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LEBANON, MO (June 22, 2018) - Taking the top spot from early leader Wesley Smith, Ty Hulsey earned his first career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint win at Lebanon Midway Speedway on Friday night after starting third. Smith took command early as he was chased by Hulsey. Smith would lead the first seven laps before Hulsey was able to move by around the outside and take command. Also moving forward was Joe B. Miller. Miller would work his way past Smith on lap eleven and set his sights on Hulsey. ...more

ELDON, MO (June 23, 2018) - Fresh off of a second place finish on Friday night, Joe B. Miller improved one spot and won his first POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League race of 2018 Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway. Riley Kreisel led the first three laps as he was followed by Artz and Miller. On lap four, Kreisel slipped up high and nearly got into the turn four wall allowing Artz, who was utilizing the middle groove, to move into the lead. Kreisel and Miller then had a good battle for the...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (June 25, 2018) - The Dirt Oval at Route 66 is prepped and ready to host the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprints this Saturday, June 30 in Joliet, Illinois alongside the All Star Circuit of Champions winged sprint car series. $2,000 is up for grabs to the WAR winner this weekend. Last year Landon Simon was the victor at the 3/8 mile dirt oval with Mario Clouser and Terry Babb completing the podium. Landon Simon currently leads the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Championship...more

JOLIET, IL (June 30, 2018) - Illinois native Chris Windom took home the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard check and trophy at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 Raceway Saturday night. Brady Short and Korey Weyant completed the podium. Brady Short and Korey Weyant led the field to green with Weyant leading lap one. Short threw the slide job in turns three and four to get by Weyant and lead lap two, but Weyant would returng the favor in turns one and two to regain the lead. Meanwhile, Chris Windom was...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 2, 2018) - It's time for the annual "BORDER WARS" this weekend with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. While youngster Riley Kreisel holds the lead in the championship points, WAR heads into a challenging two-day race weekend. First up is Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois Friday night, July 6 followed up with St. Francois County Raceway in Farmington, Missouri Saturday. In 2016 Joe B. Miller was victorious at Belle-Clair and Terry Babb picked up the St....more

BELLEVILLE, IL (July 6, 2018) - Taking control on lap three and holding off a late charge from Terry Babb, Zach Daum picked up his second POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League win of 2018 Friday night at Belle Clair Speedway. The race was the first leg of the Border WAR which continues Saturday night at St. Francois County Raceway. Warren Johnson took control early as Daum moved quickly into the third spot on the opening lap. Daum continued to move forward and took the race lead with a turn two...more

FARMINGTON, MO (July 7, 2018) – After watching the race lead slip from his grasp and into the hands of Wyatt Burks on lap 23, Quinton Benson struck with joyous redemption on the final restart to take second Border WAR victory in thrilling fashion at St. Francois County Raceway. Hosting a winner-take-all, side-by-side affair in the closing laps, Benson of Sweet Springs, Missouri outlasted Burks of Overland Park, Kansas in what was one of the most exciting WAR Sprint Car main events of the 2018...more

By: Michael Guglielmucci Morris, IL— Three years have passed since Mario Clouser last competed at the Grundy County Speedway. In those three years Clouser has ventured off into the dirt world competing primarily with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Friday night, the Auburn, Illinois native and current track record holder returned to his roots to compete in the POWRi Pavement Midget League. The three year hiatus seemed like three days for Clouser as he was quickly able to get up to speed...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 17, 2018) - With Friday’s WAR Wildcard appearance at the Champaign County Fairgrounds serving as the halfway mark to our 2018 season, we thought now is a better time than ever to look back on the first part of our year and preview what is still to come. It has been a historic action-packed campaign with some of the best racing to ever graze the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Car League, and bigger and better things are still around the corner. Through all 16 WAR events this...more

CHAMPAIGN, IL (July 20, 2018) – After outlasting some opening lap madness at the Champaign County Fairgrounds, Colten Cottle started from the outside pole of tonight’s main event and throttled the cushion for 20 laps en route to his first-career victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint League. Residing only one hour away in Kansas, Illinois, the triumph proved that much sweeter as he stole WAR win #1 on his home soil. Attracting 19 entries for the Friday night showdown at the...more