2016 POWRi/ILLINI Division II Midget Series Schedule
 

Millstadt, IL – The 2016 POWRi/ILLINI Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series Schedule has been released. With 29 events on tap for the inaugural season under the POWRi Racing banner, the series known as the ILLINI Racing Series has joined forces with POWRi in their 25th year of operation. The POWRi/ILLINI Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series has been created to help sustain a budget-minded racing series across the Midwest. “This is a great opportunity to celebrate our 25 years of racing by combining forces with POWRi,” said LaVerne Spencer, President of the ILLINI Racing Series. “I am looking forward to the excitement and energy we have in store for the drivers and race teams with our new rule package.”

After a successful inaugural showing at Jacksonville Speedway on October 9th in 2015, it would only be fitting the series to kick off 2016 back at Jacksonville Speedway on Friday, April 8th and come full circle with a two day season finale on October 14th and 15th. With an eventful inaugural schedule, the D II Midget Series will split their time amongst the tracks of Lincoln, Macon, Jacksonville, Belleville and Sycamore with special standout events amongst all tracks, a special fair race at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Champaign, Illinois on Friday, July 22nd and the Illinois SPEED Week event at Quincy Raceways. For the Champaign County Fairgrounds event, the D II Midgets will join the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series on the opening night of the Champaign County Fair.

The most highly anticipated week of racing in Illinois, the Illinois SPEED Week is going on its fifth year of operation. The D II Midgets will be joining Illinois SPEED Week with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series. Starting off Illinois SPEED Week at Belle-Clair Speedway on Wednesday, June 8th, the series will then head to Quincy Raceways on Thursday, June 9th. On Friday, June 10th Illinois SPEED Week will venture to Jacksonville Speedway before making the short jaunt to Macon Speedway on Saturday, June 11th. Illinois SPEED Week will conclude at Lincoln Speedway on Sunday, June 12th, resulting in the first D II Illinois SPEED Week Champion.

The 2016 season will conclude with a two day show at Jacksonville Speedway on October 14th and 15th resulting in the crowning of the inaugural POWRi/ILLINI Lucas Oil Division II Midget Series Champion.

Printable schedules can be found under the DOWNLOADS link located at the top of POWRi web site. 2016 POWRi/ILLINI Division II membership information will be released within the upcoming month.

Fri, April 8 Jacksonville Speedway
Fri, April 15 Lincoln Speedway - Season Opener
Fri, April 22 Jacksonville Speedway - National Midgets & Micro's
Sat, April 23 Macon Speedway - National Midgets & Micro's
Fri, May 6 Lincoln Speedway – Mother’s Day Special
Sat, May 7 Sycamore Speedway Sycamore, IL
Fri, May 13 Jacksonville Speedway
Fri, May 20 Lincoln Speedway - All Star Sprints
Mon, May 30 Macon Speedway - Night of NASCAR Stars
Sat, June 4 Sycamore Speedway Sycamore, IL
Wed, June 8 Belle-Clair - Illinois SPEED Week
Thu, June 9 Quincy Speedway - Illinois SPEED Week
Fri, June 10 Jacksonville Speedway - Illinois SPEED Week
Sat, June 11 Macon Speedway - Illinois SPEED Week
Sun, June 12 Lincoln Speedway - Illinois SPEED Week
Fri, June 24 Lincoln Speedway - Fallen Heroes Night
Sat, July 9 Sycamore Speedway Sycamore, IL
Fri, July 15 Lincoln Speedway - MOWA Sprints
Fri, July 22 Champaign County Fairgrounds
Fri, July 29 Lincoln Speedway - Raminator Monster Truck Night
Sat, July 30 Macon Speedway - Taylorville Night
Sat, Aug 6 Sycamore Speedway
Fri, Aug 12 Lincoln Speedway
Fri, Aug 26 Jacksonville Speedway
Sat, Aug 27 Macon Speedway
Fri, Sept 2 Lincoln Speedway
Sat, Sept 24 Macon Speedway
Fri, Oct 14 Jacksonville Speedway
Sat, Oct 15 Jacksonville Speedway

For more information, visit www.powri.com.
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Contact:
Derek Schuett
POWRi Media
info@powri.com

What is this "budget minded series " purse going to be ?

