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Belleville, IL – The POWRi Lucas Oil National & West Midget League is thrilled to announce that the Saturday 9/30 Meents Memorial at Belle-Clair Speedway will be tape delayed broadcast on MAVTV. The Meents Memorial Presented by Priority Aviation will bring out National & West Midget drivers from all over the Mid-West. The broadcast will include driver interviews, in-car cameras, and various technical segments. MAVTV is available nationwide. Check your local listings for MAVTV channel...more

Belleville, IL – In honor of longtime POWRi announcer, Jim Childers, POWRi will be hosting a Chili Dump at the conclusion of the 26th Annual Knepper Memorial on Friday, September 29th at Belle-Clair Speedway. Childers’ contributions and continued efforts not only for POWRi, but open wheel racing as a whole, have left a long-lasting shine on the sport. Always a familiar voice behind the microphone, his tone and race calling is recognizable nationwide. Childers will be present this Friday and...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (September 26, 2017) - Korey Weyant wrapped up a championship season with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League last weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The Springfield, Illinois driver qualified for all three feature events over the weekend against a 60-car field to clinch his first title with the league in his Weeble's Bar and Grill/Tosti's Transmission/Ealey Automotive Eagle with Automotive Machine power. Weyant racked up an impressive list of stats...more

INDIANAPOLIS, In. (September 26, 2017) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR East Sprint League is set to take center stage October 6-7 at Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois for SPRINT MANIA. Please see all the event details including payout structure below. FRIDAY'S PRE-RACE SCHEDULE Pit Gate Opens (3rd Street) – 10:00 AM General Admission Gate Opens (1st Street) - Noon Pill Draw 3:00 PM Drivers Meeting - 5:00 PM Hot Laps – 6:00 PM Racing – 7:00 PM SATURDAY’S PRE-RACE SCHEDULE Pit...more

Belleville, IL – With a handful of races left for the 2017 season, the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Lucas Oil West League and POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League look to the two day show at Belle-Clair Speedway on September 29th and 30th. Set to honor two of the Metro Saint Louis region’s most recognized supporters of open wheel racing, Friday night's show on 9/29 will be the rescheduled 26th Annual Knepper Memorial. Saturday's show will be the 13th Annual...more

Wheatland, MO (September 23, 2017) - Holding the broom high as he climbed atop the cage of his Daum Motorsports No. 5d, Logan Seavey made it a perfect weekend with the POWRi Lucas Oil War Sprints to win the 7th annual Hockett/McMillin Memorial at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. Taking off from the right of the front row, Seavey jumped to the lead at the wave of the green flag. Crowding to the bottom line, the opening laps yielded several cautions with the race finally at pace...more

Wheatland, MO (September 22, 2017) - California native Logan Seavey remains undefeated in WAR competition after picking up his second consecutive POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League victory Friday night at Lucas Oil Speedway against a stunning sixty car field. Wyatt Burks, Danny Smith, Clinton Boyles, and Dustin Morgan rounded out the top five for the second night of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial. Boyles led early from his front row outside starting position, with Seavey moving into...more

Wheatland, MO (September 21, 2017) - Logan Seavey made his POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint debut in stunning fashion by taking the Daum Motorsports 5D machine to victory lane at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri for Night 1 of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial against a staggering 56 car field. Dustin Morgan, Mario Clouser, Brandon Mattox, and Quinton Benson rounded out the top five. Benson and Chris Phillips led the 22-car field to green flag racing. Phillips would lead early on...more

Indianapolis, IN (September 17, 2017) - The finale of the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League's season has come; a three-day event weekend at the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri taking place September 21-23 is sure to produce thrilling victories, drama, and the crowning of a new WAR Champion. Korey Weyant has held a comfortable point lead for the entire season, but with his three DNF's in the last four WAR races, Chris Parkinson (2nd) and Wyatt Burks (3rd) have...more

Caney, Kansas (September 16, 2017)- The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League made their way to Caney Valley Speedway for the second night of the weekend. Mother Nature decided that she would take over track prep duties, and dumped rain on the track shortly after the gates opened. When the sky cleared, the Caney Valley Speedway crew got right to work to get the pits and track back into drivable conditions. With 17 cars signing in, there would be 2 heats, and all cars would move on the A. The...more