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Las Cruces, NM (September 16, 2017) - For the fifth straight time at the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Kyle McCutcheon took home the victory in the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR 305 Winged Sprints feature event. Wes Wofford, Lorne Wofford, Don Grable, and Derek Demartino rounded out the top five. After starting fifth on the grid, the driver from Alamogordo, New Mexico tracked down race-long leader Wes Wofford with five laps to go, and then shot into the lead in heavy lapped...more

LAS CRUCES, Nm. (September 30, 2017) - Lorne Wofford picked up his fourth POWRi Lucas Oil WAR 305 Winged Sprint win of the year at the finale of the league's season at Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico Saturday night. Kyle McCutcheon, Robert Herrera, Derek Demartino, and Don Grable rounded out the top five. The high-banked 3/8 mile clay oval produced a stellar racing surface allowing L.Wofford to charge from his tenth starting position to victory lane. Herrera, Demartino,...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (October 4, 2017) - Alamogordo, New Mexico native Wes Wofford has been named the first-ever POWRi Lucas Oil 305 Winged New Mexico League Champion after the league's inaugural season. He wrapped up his season at the finale event, September 30, at Southern New Mexico Speedway with a top 10 finish. He obtained a list of impressive stats throughout the 16-race season schedule with 3 wins, 14 top 5's, and he never finished outside of the top 10 at any POWRi 305 event. Consistency...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 14, 2018) - Wes Wofford scored his second POWRi Lucas Oil New Mexico Winged 305 Sprint League win of the 2018 season Saturday night at Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Lorne Wofford (2nd), Cesar Fuentes (3rd), Robert Herrera (4th), and Don Grable (5th) rounded out the top five. Rick Ziehl passed twelve cars to finish sixth earning him the Hard Charger title. Bob Faulhaber, Brandon Schure, and Cesar Fuentes were heat race winners. The POWRi Lucas...more

Membership registration for race teams planning on competing with POWRi for all divisions in 2019 can be found on line by entering the Register Here link at the top right side of the POWRi website. You can also join under the Rules link located at the top of POWRi web site. You must be a POWRi member to be eligible for the year end point fund and secondary medical insurance. If you are member of POWRi in any division, you will not pay a TP fee to compete in any other division. Insurance will...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

Belleville, IL. (2/28/2020) Capitalizing off the successes of previous seasons the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League aims to not only expand in 2020 but continue to serve the drivers while thrilling the fans with captivating superiority of wheelman-ship. Tripling the point fund in three years POWRi will again offer a point’s championship to registered POWRi members with over a total of $15,000 on the line: 1. $3,500.00, 2. $2,500.00, 3.$1,500.00, 4. $1,250.00, 5. $1,150.00, 6. $1,050.00,...more

Belleville, IL. (3/3/2020) Wanting to give drivers as many opportunities to take to the track as possible, the newly sanctioned POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints are set to roll out their 2020 campaign. Debuting under the “Mid-Winter Fair” lights of Imperial Valley Speedway on Saturday, March 7th, Southwest Lightning Sprints continue the side-by-side racing during some daytime dueling on Sunday, March 8th. Presented by Imperial Motorsports Promotions, Imperial Valley Fairgrounds will play...more

Belleville, IL. (3/4/2020) Entering into their first full season under the POWRi brand, the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprint Series is excited to get the 2020 action started. Reveling an ambitious 28 race-date venture during the course of the summer months now competing under the unified POWRi rule-package. Based out of the North Dakota and Minnesota area, the POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints will continue to operate with Jason Berg, the series owner, remaining as head of the series. As part of...more