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Belleville, IL. (07/5/2021) Celebrating Independence Weekend in a two-day Centennial State swing with stops at Phillips County Raceway and I-76 Speedway, the Lucas Oil POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would put on their own fireworks display of sorts with outstanding open-wheel action. Battling the six-race series winning streak of Johnny Boos into the weekend, competitors would soar to the challenges as Josh Flood would pick up both feature wins. Early racing action at Phillips County...more

BELLEVILLE, Kansas (July 6, 2021) – The Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series took to action atop the famed ½-mile of Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Independence Day. Twenty-two cars were in attendance for Sunday’s event, but it was Lincoln, Nebraska’s Jason Martin taking home the $1,000 pay day. A 6-lap dash lined up the first eight cars for the feature event, which had Jason Martin and Ty Williams setting the pace. Jason Martin took off with the early lead, but a...more

Belleville, IL. (07/06/2021) Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League goes back to their roots this weekend in Oklahoma and will hit a two-day race weekend. Friday, July 9th event will be held at the new Tulsa Speedway in Tulsa, OK. Saturday, July 10th event will be held at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, OK. Friday nights event at Tulsa Speedway will be the first time the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League drivers will make their debut at the new and improved Tulsa Speedway. They ran their first race...more

HAYS, Kansas (July 6, 2021) – The Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing is slated to continue their intense mid-summer schedule on July 10 and July 11 at RPM Speedway in Hays, Kansas. Series drivers are looking ahead to eight more race events to close out the month of July. The Wheat Shocker Nationals, which pays $2000 to win, is an event that many fans and drivers look forward to all year since it was first run in 2008. The inaugural event was...more

Belleville, IL (07/6/2021) Missouri will get a double-shot of open-wheel excitement with the “Thunder in the Valley” on July 16-17 at Valley Speedway. Featuring the edge of the seat adrenaline rushes of the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues as well as the Lucas Oil Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League for two nights of non-stop racing action in Grain Valley Missouri on Friday and Saturday. Classes scheduled to compete July 16-17 at Valley Speedway’s “Thunder in the Valley”...more

Belleville, IL. (07/6/2021) Pairing two of the most exciting Show-Me State racing venues for a three-day sweep of Missouri speed will see the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues head to Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex on Sunday, July 18th after the two nights of Thunder in the Valley at Valley Speedway July 16-17. Sweet Springs Missouri’s picturesque facility will host the nation’s top open-wheel competitors as the non-stop adrenaline rushes of the Lucas Oil POWRi National and...more

Tulsa, OK (07/09/2021) Jonathan Beason picked up his second straight Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League feature win tonight during the series’ debut at the newly opened Tulsa Speedway. Andrew Deal led the field to green, but it was Andrew Felker jumped out to the early lead. Felker continued to lead through multiple cautions with Tanner Berryhill and Beason ran him down. As laps clicked away, Beason moved into second and began the battle with Felker for the lead. A late race caution for pole...more

Belleville, IL. (07/11/2021) Due to precipitation and saturated grounds at the facility, POWRi, USAC, and Knoxville Raceway officials have canceled the Corn Belt Clash event scheduled at the iconic half-mile oval for Saturday, July 10th with the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League and USAC National Sprints. The Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League will next see racing action at Valley Speedway with the two-day Thunder in the Valley on July 16-17. Can’t make it out to the track and...more

Belleville, IL. (07/11/2021) Heavy rainfall with more predicted in the immediate future would force Nevada Speedway and POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprint Officials to postpone the races scheduled for Saturday, July 10th. Track and series officials are currently working to reschedule the event at a later date in the racing season. Up next for the Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints will be a return trip to always entertaining Central Missouri Speedway, in Warrensburg, Missouri, on Saturday, July...more

Belleville, IL. (07/11/2021) Flying into the weekend for not only one feature event but a make-up feature to boot, the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would tackle the speedy Greenbush Race Park over the weekend with Dexter Dvergsten grabbing his seventh win of the year by driving his way to the front in both outstanding races. Running the Greenbush Race Park make-up feature from the July 3rd rain-out first, the POWRi MKLS would see Kelsi Pederson and Alex Truscinski each gain...more