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Belleville, IL – Logan Seavey added himself to the winner’s list of the Charlene Meents Memorial, taking the 14th annual with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League at Belle-Clair Speedway and adding his name alongside some of the best in the business. Seavey’s Meents Memorial victory is his sixth of 2018 with POWRi, tying him with current League point leader Tucker Klaasmeyer. After the initial start being called because as a result of a spun Tucker Klaasmeyer off turn two, Seavey...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 7, 2019) – The 2019 season for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League rolls on this weekend with the Midwest Season Opener at Belle-Clair Speedway and Macon Speedway. The Illinois doubleheader begins on Friday, May 10 at the Belleville, Illinois 1/5th-mile of Belle-Clair Speedway. On Saturday, May 11, the POWRi Midgets and Micros move on to the “Mighty” Macon Speedway located in Macon, Illinois. After an April...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 10, 2019) – Commanding the lead from the outset, Aiden Purdue of Clinton, Illinois picked up a wire-to-wire win on Friday night at Belle-Clair Speedway as he earned his first-career POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League victory aboard the Hyper Racing No. 37. With an aggressive field of 43 entries signed-in for action, the large field was split into six heat races with a pair of semi-features to fill out the 22-car feature field. Heat races were won by Matt...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 10, 2019) – Leading from start-to-finish, Austin Brown of nearby Millstadt, Illinois was the hometown hero on Friday night as he dominated Belle-Clair Speedway for an impressive triumph in the 28th annual “Knepper Memorial.” The wire-to-wire score aboard his BOSS Chassis, Toyota Racing No. 17 marked the fifth-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory for Brown. Earning the pole position via a strong sixth-to-first heat race win, Brown took the green flag for...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 15, 2019) – With the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League on the sidelines, the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League takes centerstage this weekend. Set for the “Southern Illinois Shootout,” the POWRi Micros will encounter a pair of exciting bullrings with a doubleheader at Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, May 17 and Southern Illinois Raceway on Saturday, May 18 on tap. Making back-to-back trips to “Belle-Vegas,” the POWRi Micros return to the Belleville,...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 17, 2019) – Extending his record as the all-time winningest driver in POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League history, Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Missouri won Friday’s appearance at Belle-Clair Speedway for his 34th-career victory. Opening the “Southern Illinois Shootout” with a bang, a packed pit area with 54 entries set the stage for Friday’s showdown at the Belleville, Illinois 1/5th-mile. The six heat race victories were split by Tony Clifton, Gunner...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 10, 2019) – The star power of POWRi Illinois Speedweek is evident each and every year with headliners swarming from around the world to the “Illini State” for a thrilling five-night stretch. This week’s sixth annual running is no different, featuring the trio of Logan Seavey, Tanner Thorson, and Michael Pickens all chasing a second Speedweek championship, among countless other contenders in the hunt. For Seavey, the Sutter, California native looks to re-write the record...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 12, 2019) – We’ve seen it time and time again, the talented and budding teenage racer chalked full of potential and making waves on the national scene with a powerhouse organization. This week, a new batch of youngsters with dreams and aspirations of leading the next generation of midget racing will square up against the veterans and experienced competitors of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in the exciting five-night Illinois SPEED Week. The 2019 class of...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (July 22, 2019) – Fans of Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill. will receive the best of both worlds this Friday, July 26 as the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets and the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints storm into town for an epic evening together atop the 1/5th-mile surface. A rare occasion, Friday’s double date will mark only the second event of the 2019 season in which POWRi’s National Midgets and WAR Sprints come together to compete at the same track on the same night....more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (July 26, 2019) – Leading from start-to-finish, Riley Kreisel of Warsaw, Mo. controlled Friday’s “Border WAR” opener at Belle-Clair Speedway in convincing fashion. Earning his fifth-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory, the defending series champion shot his No. 90 to the top of the points chase with only a handful of races left. Earning LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors, Kreisel had a little luck of the draw with a zero-inversion leaving his No. 90 on the pole...more