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Belleville, IL - Effective immediately, Performance Open Wheel Racing, Inc. (POWRi) has partnered with both the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series (UMSS) and Northern Renegade Sprint Car Series (NRSS). By coming under the POWRi banner, this will help create and keep a consistent rule package within the industry standards, helping to bolster car counts. “These partnerships that POWRi is creating will continue to expand the brand’s presence in the North, while affirming our commitment to...more

Belleville, IL – The Inaugural Spring Nationals at Jacksonville Speedway has been cancelled due to inclement weather and the forecasted low temperatures. Originally scheduled for Friday, April 6th and Saturday, April 7th, the Inaugural Spring Nationals was set to host a trifecta of POWRi racing including the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League, POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League, and on Saturday, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint Car League. Saturday was scheduled to be...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 7, 2018) – The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League’s season has taken off with four events in the record books so far for 2018. Meanwhile the more Eastern based WAR Wildcard schedule has been hindered due to an uncooperative Mother Nature. But, that all changes this weekend. Saturday, May 12 the WAR Wildcard Sprints will invade Brownstown, Illinois and travel to Fayette County Speedway for their season opening event which will also be recorded for an episode of "Dirty 30"...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 9, 2018) – The action will be intense on Saturday night as the Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League presented by Executive Concrete NWA storms into Tulsa’s Port City Raceway. Saturday’s card will mark the lone appearance of the year for the mighty Midgets of the POWRi West Midget league atop the cozy confines of the racy, 1/8-mile Port City Raceway clay oval. It will also be the first Midget competition at Port City Raceway since Caney, KS, shoe Andrew Deal...more

BROWNSTOWN, IL (May 12, 2018) – Mario Clouser triumphed at Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Illinois with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint League to score his first ever sprint car win of his career over hard charging Thomas Meseraull (2nd) and Landon Simon (3rd). At the start of the 25-lap feature event Mitch Wissmiller took the lead, but Meseraull would sneak by after a few laps were in the books. Meseraull held a comfortable lead until the yellow flag came out for Austin Sears...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 30, 2018) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints are headed back to Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri for their seventh round of competition so far this 2018 season. This Saturday, June 2 will be WAR's second trip to Valley this year. Riley Kreisel was victorious at the end of the last visit which was back in early May. Kreisel currently leads the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprints Championship points over Quinton Benson (2nd), Anthony Nicholson (3rd), Korey Weyant (4th),...more

Belleville, IL – In just a few short days, Illinois race fans’ most anticipated week of open wheel racing roars to life. POWRi’s Sixth Annual Illinois SPEED Week kicks off Wednesday night at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois featuring a double-dose of action with the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League alongside the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro League. Thursday, both divisions tackle the fan and driver favorite of Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, Illinois. ...more

FAIRBURY, IL (June 5, 2018) – Landon Simon was the victor Tuesday night at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint League. It was his first WAR win of the 2018 season as he won multiple WAR races in 2017. Thomas Meseraull (2nd) and Mitch Wissmiller (3rd) completed the podium. After earning the LRB Inc. “High Point Man” award from his stellar heat race performance, Simon pulled the ace for the redraw which left him to start on the...more

JACKSONVILLE, IL (June 8, 2018) - Joe B. Miller found his way to victory lane twice Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Illinois. Once in his micro, and again with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprints. After earning the LRB Inc. High Point Man honors for his heat race passing points, Miller pulled the 4 for the redraw invert. Landon Simon and Korey Weyant led the 20-car field to green and Weyant would lead the early laps running the top. Miller would work his way up to...more

KNOXVILLE, IA (June 9, 2018) - The Sprint Car Capital of the World is adding another crown jewel event to its already action-packed season schedule. Starting in 2019, Knoxville Raceway will host a two-day non-wing sprint car race – The Corn Belt Nationals – on Friday and Saturday, July 5 and 6, 2019. “Knoxville is proud to host another Nationals event, especially one that brings us back to our roots of non-wing racing,” said John McCoy, Knoxville Raceway promoter. “Non-wing racing opens up our...more