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Rock Rapids and Park Jefferson added to Midwest Po...

8/2/2020

August 2, 2020: In what has been a difficult year for many series trying to schedule sprint car racing, there is a new light on the horizon in August! The Midwest Power Series has been working to replace some of the dates lost to COVID-19, and now in conjunction with the MSTS 360s and Nebraska 360s, there are two new dates on the calendar. Three of the best regional series in the country will come together for two big dates at two different tracks in the region in August. On August 21, the...more

Tags: Rapid Speedway, Park Jefferson International Speedway, Malvern Bank 360 Sprints

New places on the horizon for Midwest Power Series

8/18/2020

August 19, 2020: The Dekalb/Asgrow Midwest Power Series presented by GRP Motorsports is back in action this weekend, and the 360 sprint car series will take on two first-time venues in Iowa and South Dakota. This coming Friday, August 21, MPS will join forces with MSTS 360s to take on the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, IA. Rapid Speedway is a 3/8ths mile dirt oval located on the Lyon County Fairgrounds, and also on the card Friday night is the Bob DeBoer Memorial for the USRA Stock Cars....more

Tags: Seth Brahmer, Jack Dover, Eric Lutz

Dekalb/Asgrow Midwest Power Series presented by GR...

1/8/2021

The 2021 season is quickly approaching, and the Dekalb/Asgrow Midwest Power Series presented by GRP Motorsports is proud to unveil the 2021 Season Schedule! MPS is pleased to extend relationships with many tracks in the region, including two that we visited in 2020 for the first time. Headlining the new season will be returning marquee events like the Tabor Memorial at Ogilvie Raceway, the Richert Memorial in Cedar Lake Speedway, and a massively expanded Power Series Nationals, along with a...more

Tags: Cedar Lake Speedway, I-90 Speedway, Knoxville Raceway

Power Series sets sights on Rocky and Ogilvie

6/17/2021

With the opening weekend officially in the scorebook, The Midwest Power Series will embark on doubleheader weekend number two this coming weekend, with tracks in Iowa and Minnesota on tap. This coming Friday, June 18, The Quality Freight Rate Midwest Power Series will again join forces with the MSTS and meet up at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids Iowa. Rapid Speedway is a 3/8ths mile dirt oval located on the Lyon County Fairgrounds, and has hosted the MPS once before in 2020. Justin Henderson...more

Tags: Jody Rosenboom, Ryan Bickett, Jack Dover

$1,000 winners bonus added at Rock Rapids!

5/26/2022

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (May 26, 2022) - The Quality Freight Rate Midwest Power Series presented by GRP Motorsports returns to action this weekend, with another Friday/Saturday double header! To kick things up a notch, GRP Motorsports has kicked in a $1,000 bonus to the winner on Friday night at Rapid Speedway, bringing the total to $2,500 to win! Last weekend say two first time winners for the series, with Aaron Reutzel power to victory at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, MN and Sam Hafertepe Jr...more

Tags: Sam Hafertepe, Jody Rosenboom, Ryan Bickett

June 10 at Rapid Speedway added to MPS & MSTS Sche...

5/31/2022

ROCK RAPIDS, IA (May 31, 2022) - On the heels of a doubleheader weekend at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, IA and I-90 Speedway in Hartford, SD that saw Baltic, SD based driver Troy Schreurs pick up the weekend sweep, both track and series officials with MPS and MSTS decided to do it again! The series was already scheduled to return to I-90 Speedway on Saturday, June 11, but the Friday previous, June 10th, will be a new addition to the Quality Freight Rate Midwest Power Series presented by GRP...more

Tags: Jack Dover, Brant O'Banion, Troy Schreurs

Rock Rapids/I-90 double on the horizon for MPS & M...

6/9/2022

Another Double Header weekend is on the horizon for the Quality Freight Rate Midwest Power Series and Seafoam MSTS presented by Property Solutions of America. This coming weekend will mirror the May 27th and 28th weekend from earlier in the year and promises another exciting weekend of 360ci sprint car racing in the upper-Midwest. This coming Friday night, June 10th, was added to the MPS & MSTS calendars recently, allowing the series' to come together at the Lyon County Fairgrounds for the 2nd...more

Tags: Jody Rosenboom, Ryan Bickett, Jack Dover

QualityFreightRate.com Midwest Power Series gearin...

4/14/2023

We are just over a month away from what should be a great season for 360 sprint car racing in the Upper-Midwest for the QualityFreightRate.com Midwest Power Series. 10 nights of racing are on the horizon, and we can't wait to get started. Headlining the 2023 season for the MPS will be three big nights at the Jackson Motorplex, a trip to the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, an action packed two nights at the Huset's Speedway, and the season closes with the Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar...more

Tags: Cedar Lake Speedway, I-90 Speedway, Knoxville Raceway

Weekly Racing + 360 Sprint Cars Tonight!

6/18/2021

Tonight we will have our weekly racing series of Lems Auto Recyclers Sportsmans, Sybesma Graphics USRA Hobby Stocks, J&L Sales & Storage USRA B-Mods and Precision Auto Body USRA Stock Cars as well as 360 Sprint Cars! The 360 sprints will be a joint MSTS 360 & Midwest Power Series event! This will only be the 2nd event to feature the Midwest Power Series with the 1st event being last year and was won by Justin Henderson. The MSTS have sanctioned many races at Rapid Speedway with the most recent...more

Tags: Rapid Speedway, Midwest Sprint Touring Series, Midwest Power Series

Dover Ready to Put Frustrating Month of August Beh...

8/26/2020

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (Aug. 26, 2020) – Jack Dover is excited for the month of August to end. The summer started off hot with 12 top 10s in 13 races – featuring a trio of victories and 10 top fives – in June and July. Unfortunately, August has been a month of frustration that was capped by mechanical woes last Friday during a Midwest Power Series event at Rapid Speedway. “We almost missed hot laps because I was switching the gas pedal, but we got out...more

Tags: Jack Dover, Rapid Speedway, Midwest Power Series

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