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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

After a very long winter Jack Hall Racing is ready for our Season Opener with two nights of racing beginning this Friday & Saturday Nights 4/6 - 4/7 with the "5th Annual Red Dirt Classic" at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City! We would like to give all of our Fantastic Sponsors a great big THANK YOU for helping us once again this year. Thanks also to Brady at Metric Cycles in Tulsa for helping with our new power plant. Please support ours and all Sponsors you may see on the side of our...more

Inside Line Promotions – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (March 28, 2018) – Zac Taylor fought a couple of gremlins last weekend when he competed in the 5th annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway. The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series event drew more than 60 midgets from across the country and Taylor had a lot of confidence going into the weekend following his most successful effort to date in the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals last January. Unfortunately, brake issues on Friday...more

(Gary Pigg Photography) Oklahoma City, OK | March 27, 2018 - It was the ultimate act of selflessness from Tyler Courtney, as he took into account the best interest of young Zeb Wise ahead of his own at I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday night. Following a bitter series of unfortunate events that took away Wise's chance at his first National Midget victory on Friday and then eliminated him from Saturday's race in the C-Main, "Sunshine" decided to scratch from his fourth-place starting spot and...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

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