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Wakeeney, Kansas – September 7, 2019 - J.D. Johnson made a daring move on the final lap to claim the thrilling Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing championship feature Saturday night in a return to Wakeeney Speedway in Wakeeney, Kansas. Johnson and Scott Cochran started on the front row for the twenty-five-lap feature with Johnson taking the lead as the green flag fell. Cochran, Nate Berry, Austin McLean and Ty Williams filled out the top five with...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 5, 2019) – World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway has come on board as the official title sponsor of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial Kick-It Game on Saturday, September 21 benefiting Grady Chandler's recovery fund through the Steve King Foundation. The kickball game is scheduled for 1:00 PM and pits the winged warriors of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series versus the non-wing wheelmen of the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Additionally, there will be...more

CANTON, ILL. (September 7, 2019) – Putting an exclamation point on a weekend sweep, Logan Seavey of Sutter, Calif. continued his winning ways on Saturday night with an exciting late-race rally to take the cake at Spoon River Speedway. Going top shelf, Seavey tiptoed around the outside of the 3/8th-mile and treaded the cushion while rocketing to the lead with five to go and storming off for his ninth POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League win of the year In a season chalked full of dominance,...more

WICHITA FALLS, TEX. (September 6, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League made the trek down to Wichita Falls, Tex. on Friday night as the “Mayhem at Monarch” took center stage at the Monarch Motor Speedway. When the dust settled, it was Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, Okla. coming out on top as the winner of the 20-lapper. Pacing the field in the opening half, Steven Shebester of Mustang, Okla. had control of the race lead until a mechanical issue bit his No. 22X entry and forced him to...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (September 6, 2019) – Aaron Andruskevitch of Riverton Ill. picked up his 12th career victory with the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League on Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway. Starting the 15-lap main event from seventh, Andruskevitch patiently moved forward as a swarm of early cautions hampered the start. By the fifth circuit, the Riverton, Ill. native piloted his No. 21X into command of the lead and never looked back. Following Andruskevitch to the finish...more

JACKSONVILLE, ILL. (September 6, 2019) – When you’re hot, you’re hot; and Logan Seavey has simply been on fire in 2019. The Sutter, Calif. native made it eight victories in 14 starts with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets on Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway. Storming from seventh-to-first, Seavey did so while outlasting a stout field and dangerously dancing on the edge of the cushion aboard his Keith Kunz-Curb Agajanian Motorsports, Mobil 1, Bullet/Toyota No. 67. Extending his mark to...more

(Torrance, CA, September 1, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will return to its home track, the Ventura Raceway, this Saturday night, September 7th. The race will be the 13th of the 17-race schedule for the CLS in 2019 and the sixth of eight scheduled for Ventura. Two weeks ago at Ventura, local Cody Nigh narrowly beat San Diego’s A.J. Bender to the checkered flag for his first win of 2019. The victory was especially rewarding for Nigh who is from nearby...more

Oberlin, Kansas – September 2, 2019 – It’s race week for the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing as the tour makes their first appearance since 2016 to the Wakeeney Fairgrounds in Wakeeney, Kansas as Copper’s Carts out of Hays presents the Copper’s Classic Sprint Car Smackdown this coming Saturday night, September 7. Nineteen events have been held atop the Kansas three-eighths mile oval since 2007 with fifteen different drivers having reached...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (September 3, 2019) – Returning to the “Illini State” this weekend, a pair of memorial races will take center stage with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League as the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micros also come back to competition for the first time since July. An annual pilgrimage to Jacksonville Speedway and Spoon River Speedway, this early September slate shines a spotlight on the Herb Barlow Memorial and Tom Knowles Memorial. It all begins on Friday night at...more

ELDON, MO. (September 1, 2019) – In an exciting race that saw a handful of different leaders, Tyler Thomas of Collinsville, Okla. outlasted them all to complete a ninth-to-first charge for his 14th-career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League victory on Sunday night at Lake Ozark Speedway. A field of 25 POWRi National / West Midgets filled the pit area for the second night of racing, a program that saw Thomas Meseraull (Auto Meter Heat 1), Cannon McIntosh (KSE Racing Products Heat 2) and...more