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By POWRi (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The Carl Junction Native- Andrew Felker gains his second POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League Victory of the Year at I-44 Riverside Speedway. A stacked 16-car field was on hand for the stand alone show aboard I-44. Starting the 25-lap main event on the front row outside, Andrew Felker launched his way to the lead on lap one around the top side. Chance Morton followed along in the second position, and Tristin Thomas, running in third as the red flag waved for the...more

By POWRi (Belleville, IL) -- POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League teams get to test their driving talents at the famous I-44 Riverside Speedway this weekend, Saturday, July 18th. Slated on the docket of fast racing excitement to also compete are the always exciting POWRi Micro's with Jr. Sprint, Restricted, A-Class Wing, and Non-Wing Micros all scheduled for side-by-side action this Saturday, July 18th. I-44 Riverside Speedway pits will be open at 4:30 pm with driver's meeting scheduled for 5:45...more

By POWRi West PR (Oklahoma City, OK) -- Trey Marcham Sweeps the weekend at I-44, capturing his first POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League Victory of the year. Marcham started the night off by winning heat race number three from the fourth position,which ultimately made him high point man for the night. Marcham started in the ninth position for the main event. By the end of the race Marcham had made his way to the top position to claim his first POWRi Victory of the 2020 season. Followed to 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

By POWRi PR (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues' two-day stint at I-44 Riverside Speedway during the seventh annual Turnpike Challenge would take center stage Saturday night as 58 distinct talents would check into the pits in hopes of gaining POWRi glory. In an action-packed slider-filled feature a new name has been added to the all-time win tally as Michael "Buddy" Kofoid would claim the night's top spot. The feature action was all over I-44 Riverside...more

By POWRi PR (Oklahoma City, OK) -- POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget competitors from all over would show up in huge numbers to Night 1 of the 7th Annual Turnpike Challenge at I-44 Riverside Speedway. With sixty-one total drivers signing into the pits the great racing action on track would keep fans in attendance on the edge of their seats the whole night as Logan Seavey would park his #19az in victory lane. Leading all thirty circuits around I-44 Riverside Speedway Logan Seavey would...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

By Brian Walker (Belleville, IL) -- 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

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (March 11, 2020) – For the first time since their POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League championship campaign in 2017, Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.), crew chief Flea Ruzic, and owner Steve Reynolds will reunite in POWRi action at Team Ripper. Racing the seventh annual Turnpike Challenge (March 26-29), Seavey will drive the No. 21KS with Ruzic on the wrenches when the season opener heads for Creek County Speedway, I-44 Riverside Speedway and Port City Raceway in Oklahoma. A...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (March 11, 2020) – Since joining the Turnpike Challenge in 2017, the Oklahoma mini-series has been the annual season opener for the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League. That remains the same in 2020 when the mighty micros support the National / West Midgets at a quartet of events racing from Creek County Speedway (March 26), I-44 Riverside Speedway (March 27-28) and Port City Raceway (March 29). Parity has been king for the Outlaw Micros since their debut in 2017,...more