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Lincoln, IL– Tanner Thorson of Minden, Nevada recovered from a late race flat tire on a rubber-down Lincoln Speedway to win the Illinois SPEED Week finale with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series. By virtue of the win, Thorson also secured the POWRi Illinois SPEED Week championship. The 30 lap main was action packed right from the get go, as the previous night’s winner Carson Macedo got upside down on the opening lap in turn three. Macedo would be done for the night and racing would...more

Lincoln, IL– Jeremy Camp of Blue Mound, Illinois wired the Illinois SPEED Week finale at Lincoln Speedway with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series, while Nick Howard sealed up the Illinois SPEED Week Championship. Coming out of turn four, Jeremy Camp would get the jump on Nathan Benson and stay out of striking distance until late in the race when Aaron Andruskevitch had a full head of steam after the final restart on lap 14. Andruskevitch would pull alongside Camp coming to...more

Lincoln, IL– Chett Gehrke of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma won the final night of Lucas Oil ILLINI D II Midget Series competition during Illinois SPEED Week at Lincoln Speedway, while Andy Malpocker claimed the Illinois SPEED Week title. Battling for the lead with Andy Baugh and Mitchell Davis, Gehrke took the lead from Andy Baugh on lap three, but then lost the lead to Mitchell Davis on lap seven. After a late race yellow on lap 15, Gehrke shot to the inside of Davis entering lap one and after...more

Macon, IL– Carson Macedo of Lemoore, California wired night four of Illinois SPEED Week with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series to take his second victory of 2016. Macedo’s first National Midget victory of 2016 came during the POWRi event at Fayette County Speedway last month. Starting on the pole for the 30 lap main, the initial start would be called back after Spencer Bayston, Zach Daum, and Garrett Aitken were collected in turn four. Macedo then jumped out front at the drop of...more

Macon, IL– Nick Howard of Lawrence, Kansas dominated night four of Illinois SPEED Week at Macon Speedway with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series. Leading the Illinois SPEED Week points, Howard’s win strengthens his lead going into the final night at Lincoln Speedway on Sunday. Howard lined up seventh to start the 20 lap feature and on lap three would steal the lead away from Evan Weyant, diving to the bottom side of turn three and take the lead coming out of four. Howard...more

Macon, IL– Patrick Bruns of Champaign, Illinois battled his way to the front from seventh to lead the final four laps for the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI D II Midget Series victory. Andy Baugh would lead the opening lap, but Mitchell Davis would work past Baugh to lead lap two. By lap three, Chett Gehrke would move past both Davis and Baugh for the lead. On lap five, Tyler Vantoll would move into the second position, trying to set Gehrke up. Enduring multiple cautions, Vantoll would eventually...more

Jacksonville, IL– Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Illinois took the lead on lap 17 and fended off a late race charge by Spencer Bayston to take this first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series victory of 2016 for the third night of Illinois SPEED Week. Daum started in the third position behind Tucker Klaasmeyer and Ryan Robinson. Klaasmeyer led the initial eight laps of the 30 lap main event before succumbing to a mechanical failure, forcing the Paola, Kansas native to pull off the track while...more

Jacksonville, IL– Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Missouri is on a two race win streak after dominating the Thursday night show at Quincy Raceways and now the Jacksonville Speedway event. Holding off Concordia, Missouri’s Nathan Benson for a majority of the race, Miller had to stay one step ahead of the three time and defending POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series champ to take the Illinois SPEED Week victory. Starting on the pole with Benson behind him, Miller never once...more

Jacksonville, IL– Patrick Bruns of Champaign, Illinois dominantly defeated a solid 20 car field to claim night number three of Illinois SPEED Week at Jacksonville Speedway. Bruns’ victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI D II Midget Series was his fifth of 2016. Tyler Vantoll followed Bruns to the stripe after running second a majority of the race. Mitchell Davis took third, holding off Andy Malpocker who finished fourth, while Quincy Raceways winner Chett Gehrke rounded out the top...more

Quincy, IL– Austin Brown of Millstadt, Illinois took the lead away from Spencer Bayston on lap 25, running away from the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports driver on his way to his first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series victory of 2016. Brown’s win at Quincy Raceways earned him night number two of Illinois SPEED Week. On the opening lap of the feature, Andy Malpocker would jump into the early lead trailed by Brown, as a gaggle of cars battled behind. By lap eight, Brown would be in...more