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Re: POWRi promoting Angel Park
Originally Posted by Vukie: POWRi National Midget Champion Felker Heads To Australia Author: POWRi BRISBANE, Australia (Oct. 16, 2012)—Reigning POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series champion Andrew Felker will make his debut in the POWRi Australian Speedcar Super Series Saturday at quarter-mile Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway. The 19-year-old from Carl Junction, Mo., will be a teammate with CJR Motorsport regular driver Jason Bell in the opening round at Archerfield and second round on Oct. 27 at Charlton Raceway in Toowoomba, also located in the state of Queensland in eastern Australia. Felker will drive a Mopar-powered Brekka prepared by CJR, headed by team principal Colin Bell. It will be the first time Felker has traveled out of the United States. “I’m excited,” he said. “It will be a cool experience. I definitely want to go and represent POWRi well. It will be fun getting the series known in Australia.” Danny Felker, Andrew’s father and crew chief in POWRi National Midgets, will also make the trip Down Under. “I’m sure he’ll work on the car with the Bell team,” Andrew said. Felker had a breakthrough season in winning his first POWRi National Midget title. He won his first feature at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway on May 19 and his second at Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway on July 14. Felker had a total of six top-fives and 15 top-10s and started the feature in all 29 events in 2012. The event at Archerfield will also be the first under POWRi sanction for the Australian Speedcar Super Series. Alex Bright, a 21-year-old from Collegeville, Pa., is also going to race at Archerfield and Charlton. He’s the only other American in the field which includes defending series champion Mark Brown and former champion Nathan Smee. For more information, go to www.POWRi.com. Contact: Tim Tuttle POWRi Racing Media Director Office: 765 246-6335 Cell: 765 721-7599 timetuttle@aol.com |
Re: POWRi promoting Angel Park
Originally Posted by Vukie: You must be Psychic Russ....... POWRi sanctions Australian, New Zealand series with ambition to grow Midget racing in worldwide prominence MILLSTADT, Ill. (Oct. 29, 2012)—The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series has entered into a multi-year agreement to sanction the POWRi Lucas Oil Australian Speedcar Super Series and the POWRi Lucas Oil New Zealand Midget Super Series. The three series will operate under the same technical regulations and procedures. It establishes a platform for a Midget World Championship, which POWRi expects to organize for the 2013-14 season. “Our goal is to grow midget racing internationally and increase its prestige, purses and participation across the board,” POWRi co-founder Kenny Brown said. “With our opposite seasons, we can race year round. We hope to foster increased international competition, with American drivers going to New Zealand and Australia and New Zealand and Australian drivers coming to America. We have already seen some of that the past two years with Michael Pickens and Nathan Smee racing in POWRi and other premier events. “We are working on a plan for a series of races in Australia, New Zealand and the United States that would form a world championship series with the winner becoming world champion.” Kiwi Pickens, a five-time New Zealand champion, won four straight POWRi National Midget features over the past two years and also has wins in 2005 and 2007. Australian Smee finished seventh at Springfield, Mo., in one of his two events this season. New Zealand’s Leyton Kendall drove in four POWRi National events in 2011 with a top finish of 14th in the feature at Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill. Reigning POWRi National Midget champion Andrew Felker of Carl Junction, Mo.,drove in the opening two events of the POWRi Australian championship. He was a 17th/DNF in the feature at Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway in Brisbane on Oct. 20 and 15th/DNF at Charlton Raceway in Toowoomba on Oct. 27. Alex Bright of Collegeville, Pa., won at Charlton and was 18th/DNF at Archerfield Speedway. He was the only other American in the field. For further information, visit www.POWRi.com. |
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