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Belleville, IL. (08/10/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would take part in a doubleheader this past weekend at El Paso County Raceway. With nineteen cars registering for racing on Friday and twenty-three drivers competing in Saturday’s action, the weekend had a lot of the regional lighting sprint stars including two drivers from Southern California. El Paso County Raceway’s Night one with the POWRi RMLS’s would witness #24B Johnny Boos add another tally to the win...more

Belleville, IL. (08/11/2020) This weekend POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League take on the slightly banked, 1/4 mile of Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK. This Saturday will be the POWRi West midget teams first appearance at the speedway in 2020. With this race being a stand alone POWRi West race, points will be doubled and crucial for drivers wanting to get in on the points battle. Andrew Felker the Carl Junction, MO native is still in the lead for season points. Felker’s last race with the...more

Belleville, IL. (08/11/2020) The POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints would make their final appearance at Lake Ozark Speedway for the 2020 season on Saturday, August 8th with thrilling on-track performances. Special thanks to Tim Trimble and the LOS crew for having the POWRi MLS to their premier racing facility this season. With high-flying lightning sprinters tackling the smooth and ultra-racy one-third-mile speedway, the familiar face of Stanley Kreisel #18 would park his hot-rod...more

Belleville, IL (08/11/2020) Hitting the ground running in their inaugural season under the POWRi sanctioning banner the POWRi Lucas Oil Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series has completed fifteen close finishing events so far in this unprecedented 2020 racing season. Heading into the sixteenth race this year for the MKLS, many storylines have surfaced adding to the excitement on Friday, August 14th at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Witnessing four different feature winners...more

Belleville, IL. (08/14/2020) Back by popular demand, a Border WAR will once again wage on the racing surfaces of Illinois and Missouri. Back to back nights of action on Friday, August 28th and Saturday, August 29th with the POWRi Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will see competition from Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois first, then the WAR head’s to Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri to complete the battle. With both Friday and Saturday’s feature event’s paying...more

Belleville, IL. (08/14/2020) Originally scheduled for the weekend of September 5th and 6th the 16th Annual Charlene Meents Memorial will now be held at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Oklahoma as part of the POWRi Season Championship Weekend on October 16th and 17th. Included into the POWRi Season Championship, the Meents Memorial will now feature several different racing leagues to add to the overall exciting weekend event. POWRi classes scheduled to compete at Creek County Speedway on...more

OBERLIN, Kansas (August 14, 2020) – The POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing headed to the western-Kansas 3/8-mile of Oberlin Speedway on Friday for night one of the Bob Salem Memorial. With 31 cars on hand, Eagle, Nebraska’s Tyler Drueke was dominant throughout the night’s events, sweeping the heat race win and the 25-lap feature event. Tyler Drueke, Jake Martens, Zach Blurton, and JD Johnson all claimed heat race wins on Friday night. Two...more

Belleville, IL. (08/16/2020) Jonathan Beason conquered the stand alone show at Creek County Speedway with the POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget League. 25 cars went to battle, and Beason found himself coming out on top in victory lane. Beason took command of the race lead early, using every advantage he could with starting on the front row. Alex Sewell started on the outside of Beason and they both lead the field to green. Beason grabbed the bottom side and tried to make it stick, meanwhile the...more

OBERLIN, Kansas (August 15, 2020) – Twenty-seven cars were on hand with POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series presented by the Mel Hambelton Ford Racing for the final night of the Bob Salem Memorial. Drivers took to the 3/8-mile dirt track on Saturday night and Quinter, Kansas’ Zach Blurton swept the night. Heat races were won by Zach Blurton, Monty Ferriera, Koby Walters, and JD Johnson. A 12-lap B-Feature transferred eight to the feature event: Kyler Johnson, Todd Plemons, Willie Wynn,...more

Belleville, IL. (08/17/2020) Battling on a smooth-slick quarter-mile racing surface on a hot and hazy Fort Morgan Colorado night, the POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would tackle the tricky I-76 Speedway in wingless competition. Picking up his fifth win on the 2020 RMLS season, Johnny Boos continues to ride the wave of successes this year while tightening the gap in the overall championship standings. Running without the downforce of a wing for the fifth time this year the...more