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POWRi (Performance Open Wheeled Racing, inc.) is a midget car racing sanctioning body based in the United States. It organizes the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget Series, a rival to the USAC National Midget Series, as well as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Series and Lucas Oil Outlaw Midget Series feeder series. It was founded by promoter Kenny Brown.
Contents
- Midgets
- History
- POWRi National Midget Series
- POWRi West Midget Series
- 600cc Outlaw Micro Series
- References
Drivers that have competed in POWRi events include Tony Stewart, Kyle Larson, Bryan Clauson, Brady Bacon, Christopher Bell, Dave Darland, Rico Abreu, Zach Daum and Andrew Felker.
Midgets
A typical Midget weighs about 1,000 pounds and produces up to 350 horsepower from its four-cylinder engine. 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.
POWRi is the only current midget series to compete at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.
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. 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.
In November 2016, POWRi announced that they will begin to sanction the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint Car Series for the 2017 season.