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Belleville, IL – Today’s POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micro League SPEED Weekend opener at Jacksonville Speedway has been cancelled due to the amount of overnight rainfall continuing throughout the day today. Tomorrow’s show at Macon Speedway will now serve as the SPEED Weekend opener. Lincoln Speedway will complete the weekend on Sunday. This will be the initial dose of POWRi action at both Macon Speedway and Lincoln Speedway for the...more

(Macon, IL) The much-anticipated events for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Speedweekend have officially called off for the weekend. The tour was scheduled to open the three day race weekend on Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway, followed by stops at Macon Speedway Saturday night and Lincoln Speedway Sunday. All three events have been postponed due to continuous wet weather throughout the Midwest. Officials will be working on the possible rescheduling of POWRi Speedweek over the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, BELLEVILLE, Kan. (July 31, 2020) – Zach Blurton kicked off the Third Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals by wiring the field in Friday night’s 20-lap preliminary feature to take the $2,500 winner’s share atop the ½-mile Belleville High Banks clay oval. Blurton gunned into the lead from the third starting position in the opening pair of corners and then paced the field throughout aboard the J&K Trucking No. 11 Maxim Sprint Car. After charging past front row starters Jed...more

Belleville, IL. (08/02/2020). The historic POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League prepares to take on a two-day showing at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. Alongside the POWRi Midget Series, the World of Outlaws Sprint cars will also be in attendance on Friday and Saturday, August 7-8. POWRi Midgets have been on the schedule alongside the World of Outlaws for five years in a row now at the Ironman 55. Previous to running five consecutive years with the World of Outlaws, the POWRi National...more

Belleville, IL. (08/02/2020) Marking several years since the last visit and in the first and only appearance at Nevada Speedway for 2020, the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints would find the speedy racing surface to their liking with side-by-side action everywhere for almost every position on the track. Using experience and skill, Tom Brown would emerge as the feature winner, gaining the first win of 2020 for the former MLS point’s champion. Tom Brown #b20 and Brad Ryun #13 would try...more

Lonnie Wheatley, BELLEVILLE, Kan. (August 2, 2020) – Adam Trimble cashed in to the tune of $7,000 by winning Sunday afternoon’s Third Annual United Rebel Sprint Series Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals 20-lap finale atop the ½-mile Belleville High Banks clay oval. Trimble wrestled the lead away from Stu Snyder on the sixth round and then survived a green-white-checkered restart after the race’s lone caution by holding off Snyder and Luke Cranston to post the win. “We lost a brake rotor last...more

Belleville, IL. (08/03/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would embark on a two-night race weekend spanning from River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks ND to Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, ND. With feature action close and highly contested at both events, the MKLS would not disappoint as Dexter Dvergsten and Alex Truscinski would both claim feature wins. First, on Friday the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would have a date with speed at River Cities Speedway. ...more

Belleville, IL. (08/03/2020) In attendance for the 2020 Ironman 55, Rico Abreu of St. Helena CA. will be back behind the wheel to attempt to make it three wins in a row at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55. Abreu will be back driving the #97 for the Keith Kunz-Curb Agajanian Motorsports stable. Rico has 12 POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League wins in his career. He is tied for 13th on the all-time POWRi win list with Brent Anderson out of Belleville, IL. Last year at the 2019 Ironman 55,...more

Belleville IL. (08/4/2020) The Tenth Annual Jesse Hockett Daniel McMillin Memorial presented by General Tire at Lucas Oil Speedway, in Wheatland, Missouri, will have a flair of familiarity to the event from Thursday, September 17th to Saturday, September 19th. Following the format and guidelines of the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will as now run in the manner. By using the same format as the ASCS National Tour, teams and fans alike will feel a...more

Belleville, IL. (08/03/2020) Continuing the season the POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would head to Honor Speedway in Pueblo, Colorado Saturday night. Changing up the pace for competitors, this lighting sprint event would go wingless with tight battles for nearly every running position. After close racing, Blair Cooper would control his GSXR powered Hyper chassis to the front with two laps to go picking up the feature win from the seventh starting spot. Placing behind #32...more