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BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 17, 2019) – Extending his record as the all-time winningest driver in POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League history, Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Missouri won Friday’s appearance at Belle-Clair Speedway for his 34th-career victory. Opening the “Southern Illinois Shootout” with a bang, a packed pit area with 54 entries set the stage for Friday’s showdown at the Belleville, Illinois 1/5th-mile. The six heat race victories were split by Tony Clifton, Gunner...more

MARION, ILL. (May 19, 2019) – Topping a stunning field of 68 entries on Saturday night, Jordan Herrman of Jay, Oklahoma scored the “Southern Illinois Shootout” triumph at the Southern Illinois Raceway. Driving the CTE Motorsports, CS9 Chassis No. 92, the victory marked Herrman’s first-career win with the POWRi Engler Machine & Tool Outlaw Micro League. After the staggering and stout entry list was chopped down from 68 to 23 via nine heat races, two C-Mains and two B-Mains, it was Herrman and...more

Grain Valley: It’s been a big week for POWRi Midget and Sprint Racer Wesley Smith. On Thursday night he became a college graduate, and on Friday night he schooled the field at Valley Speedway in POWRi Valley Outlaw Midget Competition. For Smith it was his second victory of the season in the Valley Midget Series, and his third victory at the Grain Valley Dirt Track in 2019 after also winning previously in the Helm #12 Sprinter. The Nixa gasman would take his 18th victory in the KC area midget...more

Oberlin, Kansas – May 20, 2019 - Two of the premier 305-ci sprint car groups in the region face off this coming Memorial Day weekend as the POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing and the Sprint Series of Oklahoma presented by Smiley’s Racing Products are geared for a weekend double-header. It all starts on Saturday night (May 25) at Longdale Speedway in Longdale, Oklahoma before heading to 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas for a special Sunday night...more

BELLEVILLE, ILL. (May 18, 2019) – A pair of relatively young POWRi tracks will be under the spotlight this weekend as a Memorial Day tripleheader engulfs the state of Missouri. The “Show-Me Nationals” are slated for back-to-back nights at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Mo. on Friday and Saturday, May 24-25 with a Sunday, May 26 show at Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo. to conclude the Missouri trifecta. Visiting the Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex on Friday and Saturday,...more

Belleville, IL – Due to the amount of rain received from severe storms over the previous week, the torrential downpours have forced track and series officials’ hands into cancelling the events at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Missouri. “In light of the recent storms that have plagued the Midwest, more specifically the state of Missouri, we will be cancelling the events at Sweet Springs,” commented Jason McCord. “The track has received so much rain over the last few days,...more

(Torrance, CA, May 23, 2019) Five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz raced to his second POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event win of 2019 last Saturday night at the Barona Speedway. Twenty-cars signed in on the night. The drama began in qualifying when 2019-point leader Jarrett Kramer’s car had engine ills knocking it out of the show. The Spring Valley based racer took off from the track to pick up another car. However, he did not get back in time to qualify...more

Eldon, Missouri – In what started out as an all Jim Neuman Racing front row, with teammates Jake Neuman and Ace McCarthy sharing the top two positions, it would be Keith Kunz Curb-Agajanian Motorsports with Logan Seavey taking the checkers from the sixth starting position with the POWRi Lucas Oil National and West Midget Leagues. At the drop of the green flag, Jim Neuman Racing teammates dueled each other for the top position with Jake Neuman holding the lead over McCarthy as Seavey, Tucker...more

(Torrance, CA, May 28, 2019) The POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series will be heading back to its home track, the Ventura Raceway, this Saturday night for round #7 of the 2019 campaign. Going into the race, three different drivers have posted two wins each in the first six races. Saturday’s appearance will be the third of eight at Jim Naylor’s picturesque oval located a couple of hundred feet from the breaking blue waves of the Pacific Ocean on the Ventura County...more

May 29, 2019 - The POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing kicks back into racing action this coming Saturday night (June 1) as they make their second appearance of the season at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas in a showdown with the tracks Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Car division. This event will be a tune-up for the upcoming third annual Lubbock Wrecker Service DCRP 305 Sprint Car Nationals that are set to take place June 13-15. Brian...more