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All eyes of the Lightning Sprint racing world will turn to Eldon, Missouri on October 4th and 5th, as the Inaugural Powri Lightning Sprint Nationals swarm “The Lake”, with big money on the line. Representatives from Powri California Lightning Sprint Series, Powri Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Series, and Powri Midwest Lightning Sprint Series are all coming together under a common set of Powri rules making this the premier weekend event of the year for the Lightning Sprints series. Drivers...more

Indio teenager James Turnbull heads into Saturday's race at Ventura after recording a season-best second-place finish at Bakersfield two weeks ago. Pit Princess Photo. Two-time CLS champion and current point leader Jarrett Kramer of Spring Valley has dominated the action at the beachside track thus far in 2019. He won the first four races there before finishing sixth on August 24th. Local Cody Nigh of Camarillo took the win that night. Things returned to normal when Kramer bested the field...more

Fourteen drivers took the challenge on Saturday, September 28th to face a cold and blustery night at the El Paso County Raceway. This was the largest field of the year for the Warrior Sprint Series, with drivers from two states making the trip to take home the paycheck. Heat races were won by Zac Taylor of Green River, Wyoming and Brett Ream of Colorado Springs, Colorado. But it was Coby Pearce of Golden, Colorado taking the high points honor and he rolled a four for the invert, placing...more

A record setting 43 entries of Powri Lightning Sprints would take to the fast Lake Ozark Speedway, with side by side action throughout the first night of the Powri Lightning Sprint Nationals. Drivers from nine states and even Canada would pack the pits. After five hard fought heat races, four fast-paced qualifiers, and a pair of edge-of-the-seat B-Feature battles, the feature field of 24 was set for 25 trips around “The Lake”. Fresh off earning the night’s High Point Qualifier Award, pole...more

With a moody Mother Nature looming Lake Ozark Speedway would go above and beyond to see the field of 37 Powri Lightning Wing National take to the track and prove themselves with blistering lap times and side by side racing action. Even after an extended intermission due to irregular rain showers drivers from eleven states and Canada would wage racing war through four Heat’s, three Qualifiers, and a pair of B-Features to set the 24 car field for 25 trips around “The Lake”. Night number one’s...more

St. Louis, MO – As of the conclusion of the 2019 POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Car League season, POWRi and the Shuman family are announcing that going into the 2020 season, they will be stepping away from the series in a full time capacity. Both Casey and Brooke Shuman have been a part of the sprint car league since the series came under the POWRi banner in 2017. Casey will continue to assist with scheduling and will remain on in an advisory role. “I would like to personally thank both Casey &...more

(Torrance, CA, October 20, 2019) Fans of the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will get an early Halloween treat this Saturday night, October 26th, at the Ventura Raceway. In addition to the regular show, the CLS will stage an extra main event to make up for the race that was postponed due to the power outage at the track on October 5th. After the heat races on Saturday, the CLS drivers will run the postponed main event. Only drivers who participated on October 5th are...more

On a cool Saturday afternoon, another outstanding field of fire-breathing Non-Wing Sprint Cars took to the small D-shaped oval of El Paso County Raceway to battle it out for all the money and to crown a inaugural champion. Entering Saturday, Zac Taylor of Green River, WY held a comfortable lead over Coby Pearce of Golden, CO, but Pearce held onto a chance to win if Taylor had a bad day. Taylor's day started out just that way after he drew the worst pill in the bucket placing him last in the...more

Belleville, IL – With the threat of impending weather on Thursday and Saturday this weekend, and with the amount of travel for by fans, teams, and officials, the Season Championship Sooner Fall Nationals at Creek County Speedway have been cancelled. With teams planning to travel to Creek County Speedway from all across the United States to partake in the Inaugural Sooner Fall Nationals and the gloomy forecast of rain threatening to bookend the weekend, the decision has been made to save teams...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (October 24, 2019) – With the cancellation of this weekend’s Sooner Fall Nationals at Creek County Speedway, the 2019 Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) Racing season has officially come to an end. A trio of new champions forged their way to the front in their respective divisions, while one driver locked down back-to-back titles. With the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, 19-year old Jesse Colwell of Red Bluff, Calif. secured his first career championship in...more