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Oklahoma City, OK – If a name was to become synonymous with the Annual Turnpike Challenge, it would be Christopher Bell. Taking eight of the ten POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League Turnpike Challenges, Bell remains undefeated in the event. The two he did not win were because he was not present. At that time, he was testing for the NASCAR truck series and was unable to attend the event. At the wave of the green flag, Bell took off from the sixth place starting position and...more

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Set to chase the full schedule with the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, Austin Schaeffer has started the season off on the right foot with an eighth place finish in night one and now a victory in night two for the Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Schaeffer’s Turnpike Challenge victory was his career-first with POWRi. Starting outside the front row, Schaeffer fell in line behind early race leader Holden Anderson as the field...more

Oklahoma City, OK – When the dust settled, the preliminary night victory for the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget League’s Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge went to Christopher Bell. No stranger to the red clay, the NASCAR star cut his proverbial dirt track teeth at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Out of the nine Turnpike Challenge feature events, Bell owns seven total wins, with three weekend sweeps to this point. Going into tomorrow night’s finale, Bell’s confidence level is high as he...more

Oklahoma City, OK – In POWRi Speedway Motors 600c Outlaw Micro League competition, Gage Robb claimed a career-first, notching that first win with the series and going down in the record books with a Turnpike Challenge victory. No stranger to the I-44 Riverside Speedway, Robb is a regular in the Oklahoma micro-sprint scene. Starting inside row four, Robb immediately took to the chase at the drop of the green flag, breaking into the top three by lap six. One lap later, Robb had moved into...more

Fischer Racing entered their Flying Tee sponsored #24 into The Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge this weekend for a 2-day matchup between the POWRi National and West Midget Leagues. Held at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK, 65 midget class sprint cars competed for the top spot, including NASCAR Truck series champion and the reigning two-time Chili Bowl Nationals Champion, Christopher Bell. Starting spots are drawn each day. Friday put our driver, Hunter Fischer, in the 1st heat of...more

Jody Rosenboom Racing is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this Friday and Saturday with the POWRi National Midget Series for the Turnpike Challenge at the I-44 Riverside Speedway. The team will be competing against some of the best Midget teams in the country, including the likes of Christopher Bell, Jason McDougal, and Tyler Courtney. The POWERi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League will also be in action. JRR will be fielding two cars. Jody Rosenboom, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, will be behind the...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Indianapolis, IN) -- With no lucky four-leaf clover to be found in Du Quoin, Tyler Courtney now shifts his attention to this weekend’s season-opening POWRi Midget “Turnpike Challenge” at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway. It will mark Sunshine’s second visit to the cozy 1/5-mile clay oval aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing Driven2SaveLives/Indiana Donor Network No. 7bc Midget after taking in the opening portion of the event last year. Courtney showed speed in last...more

By POWRi PR (Belleville, IL) -- Effective immediately, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) will be the official micro sanctioning body for all classes at both I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, OK. By coming under the POWRi banner, Oklahoma micro racers will have a consistent rule package within the industry standards, enabling growth of car counts at both venues. "When racetracks work together, everyone wins," stated POWRi's Kenny Brown. "We...more

Belleville, IL – Effective immediately, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) will be the official micro sanctioning body for all classes at both I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, OK. By coming under the POWRi banner, Oklahoma micro racers will have a consistent rule package within the industry standards, enabling growth of car counts at both venues. “When racetracks work together, everyone wins,” stated POWRi’s Kenny Brown. “We are excited to...more

By POWRi PR (Belleville, IL) -- This Friday and Saturday kicks off the Fifth Annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With practice on Thursday night, teams will have the opportunity to gear up for what has become one of the largest outdoor events of the year, for both midgets and micros. With over 60 POWRi Lucas Oil National and West midgets at last year's event, Christopher Bell was the class of the field, sweeping the annual co-sanctioned weekend....more