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BROWNSTOWN, ILL. (June 12, 2019) – Following the unfortunate rain out of the originally scheduled Illinois SPEED Week opener on Wednesday at Belle-Clair Speedway, the first of now four race switches to Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Ill. on Thursday, June 13. The youngest track on the Illinois SPEED Week schedule, Fayette County has only hosted a pair of SPEED Week events with previous competition in 2016 and 2018. Overall, POWRi Racing has visited the Brownstown, Illinois facility on...more

Belleville, IL – With an imminent threat of rain entering the Metro-East region and keeping the best interests of the numerous teams traveling to the area from across the nation to chase a POWRi Illinois SPEED Week title, the opening night at Belle-Clair Speedway has been cancelled. “I’ve fielded several calls from our local teams, as well as teams traveling from out of the area to come race our POWRi Illinois SPEED Week regarding the weather for today’s race at Belle-Clair,” stated Kenny...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 12, 2019) – We’ve seen it time and time again, the talented and budding teenage racer chalked full of potential and making waves on the national scene with a powerhouse organization. This week, a new batch of youngsters with dreams and aspirations of leading the next generation of midget racing will square up against the veterans and experienced competitors of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League in the exciting five-night Illinois SPEED Week. The 2019 class of...more

(Torrance, CA, June 10, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series heads to the Bakersfield Speedway for round #8 of its championship season this Saturday night, June 15th. The race will be the third of five for the CLS at the 1/3 of a mile Kern County clay oval in 2019. (Attached photo of Bobby Michnowicz courtesy of Pit Princess Photography) Going into this week’s race, five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz has the point lead for the second race in a row. The...more

Oberlin, Kansas – June 9, 2019 - It’s time for a huge three nights of racing action beginning this Thursday night for the POWRi Lucas Oil United Rebel Sprint Series as they once again partake in the third annual Lubbock Wrecker DCRP 305 Sprint Car Nationals takes place at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. Set for a $3,000-to-win event that could potentially climb to as much as $4,500 with lap money included is set for this Thursday through Saturday night, June 13-15, atop the...more

CALHAN, COLO. (June 8, 2019) - Todd Plemons took the lead at the start and held off Zach Blurton to claim his first-career Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing 305-ci sprint car feature Saturday night at El Paso County Speedway in Calhan, Colorado. Tracey Hill and Plemons started on the front row for the twenty-lap-feature finale with Hill taking the lead as the initial green flag fell. The race quickly went caution when two cars got together...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (June 10, 2019) – The star power of POWRi Illinois Speedweek is evident each and every year with headliners swarming from around the world to the “Illini State” for a thrilling five-night stretch. This week’s sixth annual running is no different, featuring the trio of Logan Seavey, Tanner Thorson, and Michael Pickens all chasing a second Speedweek championship, among countless other contenders in the hunt. For Seavey, the Sutter, California native looks to re-write the record...more

ELDON, MO. (June 8, 2019) – Leading from start-to-finish at Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday night, Wyatt Burks of Topeka, Kansas seized the race lead at the drop of the green flag and never relinquished it. Driving the Clem’s Signs No. 11W, Burks picked up his eighth-career win with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League, placing him in sole possession of the second spot on the all-time WAR win list. Off to a wild start, the 25-lap main event began with a caution for a stopped Korey Weyant,...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (June 7, 2019) – Scoring his fourth-career victory with POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League on Friday night, Riley Kreisel of Warsaw, Missouri maneuvered through a group of elite contenders and rose at the top, completing an impressive sixth-to-first drive with some rim-riding fun and several sliders along the way. Catching the inversion just right, a pair of former WAR Sprint champions would lead the field to the green flag as Chris Parkinson of Gladstone, Mo. and Korey Weyant...more

Veteran racer Pat Schudy went from 2014 until the Spring of 2019 without a midget victory. But now after five POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget runs this season has two more trophies to add to his total after winning tonight’s feature event over A.J. Gilbert, Chad Frewaldt, Morgan Frewaldt and Merril Lamb rounding out the top five. A.J. Gilbert a winner last time out took the early lead in Friday nights feature before giving way to Lamb. After a lap 3 restart for A.J.’s brother Dustin, Schudy took...more