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INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 1, 2018) - Waco, Texas native Paul White was victorious at 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas Saturday night, March 31 with the POWRi Lucas Oil Elite Sprints. 2017 WAR Sprint League Rookie of the Year Quinton Benson ran second, while Craig Carroll out of Oklahoma rounded out the podium finishing third. Michelle Melton, Kyle Jones, and Quinton Benson were heat race winners. John Ricketts started last (22nd) and earned the Hard Charger award after finishing fifth. White...more

Belleville, IL – The Inaugural Spring Nationals at Jacksonville Speedway has been cancelled due to inclement weather and the forecasted low temperatures. Originally scheduled for Friday, April 6th and Saturday, April 7th, the Inaugural Spring Nationals was set to host a trifecta of POWRi racing including the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, and on Saturday, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint Car League. Saturday was scheduled to be...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 14, 2018) - After starting eighth, Paul White won Saturday night at Abilene Speedway and goes back to back with the POWRi Lucas Oil Elite Sprints for a strong start to his 2018 racing season. John Ricketts ran second and Tyson Hall rounded out the podium. Gary Floyd started on the pole of the twenty lap feature and led most of the event, but White would work his way to the lead by utilizing the bottom groove of the racetrack while working through lapped traffic. Justin...more

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

Belleville, IL – This weekend the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League take to the high-banked 1/5the mile of Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, April 20th for the 27th Annual Knepper Memorial. Friday’s show will be the first of five events throughout 2018 for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets and one of six for the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League. Saturday, April 21st the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will cross...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 – Logan Seavey of Sutter, California snagged night one of the Open Wheel Showdown weekend at Valley Speedway with the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues. Seavey carries great momentum into Saturday night’s show at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri where Seavey went three-in-a-row in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League competition in 2017. Starting on the pole for the 30-lap feature event, Seavey fended the lead position from a relentless Zach Daum, while...more