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Belleville, IL – Buckle up race fans, as POWRi takes to the final two shows in the Midwest. Friday, October 19th the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League return to Jacksonville Speedway. After Mother Nature took a toll on the October 12th show and won the battle, POWRi and Jacksonville Speedway officials weren’t about to let her win the war and immediately rescheduled. On Saturday, October 20th both Leagues will head south to Southern...more

Jacksonville, IL – Jordan Howell of Columbia, Missouri snagged his second-career POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League victory. Howell’s second win comes at Jacksonville Speedway, and follows his break-through victory at Macon Speedway back on August 18th. By virtue of passing points through heat races, Howell earned the pole position and shared the front row with Andrew Peters. At the drop of the green flag, Howell powered into the early lead with Peters and Austin Schaeffer in...more

Jacksonville, IL – Tyler Thomas outlasted a relentless Tanner Carrick on an elbows-up Jacksonville Speedway to take his second POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory of 2018. Thomas’s Jacksonville victory is the 12th of his POWRi career. At the drop of the green flag, Jake Neuman took the early lead followed by Cannon McIntosh. By lap two, Thomas had moved past McIntosh for second with Tucker Klaasmeyer in tow. After the caution was displayed for McIntosh and Alex Bright, Thomas...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

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

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

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (September 1, 2019) – Perfection was the word of the night on Sunday for Auburn, Ill. native Mitchell Davis, who topped every facet of the evening en route to a convincing win at Jacksonville Speedway for his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory. Earning LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors with a fourth-to-first heat race, Davis kept the momentum rolling and pulled a zero for the feature inversion, leaving his No. 56 on pole position of the 25-lapper. Joined...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