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BELLEVILLE, ILL. (March 6, 2020) – With over half of their schedule (15 of 27 races) aligning with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in co-sanctioned events, each and every showdown for the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League is crucial in not only the championship chase, but valued experience against the nation’s best. Starting each year at home, the West racers come into the Turnpike Challenge with the slight advantage of racing on home turf, an edge that has proven invaluable on a...more

By POWRi Racing (Belleville, IL) -- Quickly morphing into a marquee event on the POWRi calendar, the Turnpike Challenge has experienced a meteoric rise to national prominence since debuting in 2014. A thrilling four-race swing throughout the "Sooner State," the 2020 TPC is only three weeks away from kick starting a new campaign for the POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midgets and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League. From Creek County to I-44 to Port City, teams will be tested...more

By Jordan DeLucia, Xtreme Outlaw Midgets Series (Oklahoma City, OK) -- When the pressure turned up, the heroes emerged Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: Jacy Norgaard It was a nail-biting conclusion to the inaugural season for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota, where the first-ever repeat winner was found and the first-ever champion was crowned by the end of the night. Jade Avedisian all 35 laps of the 18th annual Charlene Meents Memorial to become the...more

By Jordan DeLucia, Xtreme Midget Series (Oklahoma City, OK) -- He’s been one of the most dominant forces in Dirt Midget racing this season, and he’s just broken through with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota. PHOTO CREDIT: Jacy Norgaard Cannon McIntosh led the last 22 laps of Friday’s portion of the 18th annual Charlene Meents Memorial at I-44 Riverside Speedway to collect his 15th national Midget win of the year. The victory also extended the different winners streak to nine...more

Belleville, IL. (5/17/23) Arising scheduling conflicts coinciding with the upcoming I-44 Riverside Speedway appearance have caused the POWRi West Midget League to postpone the Saturday, May 20th visit with I-44 Riverside Speedway’s weekly racing program moving forward as planned. POWRi West Midget League Series officials are currently assessing the remaining 2023 stand-alone schedule with updates pending verification with hosting venues, future yearly revisions will be announced once...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

I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK – 7/28 Fischer Racing effectively had a home race this past Saturday at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway. The POWRi West midget series is just past the mid-season point where are sitting 6th in the standings. Twenty-three cars showed up for the 1-day show at the ¼ mile red dirt track and the Flying Tee Golf sponsored #24 was ready for a great night of racing! With a random draw for starting positions, our driver Hunter Fischer drew another...more

Dead last. That’s how Trey Marcham started out an exciting night of racing at I-44 Riverside Speedway on Saturday evening. Midget drivers from across the region joined together to raise money for Grady Chandler and his family at POWRi West’s #DoItForGrady benefit race, hosted in Chandler’s home state of Oklahoma. Starting in the last position of his heat race, Marcham demonstrated his quick reflexes and witty moves on the track as he drove from 7th to 2nd to secure his spot as the high point...more

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (August 14, 2019) – Returning to form this weekend, the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League splits the slate between the 918 and the 405. Following a Friday appearance at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., the league heads to I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City on Saturday night for the season’s most meaningful race, the Grady Chandler Benefit. Scheduled to open the weekend at Sapulpa’s Creek County Speedway, the POWRi West combatants will tackle the CCS...more