Friday

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Michael Pickens notched his first O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series victory of 2007 on Friday, using the outside line to pick off leader Brad Kuhn with four laps to go in the 25-lap feature at Morgan County Speedway.
Pickens started third and was able to pull ahead of Kuhn several times, but didn’t officially lead a lap until lap 21, when he finally cleared the leader on the high side.
Series point-leader Brad Loyett passed Kuhn on the final lap to finish second and extend his points lead. Kuhn spun on the last lap but recovered to finish third, followed by Davey Ray and Bubba Altig.

Saturday

CANTON, Ill. — Thomas Meseraull came from the back of the pack to win his first O’Reilly POWRi National Midget Series feature of the season in Saturday’s 30-lap event at Spoon County Speedway.
Meseraull started 18th after racing his way into the starting field by winning the semi-feature and made an amazing march to the front, picking off 17 spots to reel in leader Nick Knepper before making the pass for the lead on lap five. From there, Meseraull led the final 25 laps for the victory.
Series point-leader Brad Loyet posted his second runner-up finish in as many nights to further pad his points lead. Donnie Lehmann was third, followed by Bubba Altig and Joe Wippenfurth.