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Belleville, IL – The Inaugural Spring Nationals at Jacksonville Speedway has been cancelled due to inclement weather and the forecasted low temperatures. Originally scheduled for Friday, April 6th and Saturday, April 7th, the Inaugural Spring Nationals was set to host a trifecta of POWRi racing including the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, and on Saturday, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint Car League. Saturday was scheduled to be...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 1, 2018) - Waco, Texas native Paul White was victorious at 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas Saturday night, March 31 with the POWRi Lucas Oil Elite Sprints. 2017 WAR Sprint League Rookie of the Year Quinton Benson ran second, while Craig Carroll out of Oklahoma rounded out the podium finishing third. Michelle Melton, Kyle Jones, and Quinton Benson were heat race winners. John Ricketts started last (22nd) and earned the Hard Charger award after finishing fifth. White...more

Indianapolis, IN (March 26, 2018) - The long, cold off-season is finally coming to an end for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Cars. A two-day weekend of racing is on tap to kick off the anticipated 2018 racing season. First, WAR will be heading to US 36 Raceway in Osborn, Missouri on Friday, March 30, followed by Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Nebraska on Saturday, March 31. Both nights will pay $1,500 to win and $200 to start. Terry Babb scored the WAR win at US 36 Raceway last season while Korey...more

Oklahoma City, OK – If a name was to become synonymous with the Annual Turnpike Challenge, it would be Christopher Bell. Taking eight of the ten POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League Turnpike Challenges, Bell remains undefeated in the event. The two he did not win were because he was not present. At that time, he was testing for the NASCAR truck series and was unable to attend the event. At the wave of the green flag, Bell took off from the sixth place starting position and...more

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Set to chase the full schedule with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, Austin Schaeffer has started the season off on the right foot with an eighth place finish in night one and now a victory in night two for the Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Schaeffer’s Turnpike Challenge victory was his career-first with POWRi. Starting outside the front row, Schaeffer fell in line behind early race leader Holden Anderson as the field...more

Oklahoma City, OK – When the dust settled, the preliminary night victory for the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League’s Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge went to Christopher Bell. No stranger to the red clay, the NASCAR star cut his proverbial dirt track teeth at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Out of the nine Turnpike Challenge feature events, Bell owns seven total wins, with three weekend sweeps to this point. Going into tomorrow night’s finale, Bell’s confidence level is high as he...more

Oklahoma City, OK – In POWRi Speedway Motors 600c Outlaw Micro League competition, Gage Robb claimed a career-first, notching that first win with the series and going down in the record books with a Turnpike Challenge victory. No stranger to the I-44 Riverside Speedway, Robb is a regular in the Oklahoma micro-sprint scene. Starting inside row four, Robb immediately took to the chase at the drop of the green flag, breaking into the top three by lap six. One lap later, Robb had moved into...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Indianapolis, IN) -- With no lucky four-leaf clover to be found in Du Quoin, Tyler Courtney now shifts his attention to this weekend’s season-opening POWRi Midget “Turnpike Challenge” at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway. It will mark Sunshine’s second visit to the cozy 1/5-mile clay oval aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing Driven2SaveLives/Indiana Donor Network No. 7bc Midget after taking in the opening portion of the event last year. Courtney showed speed in last...more

Belleville, IL - Effective immediately, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) has partnered with both the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS) and Northern Renegade Sprint Car Series (NRSS). By coming under the POWRi banner, this will help create and keep a consistent rule package within the industry standards, helping to bolster car counts. “These partnerships that POWRi is creating will continue to expand the brand’s presence in the North, while affirming our commitment to...more

Officials with the Lucas Oil POWRi West series, presented by Executive Concrete Solutions, would like to welcome back Max Papis Innovations for the 2018 race season. TWO years ago, MPI came on board to become the official steering wheel of POWRi West and has continued to support the series. MPI has provided steering wheels and gift certificates which will be presented to competitors at the end of the season. POWRi West would like to thank MPI for their continued support in building our grass...more