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Belleville, IL. (06/01/2021) Battling for yearly championships at Lake Ozark Speedway will see POWRi Super Sprint competitors back to the one-third-mile oval as anticipation grows with the next event slated for Saturday, June 5th. Within POWRi Super Sprint racing at Lake Ozark Speedway, Kenny Potter has continued to lead the pack of top drivers in the division by claiming the championship in 2020. Potter remains ready for another championship push in 2021 hoping to jump-start the season with...more

Belleville, IL. (06/03/2021) One of the most highly anticipated weeks for Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated is rapidly approaching with the Ninth Annual Illinois Speedweek from June 16-20. Scheduled for five nights of open-wheel action at five different tracks throughout the Land of Lincoln will see the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League, as well as the Lucas Oil POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprint League presented by Engler Machine and Tool, treat fans to electric on-track...more

OSBORN, Missouri (June 4, 2021) – Nineteen cars were in attendance for Friday night’s POWRi Drive to Zero United Rebel Sprint Series debut at US 36 Raceway in Osborn, Missouri. The Missouri weather offered hot conditions, and the racing was even more fierce! Jay Russell and Jack Potter set the pace for the 25-lap feature event atop the high-banked oval. Russell powered to the lead on lap one, but not without heat from Lincoln, Nebraska’s Stu Snyder on the bottom. Kenny Potter powered to second...more

Belleville, IL. (06/06/2021) Battling for nearly every green-flag lap of competition, the POWRi Super Sprint drivers registered for Lake Ozark Speedway would not hold anything back on their second night of racing in 2021 with the Open-Wheel Legend Randy Martin claiming the feature win on the well-prepared one-third-mile oval. Heat Race winner Dean Hathman would earn the pole-starting position for the feature event with the Sprint Car Hall of Famer Randy Martin lined up to his outside. Once...more

Belleville, IL. (06/05/2021) Resuming the bi-weekly racing program at Alien Motor Speedway in Roswell New Mexico, the Lucas Oil POWRi Alien Motor Speedway Super Sprints would once again try to tame the tricky three-eighths-mile dirt oval for their third feature event of the newly created series. As the finals checkers waived, Charlie Graham would earn his second straight feature win. Early racing action would find the previous week's winner Charlie Graham back out front grabbing the heat race...more

Belleville, IL. (06/05/2021) Racing wing-to-wing at the premier home facility of I-35 Speedway the Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprint competitors would put on a driving spectacle on Saturday, June 5th as defending series champion Stanley Kreisel would find victory lane for the first time this young season. Heat racing action would find Tony Layne and Chasity Younger both grab the early wins as Kenny Bowers and Younger would make up the front row leading the field to the initial feature...more

Belleville, IL. (06/06/2021) Driving strong for the two-day racing weekend at two separate premier Colorado venues, the Lucas Oil POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would be in fine form providing outstanding on-track excitement. Earning victories at both facilities, Johnny Boos extends his winning streak to four-straight to start the season. Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke Colorado would host the POWRi RMLS on Friday, June 4th with Johnny Boos and Josh Flood grabbing the early heat...more

Belleville, IL. (06/06/2021) Hitting the ground running, the newly formed POWRi Central States Midget Series will now hold their first two-day weekend of racing slated for Friday, June 11th at Old 71 Speedway and Saturday, June 12th at Valley Speedway. Added incentives are on the line for any driver able to sweep the weekend as well as high-point qualifier bonuses. Recently re-opened outside Butler Missouri, Old 71 Speedway will host midget racing for the first time since reviving the...more

BETHANY, Missouri (June 7, 2021) – The POWRi Drive to Zero United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing debuted at yet another Missouri facility on Saturday. Fifteen cars were in attendance atop the 3/8-mile semi-banked dirt oval of Bethany Speedway in Bethany, Missouri. The feature event was action-packed with several position changes, but it was Lincoln, Nebraska’s Stu Snyder claiming victory. Jacob Dye and Mike Houseman, Jr. set the pace for the 25-lap feature event....more

Belleville, IL. (06/06/2021) Coming off the successful inaugural event for the POWRi Desert 360-Wing Sprint Series presented by MVT Services that would see Sammy Swindell and Eric Wilkins earn victories. The series will now shift focus to another weekend doubleheader on Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 12th with the grand re-opening of the fan-favorite Aztec Speedway. Offering an Open Practice on Thursday, June 10th from 6-9 PM for only $10 Pit Passes, the revamped Aztec Speedway will...more