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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

Belleville, IL. (7/11/2021) Finding speed everywhere on the expertly prepared racing surfaces of El Paso County Raceway over the weekend, the Lucas Oil POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would once again rise to the occasion of talented driving displays. Notching his first win of the racing season Blair Cooper would reign supreme, winning his third feature event in the previous two years. Early on-track battles would find Jenn Woods and Mike McMillen each gain heat racing victories to...more

Belleville, IL. (07/11/2021) Encountering heavy rainfall over the previous weekend, many POWRi Super Stock racing was halted with five sanctioned venues canceling. Even with the cancelations of several tracks, other fantastic racing surfaces would still hold events as three premier facilities were able to dodge the wrath of Mother Nature. As the Chase for the Championship heats up atop the standings, will Tony Anglin be able to hold off the hard-points charge of Ted Welschmeyer now only...more

Belleville, IL. (07/11/2021) Suffering through the previous two events succumbing to the whims of Mother Nature, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will now shift their focuses back to Grain Valley Missouri for Thunder in the Valley on July 16-17 with the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues also on the racing docket. Currently, in the 2021 Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League season standings Mario Clouser, of Auburn IL, has stretched out a solid 220-point...more

Belleville, IL (7/11/2021) Added to the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues season schedules to much fanfare, Sweet Spring Motorsports Complex will welcome competitors from all over to contend for supremacy on the one-sixth mile oval on Sunday, July 18th to wrap up The Thunder in the Valley weekend event. Sunday, July 18th – Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex: Pits Open – 12:00 PM Drivers Registration – 3:00-5:00 PM Drivers Meeting – 5:30 PM Hot Laps – 6:00 PM Racing to...more