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Belleville, IL (5/2/22) Adjusting to meet the demand of the unprecedented nationwide tire shortage, Performance Open Wheel Racing Inc. and Hoosier Racing Tire have mutually agreed to open up the requirements on Right and Left Rear tires to any Hoosier tire compound or size, including all Chili Bowl Hoosier tires, for all Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League events until further notice. “We’re trying to limit the impact the current market outlook has on our race teams and series,” said...more

Belleville, IL. (5/2/22) Witnessing a pair of premier POWRi Lighting Sprint events scheduled for competition over the weekend, the Midwest and the Southwest Divisions would attempt to continue the National Points chase as the quest to become the Inaugural champion begins to heat up with excitement in the early season with Grant Sexton winning in California as rain would halt racing in Missouri. Currently within the POWRi Lightning Sprint National Point Championship Braden Chiaramonte has a...more

Belleville, IL. (5/1/22) Battling the intense action of the POWRi Jackson Compaction Vado Wing Sprints for the third time this season, twenty competitors would file into the pristine pits of Vado Speedway Park over the past weekend with Vance Wofford joining the ranks of his winning racing family by capturing his first career feature victory in the division. Early on-track action would witness heat race victories from Jesse Baker and Justin Lasiter with Lasiter gaining the pole starting...more

Belleville, IL. (4/28/22) Ongoing regional rainfall with more projected precipitation combined with saturated and soft facility grounds; Lake Ozark Speedway, and POWRi officials have canceled the Frost Breaker Nationals weekend originally scheduled for April 29-30. Classes scheduled for competition at Lake Ozark Speedway for the Frost Breaker Nationals include the Lucas Oil POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League, POWRi RaceSaver Sprints, as...more

Belleville, IL. (4/25/22) Continuing a strand of stand-alone events in 2022, the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine and Tool will next tackle one of the “baddest bullrings in America” for the opening night of Jacksonville Speedway on Saturday, April 29th. So far in the early season racing action, the POWRi Micro League has witnessed outstanding action and solid fields of entrants with the previous event at Macon Speedway going to Craig Ronk over the thirty-six other...more

Belleville, IL. (4/25/22) Jumpstarting the seasonal swing of premier POWRi League action, Lake Ozark Speedway will next act as a hosting venue for top talents in a two-day weekend of speed on April 29-30 with the Frost Breaker Nationals. Classes scheduled for competition at Lake Ozark Speedway for the Frost Breaker Nationals include the Lucas Oil POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League, POWRi RaceSaver Sprints, as well as an ASCS Sooner vs...more

Belleville, IL. (4/24/22) Starting the season off strong in the POWRi RaceSaver Sprint Division, Trevin Littleton of Jacksonville Illinois would emerge victorious at Lake Ozark Speedway for the first race of the 2022 weekly season. Battling the unpredictable weather of the Midwest, the POWRi RaceSaver Sprints would fly onto the smooth as glass surfaces of “The Lake” for Opening Night with outstanding wing-to-wing action from the stout fifteen entry field with Mike Trent and Trevin Littleton...more

Belleville, IL. (4/24/22) Hitting the stride of the division’s first season of a National Points Championship, the POWRi Lightning Sprints has seen opening action across the country for two of the four premier series of the Midwest, Minn-Kota, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest as racing dates start to add to an exciting yearly schedule. Action from the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints would travel to Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri for the second contest of their yearly agenda on...more

Belleville, IL. (4/24/22) Staying in the form of weekly racing action of early-season competition, the POWRi Pure Stock Division would see a pair of venues fall victim to weather cancelations in Callaway Raceway and North Central Arkansas Speedway with area drivers rallying to the various racing surfaces of the several premier facilities throughout the Midwest. Jumping out to the young season standings lead in the POWRi Pure Stock Division has witnessed James Redus quickly gain a handful of...more

Belleville, IL. (4/24/22) Finding footing in their second season of sanctioned competition of exhilarating racing action, the POWRi Super Stock Division would see a pair of rain-outs across the region with eight wonderful venues able to complete their weekend of racing excitement as well as additional money on the line in the first of several larger events on the divisional season schedule. Monett Motor Speedway would host the Josh Essary Memorial with $4004 to win drawing all the top talents...more