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INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 16, 2018) - Mother Nature has hindered the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League's season from kicking off thoroughly in 2018 with two rainouts already scored, but the WAR Sprints have their sights set on Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri as the inherited Season Opener. The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints will be in action Saturday night, April 21 on the 1/4 mile clay oval. Since 2013, the WAR Sprints have visited Springfield Raceway a total nine times. Korey Weyant...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 21, 2018) - Missouri native, Wesley Smith earned his first POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League win Saturday night at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri over Ty Hulsey and JD Black. Smith was driving for the long-time WAR driver turned car owner, John Helm. The WAR season opener seemed to have been plagued after multiple rain outs hindered the season from kicking off and the weather remained a factor throughout Saturday night's event. Light rain sprinkles fell...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 23, 2018) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints will travel to Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Missouri Saturday, April 28, 2018 for their second event of the season. It is also the second time in league history the WAR Sprints have visited the 1/3 mile, banked, dirt oval. Terry Babb was victorious at Lake Ozark last year in late August in the KCBJ Motorsports/Faith Flat Out Ministries Eagle #8D machine. This weekend's event will pay $1,500 to win and $200 to...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 28, 2018) - Riley Kreisel picked up his first POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League win Saturday night, April 28 at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Missouri in a dominating performance over Mario Clouser and JD Black. Kreisel led all 25 laps banging the cushion around the top of the racetrack. The battle for the remaining top five was close and exciting, but Kreisel would run away with the race lead to take home $1,500 in winnings plus a $100 bonus for winning the dash....more

Belleville, IL – On Friday, May 4th the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will tackle the fast quarter-mile Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for night one of the Open Wheel Showdown Weekend. Saturday all three Leagues will head to the title-sponsor owned, incredible “Diamond of Dirt Tracks,” Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri to round out the tour. One of the most anticipated events of the year, the Open Wheel...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO (May 4, 2018) - Continuing the momentum from his first career win last weekend in Eldon, MO, Riley Kreisel picked up his second career win at Valley Speedway on Friday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints. The freshly turned eighteen-year-old has been victorious at Valley Speedway in a midget multiple times, but this was his first trip to victory lane in a sprint car. Joe B. Miller led early as he battled with Terry Richards and Slater Helt. Richards took over the lead...more

WHEATLAND, MO (May 5, 2018) - Mitchell Moore scored his seventh POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri over Riley Kreisel and Korey Weyant. Moore's last WAR win was in 2014. He also is a past WAR Champion from 2013. Moore started on the pole of the 25 lap feature after LRB Inc. High Point Man, Korey Weyant, pulled a 6 for the redraw to invert the top 6 in passing points. Moore would grab the lead from the drop of the green flag...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 7, 2018) – The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League’s season has taken off with four events in the record books so far for 2018. Meanwhile the more Eastern based WAR Wildcard schedule has been hindered due to an uncooperative Mother Nature. But, that all changes this weekend. Saturday, May 12 the WAR Wildcard Sprints will invade Brownstown, Illinois and travel to Fayette County Speedway for their season opening event which will also be recorded for an episode of "Dirty 30"...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 9, 2018) – The action will be intense on Saturday night as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA storms into Tulsa’s Port City Raceway. Saturday’s card will mark the lone appearance of the year for the mighty Midgets of the POWRi West Midget league atop the cozy confines of the racy, 1/8-mile Port City Raceway clay oval. It will also be the first Midget competition at Port City Raceway since Caney, KS, shoe Andrew Deal...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 11, 2018) - The long awaited return of WAR Sprint Cars to Double X Speedway is over. The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League and the Double X Speedway have reached an agreement to partner and add WAR to the "Tribute to Jesse" special event on Sunday, May 27th. The California, Missouri based event has featured the ASCS Warrior Region Sprints Cars for some time, and the addition of the Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League was something Jesse's Father, Jack Hockett consistently...more