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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 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

(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

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

By Lonnie Wheatley (Indianapolis, IN) -- With no lucky four-leaf clover to be found in Du Quoin, Tyler Courtney now shifts his attention to this weekend’s season-opening POWRi Midget “Turnpike Challenge” at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway. It will mark Sunshine’s second visit to the cozy 1/5-mile clay oval aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing Driven2SaveLives/Indiana Donor Network No. 7bc Midget after taking in the opening portion of the event last year. Courtney showed speed in last...more