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Belleville, IL (10/10/21) Touting the top-two finishers on the final night of the 2021 POWRi Lightning Sprint Nationals at Central Missouri Speedway, the Lucas Oil POWRi Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would see spectacular racing at fifteen events spread across four centennial state venues with Johnny Boos, Josh Flood, Joel Mellon, and Blair Cooper all earning feature wins in the season. Starting the third year of sanctioned racing strong with six straight victories, the familiar face of...more

Belleville, IL. (10/10/2021) Finding a solid foundation of youthful growth and talented seasoned veterans in their second year of sanctioned series racing, the Lucas Oil POWRi Minn-Kota Lightning Sprints would hold twenty-four heavily contested regular-season races with the bonus of an inaugural four-day Summer Shoot-Out sweep throughout Minnesota and North Dakota. Dexter Dvergsten, Alex Truscinski, Alan Truscinski, Bryce Haugeberg, Jason Berg, Chris Crowder, Grant Sexton, and Braden...more

Belleville, IL. (9/28/21) Continuing to raise the level of competition in their fourth year of series sanctioning, the Lucas Oil POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints would tackle four separate racing venues in 2021 in a total of fifteen events. With the points championship contention coming down to the final event, Chase Fischer would cap off a career year with a championship crown as young Trice Roden solidified his standings by routing rookie-of-the-year honors. Overcoming the late-season surge...more

Belleville, IL. (10/10/21) Reaching the final event of the 2021 racing season, the Lucas Oil POWRi RaceSaver Super Sprints would fly onto the smooth surfaces of “The Lake” for Championship Night with outstanding wing-to-wing action. Finding speed all evening and claiming the track championship in fine form, Randy Martin would stretch out a commanding lead to take the feature victory. With a solid entry list of seventeen POWRi RaceSaver Super Sprints, heat racing action would find Mike Moore...more

Belleville, IL (10/7/2021) Rapidly approaching as one of the biggest events of the micro race season, the Keith Kunz Giveback Classic Presented by Max Papis Innovations at Port City Raceway on October 20-23 will feature a format similar to the KKM Giveback Classic and POWRi events of previous years with a split field determined by car count. In addition to potentially winning a ride in a KKM entry in the Chili Bowl, Saturday’s feature event will also offer a $5,000 payday. If the winning...more

DODGE CITY, Kansas (October 5, 2021) – Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint presented by Mel Hambleton Racing Series competitors will head to Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas on Friday and Saturday for their season finale as part of the Steve King Memorial. Friday’s feature winner will cash in on the $1,088 top-prize, while Saturday’s top finisher will go home $1,488 richer. On October 8th and 9th, gates will open at 6PM with racing scheduled to start at 7:30PM. General...more

Belleville, IL. (10/3/2021) Heading into the homestretch of the 2021 racing season, the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints would once again visit the smooth racing surfaces and speed producing corners of Barona Speedway. Showing talents well beyond his years, rookie-sensation and fourteen-year-old Braden Chiaramonte would capture his career-first POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint feature victory while gaining points on the series-leader Grant Sexton. Early on track battles would find...more

Belleville, IL. (10/3/21) Fender-to-fender racing action within the POWRi Super Stock Division would find many of the top contenders traveling as series point leader Donnie Miller continues to flex his driving muscles in the limited events over the weekend. With Old No. 1 Speedway canceling due to rain, Lebanon Midway Speedway would find four of the top-6 drivers in the season standings battling for as many season markers as possible. Can Donnie Miller continue his success as the driver to...more

Sweet Springs, MO. (10/02/2021) Willie Urish of Elkhart, IL. ended his six year hard luck with the Lucas Oil POWRi 600cc Micro Sprint League Presented by Engler Machine & Tool League and found himself back in victory lane for the second time in his career. WIllie Urish started off the night strong and earned himself MVT Services Heat Race No. 2 win which set himself on the front row for the 15-lap main event. At the wave of the green flag, Urish immediately got himself out to an early...more

Sweet Springs, MO. (10/02/2021) Daison Pursley out of Locust Grove, OK. finished off the Fall Brawl Weekend at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex with a trip to Victory Lane. Pursley found himself dominating the competition at the short track for night No. 2 on the weekend by capturing Auto Meter Heat Race No. 3 and earning himself the Max Papis Innovations High Point Man to start on the pole of the 30-lap main event. As the field came around for the green flag, the pole sitter Daison Pursley...more