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BROWNSTOWN, ILL. (June 12, 2019) – Following the unfortunate rain out of the originally scheduled Illinois SPEED Week opener on Wednesday at Belle-Clair Speedway, the first of now four race switches to Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Ill. on Thursday, June 13. The youngest track on the Illinois SPEED Week schedule, Fayette County has only hosted a pair of SPEED Week events with previous competition in 2016 and 2018. Overall, POWRi Racing has visited the Brownstown, Illinois facility on...more

BROWNSTOWN, ILL. (June 13, 2019) – As the sixth annual Illinois SPEED Week kicked off on Thursday night at Fayette County Speedway, the story for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League looked quite familiar; that being the dominance of Logan Seavey this season. Leading all 30 laps, the Sutter, California native drove a flawless race and took the Keith Kunz Motorsports, Mobil 1, Spike/Toyota No. 67 to victory lane for the fifth time in eight races, opening his pursuit of back-to-back SPEED...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (June 14, 2019) – The second night of the sixth annual Illinois SPEED Week rolls on tonight as the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League invade Jacksonville Speedway. Highlighted by double features, the show will begin with a makeup POWRi National Midget feature from April 28th followed by a new, full program for both divisions. The home of the first-ever Illinois SPEED Week event, Jacksonville hosted the inaugural...more

POWRi National Midgets – Illinois SPEED Week Point Standings (Through 1 of 4 Races): 300 PTS – Logan Seavey, Sutter, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports #67) 290 PTS – Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (Keith Kunz Motorsports #98) 280 PTS – Jesse Colwell, Red Bluff, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports #71) 270 PTS – Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, AZ (Petry Motorsports #25) 260 PTS – Ethan Mitchell, Mooresville, NC (Bundy Built Motorsports #19M) 250 PTS – Michael Pickens, Auckland, NZ (RMS Racing #1NZ) 240 PTS – Thomas...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (June 14, 2019) – After off-and-on showers plagued round two of Illinois SPEED Week all day on Friday at Jacksonville Speedway, officials made the call to postpone the evening when a 10:00 PM downpour was the final straw. An official announcement on a future rescheduled date will be made as plans are finalized. Teams were preparing to head out for B-Main action when a final pop-up cell doused the track and facility once more, forcing officials to call the action as curfew...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (June 14, 2019) – Continuing his historic hot streak on Friday night, Logan Seavey of Sutter, California led all 25 laps of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League makeup feature from April 28 to score a dominating victory at Jacksonville Speedway. Driving the Keith Kunz Motorsports, Mobil 1, Bullet/Toyota No. 67, Seavey won his third consecutive feature, making it six victories in nine starts this season, and pushing his career total to 13 POWRi National Midget...more

(Lincoln, IL) Saturated grounds from several days of rain have forced the cancellation of the Sunday, June 16 event at Lincoln Speedway, in Lincoln, IL. On tap were the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets in addition to Micros, Pro Late Models, Modifieds, and the Nutech Seed DII Midgets. Heavy rains throughout the day on Saturday, in addition to another wave of overnight rain into Sunday proved to be too much for the ¼-mile facility. Pit parking in addition to the horse track that surrounds the...more

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (June 18, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League roars back to life this weekend with the Sooner Showdown set to tackle two Oklahoma bullrings. The doubleheader will open the weekend on Friday, June 21 at Sapulpa’s Creek County Speedway followed by a Saturday, June 22 trip to Tulsa’s Port City Raceway. In a season that has been hindered by seemingly never-ending rain, the POWRi West Midgets have been able to sneak just two solo shows in at this point, with six...more

SAPULPA, OKLA. (June 22, 2019) – Scoring his first victory of 2019 with the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League, Tyler Thomas of Collinsville, Okla. was the top dog on Friday night as he controlled the Executive Concrete / Snatch-It A-Main on night one of the Sooner Showdown at Creek County Speedway. With a strong 27-car field on hand, a trio of heat races set the stage for the 25-lap main event. Points leader Andrew Felker of Carl Junction Mo. topped Smith Titanium heat one, Thomas drove the...more

Grundy County Speedway will be hosting the Burdette Carter Classic and Veterans Night July 6, 2019. It is part of the Grundy County Fair racing program and it has been a tradition that the midgets run during the Fair dates....a tradition that has lasted many years! The POWRi midgets will be running the National-style engines and the Production-style motors at the same time.....or.....two races in one! We run this way as we are developing the series and increasing the car count. Additional...more