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Belleville, IL. (8/17/23) Celebrating the Labor Day weekend with an emerging event in the open-wheel landscape, Lake Ozark Speedway will next host the debut of the Triple Sprint Showdown as well as the Fifth Annual Non-Wing Nationals on Saturday, September 2nd, and Sunday, September 3rd with a trio of top-notch POWRi sprint divisions. Taking center stage at the one-third-mile oval on both nights of the Lake Ozark Speedway Triple Sprint Showdown will witness the winged variety of the POWRi 410...more

Belleville, IL. (8/17/23) Returning by popular demand through the overwhelming success of previous years, Keith Kunz Motorsports, in conjunction with POWRi, are thoroughly preparing for the continuation of the KKM Giveback Classic presented by Max Papis Innovations on October 18th–21st at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Offering the $15,000 to win the grand prize, the KKM Giveback Classic presented by MPI continues to put the decision on the winning driver of the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing...more

Belleville, IL. (8/19/23) Garet Williamson would dominate in route to earning the feature win in the seventh completed event for the 2023 season in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series inaugural visit to Lucas Oil Speedway to notch his first career series feature victory after an intense and dramatic feature event. Speeding onto the diamond of the dirt tracks the POWRi 410 BOSS would witness Garet Williamson set a quick qualifying time with a new track record of 12.998-second lap time....more

Belleville, IL. (8/20/23) Ayrton Gennetten would emerge victorious on the historic half mile to gain the feature win in the eighth completed event for the 2023 season in the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series return trip to Missouri State Fair Speedway to notch his second career series feature victory after a thrilling twenty-lap main event. Running onto the historic half-mile in Sedalia Missouri the POWRi 410 BOSS would see Ayrton Gennetten and Garet Williamson would each earn heat racing...more

Belleville, IL. (8/21/23) Returning to regular weekly regional competitions after the highly successful POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals hosted by the Minn-Kota Series, the POWRi Lightning Sprint Division would continue racing gatherings at a trio of regions completing the weekend events as entrants chase points throughout the five events in continually developing the National Championship picture. Feature winners over the weekend would include Colorado journeyman Josiah King earning his third...more

Belleville, IL. (8/21/2023) Flying onto the speedy and technical surfaces of Peoria Speedway for the initial time of 2023 for the burgeoning series, the sixth sanctioned seasonal competition in the POWRi Illinois Midget Racing Association would witness Tracy Hull calculate the winning formula to earn the feature win and his first series victory of the 2023 racing season. Starting the sixth night of POWRi sanctioning, IMRA would find Ruben Haslett and Shane Morgan each notch heat racing wins...more

Belleville, IL. (8/21/23) Challenging through the ninth feature event of the season in the POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado 305 Wing Sprints, Lorne Wofford would clinch the checkers over a determined field of high-caliber racers to notch his fourteenth career series win. Early on-track competitions would find Royal Jones and Lorne Wofford each earning the heat racing wins with Robert Herrera and Dylan Harris bringing the field to green as the first row. Speeding from the seventh-starting spot,...more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/23) Quickly approaching while rapidly increasing in entries, the Keith Kunz Motorsports Challenge, in conjunction with POWRi, is steadily preparing for the KKM Challenge on September 6-9 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex headlined by the $10,000-to-Win Non-Wing Outlaw Micro main event. Classes scheduled to compete include the headlining split-field POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro League presented by Engler Machine and Tool, as well as the support classes POWRi A-Class...more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/2023) Honoring a pair of Missouri open-wheel icons with a one-of-a-kind weekend spectacle of racing, the Thirteenth Annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial presented by General Tire hosted by Lucas Oil Speedway will return for split-field formatting with the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League on September 14-16 as entries continue to grow. Running split-field Preliminary Nights on Thursday, September 14th, and Friday, September 15th ultimately leading up to...more

Belleville, IL. (8/23/23) With the safety of drivers, teams, staff, and race fans in mind, the Midwest Dirt Nationals at the Paducah International Raceway scheduled for August 25 & 26, has been canceled for this weekend. With temperatures forecasted to be over 90 degrees for over 8 hours straight each day, and heat indexes expected to reach 115 degrees, track and series officials have come to the agreement that it is not in the best interest to attempt to put on an event of this stature in...more