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It was a short but sweet year for Rio Rancho, New Mexico’s Devon Amos. With the COVID-19 virus striking the nation, it left the New Mexico Motor Racing Association rookie with only a handful of races to attack the learning curve that a rookie season in any sport brings. Luckily, Amos and his Hal Burns Racing team was up for the challenge and turned many heads while earning the 2020 Rookie of the Year award coupled with an impressive 2nd place finish to end their season at the Sprint Car...more

Belleville, IL. (12/4/2020) Branching out to new territories in 2021, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated will see sanctioning sweep into the gulf-coast area with the development of the POWRi Lucas Oil Outlaw Midget Series. Set to compete at various venues of speed throughout the south, the POWRi Lucas Oil Outlaw Midget Series will primarily run in Florida and Mississippi with series officials planning on racing visits to Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana as the series...more

Belleville, IL. (12/12/2020) Over fifty of the top digital and reality midget competitors would log-in for the inaugural POWRi Midget iNationals presented by LSRTV on December 12th. Drivers were allowed an Open Setup, with a single Fast-Repair available, running the World of Thunder Rules as well as the iRacing Sporting Code in full effect at the virtual realms of Fairbury Speedway for the forty-lap main event, with Evan Seay using precise driving to take the event and pocket the...more

Belleville, IL (12/22/2021) The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League campaign has been established with an eager 2021 season schedule, visiting various pristine racing facilities in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. Serving as the POWRi Season Opener on Friday, March 19th, and Saturday, March 20th the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets will invade Wichita Falls, Texas in hopes of glory at Monarch Speedway. Remaining a staple to early season racing action the...more

Belleville, IL. (12/22/2020) Featuring premier midget racing across a four-state swing, the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League will travel to ten various venues of speed throughout the thirty-three race-date schedule ranging from late-March to early-November 2021. Continuing with the traditions of previous seasons, the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League will join forces with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget’s in seventeen events throughout 2021 competitions, with sixteen stand-alone events...more

Belleville, IL. (12/22/2020) Fan-favorite running ground returns blended with highly anticipated visits to tracks of the past are on the program for the 2021 POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing Sprint Car League season. Setting a driver-friendly schedule of competition as POWRi WAR drivers will see open-wheel action in four states, at eleven premier facilities, from April until September. Starting the season in style on Friday, April 2nd, and Saturday, April 3rd, WAR tackles ‘The Lake’ for...more

Belleville, IL. (1/4/2021) Continuing to pad the already impressive 2021 POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League schedule the Missouri State Fair Speedway has added a second race to the yearly agenda. Sedalia Missouri’s State Fair Speedway will run a pair of special events with POWRi WAR, initially on Thursday, July 29th with the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All-Star Circuit of Champions. Then again POWRi WAR will headline the Missouri State Fair Race on Sunday, August 22nd. With a...more

Belleville, IL. (1/4/2021) Due to ongoing public gathering restrictions and special limitations on a state-by-state basis, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated officials have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 championship banquet. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been affected by this pandemic. POWRi Officials would like to congratulate all league champions and thank all the competitors during this unprecedented past season. Points Championship...more

OBERLIN, Kansas (January 6, 2021) – The POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing is preparing to head into their sixteenth consecutive season of Sprint Car racing throughout Kansas and surrounding areas. The heat will be turned up come April, as the United Rebel Sprint Series releases a thrilling and aggressive tentative schedule. Many new tracks have been put into the upcoming events, such as US 36 Raceway in Osborn, Missouri, Bethany Speedway in...more

Eldon, MO. (1/11/2021) Bookended by headlining open-wheel events, Lake Ozark Speedway is proud to release the 2021 season schedule with competitive weekend racing dates ranging from early-April until mid-October. Set for action in 2021 in Lake Ozark Speedway’s weekly racing classes competing in thirteen race-nights, will be the United States Racing Association B-Modifieds, the Lake Ozark Speedway Pure Stocks, and the newly formed POWRi Super Stocks. The exciting Midwest Mods will make their...more