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On Saturday August 10th, the POWRi Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) mighty midgets visited the new Stockton 99 Speedway for the 4th annual Tom Manning Memorial race. There were ten cars signed in at the pit gate, but the machines of Mark Maliepaard and Cody Jessop were withdrawn following hot laps with mechanical maladies. The day’s first qualifier, BCRA stalwart JR Williams was involved in an incident with a wayward push truck that left the #74 midget with a broken rear axle that ended...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (August 24, 2019) - Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Mo. extended his points lead with the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints this weekend as he nailed down his second win of the year at Valley Speedway. Chasing Layne to the finish line at the Grain Valley, Mo. facility was Jeff Bard in second, Kyle Lewis in third, Tyler Johnson in fourth and Emma Martin in fifth. Up next for the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprint League is a Saturday, August 31 appearance at I-35...more

By Bryan Gapinski Madison, Wis., Aug. 25---2013 Badger Midget Series Car Owner Champion Amy Christine (Ecker) Reisdorf, age 49, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 22 at UW Health University Hospital. Amy was born on April 27, 1970 in Enterprise, Alabama, the daughter of William and Rosemary Ecker. Her father Bill was a long-time crew chief, and crew member with several teams before turning his attention to be a car owner in the late 90's. A few years later RAB (Rose, Amy, Bill)...more

The Warrior Sprint Car Series was treated to another wicked fast track Saturday night at EPCR, and the racers took to the challenge and put on an awesome show. Hathaway Performance heat races were won by Zac Taylor from Green River, Wyoming and Brett Ream from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Taylor would roll a 6 on the invert placing Jeff Seesholtz from Fountain, Colorado on the pole and Ryan Riggs from Colorado Springs outside pole. After driver introductions were made, Seesholtz was offered...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (August 26, 2019) – Labor Day at ‘The Lake’ is a longstanding tradition cherished by American’s nationwide; even the POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midget League. Scheduled for a doubleheader not far from Missouri’s majestic Lake of the Ozarks, racers and fans will swarm the area this Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 for back-to-back nights at Lake Ozark Speedway. Marking only the fourth and fifth races in POWRi National Midget League history at the Eldon, Mo....more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (August 30, 2019) – The roster for Saturday and Sunday’s POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midget League shows at Lake Ozark Speedway just found a new entrant, in the form of Macdoel, California native Maria Cofer. Reuniting with Keith Kunz Motorsports, Cofer will be behind the wheel of a Toyota Racing powered Bullet-By-Spike No. 97 for both nights. “I’m super thankful for the opportunity to reunite with KKM and everyone over there,” noted Cofer. “Everyone with Toyota and...more

(Torrance, CA, August 28, 2019) Local driver Cody Nigh outdistanced the field to score his first POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car main event win of 2019 last Saturday night at the Ventura Raceway. The victory put a halt to the four-race Ventura win streak of series point leader Jarrett Kramer. (The attached photo of Cody Nigh is courtesy of Pit Princess Photography) Eighteen cars signed in at the pit gate for the 12th race on the 2019 CLS schedule. San Diego’s A.J. Bender...more

ELDON, MO. (August 31, 2019) – Capitalizing on Cannon McIntosh’s late-race misfortune, Thomas Meseraull of San Jose, Calif. assumed the race lead with five laps remaining on Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway and held on for his fourth-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory. With 24 cars in attendance for the POWRi National / West Midget show, a trio of heat races were presented to the enticed Labor Day weekend crowd. Meseraull topped the opening Auto Meter heat race and...more

ELDON, MO. (September 1, 2019) – In an exciting race that saw a handful of different leaders, Tyler Thomas of Collinsville, Okla. outlasted them all to complete a ninth-to-first charge for his 14th-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory on Sunday night at Lake Ozark Speedway. A field of 25 POWRi National / West Midgets filled the pit area for the second night of racing, a program that saw Thomas Meseraull (Auto Meter Heat 1), Cannon McIntosh (KSE Racing Products Heat 2) and...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (September 3, 2019) – Returning to the “Illini State” this weekend, a pair of memorial races will take center stage with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League as the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micros also come back to competition for the first time since July. An annual pilgrimage to Jacksonville Speedway and Spoon River Speedway, this early September slate shines a spotlight on the Herb Barlow Memorial and Tom Knowles Memorial. It all begins on Friday night at...more