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Belleville, IL. (3/5/2020) Offering some of the nation’s best Lightning Sprint racing year after year the POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association aims to continue offering the on-track excitement in 2020. Sanctioning a variety of 21 events in the summer months ranging from early-May until late-September. With a few battling features offering drivers the added thrill of going traditional, with five race-dates scheduled for non-wing racing accomplishments. Starting the season on...more

Belleville, IL. (3/6/2020) To be a champion in the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League is no small task. To repeat as point’s champion is even more daunting. A feat first thought impossible, has now become a reality, as Warsaw, Missouri’s own Riley Kreisel can boast such accolades. The competition level was beyond high in 2019, having over 150 separate entries - 12 different drivers wheeling their way into victory lane, as five motorists would gain their first-ever POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint...more

Belleville, IL. (3/6/2020) Entering into their second full season of POWRi sanctioning competition, the Midwest Lightning Sprints is excited to roll into their 2020 agenda, with a full season of twenty events at six venues throughout Missouri. Sticking with the traditions of over thirty years of Kansas City area racing the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints will continue to call I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri their home track, hosting eleven electrifying events in 2020, ranging from the MLS...more

Oberlin, Kansas – March 7, 2020 - The fifteenth consecutive season for the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing kicks off in just three-short weeks as the tour will head to Rolling Plains Motor Speedway in Hays, Kansas for a weekend double-header. Set for Friday and Saturday night, March 27-28, 2020, the annual Mike “Huey” Hughes/Sunflower Classic Memorial presented by Nutrient Ag Solutions race will see a couple show both nights with each paying...more

Belleville, IL. (3/9/2020) For the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League, 2019 competition would bring out the best among the entrants. Drivers would dual week in and week out, always putting on a show for the spectators in hard-fought battles getting into the top positions. Although there can only be one crowned champion at the end of the season, the drivers finishing second, third, and fourth in the points battle require a little reflection on their racing achievements from 2019. Finishing...more

Belleville, IL (3/11/2020) Continuing to honor our outstanding competitors that regularly put on classic showings within the POWRi Lucas Oil War Sprint League. Our next entrants not only placed inside the middle of the Top Ten in the overall points standings but made some personal history along the way. Running the familiar fan-favorite Dave Kahn racing, DDI Fabrication, AFD Graphics, Helt’s Top Soil, Randy Davidson Trucking, Weber-Wautoma, Nathan Benson Motorsports, Sales Midwest, TUHB, Ozark...more

Belleville, IL. (3/12/2020) For the first time in the history of the POWRi Lucas Oil Border Tour Sprint Series drivers will venture to the alluring Arizona for a duel in the desert. Opening a full-slated schedule of sixteen events in 2020, Border Tour sprinters will first attempt to tame the fast Cocopah Speedway on Saturday, March 21st. Non-Wing 360 sprint cars from all over the Southwest will embark on Somerton Arizona with $1,500 in prize money going to the main-event winner and every...more

Belleville, IL. (3/12/2020) Rounding out the highlights of the Top Ten in POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League Points contenders for 2019 finds a trio of formidable front-runners. With 1,343 total-green-flag laps recorded, the season championship positioning was dependent on every single one as drivers vied for every advantage they could capitalize on in the sensational eighteen features events completed. Hailing out of Bartlett, TN, Anthony Nicholson would be a top competitor on and off the...more

Belleville, IL. (3/13/2020) One name dominated the landscape of the Iowa Sprint Car League in 2019. Capturing the Iowa Sprint League Points Championship in controlling fashion, Wyatt Burks would not only win all but two of his eight feature starts within the Iowa League but would place in the runner-up position in the other two features results. Thrilling spectators, Wyatt drove his Salina 410 Racing Engine, Eagle Chassis, Ultra-Line Hobbies and RC Raceway, Torgesons Trenching, Clem’s Helmets,...more

Belleville, IL. (3/14/2020) With the partnership agreement between POWRi and The SPEED SPORT Network, now comes a brand new streaming service in POWRi TV. Race fans can now enjoy all the action on the track that POWRi offers with the digital media content and technical support SPEED SPORT guarantees. Ready to be accessed at www.powri.tv as well as a standalone app, to be released subsequently, catch all the racing action POWRi TV offers. Dedicating production support to cover POWRi Leagues...more