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Belleville, IL. (3/7/22) Kick-starting the racing season, the Jackson Compaction POWRi Vado Super Sprints began their year-long quest for a championship at state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park on Military Appreciation Night-Season Opener Night with Mike Archuletta earning the first series feature win of the season and third series victory of his career. Battling to heat race victories would find Mike Archuletta and Richard Wilbee earn early honors and claim the slight advantages entering the...more

Belleville, IL. (3/8/22) Amplifying attention around the 2022 season, the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints are excited to announce the addition of Olson Underground as the Title Series Sponsor. “I feel like the Minn-Kota Lighting Sprints is a rapidly growing class, there are so many wonderful families involved in this group and we really just want to see this class continue to grow,” said Jason Olson owner/operator of Olson Underground Inc. Preparing for their third highly successful season...more

Belleville, IL. (3/9/22) Starting the series' third full season of competition, the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would go wingless weekend racing with an inaugural visit to Imperial Valley Speedway on March 5-6 with the father/son duo of Dalton and Brent Sexton claiming the weekend feature wins. Boasting “The Fastest 1/5-mile Under the Sea”, Imperial Valley Speedway would see a whole new look to the layout of the racing surface with hard work during the off-season culminating in the...more

Belleville, IL. (3/10/22) Continuing to grow yearly since the series inception, the Olson Underground POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints have unveiled their ambitious 2022 season schedule with forty-one event dates ranging from April until October. Spanning seven venues over three states with select events offering non-points competition, the Olson Underground POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints will call Buffalo River Speedway home-base by hosting a series leading seventeen events in...more

Belleville, IL (3/10/22) Continuing as a staple of the early season excitement, the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean is slated to hit the racing surfaces of Oklahoma from Thursday, March 24th through Saturday, March 26th; featuring a three-race slate of Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget League as well as POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micros presented by Engler Machine & Tool competition. Increasing in the anticipation, as well as the product incentives for competitors, of...more

Belleville, IL. (3/21/22) Returning to his racing roots as the only Oklahoma native with a NASCAR victory, Christopher Bell will once again test his open-wheel talents in the upcoming Ninth Annual POWRi Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean at Port City Raceway and I-44 Riverside Speedway on March 24-26. Currently sitting third in the all-time win column, with twenty-nine career POWRi National Midget League feature victories, Christopher Bell aims to repeat successes of the past with his...more

Belleville, IL. (3/24/22) Christopher Bell would lead every lap of the 2022 season opener to earn his thirtieth career feature victory within Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget League competition by checking into the Port City Raceway winners circle and kicking off the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean, in exciting wheel-to-wheel battling fashion. Packing the pits with an outstanding field of twenty-six entrants, Kaylee Bryson would clock in the quickest hot-lap...more

Belleville, IL. (3/24/22) Christopher Bell would be a man on a driven mission at Port City Raceway, notching his second career feature victory within the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool earning the edge in the starting event of the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean. With a great turnout of twenty-nine entries, Mitchel Moles would log the quickest hot-lap time with a 9.223-second lap as Moles, Frank Flud, Willie Urish, and Kaylee Bryson...more

Belleville, IL. (3/25/22) Michael “Buddy” Kofoid would rise to the occasion at I-44 Riverside Speedway, rallying in the last corner of the last lap to edge out Christopher Bell for the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League feature victory on Night Two of the Turnpike Challenge presented by SuperClean. With a stout entry list of twenty-three competitors signing into the event, Christopher Bell would set the top-time in hot lap competition at 11.254-seconds with Michael Kofoid, Chase...more

Belleville, IL. (3/25/22) Continuing the winning streak to start the 2022 racing season, Christopher Bell would lead every loop of the twenty-lap POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro feature at I-44 Riverside Speedway for Night Two of the Turnpike Challenge to claim his second-straight League win. Finding speed to top the twenty-three field of competitors for top-time in hot-laps with an 11.192 lap time would see Frank Flud establish himself as the front-runner early as Christopher Bell, Greyson Springer,...more