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INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 2, 2018) - It's time for the annual "BORDER WARS" this weekend with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League. While youngster Riley Kreisel holds the lead in the championship points, WAR heads into a challenging two-day race weekend. First up is Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois Friday night, July 6 followed up with St. Francois County Raceway in Farmington, Missouri Saturday. In 2016 Joe B. Miller was victorious at Belle-Clair and Terry Babb picked up the St....more

BELLEVILLE, IL (July 6, 2018) - Taking control on lap three and holding off a late charge from Terry Babb, Zach Daum picked up his second POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League win of 2018 Friday night at Belle Clair Speedway. The race was the first leg of the Border WAR which continues Saturday night at St. Francois County Raceway. Warren Johnson took control early as Daum moved quickly into the third spot on the opening lap. Daum continued to move forward and took the race lead with a turn two...more

FARMINGTON, MO (July 7, 2018) – After watching the race lead slip from his grasp and into the hands of Wyatt Burks on lap 23, Quinton Benson struck with joyous redemption on the final restart to take second Border WAR victory in thrilling fashion at St. Francois County Raceway. Hosting a winner-take-all, side-by-side affair in the closing laps, Benson of Sweet Springs, Missouri outlasted Burks of Overland Park, Kansas in what was one of the most exciting WAR Sprint Car main events of the 2018...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 17, 2018) - With Friday’s WAR Wildcard appearance at the Champaign County Fairgrounds serving as the halfway mark to our 2018 season, we thought now is a better time than ever to look back on the first part of our year and preview what is still to come. It has been a historic action-packed campaign with some of the best racing to ever graze the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint Car League, and bigger and better things are still around the corner. Through all 16 WAR events this...more

CHAMPAIGN, IL (July 20, 2018) – After outlasting some opening lap madness at the Champaign County Fairgrounds, Colten Cottle started from the outside pole of tonight’s main event and throttled the cushion for 20 laps en route to his first-career victory with the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint League. Residing only one hour away in Kansas, Illinois, the triumph proved that much sweeter as he stole WAR win #1 on his home soil. Attracting 19 entries for the Friday night showdown at the...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 25, 2018) - Offering up a new incentive full of enticement and extra cash for racers, the POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League has brought to light the High Point Challenge presented by Valor Racing. Beginning at the WAR Wildcard show at Wilmot Raceway on August 4th and carrying through the remainder of the season, the high point man each night will have the opportunity to forgo his right to redraw and fall to the tail of the feature field. Starting with a $1,000 bonus, the...more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 31, 2018) - More barriers are set to broken within the next week as the undeniable recent growth and expansion of the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR Sprint Car League continues. Making the League's inaugural appearance in Wisconsin and Iowa, racers will encounter three new facilities as the WAR Wildcard season hits full stride. Tackling a Badger State doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday at Wilmot Raceway and then Angell Park Speedway, the League then takes a day off before hitting...more

Wilmot, WI (August 4, 2018) - On a record setting night in more ways than one, it was Princeton, Indiana's Kyle Cummins who showed up to Wilmot Raceway and kicked off his POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprint League career with a bang, as he triumphed in his first-ever attempt with the league. Surging by early leader Korey Weyant and into the top spot on the seventh circuit, Cummins ensued to run away from the field in dominating fashion for a cool $2,000 payday in the Badger State. Attracting a...more

SUN PRAIRIE, WI (August 5, 2018) - The POWRi Lucas Oil WAR Wildcard Sprints were just minutes away from firing the feature field during Sunday's debut of the league at Angell Park Speedway, when strong and persistent rain hit the Sun Prairie, Wisconsin facility, forcing officials to unfortunately cancel the highly-anticipated main event. Before the rain hit, a near full program of four heat races and a semi-feature was conducted with a group of 28 entrants that showed up to the historic...more

OSKALOOSA, IA (August 7, 2018) - Storming from fifth-to-first in the opening four laps, Kevin Thomas Jr. commanded the field for the closing 21 laps as he dominated Tuesday night's "Ultimate Challenge" with the WAR Wildcard Sprints at Southern Iowa Speedway. Sneaking by Isaac Chapple on the bottom on the fourth circuit, Thomas Jr. of Cullman, Alabama ensued to throw the hotel keys on the counter and check out, as he parked the Indy Race Parts No. 71 in victory lane and stood victorious with...more