38 Events, 16 Tracks For POWRi National Midget League

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League season features 38 events spanning from March through October, with visits to 16 racing venues.

Serving as the POWRi season opener, the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets will link up with the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midgets for the ninth annual Turnpike Challenge. Starting with Port City Raceway for practice night on Wednesday, March 23, the season will begin on Thursday, March 24. Then the POWRi Midget Leagues will travel south to I-44 Riverside Speedway, which will host two nights of racing on March 25-26.

Continuing the season sweep of co-sanctioned racing, the Missouri Mid-State Nationals will kick off at Valley Speedway on Friday, May 13, and wrap up the weekend of at Lucas Oil Speedway for the 11th annual Open Wheel Showdown.

The POWRi Midget Leagues and the newly launched Xtreme Outlaw Midgets will see an increase in winnings as the joint-venture spans nine races at six venues, including the two-day weekend stays at Farmer City Speedway on April 1-2, Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 on Aug. 5-6 for the Ironman 55 and Davenport Speedway on Aug. 26-27.

The 11th annual POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek will again see five nights of racing in the land of Lincoln displaying some of the best midget racing and attracting drivers from around the globe. Charleston Speedway will host the SPEEDWeek opener on Wednesday, June 22. The POWRi National Midget League will then head to Fayette County Speedway on Thursday, June 23 for night two. Lincoln Speedway will serve as the mid-way stop on Friday, June 24 before the fast lap-times of Macon Speedway on Saturday, June 25. POWRi Illinois SPEEDWeek wraps up on Sunday, June 26 at Jacksonville Speedway.

What has grown into a mid-season proving weekend for contenders in the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues championship battles, the seventh annual Thunder in the Valley will first visit Valley Speedway on Friday, July 15, and Saturday, July 16; before ultimately concluding the weekend at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex on Sunday, July 17.

Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo., will host the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget & West Midget Leagues with the Xtreme Midget Series alongside the World of Outlaws for the Ironman 55 weekend doubleheader on Aug. 5-6.

Sticking close to Show-Me State racing action, exciting weekend visits to Lake Ozark Speedway will book-end the middle stretch of the season with the Spring Sprint & Midget Nationals on May 27-28 and the Fall Sprint & Midget Nationals on Sept. 3-4 as well as the Sweet Spring Motorsports Complex Fall Brawl on Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League schedule will continue with key honorary events including the Camfield Memorial at Macon Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 20, as well as the third annual Donnie Ray Crawford Sooner State 55 at Port City Raceway on Thursday, Oct. 13, and the two-day Charlene Meents Memorial at I-44 Riverside Speedway on Oct. 14-15, just before the League debut at Arrowhead Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 16 to round out the season at the Sooner SPEEDWeek.

2022 Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League Schedule

~Events In Conjunction with POWRi West Midget League.
*Events In Conjunction with Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series.