRi Midget iNationals, set for the two-day cyber-race date of December 11-12 and featuring the side-by-side midget racing-action of the virtual tight corners of Fairbury Speedway. To be held in the digital realm of Fairbury American Legion Speedway a purse of $6000 will be on the line for competitors with...more

Belleville, IL. (10/29/2020) One of the fastest-growing divisions under the Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated umbrella the always exciting Lightning Sprints will once again get their chance in the spotlight. Memorial Day Weekend 2021 with mark the return of the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals at picturesque Central Missouri Speedway. Conveniently located in Warrensburg Missouri, the beautifully kept and well-ran quarter-mile Central Missouri Speedway will host Lightning Sprinters...more

Belleville, IL. (11/02/2020) After persistent rain fall last week causing the Fall Fling to be canceled. POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League is ready and headed to finish off the 2020 race season at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK. Drivers are scheduled to compete Friday, November 6th and Saturday, November 7th. Teams and drivers will go head-to-head to compete for the last few positions in the POWRi West Season Points Championship. Andrew Felker already took the title into his own hands...more