TULSA, Okla. (October 11, 2025) – Toyota driver Jacob Denney wrapped up the POWRi National Midget League championship on Saturday night with a 22nd-place finish at Port City Raceway. Toyota-powered drivers have now won 21 overall national midget series championships since 2013.
Denney led the series with six victories and 14 top five finishes in 18 POWRi national events on the way to the championship with the Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM) team.
“To win the championship is pretty special,” said Denney. “Our goal this year was to get some wins and just keep getting better. So, to win our first championship is pretty amazing. I grew up watching Tanner Thorson win the championship with KKM in the number 67. So now for me to be winning a title in the 67 with JBL, Toyota and Keith is pretty cool.”
- Jacob Denney
It is the ninth POWRi title for a Toyota-powered driver and the first national championship for the 20-year-old, Galloway, Ohio native.
"Congratulations to Jacob Denney and the entire Keith Kunz Motorsports team in earning the POWRi National Midget League Championship " said Tyler Gibbs, president of Toyota Racing Development (TRD) U.S.A. "We had high hopes for Jacob entering this season and he's certainly lived up to those expectations - and there's still much more to come."
- Tyler Gibbs
In addition to the POWRi title, Denney currently leads the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series point standings and will attempt to become just the third driver in midget car racing history to score two national championships in one season when Xtreme closes out their season November 3-4 at Millbridge Speedway.
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