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Belleville, IL. (3/6/23) Growing the excitement level surrounding competition for the 2023 POWRI National Midget League season, Basehor, Kansas talent Talin Turner is finalizing preparations in his quest for a championship season. Registering less than a handful of POWRi National Midget career starts, Turner, driving the Chandler Grand Prix entry, stays eligible and ready to compete for the recently renamed Jim Childers Rookie of the Year Honor as well as the point championship title when the...more

Effective Date: March 01, 2023 Belleville, IL. (2/27/23) As the 2023 racing season rapidly approaches, the POWRi National & West Midget Leagues competition rule book has been updated and will continue to require Hoosier Racing Tires. POWRi National Midget League: Hoosier SP-3 will be the mandatory compound right rear tire. However, Hoosier Tire SP-2 will be allowed for use to phase out the teams remaining inventory throughout early season POWRi events; no SP-2 tires will be allowed to use...more

Belleville, IL. (2/27/23) Raising the level of competition for 2023, Mesa, Arizona's Corbin Rueschenberg is setting his sights on the POWRi National Midget Rookie of the Year honors with Mounce/Stout Motorsports. Earning a trio of POWRi National Midget starts in 2022, Rueschenberg remains eligible and ready to compete for the Championship as well as the recently renamed Jim Childers Rookie of the Year Honor when the season launches at the Turnpike Challenge March 22-25. Excited for the...more

Belleville, IL. (2/24/2023) Debuting in the 2023 season, the POWRi Desert Micro Series will embark on a three-track journey spanning fifteen events throughout New Mexico and into Colorado with sanctioned classes to include A-Class Wing Micro as well as Stock Non-Wing Micro. “Expanding upon the established sanctioned Wing & Non-Wing Sprint racing regionally, POWRi was a great choice for our micro series sanctioning,” said series director Bobby Huish Primarily focused on the A-Class Wing and...more

Belleville, IL. (2/24/23) Promoting as a leading non-wing sprint sanction since 1946, the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association, based in Albuquerque New Mexico, will see a consistent showing of nineteen scheduled events for the 2023 season while staying true to the “Land of Enchantment”. State-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park, in Vado New Mexico, will serve as a part-time home facility for the POWRi NMMRA, running in conjunction with the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprints, by hosting...more

Belleville, IL. (2/23/23) Adding to an already accomplished and sturdy Keith Kunz Motorsports 2023 National Midget team, Decatur Arkansas wheelman Cooper Williams joins in on the excitement fully committing to the POWRi National Midget League Championship Chase. Boasting an impressive 2022 resume of scoring over fifteen top-ten micro finishes in twenty-three starts Cooper also pocketed a handful of top-five finishes after progressing through UTV racing. Capturing a NOW600 Restricted Micro...more

Belleville, IL. (2/21/23) Reforming for another season of outstanding non-wing sprint action in yearly championship battles, the Sunset Grill POWRi Vado Non-Wing Sprints and the POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association will begin their co-sanctioned season at state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park on Saturday, March 25th. Classes scheduled for competition at Vado Speedway Park on Saturday, April 1st include the Sunset Grill POWRi Non-Wing Sprints battling the POWRi NMMRA, as well as the Vado...more

Belleville, IL. (2/21/23) Embarking on the outstanding open-wheel journey of yearly championship action, the Jackson Compaction POWRi Vado 305 Sprint Series will first wage racing battles at state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park on Saturday, April 1st for the premier of the seasonal stretch of 2023 competition. Defending champion Royal Jones aims to defend his title as the season is highlighted with a bi-monthly agenda at the speedy three-eighths mile oval, with the racing season starting on...more

Belleville, IL. (2/21/2023) Escalating momentum from the inaugural year successes based on great regional series racing action, the POWRi National Lightning Sprint Championship returns in 2023 as an added incentive for drivers to contend for as well as the yearly regional series titles in the Midwest, Minn-Kota, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest Lightning Sprint Series. Starting the season out west, the Southwest Lightning Sprint Series will hold the first pair of features for the 2023 season with...more

Belleville, IL. (2/20/23) Persistently striving for a yearly agenda full of key events to showcase premier sprint car adrenaline rushes, the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series as well as the POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League have increased the seasonal schedule with multiple dates confirmed as the year approaches. Celebrating the Independence Holiday weekend while easing the strain of long travels, the POWRi 410 Bandit Outlaw Sprint Series will now travel from Lee County Speedway on...more