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POWRi Micros and D II Midgets Head to Champaign Fairgrounds, National Midgets Take Weekend Off Belleville, IL – On Friday, July 22nd, the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series and the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will head to the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Illinois. The POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series feature will be paying $500 to win and $100 to start. Kicking off the opening night of the Champaign County Fair, both divisions look...more

Urbana, IL – Three-time and defending POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series Champion Nathan Benson picked up his third win of 2016 at the Champaign County Fairgrounds, his 18th overall. Friday’s race at the Champaign County Fairgrounds was the first night of open wheel racing at the fairgrounds since the late 1970’s, and the inaugural appearance of the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series at Champaign. In heat race action Benson worked his way from eighth to third on the...more

Urbana, IL – For the first open wheel racing event held at the Champaign County Fairgrounds since the late 1970’s, and the inaugural appearance of the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series, Tyler Vantoll of Freeburg, Illinois was the dominant car from the moment cars touched the dirt of the semi-banked quarter mile. Vantoll started on the outside front row of the heat race, getting the jump on the opening lap and holding off Champaign-native, Patrick Bruns. Come feature time,...more

Indianapolis, IN - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints are set for a competitive weekend in the "Land of Lincoln" with two new venues for the growing league. Friday, July 21 the WAR East Sprints will be at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Champaign, Illinois followed up on Saturday, July 22 at Spoon River Speeday in Canton, Illinois. Friday's event in Champaign will be recorded for an episode of "Dirty 30" which will air on national television on MAVTV at a later date. Both events will pay...more

Belleville, IL – Friday, July 21st the POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League will invade the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Champaign, Illinois for the Second Annual Champaign Fair race. Kicking off the opening night of the Champaign County Fair, the POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midgets will race alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint Car League, with both divisions looking to deliver plenty of action. The Champaign Fair race will pay $750 to WIN, $100 to start. Last year’s...more

Urbana, IL (July 21, 2017) - Making his second start of the season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints, Chris Windom made it two for two with a win Friday night at the Champaign County Fairgrounds Speedway fresh off of his NASCAR Truck start at Eldora Speedway this week. The initial start would see the red flag fly as Chris Parkinson got upside down in turn 1. He was uninjured, but done for the evening. When racing resumed, Clouser moved into the top spot as he was followed by...more

Urbana, IL (July 21, 2017) - Jack Routson picked up his second POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget League feature win of 2017 Friday night, July 21 at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Illinois. Brad Greenup, Wyatt Teare, Patrick Bruns, and Tyler Vantoll rounded out the top five. Routson was also the heat race winner for the evening. Up next on the POWRi Lucas Oil D-II Midget schedule is a two day weekend. First up on Friday, July 28 is Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Illinois followed...more

CHAMPAIGN, IL (July 20, 2018) – After outlasting some opening lap madness at the Champaign County Fairgrounds, Colten Cottle started from the outside pole of tonight’s main event and throttled the cushion for 20 laps en route to his first-career victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint League. Residing only one hour away in Kansas, Illinois, the triumph proved that much sweeter as he stole WAR win #1 on his home soil. Attracting 19 entries for the Friday night showdown at the...more