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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (July 27, 2019) – Continuing his stellar championship or bust campaign, Andrew Felker of Carl Junction, Mo. added another POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League win on Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Piloting the Chad Shields Racing, MelMark Pipe & Supply, Ripper/Fontana No. 44S, Felker executed a late-race move on Blake Edwards to secure his fourth win of the year. Earning high point man honors with a seventh-to-third heat race run, Blake Edwards of Claremore,...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (July 22, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League fires back off this weekend with a doubleheader of the Oklahoma Midget Nationals. The action kicks off on Friday, July 26 with a trip to Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. followed by a stop at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Saturday, July 27. In the opening 15 races of the year, Andrew Felker of Carl Junction, Mo. has built a dominant point lead and grabbed firm control of the championship...more

By POWRi (Belleville, IL) -- Remaining a staple of seasonal-opening POWRi racing, the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge is slated to hit the speedy surfaces of a pair of Sooner State facilities in a ferocity of top-notch league battles on March 23-26. Featuring the fast-paced excitement of the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets linking up with the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midgets presented by Realty Connect, as well as action from the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micros presented by Engler Machine & Tool in the...more

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (May 15, 2019) – I-44 Riverside Speedway’s red dirt will be on full display this Saturday, May 18 as the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League returns to the Oklahoma City 1/5th-mile for a one-night stand. Scheduled for five appearances in 2019, the POWRi West Midgets first took to I-44 back in March alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets as part of the sixth annual “Turnpike Challenge.” Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey, the 2017 POWRi National Midget champion, swept...more

(Photo courtesy of POWRi) Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (March 30, 2021) – Brenham Crouch powered to a career-best runner-up result behind the wheel of a midget last Saturday. The second-place showing highlighted a stellar weekend during the 8th annual Turnpike Challenge as the Toyota Racing backed Keith Kunz Motorsports driver won a pair of heat races, garnered the podium performance and finished with two top 10s in three POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League feature starts. “It was...more

(Photo by Danny The Shoe Clum Motorsports) Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (March 30, 2021) – Last weekend yielded two wins and five podium finishes in five feature starts for Frank Flud, who pushed his win total to a half dozen triumphs in the month of March. Flud captured the Outlaw and Winged ‘A’ Class features on Saturday at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., after he finished second in both the Outlaw and Non-Wing main events the previous night. The POWRi Engler...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- After a mid-race pass for the lead, the Penngrove, CA. native walks away scoring his 11th Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League win and just his fourth this season. Kofoid is on the hunt to break the record of most wins in a season which sets at 12 with Logan Seavey. Michael “Buddy” Kofoid picked up a heat race win and topped it off with another trip to victory lane to wrap up the second night of the 8th annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Michael “Buddy” Kofoid steals the victory for the first night of the 8th annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway. This marks Kofoid’s third victory on the 2021 season, and he also goes down in the history books for the first to capture all three wins of any Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League to start the season. Kofoid started his night strong and ended it by leading the field to the checkered flag for the main event around I-44 Riverside...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Winning his first career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Feature on Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the 16th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial, Daison Pursley was undeniable in the 30-lap main event. Driving around his teammate, Jessie Love on lap 22, Pursley then fended off a few attacks from hard charging Buddy Kofoid as he held on for an impressive first-career victory aboard the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Craftsman Tools,...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, KS) -- Cannon McIntosh of Bixby, OK. collects his third POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League win on the season at I-44 Riverside Speedway. Driver of the Keith Kunz /Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Bullet/Toyota No. 71K passed teammate Daison Pursley for the lead with three laps left of the 30-lap feature event. PHOTO CREDIT: Allen Horcher McIntosh started back in the 14th starting position for the 30-lap dash to the finish line at the famous 1/5-mile banked red clay...more