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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

Belleville, IL. (08/04/2020) New dates for the POWRi Lucas Oil National and the POWRi Engler Machine & Took Micro Leagues SPEED WEEKEND have been established. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday August 21-23 will now host the SPEED WEEKEND. What was originally scheduled to be July 31 - August 2 was washed out by the rain. POWRi Officials have worked hard with all three tracks to reschedule this spectacular event for the drivers and race fans. It all begins on Friday, August 21 when the SPEED WEEKEND...more

Belleville, IL. (08/03/2020) The roster for Friday and Saturdays POWRi Lucas Oil National show at Federated Auto Parts Raceway is looking to be a spectacular one. POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League will have a lot of familiar drivers on the docket for this weekend’s race. One of the POWRi regulars, Jake Neuman will be one to watch at the historic I-55 Raceway. Neuman the New Berlin, IL. native is currently leading the points battle in hopes to capture his first ever POWRi National...more

GOODLAND, Kansas (August 3, 2020) – The POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing is coming off a busy weekend with the Belleville 305 Nationals, but the action doesn’t stop there. The month of August is action-packed and eventful for United Rebel Sprint Series competitors. On Sunday, August 9th series’ competitors will head to the 3/8-mile dirt track of Sherman County Speedway in Goodland, Kansas. Sunday’s fair race will also feature IMCA Hobby Stocks, Modifieds,...more

Belleville, IL. (08/05/2020) As the most anticipated weekend of the year is only a few days away, the teams have geared up and are ready. Alongside many of our regular POWRi teams, we are expecting a lot of heavy hitters to take on the Ironman 55 event at Federated Auto Parts Raceway this Friday and Saturday, August 7-8. RMS Racing is planning to have their two cars in attendance for this coming race weekend. Thomas Meseraull will be behind the wheel in the #7X and Clinton Boyles will be in...more

Belleville, IL. (08/07/2020) Twenty-eight POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets would file into the pits of Federated Auto Parts I-55 Speedway on Friday night for the thirty-lap feature of the first night of the annual Ironman 55. With much anticipation and fanfare, competitors would take to the finely tuned racing surface for an onslaught of side-by-side racing with drivers all up on the wheel trying to get everything they possibly could out of their respective rides. When the final flags where...more

Belleville, IL. (08/08/2020) Night two of the Ironman 55 at Federated Auto Parts Raceway I-55 with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League would not disappoint in their thirty-lap feature. Rain showers in the vicinity would alter the night’s program with brief precipitation falling right around the time hot laps were set to begin as well as causing a short break after the POWRi Midget League heat races. Early racing action would witness night one winner #19az Spencer Bayston pick up the...more

Belleville, IL. (08/09/2020) The Sage Fruit Ultimate Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone company at Southern Iowa Speedway with the POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing League would hit the half-mile in Oskaloosa, Iowa with 17 competitors hoping to claim the $4000 winning prize. After close racing throughout the twenty-five-lap feature, Don Droud Jr. of Lincoln, NE would gain the feature victory, earning the championship belt and large pay-day. Starting the night’s racing action in...more