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Belleville, IL. (12/2/2023) Highlighting outstanding open-wheel action throughout the desert region, the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association would witness the progression of a perennial powerhouse’s career with JR Bonesteel capturing the 2023 seasonal champion after a concentrated points battle that would be settled in the season's final event. Driving the JBR, Albuquerque Property Maintenance, REMAX, Tartan Construction, #0, JR Bonesteel would prove his driving power in 2023 by gaining...more

Belleville, IL. (12/2/23) POWRi (Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc.) is pleased to announce the signing of Talin Turner as the Series Director of Open Wheel for the 2024 season and beyond. “Turner's hiring marks an exciting chapter for POWRi as we continue to innovate and elevate our offerings in the world of open-wheel racing,” said POWRi Competition Director Jason McCord. “Working well together previously that provided a better flow for events, Talin has proved that his strategic insights...more

DuQuoin, IL. (12/16/23) Thomas Meseraull would wait until the perfect on-track timing while earning the feature win indoor at the Southern Illinois Center, in DuQuoin Illinois, with the POWRi National Midget League, in the Jr Knepper fifty-five lap feature event to capture his seventh career league victory. Early on-track excitement with fifty-three entries the POWRi National Midgets would find Cannon McIntosh start the action off with quick-time in hot laps of 9.599-second lap as Thomas...more

DuQuoin, IL. (12/16/23) Reed Whitney would perfect the night in claiming his first feature win of the year with the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool at the Southern Illinois Center, in DuQuoin Illinois, in an actioned packed event in support of the Jr Knepper 55. Entering a stout field of twenty POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro competitors, Reed Whitney would clock an overall hot lap quick-time with a 9.717-second lap as Daniel Robinson, Chevy Boyer, and Reed...more

Belleville, IL. (12/21/2023) Rapidly establishing top-notch Midwest open-wheel competition from May until November, the POWRi 410 Outlaw Sprints will launch into the 2024 racing season with thirty events at twelve various venues spanning five separate states. Returning to the familiar running grounds of premier facilities, the POWRi 410 League will witness the season begin with a lone trip into Iowa with Lee County Speedway on Friday, May 17th as well as a trio of fast-paced endeavors at I-70...more

Belleville, IL (12/22/23) The 2024 POWRi National Midget League racing season will see a highly anticipated schedule of twenty-six total dates spanning from late March until mid-December with vastly awaited visits to seventeen various racing venues across a triple state swing. Continually serving as the POWRi Season Opener, the National Midget League will again kick off the yearly action in the Eleventh Annual Turnpike Challenge beginning at Creek County Speedway on Thursday, March 28th then...more

CONCORD, NC (Dec. 22, 2023) – The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota and the POWRi National Midget League have renewed their partnership for the 2024 season to present a slate of 10 co-sanctioned races in the second iteration of the Xtreme Outlaw-POWRi Challenge Series. The co-sanctioned series kicks off with the first event on Friday, April 12 at Farmer City Raceway and will again award a $2,500 check to the champion after the final event at Highland Speedway on Saturday, Sept....more

Belleville, IL. (12/29/23) Continuing to build upon the burgeoning growth of 360-Wing desert-region sprint racing for the fourth year of operation, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series will see an expansion of eighteen events spanning late March until early November in an action-packed season with every event a double-header weekend. Bookending the season in Casa Grande Arizona, the POWRi DWSS will witness a trio of trips to Central Arizona Speedway with the season beginning on March 22-23 for...more

Belleville, IL. (1/3/2024) Striving seasonally to provide outstanding stand-alone on-track racing action while adding to the appeal of National Midget events, the POWRi West Midget League prepares for 2024 with a seventeen-date schedule planned from March until late October spanning seven venues throughout Oklahoma and Missouri. Sticking to the guidelines of previous seasons, stand-alone POWRi West events will continue under the same point format, whereas events run in conjunction with the...more

Belleville, IL. (1/3/2024) Membership registration for race teams and drivers planning on contending within POWRi for all leagues, series, and divisions in the 2024 season is online and available for competitors. 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 website, or https://www.myracepass.com/series/1572/registrations/. Entrants must be POWRi members to be eligible for the year-end point fund...more