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Winged sprint car fans throughout Illinois and beyond have had Friday, May 20 marked on their calendars since the 2016-Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions schedule was announced. This year's schedule includes an Illinois date and that race is coming up at Lincoln IL Speedway at the Logan County Fairgrounds. Joining one of the longest running car organizations will be the UMP Pro Late Models, UMP Midwest Technical Institute Modifieds, and the POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets Presented By Nutech...more

Inside Line Promotions – LINCOLN, Neb. (May 19, 2016) – MyRacePass has developed a new MRP Pro Platinum series package for POWRi. The website – http://www.POWRi.com – has pages showcasing the schedule and results, points, latest news, photos, videos, rules and more. POWRi is a touring sanctioning body specializing in national midgets and 600cc outlaw micro sprint racing. The series races across the Midwest throughout the spring, summer and fall. UTILIZE THE POWER OF THE MYRACEPASS NETWORK...more

Belle-Clair Memorial Day Weekend Special Postponed Belleville, IL – The Bull Ring Nationals originally scheduled for May 27th and 28th has been postponed until further notice. POWRi and track officials are working on a new date towards the end of the season. “With Illinois SPEED Week right around the corner, we want to give drivers and teams ample time to be prepared,” said Kenny Brown. “In the past, SPEED Week has been four days, but this year we added a fifth. Also, this frees up...more

Marion, IL – Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Missouri wired the feature at Southern Illinois Raceway from the pole to claim his 20th career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series feature event. At the drop of the green flag, Miller took off from outside front row starter Danny Clark, setting a blistering pace. Three laps in the caution flew for a cluster of cars off turn two. Luke Kilgore, BJ Gatewood, Tyler Rust, and Brian Jones were involved. Coming back to green, Miller again...more

Belleville, IL – After their weekend off, the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will head to Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, May 13th before taking to Southern Illinois Raceway on Saturday, May 14th. After starting off the season on the high-banked fifth mile, Belle-Clair has hosted two action packed POWRi Micro events so far in 2016 with Nathan Benson taking both. Saturday, May 14th will be one of two events for Southern Illinois Raceway to host POWRi in 2016. Both tracks are...more

Belleville, IL – Effective immediately, the Midwest Micro Sprints based out of Kewaskum, Wisconsin has partnered with POWRi to create the POWRi North Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series presented by Cab Construction. “I approached POWRi to join forces and help get the Northern region a more consistent rule package with the rest of the Midwest and to grow micro sprint racing in the state of Wisconsin,” said Midwest Micro Sprints owner, Andy Rein. The POWRi North Speedway Motors 600cc...more

Wheatland, MO – After taking the opening night of the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals at Valley Speedway on Friday night, Tanner Thorson ran away with night number two at Lucas Oil Speedway. Saturday night’s win resulted in a weekend sweep for Thorson and a complete podium sweep for Keith Kunz Motorsports. Thorson’s fifth career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series victory came on his birthday, no less. Starting on the front row, Tyler Thomas showed the field to green sharing the front...more

Patrick Bruns WINS Sycamore hometown track.

An outstanding field of POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets presented by Nutech Seed were pitside for the night’s events. 26 quick and nimble wingless warriors lined up for the 20-lap feature event. After a couple failed opening starts, one of which included a turn one tumble, the field got rolling smoothly. 2015 track champion, Andy Baugh, of Mason City, IL drove out front and into the lead. Baugh turned down the Conklin Agrovantage Front Row Challenge, which awards a driver bonus money by starting...more

Grain Valley, MO – Tanner Thorson of Minden, Nevada started in the 12th position and stole the 30 lap co-sanctioned Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series and Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget Series feature after an intense battle with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate, Spencer Bayston. Thorson’s victory credits him with night number one of the Missouri Mid-State Midget Nationals at Valley Speedway, and puts a tally on the board in the National column for the National versus West...more