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Wheatland, MO (September 20, 2018) - Change was in the air on Thursday night in Wheatland, Missouri as the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League debuted a completely revamped format to kick off the eighth annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway. At the conclusion of the Mesilla Valley Transportation qualifying night, it was Denton, Nebraska's Terry Richards standing in victory lane following his first-career triumph with the series, however, it was Sapulpa, Oklahoma's...more

Wheatland, MO (September 21, 2018) - The fans in attendance at Lucas Oil Speedway on Friday night were treated to a thrilling show as the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial continued on with the Rockwell Security qualifying night. Another field of 39 POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League competitors signed-in for action, giving us a new event record of 78 total entries this weekend. At the conclusion of Friday's show, another new winner rose to the top as Anthony Nicholson of Millingston,...more

Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2018) - Following two nights of preliminary action at Lucas Oil Speedway, we have seen a record-setting field of 78 drivers and a total of 238 laps turned in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League competition. Heading into Saturday's finale of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial, the feature event lineups are set with a pair of 12-lap C-Mains, a pair of 15-lap B-Mains, a unique pole shuffle, and the 30-lap main event to decide this year's champion. Utilizing a...more

Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2018) - Outlasting a historic 78-car field, Kyle Cummins dominated Saturday's Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial main event to extend his POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints League record to three career victories. After earning LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan honors in preliminary action, the Princeton, Indiana native followed that up with a win in the RAMS Racing Pole Shuffle and then a wire-to-wire triumph as he led all 30 feature laps. The victory means that if Cummins can...more

Wheatland, MO (September 23, 2018) - The Bell Racing USA Triple Crown Challenge is going to come down to the wire at Fairbury American Legion Speedway on Saturday, October 6th, with Kyle Cummins fighting for a potential $20,000 payday. The Princeton, Indiana took the opening round of the challenge on August 18th at Lake Ozark Speedway and last night, he scored the Hockett/McMillin Memorial title at Lucas Oil Speedway. A victory in Sprint Mania at Fairbury in two weeks would provide Cummins a...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 26, 2018) - Following the cancellation of Sprint Mania by Fairbury American Legion Speedway due to forecasted rain, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League was committed to finding new venues for scheduled races on October 5 and 6. New host tracks have been found for both races, and the 2018 season - along with the Bell Racing USA Triple Crown Challenge - will continue. The Friday, October 5, show will now take place at Jacksonville Speedway and will be the POWRi...more

Jacksonville, IL (October 5, 2018) - Hosting the 20th and final event of 2018 tonight, October 5th, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will conclude a stellar season with an appearance at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois. Set to crown the newest champion, the standings will see one final shakeup as the top five point-getters Kreisel, Benson, Hulsey, Parkinson and Carroll fight for one last race to determine the outcome of this year's campaign. Tonight's trip to Jacksonville...more

Jacksonville, IL (October 5, 2018) - It was a fitting conclusion to what was a stellar 2018 season for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League tonight as the season finale took center stage at Jacksonville Speedway. Working by Terry Babb on the fifth circuit, Landon Simon snagged the race lead and never relinquished it. His second WAR Wildcard triumph of the year was far from easy, however, as Thomas Meseraull and Dave Darland were persistent and relentless in their fierce pursuit of Simon...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (October 8, 2018) - 2,232 points later, Riley Kreisel became the youngest champion in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League history this year. Concluding the 2018 campaign on Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway, the native of Warsaw, Missouri locked-up the title and clinched his championship dreams by simply signing in for the night. At the ripe age of 18 years, 5 months and 13 days, Kreisel wrote his name into the record books as the youngest champion in league...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (November 9, 2018) – With a wildly successful 2018 campaign in the rear view mirror, the focus for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League is now the 2019 season and beyond. The WAR staff has been working diligently to prepare for the new year, and one of the hottest topics and concerns has been the newly-formed Sprint Car Council and any possible rule changes forthcoming.   Following the tragic passing of Jason Johnson in June, the Sprint Car Council was formed in August and...more