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Belleville, IL. (1/6/2023) Membership registration for race teams and drivers planning on contending within POWRi Stock/Mod divisions in the 2023 season is available online and available for competitors. Mandatory membership is required for all drivers in all divisions participating at POWRi Sanctioned tracks. Competitors can find the Membership Registration link on the top right side of the POWRi website, under the Info link located at the top of the POWRi website, or...more

Belleville, IL. (1/9/23) Adding to the prestige of previous races, the POWRi B-Mod division is excited to announce the sanctioning of the Missouri State Fair event in Sedalia Missouri on Sunday, August 20th with full yearly National Championship points up for grabs as well as the eye-catching $2000 to win top prize. Finding success in 2022 with a full field of top-notch competitors would witness Terry Schultz wheel his way to the front of the pack from a third starting position as Gunner...more

Belleville, IL. (1/18/2023) Heading into the sophomore season of competition, the emerging POWRi 410-Wing Outlaw Sprint League will obtain a new heading with the acquisition of the Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series. Moving forward 410-Wing sprint competition beneath the POWRi umbrella will fall under the name of POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series or BOSS for short. Making name recognition and marketing a simpler and smoother option for fans, officials, and promotors. “Our goal was to keep the...more

Belleville, IL. (1/18/23) Highly anticipated events on fan-favorite and familiar running grounds are on the yearly schedule for the 2023 POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League with twenty-four tentative events spanning nine separate venues throughout the Midwest. Setting an economic-friendly schedule of competition, drivers will see open-wheel action from March until October as the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League kicks off the season at Springfield Raceway on March 25th battling for...more

Belleville, IL. (1/19/23) Keeping pace with the burgeoning growth of 360-Wing desert-region sprint racing for their third year of operation, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series will see a fourteen-event season spanning from April until October. Venturing to a trio of fast-paced racing venues across a pair of desert states with returning trips to fan-favorite facilities. Revisiting Aztec Speedway, in Aztec New Mexico, will highlight the POWRi DWSS year beginning with April 14-15 then back again...more

Belleville, IL. (1/27/23) Building momentum in the weekly POWRi sanctioning, the POWRi Stock/Mod banner will once again fly at Midway Speedway for the 2023 season in the Super Stock and B-Mod classes. POWRi Stock/Mod Division would like to welcome back Midway Speedway to the POWRi B-Mod and POWRi Super Stock National Divisions only for the 2023 season. POWRi will NOT allow the LS engine in Super Stock or B-Mod Classes. The Pure Stock and Midwest Mods will run for Midway Speedway track points...more

Belleville, IL. (1/30/2023) Constantly striving to evolve in the motorsports industry while meeting the growing demand of premier grassroots racing, Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated is excited to unveil the sanctioning of the POWRi Late Model and POWRi 305 Sprint Series for the 2023 season and beyond. “Following the initial launch of the POWRi Weekly Divisions that has witnessed continual growth with classes and even more tracks added to the program in 2023, POWRi has been working...more

Belleville, IL. (1/30/2023) Striving to provide outstanding stand-alone racing action while adding to the National Midget scene, the POWRi West Midget League readies for 2023 with a twenty-event schedule planned from March until October throughout Oklahoma and Missouri. Reverting to guidelines of previous seasons, stand-alone POWRi West events will continue under the same unchanged point format, whereas events run in conjunction with the POWRi National Midget League will give bonus points for...more

Belleville, IL. (1/30/2023) Mounting momentum from the inaugural year successes based on great regional series racing action, the POWRi National Lightning Sprint Championship returns in 2023 as an added incentive for drivers to contend for as well as the yearly regional series titles in the Midwest, Minn-Kota, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest Lightning Sprint Series. Competing members will earn points based on a sliding scale system, as fifteen entries are considered a full field and receive full...more

Belleville, IL. (1/30/23) Improving in entry counts annually while displaying outstanding open-wheel action yearly, the Jackson Compaction POWRi Vado 305 Sprint Series will continue to wage racing battles at state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park in 2023 with a thrilling thirteen-event schedule. Defending champion Royal Jones aims to defend his title-clinching year in 2023 as the season is highlighted with a bi-monthly agenda, as the racing season starts on April 1st with the next visit slotted...more