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Will the original IRS still have any pavement races???

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The Champaign County Fairgrounds date is interesting. I can’t imagine they’ll be racing on the half mile. A smaller track to be built in the infield?

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Is this the same series that ran DOT tires?

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They did...allowed restricted "national" type engines for the last few years or so...VWs, Quad-4s, & stuff like that were popular in the early seasons...

29 races for a d2 budget minded series doesn't quite add up to me.....

Neither does dry sumps,individual runner injection and connecting rods ?

Awsome schedule

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What; your "only" talking like $4500-5000 for those items...lol. "2.4ever"

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They built a quarter mile in the infield last summer and ran stock cars at the fair last year to kind of test the waters.

From what I gather from the rules, those items are not mandatory. Also there is a bunch of those parts already out there from rre and jet as well as zero. What sense would it make to not allow it when it makes up about 3/4 of what's already out there. Crying the blues on here makes you look pretty foolish. No one says you have to have it. Even the focus has individual runner. With stock ports and cams doubt the bolt on's will make very much difference. So why don't you give it a shot before you go shooting it down!

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Great article by Derek Schuett that puts POWRI in connection with LaVerne Spencer of the Illini Racing Series going forward in 2016.
Keep the Media updates coming Derek .

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I don't think anyone is crying any blues. Some facts were stated / questioned. The word "mandatory" was only used in this quoted post.

If the rules say you can have it, I bet Keith Kunz would have it though (I know this form of midget racing isn't supposed to be about keith kunz; but there are 100s of those that want to be him of this form of racing; & the rules are quickly allowing those that aspire to be that & have the means, to spend $1000s on their "junkyard" engines; when it woulda been simpler to control things from the start...especially on items that can be teched by looking at a car from 10 ft away - not the connecting rod part...lol - but it happens everywhere all the time; so anyone who has been around forms of racing that were supposed to "stock"; wouldn't be surprised anyway...).

I do think the suppliers mentioned should post the retail cost of all the allowed items - of the parts NEW (Keith Kunz doesn't put used parts on his Tulsa cars I don't think...lol).

Ecotec parts are also available at www.mwrtechnology.com

I don't know how the rules are allowing that. I read them 3 times to make sure. This is hardly the start of it from what I read in the article on the first page, Seems to be the next chapter. I think the misconception is exactly what you said. This is a production based series not a junk yard series. I believe the scream focus package sold for $8500 when it was around. The simple fact is that everything cost money. Looking at the rules it seems to limit hp and cost in the parts in the long block. This is the money you don't get back when engines go kaboom. Doubt rods or valve springs are doing to gain hp over stock. Ports and cams are going to keep everyone even. No you don't tech those from 10 feet away but keeps the "want to be" Keith Kunzs from out performing the average racer. What D2 engine do you have?

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O.E.M. 1974 Chevy2 steel block, head, & crank. Sleeved it up & put real small pistons it in. I'm all in. Looking for partners that would be interesting in supporting this effort so we can support this form of racing, at least in the Northern IL & WI areas. I don't know how to adapt EFI to it, so we will be using mechanical injection from that era too. My 1995 Gaerte is a purpose built race engine, so as of this week, it may be down the road though.

I agree though, POWRi didn't "start" this. My thoughts were on how the whole form was allowed to grow from lots of people saying "all you gotta do is go to the junkyard & get an engine now"...which I know you still CAN; like the other post said, when the rules allow $1000s of aftermarket items to be added, it is no longer $600 engine packages (that will be finishing up front weekly / at the RPM that would keep them together all season / etc)

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Viva "Iron Duke"

If the rules are general enough the good engine program will soon rise to the top, It might be a little harder to float the Chevy II.:) Right now it is the GM Ecotec next year If Keith Jr. finds something better everybody will be racing that. If the rules Specify the only engine that is allowed then everybody gets in a rut and the guy with the biggest wallet wins.

They want 20 grand to build an 82" x 10" tire mold.

Honest Dad himself:6::6: