Brenham Crouch (97) leads Taylor Reimer (25) and Joe B Miller during the POWRi Midget League Illiana Showdown for the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League at Charleston (Ill.) Speedway.
POWRi midgets in action. (Mark Funderburk Photo)

Entry Count Rises As POWRi Readies For Junior Knepper 55

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Returning to fashionable fanfare at the speedy one-sixth-mile, the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League will resurrect the premier indoor 40-lap main event on December 17 in the DuQuoin Southern Illinois Center.

Among some of the drivers on the entry list, includes 2022 USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car champion Justin Grant, 2022 Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series champion Zach Daum, and World of Outlaws regular Noah Gass. 

Previous victors of the event include Joey Saldana (2014), Tony Stewart (2012), Bryan Clauson (2011), and Casey Shuman (2010).Â