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Belleville, IL. (1/11/22) Sticking true to the focus of offering classes to fit drivers as they progress through the sport, POWRi continues to build upon the momentum of the more than prevalent youth movement the racing world is witnessing. Resetting the POWRi record-books in 2021 would see victory lanes become younger and younger with the level of talent repeatedly raised as two drivers would notch victories barely into their teenage years in CB Industries’ Brent Crews and KKM’s Gavan...more

Belleville, IL. (1/12/22) Emerging as a steady weekly racing division with outstanding open-wheel action while continuing to grow in entries, the POWRi RaceSaver Super Sprints at Lake Ozark Speedway will see more racing scheduled in the upcoming season with a hearty twenty-two events on the calendar. Offering competitors a near-weekly season of racing, the POWRi RaceSaver Super Sprints will first tackle the speedy one-third mile oval for the POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Showcase on Saturday, April...more

Belleville, IL. (1/15/2022) Entering into their highly anticipated third season under the POWRi umbrella of sanctioning, the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints are all set to continue the outstanding racing for the 2022 season with twenty-seven dates of competition on the agenda. Spanning eleven various hosting venues of speed, the POWRi SWLS will see the weekend visits to Imperial Valley Speedway bookend the season with March 3-4 kicking off the year racing action October 22-23. With trips to...more

Belleville, IL. (1/17/2022) Venturing from the traditions of previous seasons, the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine and Tool will offer competitors twenty-seven events in 2022 while continuing to mirror similar racing dates of the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League at six separate facilities. Headlining a pair of marquee events including the continuance of the Fourth Annual Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback Classic at Port City Raceway in October, the Engler...more

Belleville, IL. (1/24/22) Quickly establishing a dominant racing program throughout the Midwest, third-generation open-wheel talent Ayrton Gennetten of Versailles Missouri, will next embark on a quest of national notoriety with commitments at events within the developing Lucas Oil POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League. Emerging as a threat of on-track dominance every time he enters an event, Gennetten is no stranger to gaining victory hardware in various classes. Acquiring a coveted Golden...more

Belleville, IL. (1/27/22) Never settling on the laurels of the past, three-time POWRi WAR Sprint League champion Riley Kreisel, of Warsaw Missouri, continually strives for more. With new possibilities for on-track achievements a common question remains, can Kreisel become the first Dual-Sprint Champion within POWRi sanctioning as the 2022 season approaches? Entering rarified air by becoming the first-ever three-time champion by capturing titles in 2018, 2019, & 2020 within the POWRi Lucas Oil...more

Belleville, IL. (1/28/2022) Continuing to evolve to meet the growing demand of premier grassroots racing while broadening horizons, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated is honored to sanction the POWRi Midwestern Modifieds and POWRi Pure Stock Divisions for the 2022 season and beyond. “After the initial successful launch of the POWRi Super Stock Division that will see even more tracks added to the program in 2022, we have been working with tracks to develop a package to ensure programs...more

Belleville, IL. (1/29/22) Expanding their celebrated family racing program, Jake Neuman, of New Berlin Illinois, continues to adapt to the evolutionary changes of his open-wheel racing career with the addition of forecasted entries into the newly created POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League for the 2022 season. Cementing his legacy in the POWRi history books with a 2020 National Midget League Championship, Neuman has notched eight career feature victories with wins in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, &...more

Belleville, IL. (1/30/22) Reaching the pinnacle of success within the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool in 2017 as champion, the all-time career leader in league wins Joe B Miller aims to add to his already astonishing victory count while continuing to multiply to his repertoire of open-wheel talents. Driving to forty-four career POWRi Micro victories Joe B Miller, of Millersville, MO, has maintained at least a pair of feature wins every year since 2011....more

Belleville, IL. (1/31/2022) With the intention to keep Micro racing a fun, safe, simple class that is accessible to both current and new participants while continuing to broaden sanctioning horizons, POWRi is excited to sanction to 600cc MicroSprints Australia Series. The newly formed POWRi 600CC MicroSprints Australia aims to provide a competitive, fun, and enjoyable racing environment without the red tape and will see the series debut on Sunday, February 6th at Lake Liddell Speedbowl in...more