A HUGE weekend of racing on the bullrings will accompany the great racing that will be seen next weekend on the Springfield Mile with the USAC Racing Silver Crown Series, ARCA RACING SERIES, and Sportsman Nationals. A HUGE Lucas Oil POWRi Midget and Speedway Motors POWRi Micro Sprint Double Header is that weekend as well. Friday night. August 15th the lightning fast midgets will be at Lincoln Speedway. Then Saturday night, the cars and stars of POWRi, plus possibly some of the same drivers in USAC Silver Crown competition earlier that day, come to tame the 1/5 mile high banks here at Macon Speedway. Mark your calendars for these AS WELL as the great action on the mile.

Definitely plan on BOTH shows. The Saturday double is always a treat. Hitting the infield briefly for the victory lane stuff and a quick walk through the pits after the Silver Crown show before hauling east/southeast to Macon for what will be a GREAT nightcap. Lincoln Friday will be a fun way to get things rolling as well.

What does the average POWRi show pay to win? $2000?

We plan to hit up Lincoln on Friday and the silver crown race on Saturday. Can't stay for Macon which is a bummer because I love that track.

This is what is listed on their website. It has a 2011 date on it but if it has changed I would assume they would change it on their website as well.

File Added 2/19/2011
POWRi National Midget Payout

1.) $2,000.00 2.) $1,000.00 3.) $600.00
4.) $500.00 5.) $400.00 6.) $325.00
7.) $300.00 8.) $275.00 9.) $250.00
10.) $230.00 11.) $225.00 12.) $220.00
13.) $215.00 14.) $210.00 15.) $205.00
16.) $200.00 17.) $200.00 18.) $200.00
19.) $200.00 20.) $200.00 21.) $200.00
22.) $200.00

I plan on making the trip from South Dakota for the 3 Powri shows and the Usac on the mile, then on to the Smackdown!

Hope to see you at one of the shows! After some fun at the fair during the week, this will be a GREAT way to get the final weekend rolling for me.

The Illinois State Fair race weekend is the highlight of our summer racing spectating. 4 races in 48 hours if you count the ARCA race Sunday afternoon on The Mile. That ARCA race is usually a good show, too.

We'll be heading to the Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning August 12th with the camper. We'll camp on the Fairgrounds 'till Monday morning after the State Fair closes on Sunday night. Gonna' spend a little time at the Fair but the bulk of the time will be spent on Lake Springfield for some R&R and maybe a little fishin' when we're not at the races.

Unforturnately, we have to miss Friday nights POWRi action at Lincoln. We ordered tickets to the grandstand concert on Friday night at the Fair. It never occurred to me at the time we ordered the tickets that it would interfere with our racing activities. Bone head move, I reckon!!

Definitely one of those weekends you circle on the calendar. Going to be a great weekend with USAC Silver Crown Cars Saturday, ARCA cars Sunday with Sportsman both days on the Mile, plus these great events. 4 HUGE events all REAL CLOSE together. Definitely nice.

Feel like a kid at Christmas counting the days down. Only 4 short days until this big weekend gets underway!