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Belleville, IL. (7/4/23) Returning to honor a lasting legacy of area great during the mid-season swing of familiar running grounds, the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will next visit Valley Speedway on Saturday, July 15th for the Annual ‘Bill Lawson Memorial’. Open Wheel Driver during the 1950-1960s, father of Dan Lawson, and grandfather of Justin Lawson. Bill Lawson served in the Marines during WWII and in the Air Force as an Aircraft Mechanic during the Korean War. Competing...more

Belleville, IL (7/7/23) Hitting the mid-season point of yearly adrenaline rushes in stand-alone seasonal events, the POWRi West Midget League will next see battling action returning to the ‘slide-job-city’ speeds of I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday, July 29th. Classes scheduled for competition at I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday, July 29th will include the POWRi West Midget League, Mod’s, Junior Sprint Micros, Restrictor Micros, Turf Tire Micros, Non-Wing Micros, and A-Class Wing...more

Belleville, IL. (7/7/23) Venturing into new running grounds while also visiting familiar venues over the July 21-22 weekend will witness the POWRi National Midget League, running in conjunction with the Xtreme Outlaw Midgets Series, battling across the ‘Mighty Mississippi’ with stops at Doe Run Raceway on Friday followed by a league return to Southern Illinois Raceway on Saturday. Debuting at Doe Run Raceway on Friday, July 21st will witness the side-by-side battles of the POWRi National...more

Belleville, IL. (7/9/23) Returning to the fine hosting facility of Fairgrounds Speedway for a two-day occurrence of racing enjoyment, the POWRi Desert Micro Series would highlight highly skilled driving talents as Bradley Huish would grab both the feature weekend wins in dominating fashion. Kickstarting the weekend of racing excitement at Fairgrounds Speedway, Friday action would witness Joshua Huish notch the heat racing win while Bradley Huish would earn the feature victory after starting...more

Belleville, IL. (7/10/23) Holding sanctioned competitional proceedings at a trio of hosting series across the country, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division competitors would gather over the weekend for spirited contests as entrants chase points in continually developing the National Championship picture. Feature winners over the weekend would include Trice Roden earning his twelfth career feature victory racing at I-35 Speedway in the Midwest as Darren Brown gained his first series victory at...more

Belleville, IL. (7/10/23) Mounting in anticipation while expanding to multiple events by popular demand, Keith Kunz Motorsports, in conjunction with POWRi, are readying for the first yearly installment of the KKM Challenge on September 6-9 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex. Classes scheduled to compete include the headlining $10,000 to-win split-field POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine and Tool as well as the support classes POWRi Restricted, POWRi A-Class Wing and POWRi...more

Belleville, IL. (7/10/2023) Continuing to adhere to team and fan feedback, the Thirteenth Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial presented by General Tire, held at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland Missouri, will once again see split-field formatting and guidelines for the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League on September 14-16. Running split field Preliminary Nights on Thursday, September 14th, and Friday, September 15th ultimately leading up to Championship Night on Saturday,...more

Belleville, IL. (7/16/23) Jack Wagner would hold steady and thrill through thick and thin with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League to capture the Valley Speedway feature event and notch his second career feature win in an elbows-up action-packed twenty-five lap feature event. Early on-track accomplishments would witness defending event winner Xavier Doney start quickest in hot laps with a 13.668-second lap as Luke Howard, Kory Schudy, and Wesley Smith each earn heat racing wins with...more

Belleville, IL. (7/16/23) Daryn Stark would secure his first seasonal victory with the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool at Macon Speedway after leading all twenty laps in an action-packed feature event. Entering a stout field of POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro competitors, Kade Ballinger would clock overall hot lap quick-time with an 11.251-second lap as Alex Midkiff and Daryn Stark each earned heat racing victories with Stark earning the night’s high-point...more

Belleville, IL. (7/16/2023) Frequenting to the familiar running grounds of the fourth sanctioned seasonal competition, the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association would once again witness Mark McMahill return to winning form and lead all laps around Spoon River Speedway to earn the feature win and his third victory of the 2023 racing season. Starting the fourth night of POWRi sanctioning at Spoon River Speedway, the IMRA would find the dominant McMahill notch the heat racing win as well as...more