[Andrew S. Quinn]

POWRi National Midgets schedule all-time high 41 events

MILLSTADT, Ill. (Jan. 11, 2014)-The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series has scheduled an all-time high of 41 events for the 2014 season including the $10,000-to-win Great Clips Jason Leffler Memorial at Wayne County (Ill.) Speedway on Aug. 27.

The season begins on March 21 at I-44 Speedway in Oklahoma City and concludes Oct. 11 at Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway. It includes the final eight events of the inaugural POWRi Lucas Oil Midget World Championship, the four-event Illinois Speed Week Championship and the three-event Ford Eco-Boost Challenge. There are also POWRi's traditional events honoring those who have contributed to the rich history of midget racing, including the Arnie Knepper Memorial on Aug. 10 at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill.

"We've put together a very exciting schedule that combines the new elements of the world championship, Illinois Speed Week and tracks in Indiana and Missouri with our established venues in Illinois and our recent additions in Wisconsin, Missouri and Oklahoma," POWRi co-founder Kenny Brown said. "We're a grass roots series with world class midget racing."

POWRi's world championship began in New Zealand and continues in Australia later in January. After a hiatus, it returns on May 24 at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis., and runs through June 8 at Belle-Clair. Illinois Speed Weeks at Jacksonville on June 5, Lincoln Speedway on June 6, Macon Speedway on June 7 and June 8 at Belle-Clair race concurrently with the world championship.

Indiana tracks host the Ford Eco-Boost Challenge at Bloomington Speedway on May 30, Brownstown Speedway on May 31 and Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt on June 28.

POWRi will co-sanction six events with the United States Auto Club's Honda National Midgets, starting with the Kokomo (Ind.) Grand Prix on April 11-12. POWRi and USAC will also co-sanction the Belleville Bash on May 10, the Pepsi Nationals at Angell Park on July 5-6 and Cornfest on Aug. 17 at Angell Park. Badger Midgets will also co-sanction the July 5-6 and Aug. 17 events at Angell Park.

POWRi and Badger Midgets will co-sanction 10 (including the three at Angell Park) events: April 4 at Lincoln, April 25 at Jacksonville, April 26 at Macon, May 24-25 at Angell Park, July 11 at Lincoln and July 12 at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway.

POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series 2014 schedule:

March 21-+I-44 Speedway, Oklahoma City;
March 22-+I-44 Speedway, Oklahoma City;
March 23-+Port City Speedway, Tulsa;
April 4-*Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway;
April 5-Wayne County Speedway, Wayne City, Ill.;
April 11--@Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway;
April 12--@Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway;
April 25--@Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway;
April 26--*Macon (Ill.) Speedway;
May 2--+Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, Mo.;
May 3--+Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo.;
May 10--@Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, Ill;
May 16-Fayette County Speedway, Brownstown, Ill.;
May 17-Macon (Ill.) Speedway;
May 24--*Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wis.;
May 25--*Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wis.;
May 30-Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway;
May 31-Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway;
June 5-Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway;
June 6-Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway;
June 7-Macon (Ill.) Speedway;
June 8-Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, Ill.;
June 27-Wayne County Speedway, Wayne City, Ill;
June 28-Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, Ind.;
July 5--*@Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wis.;
July 6--*@Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wis.;
July 11--*Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway;
July 12--*Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway;
July 18-Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, Ill.;
July 19-St. Francois County Raceway, Farmington, Mo.;
Aug. 10-Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, Ill.;
Aug. 15-Lincoln (lll.) Speedway;
Aug. 16-Macon (Ill.) Speedway;
Aug. 17--*@Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wis.;
Aug. 27-Wayne County Speedway, Wayne City, Ill.;
Sept. 6-Macon (Ill.) Speedway;
Sept. 7-Belle-Clair Speedway, Belleville, Ill;
Sept. 12-Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway;
Sept. 13-Spoon River Speedway, Canton, Ill;
Oct. 10-Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway;
Oct. 11-Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway.

Co-sanctioned by @United States Auto Club, *Badger Midgets, +POWRi Lucas Oil West.

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[SpfldMile]

Pretty ambitious. I hope to make several again this year.

[dirtnonwingfan]

Great schedule. One question: is the Sept. 6 date at Macon for sure? I picked up Macon's schedule today at the Midwest Speed Expo and it listed the race Sept. 6 as the Hornet World Championship/CEFCU Kid's Club. Hope that was just an oversight. I am happy to see so many POWRi races at Macon. Also, September 12 is a POWRi/MOWA doubleheader at Jacksonville. Remember last year's uber-exciting show with the unbelievable finish between BC and Christopher Bell in the MOWA portion. Looks like the October 10 & 11th shows are going to be with MOWA also. Great racing ahead!

[bigq11]

Pontoon Beach has USAC Midgets for Oct. 2,3, and 4. Is this the Gold Crown? If so, is POWRI not a part of the Gold Crown this year?

[nowingsjeff]

Originally Posted by bigq11 Pontoon Beach has USAC Midgets for Oct. 2,3, and 4. Is this the Gold Crown? If so, is POWRI not a part of the Gold Crown this year?

I saw that too. ASQ what's up with that?

[johnnythunderhead]

WE NEED A SANCTIONING BODY FOR MIDGETS LIKE THIS IN EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERn, OHIO

[Jonr]

Disappointed that US 36 is not on the schedule. Happy to see that no conflicts with Belleville high banks or gold crown.

[PAW]

Originally Posted by johnnythunderhead WE NEED A SANCTIONING BODY FOR MIDGETS LIKE THIS IN EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERn, OHIO

We got USAC?

[johnnythunderhead]

yeah we get usac midgets once a year, whoopie doo, what about the other 21 weeks of the racing season? maybe the midgets that race at montpellior should form a sanctioning body and pimp themselves out to other area tracks on the weeks they don't run at montpellior, or on other non-race nights there, like fri or sun., and add to their base in doing so? maybe if there were midget races to run there'd be more people draggin theirs out of the mothballs? could soon enough become one of the top touring bunch of hired guns in the area!