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Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League is thrilled to announce that the Saturday 10/20 Southern Illinois Shootout at SIR Raceway will be tape delayed for broadcast on MAVTV. The Southern Illinois Shootout will bring out National Midget drivers from all over the Mid-West. The broadcast will include driver interviews, in-car cameras, and various technical segments. MAVTV is available nationwide. Check your local listings for MAVTV channel numbers. For the latest breaking...more

Jacksonville, IL – Tyler Thomas outlasted a relentless Tanner Carrick on an elbows-up Jacksonville Speedway to take his second POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory of 2018. Thomas’s Jacksonville victory is the 12th of his POWRi career. At the drop of the green flag, Jake Neuman took the early lead followed by Cannon McIntosh. By lap two, Thomas had moved past McIntosh for second with Tucker Klaasmeyer in tow. After the caution was displayed for McIntosh and Alex Bright, Thomas...more

Marion, IL – As fans and teams began to unload at Southern Illinois Raceway, everyone seemed to notice a particular #21 machine in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports stable. It was no question that it would be wheeled by none other than Christopher Bell. By the time the dust settled it was no surprise to see Christopher Bell back in victory lane with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League. Bell’s POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory at Southern Illinois Raceway was not...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 22, 2018) – The Sooner Series portion of the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA wraps up the 2018 season with this weekend’s “Fall Fling” at Sapulpa, Oklahoma’s Creek County Speedway. The two-day event run in conjunction with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour takes place on Friday and Saturday with racing action going green at 7:00 p.m. on both nights. While it concludes the Sooner Series slate of events, the...more

Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (October 26, 2018) Heavy rains to start off Thursday, followed by a non-stop mist throughout day and into the night have left the grounds at Creek County Speedway impassable, forcing officials with the Oklahoma oval to call off Friday’s portion of the John Christner Trucking Fall Fling to get the Track and Pits ready for Saturday night. “If it had just rained and moved on yesterday, we wouldn’t have an issue, but the mist went all day and that soaked everything...more

Lonnie Wheatley, SAPULPA, Okla. (October 27, 2018) – Collinsville, Oklahoma’s Tyler Thomas has enjoyed the hot hand among the Midget ranks in recent weeks. It continued on Saturday night atop the Creek County Speedway clay oval with Thomas besting a field of 47 Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA entries to take “Fall Fling” honors in the 25-lap feature event. After starting third, Thomas railed the topside of the track to overtake early leader Jerry Coons,...more

Belleville, IL – Billy Hulbert of Channahon, Illinois claimed the inaugural championship for the POWRi Pavement Midget Series. With four victories to his credit, including the season finale at Grundy County Speedway, Hulbert took top honors over Tom Eyman and Taylor Fenske. Fenske of Oswego, Illinois is crowned the production-based engine champion of the POWRi Pavement Midget Series. Both POWRi and Grundy County Speedway officials are please in the direction that the series is headed and...more

Belleville, IL – This weekend’s Season Championship featuring both the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues has unfortunately succumbed to rain. “With the amount of rain that we have had over the past week, coupled with low temperatures and more rain in the forecast, we are going to have to cancel this weekend,” commented Kennedale Speedway promotor Bo Rowden. “In trying to be mindful of the travel time for many of the teams, we waited as long as we could. Mother Nature has not...more

Belleville, IL – The always exciting Turnpike Challenge dates have been set for 2019. The Sixth Annual event has been expanded into four nights of racing with a back-up week in the event of inclement weather. With both the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues in attendance, as well as the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, this week will definitely be one you won’t want to miss. The week will open on Thursday, March 21st at Creek County Speedway in Kellyville,...more

Joliet, Ill., November 24 - With the inaugural season of the Lucas Oil Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) Pavement Midget Series completed, top drivers, including champions Billy Hulbert and Taylor Fenske, were honored at the series’ banquet and awards night here at Heroes West Sports Grill Saturday evening. Hulbert, the 28-year-old speedster from Channahon, Ill., was crowned the overall champion of the series, capturing three feature races on his way to the title. A veteran of 13...more