POWRI

600cc Outlaw Micro Series
2008 Schedule
Fri, May 10       Tri-State Speedway - Tri-State Challenge                                                Haubstadt, IN                                                        1/4
Fri, May 30       Wayne County Speedway                                                                     Wayne City, IL                                                       1/8
Sat May 31        Coles County Speedway                                                                       Charleston, IL                                                        1/8
Fri, June 6         Morgan County Speedway - Midgets & MSCS Sprints                            Jacksonville, IL                                                       1/4
Sat, June 7        Belle-Clair Speedway                                                                            Belleville, IL                                                            1/5
Sat, June 14      St. Francois County Speedway - $1000.00 To WIN                                Farmington, MO.                                                     1/4
Fri, June 27       Paducah International Raceway - Midgets & MSCS Sprints                    Paducah, KY                                                           1/3
Fri, July 18       Macon Speedway - Dana Godfrey Memorial                                           Macon, IL                                                               1/5
Sat, July 19       Belle-Clair Speedway - Finley Memorial                                                 Belleville, IL                                                             1/5
Wed, Aug 6       Belle-Clair Speedway - Arnie Knepper Memorial                                     Belleville, IL                                                             1/5
Sun, Aug 9       Washington Town and Country Fair - $1000.00 To win                          Washington, MO                                                       1/5
Fri, Aug 15        Macon Speedway - $1000.00 To WIN                                                 Macon, IL                                                                1/5
Sat Aug 16        Pittsfield Speedway Inc. - $1000.00 To WIN                                         Pittsfield, IL                                                             1/6
Fri Aug 22        Doe Run Raceway - $1000.00 To WIN                                                  Doe Run, MO                                                          1/6
Sat Aug 23       St. Francois County Speedway - $1000.00 To WIN                                 Farmington, MO.                                                     1/4
Sat, Aug 30      Southern Illinois Center                                                                         DuQuoin, IL                                                            1/5
Sat Sept 20       Brownstown Speedway                                                                        Brownstown, IL                                                       1/4
Fri, Sept 12      Morgan County Speedway                                                                    Jacksonville, IL                                                        1/4
Fri, Sept 26      Macon Speedway - POWRi Nationals                                                     Macon, IL                                                               1/5
Sat, Sept 27     Macon Speedway - POWRi Nationals                                                      Macon, IL                                                               1/5
Sat, Oct 4        Belle-Clair Speedway - Charlene Meents Memorial                                     Belleville, IL                                                            1/5



	28 April 2008 In Saturday�s O�Reilly POWRi Micro-Sprint race at Macon, Eric Edwards topped a 22-car field with his first career series victory. Edwards led the final six laps in his machine after passing Ryan Guyett on the inside on Lap 15. In addition, Edwards is the season�s early point leader. Nathan Benson was second, followed by Tony Roney, Guyett � who led the opening 14 laps � and Devon Piper. Like his counterpart Loyet in the Midget race, defending Micro champion Dereck King struggled in the Micro feature, finishing 21st. Micro Feature: Eric Edwards, Nathan Benson, Tony Roney, Ryan Guyett, Devon Piper, Joe B Miller, Ryan Frantz, Jason Cooper, Tyler Robbins, Brad McDaniel, Brandon Graybeal, Chad Kendall, Ryan Ruf, Natasha Cox, Ben Wagoner, Jimmy Stearns, Jason Harms, Paul Day, Lucas Sprague, Andrew Peters, Dereck King, Caleb Graybeal Loyet, Johnson Strike in �DuQuoin Winter Series� Opener For O�Reilly POWRi National Midgets, Micros Both drivers lead start-to-finish in POWRi�s first sanctioned race of 2008 MILLSTADT, Ill. (Jan. 20, 2008) � Defending O�Reilly POWRi National Midget Series champion Brad Loyet picked up where he left off Saturday in the first O�Reilly POWRi race of 2008, leading all 25 laps of the first �DuQuoin Winter Series� presented by Broken Bow Records. Loyet led 19 other starters into Turn 1 and never looked back despite a photo finish with Tim Siner to end the evening�s POWRi doubleheader. Siner caught Loyet during the final four laps and tried desperately to perform a slide job on the 20-year-old, but