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Jody Rosenboom Racing is headed south for this week's season opening four day event with the POWRi National Midgets. The team will be fielding two cars starting Thursday, March 21st at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The series will then head south to I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City for the two day event on Friday and Saturday. Teams will then head back north to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they will hope to finish off the Turnpike Challenge on a strong note at Port City...more

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – In the late stages of the winter offseason, Overland Park, Kan. native Luke Howard has entered the running for the 2019 POWRi National Midget League season. Pairing with Chad Shields Racing, Howard will be behind the wheel of a Fontana-powered Hyper Racing entry, chasing the 42 nights of competition with the Belleville, Ill. based series. Additionally, Howard plans to fill off-weekends with action in sprint car and micro sprint competition, and may include events from the...more

(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 (Belleville, IL) -- In just one month's time, the POWRi Lucas Oil National & West Midget League will kick start what is slated to be the biggest season in league history with the sixth annual Turnpike Challenge. The traditional season opening event for a handful of years, the "Sooner State" special returns to first on the docket in 2019 as the event is bigger and better than ever. Running from Thursday, March 21 through Sunday, March 24, this year's Turnpike Challenge features a...more

By POWRi (Belleville, IL) -- The always exciting Turnpike Challenge dates have been set for 2019. The Sixth Annual event has been expanded into four nights of racing with a back-up week in the event of inclement weather. With both the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues in attendance, as well as the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, this week will definitely be one you won't want to miss. The week will open on Thursday, March 21st at Creek County Speedway in...more

Belleville, IL – The always exciting Turnpike Challenge dates have been set for 2019. The Sixth Annual event has been expanded into four nights of racing with a back-up week in the event of inclement weather. With both the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues in attendance, as well as the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, this week will definitely be one you won’t want to miss. The week will open on Thursday, March 21st at Creek County Speedway in Kellyville,...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA makes its final stop of the season atop Oklahoma City’s 1/5-mile clay oval I-44 Riverside Speedway at this Saturday night’s “Twister Nationals”. Saturday’s card that goes green at 7:00 p.m. marks the sixth event of the year at I-44 Riverside Speedway for the POWRi West Midgets after last month’s card fell victim to Mother Nature. The 23rd round of competition on the 2018 season...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Oklahoma City, OK) -- It will be an action-packed Saturday night at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA makes a return to the 1/5-mile clay oval. The 23rd round of competition on the 2018 season for the POWRi West Midget League also marks the ninth round of Sooner Series competition. Saturday’s I-44 Riverside Speedway tilt will count toward POWRi West Sooner Series points as well as POWRi West...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Flirting with a potential victory lane visit during much of the season, Cannon McIntosh put it all together on Saturday night to become the 13th different Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA feature winner of the year by topping the 25-lap main event at I-44 Riverside Speedway. After earning the BOSS Performance High Point Driver of the Night in heat race action aboard the RL Hudson/Toyota-TRD No. 08 entry, the...more