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Macon, IL) The biggest racing weekend in Central Illinois is on tap this weekend with MOWA Sprints at Lincoln Speedway Friday night, State Fair Races in Springfield Saturday and Sunday, and the POWRi Midgets at Macon Speedway Saturday night. The Macon Speedway event will now be known as “Jack Hewitt Night”, set for Saturday, August 21 as the open wheel cars of POWRi make their second appearance of the season. Hewitt is a two-time champion of the USAC Silver Crown Series as well as a former...more

Charleston, IL. (08/21/2021) Cannon McIntosh of Bixby, Oklahoma led the field of Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets to the green flag for the 30-lap feature event, and never looked back. McIntosh came out of the pits swinging as soon as the cars hit the track. He earned fast time in hot laps, claimed MVT Services Heat Race No. 2, and finished the night off with a trip to victory lane at Charleston Speedway in Charleston, IL. Taking the early lead from the polesitter Gavan Boschele after going...more

Charleston, IL. (08/20/2021) The Bloomfield, MO. native, Lane Warner behind the wheel of the No. 122 captured his first win on the 2021 season with the Lucas Oil POWRi Micro Sprint League Presented by Engler Machine & Tool. Warner snagged himself MVT Services Heat Race No. 2 win and earned himself the Max Papis Innovations high point honors. Warner started the 15-lap main event on the pole with Trevin Littleton to his outside. At the drop of the green flag, the field darted to the inside of...more

Belleville, IL. (8/21/2021) Racing wheel-to-wheel for the twenty-five-lap feature event at Lake Ozark Speedway, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League would not disappoint with the action non-stop on the smooth racing surfaces. After an outstanding elbows-up feature event, Mario Clouser would wheel his way to notch his sixth feature win within POWRi WAR 2021 competition. Early on-track battles would find Riley Kreisel and Cody Baker grabbing heat race victories as Kreisel...more

DODGE CITY, Kansas (August 21, 2021) – Sixteen cars checked in for competition with the Drive to Zero United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing on Saturday. Racing action took place at the prestigious Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. The Jetmore native of Jeremy Huish went on to capture his first victory of the season with the United Rebel Sprint Series on Saturday. Taylor Velasquez and Kohl Ricke led the field to the drop of the green for feature action....more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/2021) Returning to the familiar and speedy home-racing surfaces of Barona Speedway, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would tackle the quick venue without hesitation as Brent Sexton would return to his winning ways by notching his third series victory in the previous two seasons. Battling on the smooth track of Barona Speedway in early SWLS competition would find Brent Sexton, Grant Sexton, and David Bezio sweep the heat racing wins for the Sextin-Galtin...more

Belleville, IL. (8/22/2021) Featuring a double-header weekend of racing excitement on tap at the reopened Aztec Speedway, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series would put on a spectacle of elbows-up driving with first-time winners and new track records established. Racing to the front of the field on Friday night would witness Wes Wofford earn his first series victory as Rick Ziehl would once again visit victory lane on Saturday night setting the track record with a 12.951-second lap-time and an...more

Belleville, IL. (08/23/2021) The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League are prepping for the upcoming two-day race weekend at Lake Ozark Speedway, September 4th & 5th. With a week off to prepare for the Twelfth Annual LOS 360 Nationals, teams and drivers will come prepared to conquer the weekend. The last time the Lucas Oil POWRi National midgets were in competition at Lake Ozark Speedway back in May, it produced two first time winners. Ryan Timms, the young gun out of Oklahoma City, OK....more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/2021) Racing into the weekend with championship hopes on the minds of drivers across the region, the POWRi Super Stock division continues to grow with outstanding car counts and phenomenal on-track battles for nearly every finishing position. With great side-by-side racing in all but two of the scheduled events, competitors would prove their driving skills by using solid performances to gain traction in the latter stages of the season. Using consistent finishes over the...more

Tulsa, OK (08/28/2021) Kyle Jones of Kennedale, TX sits behind the wheel of the Trifecta Motorsports #7U, took advantage of his pole starting position and went on to capture his second victory of the 2021 Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Realty Connect season at Creek County Speedway. As the field lines up side-by-side for the 30-lap main event, the outside pole sitter, Noah Harris ran into some mechanical problems which sent him to the work area and the tail of the field. At...more