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WHEATLAND, MO. (September 21, 2019) – Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. become the eighth different POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League champion of the Jesse Hockett / Daniel McMillin Memorial on Saturday night. Leading all 30 laps, his title aboard the Goacher Racing No. 5G gives Windom his fifth-career WAR Sprints win and sends him home with the money, check and trophy from one of the biggest WAR races on the calendar. It was a night hampered by Mother Nature’s sudden downpour of rain at 5:00pm,...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 20, 2019) – Fans at Lucas Oil Speedway played witness to an instant classic in Friday’s Rockwell Security preliminary program. The 25-lap POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League feature offered a handful of lead changes, side-by-side racing through the pack, and a race-deciding move in the closing laps. Ultimately, it was Brady Bacon capping a perfect night as he pounced on Mario Clouser on lap 23 and survived for an epic win on night two of the ninth annual Jesse Hockett /...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 20, 2019) – Recording a near-perfect night, Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. set quicktime in his qualifying group, won his heat race from fourth, won his qualifier from sixth, and charged to third-from-eighth in Thursday’s preliminary feature. A performance strong enough to earn him an unmatched tally of 250 points, slotting him and his Goacher Racing, NOS Energy Drink No. 5G atop the WAR Sprints points through one night of the Jesse Hockett / Daniel McMillin...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 19, 2019) – The ninth annual Jesse Hockett / Daniel McMillin Memorial opened with a bang in Thursday’s Mesilla Valley Transportation preliminary as Zach Daum of Pocahontas, Ill. glided to the race lead on lap 17 and held on for his sixth-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory. Opening with the unique addition of group qualifying, the four flights to open the night saw Garrett Aitken (14.735), Thomas Meseraull (14.521), Chris Windom (14.551) and Riley Kreisel...more

Two weeks ago, at the Ventura Raceway, Jarrett Kramer bested local Cody Nigh for the win on the CLS home track. The victory was the 36-year old Spring Valley resident’s series-leading sixth triumph of the year and it allowed him to maintain a comfortable 136-point lead as he seeks his third CLS championship. Going into the race on the 21st at the “Okie Bowl,” Kingsburg’s Doug Nunes is second in the standings. Nigh, who lives in Camarillo ranks third. San Diego’s A.J. Bender and Eric Greco...more

The POWRi Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) midgets took part in the action-packed 47th annual Harvest Classic at Madera Speedway on Saturday night September 14th, 2019 for the series’ final 2019 visit to the Madera District Fairgrounds. David Goodwill was the fastest qualifier with a best lap of 14.000 seconds in his own #3g midget, which edged out Cody Gerhardt in the Lucas Oil-sponsored # 60 midget who posted a 14.100 second lap. The third fastest qualifier was Cody Jessop in the #00...more

The POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints were back at I-35 Speedway on Sat night. Mike Johnson and crew had the track in a really racey condition. A BIG thank you to our 2019 sponsors: Racin’ Boys, Oskvig Accounting and Rod End Supply HEAT 1 1st z8 Tim Davis KC, MO (R) 2nd 99 Emma Martin Independence, MO (R) 3rd 49b Kenny Bowers Olathe, KS (R) 4th 42 Alex Davis KC, MO (R) 5th 5 Tyler Murry ...more

Quinter’s Zach Blurton made the most of his first outing aboard Jeff Stefonick’s J&K Trucking No. 11c Sprint Car as he took his first win of the season and capped his third consecutive URSS Championship Saturday night as the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series brought to you by Mel Hambelton Racing met the DCRP sprints during the 7th running of the Jerry Soderberg Memorial at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, KS. It was Blurton’s third Soderberg win and second in a row. Blurton...more

Kingsburg’s Doug Nunes, who is chasing Kramer in the standings, started out the night by out qualifying the field with a lap of 11.898. Bakersfield local Wink Schweitzer was second quick with a time of 12.058. San Diego’s A.J. Bender, who was fast qualifier, a heat race winner and second-place finisher in the main the last time the CLS visited Ventura, was third fastest at 12.039. Gardena teen Dominic Del Monte won the first eight-lap heat race and “Rockstar Jon Robertson of Torrance took...more

MACON, ILL. (September 14, 2019) – It seems that around every corner in 2019, Logan Seavey is somewhere making history. On Saturday night, that somewhere was Macon Speedway, as he became the second driver in POWRi’s 15-year existence to record a double-digit win campaign. Marking his tenth win of a remarkable 2019 season, Seavey not sits only one win away from tying Christopher Bell’s record of 11 wins in 2014, which currently stands as the most POWRi National Midget victories in a single...more