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Belleville, IL (11/28/2021) Wrapping up the 2021 racing season at the fan-favorite annual Turkey Bowl at Vado Speedway Park, the Lucas Oil POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association would see a two-day show full of excitement and on-track action aplenty with Mother Nature thwarting the trackside battles on Night One setting the stage for double the feature fun on Saturday. Racing two features in one night would find rookie-of-the-year winner Caleb Stelzig notched his second career victory in...more

Belleville, IL. (12/10/2021) Ready to resume racing for the 2022 season, the Lucas Oil POWRi Vado Super Sprints schedule for the state-of-the-art Vado Speedway Park in Vado, NM has been finalized with marquee events spanning from March until November. Offering competitors thirteen Saturday Night events throughout the season beginning with the Military Appreciation Season Opener on March 6th. Continuing forms of racing on a monthly flex-scheduling, the POWRi Vado Super Sprints will then witness...more

Belleville, IL. (12/10/2021) Doubling the amount of 360-Wing sprint racing for their second year of operation, the POWRi Desert Wing Sprint Series will see a sixteen-event season-spanning an early April open until a late October finale. Venturing to four fantastic racing venues across three southwest states, return trips to fan-favorite facilities of the inaugural season will be in store with Vado Speedway Park (May 28&29/September 02&03) and Aztec Speedway (June 10&11/August 19&20) each...more

Belleville, IL (12/16/2021) Fresh off wrapping up a third Lucas Oil POWRi New Mexico Motor Racing Association Non-Wing Sprint Championship, top-tier wheelman Caleb Saiz will set his sights on conquering another form of open-wheel excitement by joining the ranks Chili Bowl of contenders. David Burns, Hal Burns Truck RV and Equipment, Darns Racing, NAPA Auto Parts Albuquerque, Weise (NAPA) Santa Fe Auto Supply, New Mexico Motorsports Report, Pro Body, FK Rod Ends, and Performance Plus Racing...more

Belleville, IL. (12/17/2021) Running a limited schedule of five POWRi events as a team in 2021, Chase McDermand and Mounce/Stout Motorsports will continue to join forces for full-time 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League competition as well as entering into the 36th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals in January. “We would like to Welcome 2021 Badger Midget Champ, Chase McDermand as one of five Chili Bowl Nationals entries for Mounce/Stout Motorsports. Chase is looking to expand in 2022 and run...more

Belleville, IL. (12/21/21) Veteran open-wheeler and 2021 POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals Champion Chris Crowder is set to make his on-track debut at the Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 36th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in January. Residing in Colorado Springs, Crowder will be one of more than seventy-five drivers attempting to become the Rookie of the Race, with over three-hundred-fifty total entries anticipated. Wheeling the Del Morris Motorsports, Accelerated Services Auto Transporters, Morris...more

Belleville, IL. (12/22/2021) Finishing off their second season of intense sanctioned competition, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would contend for eleven feature events with seven different drivers checking into victory lanes throughout the racing season. Capturing the championship after a year-long quest of driving conquests, Grant Sexton would earn the title with consistency and a league-leading feature win-count. Racing out of Lakeside, California, Grant Sexton in his #3...more

Belleville, IL. (12/31/2021) Fan-favorite running grounds return with highly anticipated marquee events are on the agenda for the 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint Car League season with twenty-eight tentative race dates spanning ten separate places of speed. Setting a driver-friendly schedule of competition, drivers will see open-wheel action from April until September as the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League and the Xtreme Outlaw Sprint Series will witness...more

Belleville, IL. (1/6/22) Packing a portion of the honored pedigree for the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League Points Champion entails an automatic entry into the Vacuworx Race of Champions held annually during Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Winning the League accolades in 2021, Bryant Weideman, of Colby Kansas, will become the youngest driver to compete in the special race during Monday’s Cummins Qualifying Night. Chili Bowl officials have altered the scheduled fifteen drivers...more

Belleville, IL. (1/8/22) Thirty-two POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League events span the 2022 racing schedule for the premiere of the series, with visits to thirteen various outstanding factories of open-wheel excitement. Basing the POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League home-track of operations at Lake Ozark Speedway, the league will witness twelve events at “The Lake” spanning the 2022 racing season beginning with the Season Opener Showcase on Saturday, April 2. Weekend events populate the...more