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Belleville, IL. (9/21/21) Returning with hyped fan-adulation, Hard Eight Racing, in collaboration with The Donnie Ray Crawford Legacy Foundation, Port City Raceway, and Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated, are excited to present the Second Annual Donnie Ray Crawford Sooner-State 55 on Thursday, October 14th. Featuring the outstanding racing of the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues; Port City Raceway, in Tulsa Oklahoma, will headline action with a Fifty-Five lap feature to...more

Belleville, IL. (9/22/21) After a highly successful change of location and extension of racing dates, the 17th Annual Charlene Meents presented by Priority Aviation Services LLC will once again tackle the red-clay and fast times of I-44 Riverside Speedway for a two-day open-wheel spectacle on October 15-16 honoring a groundbreaking innovator of the sport. Charlene Meents, a longtime officer, and race official for the MARA midgets served in all capacities, including President during her 27...more

Lonnie Wheatley, ODESSA, Mo. (September 23, 2021) – Luke Cranston already has the Belleville 305 Nationals crowns to his credit this season. Now, the Ness City, KS, racer is seeking to add another feather to his cap with this weekend’s United Rebel Sprint Series-sanctioned Fifth Annual Lubbock Wrecker Service 305 Sprint Car Nationals atop the I-70 Motorsports Park clay oval. He is off to a strong in that pursuit by racing to victory lane in Thursday night’s 20-lap preliminary main event that...more

Tulsa, Oklahoma (September 24, 2021) The Newcastle, Oklahoma native Trey Marcham made a late race charge to pass Kyle Jones and claim his second win of the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League season. At the drop of the green flag, Marcham, who started seventh for the main event, methodically worked his way through traffic as Jones took the early lead away from Emilio Hoover. Jones paced the field through multiple cautions while Hoover, Andrew Felker, and Hank Davis battled for positions behind...more

Lonnie Wheatley, ODESSA, Mo. (September 24, 2021) – Jason Martin proved to be the class of the field in Friday night’s second round of Fifth Annual Lubbock Wrecker Service 305 Sprint Car Nationals preliminary competition atop the ½-mile I-70 Motorsports Park clay oval. Bouncing back from power steering line woes that cost him several positions late in Thursday’s feature, Martin gunned into the lead at the outset and paced the field all 20 rounds of the Drive to Zero United Rebel Sprint Series...more

Tulsa, OK (September 26, 2021) Emilio Hoover from Jenks, Oklahoma, added his name to the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League record book Saturday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway by leading wire to wire en route to his first career Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League Feature Event. Starting from the pole position, Hoover put his Team Ripper No. 21 out front early. Mason Daugherty, Kyle Jones, and Tanner Berryhill all followed close behind him and battled for positions. Berryhill took a few...more

Lonnie Wheatley, ODESSA, Mo. (September 25, 2021) – Jason Martin has knocked on the door of the previous pair of Lubbock Wrecker Service 305 Sprint Car Nationals with back-to-back runner-up finishes in 2019 and 2020. The Liberal, KS, native finished off the job this time around atop the ½-mile I-70 Motorsports Park clay oval by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap championship finale of the Fifth Annual event, a victory that proved to be worth $4,250 including lap money to push his overall take for...more

Belleville, IL. (9/26/2021) For the final event of the 2021 racing season the Lucas Oil POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would once again be back premier racing facility of El Paso County Raceway for an all open-wheel racing docket in Calhan, Colorado. As all drivers fought for every position on the track, Johnny Boos would continue his winning way with precision driving all night. Early on-track action would find Andy Flood and Josiah King each gaining their heat-racing victories as...more

Belleville, IL. (9/25/2021) Heading into the final event of the season, and what has become a yearly bragging-rights staple for two POWRi Lightning Sprint Series, Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest/Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint competitors would once again be back at I-35 Speedway for the 2nd Annual POWRi Lightning Sprint Border Battle. With the northern MKLS series holding the inaugural winning advantage in Alan Truscinski last year, this season would find rookie sensation Trice Roden celebrating in...more

Belleville, IL. (9/27/21) As the season continues to thin in weekly racing throughout the area for the POWRi Super Stock Division many drivers atop the chase for the championship have begun to extend their traveling schedules in an attempt to gather as many seasonal points as possible. Sweeping the weekend, Justin Jarrett would jump up the standings after back-to-back wins at Poplar Bluff and Old No. 1 Speedway as fantastic venues continue to witness the top drivers all running inside the...more