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(Torrance, CA, November 5, 2019) Aiden Lange and A.J. Bender won the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series main events on October 26 at the Ventura Raceway, but it was Jarrett Kramer who won the season-long CLS war. For the third time in his career and second year in a row, the Spring Valley, California veteran was crowned series champion. Nineteen cars showed up on the night and Palmdale’s Eric Greco proved to be the fastest of the group in qualifying when he turned in a lap...more

(Torrance, CA, November 17, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will finish its 26th consecutive season with the 3rd Annual Western States Lightning Sprint Car Championship at the Bakersfield Speedway this Saturday night, November 23rd. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 P.M. with racing at 6:00. Heading into the race, Jarrett Kramer already has his third overall and second straight CLS championship sewed up. The 37-year-old veteran from Spring Valley comes into...more

The 2019 POWRi Championship Banquet will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The evening will kick off at 6:30PM with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and the awards ceremony. Champions, along with the top ten in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets (Drivers & Owners), POWRi Lucas Oil West Midgets, POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints and POWRi Engler Machine & Tool 600cc Outlaw Micros will be honored, plus Rookies of the Year and other...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (February 6, 2019) – POWRi is proud to announce the addition Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints to the POWRi Lightning Sprint League. With the addition of the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints, this is the fifth series to join the POWRI Lightning Sprint League. Based out of the North Dakota and Minnesota area, the Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints will now run under the unified POWRi rule package, with Jason Berg, the series owner, remaining as head of the series. Serving as the sanctioning...more

(Torrance, CA, December 2, 2019) Five-time POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Bobby Michnowicz capped off a frustrating season when he led every inch of the way to capture the “3rd Annual Western States Lightning Sprint Car Championship” at the Bakersfield Speedway. The victory was the third of the season for the veteran driver and his second at the “Okie Bowl” this year. Bobby Michnowicz closed the CLS season with the win in the 3rd Annual Western States...more

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BELLEVILLE, IL. (Dec. 23, 2019) Fresh off an outstanding Inaugural season the Iowa Sprint League looks to continue their success, as they will now be joining the Performance Open Wheel Racing Incorporated sanctioning body. With POWRi as a sanctioning body the POWRi Lucas Oil Iowa Sprint Car League will primarily run throughout the Midwest focusing on Iowa, Missouri, and parts of Illinois. As the most diverse sanctioning body in the country POWRi’s Kenny Brown stated “This will be a perfect...more

Belleville, IL (December 28, 2019) Uncharted territory, fan-favorite running grounds, and anticipated visits to tracks of the past are all on the agenda for the 2020 POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Car League racing season. With an aggressive 46 scheduled dates set for competition, WAR drivers will see action in 7 states from early March until mid-October. Kicking the season off in style on Saturday, March 7th at Springfield Raceway in Springfield Missouri to wrapping up the season in Sapulpa OK...more

POWRi is proud to announce the addition of another new league in 2020. In an effort to serve an ever-growing need within the quarter midget community, POWRi has created the POWRi Quarter Midget Racing League. “We are very excited to grow our organization in a unique way,” commented POWRi League owner Kenny Brown. “The direction we are heading with the quarter midget community is to allow them to run as a member-controlled organization, but with the support of POWRi Racing behind them. Our...more

Belleville, IL (December 28, 2019) With great car counts and outstanding racing in 2019 the Iowa Sprint Car League aims to continue successes in 2020, now flying under the POWRi Lucas Oil Banner. Working side by side with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Car League in 2020, including 9 stops throughout Iowa as well as a pair of tracks to compete on in Missouri. Getting the season underway on Friday April, 24th in Donnellson Iowa at Lee County Speedway, the POWRi Lucas Oil Iowa Sprint Car League...more