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Indianapolis, IN - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint League is set to join the POWRi Illinois SPEED Week roster for the first time ever. The WAR East Sprints will compete in three of the total five nights of SPEED Week. Please find WAR payout details below. POWRi kicks off the first of a five-night series known as Illinois Speed Week on Wednesday, May 31 at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois featuring the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints plus National and D-II Midgets. Thursday,...more

Joliet, IL (May 31, 2017) - After a series of rainouts to start the season, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East sprint cars opened their season on Wednesday night, May 31 at the Dirt Oval at 66 Raceway with Landon Simon picking up the win. It marked the first race at the dirt oval in well over a decade. Slater Helt and Simon would lead the field to green for the 20 lap A-Main event. Helt set the pace as he beat Simon into turn one on the opening lap. Helt would hold off Simon to lead lap one as Mario...more

Fairbury, IL (June 1, 2017) - In sports, it's always been said by many that luck is when preparation meets opportunity. On Thursday night, Korey Weyant definitely lived up to the saying as he picked up a wild win at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints. Kevin Thomas Jr. moved from his sixth starting spot into the lead on the opening lap. Right behind him, the action was intense among a group of drivers including Dustin Smith, Mitch Wissmiller, Joe B....more

Jacksonville, IL (June 2, 2017) - After winning on Wednesday night at The Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois in the WAR East season opener, Landon Simon picked up the win at Jacksonville Speedway on Friday night with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprints for his second win of the three race swing. As the field took the green, second-starting Simon battled with Andy Baugh for the top spot. Simon took control as the first lap was completed as he was followed by Baugh, Terry Babb, and Mario...more

Grain Valley, MO (June 3, 2017) - Moving into the lead once the green flag waved, Korey Weyant picked up his series best ninth career win with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints at Valley Speedway Saturday night. Weyant took the lead once the green was waved as he was followed by Craig Carroll and Warren Johnson. The top three would stay this way for the first three laps. On lap four, Slater Helt cracked the top three as he trailed Weyant and Carroll. Also moving forward was Wyatt Burks, who...more

Indianapolis, IN - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints are headed to I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri Saturday, June 10 for their seventh round of competition in 2017. This will be the second showing for WAR Sprints in Winston this year. Korey Weyant was victorious at I-35 earlier this year. Weyant currently leads the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints point standings followed by Wyatt Burks, Chris Parkinson, Slater Helt, and Quinton Benson who rounds out the top five. Weyant and Clinton Boyles each...more

Winston, MO (June 10, 2017) - Taking advantage of polesitter Slater Helt's misfortune, Wyatt Burks picked up his first POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints win of 2017 Saturday night at I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri. On the original start, Helt moved from the bottom and beat second-starting Korey Weyant down the backstretch to take over the lead. Just as Helt moved past the flagstand, the yellow flag came out for Quinton Benson, who got too high in turns three and four and came to a stop. Also...more

Indianapolis, IN - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will be competing at the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri this Saturday, June 17. It is the second showing for the WAR Sprints in Wheatland this year. Justin Grant was victorious at Lucas Oil Speedway in May for the last WAR event there. Since the inception of WAR in 2012, there have been fourteen different WAR drivers in victory lane at Lucas Oil Speedway. Dustin Morgan, Casey Shuman, Chris Parkinson,...more

Wheatland, MO (June 17, 2017) - After missing a handful of POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint shows over the past couple of weeks, Clinton Boyles returned to the league and found himself in victory lane on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway for the first time. Boyles started on the pole and moved into the lead once the green flag flew. Outside front-row starter Chance Morton was running a strong second on lap two when he bicycled in turn one and backed into the wall. He sustained too much damage to...more

Indianapolis, IN - Saturday, June 24 marks the first visit to Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Illinois for the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint Cars in the league's history paying $2,000 to win and $200 to start. Rookie of the Year hopeful, Slater Helt currently leads WAR East points heading into this weekend's event. Korey Weyant trails close behind with only an eight point gap between them. Terry Babb sits third in points followed by Mario Clouser (4th), Steve Thomas (5th), Mitchell...more