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I just got the 2012 POWRi schedule. Some dates which particularly interested me:

June 2 - Hut 100 at Haubstadt. Looks like USAC and POWRi are going to cooperate this year.
Nothing scheduled during Indiana Midget Week.
Aug. 17 - Macon
Aug. 18 - Lincoln
Aug. 19 - Angel Park (co-sanctioned with USAC)
This is the weekend of the Silver Crown at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Once again this year we have midgets at Macon on Friday night, Silver Crown at Springfield Saturday day and Midgets at Lincoln (less than 30 miles from the state fairground) Saturday night and USAC and POWRi at Angel Park on Sunday night.
Sept. 1 - DuQuoin (Silver Crown at DuQuoin on Sept. 2)
Sept. 29 - Macon
Oct. 4-6 - Gold Crown Nationals - nothing listed
Oct. 12-13 - Belleville

As of now, they aren't scheduling the Gold Crown, but at least not scheduling against. On the positive side, they do have races scheduled the weekend before and after the Gold Crown in case some visiting teams want to stay and race some more.

All in all, looks better to me than last year did. Glad to see the two main midget sanctioning bodies cooperating again.

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Where can we get a look at the whole schedule Frank?

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The September 1st Du Quoin date won't be run on The Mile, will it? Surely it will be run indoors at the Southern Illinois Center.

Wow, the Macon-Lincoln-State Fair weekend will be a race fans delight. We'll be able to attend 4 good quality shows in less than a 48 hour period less than 50 miles apart. 2 Poweri races, a Silver Crown 100 miler and an ARCA race. Something for just about everybody!

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Sorry, my bad. Go to www.powri.com

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Where? All I get is a link to the 2011 schedule. I even went to thier facebook page, and did not find it.

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Frank,

You probably got your schedule in an e-mail from Wanda Knepper, just as I did. When I opened the PDF file the page displayed horizontally instead of vertically and I don't know how to rotate it.Did you have the same issue?

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I rotated it, but I don't know how to transfer it to IOW.

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John,

I have the schedule in a PDF file, but I don't know how to put it on here.

Forward the email to me, johnny.murdock@yahoo.com

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You could try copy and paste.

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Not quite so simple from a pdf file. Its a graphoc not text. I tried to attach the pdf but Bill has a size limit set for them and its too big

2012 POWRi Midget Schedule - Found on other site.
 

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Those dates don't even match up to weekends. I think that was last years schedule.

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Definitely last years schedule......

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www.racindirt.com had it but it appears they had the wrong schedule posted as well. Thanks I'll search for the correct schedule.

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2012 Powri Schedule, picked up at the Chili Bowl:

March 16# - Cowtown Speedway, Kennedale, TX (Midget Stampede)
March 17# - Cowtown Speedway, Kennedale, TX (Midget Stampede)
March 24 - Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, IL
April 27 - Jacksonville Speedway, Jacksonville, IL
April 28 - Jacksonville Speedway, Jacksonville, IL
May 4 - Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, MO
May 5 - Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, MO
May 18 - Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, IL
May 19 - Peoria Speedway, Peoria, IL
June 1 - Fayette County Speedway, Brownstown, IN
June 2@ - Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, IN (Hut 100)
June 8 - Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, MO
June 9 - Springfield Raceway, Springfield, MO
June 22 - Lincoln Speedway, Lincoln, IL
June 23 - Macon Speedway, Macon, IL
July 14 - Wilmot Raceway, Wilmot, WI
July 15 - Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, WI
July 27 - Solomon Valley Raceway, Beloit, KS (Chad McDaniel Memorial)
July 28 - Junction Motor Speedway, McCool Junction, NE (Cornhusker Midget Challenge)
August 12 - Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, IL (Knepper Memorial)
August 17* - Macon Speedway, Macon, IL (Dana Godfrey Memorial)
August 18* - Lincoln Speedway, Lincoln, IL
August 19@ - Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, WI (Cornfest)
September 14 - Jacksonville Speedway, Jacksonville, IL
September 15 - Spoon River Speedway, Canton, IL (Tom Knowles Memorial)
September 29 - Macon Speedway, Macon, IL
October 12 - Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, IL (Lucas Oil on the Edge - SPEED Channel)
October 13 - Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, IL (Lucas Oil on the Edge - SPEED Channel)

Co-Sanction - @USAC, *BMARA, #RMMRA

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I can see myself having to leave work early a couple times,and having to tell the boss that I have a Dr's appointment with Dr. Belle Clair in Belleville,Ilinois for methanol addiction treatment.....

