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Belleville, IL (3/29/22) Ready to get the racing season underway with stand-alone events in 2022, teams within the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Realty Connect will first see League competition at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City Oklahoma on Saturday, April 9th. Competition at I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday, April 9th includes the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Realty Connect, Jr. Jr. Sprint Trophy Class, POWRi Junior Sprint Micros, POWRi...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Michael “Buddy” Kofoid notched his second straight Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League feature victory at I-44 Riverside Speedway, leading every lap on the way to wrapping up the Ninth Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean. PHOTO CREDIT: Danny Clum Checking in a stout field of twenty-two Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League competitors for the final night of the season-opening weekend of racing would witness Chance Crum clock the...more

By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Michael “Buddy” Kofoid would rise to the occasion at I-44 Riverside Speedway, rallying in the last corner of the last lap to edge out Christopher Bell for the Lucas Oil POWRi National & West Midget League feature victory on Night Two of the Turnpike Challenge presented by SuperClean. PHOTO CREDIT:Danny Clum With a stout entry list of twenty-three competitors signing into the event, Christopher Bell would set the top-time in hot lap competition at 11.254-seconds...more

Belleville, IL. (3/21/22) Returning to his racing roots as the only Oklahoma native with a NASCAR victory, Christopher Bell will once again test his open-wheel talents in the upcoming Ninth Annual POWRi Turnpike Challenge presented by Super Clean at Port City Raceway and I-44 Riverside Speedway on March 24-26. Currently sitting third in the all-time win column, with twenty-nine career POWRi National Midget League feature victories, Christopher Bell aims to repeat successes of the past with his...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

Belleville, IL. (3/1/22) 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

By Brian Walker, World of Outlaws PR (Indianapolis, IN) -- World Racing Group CEO Brian Carter delivered groundbreaking news Saturday afternoon at the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis. The company known as the global leader in dirt track racing — home to the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars, World of Outlaws Late Models, Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds, DIRTcar Racing, and more — will expand in 2022 with the addition of Midgets and Non-Wing Sprint...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

Emilio Hoover from Jenks, Oklahoma, added his name to the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League record book Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway by leading wire to wire en route to his first career Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League Feature Event. Starting from the pole position, Hoover put his Team Ripper No. 21 out front early. Mason Daugherty, Kyle Jones, and Tanner Berryhill all followed close behind him and battled for positions. Berryhill took a few shots at a pass for the lead, only...more