came up .067 seconds short on the temporary sixth-mile indoor facility. Loyet was unchallenged during the opening half of the race, and distanced himself from Siner and Tracy Hines when on Lap 11 he began lapping the tail of the field. While fighting for second, Siner and Hines snaked through the field in attempt to catch Loyet. The first of four caution periods occurred on Lap 19 and three subsequent yellows prior to the checkered flag kept the battle up front close. Siner fought past more lapped traffic on Lap 25 and pulled away from Hines and closer to Loyet. Over the final four laps of the 30-lapper, Siner finally caught Loyet. However, he couldn�t complete a firm pass attempt, and fell just shy of taking the checkered flag first. Hines came home third � only 1.081 seconds behind Loyet � and ahead of Brent Beauchamp and reigning Micro-Sprint champ Dereck King. Beauchamp, Hines, Bobby East and Hud Cone won heat races. Twenty-seven cars made the call to the track. Feature : 1. Brad Loyet 2. Tim Siner 3. Tracy Hines 4. Brent Beauchamp 5. Derek King 6. Hud Cone 7. Tony Roney 8. Zach Daum 9. Danny Stratton 10. Russ Harper 11. Dave Camfield 12. Austin Brown 13. Dalton Cole 14. Jason Dull 15. Steven Arnold 16. Tyler Reddick 17. Josh Most 18. Garrett Hood 19. Bobby East 20. Nick Knepper In contrast, 74 Micro-Sprints fought for 22 feature starting positions, and Rob Johnson trumped the other 73 Micro-Sprint competitors in the first POWRi feature of the night. Johnson started up front and led all 25 laps to beat Tyler Robbins. Johnson was never challenged in the caution-filled race (nine in total), beating Robbins by 0.758 seconds. Ryan Guyett, Andrew Elson and Nick Harris rounded out the 20-car starting field. Johnson, Robbins, Guyett and Harris, also won heat races, as did Matt Johnson, Michael Severs, Tyler Reddick, Paul Day, Greg Dillion and Riley Adair. The 74 entered cars was the second most ever for a POWRi show; the record remains at 77. 1. Rob Johnson 2. Tyler Robbins 3. Ryan Guyett 4. Andrew Elson 5. Nic Harris 6. Austin Laskey 7. Kenny Niflis 8. Alex Harris 9. Michael Severs 10. Joe B. Miller 11. Matt Johnson 12. Toney Roney 13. Stan Kreisel 14. Caleb Graybeal 15. Paul Day 16. AJ Hopkins 17. Bob Bourff 18. Max Pozsgai 19. Tyler Reddick 20. Riley Adair 21. Gregg Dillion 22. Mark Perry III The next �DuQuoin Winter Series� presented by Broken Bow Records race is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16. 2 Jan 2008 O�REILLY POWRi MIDGET PRESS RELEASE O�Reilly POWRi National Midget Series Officials Announce Aggressive 2008 Season Schedule Thirty-one events scheduled for series� fourth season of competition MILLSTADT, Ill. (Dec. 27, 2007) � O�Reilly POWRi officials announced today a 31-race schedule the largest in the series� four-year history as the Illinois organization continues to see intense growth. The series� points-paying schedule opens in April at Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill. and closes in October at the series� anchor of Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., the same as it did in 2007, but the middle of the schedule has expanded, leaving drivers and crews with one of the busiest schedules in Midget racing. In addition, five tracks will host their first ever O�Reilly POWRi National Midget Series races in 2008. Among those is Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway, a 3/8-mile track in northwest Kentucky owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The race will be the second held in conjunction with the Midwest Sprint Car Series (MSCS), an Indiana-based 410 Sprint car association. Other races held in conjunction with MSCS include Friday, June 6 at Morgan County and Saturday, June 28 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. St. Francois County Speedway in Farmington, Mo. will also feature its first POWRi National Midget Series show after previously hosting the POWRi Mini-Sprints. The 3/8-mile track will be the finale of the inaugural �Illinois/Missouri Speedweek� on June 14. The swing begins June 11 at I-55 Raceway at Pevely, Mo. and also runs June 13 at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. A two-race Missouri swing in May will also see two new venues. The third-mile Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo. will be contested on Friday, May 16, while the 3/8-mile Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. will run Saturday, May 17. Washington Town and Country Fair in Washington, Mo. will also host its first POWRi National Midget Series race on Saturday, Aug. 9. Like St. Francois, the fifth-mile track hosted a POWRi Mini-Sprint race in 2007. The 2008 schedule will also see several staples returning. Among those is the Dana Godfrey Memorial on July 18 at Macon (Ill.) Speedway, the Finley Memorial on July 19 at Belle-Clair, the two-night Cornhusker Midget Challenge from July 29-30 at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb., the Arnie Knepper Memorial on Aug. 6 at Belle-Clair, the Bob Wente Classic on Oct. 3 at Tri-City and the Charlene Meents Memorial on Oct. 4 at Belle-Clair. The October races wrap up the 2008 points-paying calendar. Also returning is a two-night affair at the Southern Illinois Center at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds, held during the