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(Photo by Mike Howard) OKLAHOMA CITY – Trekking to a race track he had never visited before, Bradley Fezard had no idea what to expect when arriving at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City on Friday. After one night of racing and a top-ten under his belt there that night, he was feeling confident about the second night of racing on Saturday. Unfortunately, a crash early in preliminary action consigned the Bonnerdale, Ark. resident to B-main action that he’d be unable to escape from. Friday...more

Despite chilly spring time temperatures courtesy a typical spring team cold front, over 110 teams gathered in southwest OKC to kick off the first night of the 14th Annual Fallen Racers Memorial. Fans that braved the elements were treated to an action packed show on good pace, as well. Keeping the draw open shortly past 6pm to allow travelers to cope with rush hour traffic typical of city sprawl, hot laps ensued with 16 heat races rung off in short order between 730 and 9pm. Following an...more

Cody Morris I-44 Riverside Speedway Official Release Saturday, June 14th, 2013 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Thrills and Spills were abundant in Round 10 of I-44 Riverside Speedway’s Inaugural Champions Cup and 72 teams signed in to battle it out on the semi banked, 1/5th mile red clay oval. Some news and notes before launching The Rundown. Father’s Day Weekend is just a great time for racing, and the program commenced on that very note as I-44 Riverside Speedway introduced a new wrinkle that will...more

Oklahoma City’s Palace of Speed has had a sensational, wild start to the 2014 season. Record fields, late nights, multiple wind storms, the list could go on for several paragraphs. But on the eve of a Memorial Holiday Weekend layover, we celebrated one of our favorite shows of the season, in the honor of a fan closer to our hearts than any other. Jeramiah Green is I-44 Riverside Speedway’s biggest fan. He very well may be racing’s biggest fan. At less than 1 year old, Jeramiah was diagnosed...more

The opening month of I-44 Riverside Speedway’s 2014 season received a makeover back on April 5th when the 13th Annual Ryan Craighead Memorial was rain delayed with four main events still on the card. It was time for Mother Nature to deliver some positives for Oklahoma City’s Place to Race, as the rainout setup a full month of special events to open the action on the red clay high banks of I-44 Riverside. A staggering 130 entries checked in for the weekly opener back on April 5th, which was...more

Bryan Hulbert – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (April 10, 2023) A shift in the 2023 lineups for the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division will see the series making the long-awaited return to I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Friday, April 14, and Saturday, April 15. Originally scheduled to be at Dallas County Speedway in Urbana, Mo., this weekend, ongoing repairs to extensive electrical damage at the facility will not be done in time. The...more

(Photo by Jessica Edmiston Photography) Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (June 2, 2020) – Brenham Crouch captured a top five and two top 10s during a busy weekend of racing, but most importantly he gained a book’s worth of knowledge. Crouch improved throughout his first three starts in a midget while making his debut with Keith Kunz Motorsports during the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League’s 7th annual Turnpike Challenge. “It was fierce competition and was harder than I thought it...more

(Photo by Danny the Shoe Clum Motorsports) Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (May 26, 2020) – Brenham Crouch is heading into one of the biggest weekends of his career. The young micro sprint competitor will make his midget debut for Keith Kunz Motorsports during the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League’s 7th annual Turnpike Challenge, which runs Thursday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla.; Friday and Saturday at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Sunday at Port...more

(Photo by Danny The Shoe Clum Motorsports) Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (March 30, 2021) – Last weekend yielded two wins and five podium finishes in five feature starts for Frank Flud, who pushed his win total to a half dozen triumphs in the month of March. Flud captured the Outlaw and Winged ‘A’ Class features on Saturday at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., after he finished second in both the Outlaw and Non-Wing main events the previous night. The POWRi Engler...more

Belleville, IL. (05/10/2021) Teams and Drivers of the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League are gearing up for their return to racing this coming Saturday, May 15th. I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, OK. will host the one-night event for the series. Alongside the POWRi West Midget Drivers, a handful of Micro Sprint classes will be on the docket as well. With five races in the books so far for the 2021 season, this will be the first race solely as a POWRi West show. The drivers will take...more