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Oberlin, Kansas – July 21, 2019 - The busy portion of the year for the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing begins this coming weekend as two of the six races in eight days takes place in western Kansas. In conjunction with the county fair, Solomon County Raceway in Beloit will host the first and only series appearance of the season on Saturday night, July 27. This event will pay $700 to-win and will be the thirteenth event on the 2019 race season....more

Beloit, Kansas - July 27, 2019 - Jason Martin took the race lead near the races mid-way point to claim the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing Sprint Car Feature victory Saturday night at Solomon Valley Raceway in Beloit, Kansas. Tracy Hill and Zach Blurton started on the pole for the thirty lap feature with Blurton jumping out into the lead as the green flag fell. Martin quickly moved into the runner-up position from his fourth-starting position...more

LACROSSE, KANS. (July 28, 2019) -Jake Martens got the best of a torrid race long battle with Monte Ferriera to claim the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing victory on a special Sunday night of racing action at the “Bullring” of Rush County Speedway in LaCrosse, Kansas. Martens and Jed Werner started on the front row for the thirty lap feature with Martens quickly jumping out into the lead at the start. Werner, Ferriera, Austin McLean and Kade...more

DESHLER, NEB. (July 31, 2019) – Jason Martin of Lincoln, Neb. tuned up for this weekend’s Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals by racing to victory lane in Wednesday’s 25-lap POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series main event at Thayer County Speedway. Pouncing on teenager Kyler Johnson for the lead on a lap two restart, Martin kept a closing Jake Bubak at bay over the closing rounds to secure his third series win of the year aboard the Midwest Linings/Trucks Plus No. 5X. While Martin scored...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

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

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

Oberlin, Kansas – September 10, 2019 - The Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing will end their 2019 race season this coming Saturday night (September 14) with the seventh annual Jerry Soderberg Memorial at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. The originally scheduled season-ender slated for 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas on October 5 has been dropped from the schedule. This will be the sixth appearance for the “Rebels” with the past five...more

Belleville, IL. (2/25/2020) A leading auto-racing sanctioning body since 1946 the New Mexico Motor Racing Association, based in Albuquerque New Mexico, will now compete under the POWRi banner in the 2020 race season. Setting a solid showing of 18 events for the season, the NMMRA will venture to three separate tracks throughout the land of enchantment extending from early April to October. Starting the season in style on Saturday, April 4th at the newly built state-of-the-art Vado Speedway...more

BELLEVILLE, IL. (February 28, 2020) – POWRi is proud to announce the addition of the Southwest Lightning Sprint Series, making it the fourth series to join the POWRi Lightning Sprint League. Based out of Southern California, the Southwest Lightning Sprints will run under a unified POWRi rule package, with Brent Sexton serving as series director. Continuing to function as the sanctioning body for three of the biggest lightning sprint organizations, the POWRi Lightning Sprint League will consist...more