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Photo Credit: TopRow Photos TULSA, Okla. (February 21, 2019) - In just 16 days cars will hit the track for the first time in 2019 as Open Practice is set for Saturday, March 9 at Port City Raceway located just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. Just five days following the first open practice of the season, the first race of 2019 will get the green flag as Terry Mattox Promotions presents the Oil Capital Clash III and 2nd Annual Terry Walker Memorial featuring the Lucas Oil NOW600 National Series...more

The 8th Annual Donnie Ray Crawford Memorial Race will be early this year ! Mark your calendars for Friday & Saturday, March 29th & 30th for one of the biggest events of the year!

The Turnpike Challenge is returning to Port City Raceway on Sunday, March 24th! We are hosting the final leg of this 4 day challenge. The event starts at Creek County Speedway,Thursday, March 21st then moves for a 2 day stop at I-44 Riverside Speedway, Friday & Saturday, March 22nd & 23rd. We will be hosting day 4 of this exciting event that brings the POWRi Midgets & Outlaw Micro Sprints to one venue for an unforgettable event! Don't miss out on some of the best racing around!

POWRi/WAR Sprints Partner with Wildcat Raceway Indianapolis, IN (December 22, 2017) - The Lucas Oil POWRi/WAR Sprint Car Series will lay claim to a new state this coming February after aligning a fresh partnership with Wildcat Raceway in Tuscon, Arizona to sanction the 360 Wildcat Winter Sprints series. The POWRi/WAR Sprints debut in the Grand Canyon state on February 4, 2017 at Wildcat Raceway paying $3,000 to win and $250 to start. There will be a follow up two-day weekend of competition on...more

By POWRi (Belleville, IL) -- On Friday, May 4th the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues, alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League will tackle the fast quarter-mile Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for night one of the Open Wheel Showdown Weekend. Saturday all three Leagues will head to the title-sponsor owned, incredible "Diamond of Dirt Tracks," Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri to round out the tour. One of the most anticipated events of the year, the...more

360 Wildcat Winter Sprints Rules Update The non-wing portion of the 360 Wildcat Winter Sprints events will run under the POWRi/WAR Sprint Series rules and procedures with the exception of the engine rule and weight rule. Those two exceptions will be as follows: ENGINE -ASCS heads will require a 2 3/16 restrictor, with a length of 3 inches. -Any other head will require a 1 7/8 restrictor, with a length of 1 inch. (must be 23 degree head) -No aluminum block engines will be allowed -No down...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford Photography) MONROVIA, Ind. – After encountering issues with both of his engines this weekend at Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway, Justin Peck has teamed with Hard Eight Racing for the upcoming “Jason Leffler Memorial” at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, Ill on October 21. The one-race-only deal with Jon Kantor will pair a team needing a driver and a driver needing a team for midget racing’s top-paying race in tribute to one of midget racing’s greatest drivers. Hard...more

By Lonnie Wheatley (Indianapolis, IN) -- With no lucky four-leaf clover to be found in Du Quoin, Tyler Courtney now shifts his attention to this weekend’s season-opening POWRi Midget “Turnpike Challenge” at Oklahoma City’s I-44 Riverside Speedway. It will mark Sunshine’s second visit to the cozy 1/5-mile clay oval aboard the Clauson-Marshall Racing Driven2SaveLives/Indiana Donor Network No. 7bc Midget after taking in the opening portion of the event last year. Courtney showed speed in last...more