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Our 59th Annual Season is quickly approaching!

1/13/2022

The 2022 racing season is quickly approaching and thus the 59th annual season of DIRTcar stock car racing at The Charleston Speedway is right around the corner! We are working diligently on our schedule and hope to have it released VERY soon! There are a few highlights to our 2022 season that we want to point out for those that might have missed them. First off, in April, we will be having the first annual car show at the Speedway. This is a FREE event for participants and visitors alike. This...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, MARS - Midwest Auto Racing Series, POWRi

Two Nights of Racing, Four BIG WILD rides, King co...

6/27/2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 6.24.2023 CHARLESTON SPEEDWAY: CHARLESTON, IL With POWRi National Midgets kicking off their 10th Annual Illinois Speedweek at The Charleston Speedway, that would mean two nights of racing were in store for teams and fans! National Midgets, DIRTcar Modified, DIRTcar Pro Modified and DIRTcar Hornets would compete on Thursday June 22. The POWRi National Midgets NEVER disappoint. Early in the feature, leader Cannon McIntosh and 2nd place Thomas “Tmez”, Meseraull would make...more

Tags: Cannon McIntosh, Gabe Menser, Deece Schwartz

Zach Daum Earns POWRi WAR-Wildcard Feature Win at...

6/23/2022

By POWRi (Charleston, IL) -- Zach Daum would hold steady on the low line in the Charleston Speedway feature event with the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League “Wildcard Series in the twenty-five-lap shootout. Resurrecting the series would witness Kyle Shipley clock top-time with a 13.008-lap as heat racing action would witness Shane Cockrum and Kyle Shipley each earn an early competition victory. Soaring into the initial start would see high-point qualifier and pole-sitter...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, POWRi, Midgets

McIntosh Perfect at Charleston Speedway with POWRi

8/19/2022

By POWRi PR (Charleston, IL) -- Cannon McIntosh would lead every caution-free lap of feature racing Friday Night to capture victory at Charleston Speedway with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League ramping up the weekend excitement in outstanding fashion to claim his fourteenth career league feature win. Early Charleston's competition with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League would see Cannon McIntosh start the fastest with a 13.024-second lap as Cannon McIntosh and Brenham Crouch...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, POWRi, Midgets

McIntosh tops POWRi at Charleston

8/21/2021

By POWRi PR (Charleston, IL) -- Cannon McIntosh of Bixby, Oklahoma led the field of Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets to the green flag for the 30-lap feature event, and never looked back. McIntosh came out of the pits swinging as soon as the cars hit the track. He earned fast time in hot laps, claimed MVT Services Heat Race No. 2, and finished the night off with a trip to victory lane at Charleston Speedway in Charleston, IL. Taking the early lead from the polesitter Gavan Boschele after going...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, POWRi, Midgets

Kofoid soars in POWRi Midgets at Charleston

6/27/2020

By POWRi (Charleston, IL) -- Michael "Buddy" Kofoid of Penngrove, California earned his third POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League career win at Charleston Speedway. Kofoid carries great momentum into Saturday night's show at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt Indiana, in hopes to sweep the weekend. PHOTO CREDIT: Allen Horcher Starting in the 8th position for the 30-lap feature event, Kofoid kept his nose clean and tried to make his way through traffic and found himself in the 5th position on...more

Tags: Charleston Speedway, POWRi, Midgets