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Belleville, IL – With the 35th Annual Pepsi Nationals in the books, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series will take the weekend off, while the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series returns to the high-banked 1/5th mile Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, July 8th. Previous winners in 2016 at Belle-Clair include Nathan Benson (Season Opener and 4/29), Andrew Peters (Illinois SPEED Week), and most recently, Shelby Bosie (Race Around the Arch). Saturday, July 9th the Speedway Motors...more

Belle-Clair Speedway: Friday, July 8th Cancelled Belleville, IL – Friday, July 8th at Belle-Clair Speedway has been cancelled due to the excessive amount of rain received Wednesday, Thursday, and overnight into Friday morning. With standing water on the racing surface in turns one and two, it would be impossible to prepare the track for tonight’s events. The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will head to Southern Illinois Raceway on Saturday, July 9th. For further information,...more

Marion, IL– Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Missouri has a clean sweep in 2016 with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series at Southern Illinois Raceway, taking both appearances of the series at the high-banked 1/8th mile. Miller’s victory is his 24th career, placing him one win behind the all-time leader in the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series, Dereck King. Winning his heat, Miller would start outside row four by virtue of passing points. Pole sitter Kyle Schuett...more

National Midgets and Micros Head to Belle-Clair on Friday, Fairbury for Midgets on Saturday Belleville, IL – After their final appearance for 2016 at Southern Illinois Raceway, Joe B. Miller stole the show, making a clean sweep of the two POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series visits to the high-banked 1/8th mile in Marion, Illinois. Miller’s win at SIR tallies his 24th career victory, one win out of tying with the all-time winner for the POWRi micros, Dereck King. The POWRi Lucas...more

Belleville, IL – Taking to the high-banked Belle-Clair Speedway for the 25th Annual Knepper Memorial, Joe B. Miller took the checkers over a relentless Slater Helt for his 25th career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series main event, placing him at a tie with Dereck King on the all-time win list. Starting on the pole, this would be no easy feat for Miller as Slater Helt pressured from the drop of the green flag, closely followed by Weldon, Illinois’s Garrett Duff. A mix of action...more

POWRi Micros and D II Midgets Head to Champaign Fairgrounds, National Midgets Take Weekend Off Belleville, IL – On Friday, July 22nd, the POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series and the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will head to the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Illinois. The POWRi Lucas Oil ILLINI Division II Midget Series feature will be paying $500 to win and $100 to start. Kicking off the opening night of the Champaign County Fair, both divisions look...more

Urbana, IL – Three-time and defending POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series Champion Nathan Benson picked up his third win of 2016 at the Champaign County Fairgrounds, his 18th overall. Friday’s race at the Champaign County Fairgrounds was the first night of open wheel racing at the fairgrounds since the late 1970’s, and the inaugural appearance of the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series at Champaign. In heat race action Benson worked his way from eighth to third on the...more

The Friday, July 29th POWRi North 600cc Outlaw Micro race originally scheduled at Eagle River Speedway has been canceled. The POWRi North 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will run their next schedule event Sunday, July 31st at Angell Park co-sanctioned with Badger Micros. We apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused.

Seymour, WI Aug.3---The scheduled Sunday night August 7 Badger Midget /Micro Series & doubleheader POWRi North Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro at the Seymour Raceway Park has been cancelled by the promoter. The track has suffered five rainouts this season, and the move will allow them to focus more attention on their regular racing divisions. The next event for the Badger 600 Micro Series presented by My Race Pass & POWRi North Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro series presented by CAB...more

Belleville, IL – After a weekend off after the Iron Man 55 for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and a two week hiatus for the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series, both divisions will head to Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Illinois on Friday, August 19th for the “Night Before the Illinois State Fair.” On Saturday, August 20th, both series take to “Mighty Macon” Speedway for the 1st Annual Camfield Memorial honoring the late Rich Camfield. Rich Camfield of Decatur, Illinois...more