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Just make sure you don't shorten it to a meth addiction. Employers look down on such things.

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With gas prices where they are, meth addiction could possibly be cheaper.:3:

Jerry

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The schedule Kansasdirtfan posted doesn't include the Sept. 1st Du Quoin date that dirtnonwingfan mentioned in the first post.

Just wondered which is correct.

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This schedule also does not have the Sunday race July 29th at US36 Speedway, but when you go to the track web page it has it listed.

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Thanks for posting this. I didn't know how to transfer the schedule to this thread.

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Well, I certainly apologize for starting this thread and causing all this confusion. Yes, I did get my information from an email from Wanda Knepper. I would encourage everyone to sign up for her emails. You can do this at the POWRi merchandise trailer. It appears to me that Wanda stays up after every POWRi event and writes up intelligent, informative, entertaining reports on the night's activities. You have a reports on the previous evening's activities waiting for you in your inbox when you awake (assuming normal sleep patterns). She has put out their 2012 schedule, even if the POWRi web master obviously hasn't.

It appears there has already been changes to the schedule released at the CB. The schedule above has them racing at Jacksonville both April 27 & 28 while the one I got this morning has them at Macon the 28th. Also added is July 29 at US 36 Raceway in Cameron MO as well as the Sept. 1 date at DuQuoin. I find the Jacksonville IL dates interesting. Last night I had a short conversation about Jacksonville with a local racer and also someone who worked there last year. I asked if they had heard whether it was going to be open and they had heard nothing definite. Can anyone shed more light on this?

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That 1st little Belleville race looks perfect for my 1st trip there.

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Frank there was some postings on another board about Jacksonville opening this year as of now it will not be open every week they had some specials booked looks like powri series was one of them now they said there should be some more information being posted soon about the 2012 season.

Looks like there will be another indoor race at the mini mile at the end of march now will have to hope they have the track the same way it was in December the feature racing was great video to watch.

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I also think the April 28 date is at Macon, not a 2 night show at Jacksonville, but not positive.

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You are correct. The April 28 date is indeed at Macon. Data entry error in care of yours truly. Sorry for the confusion.

I'm not too surprised the schedule is already showing signs of change. Isn't that the way it usually goes? The dates I posted are from a schedule sheet picked up at the POWRI souvenir trailer at Tulsa.

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From what I heard, Jacksonville is not opening every week. They are having some specials, mostly Midwest Open Wheel Monster Energy 410 series and the POWRi shows. I'm pretty sure that's it.

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You are correct. As one of the people involved in the effort to open Jacksonville, at this point we have committed to running a couple of POWRi shows, a handful of MOWA shows and perhaps a few others.

There are many logistics to work through, but we have committed to open the doors for these events so one way or another the doors will be open. If at some point someone else comes along who is capable of keeping the track open for the long term, our group of locals will gladly step aside and allow them to do it.

When a track that sits in the middle of a town stops making noise for a whole summer, the chances of it ever being able to make noise again are not good. So we plan on making sure some noise continues this summer in the hopes that at some point the right person comes along to take over the reigns.

As one of the people involved in the formation of the MOWA series, at this point last year we didn't even yet have the idea of forming a racing series and still pulled it off with time to spare. Surely we have plenty of time to get things together to open a race track for 8-10 nights.

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@bloard i hope nothing but the best for you guys. Hopefully a season like this summer with great open wheel shows will rejuvenate the track and those that are a part of it. Good luck, see ya this summer!

