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Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 25, 2018) – The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA is back in action this Saturday night atop the 1/5-mile I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK. The 16th round of competition on the 2018 for the POWRi West Midget League also marks the eighth round of Sooner Series action for the series. Saturday’s I-44 Riverside Speedway tilt will count toward POWRi West Sooner Series points as well as POWRi West overall points. ...more

Lonnie Wheatley, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (July 28, 2018) – Flirting with a potential victory lane visit during much of the season, Cannon McIntosh put it all together on Saturday night to become the 13th different Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature winner of the year by topping the 25-lap main event at I-44 Riverside Speedway. After earning the BOSS Performance High Point Driver of the Night in heat race action aboard the RL Hudson/Toyota-TRD No. 08...more

By: Michael Guglielmucci Morris, IL—With a full moon shining bright in the Grundy County sky, Mario Clouser did not let that superstition bother him as he was able to capture his second consecutive Lucas Oil POWRi Pavement Midget feature of the 2018 season. The recently engaged Auburn, Illinois native capped off a memorable week by taking the checkers in just his second start of the season. The 20 lap main event was plagued by two blown engines, both by Rookie of the Year contenders, Ryan...more

Belleville, IL – After a two-week lull, the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues look towards the Ironman 55 weekend on Friday, August 3rd and Saturday, August 4th. Renewing their friendly rivalry from the Second Annual Thunder in the Valley at Valley Speedway, the National Midget League swept the weekend with Tucker Klaasmeyer and Jake Neuman taking victories. One of the most technical tracks that the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues visit, the Federated Auto...more

Pevely, MO – Jerry Coons, Jr. claimed victory over Holly Shelton and Tucker Klaasmeyer in the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League sanctioned show at the Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. Starting outside the second row, Coons immediately took to the bottom of the high-banked 3/8 mile lurched into the lead over Tyler Thomas and Holly Shelton. As Coons rolled the bottom, Thomas took to the rim while the field battled on back. The only caution in the 25-lap feature, Jake Neuman...more

Pevely, MO – Snapping a winless streak at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Tyler Thomas claimed the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League show, leading all 30 laps on his way to a dominant victory over a hard-charging Jason McDougal and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League point leader Tucker Klaasmeyer. Thomas’s victory in the 2018 Ironman is the 11th of his career and his first with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in 2018. Starting on the pole, Thomas wasted no...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 13, 2018) – The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA will make its debut appearance of the 2018 season at Sapulpa, Oklahoma’s Creek County Speedway this Thursday night. The Midget series will accompany the night’s $2,500-to-win USAC Southwest Sprint Car “Freedom Tour” event in a special non-points event for the POWRi West Midget ranks. Parity has prevailed in the POWRi West Midget ranks thus far in 2018 with 15 different...more

Belleville, IL – This weekend, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League are set to invade the mighty Macon Speedway for the Fourth Annual Rich Camfield Memorial. The Fourth Annual Rich Camfield Memorial honors the late Rich Camfield, a tremendous supporter of midget racing, nationwide. Saturday’s show at Macon Speedway will be the final visit in 2018 for POWRi. Heading into the Camfield Memorial, Tucker Klaasmeyer holds a 70-point...more

Sunday, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League breakaway and head to the Badger state for the annual Miller Lite Cornfest at Angell Park Speedway. The Miller Lite sponsored event will take place in conjunction with the annual Sweet Corn Festival hosted by the Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce. Sunday will be the first appearance of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in Miller Lite Cornfest competition in nearly half a decade. Heading into the Camfield Memorial, Tucker Klaasmeyer...more

Macon, IL– In dominating style, Jordan Howell fended off Austin Schaeffer to collect his first-career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory. Starting on the pole with current POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League point leader, Schaeffer, to his outside, Howell jumped into the early lead and led all 20 laps to victory. With only two cautions slowing the field, Howell was able to keep Schaeffer at a comfortable distance, as Schaeffer tried the bottom, middle, and top...more