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DODGE CITY, Kansas (April 20, 2021) – Last week’s originally scheduled season opener at 81 Speedway for the Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series Presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing was postponed due to inclement weather. As a result, the season is now slated to kick-off this Saturday, April 24 at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. The 3/8-mile semi-banked clay oval opens its season on Saturday, this year under new management. Long-time professional sprint car driver,...more

Belleville, IL. (04/20/2021) Hitting stride in the early racing season for the POWRi Super Stock division, many area tracks are busy establishing a regular weekly racing program in the 2021 season. Continuing the side-by-side on-track action for the top positions, weekend racing on Friday, April 16th, and Saturday, April 17th would see weather patterns dictate competition from several top-notch venues as tracks were stopped due to precipitation. With few tracks running over the weekend the...more

Belleville, IL. (04/20/2021) Las Cruces Hot City Race Nights would turn out to be a windy one at the picturesque Vado Speedway Park, in Vado, New Mexico, however, the action on the track could take your breath away for the Lucas Oil POWRi Vado Super Sprints throughout the evening as first-time winner Jett Carney would find his way into victory lane. A pair of young up-and-coming talents, Jett Carney and Daniel Blaeser, would bring the field of twenty-three POWRi Vado Super-305-Winged Sprint...more

Belleville, IL. (04/20/2021) After a long offseason, the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints are proud to unveil their ambitious and eager 2021 tentative season schedule with thirty-five event dates. Spanning nine venues over four states, including a duo of POWRi Lightning Sprint National events and a regional border battle, the POWRi MKLS will see outstanding open-wheel racing action primarily in the North Dakota and Minnesota region with a pair of trips to the Show-Me State’s POWRi...more

Belleville, IL. (04/20/2021) Fresh off the release of the 2021 Season Schedule for the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints, comes the opening race weekend to send the season speeding off in style. Launching into racing action on Saturday, April 24th at Devils Lake Speedway in Crary, North Dakota the POWRi MKLS drivers will scratch that racing itch in a non-points event. Heading into their second full-season of POWRi sanctioned Lightning Sprint competition the Minn-Kota Lightning...more

Belleville, IL. (04/20/2021) Gaining traction as one of the fastest-growing divisions under the POWRi umbrella, the always exciting Lightning Sprints will get their chance to shine in the national spotlight with Memorial Day Weekend May 29-30 marking the return of the POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals at charming Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri. Located in Warrensburg Missouri, the well-ran quarter-mile oval of Central Missouri Speedway will host Lightning Sprinters from...more

Albuquerque, NM (4/21/21) – With weather surrounding the Albuquerque metro area, the fate of Sandia Speedway’s season opener with the Lucas Oil POWRi NMMRA Sprint Car Series was quite literally up in the air. Although many eyes were checking the skies, the action on the high-banked 3/8ths mile was fast and exciting throughout the entire evening. New Mexico’s wingless warriors would be split into three stacked qualifying heat races to determine the starting order for the A-Main. Heat 1 saw the...more

Belleville, IL. (04/21/2021) Due to soaking ground conditions with more forecasted precipitation, POWRi and Valley Speedway officials have decided to reschedule racing on Friday, April 23rd for Sunday. Now the Mid-State Nationals with the Lucas Oil POWRi National and West Midget Leagues as well as the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League will take place on Sunday, April 25th. Currently, the Open Wheel Showdown presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps at Lucas Oil Speedway...more

Wheatland, MO. (04/24/2021) Emerson Axsom, the sixteen-year-old out of Franklin, Indiana gained the lead late in the 30-lap main event and claimed his first career Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League Victory. With 29 entries signed-in for the co-sanctioned show between the POWRi National and POWRi west, the field was split into four heats won by Tyler Thomas, Ethan Mitchell, Cannon McIntosh, and Brenham Crouch. Joe B Miller picked up the win in the Super Clean B-Main. The 30-lap POWRi...more

Belleville, IL. (04/24/2021) The Diamond of the Dirt Tracks would not disappoint Saturday Nights as the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League would visit Lucas Oil Speedway for the Tenth Annual Open Wheel Showdown presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps. Great battles on the premier racing surface all evening would see Wesley Smith claim the feature victory after the twenty-five-lap racing battle. With an outstanding field of thirty-five POWRi WAR sprinters flocking to...more