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I too hope the best for Jacksonville, I love the place. It is close, which is always a positive. It's a racy little bullring that is usually really well prepared. I've seen some real barnburners there over the years, and I hope that will continue for many more.

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no indoor race at DuQuion in march :(?!?1

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BLOARD and his associates should be commended for their efforts regarding Jacksonville...nice racy little joint that works great for every type of openwheel car from 600cc micros all the way up to winged or nonwing 410 sprinters.

Taking over a track to run a few specials is much more difficult than it seems...probably harder than trying to run a track weekly. When you are weekly you can hire people and commit to them being able to come to work every Friday or Saturday night...it's harder to hire concession help, ticket takers, push trucks, etc if there isn't as much consistency in their work hours. The people you hire learn their jobs quickly and easily if they get to do it every weekend but only 6-8 times over a season lets them get rusty or forget exactly what they did the last time...When you go weekly you get a better feel for track prep needs than if you just run a few times a year...etc etc etc..

And an average spectator at a weekly track knows that any Friday night he decides to go have some fun there's going to be a show...other than looking at the sky and forecast there's not much planning involved on his part. A specials only track really has to be smart and thorough with the advertising to insure that casual fans, new fans and hardcore fans alike are aware of whats coming and when its coming.

Bloard and his posse are stepping up for the good of the town, the facility, the racers and the fans in a big way....I hope many many people out of each group do their best to support the venture...

Best of luck guys...even though its a 6 hour oneway drive for me I will try my damndest to make one of the PowrI shows..

Now I just wish somebody would step up and try to do something similar with the track at Godfrey.

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Unfortunately Godfrey is now long gone....

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I thought that the track at Godfrey closed and warehousing was built on that site?

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It is now a concrete batch plant, being used for nearby highway construction on the I-255 extention, among other things.....:15:

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If anyone can make Jacksonville Speedway go, it is the people who got MOWA up and going last year. In a very few months we went from the announcement of a new organization to that organization's first few races getting coverage in a half hour weekly TV show, not to mention an excellent web site. Illinois Sprint Week, crowds, excellent fields, nationally known racers and the many talented local racers we have in Illinois, an exceptional first year. I feel lots better knowing they are trying to do something with Jacksonville. Best of luck and may you have large fields and huge crowds.

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I didn't mean to imply that it's all the same people between MOWA and Jacksonville Speedway. Many, many people worked hard to help MOWA get off the ground who are not involved in the Jacksonville effort simply because the speedway project is something that primarily requires the involvement of people who live in Jacksonville. But each of the 4-5 primary people involved with opening the speedway were involved with MOWA in some capacity. A couple of us were also involved in some capacity with the speedway last year.

The speedway lost Bobby and Cathy Hawks as promoters who are great friends of all of us involved in keeping it open. We are trying to keep as much as the rest of the team in place as possible and do our best to fill their very large areas of responsibility both at and away from the track.

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The July 29 date at US 36 Speedway is indeed correct. The DuQouin sept. date will be in the Southern Ill Center and was finalized the day after the schedule was released. The Knepper Memorial date for a Sunday night is also correct due to a change in Fair dates. The March BV date will be a split show with Modifieds and the May date will be a split show with Late Models. Notice only 1 day at McCool Junction this year and the 2 day show at BV has been moved to cooler weather in October.

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Maybe Morty will show at the March show at Little Belleville,so he can be "Mortified". Of course He might have to get "All Mortied up" beforehand!:D:D:D:D:D

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I was hoping for the usual Wednesday night for this year only because it would tie in well with other racing plans that week,but thats ok. Come hell or high water I will be there for the Knepper Memorial. At least I wont have to quit my job to be there like I did a few years ago when my boss at the time wouldnt allow me a few hrs off so I could make it there and back and catch 20 winks in between before work the next day!

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I was hoping there would be 2-3 shows at Granite City on this year's schedule......

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I'm already looking forward to Springfield weekend. I hope more fans do too regardless of weather forecasts which ended up being wrong last year. Lincoln had awesome track prep and the mile was better too. Reminds me of the old little Springfield deal.