POWRi Midget Racing

POWRi (Performance Open Wheeled Racing, inc.) is an oval track racing sanctioning body based in the United States, founded by promoter Kenny Brown.[1]

Driver in POWRi racecar

It organizes the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series, a midget car racing series rival to the USAC National Midget Series, as well as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Series and Lucas Oil Outlaw Midget Series feeder series. Also it organizes the POWRi WAR Sprints, a wingless sprint car racing series, plus the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro Sprints.

Drivers that have competed in POWRi events include Tony Stewart, Kyle Larson, Bryan Clauson, Brady Bacon, Christopher Bell, Dave Darland, Rico Abreu and Andrew Felker.

Cars

Sprint cars weight 1,475 pounds and have 410 cu in engines that produce 900 horsepower.

A typical Midget weighs about 1,000 pounds and produces up to 350 horsepower from its four-cylinder engine.[2] They are intended to be driven for races of relatively short distances, usually 2.5 to 25 miles (4 to 40 km).

History

The Lucas Oil POWRi West Series was launched in 2012.[1]

POWRi is the only current midget series to compete at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.[1]

POWRi has expanded to other countries in order to grow midget racing on an international level. It 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 operate under the same technical regulations and procedures. It establishes a platform for a Midget World Championship, which POWRi organized for the 2013/14 season.[3] The 16-race series began in Australia and New Zealand in December 2013 and it ended in June 2014 with four events in Illinois, United States.[2]

In November 2016, POWRi announced that they would begin to sanction the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint Car Series for the 2017 season. The organization sanctioned the Elite Sprint Car Series for the 2018 season, but the partnership was dissolved in 2019.

Champions

POWRi National Midget Series
Zack Daum's midget in 2014
Brad Kuhn, 2006/2009 champion
  • 2019 - Jesse Colwell (Red Bluff, CA)
  • 2018 - Tucker Klaasmeyer (Paola, KS)
  • 2017 - Logan Seavey (Sutter, CA)
  • 2016 - Zach Daum (Pocahontas, IL)
  • 2015 - Darren Hagen (Riverside, CA)
  • 2014 - Zach Daum (Pocahontas, Illinois)[4]
  • 2013 - Zach Daum (Pocahontas, Illinois)[4]
  • 2012 - Andrew Felker (Carl Junction, MO)[5]
  • 2011 - Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, MO)
  • 2010 - Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, MO)
  • 2009 - Brad Kuhn (Avon, IN)
  • 2008 - Brett Anderson (Belleville, IL)
  • 2007 - Brad Loyet (Sunset Hills, MO)
  • 2006 - Brad Kuhn (Avon, IN)
  • 2005 - Mike Hess (Riverton, IL)

POWRi West Midget Series
  • 2019 - Andrew Felker (Carl Junction, MO)
  • 2018 - Kory Schudy (Springfield, MO)
  • 2017 - Grady Chandler (Edmond, OK)
  • 2016 - Steven Shebester (Pauls Valley, OK)
  • 2015 - Anton Hernandez (Arlington, TX)
  • 2014 - Alex Sewell (Broken Arrow, OK)

POWRi WAR Sprints
  • 2019 - Riley Kreisel (Warsaw, MO)
  • 2018 - Riley Kreisel (Warsaw, MO)
  • 2017 - Korey Weyant (Springfield, IL)

POWRi WAR East / Wildcard Sprints
  • 2018 - Landon Simon (Brownsburg, IN)
  • 2017 - Korey Weyant (Springfield, IL)

POWRi Elite Sprints
  • 2018 - Paul White (Waco, TX)

600cc Outlaw Micro Series
  • 2018 - Harley Hollan (Tulsa, OK)
  • 2017 - Joe B. Miller (Millersville, NO)
  • 2016 - Nathan Benson (Concordia, MO)
  • 2015 - Nathan Benson (Concordia, MO)
  • 2014 - Nathan Benson (Concordia, MO)[4]
  • 2013 - Nathan Benson (Concordia, MO)[4]
  • 2012 - Joe B. Miller (Millersville, MO)
  • 2011 - Trent Beckinger (Evansville, IN)
  • 2010 - Jeremy Camp (Blue Mound, IL)
  • 2009 - Dereck King (Goreville, IL)
  • 2008 - Dereck King (Goreville, IL)
  • 2007 - Dereck King (Goreville, IL)
  • 2006 - Kevin Bayer (Bixby, OK)
  • 2005 - Daniel Robinson (Mt. Vernon, IL)

References
  1. Martin, Sam. "A Close Look At The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series". Retrieved Nov 12, 2013.
  2. Eighinger, Steve (June 6, 2014). "U.S. drivers sweep at Bullring". Quincy Herald Whig. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. Tuttle, Tim. "POWRi sanctions Australian, New Zealand series with ambition to grow Midget racing in worldwide prominence". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  4. Schuett, Derek. "Daum and Benson Repeat, Go Two in a Row for POWRi Championships". POWRi Racing. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  5. "Clauson Wins, Daum Is POWRi Champion". National Speed Sport News. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
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