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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

Grain Valley, MO. (04/25/2021) In an exciting race that saw a handful of different lead changes, Daison Pursley of Locust Grove, OK. outlasted them all to complete his second ever Lucas Oil POWRi Midget League Victory on a Sunday night at Grain Valley Speedway. A field of 28 POWRi National & West Midgets Filled the pit area for the second night of racing, a program that saw Jake Neuman, Shelby Boise, Daison Purlsey, and Cannon McIntosh split the four heat race wins. Winning his heat race from...more

Belleville, IL. (04/25/2021) For the second night in a row in The Show-Me State, the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League would wage WAR, this time around the friendly confines of Valley Speedway for the Mid-State Nationals. With a great field of competitors Anthony Nicholson would emerge as the victor with an outstanding on-track performance in a caution free feature event. With a stout field of twenty-seven POWRi WAR drivers a trio of heat races were needed with Mario Clouser,...more

Belleville, IL. (04/26/2021) After more than thirty-year absence, Sprint Cars return to Odessa Missouri in the form of the new and state-of-the-art I-70 Motorsports Park as the World of Outlaw NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars and the Lucas Oil POWRi Wingless Auto Racing Sprint League roar into town for a weekend doubleheader on Friday, April 30th and Saturday, May 1st. Running as a support class at the Grand Opening of I-70 Motorsports Park, the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint League has been limited...more