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Belleville, IL. (8/7/2021) Competition in a rare-lone event weekend at Devils Lake Speedway for the Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would not disappoint in outstanding on-track action with Jason Berg notching his first career sanctioned feature win within POWRi MKLS feature racing. Early on-track battles would find Weston Olson pick up the heat racing victory and earn a pole-starting position for the feature event. Pacing the field to the initial start would see Olson taking off with...more

Belleville, IL. (8/8/2021) Taking the wings off for racing competition at I-76 Speedway, the Lucas Oil POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would tackle the speedy and smooth Fort Morgan, Colorado facility with precision and an elbows-up attitude. Racing wheel-to-wheel in the feature event would witness Josh Flood capture his third feature victory of the 2021 series season. Early on-track action would find Josh Flood, Johnny Boos, and Joel Melon each earn heat racing victories with Frank...more

Belleville, IL. (8/8/2021) Clear skies and outstanding fender racing action would headline the weekend for many area POWRi Super Stock tracks as six feature events would be highly contested. With several racing options for POWRi Super Stock competitors to gain points, the Chase for the Championship has a new look atop the season standings. Using a pair of podium finishes over the weekend, Ted Welschmeyer has overtaken Tony Anglin for the National Championship lead by a mere ten points. Will...more

Belleville, IL. (8/8/2021) Hitting the smooth as glass one-third-mile racing surfaces of Lake Ozark Speedway, the LOS Super Sprints would battle wing-to-wing nearly every lap in an outstanding feature event with Monty Ferriera earning his second series win of the season. Heat racing battles would find Austin Crane and Mike Trent grabbing the early on-track sprinting action with each competitor earning a front-row feature starting grid. Flying into the first corners of the initial feature start...more

Lonnie Wheatley, BELLEVILLE, Kan. (August 8, 2021) – After earning the pole position on Saturday night, Luke Cranston put the finishing touches on the Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series’ Fourth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals by wiring the field in Sunday’s 30-lapper to take the $7,000 victory atop the ½-mile Belleville High Banks clay oval. Cranston outgunned Friday preliminary winner Jason Martin for the point at the drop of the green flag and set a blistering pace...more

Vado, NM (8/7/21) – Patience prevailed on Saturday night for the 2020 Lucas Oil POWRi NMMRA Sprint Car Series Champion, Caleb Saiz, as he worked the bottom of the Vado Speedway Park to perfection to collect his second victory of the 2021 season. Round 14 of the Lucas Oil POWRi NMMRA Sprint Car Series brought teams to New Mexico’s newest racing facility just south of Las Cruces, New Mexico. This would be drivers’ last opportunity to find victory lane in the regular season down south, as just...more

OBERLIN, Kansas (August 10, 2021) - The Bob Salem Memorial is on tap for the Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing. The event is held dear to series promoter, Rick Salem, as a race honoring his late father. This year along with Salem is a tribute to Tosha Garrison, who was a beloved fan of the series and dirt track racing in general. Racing action will take place atop the ?-mile oval of Oberlin Speedway in Oberlin, Kansas on Friday, August 13 and...more

Belleville, IL. (8/11/2021) Back at the familiar home-racing surfaces of Barona Speedway for the first time in over a two-month break, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would tackle the speedy venue without hesitation as David Benzo would find the fastest route in claiming his second series win in the previous two seasons. Racing hard early would witness Grant Sexton and Parker Dumas each claim heat racing victories as Brent Horn and Ryan Dumas would make up the front row for the...more

Belleville, IL. (8/13/2021) Starting the Inaugural Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out in style with twenty-nine entries, competitors from all over the United States would battle wing-to-wing for nearly every position on the beautifully prepared Norman County Fairgrounds. Showing speed all evening, Grant Sexton, of Lakeside California, would use a late-race restart to his advantage by grabbing the lead and never giving up the sought-after position. Putting on dazzling...more

Belleville, IL. (8/14/2021) Blazing fast speeds would set the tone for night two of the Inaugural Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out with thirty entries checking into the River Cities Speedway pits. Establishing himself as a front-runner early in the evening, hometown heavy-shoe Bryce Haugeberg would dominate the feature event by leading every lap and claiming the night’s top honors. Exciting and intense heat racing action would find Bryce Haugeberg, Dexter Dvergsten,...more