annual DuQuoin State Fair. The schedule also honors the USAC-sanctioned �Knoxville Midget Nationals� in Knoxville, Iowa and the �Belleville Midget Nationals� in Belleville, Kan., held after POWRi�s two-night swing at McCool. POWRi points will be paid to those licensed drivers competing in the two Knoxville races. Overall, seven states are represented on the 2008 schedule � up one from 2007 � with Illinois tracks hosting 17 races, including the final eight. Missouri is second on that list with four, all at different venues. �Our schedule reflects extensive growth in 2008 that we have been building since our inaugural season in 2005,� said POWRi co-founders Kenny Brown and Jim Siner. �We�ve expanded our schedule to give our competitors a variety of places (16 different tracks) throughout the Midwest. This is our best schedule to date, and we hope the competition and skill level will help complement that in 2008.� Brown said the series may add two dates in the coming weeks. The O�Reilly POWRi Mini-Sprint schedule, which features the 600cc cars, will be announced in the coming weeks. The O�Reilly POWRi Series, based out of the St. Louis, Mo. area, is in its fourth season of competition in 2008 with two levels of open-wheel racing. The National Midget Series currently travels around the Midwest with stops in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky and Nebraska. The series races exclusively on dirt and attracts some of the top Midget drivers in the nation week in and week out. The 600cc Mini-Sprints are a stepladder to the National Midgets, where younger drivers get experience before making the move to full Midgets. For more information about POWRi, visit www.powri.com or contact Kenny Brown at 618-476-7526. April 25 � Morgan County Speedway � Jacksonville, IL April 26 � Macon Speedway � Macon, IL May 9 � Tri-City Speedway � World of Outlaws � Granite City, IL May 10 � Tri-State Speedway � Tri-State Challenge � Haubstadt, IN May 16 � Valley Speedway � Grain Valley, MO May 17 � Lucas Oil Speedway � Wheatland, MO June 6 � Morgan County Speedway � MSCS Sprints � Jacksonville, IL June 7 � Belle-Clair Speedway � IL/MO Speed Week � Belleville, IL June 11 � I-55 Raceway � NASCAR Night � Pevely, MO June 13 � Tri-City Speedway � Granite City, IL June 14 � St. Francois County Speedway � Farmington, MO June 20 � Knoxville Raceway � Knoxville, IA June 21 � Knoxville Raceway � Knoxville, IA June 27 � Paducah International Raceway � MSCS � Paducah, KY June 28 � Tri-State Speedway � MSCS & KISS � Haubstadt, IN July 18 � Macon Speedway � Dana Godfrey Memorial � Macon, IL July 19 � Belle-Clair Speedway � Finley Memorial � Belleville, IL July 29 � Junction Motor Speedway � Cornhusker Midget Challenge � McCool Junction, NE July 30 � Junction Motor Speedway � Cornhusker Midget Challenge � McCool Junction, NE August 1 � Belleville High Banks � Belleville, KS August 2 � Belleville High Banks � Belleville, KS August 6 � Belle-Clair Speedway � Arnie Knepper Memorial � Belleville, IL August 9 � Washington Town and Country Fair � Washington, MO August 15 � Macon Speedway � Macon, IL August 29 � Southern Illinois Center � DuQuoin State Fair � DuQuoin, IL August 30 � Southern Illinois Center � DuQuoin State Fair � DuQuoin, IL September 12 � Morgan County Speedway � Jacksonville, IL September 13 � Spoon River Speedway � Tom Knowles Memorial � Canton, IL September 27 � Macon Speedway � Macon, IL October 3 � Tri-City Speedway � Bob Wente Classic � Granite City, IL October 4 � Belle-Clair Speedway � Charlene Meents Memorial � Belleville, IL 4 December 2007 DuQuoin January Winter Nationals Event Information DuQuoin January Winter Nationals Entry Form is now available on the POWRi Web site. Entry Forms can be obtained from the "DOWNLOADS" link on the POWRi website. http://www.powri.com/downloads.asp POWRi �DuQuoin Winter Series� Broken Bow Records is primary sponsor of the three races MILLSTADT, Ill. (Oct. 28, 2007) � Three events each will make up the 2008 edition of the Broken Bow Records �DuQuoin Winter Series� for the O�Reilly POWRi National Midget and Micro-Sprint Series divisions, officials announced today. Races at the DuQuoin (Ill.) Indoor Center, which features a temporary sixth-mile dirt track, will be run on Jan. 19, Feb. 16 and March 29 � all Saturdays. Thirty-lap features are scheduled for the National Midgets, who are debuting as part of the �DuQuoin Winter Series,� while the Micro-Sprints are scheduled to compete in 25-lap features. Broken Bow Records, a country music record label, will be the presenting sponsor of the three-race series. Among those associated with BBR include band Crossin Dixon, which is currently featured on Country Music Television�s (CMT) Studio 330 Sessions. Crossin Dixon, which recently released its first two singles Guitar Slinger and Make You Mine, will play on Friday, March 28, the night before the final event. The final event will be called the �Dean King Memorial� in honor of Dean King, whose Grandson Dereck King recently earned the 2007 POWRi Micro-Sprint championship. Dean King was avid in racing in many facets, and sadly passed away in 2006. Both the Micro-Sprint and Midget races are expected to award high winner�s shares. Visit www.brokenbowrecords.com for more information on the record label and its musical artists.