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Belleville, IL. (6/26/22) Derek DeMartino would stand atop the competition in the tight POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado 305 Wing Sprint feature event, capturing his fourth career victory over a stout fifteen-car field at Vado Speedway Park in the “Hot City Nights –Hatch/Radium Springs/Garfield/Rincon/Truth or Consequences Night at the Races”. Early on-track action would witness heat race victories from Vance Wofford and Mike Archuleta with Derek DeMartino and Archuleta lining up on the front row...more

Belleville, IL. (6/26/22) Jade Avedisian would engrave her name in the history books on Sunday Night; leading every all thirty laps at Jacksonville Speedway to become the first female driver to win a Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League, in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, feature event and ending the Ninth Annual POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek in style. Early POWRi/Xtreme National Midget League competition with a stout field of thirty-six entries would find...more

Belleville, IL. (6/27/22) Building momentum on the debuting season, the Lucas Oil POWRi 410-Wing Outlaw Sprint League will once again visit their home facility of Lake Ozark Speedway celebrating Independence Day in style with a two-day festival of speed on Saturday, July 2nd & Sunday, 3rd with the Second Annual Prelude to the Stars. Classes scheduled for competition at Lake Ozark Speedway for the Second Annual Prelude to the Stars include the Lucas Oil POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League, the...more

Belleville, IL. (6/27/22) Same Race, Same Place, Same Date, Just Going Topless in 2022 as the Fourth Annual Small Town Throwdown at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex. Adding to the excitement surrounding the premier event, the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool will now have a non-wing appeal July 1-3. The fan-favorite Small Town Throwdown continues the traditions of years past with a slight topless alteration with Practice Night on Friday, July 1st, Preliminary...more

Belleville, IL. (6/27/22) Finding four fantastic speed factories of fender racing throughout the region, the POWRi Pure Stock Division finds several drivers jockeying for divisional dominance with National Championship recognition on the horizon. Over the week of action Leroy Morrison, Grayson McKiney, and Scotty Carter would each earn feature victories with James Redus adding a pair of wins. Staying atop the standings in the POWRi Pure Stock 2022 National Point Championship James Redus and...more

Belleville, IL. (6/27/22) Discovery five different dirt venues of competition open over the past week, the POWRi Midwestern Mods would find impressive fields of drivers entered regional in the quest for National Point recognition. Weekend on-track accomplishments would witness Scott Campbell, Tim Eaton, Colt Cheevers, Earl Roark, Sundance Keeper, Austin Harrell, and Jason Bresee all earn feature victories. Currently, within the POWRi Midwestern Mod Divisional National Championship chase, Pete...more

Belleville, IL. (6/27/22) Offering seven mid-season POWRi Super Stock Divisional tracks with weekend excitement, outstanding fender-feature racing of National Point implications would develop regionally as competitors begin to stake their claims of contention. Weekend feature victors would include Jon Melloway, Derek Henson, Tony Anglin, Ted Welschmeyer, and Devon Andrews. Observing a wave of points changes over the weekend, drivers within the POWRi Super Stock Division National Championship...more

Belleville, IL. (6/27/22) Offering POWRi Lightning Sprint competitors across the country plenty of options over the weekend to find open-wheel racing excitement in all four POWRi Lightning Sprint Series’, drivers from the Midwest, Minn-Kota, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest would find five possibilities of earning National Points. Adding to their all-time POWRi Lightning Sprint win counts would witness Trice Roden of the Midwest notch his third regional feature victory and Dalton Sexton of the...more

FORT WORTH, Texas (6/28/2022) Two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kyle Busch and son Brexton Busch are confirmed to participate in the inaugural C. Bell’s Micro Mania micro sprint car event Sept. 21-24 at Li’l Texas Motor Speedway. The winningest driver in Texas Motor Speedway history will put it all on the line at the newly converted 1/5-mile dirt oval in the week leading into the NASCAR Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. The elder Busch competes in micro...more

Belleville, IL. (6/28/2022) Winning three of five nights in Land of Lincoln racing, Cannon McIntosh of Bixby, Oklahoma would silence any doubters as to who would be the title-holder in the Ninth Annual POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek Champion. Sporting the Dave Mac Dalby Motorsports, Cresent, GearWrench, Toyota Racin Development, Mobil 1, Spike Chassis, Speedway Toyota Racing Engine #08; McIntosh adds the second-straight SPEEDWeek championship to his long list of accomplishments and joins Christopher...more