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Sapulpa, OK (November 5, 2016) It was almost a picture perfect night for the 2014 POWRi West Champion, Alex Sewell, as he picked up his first POWRi West win of 2016 during night one of the Fall Fling at Creek County Speedway. Starting on the pole of heat race number five, Alex jumped out to the early lead and was never challenged as he cruised on to pick up the heat win. Overall passing points put him ninth in points and landed him a ninth place starting position in the 25-lap A-main event....more

Tulsa, Oklahoma (November 6, 2016) A weekend that started with Jason McDougal being out of his midget ride due to motor problems, ended with McDougal driving the Jared Sewell owned Boss Chassis to POWRi West Victory Lane during night two of the John Christner Trucking Fall Fling powered by Pizza Express. McDougal started on the outside of row one for the 25-lap A-main event and quickly set sail, leaving the field behind. A caution on lap four slowed the racing action and pole sitter, Alex...more

Tulsa, OK (October 27, 2016) When the 2016 POWRi West schedule was released, everyone knew that it would take a strong team to earn the season championship. With 31 originally scheduled events, as the season progressed, the season got smaller and smaller thanks to Mother Nature and track closings. At the end of it all, 22 events were completed and Steven Shebester from Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma shined through to pick up his first POWRi West Midget Championship. In the 22 races, Shebester ran 20...more

Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series is thrilled to announce that the Belle-Clair Speedway Meents Memorial Presented by Priority Aviation will be broadcast on MAVTV. The October 1st Belle-Clair Speedway event will be broadcast on MAVTV Thursday, December 1st at 8:30am, 12:00pm and 3:00pm eastern time. The Meents Memorial Presented by Priority Aviation brought out National Midget drivers from all over the Mid-West. The broadcast will include driver interviews, in-car...more

Belleville, IL – The youthful and thriving Allstar Midget Series based out of the Kansas City, Missouri region will join POWRi in 2017. The goal of the Allstar Midget Series at its inception in 2014 was to bring midget racing back to the Kansas City area on a regular basis, after a 40 year absence. This goal has been accomplished and the next task for the Allstar Midget Series is to continue on the trajectory of growth for the series, building on their solid footing in the Kansas City...more

2016 POWRi Championship Banquet will be held on Sunday, February 26th 2017 at Andre’s Banquet Facility in St. Louis, MO. The event opens at 12:00pm with an open bar, dinner at 12:30pm, and awards at 1:30pm. Drivers and car owner champions from the POWRi National Midget, Division-II Midget and 600cc Outlaw Micro-Sprint divisions, as well as the top 10 in points and the Rookies of the Year in all three classes, will be honored and will receive their year-end awards, contingencies, and point...more

Tulsa, OK (January 5, 2017) Officials with the POWRi West Lucas Oil Series are excited to release the 2017 race schedule which will feature visits to two new tracks and the return of the series to local favorites. The schedule contains 26 races for the upcoming season, including two co-sanction events with the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA), and eight co-sanctioned events with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets. New racetracks on the schedule include Mid-America Speedway...more

Belleville, IL - The 2017 POWRi Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series schedule has been released featuring 34 events. The Division II Midgets will kick off 2017 with a double-header weekend on April 21st at Lincoln Speedway and Macon Speedway on April 22nd. On Thursday, April 27th, the Division II Midgets will visit Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois for the event dubbed Throwback Thursday. Throwback Thursday will feature the Division II Midgets, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series...more

Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series kicks off the 2017 season with a 29 event schedule, starting at the fifth annual Turnpike Challenge on March 24th and 25th at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, co-sanctioning with the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget Series. 2017 will continue to feature the thrilling events the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series has become known for, including three appearances at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Missouri, with the first on April 22nd. ...more

Turnpike Challenge Rescheduled Belleville, IL – Effective immediately, the fifth annual Turnpike Challenge, originally scheduled at Port City Raceway on March 24th and 25th has been moved to I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This is due to the new ownership at Port City Raceway keeping the track closed until renovations have been completed. I-44 Riverside Speedway will host the fifth annual Turnpike Challenge with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series joined by the...more