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ELDON, MO. (April 30, 2019) – The POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprint League resumed on Friday night with their second event of the season and the first of six appearances at the beautiful Lake Ozark Speedway. A solid 14-car field came out to play in front of an enthusiastic and packed grandstands with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars also in attendance. Split into a pair of heat races, Brad Strunk of Mason, Ohio and Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Missouri picked up the wins which set the...more

(Torrance, CA, April 30, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will be headed to the Ventura Raceway this Saturday night, May 4th, for a crowd-pleasing open wheel program that will also include the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, VRA Senior Sprints and the Focus/WMR Midgets. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday and the first race will take the green flag at 5:30. Saturday’s show at the picturesque track that sits just a few hundred feet from the breaking waves...more

TORRANCE, CALIF. (May 14, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will make its second of three 2019 appearances at the Barona Speedway this Saturday night, May 18th. Gates will open at noon and the first race will get the green flag at 5:00. Coming off his second win of the 2019 campaign at Ventura two weeks ago, Barona local Jarrett Kramer of Spring Valley brings a 61-point lead into the sixth race of the season. Five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz of Lomita...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

WINSTON, MO. (June 1, 2019) – Scoring his third POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprint League triumph of 2019 on Saturday night at I-35 (Mo.) Speedway, Kyle Lewis of Spring Hill, Kans. bided his time behind Kenny Bowers until he saw the perfect moment to strike and seized it, capturing the lead and hanging on for another MLS victory. Mark Billings of Kansas City, Mo. and Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Mo. opened the evening by splitting heat race wins at the Winston, Mo. facility. However, it...more

FORT MORGAN, COLO. (June 18, 2019) – Brent Rees of Arvada, Colo. became the fourth winner in six POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association events this weekend. Driving the Brandon Steele owned R1 powered Triple-X No. 5, Rees topped a 19-car field at I-76 Speedway. Following Rees to the stripe was Johnny Boos in second, Adam Trimble in third, Jason Woods in fourth and Dakota Dillin in fifth. Rounding out the top ten was Jenn Woods, Josh Flood, Jason Wessling, BJ Sauer and...more

TORRANCE, CALIF. (June 20, 2019) - Doug Nunes ended a two-month long winless streak when he swept the show at the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series race at the Bakersfield Speedway last Saturday night. The win was the third of the year for the Kingsburg, California resident. Nunes, 42, served early notice on what was going to come on the night the out-qualified the 25-car field with a lap of 13.566 on the 1/3 of a mile high banked clay oval. CLS newcomer Jacob Williams...more

TORRANCE, CALIF. (July 1, 2019) - The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will hit the halfway point in its 26th season at its home track, Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway, this Saturday night, July 6th. Spectator gates at the “Best Little Dirt Track in America” will open at 3:00 P.M. and the first race will be at 5:30. Going into this weekend’s race, Jarrett Kramer of Spring Valley, the 2010 and 2018 CLS champion, is on top of the 2019 championship standings. The 37-year-old...more

WINSTON, MO. (July 6, 2019) – Kyle Lewis of Spring Hill, Kansas picked up another POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprint victory on Saturday night as the league traveled to I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo. Following Lewis to the line in the main event was Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Mo. in second, Tyler Johnson of Odessa, Mo. in third, Tyler Miller of Pattonsburg, Mo. in. fourth and Kenny Bowers of Olathe, Kans. in fifth. On tap next for the POWRi Lucas Oil Midwest Lightning Sprint League will...more

GRAIN VALLEY, MO. (July 12, 2019) – Sharing the stage alongside the POWRi Lucas Oil National / West Midgets and the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micros, the POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints tackled Valley Speedway on Friday night. Charging from eighth, Kenny Bowers of Olathe, Kans. stormed to the lead by lap five and ran away with the victory. Bobby Layne of Kansas City, Mo. and Kyle Lewis of Spring Hill, Kans. split heat race victories while Jeff Bard of Basehor, Kans. and Tyler Murry of...more