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(Image Credit: Jimmy Jones) Bryan Hulbert – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 19, 2019) Salvaging a weekend that was scheduled to see action at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Blake Hahn adjusted his schedule to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. for a chance to shake down his DriveWFX.com No. 52 where the result was a third-place finish. “We were really happy with the car. We’ve made a few small changes over the off-season that seemed to make the car a little more responsive. I was really looking forward...more

By POWRi PR (Belleville, IL) -- Although he's not listed as an official rookie, there is no doubting the fact that 16-year old Cannon McIntosh of Bixby, Oklahoma is one of the nation's fastest rising young guns with superstar potential. Driving for his family-owned operation, Dave Mac Motorsports, McIntosh has committed to chase to 2019 POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Championship. His title pursuit will begin next week inside his home state with the sixth annual Turnpike Challenge. A...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Oklahoma’s own Trey Marcham returned to Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Realty Connect victory lane on Saturday night at his old stomping grounds, I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City. If there is one driver that knows his way around this the tricky surface, Marcham is that racer. Marcham has numerous micro sprint and POWRi West midget laps here, and tends to always be a front runner when the midgets roll into town. PHOTO CREDIT: Danny...more

By POWRi PR (Oklahoma City, OK) -- As the Seventeenth Annual Charlene Meents Memorial ended at I-44 Riverside Speedway, the winner looked quite familiar for the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League portion. Daison Pursley out of Locust Grove, OK. drove a flawless race and took the Keith Kunz Motorsports, IWX, Bullet by Spike Toyota No. 71K to victory lane for the fifth time this season. PHOTO CREDIT: Allen Horcher Earning high point honors with a third-to-second heat race bid, Pursley...more

By POWRi PR (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The Penngrove, CA. native, Michael “Buddy” Kofoid found himself victorious at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the Charlene Meents Memorial to claim his ninth win on the 2021 season with the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League. Kofoid earned his second feature event on the three-day race weekend, he will aim to sweep the weekend tomorrow for the final night of the Meents Memorial at I-44. Cannon McIntosh and Jake Neuman brought the 24-car field to the...more

Belleville, IL. (9/22/21) After a highly successful change of location and extension of racing dates, the 17th Annual Charlene Meents presented by Priority Aviation Services LLC will once again tackle the red-clay and fast times of I-44 Riverside Speedway for a two-day open-wheel spectacle on October 15-16 honoring a groundbreaking innovator of the sport. Charlene Meents, a longtime officer, and race official for the MARA midgets served in all capacities, including President during her 27...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Jonathan Beason survived a frenzied 25-lap Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature atop the 1/5-mile Riverside I-44 Speedway clay oval on Saturday night to post his first series win of the year. The Broken Arrow racer fought off an early-race bid from Hank Davis before nursing an ailing powerplant over the final rounds to secure the victory aboard the Hard Eight Racing Ferguson Superstore No. 8J entry. “It has...more

(Image Credit: Jeff Taylor) Bryan Hulbert – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (March 26, 2018) Taking the Midget out for a spin, Blake Hahn ventured to I-44 Riverside Speedway for the POWRi Turn Pike Challenge with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets with a weekend result of twin Top-10 finishes in the Parker Lee Project/Toyota No. 52. “The weekend was okay. Seemed like we were just stuck in a hole each night having to come out of B-Mains but at least we finished in a paid position,” commented Hahn. “Both...more

Jody Rosenboom Racing hit the highbanks of I-44 Riverside Speedway, in Oklahoma City on Friday and Saturday night. The 5th Annual Turnpike Challenge was showcased with over 60 POWRi National Series/POWRi West Series Midget entries and the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League. On Friday, Jody Rosenboom picked up some spots in his heat moving from 7th to 5th in the second heat of the night. After making some minor adjustments to the car and engine, Rosenboom was able to take a modest...more

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