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Belleville, IL – The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series will kick off the 2016 season at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the Third Annual Turnpike Challenge. Open practice will take place Thursday night, March 31st, with racing taking place on Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd. The 1/8th mile oval will host the POWRi West Midget Series in addition to the National Series for this co-sanctioned event. Both the inaugural Turnpike Challenge and the Second Annual were captured...more

Tulsa, OK March 6 ,2016 : The chili weather didn't stop an abundance of fans from packing the Red River Speedway for the finale of the the Red River Round Up. With 34 drivers signing in for competition the night was surely going to action packed once again. Heat races would see drivers battling to be the nights Integrity Customs high point man. Plenty of side by side, 3 and 4 wide racing the action was intense. Heat race wins would be credited to Holly Shelton, Tim Crawley, Austin Brown and...more

Wichita Falls, TX March 6th 2016| On a chili evening in Texas 38 drivers signed in for competition at the season opener for the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget Series. 5 heat races would see drivers putting on an exciting show for those in attendance as the racing surface was in superb condition.Heat races would be won by Blake Edwards, Geo White, Carson Macedo, Austin Brown and Jason McDougal. B-Features would be won by Steven Shebester and Justin Melton. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Jason McDougal...more

Tulsa, OK| February 15, 2016: After a successful sophomore season the Lucas Oil POWRi West staff has been hard at work preparing for 2016. The fastest growing series in the Midwest sets the bar high for 2016 with 31 total shows with 6 of those being in conjunction with the Lucas Oil POWRi National series. There will be plenty of first time visits for POWRi West including the season opener at Red River Speedway. The Red River Round up will provide races fans with two nights of action packed...more

Membership forms for teams planning on competing with POWRi National Midgets, POWRi West Midgets, POWRi/ILLINI Division II Midgets, POWRi Outlaw Midgets, and/or 600cc Outlaw Micros in 2016 can be found under the DOWNLOADS link located at the top of POWRi web site. You must be a POWRi member to be eligible for the year end point fund and receive secondary medical insurance. To hold your same number from last year, you need to send your registration form to the POWRi office no later than March...more

Millstadt, IL – The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series schedule has been revised and will now kick off 2016 at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois on Friday, April 15th. Originally scheduled to open at Jacksonville Speedway on Friday, April 22nd, the Micros will now begin one week earlier with the additional date at Belle-Clair. The April 15th show at Belle-Clair Speedway dubbed the “Non-Wing Nationals” will host the WAR Series in addition to the POWRi Micros and...more

Millstadt, IL – The 2016 POWRi/ILLINI Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series Schedule has been released. With 29 events on tap for the inaugural season under the POWRi Racing banner, the series known as the ILLINI Racing Series has joined forces with POWRi in their 25th year of operation. The POWRi/ILLINI Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series has been created to help sustain a budget-minded racing series across the Midwest. “This is a great opportunity to celebrate our 25 years of racing by...more

Millstadt, IL – The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series schedule has been released, featuring 29 events on the docket list for 2016. Starting out for the season opener on Friday, April 22nd at Jacksonville Speedway and ending on Saturday, October 1st at Belle-Clair Speedway for the Charlene Meents Memorial, the 2016 season contains plenty of action. Returning to many of the typical venues raced at in 2015, the Micro Series will head to the favorites of Macon Speedway, Belle-Clair...more

Millstadt, IL – After a fantastic 2015 season, the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget Series has 31 races scheduled, starting out the 2016 season with a double header at Red River Speedway in Wichita Falls, Texas on Friday, March 5th and Saturday, March 6th for the Red River Roundup. The season will come full circle, concluding on October 29th at Red River Speedway. After the Red River Roundup, the West Midget Series will join the National Midget Series in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the Turn Pike Challenge...more

2016 POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Schedule Released Featuring 30 Events Millstadt, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series Schedule has been released with 30 races on tap, starting off the 2016 season with the thrilling Turnpike Challenge at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma and ending again with the Fourth Annual Jason Leffler Memorial at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, Illinois. After an exciting return to I-55 Raceway in 2015, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget...more