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STOCKTON, CALIF. (May 30, 2019) – Shane Golobic from Fremont drove the Matt Wood owned Elk Grove Ford sponsored Bullett/SR-11x Stanton to a clean sweep of the POWRi-BCRA midget portion of the "Jimmy Sills Classic" held at the Stockton Dirt Track Saturday night. Starting on the pole of the scheduled 20 lap main event Golobic took off at the start to lead Penngrove's Chase Johnson, Tracy's Austin Liggett and Hanford's Michael Faccinto after one lap was in the books. Some good racing happened on...more

WINSTON, MO. (May 28, 2019) – After back-to-back rain outs and a postponement, the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprints League finally hit the track for their second event of 2019 on Sunday night at I-35 Speedway in Winston, Missouri. Following heat race wins from Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Missouri and Jeff Bard of Basehor, Kansas, the feature event was set to roll with Tyler Johnson of Odessa, Missouri and Bobby Layne on the front row. While Johnson and Layne led the field to the green...more

CALIFORNIA, MO. (May 27, 2019) – Scoring his third-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League main event victory, Wesley Smith of Nixa, Missouri topped Sunday’s show at Double-X Speedway with a thrilling performance aboard the Helm Racing No. 12. Another group of 19 entries signed-in for action with heat race wins heading to Smith, Saturday’s winner at Lake Ozark, Jack Wagner, and Quinton Benson. As the LRB, Inc. #HighPointMan, Smith redraw a four-car inversion and slotted the front row with...more

Eldon, Missouri – In what started out as an all Jim Neuman Racing front row, with teammates Jake Neuman and Ace McCarthy sharing the top two positions, it would be Keith Kunz Curb-Agajanian Motorsports with Logan Seavey taking the checkers from the sixth starting position with the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues. At the drop of the green flag, Jim Neuman Racing teammates dueled each other for the top position with Jake Neuman holding the lead over McCarthy as Seavey, Tucker...more

ELDON, MO. (May 25, 2019) – It was an emotional Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway as young Jack Wagner earned his first-career POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory. Driving for car owner Jack Hockett and Jesse Hockett Racing, Wagner won on May 25, just one day before the nine year anniversary of Jesse Hockett's passing on May 26, 2010. Marking the third WAR Sprints event of the 2019 season, Saturday’s show at Lake Ozark Speedway was a triumphant steal after mother nature looked to...more

(Torrance, CA, May 23, 2019) Five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz raced to his second POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event win of 2019 last Saturday night at the Barona Speedway. Twenty-cars signed in on the night. The drama began in qualifying when 2019-point leader Jarrett Kramer’s car had engine ills knocking it out of the show. The Spring Valley based racer took off from the track to pick up another car. However, he did not get back in time to qualify...more

Belleville, IL – Due to the amount of rain received from severe storms over the previous week, the torrential downpours have forced track and series officials’ hands into cancelling the events at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Missouri. “In light of the recent storms that have plagued the Midwest, more specifically the state of Missouri, we will be cancelling the events at Sweet Springs,” commented Jason McCord. “The track has received so much rain over the last few days,...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 18, 2019) – A pair of relatively young POWRi tracks will be under the spotlight this weekend as a Memorial Day tripleheader engulfs the state of Missouri. The “Show-Me Nationals” are slated for back-to-back nights at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Mo. on Friday and Saturday, May 24-25 with a Sunday, May 26 show at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. to conclude the Missouri trifecta. Visiting the Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex on Friday and Saturday,...more

FORT MORGAN, COLO. (May 18, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association opened up their 2019 season on Saturday at I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, Colorado, and they did not disappoint. With 18 cars on hand, the field was split into three fast and narrow heat races won by Keith Rauch, Paul Babich and Lance Bennett. Rolling the dice for a nine-car inversion for the main event, the field was set with Zac Taylor and Carson Garrett on the front row. An opening lap incident...more

Oberlin, Kansas – May 20, 2019 - Two of the premier 305-ci sprint car groups in the region face off this coming Memorial Day weekend as the POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing and the Sprint Series of Oklahoma presented by Smiley’s Racing Products are geared for a weekend double-header. It all starts on Saturday night (May 25) at Longdale Speedway in Longdale, Oklahoma before heading to 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas for a special Sunday night...more