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Lonnie Wheatley, BELLEVILLE, Kan. (August 8, 2021) – After earning the pole position on Saturday night, Luke Cranston put the finishing touches on the Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series’ Fourth Annual Belleville 305 Sprint Car Nationals by wiring the field in Sunday’s 30-lapper to take the $7,000 victory atop the ½-mile Belleville High Banks clay oval. Cranston outgunned Friday preliminary winner Jason Martin for the point at the drop of the green flag and set a blistering pace...more

Vado, NM (8/7/21) – Patience prevailed on Saturday night for the 2020 Lucas Oil POWRi NMMRA Sprint Car Series Champion, Caleb Saiz, as he worked the bottom of the Vado Speedway Park to perfection to collect his second victory of the 2021 season. Round 14 of the Lucas Oil POWRi NMMRA Sprint Car Series brought teams to New Mexico’s newest racing facility just south of Las Cruces, New Mexico. This would be drivers’ last opportunity to find victory lane in the regular season down south, as just...more

OBERLIN, Kansas (August 10, 2021) - The Bob Salem Memorial is on tap for the Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing. The event is held dear to series promoter, Rick Salem, as a race honoring his late father. This year along with Salem is a tribute to Tosha Garrison, who was a beloved fan of the series and dirt track racing in general. Racing action will take place atop the ?-mile oval of Oberlin Speedway in Oberlin, Kansas on Friday, August 13 and...more

Belleville, IL. (8/11/2021) Back at the familiar home-racing surfaces of Barona Speedway for the first time in over a two-month break, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would tackle the speedy venue without hesitation as David Benzo would find the fastest route in claiming his second series win in the previous two seasons. Racing hard early would witness Grant Sexton and Parker Dumas each claim heat racing victories as Brent Horn and Ryan Dumas would make up the front row for the...more

Belleville, IL. (8/13/2021) Starting the Inaugural Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out in style with twenty-nine entries, competitors from all over the United States would battle wing-to-wing for nearly every position on the beautifully prepared Norman County Fairgrounds. Showing speed all evening, Grant Sexton, of Lakeside California, would use a late-race restart to his advantage by grabbing the lead and never giving up the sought-after position. Putting on dazzling...more

Belleville, IL. (8/14/2021) Blazing fast speeds would set the tone for night two of the Inaugural Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out with thirty entries checking into the River Cities Speedway pits. Establishing himself as a front-runner early in the evening, hometown heavy-shoe Bryce Haugeberg would dominate the feature event by leading every lap and claiming the night’s top honors. Exciting and intense heat racing action would find Bryce Haugeberg, Dexter Dvergsten,...more

Belleville, IL. (8/15/2021) Hometown heroics would be the trend at Greenbush Race Park on Saturday night with the third night of the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints Summer Shoot-Out. Greenbush Minnesota’s own Alex Truscinski found the fastest way around the speedy and smooth surfaces, earning his ninth series victory and shining brightly against national competition. With a stacked field of thirty-two POWRi Lightning Sprints drivers signing in for racing action Kelsi Pederson,...more

Belleville, IL. (08/16/2021) The Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League and Lucas Oil Micro Sprint League Presented by Engler Machine & Tool, gears up to head into a two-day race weekend back to the state of Illinois. The drivers and teams will attack Charleston Speedway in Charleston, IL. Friday, August 20th. They will get back on the road and finish off the weekend in Macon Illinois, at the Mighty Macon Speedway Saturday, August 21st. The last driver to become victorious at Charleston...more

Belleville, IL. (8/10/2021) As the season end draws near, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League chase for the championship continues to heat up heading into the penultimate weekend of racing action on Saturday, August 21st at the fast lap times of Lake Ozark Speedway. Fresh off crowning a new King of Kansas City at Valley Speedway on August 7th in Wesley Smith, the POWRi WAR Sprint League points championship continues to see Mario Clouser atop the standings with Xavier Doney...more

OBERLIN, Kansas (August 13, 2021) – Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series competitors took to action for night one of the Bob Salem Memorial honoring Tosha Garrison at Oberlin Speedway on Friday night. Sixteen cars checked in for competition atop the 3/8-mile dirt oval located in Oberlin, Kansas. Current series points leader, Ty Williams, was victorious on the first of two nights. Todd Plemons and Koby Walters set the pace for Friday’s 20-lap feature event. Plemons took off with the...more