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BELLEVILLE, ILL. (September 13, 2019) – Friday’s finish to the 20-lap POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League main event at Belle-Clair Speedway was a thriller to say the least. Coming out on top of a three-way war for the top spot, Luke Verardi outlasted Frank Galusha and Joe B. Miller to score his much-anticipated first-career win with the series. Starting from the pole position after a sixth-to-second heat race gave him Bell Helmets High Point Man honors, Luke Verardi quickly jumped...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (September 13, 2019) – Taking the wheel of the Team Ripper No. 21KS on Friday night at Belle-Clair Speedway, Jake Neuman of New Berlin, Ill. delivered a long overdue first win of the year for car owner Steve Reynolds and crew chief Flea Ruzic. After taking the lead on lap six, Neuman fended off mid-race pressure from Austin Brown and survived a late charge from Logan Seavey to score his third win of 2019 and the fifth of his POWRi National Midget career. Making his 179th...more

Oberlin, Kansas – September 10, 2019 - The Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing will end their 2019 race season this coming Saturday night (September 14) with the seventh annual Jerry Soderberg Memorial at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. The originally scheduled season-ender slated for 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas on October 5 has been dropped from the schedule. This will be the sixth appearance for the “Rebels” with the past five...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 11, 2019) – After a successful debut of the completely revamped format last year, the WAR Sprints will return to the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial with the same preliminary program and a slightly altered championship format on Saturday. A full breakdown of the updated format can be found at the bottom along with updated preliminary nights with 59 cars at the moment. Following a successful introduction of split preliminary nights, the Thursday and Friday...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (September 11, 2019) – Another Illinois two-step awaits the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League this weekend, with events at Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday, September 13 and Macon Speedway on Saturday, September 14 up next. The action gets underway on Friday night with a trip to one of the favorites, Belle-Clair Speedway, affectionately known as ‘Lil Belleville. For the POWRi National Midgets, Friday’s showdown will...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 10, 2019) – With another substantial car count expected, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League portion of the ninth annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial at Lucas Oil Speedway will once again feature split preliminary nights. A full list of competitors scheduled to run on Thursday’s Mesilla Valley Transportation night and Friday’s Rockwell Security night can be found at the bottom. At the conclusion of pre-entry, 58 drivers have signed-on for competition in...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (September 6, 2019) - A.J Gilbert of Tonganoxie, Kans. won his third POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget Feature of the year on Friday night at Valley Speedway. A.J. Was fast all evening long winning the first heat over teammate Heath Murry, while taking the feature win over Smokin Joe Walker, Brad Wyatt, Morgan Frewaldt, and Lee Lengel rounding out the top five. During the feature Gilbert beat second heat winner JD Black to the first turn giving the young Kansas driver a lead he...more

Wakeeney, Kansas – September 7, 2019 - J.D. Johnson made a daring move on the final lap to claim the thrilling Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing championship feature Saturday night in a return to Wakeeney Speedway in Wakeeney, Kansas. Johnson and Scott Cochran started on the front row for the twenty-five-lap feature with Johnson taking the lead as the green flag fell. Cochran, Nate Berry, Austin McLean and Ty Williams filled out the top five with...more

WHEATLAND, MO. (September 5, 2019) – World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway has come on board as the official title sponsor of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial Kick-It Game on Saturday, September 21 benefiting Grady Chandler's recovery fund through the Steve King Foundation. The kickball game is scheduled for 1:00 PM and pits the winged warriors of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series versus the non-wing wheelmen of the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. Additionally, there will be...more

CANTON, ILL. (September 7, 2019) – Putting an exclamation point on a weekend sweep, Logan Seavey of Sutter, Calif. continued his winning ways on Saturday night with an exciting late-race rally to take the cake at Spoon River Speedway. Going top shelf, Seavey tiptoed around the outside of the 3/8th-mile and treaded the cushion while rocketing to the lead with five to go and storming off for his ninth POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League win of the year In a season chalked full of dominance,...more