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BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 1, 2019) – The POWRi BCRA Lucas Oil Midget League resumes this weekend with appearances at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park on Friday, May 3 followed by a Saturday, May 4 race on the pavement at Madera Speedway. Friday’s event at Kern County marks the second of three POWRi BCRA visits to the Bakersfield facility, the first of which was won by Chase Johnson over Jake Swanson and Maria Cofer in March. Saturday’s Madera Speedway race is also the second appearance...more

STOCKTON, CALIF. (May 30, 2019) – Shane Golobic from Fremont drove the Matt Wood owned Elk Grove Ford sponsored Bullett/SR-11x Stanton to a clean sweep of the POWRi-BCRA midget portion of the "Jimmy Sills Classic" held at the Stockton Dirt Track Saturday night. Starting on the pole of the scheduled 20 lap main event Golobic took off at the start to lead Penngrove's Chase Johnson, Tracy's Austin Liggett and Hanford's Michael Faccinto after one lap was in the books. Some good racing happened on...more

PLACERVILLE, CALIF. (May 31, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil BCRA Midget League is back in action this Saturday, June 1 as the stars and cars of the blossoming series head for one of California’ most exciting venues, Placerville Speedway. The first of two scheduled appearances at the Placerville, California facility, a return trip to the quarter-mile track will be made on Wednesday, August 21. Heading into Saturday’s appearance at Placerville, Robert Carson is atop the overall POWRi BCRA Midget...more

MADERA, CALIF. (July 13, 2019) - The POWRi Lucas Oil Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) mighty midgets roared into Madera Speedway on Saturday night July 13 2019 for the 17th annual Gerhardt Classic and after an intense 50-lap feature the 2018 POWRi BCRA champion, 14-year old Jesse Love came away with a hard-fought victory. Love laid down the fastest lap in time trials with a blazing lap of 13.907 seconds around the paved 1/3-mile in the 51 Fifty Energy Drink sponsored Van Dyne Engineering...more

PLACERVILLE, CALIF. (August 21, 2019) – Making a rare one-off appearance with the POWRi Lucas Oil BCRA Midget League on Wednesday night, Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. strolled into Placerville Speedway with a brand new car and walked out with a dominating win. Debuting the Kyle Larson Racing, Finley Farms, King/Toyota No. 1K, Larson broke out his own entry for the first time with help from longtime crew chief, Paul Silva. Starting the night on top, the NASCAR Cup Series superstar led the...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (November 1, 2019) – Year one of the successful partnership between POWRi Racing and the Bay Cities Racing Association reaches a conclusion next Saturday night when the season finale puts a cap on the 2019 campaign. Scheduled for Saturday, November 9, the POWRi Lucas Oil BCRA Midget League will hit The Dirt Track at Kern County (Calif.) one final time to determine the championship outcome. In two previous trips to the Bakersfield, Calif. facility, a pair of winners have split...more